ML20295A413

User Need for Rulemaking for the Holtec HI-STORM 100 Cask System, Amendment No. 15

ML20295A413
Person / Time
Site:	Holtec
Issue date:	01/27/2021
From:	John Mckirgan Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch
To:	Jason Cai NRC/NMSS/DREFS/MRPB
YJChen NMSS/DFM/STL 301.415.1018
Shared Package
ML20295A412	List: ML20295A413 ML20295A415 ML20295A416 ML20295A417 ML20295A418 ML20295A419 ML20295A420 ML20295A421 ML20295A422
References
CAC 001208, EPID L-2019-LLA-0059
Download: ML20295A413 (3)

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January 27, 2021 MEMORANDUM TO:

June Cai, Chief Materials Rulemaking and Project Management Branch Division of Rulemaking, Environmental, and Financial Support Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards FROM:

John McKirgan, Chief Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch Division of Fuel Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

SUBJECT:

USER NEED FOR RULEMAKING FOR THE HOLTEC HI-STORM 100 CASK SYSTEM, AMENDMENT NO. 15 The purpose of this communication is to request support for rulemaking activities in the Division of Fuel Management (DFM) for the following Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 72 licensing action:

1.

Changes to 10 CFR 72.214 rule text (changes appear in bold):

Certificate Number: 1014.

Initial Certificate Effective Date: May 31, 2000.

Amendment Number 15 Effective Date: [insert 75 days from date of Federal Register publication].

Safety Analysis Report (SAR) Submitted by: Holtec International.

SAR

Title:

Final Safety Analysis Report for the HI-STORM 100 Cask System.

Docket Number: 72-1014.

Certificate Expiration Date: May 31, 2020.

Model Number: HI-STORM 100.

2.

On March 20, 2019, and supplemented on September 16, 2019, April 28, 2020, May 15, 2020, June 12, 2020, June 22, 2020, July 30, 2020, August 14, 2020, September 1, 2020, and September 25, 2020, Holtec International (Holtec) submitted a amendment request to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the HI-STORM 100 Certificate of Compliance (CoC) No. 1014. The proposed changes include the following:

1)

Add a new version of a transfer cask, HI-TRAC MS.

CONTACT:

Yen-Ju Chen, NMSS/DSFM (301) 415-1018 John B. McKirgan Digitally signed by John B.

McKirgan Date: 2021.01.27 16:19:18 -05'00'

2)

Include MPC-32M for storage in HI-STORM 100 System.

3)

Include MPC-32 Version 1 and MPC-68 Version 1 for storage in HI-STORM 100 System.

4)

Add the new overpack HI-STORM 100S Version E, and the proposed MPCs to be stored in Version E.

5)

Add three additional BWR fuel types to the approved content for MPC-68M:

10x10I, 10x10J, and 11x11A.

6)

Lower the allowed ambient temperature to 70°F for HI-STORM 100S Version E.

7)

Add HI-DRIP and dry ice jacket ancillary system as additional cooling.

8)

Allow for partial gadolinium credit for BWR fuel assemblies types 10x10 and 11x11 assembly classes in MPC-68M.

9)

Remove dose rate and consequence analysis from Accident Analysis for non-mechanistic tipover in Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR) Section, which Holtec did not pursue and the staff did not review.

10) Include allowance for canisters currently loaded under earlier amendments which had different helium leak test requirements.

11) Update Drawing No. 7195 for the MPC-68M by removing dimensions which are not used in the safety analysis.

12) Include dry ice jacket as optional alternate cooling method for short-term operation of the loaded HI-TRAC.

3.

The proposed CoC and technical specifications, and preliminary safety evaluation report (SER) have been placed in ADAMS (see references below) and are available for your use in the rulemaking package. DFM will designate these documents as Official Agency Records after the Executive Director for Operations has approved the package (ADAMS Package No. ML20295A412).

The Office of the General Counsel has reviewed this memorandum with its referenced documents and has no legal objection to its contents.

Docket No.: 72-1014 CAC No.: 001208 EPID: L-2019-LLA-0059 ADAMS

References:

1. Proposed CoC 1014 Amendment No. 15 CoC (ML20295A415)

2. Proposed CoC 1014 Amendment No. 15 Appendix A (ML20295A416)

3. Proposed CoC 1014 Amendment No. 15 Appendix B (ML20295A417)

4. Proposed CoC 1014 Amendment No. 15 Appendix C (ML20295A418)

5. Proposed CoC 1014 Amendment No. 15 Appendix D (ML20295A419)

6. Proposed CoC 1014 Amendment No. 15 Appendix A-100U (ML20295A420)

7. Proposed CoC 1014 Amendment No. 15 Appendix B-100U (ML20295A421)

8. Preliminary CoC 1014 Amendment No. 15 SER (ML20295A422)

ML20295A412 (Pkg)

ML20295A413 (Memo)

ML20295A415 - ML20295A422 (Encls)

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NAME YChen WWheatley NMertz JMcKirgan DATE 11/12/2020 11/10/2020 1/25/2021 1/27/2021