ML25035A205
| ML25035A205 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Nine Mile Point  |
| Issue date: | 03/12/2025 |
| From: | Yen-Ju Chen Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch |
| To: | Williams C Constellation Energy Generation, Constellation Nuclear |
| Shared Package | |
| ML25035A080 | List: |
| References | |
| Download: ML25035A205 (1) | |
Text
From:
Yen-Ju Chen To:
Williams, Christian D:(Constellation Nuclear)
Cc:
Yoira Diaz Sanabria; Tom Boyce; Christian Jacobs; John-Chau Nguyen
Subject:
CONSTELLATION ISSUANCE OF EXEMPTIONHI-STORM FW MPC STORAGE SYSTEM, HI-TRAC VW SYSTEM TORNADO MISSILE ANALYSIS, AT NINE MILE POINT NUCLEAR POWER STATION INDEPENDENT SPENT FUEL STORAGE INSTALLATION Date:
Wednesday, March 12, 2025 8:29:00 AM Attachments:
Decision on NMP Tornado Missile Exemption.pdf
Dear Mr. Williams:
This is in response to your letter dated January 22, 2025 (Agency-wide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession Number No. ML25022A240), and as supplemented on February 4, 2025 (ML25036A335), 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.
The NRC staff reviewed Constellation Energy Generation, LLCs (CEG) 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 CEG 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 Constellation to use the HI-STORM FW MPC Storage System, including the use of the HI-TRAC VW transfer cask during loading and transport operations, for six MPC-89 at the Nine Mile Point Nuclear Power Station ISFSI, beginning in May 2025. 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) 415-1018.
Sincerely, Yen
Yen-Ju Chen Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch Division of Fuel Management
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission yen-ju.chen@nrc.gov 301-415-1018