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Proposed Renewed Certificate of Compliance No. 1014, Amendment No. 6
ML22098A253
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Site: Holtec
Issue date: 01/31/2023
From:
Division of Fuel Management
To:
Holtec
Kris Banovac NMSS/DFM/STLB 301-415-7116
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NRC FORM 651 U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (10-2004) 10 CFR 72 CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE FOR SPENT FUEL STORAGE CASKS Page 1 of 6

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is issuing this Certificate of Compliance pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 72, "Licensing Requirements for Independent Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel, High-Level Radioactive Waste, and Reactor-Related Greater than Class C Waste" (10 CFR Part 72). This certificate is issued in accordance with 10 CFR 72.238, certifying that the storage design and contents described below meet the applicable safety standards set forth in 10 CFR Part 72, Subpart L, and on the basis of the Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR) of the cask design. This certificate is conditional upon fulfilling the requirements of 10 CFR Part 72, as applicable, and the conditions specified below.

Certificate No. Effective Date Expiration Date Docket No. Amendment No. Amendment Effective Date Package Identification No.

1014 05/31/00 06/01/20 72-1014 6 August 17, 2009 USA/72-1014 Renewed Renewed Revision No. Revision Effective date Effective Date Expiration Date mm/dd/20XX mm/dd/20XX 0 N/A

Issued To: (Name/Address)

Holtec International Holtec Technology Campus One Holtec Blvd.

Camden, NJ 08104

Safety Analysis Report Title Holtec International Inc.,

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

CONDITIONS

This certificate is conditioned upon fulfilling the requirements of 10 CFR Part 72, as applicable, the attached Appendix A (Technical Specifications) and Appendix B (Approved Contents and Design Features), and the conditions specified below:

1. CASK
a. Model No.: HI-STORM 100 Cask System

The HI-STORM 100 Cask System (the cask) consists of the following components: (1) interchangeable multi-purpose canisters (MPCs), which contain the fuel; (2) a storage overpack (HI-STORM), which contains the MPC during storage; and (3) a transfer cask (HI-TRAC), which contains the MPC during loading, unloading and transfer operations. The cask stores up to 32 pressurized water reactor (PWR) fuel assemblies or 68 boiling water reactor (BWR) fuel assemblies.

b. Description

The HI-STORM 100 Cask System is certified as described in the Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR) and in the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissions (NRC) Safety Evaluation Report (SER) accompanying the Certificate of Compliance. The cask comprises three discrete components: the MPC, the HI-TRAC transfer cask, and the HI-STORM storage overpack.

The MPC is the confinement system for the stored fuel. It is a welded, cylindrical canister with a honeycombed fuel basket, a baseplate, a lid, a closure ring, and the canister shell. All MPC components that may come into contact with spent fuel pool water or the ambient environment are made entirely of stainless steel except for the neutron absorbers and aluminum heat conduction elements (AHCEs), which are installed in some early-vintage MPCs. The canister shell, baseplate, lid, vent and drain port cover plates, and closure ring are the main confinement boundary components. All confinement boundary components are made entirely of stainless steel. The honeycombed basket, which is equipped with neutron absorbers, provides criticality control.

NRC FORM 651 U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (3-1999) Certificate No. 1014 10 CFR 72 CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE FOR SPENT FUEL STORAGE CASKS Amendment No. 6 Supplemental Sheet Renewed Yes Page 2 of 6

1. b. Description (continued)

There are eight types of MPCs: the MPC-24, MPC-24E, MPC-24EF, MPC-32, MPC-32F, MPC-68, MPC-68F, and MPC-68FF. The number suffix indicates the maximum number of fuel assemblies permitted to be loaded in the MPC. All eight MPC models have the same external diameter.

The HI-TRAC transfer cask provides shielding and structural protection of the MPC during loading, unloading, and movement of the MPC from the spent fuel pool to the storage overpack. The transfer cask is a multi-walled (carbon steel/lead/carbon steel) cylindrical vessel with a neutron shield jacket attached to the exterior.

Two sizes of HI-TRAC transfer casks are available: the 125 ton HI-TRAC and the 100 ton HI-TRAC. The weight designation is the maximum weight of a loaded transfer cask during any loading, unloading, or transfer operation. Both transfer cask sizes have identical cavity diameters. The 125 ton 110 HI-TRAC transfer cask has thicker shielding and larger outer dimensions than the 100 ton HI-TRAC transfer cask.

The HI-STORM 100 or 100S storage overpack provides shielding and structural protection of the MPC during storage. The HI-STORM 100S is a variation of the HI-STORM 100 overpack design that includes a modified lid which incorporates the air outlet ducts into the lid, allowing the overpack body to be shortened. The overpack is a heavy-walled steel and concrete, cylindrical vessel. Its side wall consists of plain (un-reinforced) concrete that is enclosed between inner and outer carbon steel shells. The overpack has four air inlets at the bottom and four air outlets at the top to allow air to circulate naturally through the cavity to cool the MPC inside. The inner shell has supports attached to its interior surface to guide the MPC during insertion and removal, provide a medium to absorb impact loads, and allow cooling air to circulate through the overpack. A loaded MPC is stored within the HI-STORM 100 or 100S storage overpack in a vertical orientation. The HI-STORM 100A and 100SA are variants of the HI-STORM 100 family and is outfitted with an extended baseplate and gussets to enable the overpack to be anchored to the concrete storage pad in high seismic applications.

2. OPERATING PROCEDURES

Written operating procedures shall be prepared for cask handling, loading, movement, surveillance, and maintenance. The users site-specific written operating procedures shall be consistent with the technical basis described in Chapter 8 of the FSAR.

3. ACCEPTANCE TESTS AND MAINTENANCE PROGRAM

Written cask acceptance tests and maintenance program shall be prepared consistent with the technical basis described in Chapter 9 of the FSAR.

4. QUALITY ASSURANCE

Activities in the areas of design, purchase, fabrication, assembly, inspection, testing, operation, maintenance, repair, modification of structures, systems and components, and decommissioning that are important to safety shall be conducted in accordance with a Commission-approved quality assurance program which satisfies the applicable requirements of 10 CFR Part 72, Subpart G, and which is established, maintained, and executed with regard to the cask system.

NRC FORM 651 U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (3-1999) Certificate No. 1014 10 CFR 72 CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE FOR SPENT FUEL STORAGE CASKS Amendment No. 6 Supplemental Sheet Renewed Yes Page 3 of 6

5. HEAVY LOADS REQUIREMENTS

Each lift of an MPC, a HI-TRAC transfer cask, or any HI-STORM overpack must be made in accordance to the existing heavy loads requirements and procedures of the licensed facility at which the lift is made. A plant-specific regulatory review (under 10 CFR 50.59 or 10 CFR 72.48, if applicable) is required to show operational compliance with existing plant specific heavy loads requirements. Lifting operations outside of structures governed by 10 CFR Part 50 must be in accordance with Section 5.5 of Appendix A and/or Sections 3.4.6 and Section 3.5 of Appendix B to this certificate, as applicable.

6. APPROVED CONTENTS

Contents of the HI-STORM 100 Cask System must meet the fuel specifications given in Appendix B to this certificate.

7. DESIGN FEATURES

Features or characteristics for the site, cask, or ancillary equipment must be in accordance with Appendix B to this certificate.

8. CHANGES TO THE CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE

The holder of this certificate who desires to make changes to the certificate, which includes Appendix A (Technical Specifications) and Appendix B (Approved Contents and Design Features), shall submit an application for amendment of the certificate.

9. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR FIRST SYSTEMS IN PLACE

The air mass flow rate through the cask system will be determined by direct measurements of air velocity in the overpack cooling passages for the first HI-STORM Cask Systems placed into service by any user with a heat load equal to or greater than 20 kW. The velocity will be measured in the annulus formed between the MPC shell and the overpack inner shell. An analysis shall be performed that demonstrates the measurements validate the analytic methods and thermal performance predicted by the licensing-basis thermal models in Chapter 4 of the FSAR.

Each first time user of a HI-STORM 100 Cask System Supplemental Cooling System (SCS) that uses components or a system that is not essentially identical to components or a system that has been previously tested, shall measure and record coolant temperatures for the inlet and outlet of cooling provided to the annulus between the HI-TRAC and MPC and the coolant flow rate. The user shall also record the MPC operating pressure and decay heat. An analysis shall be performed, using this information that validates the thermal methods described in the FSAR which were used to determine the type and amount of supplemental cooling necessary.

Letter reports summarizing the results of each thermal validation test and SCS validation test and analysis shall be submitted to the NRC in accordance with 10 CFR 72.4. Cask users may satisfy these requirements by referencing validation test reports submitted to the NRC by other cask users.

NRC FORM 651 U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (3-1999) Certificate No. 1014 10 CFR 72 CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE FOR SPENT FUEL STORAGE CASKS Amendment No. 6 Supplemental Sheet Renewed Yes Page 4 of 6

10. PRE-OPERATIONAL TESTING AND TRAINING EXERCISE

A dry run training exercise of the load ing, closure, handling, unloading, and transfer of the HI-STORM 100 Cask System shall be conducted by the li censee prior to the first use of the syste m to load spent fuel assemblies. The training exercise shall not be conducted with spent f uel in the MPC.

The dry run may be performed in an alternate step sequence from the actual procedur es, but all steps must be performed. The dry run shall include, but is not limited to the following :

a. Moving the MPC and the transfer cask into the spent fuel po ol.
b. Preparation of the HI-STORM 100 Cask System for fuel loading.
c. Selection and verification of specific fuel assemblies to ensure type confor mance.
d. Loading specific assemblies and placing assemblies into the MPC (using a dummy fu el assembly),

including appropriate independent verification.

e. Remote installation of the MPC lid and removal of the MPC and transfer cask from the spent fuel pool.
f. MPC welding, NDE inspections, pressure testing, draining, moisture removal (by vacuum drying or forced helium dehydration, as applicable), and helium backfilling. (A mockup may be used for th is dry-run exercise.)
g. Operation of the Supplemental Cooling System
h. Transfer cask upending/downending on the horizontal transfer trailer or other transfer device, as applicable to the sites cask handlin g arrangement.
i. Transfer of the MPC from the transfer cask to the overpack.
j. Placement of the HI-STORM 100 Cask System at the ISFSI.
k. HI-STORM 100 Cask System unloading, including flooding MPC cavity, removing MPC lid welds. (A mockup may be used for this dry-run exercise.)
11. The NRC has approved an exemption request by the CoC applicant from the requirements of 10 CR 72.236(f), to allow the Supplemental Cooling System to provide for decay heat removal in accordance with Section 3.1.4 of Appendix A.

NRC FORM 651 U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (3-1999) Certificate No. 1014 10 CFR 72 CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE FOR SPENT FUEL STORAGE CASKS Amendment No. 6 Supplemental Sheet Renewed Yes Page 5 of 6

12. FSAR UPDATE FOR RENEWED CoC

The CoC holder shall submit an updated FSAR to the Commission, in accordance with 10 CFR 72.4, within 90 days after the effective date of the renewal. The updated FSAR shall reflect the chang es resulting from the review and approval of the re newal of the CoC, including the HI-STORM 100 FSAR supplement, as documented in Appendix D of t he HI-STORM 100 CoC renewal application, Revision 1, dated April 23, 2021 (Agencywide Documents Acce ss and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML21113A203). The CoC holder shall continue to update the FSAR pursuant to the requirements of 10 CFR 72.248.

13. 10 CFR 72.212 EVALUATIONS FOR CoC USE DURING THE PERIOD OF EXTENDED OPERATION

Any general licensee that initiates spent fuel dry st orage operations with the HI-STORM 100 Cask System after the effective date of the renewal of the CoC and any general licensee operatin g a HI-STORM 100 Cask System as of the effective date of the renewal of the CoC, including those that put additio nal storage systems into service after that date, shall:

a. As part of the evaluations required by 10 CFR 72.212(b)(5), include the evaluations related to the terms, conditions, and specifications of this CoC amendment as modified (i.e., changed or added) as a result of the renewal of the CoC.
b. As part of the document review required by 10 CFR 72.212(b)(6), include a review of t he FSAR changes resulting from the renewal of the CoC and the NRC Saf ety Evaluation Report related to the renewal of the CoC.
c. Ensure that the evaluations required by 10 CFR 72.212(b)(7) and determinations requ ired by 10 CFR 72.212(b)(8) capture the evaluations an d review described in (a.) and (b.) of this CoC condition.
d. Complete this condition prior to entering the period of extended operation or no later t han 365 days after the effective date of the renewal of the CoC, whichever is later.
14. AMENDMENTS AND REVISIONS FOR RENEWED CoC

All future amendments and revisions to this CoC shall include evaluatio ns of the impacts to aging management activities (i.e., time-limited aging anal yses and aging management programs) to ensure they remain adequate for any changes to structures, systems, and components within the scope of rene wal.

NRC FORM 651 U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (3-1999) Certificate No. 1014 10 CFR 72 CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE FOR SPENT FUEL STORAGE CASKS Amendment No. 6 Supplemental Sheet Renewed Yes Page 6 of 6

15. AUTHORIZATION

The HI-STORM 100 Cas k System, which is authorized by this certificate, is hereby approved for use under the general license issued pursuant to 10 CFR 72.210, subject to the conditions specifie d by 10 CFR 72.212, this certificate, and the attached Appendix A and Appendix B. The HI-STORM 100 Cask System may be fabricated and used in accordance with any approved amendment to Co C No.

1014 listed in 10 CFR 72.214. Each of the licensed HI-STORM 100 System components (i.e., the MPC, overpack, and transfer cask), if fabricated in accordance with any of the approv ed CoC Amendments, may be used with one another provided an a ssessment is performed by the CoC holder that demonstrates design compatibility.

FOR THE U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Yoira K. Diaz-Sanabria, Chief Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch Division of Fuel Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Washington, DC 20555

Dated:

Attachments:

1. Appendix A
2. Appendix B
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