ML25345A147
| ML25345A147 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | 07109377 |
| Issue date: | 11/25/2025 |
| From: | Christopher Markley Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch |
| To: | Yates D TN Americas LLC |
| References | |
| EPID id# L-2025-LLA-0103 | |
| Download: ML25345A147 (0) | |
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From:
Chris Markley To:
"YATES Douglas (ORANO)"
Cc:
SHAW Donis (ORANO); MCENTIRE John (ORANO); Yoira Diaz Sanabria
Subject:
Acceptance of TN-32B rev 1 Application for Review Date:
Tuesday, November 25, 2025 11:56:00 AM Attachments:
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Subject:
Acceptance of TN-32B rev 1 Application for Review
Dear Mr. Yates:
By letter dated September 5, 2025, (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System [ADAMS] Accession No. ML25248A026), TN Americas LLC (TN) submitted an application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for revision 1 of the TN-32B certificate of compliance (CoC) No. 9377. In your application, you requested the following change:
Clarify the definition of intact fuel assemblies to include assemblies containing undamaged fuel rods without any known or suspected cladding defects greater than hairline cracks or pinhole leaks.
Revise intact fuel to intact/undamaged fuel for consistency in Safety Analysis Report (SAR).
Chapter 7 changes are required to clarify the operational steps necessary to prepare and configure the demonstration cask for transport offsite and to reflect additional measures for consideration associated with gas sampling prior to transport.
Revisions to the impact limiter drawings.
The purpose of this e-mail is to provide the results of the NRC staffs (the staff thereafter) acceptance review of this proposed request. The acceptance review is also intended to identify any readily apparent deficiencies related to the characterization of the regulatory requirements or package certification basis.
The staff reviewed your application and concluded that it includes technical information in sufficient detail to enable the staff to conduct its detailed technical review and make an independent assessment regarding the acceptability of the proposed request in terms of regulatory requirements and the protection of public health and safety and the environment.
Given the more limited scope and depth of the acceptance review compared to the detailed technical review, issues that affect the staffs ability to complete the technical review may still be identified despite the acceptance review being deemed adequate. If additional information is needed, you will be notified by separate correspondence.
The staff determined, based on historical data, thatthe technical review may require approximately 320 hours0.0037 days <br />0.0889 hours <br />5.291005e-4 weeks <br />1.2176e-4 months <br /> and 9 months. To support a more efficient process, the NRC is setting a goal of completing a review in less time and level of effort. The staff estimate for this review is approximately 305 hours0.00353 days <br />0.0847 hours <br />5.042989e-4 weeks <br />1.160525e-4 months <br /> and 5 months. The schedule includes the issuance of a request for additional information (RAI) in January 2026, if needed, and receiving your response by February 2026. The staff expects to complete the formal review and issue a certificate by April 2026. These estimates are based on the staffs initial review of the application and may change due to several factors including unanticipated expansion of the
review scope involvement or if the submittal is provided to the NRC in advance of or concurrently with industry program initiatives or pilot applications.
The schedule above is also based, in part, on TN providing RAI responses by the timeline specified, unless another date is agreed upon, RAI responses resolving issues with limited need for follow-up RAIs, and clarification calls being scheduled and conducted promptly, and any additional supporting non-docketed information being provided timely.
To achieve this schedule, the staff intends to engage TN frequently to resolve emergent issues or challenges that may arise during the staffs review that affect the initial forecasted completion date or result in significant changes to the estimated review hours. The reasons for those changes, along with updated estimates, will be communicated during routine interactions with the assigned project manager and documented accordingly. Should the review experience a delay for other reasons, the staff will endeavor to make up the time within the schedule.
Your submittal has been assigned Cost Activity Code (CAC)/Enterprise Project Identification Number (EPID) [001029 / L-2025-LLA-0103]. Please reference this number and Docket No. 71-9377 in any future correspondence associated with this request.
In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Section 2.390 of the NRCs Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure, a copy of this e-mail will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records component of the NRCs ADAMS. ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).
If you have any questions, please contact me.
Sincerely, Christopher Markley
Christopher T. MARKLEY PhD l Systems Performance Analyst l Office of Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards l Division of Fuel Management l Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission l Washington, DC 20555-0001 l
(: christopher.markley@nrc.gov l (: (301) 415-6293 l (: (301) 415-0020 l