80_FR_12084 80 FR 12041 - Considerations in Licensing High Burnup Spent Fuel in Dry Storage and Transportation

80 FR 12041 - Considerations in Licensing High Burnup Spent Fuel in Dry Storage and Transportation

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 43 (March 5, 2015)

Page Range12041-12042
FR Document2015-05097

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is seeking public comment on the draft regulatory issue summary (RIS) addressing considerations for licensing high burnup spent fuel in dry storage and transportation. The purpose of this RIS is to provide information on some approaches acceptable to the NRC for demonstrating compliance with regulations in applications for issuance of dry storage cask certificate of compliance (CoCs), independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI) licenses, and CoCs for transportation packages involving high burnup spent fuel (HBF).

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 43 (Thursday, March 5, 2015) 
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2015-0047]


Considerations in Licensing High Burnup Spent Fuel in Dry Storage 
and Transportation

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Draft regulatory issue summary; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is seeking public 
comment on the draft regulatory issue summary (RIS) addressing 
considerations for licensing high burnup spent fuel in dry storage and 
transportation. The purpose of this RIS is to provide information on 
some approaches acceptable to the NRC for demonstrating compliance with 
regulations in applications for issuance of dry storage cask 
certificate of compliance (CoCs), independent spent fuel storage 
installation (ISFSI) licenses, and CoCs for transportation packages 
involving high burnup spent fuel (HBF).

DATES: Submit comments by April 20, 2015. Comments received after this 
date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the Commission 
is able to ensure consideration only for comments received before this 
date.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods 
(unless this document describes a different method for submitting 
comments on a specific subject):
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0047. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact 
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 
this document.
     Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Office of Administration, 
Mail Stop: OWFN-12 H08, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, 
DC 20555-0001.
    For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting 
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Huda Akhavannik, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-287-9241, email: 
Huda.Akhavannik@nrc.gov.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0047 when contacting the NRC 
about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain 
publicly-available information related to this action by any of the 
following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0047.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and 
then select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, 
please contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 
1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The 
draft RIS is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML14175A203.
     NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

B. Submitting Comments

    Please include Docket ID NRC-2015-0047 in your comment submission.
    The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact 
information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your 
comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at http://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions into 
ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove 
identifying or contact information.
    If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons 
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to 
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be 
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should 
state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to 
remove such information before making the comment submissions available 
to the public or entering the comment submissions into ADAMS.

II. Background

    The NRC is issuing this draft RIS to inform addressees of 
considerations for licensing HBF in dry storage and transportation. 
When evaluating HBF dry storage and transportation applications, the 
effects of radial hydrides and creep strain on the cladding must be 
taken into consideration. The purpose of this RIS is to provide 
information on some approaches acceptable to the NRC for demonstrating 
compliance with regulations in applications for issuance of dry storage 
cask CoCs, ISFSI licenses, and CoCs for transportation packages 
involving HBF.
    The NRC issues RISs to communicate with stakeholders on a broad 
range of matters. This may include communicating staff technical 
positions on matters that have not been communicated to or are not 
broadly understood by the nuclear industry; such is the case with this 
RIS.

Proposed Action

    The NRC is requesting public comments on the draft RIS. The NRC 
staff will make a final determination regarding issuance of the RIS 
after it considers any public comments received in response to this 
request.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th day of February 2015.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Mark Lombard,
Director, Division of Spent Fuel Management, Office of Nuclear Material 
Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2015-05097 Filed 3-4-15; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 43 / Thursday, March 5, 2015 / Notices 12041 TIME AND DATE: 9:00 a.m., March 27, NEA; Debora Cullinan—CEO, Yerba NUCLEAR REGULATORY 2015. Buena Center for the Arts; and Marc COMMISSION PLACE: On board MISSISSIPPI V at City Bamuthi Joseph—Chief of Program and [NRC–2015–0047] Dock above USS Kidd, Baton Rouge, Pedagogy, Yerba Buena Center for the Louisiana. Arts. The session on Friday, March 27th Considerations in Licensing High STATUS: Open to the public. will begin at 9:00 a.m. with opening Burnup Spent Fuel in Dry Storage and remarks and voting on Transportation MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: (1) recommendations for funding and Summary report by President of the rejection and guidelines, followed by AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission on national and regional updates from the Chairman. There also Commission. issues affecting the U.S. Army Corps of will be the following presentations ACTION: Draft regulatory issue summary; Engineers and Commission programs (times are approximate): From 9:30 a.m. and projects on the Mississippi River request for comment. to 10:00 a.m.—Presentation on the and its tributaries; (2) District NEA’s Upcoming 50th Anniversary SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commander’s overview of current (Jessamyn Sarmiento, Director of Public Commission (NRC) is seeking public project issues within the New Orleans Affairs, NEA) and from 10:00 a.m. to comment on the draft regulatory issue District, and (3) Presentations by local 11:00 a.m.—Discussion of the Impact of summary (RIS) addressing organizations and members of the NEA Research Findings (Sunil Iyengar— considerations for licensing high public giving views or comments on any Director of Research and Analysis, NEA; burnup spent fuel in dry storage and issue affecting the programs or projects Arlynn Fishbaugh—Executive Director, transportation. The purpose of this RIS of the Commission and the Corps of Montana Arts Council; Ned Canty— is to provide information on some Engineers. General Manager, Opera Memphis; Ellin approaches acceptable to the NRC for CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: O’Leary—President & Chief Content demonstrating compliance with Mr. Timothy S. Gambrell, telephone Officer, Youth Radio). From 11:00–11:15 regulations in applications for issuance 601–634–5766. there will be concluding remarks from of dry storage cask certificate of Timothy S. Gambrell, the Chairman and announcement of compliance (CoCs), independent spent voting results. The meeting will adjourn fuel storage installation (ISFSI) licenses, Director, Mississippi River Commission. at 11:15 a.m. and CoCs for transportation packages [FR Doc. 2015–05295 Filed 3–3–15; 4:15 pm] The Friday, March 27th session also involving high burnup spent fuel (HBF). BILLING CODE 3720–58–P will be webcast. To register to watch the DATES: Submit comments by April 20, webcasting of this open session of the 2015. Comments received after this date meeting, go to http:// will be considered if it is practical to do NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE artsgov.adobeconnect.com/nca- so, but the Commission is able to ensure ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES march2015-webcast/event/ consideration only for comments registration.html. received before this date. National Endowment for the Arts If, in the course of the open session ADDRESSES: You may submit comments National Council on the Arts 184th discussion, it becomes necessary for the by any of the following methods (unless Meeting Council to discuss non-public this document describes a different commercial or financial information of method for submitting comments on a AGENCY: National Endowment for the intrinsic value, the Council will go into specific subject): Arts, National Foundation on the Arts closed session pursuant to subsection • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to and Humanities. (c)(4) of the Government in the http://www.regulations.gov and search ACTION: Notice of Meeting. Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b, and in for Docket ID NRC–2015–0047. Address accordance with the February 15, 2012 questions about NRC dockets to Carol SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of determination of the Chairman. Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463; the Federal Advisory Committee Act Additionally, discussion concerning email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For (Pub. L. 92–463), as amended, notice is purely personal information about technical questions, contact the hereby given that a meeting of the individuals, such as personal individual listed in the FOR FURTHER National Council on the Arts will be biographical and salary data or medical INFORMATION CONTACT section of this held in Salon II of the Ritz Carlton information, may be conducted by the document. Pentagon City, 1250 South Hayes Street, Council in closed session in accordance • Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Arlington, VA 22202. Agenda times are with subsection (c)(6) of 5 U.S.C. 552b. Office of Administration, Mail Stop: approximate. Any interested persons may attend, as OWFN–12 H08, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory DATES: Thursday, March 26, 2015 from observers, Council discussions and Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 10:45 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. and Friday, reviews that are open to the public. If 0001. March 27, 2015 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:15 you need special accommodations due For additional direction on obtaining a.m. to a disability, please contact the Office information and submitting comments, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: of Accessibility, National Endowment see ‘‘Obtaining Information and Office of Public Affairs, National for the Arts, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue Submitting Comments’’ in the Endowment for the Arts, Washington, NW., Washington, DC 20506, 202/682– SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of DC 20506, at 202/682–5570. 5733, Voice/T.T.Y. 202/682–5496, at this document. mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES least seven (7) days prior to the meeting. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: meeting will be open to the public on Dated: March 2, 2015. Huda Akhavannik, Office of Nuclear a space available basis. The tentative Kathy Plowitz-Worden, Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. agenda is as follows: The session on Panel Coordinator, Office of Guidelines and Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Thursday, March 26th will be a Panel Operations. Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: presentation and discussion with Laura [FR Doc. 2015–05039 Filed 3–4–15; 8:45 am] 301–287–9241, email: Callanan—Senior Deputy Chairman, BILLING CODE 7537–01–P Huda.Akhavannik@nrc.gov. VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:28 Mar 04, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00066 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\05MRN1.SGM 05MRN1

12042 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 43 / Thursday, March 5, 2015 / Notices SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: licensing HBF in dry storage and consider the analysis results in this transportation. When evaluating HBF report when performing technical I. Obtaining Information and dry storage and transportation reviews, applicants should consider Submitting Comments applications, the effects of radial them when applying for cask A. Obtaining Information hydrides and creep strain on the certification. These results can be used cladding must be taken into as additional guidance when Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2015– consideration. The purpose of this RIS considering the thermal impact of the 0047 when contacting the NRC about is to provide information on some environmental factors in the thermal the availability of information for this approaches acceptable to the NRC for performance of dry storage systems. action. You may obtain publicly- demonstrating compliance with DATES: Submit comments by May 4, available information related to this regulations in applications for issuance 2015. Comments received after this date action by any of the following methods: of dry storage cask CoCs, ISFSI licenses, • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to will be considered if it is practical to do and CoCs for transportation packages so, but the Commission is able to ensure http://www.regulations.gov and search involving HBF. consideration only for comments for Docket ID NRC–2015–0047. The NRC issues RISs to communicate • NRC’s Agencywide Documents with stakeholders on a broad range of received before this date. Access and Management System matters. This may include ADDRESSES: You may submit comments (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly- communicating staff technical positions by any of the following methods (unless available documents online in the on matters that have not been this document describes a different ADAMS Public Documents collection at communicated to or are not broadly method for submitting comments on a http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ understood by the nuclear industry; specific subject): adams.html. To begin the search, select such is the case with this RIS. • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then http://www.regulations.gov and search select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS Proposed Action for Docket ID NRC–2014–0273. Address Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, The NRC is requesting public questions about NRC dockets to Carol please contact the NRC’s Public comments on the draft RIS. The NRC Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463; Document Room (PDR) reference staff at staff will make a final determination email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by regarding issuance of the RIS after it technical questions, contact the email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The draft considers any public comments individual listed in the FOR FURTHER RIS is available in ADAMS under received in response to this request. INFORMATION CONTACT section of this Accession No. ML14175A203. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th day document. • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and of February 2015. • Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, purchase copies of public documents at For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Office of Administration, Mail Stop: the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One Mark Lombard, OWFN–12–H08, U.S. Nuclear White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Regulatory Commission, Washington, Director, Division of Spent Fuel Management, Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. Office of Nuclear Material Safety and DC 20555–0001. Safeguards. For additional direction on obtaining B. Submitting Comments [FR Doc. 2015–05097 Filed 3–4–15; 8:45 am] information and submitting comments, Please include Docket ID NRC–2015– see ‘‘Obtaining Information and BILLING CODE 7590–01P 0047 in your comment submission. Submitting Comments’’ in the The NRC cautions you not to include SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of identifying or contact information that NUCLEAR REGULATORY this document. you do not want to be publicly COMMISSION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: disclosed in your comment submission. Jorge Solis, Office of Nuclear Material The NRC will post all comment [NRC–2014–0273] Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear submissions at http:// Regulatory Commission Washington, DC www.regulations.gov as well as enter the Impact of Variation in Environmental Conditions on the Thermal 20005–0001; telephone: 301–287–9094; comment submissions into ADAMS. email: jorge.solisl@nrc.gov. The NRC does not routinely edit Performance of Dry Storage Casks SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: comment submissions to remove AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory identifying or contact information. Commission. I. Obtaining Information and If you are requesting or aggregating ACTION: Draft NUREG; request for Submitting Comments comments from other persons for comment. A. Obtaining Information submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to include SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2014– identifying or contact information that Commission (NRC) is issuing for public 0273 when contacting the NRC about they do not want to be publicly comment a draft NUREG, NUREG–2174, the availability of information for this disclosed in their comment submission. ‘‘Impact of Variation in Environmental action. You may obtain publicly- Your request should state that the NRC Conditions on the Thermal Performance available information related to this does not routinely edit comment of Dry Storage Casks.’’ This report action by any of the following methods: submissions to remove such information evaluates spent fuel dry storage cask • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES before making the comment thermal impact of varying http://www.regulations.gov and search submissions available to the public or environmental conditions and transient for Docket ID NRC–2014–0273. entering the comment submissions into thermal behavior when subjected to a • NRC’s Agencywide Documents ADAMS. sudden boundary condition change. Access and Management System Different cask designs are evaluated (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly- II. Background (vertical underground, vertical available documents online in the The NRC is issuing this draft RIS to aboveground, and horizontal ADAMS Public Documents collection at inform addressees of considerations for aboveground). The NRC staff will http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ VerDate Sep<11>2014 21:32 Mar 04, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00067 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\05MRN1.SGM 05MRN1


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionDraft regulatory issue summary; request for comment.
DatesSubmit comments by April 20, 2015. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the Commission is able to ensure consideration only for comments received before this date.
ContactHuda Akhavannik, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-287-9241, email: [email protected]
FR Citation80 FR 12041 
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