ML22339A180
| ML22339A180 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 12/14/2022 |
| From: | Yoira Diaz-Sanabria Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch |
| To: | Mccullum R Nuclear Energy Institute |
| References | |
| NEI 22-02, Rev 2 | |
| Download: ML22339A180 (3) | |
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December 14, 2022 Rodney McCullum Senior Director Nuclear Energy Institute 1201 F Street, NW, Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20004
SUBJECT:
RESPONSE TO NOVEMBER 04, 2022, NUCLEAR ENERGY INSTITUTE REQUEST FOR REVIEW AND ENDORSEMENT OF NEI 22-02, REVISION 2 -
GUIDELINES FOR WEATHER-RELATED ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS FOR SHORT DURATION OUTDOOR DRY CASK STORAGE OPERATIONS
Dear Rodney McCullum:
By letter dated November 04, 2022 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
[ADAMS] Accession No. ML22339A035), the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) submitted to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) a request for review and endorsement of NEI 22-02, Revision 2 - Guidelines for Weather-Related Administrative Controls for Short Duration Outdoor Dry Cask Storage Operations. The NEI submittal responded to the NRCs request for supplemental information, dated September 12, 2022 (ML22216A117). NEI states that NEI 22-02, Revision 2 will enable effective site-specific implementation of the guidance over the wide range of operational and weather conditions that may exist across industry dry storage facilities, and that NRCs endorsement of the guidance will provide regulatory certainty and predictability for the industry to apply appropriate administrative controls during short duration outdoor dry cask storage operations.
The NRC staff plans to document its endorsement in a future regulatory guide, including any clarifications and exceptions from the NEI 22-02 guidance that the NRC may take. The NRC staff plans to align on the potential clarifications and exceptions by February 2022 and will communicate these through the development of the regulatory guide.
Meanwhile, enforcement guidance memorandum (EGM)22-001 issued on April 15, 2022, provides guidance when a specific or general license of an independent spent fuel storage installation does not comply with its design or licensing basis for the protection against environmental conditions and natural phenomena per Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 72.
R. McCullum If you have any questions, please contact Mr. John-Chau Nguyen at 301-415-0262 or John-Chau.Nguyen@nrc.gov.
Sincerely, Habib, Donald signing on behalf of Diaz-Sanabria, Yoira on 12/14/22 Yoira Diaz Sanabria, Branch Chief Storage & Transportation Licensing Branch Division of Fuel Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
ML22339A180 OFFICE NMSS/DFM NMSS/DFM NMSS/DFM NMSS/DFM WWheatley NAME JNguyen MLearn ARivera (ELee/for)
DATE 12/05/2022 12/06/2022 12/06/2022 12/14/2022 OFFICE NMSS/DFM (A)
DHabib for NAME YDiaz-Sanabria DATE 12/14/2022