ML20212D981
| ML20212D981 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 09/21/1999 |
| From: | Vietticook A NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY) |
| To: | Shillinglaw F AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| References | |
| FRN-61FR24249, RULE-PRM-72-3 NUDOCS 9909240130 | |
| Download: ML20212D981 (1) | |
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- .ggr? hruWM Ms. Fawn Shillinglaw 8INNWE d ii 1952 Palisades Drive hW2V.7Y9) ADJ Appleton, Wisconsin 54915
SUBJECT:
FINAL NRC ACTION ON PETITION FOR RULEMAKING PRM-72-3
Dear Ms. Shiliinglaw:
In your letters addressed to Chairman Jackson dated December 9 and 29,1995, you filed a petition for rulemaking requesting the Nuclear Regulat,ory Commission (NRC) to amend its regulations regarding the control and use of safety analysis reports for spent fuel dry storage casks under 10 CFR Part 72. On March 14,1996, the petition was docketed by the NRC as PRM-72-3. In addition, in a letter dated April 15,1996, you provided supplemental information on your petition. On May 14,1996, the NRC published in the Federal Reaister a notice of receipt of your petition (61 FR 24249).
Specifically, you requested the NRC to amend its regulations that govern independent storage of spent nuclear fuel in dry storage casks to require that: (1) the safety analysis report (SAR) for a cask design fully conform with the associated NRC safety evaluation repott (SER) and Certificate of Compliance (CoC) before NRC certification (i.e., approval) of tho dry storage cask design; (2) the revision date and number of an SAR be specified whenever that report is reforc..ced in documents; (3) the NRC must clarify the process for modificatior, of an SAR after a cask has been certified; and (4) the NRC make the licensees' unloading procedures available to the public. Your supplemental letter recommended that to eliminate confusion, the term "CSAR"(i.e., cask safety analysis report) be used when referring to the SAR for any dry storage cask design which has been approved by the NRC and for which the NRC has issued a CoC.
The Commission has considered the issues you raised in your petition and has determined that issues (1), (2), and (3) above are being granted in part, and issue (4) is being denied. Each of the issues raised in your petition is addressed in a final rule amending 10 CFR Parts 50 and 72,
" Changes, Tests, and Experiments." The enclosed Federal Register notice on this final rule contains a discussion of the issues raised in your petition and the Commission's resolution of each of those issues (see subheading 0.2 " Petition for Rulemaking (PRM-72-3)"). This notice constitutes the Commission's final action on your petition.
Sincerely, -
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Annette Vietti-Cook O Docket: PRM-72-3
Enclosure:
Federal Register notice L ..
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