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Category:Letter
MONTHYEARML23137A4412023-06-0202 June 2023
Authorization for Shipment of the Model No. Halfpact Package - Inner Containment Vessel No. 506
ML23117A0722023-04-27027 April 2023
Response to Request for Additional Information on the Halfpact Docket No. 71-9279, Request for Authorization of One-Time Shipment of Model No. Crediting the Outer Confinement Vessel as the Containment
ML23095A1102023-04-17017 April 2023
Transmittal letter-RAI for the Letter Authorization for the Model No. Halfpact Package
ML23067A4362023-03-16016 March 2023
Application for a Letter Authorization Related to Coc No. 9279, Model No. Halfpact - Accepted for Review - CAC No. 001029, EPID No. L-2023-LLA-0030
ML23046A4542023-02-15015 February 2023
Request for Authorization of One-Time Shipment of Model No. Halfpact Crediting the Outer Confinement Vessel as the Containment Boundary
ML22333A7272022-12-14014 December 2022
Review of 2022 Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Biennial Environmental Compliance Report
ML22312A4042022-11-21021 November 2022
Transmittal Letter-Revision No. 27 of Certificate of Compliance No. 9218, Model No. TRUPACT-II, and Revision No. 11 of Certificate of Compliance No. 9279, Model No. Halfpact, Transport Packages (EPIDs L-2022-LLA-0123 and L-2022-LLA-122)
ML22283A0292022-10-10010 October 2022
Nuclear Waste Partnership, LLC, Response to Request for Additional Information on Revision 26 of the Trupact-II Shipping Package
ML22256A3062022-09-19019 September 2022
Transmittal Letter- Request for Additional Information, Model Nos. TRUPACT-II and Halfpact
ML22230C9202022-08-18018 August 2022
Nuclear Waste Partnership, LLC, Revision 26 of the Trupact-II Shipping Package Application, and Revision 9 of the Halfpact Shipping Package Application
ML22333B0292022-05-0909 May 2022
Report Pursuant to 10 CFR 71.95, Model No. TRUPACT-II Package Unit 188, Incorrect Qualification Related to Flammable Vocs
ML22118B1442022-04-28028 April 2022
Transmittal: Letter Certificate of Compliance No. 9218, Rev. 26, Model No. TRUPACT-II and Certificate of Compliance No. 9279, Rev. 10, Model No. Halfpact Transport Packages
ML22055A6292022-02-24024 February 2022
Transmittal Letter: TRUPACT-II Package Application, Revision 25, Docket No. 71-9218, and Halfpact Package Application, Revision 8, Docket No. 71-9279 (Epids L-2021-LLA-0033 and L-2021-LLA-0034)
ML22014A0202022-01-14014 January 2022
Nuclear Waste Partnership, Report Pursuant to 10 CFR 71.95 Regarding the Use of the Type B Packaging Model Number TRUPACT-II, Serial Number 154
ML21322A1212021-11-18018 November 2021
Nuclear Waste Partnership, Revision 25 of the TRUPACT-II Shipping Package Application, Docket No. 71-9218, and Revision 8 of the Halfpact Shipping Package Application, Docket No. 71-9279 (Epids L-2021-LLA-0033 and L-2021-LLA-0034)
ML21279A1812021-10-0606 October 2021
Transmittal Letter: Response to Request for Additional Information for Revision 25 of the TRUPACT-II Shipping Package Application, Docket No.71-9218,and Revision 8 of the Halfpact Shipping Package Application, Docket No.71-9279
ML21214A1452021-08-11011 August 2021
Transmittal Letter Request for Additional Information, Model Nos Trupact II and Halfpact Transport Packages
ML21209A9452021-07-20020 July 2021
Nuclear Waste Partnership (Nwp), LLC - Report Pursuant to 10 CFR 71.95
ML21175A0842021-06-14014 June 2021
Nuclear Waste Partnership, LLC - Report Pursuant to 10 CFR 71.95
ML21125A1432021-05-20020 May 2021
Transmittal Letter - Application for the Model Nos. Trupact-II and Halfpact Transport Packages - Accepted for Review (EPIDs L-2021-LLA-0033 and L-2021-LLA-0034)
ML21054A0512021-02-23023 February 2021
5 of the TRUPACT-II Shipping Package Application, Docket No. 71-9218, and Revision 8 of the Halfpact Shipping Package Application, Docket No. 71-9279
ML20325A1832020-11-23023 November 2020
Transmittal Letter: Revision No. 25 of Certificate of Compliance No. 9218 for the Model No. TRUPACT-II and Revision No. 9 of Certificate of Compliance No. 9279 for the Model No. Halfpact Transport Packages (EPIDs L-2020-LLA-0173 and L-2020-
ML20269A1882020-09-24024 September 2020
Nuclear Waste Partnership, LLC - Certificate of Compliance No. 9279, Model No. Halfpact Package, Docket No. 71-9279
ML20216A4942020-08-0303 August 2020
Nuclear Waste Partnership, LLC, Submittal of Revision 24 of the TRUPACT-II Shipping Package Application, Docket No. 71-9218, and Revision 7 of the Halfpact Shipping Package Application, Docket 71-9279
ML20176A2172020-06-24024 June 2020
Letter 71-9305 Rev.11 with Enclosure 2 SER
ML20168A9002020-06-16016 June 2020
Orano - Application for Timely Renewal of Certificate of Compliance for the TRUPACT-III Package, Docket No. 71-9305
ML20035E0272020-02-11011 February 2020
Letter to A. Gelfond Revision 23 of the Certificate of Compliance No. 9204 for the Model No. 10-160B Package
ML19336A0262019-12-23023 December 2019
Letter Issuing Exemption to Nwp and SER for the Trupact III Package
ML19324E1292019-12-0202 December 2019
Cover Letter, Certificate of Compliance No. 9212, Revision No. 11 for Model No. RH-TRU 72-B Package
ML19318E1662019-11-13013 November 2019
Certificate of Compliance No. 9218, Revision No. 24, for the Model No. Trupact-II Transportation Package Transmittal Letter
ML19318E1672019-11-13013 November 2019
Enclosure 2-Certificate of Compliance No. 9218, Revision No. 24, for the Model No. Trupact-II Transportation Package Safety Evaluation Report
ML19268B7352019-09-18018 September 2019
Letter to J. Shuler Expiration of Certificate of Compliance No. 9212 for the Model No. RH-TRU 72-B Package
ML19254A6242019-09-0606 September 2019
Letter to T. Sellmer Certificate of Compliance No. 9218, Revision No. 23, for the Model No. TRUPACT-II Transportation Package
ML19172A1112019-06-21021 June 2019
RH-TRU 72-B Letter Authorization
ML19135A5122019-05-15015 May 2019
Letter to T. Sellmer Reissuance of Exemption from Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Section 71.61 (W/Enclosure)
ML18171A1772018-06-19019 June 2018
Letter to P. Noss Certificate of Compliance No. 9305, Revision No. 10, for the Model No. TRUPACT-III Transportation Package(W/Enclosure 2)
RNP-RA/18-0041, Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation - Register as User for Cask2018-06-13013 June 2018
Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation - Register as User for Cask
ML14154A1182014-04-30030 April 2014
Request to Register as User of Energysolutions 10-160B Package
ML13273A0192013-08-20020 August 2013
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Register as a User of the Energysolutions 10-160B Package
ZS-2012-0216, Zionsolutions, LLC Registration as a User of the CNS 10-160B Radioactive Materials Shipping Cask2012-04-30030 April 2012
Zionsolutions, LLC Registration as a User of the CNS 10-160B Radioactive Materials Shipping Cask
ML0807703792008-03-17017 March 2008
Cask User Registration
ML0731801472007-11-0707 November 2007
11/7/2007 M. Debose, Ltr. User Registration
ML0702505212007-01-19019 January 2007
Request for NRC Consent to the Transfer of Control of GE Licenses to GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy America, LLC and for Approval of Conforming Amendments
2023-06-02
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 December 14, 2022 Reinhard Knerr, Manager Carlsbad Field Office U.S. Department of Energy P.O. Box 3090 Carlsbad, NM 88221
SUBJECT:
REVIEW OF 2022 WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT BIENNIAL ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE REPORT
Dear Reinhard Knerr:
I am responding to your letter dated October 28, 2022, that transmitted the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) report entitled, "Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Biennial Environmental Compliance Report." As stated in your letter, DOE is periodically required to submit to the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the State of New Mexico documentation of continued compliance with applicable Federal laws pertaining to the public health and the environment. The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) Land Withdrawal Act requires DOE to use packages certified by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for the transportation of transuranic (TRU) waste to WIPP for disposal.
The report discusses compliance with the applicable laws administered by the NRC from April 1, 2020, to March 31, 2022. While the NRC does not have regulatory authority over DOE or WIPP, the NRC regulations at Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 71 promulgated under the authority of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, do apply to packages designed and utilized for shipments of TRU waste. In addition to pertaining to the certification of packages, these regulations also set the criteria and requirements for quality assurance programs as applied to transportation packages.
The NRC has certified the design of five packages for DOEs use in transporting transuranic waste to WIPP. Certificate of Compliance No. 9218 was issued to DOE on August 30, 1989, for the Model No. TRUPACT-II. The NRC approved several amendments to the certificate, most recently Revision No. 27, issued on November 21, 2022. The certificate has an expiration date of September 30, 2024. On March 3, 2000, NRC certified the design for DOE's transport package for remote-handled transuranic waste, Certificate of Compliance No. 9212, for the Model No. RH-TRU 72-B. The NRC has approved several amendments to the certificate, most recently on December 2, 2019. The certificate has an expiration date of January 31, 2025. On November 2, 2000, NRC certified a third package design for transuranic waste, Certificate of Compliance No. 9279, for the Model No. HalfPACT Waste Shipping Container. The most recent amendment to this certificate was issued on November 21, 2022, and the certificates expiration date is April 30, 2023. On June 1, 2010, NRC certified a fourth package design for transuranic waste, Certificate of Compliance No. 9305, for the Model No. TRUPACT-III package. The most recent amendment to this certificate was issued on June 24, 2020, and the certificates expiration date is July 31, 2025. Certificate of Compliance No. 9204, for the Model No. CNS 10-160B has also been authorized for shipment of certain transuranic wastes. Revision No. 23 for this certificate was issued by the NRC on February 11, 2020, to EnergySolutions and has an expiration date of October 31, 2025.
R. Knerr 2 We conducted one quality assurance inspection for Certificate of Compliance No. 9204, on November 3, 2020. From this inspection, we determined that the quality assurance program was satisfactorily implemented and that the quality assurance requirements of 10 CFR Part 71 had been met.
In light of the WIPP Land Withdrawal Act, we reviewed our records and relevant portions of Chapter 14.0 of the WIPP compliance report. Based on our records and review, we consider DOE to be in compliance with the WIPP Land Withdrawal Act as evaluated against applicable sections of 10 CFR Part 71, promulgated under the authority of the Atomic Energy Act.
If you have any questions, please contact me or Chris Allen of my staff at (301) 415-6877.
Sincerely, Safford, Carrie signing on behalf of Helton, Shana on 12/14/22 Shana R. Helton, Director Division of Fuel Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket Nos: 71-9204, 71-9212 71-9218, 71-9279 71-9305 cc: Nick Stone, EPA Region 6