ML21141A067
| ML21141A067 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 08/06/2021 |
| From: | Dan Dorman NRC/EDO |
| To: | |
| Wu I | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML21141A058 | List: |
| References | |
| 10 CFR Part 72, 86 FR 44650, NRC-2021-0108, RIN 3150-AK64 | |
| Download: ML21141A067 (8) | |
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 10 CFR Part 72
[NRC-2021-0108]
RIN 3150-AK64 List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: TN Americas, LLC, Standardized Advanced NUHOMS Horizontal Modular Storage System, Certificate of Compliance No. 1029, Renewal of Initial Certificate and Amendment Nos. 1, 3, and 4 AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
SUMMARY
- The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to amend its spent fuel storage regulations by revising the TN Americas, LLC, Standardized Advanced NUHOMS Horizontal Modular Storage System listing within the List of approved spent fuel storage casks to renew, for an additional 40 years, the initial certificate and Amendment Nos. 1, 3, and 4 of Certificate of Compliance No. 1029. The renewal of the initial certificate and Amendment Nos. 1, 3, and 4 revises the certificate of compliances conditions and technical specifications to address aging management activities related to the structures, systems, and components of the dry storage system to ensure that these will maintain their intended functions during the period of extended storage operations.
DATES: Submit comments by September 13, 2021. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before this date.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID NRC-2021-0108, at https://www.regulations.gov. If your material cannot be submitted using https://www.regulations.gov, call or email the individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document for alternate instructions.
For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting comments, see Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Markley, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards; telephone: 301-415-6293, email:
Christopher.Markley@nrc.gov and Irene Wu, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, telephone: 301-415-1951, email: Irene.Wu@nrc.gov. Both are staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments II. Rulemaking Procedure III. Background IV. Plain Writing V. Availability of Documents 2
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments A. Obtaining Information Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2021-0108 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain publicly available information related to this action by any of the following methods:
- Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2021-0108. Address questions about NRC dockets to Dawn Forder, telephone: 301-415-3407, email: Dawn.Forder@nrc.gov. For technical questions contact the individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document.
- NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select Begin Web-based ADAMS Search. For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRCs Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. For the convenience of the reader, instructions about obtaining materials referenced in this document are provided in the Availability of Documents section.
- Attention: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies of public documents, is currently closed. You may submit your request to the PDR via email at pdr.resource@nrc.gov or call 1-800-397-4209 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (EST),
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
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B. Submitting Comments Please include Docket ID NRC-2021-0108 in your comment submission. The NRC requests that you submit comments through the Federal rulemaking website at https://www.regulations.gov. If your material cannot be submitted using https://www.regulations.gov, call or email the individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document for alternate instructions.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at https://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions into ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove such information before making the comment submissions available to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS.
II. Rulemaking Procedure Because the NRC considers this action to be non-controversial, the NRC is publishing this proposed rule concurrently with a direct final rule in the Rules and Regulations section of this issue of the Federal Register. The direct final rule will become effective on October 27, 2021. However, if the NRC receives any significant adverse comment by September 13, 2021, then the NRC will publish a document that withdraws the direct final rule. If the direct final rule is withdrawn, the NRC will address 4
the comments in a subsequent final rule. Absent significant modifications to the proposed revisions requiring republication, the NRC will not initiate a second comment period on this action in the event the direct final rule is withdrawn.
A significant adverse comment is a comment where the commenter explains why the rule would be inappropriate, including challenges to the rules underlying premise or approach, or would be ineffective or unacceptable without a change. A comment is adverse and significant if:
- 1) The comment opposes the rule and provides a reason sufficient to require a substantive response in a notice-and-comment process. For example, a substantive response is required when:
a) The comment causes the NRC to reevaluate (or reconsider) its position or conduct additional analysis; b) The comment raises an issue serious enough to warrant a substantive response to clarify or complete the record; or c) The comment raises a relevant issue that was not previously addressed or considered by the NRC.
- 2) The comment proposes a change or an addition to the rule, and it is apparent that the rule would be ineffective or unacceptable without incorporation of the change or addition.
- 3) The comment causes the NRC to make a change (other than editorial) to the rule.
For a more detailed discussion of the proposed rule changes and associated analyses, see the direct final rule published in the Rules and Regulations section of this issue of the Federal Register.
III. Background 5
Section 218(a) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, as amended, requires that [t]he Secretary [of the Department of Energy] shall establish a demonstration program, in cooperation with the private sector, for the dry storage of spent nuclear fuel at civilian nuclear power reactor sites, with the objective of establishing one or more technologies that the [Nuclear Regulatory] Commission may, by rule, approve for use at the sites of civilian nuclear power reactors without, to the maximum extent practicable, the need for additional site-specific approvals by the Commission. Section 133 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act states, in part, that [t]he Commission shall, by rule, establish procedures for the licensing of any technology approved by the Commission under Section 219(a) [sic: 218(a)] for use at the site of any civilian nuclear power reactor.
To implement this mandate, the Commission approved dry storage of spent nuclear fuel in NRC-approved casks under a general license by publishing a final rule that added a new subpart K in part 72 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) entitled General License for Storage of Spent Fuel at Power Reactor Sites (55 FR 29181; July 18, 1990). This rule also established a new subpart L in 10 CFR part 72 entitled Approval of Spent Fuel Storage Casks, which contains procedures and criteria for obtaining NRC approval of spent fuel storage cask designs.
The NRC subsequently issued a final rule on January 6, 2003 (68 FR 463), that approved the Standardized Advanced NUHOMS Horizontal Modular Storage System design and added it to the list of NRC-approved cask designs in § 72.214 as Certificate of Compliance No. 1029.
IV. Plain Writing 6
The Plain Writing Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-274) requires Federal agencies to write documents in a clear, concise, well-organized manner. The NRC has written this document to be consistent with the Plain Writing Act as well as the Presidential Memorandum, Plain Language in Government Writing, published June 10, 1998 (63 FR 31885). The NRC requests comment on the proposed rule with respect to clarity and effectiveness of the language used.
V. Availability of Documents The documents identified in the following table are available to interested persons, as indicated.
DOCUMENT ADAMS ACCESSION NO.
TN Americas, LLC Renewal Application for ML19148A484 (package) the Standardized NUHOMS Horizontal Modular Storage System Certificate of Compliance No. 1029, dated May 22, 2019 TN Americas, LLC Response to Request for ML19338E132 Supplemental Information for the Technical Review of the Application for Certificate of Compliance No. 1029, dated December 4, 2019 TN Americas, LLC Response to Request for ML20192A127 Additional Information of the Application for Renewal of the Certificate of Compliance No.
1029, dated May 28, 2020 User Need Memorandum for Rulemaking for ML21067A166 Certificate of Compliance Renewal, Initial Issue (Amendment Number 0), Amendment Numbers 1, 3, and 4 to Standardized Advanced NUHOMS Horizontal Modular Storage System 7
DOCUMENT ADAMS ACCESSION NO.
Preliminary Safety Evaluation Report for the ML21067A167 Standardized Advanced NUHOMS Horizontal Modular Storage System Certificate of Compliance Renewal Proposed Certificate of Compliance No. ML21067A168 1029, Renewed Initial Certificate Proposed Technical Specifications, ML21067A169 Attachment A, Certificate of Compliance No.
1029, Renewed Initial Certificate Proposed Certificate of Compliance No. ML21067A170 1029, Renewed Amendment No. 1 Proposed Technical Specifications, ML21067A171 Attachment A, Certificate of Compliance No.
1029, Renewed Amendment No. 1 Proposed Certificate of Compliance No. ML21067A172 1029, Renewed Amendment No. 3 Proposed Technical Specifications, ML21067A173 Attachment A, Certificate of Compliance No.
1029, Renewed Amendment No. 3 Proposed Certificate of Compliance No. ML21067A174 1029, Renewed Amendment No. 4 Proposed Technical Specifications, ML21067A175 Attachment A, Certificate of Compliance No.
1029, Renewed Amendment No. 4 The NRC may post materials related to this document, including public comments, on the Federal rulemaking website at https://www.regulations.gov under Docket ID NRC-2021-0108.
Dated: August 6, 2021.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
/RA/
Daniel H. Dorman, Acting Executive Director for Operations.
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