[Federal Register: March 6, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 44)]
[Proposed Rules]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Part 72
RIN 3150-AG70
List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: VSC-24 Revision
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to amend
its regulations revising the Pacific Sierra Nuclear Associates (PSNA)
VSC-24 listing within the ``List of approved spent fuel storage casks''
to include Amendment No. 3 to the Certificate of Compliance (CoC). This
amendment will allow holders of power reactor operating licenses as
general licensees to store Combustion Engineering 16x16 spent fuel
assemblies in accordance with revised technical specifications in the
VSC-24 cask system. The proposed Amendment No. 3 to the VSC-24 CoC
changes Technical Specifications 1.2.1 and 1.2.6 to modify the fuel
specifications for Combustion Engineering 16x16 spent fuel stored in
the VSC-24 cask system, modifies the text in TS 1.2.7 for accuracy,
modifies the text in Certificate Section 2.b. to remove ambiguity,
modifies Certificate Section 3 to be consistent with TS 1.1.4, modifies
Certificate Section 4 for consistency with TS 1.1.3, and modifies
Certificate Section 5 to remove ambiguity.
DATES: Comments on the proposed rule must be received on or before
April 5, 2001.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attn: Rulemakings and
Adjudications Staff. Deliver comments to 11555 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, MD, between 7:30 am and 4:15 pm on Federal workdays.
You may also provide comments via the NRC's interactive rulemaking
website (http://ruleforum.llnl.gov). This site provides the capability
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, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD. These documents may also be viewed and
downloaded electronically via the rulemaking website.
Documents created or received at the NRC after November 1, 1999 are
also available electronically at the NRC Public Electronic Reading Room
on the Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/ADAMS/index.html. From this
site, the public can gain entry into the NRC's Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System (ADAMS), which provides text and image
files of NRC's public documents. An electronic copy of the proposed CoC
and preliminary safety evaluation report (SER) can be found in ADAMS
under Accession No. ML003733556. For more information, contact the
NRC's Public Document Room Reference Staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-
4737 or by e-mail at pdr@nrc.gov.
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 additional information see the Direct
Final Rule published in the final rules section of this Federal
Register.
Procedural Background
The NRC is also publishing this proposed rule as a direct final
rule because it represents a limited and routine change to an existing
CoC that is expected to be noncontroversial; adequate protection of
public health and safety continues to be ensured. The direct final rule
will become effective on May 21, 2001. However, if the NRC receives
significant adverse comments on the direct final rule by April 5, 2001,
then the NRC will publish a document to withdraw the direct final rule.
If the direct final rule is withdrawn, the NRC will address the
comments received 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.
List of Subjects In 10 CFR Part 72
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.
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, 2282); 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, 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, sec. 148,
Pub. L. 100-203, 101 Stat. 1330-235 (42 U.S.C. 10151, 10152, 10153,
10155, 10157, 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,
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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. In Sec. 72.214, Certificate of Compliance 1007 is revised to
read as follows:
Sec. 72.214 List of approved spent fuel storage casks.
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Certificate Number: 1007
Initial Certificate Effective Date: May 7, 1993
Amendment Number 1 Effective Date: May 30, 2000
Amendment Number 2 Effective Date: September 5, 2000
Amendment Number 3 Effective Date: May 21, 2001
SAR Submitted by: Pacific Sierra Nuclear Associates
SAR Title: Final Safety Analysis Report for the Ventilated Storage Cask
System
Docket Number: 72-1007
Certificate Expiration Date: May 7, 2013
Model Number: VSC-24
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Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day of February, 2001.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
William D. Travers,
Executive Director for Operations.
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