ML24010A061

Federal Register Notice: General Notice. ≪Pi ISFSI Amendment Request 12>

ML24010A061
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Site:	Prairie Island
Issue date:	03/11/2024
From:	Yoira Diaz-Sanabria Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 72-10; NRC-2023-0155]

Northern States Power Company;

Prairie Island Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation;

License Amendment Application

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice; issuance.

SUMMARY

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) reviewed an appli cation

by Northern States Power Company (NSPM) for amendment of Specia l Nuclear

Materials License No. SNM-2506 which authorizes NSPM to receive, possess, store,

and transfer spent nuclear fuel and associated radioactive mate rials. The amendment

request sought to revise the technical specifications (TS) for the Prairie Island

Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (PI ISFSI) to allow use of a Code alternative

as an option to the requirements of the 2004 Edition through 20 06 Addenda of the

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler and Pres sure Vessel (B&PV)

Code,Section III, Division 1, Subsection NB, Paragraph NB-5130, by revising the TS to

add the Code alternative to TS section 4.4, table 4.4-1, TN-40H T ASME Code

Exceptions.

DATES: The license amendment was issued March 5, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2023-0155 when contacting the NRC

about the availability of information regarding this document. You may obtain publicly

available information related to this document using any of the following methods:

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and

search for Docket ID NRC-2023-0155. Address questions about Docket IDs in

Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; telephone: 301-415-0624; ema il:

Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the in dividual 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 ADAM S Public

Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.ht ml. To begin the

search, select Begin Web-based ADAMS Search. For problems wit h ADAMS, please

contact the NRCs Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, at

301-415-4737, or by email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. The ADAMS ac cession number

for each document referenced (if it is available in ADAMS) is p rovided the first time that it

is mentioned in this document.

• NRCs PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies of publicly

available documents, is open by appointment. To make an appoint ment 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 throu gh Friday, except

Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John-Chau Nguyen, Office of Nuclear

Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commiss ion, Washington, DC

20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-0262; email: John-Chau.Nguyen@nr c.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The NRC received, by [[letter::L-PI-23-018, License Amendment Request to Revise ISFSI Technical Specification 4.4 to Allow Use of a Code Alternative to ASME Code, NB-5130, Examination of Weld Edge Preparation Surfaces, for the TN-40HT|letter dated July 14, 2023]] (ADAMS Accessi on No.

ML23195A187), a license amendment application from NSPM, to ame nd Special

Nuclear Materials License No. SNM-2506, which authorizes the st orage of spent fuel at 2

the PI ISFSI located in Welch, Minnesota. Specifically, the ame ndment sought to revise

the TS to allow use of a Code alternative as an option to the r equirements of the 2004

Edition through 2006 Addenda of the American Society of Mechani cal Engineers

(ASME) Boiler and Pressure Vessel (B&PV) Code,Section III, Div ision 1, Subsection

NB, Paragraph NB-5130, by revising the TS to add the Code alter native to TS section 4.4, table 4.4-1, TN-40HT ASME Code Exceptions.

An NRC administrative completeness review, documented in a lett er to NSPM

dated August 24, 2023 (ADAMS Accession No. ML23234A135), found the application

acceptable to begin a technical review. In accordance with sect ion 72.16 of title 10 of the

Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), a notice of docketing was published in the

Federal Register on September 8, 2023 (88 FR 62108). The notice of docketing in cluded

an opportunity to request a hearing and to petition for leave t o intervene. No requests for

a hearing or petitions for leave to intervene were submitted.

The NRC prepared a safety evaluation report (SER) (ADAMS Access ion No.

ML24008A131) to document its review and evaluation of the amend ment request. In

addition, the NRC evaluated an assertion by NSPM that the amend ment request

satisfied the categorical exclusion criteria specified in 10 CF R 51.22(c)(11). Under

10 CFR 51.22(c)(11), a categorical exclusion is allowed for ame ndments to materials

licenses which are administrative, organizational, or procedura l in nature, or which result

in a change to process operations or equipment, provided that ( i) there is no significant

change in the types or significant increase in the amounts of a ny effluents that may be

released offsite, (ii) there is no significant increase in indi vidual or cumulative

occupational radiation exposure, (iii) there is no significant construction impact, and (iv)

there is no significant increase in the potential for or conseq uences from radiological

accidents. As explained in the SER, the NRC determined that the license amendment 3

satisfied the 10 CFR 51.22(c)(11) categorical exclusion criteri a. Consequently, an

environmental assessment and findi ng of no significant impact are not required.

Upon completing its review, the NRC staff determined that the r equest complies

with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the

Act), as well as the NRCs rules and regulations. The Commission has made appropriate

findings as required by the Act and the Commissions rules and regulations in

10 CFR chapter I, which are set forth in the license amendment. The NRC approved and

issued Amendment No. 12 to Special Nuclear Materials License No. SNM-2506

(ML24008A130), held by NSPM for the receipt, possession, transf er, and storage of

spent fuel and associated radioactive materials at the PI ISFSI. Pursuant to 10 CFR

72.46(d), the NRC is providing notice of the action taken. Amen dment No. 12 was

effective as of the date of issuance, March 5, 2024.

Dated: March 11, 2024.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

/RA/

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

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