ML20212F846
| ML20212F846 | |
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| Issue date: | 09/03/1999 |
| From: | Travers W NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
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| FRN-64FR51270, RULE-PR-72 PR-990903-01, NUDOCS 9909280394 | |
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CL (6#RS/370) Fj7{f.g3.pj NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 99 S~ Zij M :30 10 CFR Part 72
- RIN 3150- AG36 Abc List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: (VSC-24) Revision AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
SUMMARY
- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to amud its regulations revising the Pacific Sierra Nuclear Associates (PSNA) VSC-24 cask syste.c ;M a within the
" List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks" to include Amendment No.1 to the Certificate of Compliance. Amendment No.1 will modify the present cask system design to permit a licensee to store burnable poison rod assemblies in the VSC-24 cask system design along with the spent fuel under a generallicense.
0 N .?2,/949 DATES: Comments on the proposed rule must be received on or before (^^ dup mL poh" - t :-'50 F^d ~a' 9:p dct).
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ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attn: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff. Hand deliver comments to 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD, between 7:30 am and 4:15 p.m. on Federal d' !
workdays. j l i You may also provide comments via the NRC's interactive rulemaking website through ,
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! the NRC's home page.(http://www.nrc. gov). This site provides the availability to upload comments as files (any format) if your web browser supports that function. For information about the interactive rulemaking site, contact Ms. Carol Gallagher, (301) 415-5905; e-mail CAG @ nrc. gov.
Certain documents related to this rule, including comments received by the NRC, may be examined at the NRC Public Document Room,2120 L Street NW (Lower Level), Washington, DC. These documents also may be viewed and downloaded electronically via the interactive rulemaking website established by NRC for this rule.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stan Turel, telephone (301) 415-6234, e-mail, spt@nrc. gov of the Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
For additionalinformation see the Direct Final Rule published in the final rules section of this Federal Register.
Procedural Background Because NRC considers this action noncontroversial and routine, we are publishing this '
proposed rule concurrently as a direct final rule. The direct final rule will become effective on (75 days after publication in the Federal Register). However, if the NRC receives significant adverse comments on the direct final rule by (30 days after publication in the Federal Register),
then the NRC will publish a notice to withdraw the direct final rule, if the direct final rule is 2
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[ . withdrawn, the NRC will address the comments receird in response to the proposed revisions in a subsequent final rule. Absent significant modifications to the proposed revisions requiring
- republication, the NRC will not initiate a second comment period for this action if the direct final
' rule is withdrawn.
l List of Subjects in 10 CFR Part 72 i
Criminal penalties, Manpower training programs, Nuclear materials, Occupational safety and health, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Security measures, Spent fuel.
For the reasons set out in the preamble and under the authority of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended; the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, as amended; and 5 U.S.C. 553; the NRC is proposing to adopt the following amendments to 10 CFR Part 72. j PART 72--LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE INDEPENDENT STORAGE OF SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL AND HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE
- 1. The authority citation for Part 72 continues to read as follows:
AUTHORITY: Secs.51,53,57,62,63,65,69,81,161,182,183,184,186,187,189,68 Stat. 929, 930, 932, 933, 934, 935, 948, 953, 954, 955, as amended, sec. 234,83 Stat. 444, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2071, 2073, 2077, 2092, 2093, 2095, 2099, 2111, 2201, 2232, 2233, 2234,
- 2236,2237,2238, R282); sec. 274, Pub. L.86-373,73 Stat. 688, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2021);
sec. 201, as amended,202,206,88 Stat.1242, as amended, 1244,1246 (42 U.S.C. 5841, 5842,5846); Pub. L.95-601, sec.10,92 Stat. 2951 as amended by Pub. L.10d - 48b, 3
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l L sec. 7902,10b Stat. 31b3 (42 U.S.C. 5851); sec.102, Pub. L.91-190,83 Stat. 853 (42 U.S.C.
4332); secs.131,132,133,135,137,141, Pub. L.97-425,96 Stat. 2229,2230,2232,2241, l sec.148, Pub. L.100-203,101 Stat.1330-235 (42 U.S.C.10151,10152,10153,10155,10157, l
10161,10168).
Section 72.44(g) also issued under secs.142(b) and 148(c), (d), Pub. L. 100-203,101 Stat.1330-232,1330-236 (42 U.S.C.10162(b),10168(c),(d)). Section 72.46 also issued under sec.189,68 Stat. 955 (42 U.S.C. 2239); sec.134, Pub. L.97-425,96 Stat. 2230 (42 U.S.C.
10154). Section 72.96(d) also issued under sec.145(g), Pub. L.100-203,101 Stat.1330-235 (42 U.S.C.10165(g)). Subpart J also issued under secs. 2(2),2(15),2(19),117(a),141(h),
Pub. L.97-425,96 Stat. 2202,2203,2204,2222,2244, (42 U.S.C.10101,10137(a),10161(h)).
Subparts K and L are also issued under sec.133,98 Stat. 2230 (42 U.S.C.10153) and sec. 218(a),96 Stat. 2252 (42 U.S.C.10198).
- 2. Section 72.214, Certificate of Compliance (CoC) 1007 is revised to read as follows:
6 72.214 List of aooroved soent fuel storaae casks.
Certificate Number: 1007 initial Certificate Effective Date: May 7,1993 Amendment Number 1 Effective Date: (75 days after publication in the Federal Register)
SAR Submitted by: Pacific Sierra Nuclear Associates SAR
Title:
Final Safety Analysis Report for the Ventilated Storage Cask System 4
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.g Docket Number: 72-1007 Certificate Expiration Date: May 7,2013 Model Number: VSC-24 Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 3rd dayof Sept. ,1999.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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William D. Travys, Executive Director for Operations.
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