ML24220A247

Email to Ryan Joyce Re Availability of EA-FONSI for Hatch Exemption

ML24220A247
Person / Time
Site:	Hatch, 07200036
Issue date:	10/11/2024
From:	Stroud H Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch
To:	Joyce R Southern Nuclear Operating Co
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ML24220A245	List: ML24220A246 ML24220A247 ML24220A248 ML24220A249 ML24220A250
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Download: ML24220A247 (1)

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From: Heath Stroud To: Joyce, Ryan M.

Cc: Yoira Diaz Sanabria; Yen-Ju Chen; Christian Jacobs

Subject:

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT RELATED TO EXEMPTION REQUEST FOR HI-STORM 100 CASK SYSTEM CONTINUOUS BASKET SHIM CANISTERS AT EDWIN I. HATCH NUCLEAR PLANT UNITS 1 AND 2 INDEPENDENT SPENT FUEL STORAGE INSTALLATION Date: Friday, October 11, 2024 3:37:00 PM

Dear Ryan Joyce:

The staff has issued the environmental assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact related to your application for an exemption dated June 25, 2024 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession Number No. ML24177A217).

The proposed action would allow Southern Nuclear Operating Company to load MPC-68M-CBS in the HI-STORM 100 Cask System at the Hatch Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2 ISFSI in the storage condition where the terms, conditions, and specifications in CoC No. 1014, Amendment No. 11 are not met, solely applies to the three currently loaded and five planned loadings of non-compliant CBS casks beginning in April 2025. This action, if approved, would be permitted under exemption from Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 72, sections 72.212(a)(2); 72.212(b)(3); 72.212(b)(5)(i);

72.212(b)(11) and 72.214.

The environmental assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact (ML24220A246) has been issued by the Office of the Federal Register. If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 287-3664.

Thank you,

Heath Stroud Project Manager Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch Division of Fuel Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards U.S.Nuclear Regulatory Commission (301) 287-3664 l Heath.Stroud@nrc.gov