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§ 51.23 Temporary storage of spent fuel after cessation of reactor operation--generic determination of no significant environmental impact.(a) The Commission has made a generic determination that, if necessary, spent fuel generated in any reactor can be stored safely and without significant environmental impacts for at least 30 years beyond the licensed life for operation (which may include the term of a revised or renewed license) of that reactor at its spent fuel storage basin or at either onsite or offsite independent spent fuel storage installations. Further, the Commission believes there is reasonable assurance that at least one mined geologic repository will be available within the first quarter of the twenty-first century, and sufficient repository capacity will be available within 30 years beyond the licensed life for operation of any reactor to dispose of the commercial high-level waste and spent fuel originating in such reactor and generated up to that time. (b) Accordingly, as provided in §§ 51.30(b), 51.53, 51.61, 51.80(b),
51.95, and 51.97(a), and within the
scope of the generic determination in
paragraph (a) of this section, no
discussion of any environmental impact
of spent fuel storage in reactor facility
storage pools or independent spent fuel
storage installations (ISFSI) for the
period following the term of the reactor
operating license or amendment, reactor
combined license or amendment, or
initial ISFSI license or amendment for
which application is made, is required
in any environmental report,
environmental impact statement, (c) This section does not alter any requirements to consider the environmental impacts of spent fuel storage during the term of a reactor operating license or combined license, or a license for an ISFSI in a licensing proceeding. [49 FR 34694, Aug. 31, 1984, as amended at 55 FR 38474, Sept. 18, 1990; 72 FR 49509, Aug. 28, 2007] |
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