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Letter Issuing Exemption to Zionsolutions
ML20098E711
Person / Time
Site: Zion File:ZionSolutions icon.png
Issue date: 04/21/2020
From: John Mckirgan
Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch
To: Gerard van Noordennen
ZionSolutions
BHWhite NMSS/DFM/STL 415.6577
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April 21, 2020 Mr. Gerard van Noordennen, Senior Vice President Regulatory Affairs ZionSolutions, LLC 101 Shiloh Boulevard Zion IL 60099

SUBJECT:

ISSUANCE OF EXEMPTION FOR ZION INDEPENDENT SPENT FUEL STORAGE INSTALLATION

Dear Mr. van Noordennen:

By letter dated December 30, 2019 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML20003D845), as supplemented on January 30, 2020 (ADAMS Accession No. ML20035E402) and March 11, 2020 (ADAMS Accession No. ML20076C530), ZionSolutions LLC, submitted an application requesting an exemption pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 72.7, for the Zion Nuclear Station (Zion) to use two exceptions to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler and Pressure Vessel (B&PV)

Code for the storage of spent fuel in the independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI) at Zion using the MAGNASTOR storage cask. Specifically, you requested an exemption from the requirements of 10 CFR 72.212(a)(2), 10 CFR 72.212(b)(3), 10 CFR 72.212(b)(5)(i), 10 CFR 72.214, and the portion of 10 CFR 72.212(b)(11), which requires compliance with the terms and conditions set forth in the CoC for each spent fuel cask used by an ISFSI general licensee.

The NRC staff reviewed ZionSolutions exemption request for the Zion ISFSI. The details of the review are included in the enclosed safety evaluation report. Based upon the staffs evaluation, the NRC has 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.

Accordingly, the NRC hereby grants ZionSolutions an exemption from the requirements in 10 CFR 72.212(a)(2), 10 CFR 72.212(b)(3), 10 CFR 72.212(b)(5)(i), 10 CFR 72.214, and the portion of 10 CFR 72.212(b)(11) that requires compliance with terms, conditions, and specifications of the CoC to load and store spent fuel using Amendment No. 6 of CoC No. 1031 (ADAMS Package Accession No. ML16319A064) for the MAGNASTOR storage system to authorize two exceptions to the ASME B&PV Code Section III, Division 1, Subsection NG-2300, Charpy V-notch testing direction requirement for carbon steel plate material greater than 0.625 inches thick and the post-heat treatment ultrasonic testing (UT) requirements in ASME B&PV Code Section III, Division 1, Subsection NG-2500, for rolled carbon steel plate material greater than 0.75 inches thick.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissions (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. ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

G. van Noordennen If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-5722, or Bernard White of my staff, at (301) 415-6577.

Sincerely, John B. Digitally signed by John B.

McKirgan McKirgan Date: 2020.04.21 15:49:58 -04'00' John McKirgan, Chief Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch Division of Fuel Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket Nos. 72-1037 EPID Nos. L-2020-LLE-0000

G. van Noordennen

SUBJECT:

ISSUANCE OF EXEMPTION FOR ZION INDEPENDENT SPENT FUEL STORAGE INSTALLATION DOCUMENT DATE: April 21, 2020 DISTRIBUTION:

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