ML20205J634
| ML20205J634 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 02/08/1999 |
| From: | Rathbun D NRC OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS (OCA) |
| To: | Gore A, Hastert J, Murphy R GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE, HOUSE OF REP., SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, SENATE, PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE |
| References | |
| RTR-REGGD-03.054, RTR-REGGD-3.054 CCS, NUDOCS 9904120120 | |
| Download: ML20205J634 (4) | |
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2 WASHINGTON, D.C. 360eH001 February 8, 1999 The Honorable Al Gore President of the United States Senate Washington, DC 20510
Dear Mr. President:
Pursuant to Subtitle E of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) i.s submitting a final
- rule" as defined in 5 U.S.C. 804. It is Regulatory Guide 3.54, " Spent Fuel Heat Generation in an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation." This regulatory guide presents a method that is acceptable to the NRC staff for calculating heat generation rates for use as design input for an independent spent fuel storage installation.
We have determined that this regulatory guide is not a " major rule" as defined in 5 U.S.C.
804(2), and we have confirmad this determination with the Office of Management and Budget.
Enclosed is a copy of Regulatory Guide 3.54, which is scheduled to be issued soon.
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Dear Mr. Speaker:
Pursuant to Subtitle E of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is submitting a final " rule" as defined in 5 U.S.C. 804. It is Regulatory Guide 3.54, " Spent Fuel Heat Generation in an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Inste!!at.'on." This regulatory guide presents a method that is acceptable to the NRC staff for calculating heat generation rates for use as design input for an independent spent fuel storage installation.
We have deterrnined that this regulatory guide is not a " major rule" as defined in 5 U.S.C.
804(2), and we have confirmed this determination with the Office of Management and Budget.
Enclosed is a copy of Regulatory Guide 3.54, which is scheduled to be issued soon.
Sincerely,
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Mr. Robert P. Murphy General Counsel General Accounting Office Room 7175 441 G $t., NW.
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Dear Mr. Murphy:
Pursuant to Subtitle E of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Faimess Act of 1996, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., the Nuclear Regulatory Commis: ion (NRC)is submitting a final " rule" as defined in 5 U.S.C. 804. It is Regulatory Guide 3.54, " Spent Fuel Heat Generation in an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation." This regulatory guide presents a method that is acceptable to the NRC staff for calculating heat generation rates for use as design input for an independent spent fuel storage installation.
We have determined that this regulatory guide is not a " major rule" as defined in 5 U.S.C.
804(2), and we have confirmed this determination with the Office of Management and Budget.
j Enclosed is a copy of Regulatory Guide 3.54, which is scheduled to be issued soon.
Sincerely, Dennis K. Rathbun, Director Office of Congressional Affairs
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SPENT FUEL HEAT GENERATION IN AN INDEPENDENT SPENT FUEL STORAGE INSTALLATION A. INTRODUCTION This regulatory guide presents a method acceptable to the Nuclear h
!!a:ory Commission In 10 CFR Part 72, " Licensing Requirements for the (NRC) staff for calculating heat generation rates for Independent Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-
=.o ussign input for an independent spent fuel Level Radioactive Waste," paragraph (h)(1) of Section storage installation. The original guide, issued in 72.122. "Overall Requirements," requires that spent September 1984, was based on validated analyses fuel cladding be protected during storage against performed for pressurized-water reactors (PWRs),
degradation that leads to gross ruptures or the fuel must and boiling-water reactors (BWRs) were considered be otherwise confm' ed such that degradation of the fuel only as a simple conservative extension of the PWR during storage will not pose operational safety data base.
In this revision, the procedure for r
problems with respect to its removal from storage. It determining heat generation rates for both PWRs and I
has been shown that, under cenain environmental BWRs is based on analyses of each reactor type using conditions, high storage temperatures can cause calculational methods that have been validated against degradation and gross rupture of the fuel rods to occur measured heat generation data from PWR and BWR very rapidly. It is necessary to know what storage assemblies.
temperatures are anticipated during the life of the storage installation and that these temperatures will not This revision presents a methodology that is signiDeantly degrade the cladding to a point that causes simpler and is therefore expected to be more useful to gross ruptures. The temperature in an independent spent applicants and reviewers.
fuel storage installation is a function of the heat generated by the stored fuel assemblies. The spent fuel This regulatory guide contains no information storage system is required by 10 CFR 72.128(a)(4) to be collection requirements and therefore is not subject to designed with a heat removal capability consistent with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of its imponance to safety.
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