ML20098D957

Letter Issuing Exemption to Catawba

ML20098D957
Person / Time
Site:	Catawba
Issue date:	04/21/2020
From:	John Mckirgan Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch
To:	Snider S Duke Energy Carolinas
BHWhite NMSS/DFM/STL 415.6577
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ML20098D956	List: ML20098D957 ML20098D960
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EPID L 2020-LLE-0004
Download: ML20098D957 (3)

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April 21, 2020 Mr. Steve Snider, Vice President Nuclear Engineering Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC 526 South Church Street, EC-07H Charlotte, NC 28202

SUBJECT:

ISSUANCE OF EXEMPTION FOR CATAWBA INDEPENDENT SPENT FUEL STORAGE INSTALLATION

Dear Mr. Snider:

By letter dated January 9, 2020 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML20009E527), as supplemented on March 12, 2020 (ADAMS Accession No. ML20072M224), Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC (Duke) submitted an application requesting an exemption pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 72.7, for the Catawba Nuclear Station (Catawba) 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 Catawba 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 certificate of compliance (CoC) for each spent fuel cask used by an ISFSI general licensee.

The NRC staff reviewed Dukes exemption request for the Catawba 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 Catawba 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. 7 of CoC No. 1031(ADAMS Package Accession No. ML17013A466) 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

S. Snider document system, ADAMS. ADAMS 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) 415-5722, or Bernard White of my staff, at (301) 415-6577.

Sincerely, Digitally signed by John B.

John B. McKirgan McKirgan Date: 2020.04.21 15:01:28 -04'00' John McKirgan, Chief Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch Division of Fuel Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket No. 72-45 EPID No. L-2020-LLE-0004

S. Snider

SUBJECT:

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

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