ML24220A250

Email to Ryan Joyce Re Decision on the Hatch Exemption

ML24220A250
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Site:	Hatch, 07200036
Issue date:	10/15/2024
From:	Stroud H Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch
To:	Joyce R Southern Nuclear Operating Co
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From: Heath Stroud To: Joyce, Ryan M.

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

Subject:

SOUTHERN NUCLEAR OPERATING COMPANY ISSUANCE OF EXEMPTIONHI-STORM 100 CASK SYSTEM CONTINUOUS BASKET SHIM CANISTERS AT EDWIN I. HATCH NUCLEAR PLANT UNITS 1 AND 2 INDEPENDENT SPENT FUEL STORAGE INSTALLATION Date: Tuesday, October 15, 2024 4:30:00 PM

Dear Ryan Joyce:

This is in response to your letter dated June 25, 2024 (Agency-wide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession Number No. ML24177A217), requesting an exemption from the requirements of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Sections 72.212(a)(2), 72.212(b)(3), 72.212(b)(5)(i), 72.212(b)(11), and 72.214, which provide that under a general license, spent fuel is only allowed to be stored in dry storage casks approved under the provisions of 10 CFR Part 72, and that storage must be in compliance with the terms, conditions, and specifications set forth in the certificate of compliance (CoC) for each dry storage spent fuel cask used by an independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI) general licensee.

On January 30, 2024, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff issued a Notice of Violation (ML24016A190) that determined that the continuous basket shims (CBS) variant design was not the type of change allowed without a CoC amendment. The CBS basket is used in HI-STORM 100 Cask System (MPC-32M-CBS and MPC-68M-CBS) and the HI-STORM Flood/Wind Multi-purpose Canister Storage System (MPC-37-CBS and MPC-89-CBS). Southern Nuclear Operating Company (SNC) stated that it has loaded three MPC-68M-CBS in HI-STORM 100 Cask System and plans to load five MPC-68M-CBS in the HI-STORM 100 Cask System beginning in April 2025 at the Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2 (Hatch) ISFSI.

The NRC staff reviewed SNCs exemption request and determined that, pursuant to 10 CFR 72.7, the exemption is authorized by law, will not endanger life or property or the common defense and security, and is otherwise in the public interest. Therefore, the NRC is granting SNC an exemption from the requirements in 10 CFR 72.212(a)(2),

72.212(b)(3), 72.212(b)(5)(i), 72.212(b)(11), and 72.214 that require compliance with the terms, conditions, and specifications of the CoC. This exemption, which is attached, solely allows SNC to maintain three MPC-68M-CBS canisters in a storage condition at Hatch ISFSI and to load five MPC-68M-CBS canisters beginning in April 2025 at Hatch ISFSI. This exemption is effective upon issuance. The exemption is also being forwarded for publication in the Federal Register.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the publicly available records component of the NRCs document system, ADAMS. The ADAMS database is accessible from the NRC Website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 287-3664.

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