ML23168A004

Application for HI-STORM Umax Amendment No. 3 – Acknowledgement of Withdrawal and Notification of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Staff Efforts Closure - Cost Activity Code/Enterprise Project Identification Number 001028/L-2017-LLA-0

ML23168A004
Person / Time
Site:	HI-STORM 100
Issue date:	08/24/2023
From:	Yen-Ju Chen Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch
To:	Manzione K Holtec
References
CAC 001028, EPID L-2017-LLA-0033
Download: ML23168A004 (3)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 Kimberly Manzione, Director of Licensing - NMSS Projects Holtec International 1 Holtec Boulevard Camden, NJ 08104

SUBJECT:

APPLICATION FOR HI-STORM UMAX AMENDMENT NO. 3 -

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF WITHDRAWAL AND NOTIFICATION OF THE U.S.

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION STAFF EFFORTS CLOSURE - COST ACTIVITY CODE/ENTERPRISE PROJECT IDENTIFICATION NUMBER 001028/L-2017-LLA-0033

Dear Kimberly Manzione:

By letter dated August 30, 2016 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML16250A404), and supplemented by letters dated September 9, 2016 (ML16258A213), November 4, 2016 (ML16313A170), March 3, 2017 (ML17067A058), and August 4, 2017 (ML17229B194), Holtec International submitted an amendment request to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for the HI-STORM UMAX Canister Storage System, Certificate of Compliance No. 1040.

On January 17, 2018, the NRC accepted the application for review and issued the first set of requests for additional information (RAIs) (ML18018A017). Holtec responded to the first set of RAIs by letters dated February 1, 2018 (ML18036A222), May 23, 2018 (ML18150A340), and October 16, 2018 (ML18304A159). The NRC staff issued the second set of RAIs on September 30, 2019 (ML19259A155), and Holtec responded by letters dated December 15, 2019 (ML20002A299), and March 31, 2020 (ML20104C047). On November 20, 2020, the NRC staff issued follow up criticality RAIs (ML20325A257). On December 15, 2020, the staff held a public meeting to discuss two issues from the RAI responses (ML20366A042).

On April 1, 2021, the NRC issued a delay review letter (ML21091A029) because Holtec requested additional time to respond to some RAIs and the two issues discussed at the public meeting. Holtec submitted draft proprietary supplemental responses to these items on August 11, 2021, followed by the official response on docket on March 3, 2023 (ML23062A662),

and March 16, 2023 (ML23075A067). On March 31, 2023, the staff issued RAIs (ML22258A260) on major issues that needing additional information for the staff to complete the review. The staff held a clarification call on April 11, 2023 (ML23125A115), and a public meeting on June 2, 2023 (ML23165A201), to discuss these RAIs.

By a letter dated June 9, 2023 (ML23160A254), you requested to withdraw the HI-STORM UMAX Amendment No. 3 application from NRC review. This communication serves as our acknowledgement of receipt of your request to withdraw the application and as notification of the termination of the NRC staffs activities on the review of your application. Efforts under Cost August 24, 2023

K. Manzione 2

Activity Code/Enterprise Project Identification number 001028/L-2017-LLA-0033 have been closed.

Based on the review of your application to date, the NRC staff has identified the technical areas where additional information is needed to enable the staff to complete this review. Should you decide to resubmit your application, you will need to provide a complete application, including all the technical information identified in the March 31, 2023 RAI letter. We highly recommend a public pre-application meeting before you submit a revised application.

In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 2, Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure, a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) or from the Publicly Available Records component of the NRCs ADAMS. ADAMS is accessible from the NRC website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. The PDR is open by appointment. To make an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

If you have any questions regarding this communication, please contact me at 301-415-1018 or via email to yen-ju.chen@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, Yen-Ju Chen, Sr. Project Manager Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch Division of Fuel Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket No. 72-1040 CAC No. 001028 EPID No. L-2017-LLA-0033 Signed by Chen, Yen-Ju on 08/24/23

K. Manzione 3

SUBJECT:

APPLICATION FOR HI-STORM UMAX AMENDMENT NO. 3 -

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF WITHDRAWAL AND NOTIFICATION OF THE U.S.

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