ML20151U701
| ML20151U701 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 07/07/1998 |
| From: | Mcgaffigan E NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Callan L NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
| References | |
| SECY-98-148-C, NUDOCS 9809110127 | |
| Download: ML20151U701 (2) | |
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No objection.
See attached comments.
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The Commissioners FROM:
L. Joseph Callan Executive Director for Operations
SUBJECT:
RULEMAKING PLAN: 10 CFR PART 72 - CLARIFICATION AND ADDITION OF FLEXIBILITY PURPOSE:
To inform the Commission that the Executive Director for Operations intends to implement the enclosed rulemaking plan to amend 10 CFR Part 72.
ISSUE Part 72 provides regulations for two types of license, general or specific, that may be used to store spent fuel. A generallicense is issued under 10 CFR 72.210 to persons authonzed to possess or operate nuclear power reactors, under Part 50 of this chapter. A specific license is issued to a named person in an application filed pursuant to regulations in Part 72. Part 72 does not clearly specify which sections, other than Subpart K, apply to general licensees.
The staff anticipates that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) may receive several applications for specific licenses, for offsite independent spent fuel storage installations (ISFSis), that will propose using storage casks previously approved (listed in 10 CFR 72.214) in Subpart K of Part 72. Under the current regulation, the adequacy of the design of these previously approved casks could be at issue (particularly during the hearing process)in each specific license application. This would result in the staff having to expend considerable resources in repeatedly re-examining and defending technicalissues already resolved during the public rulemaking process.
CONTACTS: Gordon Gundersen, NMSS/IMNS NOTE: TO BE MADE PUBLICLY (301) 415-6195 AVAILABLE WHEN THE FINAL SRM
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l Commissioner McGaffhan's Comments on SECY-98-148:
I have no objection to the proposed rulemaking plan to amend Part 72: however, I am concemed i
with its timeline. Specifically, it is not clear why this rulemaking--which the staff characterizes as " simple"--requires 9 months to develop the proposed rule and 6 months to review public comment and develop the final rule particularly when many of the changes are administrative.
The staff should complete the ru!emaking as expeditiously as possible while resources are available, c
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