80 FR 53347 - ZionSolutions, LLC; Zion Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2 Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation

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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing an exemption in response to a request submitted by ZionSolutions on August 25, 2014, to its general license to operate an independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI) at the Zion Nuclear Power Station (ZNPS). The exemption permits ZionSolutions to deviate from the requirements in Certificate of Compliance No. 1031, Amendment No. 3, Appendix A, Technical Specifications and Design Features for the Modular Advanced Generation Nuclear All-purpose STORage (MAGNASTOR[supreg]) System, Section 5.7, Training Program. ZionSolutions is currently loading MAGNASTOR[supreg] storage casks and maintains that relief from certain training requirements will reduce costs associated with applying a more complex and labor intensive training process than required by regulation.

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[Docket Nos. 50-295, 50-304, and 72-1037; NRC-2015-0190]

ZionSolutions, LLC; Zion Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2
Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Exemption; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing an
exemption in response to a request submitted by ZionSolutions on August
25, 2014, to its general license to operate an independent spent fuel
storage installation (ISFSI) at the Zion Nuclear Power Station (ZNPS).
The exemption permits ZionSolutions to deviate from the requirements in
Certificate of

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Compliance No. 1031, Amendment No. 3, Appendix A, Technical
Specifications and Design Features for the Modular Advanced Generation
Nuclear All-purpose STORage (MAGNASTOR[supreg]) System, Section 5.7,
Training Program. ZionSolutions is currently loading MAGNASTOR[supreg]
storage casks and maintains that relief from certain training
requirements will reduce costs associated with applying a more complex
and labor intensive training process than required by regulation.

DATES: Notice of issuance of exemption given on September 3, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0190 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You
may obtain publicly-available information related to this document
using any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0190. 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.
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. For
the convenience of the reader, the ADAMS accession numbers are provided
in a table in the ``Availability of Documents'' section of this
document. Some documents referenced are located in the NRC's ADAMS
Legacy Library. To obtain these documents, contact the NRC's PDR for
assistance.
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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Vera, Office of Nuclear Material
Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington
DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-5790; email: John.Vera@nrc.gov.

I. Background

In February 1998, ZNPS, Units 1 and 2, were permanently shut down.
On February 13, 1998, Commonwealth Edison Company, the ZNPS licensee at
that time, submitted a letter certifying the permanent cessation of
operations at ZNPS, Units 1 and 2. On March 9, 1998, Commonwealth
Edison Company submitted a letter certifying the permanent removal of
fuel from the reactor vessels at ZNPS. On May 4, 2009, the NRC issued
the order to transfer the ownership of the permanently shut down ZNPS
facility and responsibility for its decommissioning to ZionSolutions.
This transfer was effectuated on September 1, 2010. ZionSolutions was
established solely for the purpose of acquiring and decommissioning the
ZNPS facility for release for unrestricted use, while transferring the
spent nuclear fuel and Greater-Than-Class C radioactive waste to the
ZNPS ISFSI. ZionSolutions holds Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-39
and DPR-48, which authorize possession of spent fuel from the operation
of ZNPS, Units 1 and 2, in Zion, Illinois, pursuant to part 50 of Title
10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), ``Domestic Licensing of
Production and Utilization Facilities.'' The licenses provide, among
other things, that the facility must comply with all applicable NRC
requirements.
Consistent with 10 CFR part 72, subpart K, ``General License for
Storage of Spent Fuel at Power Reactor Sites,'' a general license is
issued for the storage of spent fuel in an ISFSI at power reactor sites
to persons authorized to possess or operate nuclear power reactors
under 10 CFR part 50. ZionSolutions is currently authorized to store
spent fuel at the ZNPS ISFSI under the 10 CFR part 72 general license
provisions.
The conditions of the 10 CFR part 72 general license, specifically
10 CFR 72.212(a)(2), 72.212(b)(3), 72.212(b)(5)(i), and 72.212(b)(11),
require a general licensee to store spent fuel in an approved spent
fuel storage cask listed in 10 CFR 72.214, and to comply with the
conditions specified in the cask's CoC. The ZNPS ISFSI is currently
loading and storing spent fuel in MAGNASTOR[supreg] storage casks,
approved by the NRC under CoC No. 1031, Amendment No. 3.
The MAGNASTOR[supreg] system provides for the vertical dry storage
of spent fuel assemblies in a welded transportable storage canister
(TSC). The storage system components for the MAGNASTOR[supreg] system
consist of a vertical concrete cask (VCC), a TSC with an internal
basket assembly that holds the spent fuel assemblies, and a transfer
cask, which contains the TSC during loading, transfer, and unloading
operations. The VCC is constructed of reinforced concrete designed to
withstand all normal condition loads, as well as abnormal condition
loads created by natural phenomena such as earthquakes and tornados.
The storage system is also designed to withstand design-basis accident
conditions.

II. Request/Action

By letter dated August 25, 2014, ZionSolutions submitted a request
for exemptions from specific portions of the requirements of 10 CFR
72.212, ``Conditions of general license issued under Sec. 72.210,''
specifically 10 CFR 72.212(a)(2), 72.212(b)(5), 72.212(b)(11), and 10
CFR 72.214, ``List of approved spent fuel storage casks.''
Specifically, ZionSolutions has requested an exemption from the
requirements of Certificate of Compliance No. 1031, Amendment 3,
Appendix A, Technical Specifications and Design Features for the
MAGNASTOR[supreg] System, Section 5.7 ``Training Program.''
Section 5.7 in Appendix A requires the following: ``A training
program for the MAGNASTOR[supreg] system shall be developed under the
general licensee's systematic approach to training (SAT). Training
modules shall include comprehensive instructions for the operation and
maintenance of the MAGNASTOR[supreg] system and the independent spent
fuel storage installation (ISFSI).'' ZionSolutions has stated that the
training program for the MAGNASTOR[supreg] system was developed using
the SAT methods. The training modules included comprehensive
instructions for the operation and maintenance of the MAGNASTOR[supreg]
system. The exemption request applies only to developing a training
program under SAT for operation and maintenance of ISFSI Structures,
Systems and Components (SSCs), which are not important to safety as
defined in 10 CFR 72.3. If granted, ZionSolutions will provide
training/instructions for such SSCs in accordance with manufacturer's
instructions and ZionSolutions approved procedures, instead of
developing such training and instructions using the SAT methods.
The NRC has the authority under 10 CFR 72.7 to grant specific
exemptions from 10 CFR part 72 requirements if it determines that the
exemption is authorized by law and will not endanger life or property
or the common defense and security and the exemption is otherwise in
the public interest. For the

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reasons described below, the NRC is granting an exemption to
ZionSolutions.

III. Discussion

Pursuant to 10 CFR 72.7, the Commission may, upon application by
any interested person or upon its own initiative, grant exemptions from
the requirements of 10 CFR part 72 when it determines that the
exemptions are authorized by law, will not endanger life or property or
the common defense and security, and are otherwise in the public
interest.

A. Authorized by Law

Under 10 CFR 72.7, the NRC may grant exemptions from the
requirements of 10 CFR part 72 if 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. As explained below, the
proposed exemption will not endanger life or property, or the common
defense and security, and is otherwise in the public interest. The
ISFSI regulations cited in this exemption request are 10 CFR
72.212(a)(2), 72.212(b)(5)(i), 72.212(b)(11), and 10 CFR 72.214, which,
in general, provide that the licensee shall comply with the terms,
conditions, and specifications of the CoC. The Commission has the legal
authority to issue exemptions from the requirements of 10 CFR part 72
pursuant to 10 CFR 72.7. Issuance of this exemption is consistent with
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and is not otherwise
inconsistent with NRC regulations or other applicable laws. Therefore,
issuance of the exemption is authorized by law.

B. The Exemption Will Not Endanger Life or Property or the Common
Defense and Security

Approval of this exemption request will only allow ZionSolutions to
provide training that has not been developed under a SAT program for
non-safety related ISFSI SSCs. There are no changes to design or
operations of the ISFSI, and no changes whatsoever to safety or
security-related components. If granted, ZionSolutions will provide
training/instructions for such SSCs in accordance with manufacturer's
instructions and ZionSolutions approved procedures, instead of
developing such training and instructions using the SAT methods.
Therefore, issuance of the exemption will not endanger life or property
or the common defense and security.

C. The Exemption Is Otherwise in the Public Interest

Approval of this exemption request will only allow ZionSolutions to
provide training that was not developed under a SAT program for non-
safety-related ISFSI SSCs. The costs associated with these activities
are paid from the decommissioning trust fund for ZNPS. Decommissioning
trust funds are funds set aside during plant operation and do not
belong to the utility but are retained in the public interest solely to
pay for eventual decommissioning of the plant. ZNPS is currently in a
decommissioning process. As such, there is a finite amount of funds
which exists to complete decommissioning activities. With regard to the
subject request, exemption from implementation of this training process
relieves an economic burden. ZionSolutions stated in their exemption
request that the exemption ``is in the public interest in that it will
reduce costs associated with applying a more complex and labor
intensive training process than required by regulation with no
commensurate safety benefit.'' Furthermore, NRC staff finds the
exemption in the public interest, because the resources saved from
developing training activities under SAT can be utilized for other
decommissioning activities including, for example, reducing the time to
complete decommissioning and thus reducing risk of radiological effects
to workers and the public and ameliorating an unexpected event, such as
an accident.

D. Environmental Considerations

In reviewing this exemption request, the staff also considered
whether there would be any significant environmental impacts associated
with the exemption. For this proposed action, the staff reviewed the
categorical exclusion criteria in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25). The regulations
in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25) provide a categorical exclusion for the granting
of licensee exemption requests. In order for the 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25)
categorical exclusions to apply, the proposed action must meet the
criteria listed in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25)(i)-(vi). An analysis of these
provisions is provided below.
i. 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25)(i)--There is no significant hazards
consideration (NSHC).
The elements of a NSHC are set forth in 10 CFR 50.92(c)(1)-(3). The
proposed action involves NSHC if approval of the proposed action would
not: (1) Involve a significant increase in the probability or
consequences of an accident previously evaluated; (2) create the
possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident
previously evaluated; or (3) involve a significant reduction in a
margin of safety. As the requested exemption does not involve changes
to the design or operation of the safety systems for the
MAGNASTOR[supreg] system or ISFSI, the above elements are not affected;
therefore, no significant hazards will result from issuance of this
exemption.
ii. 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25)(ii)--There is no significant change in the
types or significant increase in the amounts of any effluents that may
be released offsite.
The proposed exemption, which applies only to developing a training
program not under SAT for operation and maintenance of ISFSI SSCs that
are not defined in 10 CFR 72.3 as important to safety, would not
involve any changes to effluents. Therefore, there is no significant
change in the types or increase in the amounts of effluents that may be
released offsite.
iii. 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25)(iii)--There is no significant increase in
individual or cumulative public or occupational radiation exposure.
The proposed exemption, which applies only to developing a training
program not under SAT for operation and maintenance of ISFSI SSCs that
are not defined in 10 CFR 72.3 as important to safety, would not
involve any changes to public or occupational radiation exposures.
Therefore, there is no significant increase in individual or cumulative
public or occupational radiation exposure.
iv. 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25)(iv)--There is no significant construction
impact.
The proposed exemption, which applies only to developing a training
program not under SAT for operation and maintenance of ISFSI SSCs that
are not defined in 10 CFR 72.3 as important to safety, would not
involve any construction activities. Therefore, there is no significant
construction impact.
v. 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25)(v)--There is no significant increase in the
potential for or consequences from radiological accidents.
The proposed exemption, which applies only to developing a training
program not under SAT for operation and maintenance of ISFSI SSCs that
are not defined in 10 CFR 72.3 as important to safety, would not
involve any changes to the design, safety limits, or safety analysis
assumptions associated with the cask system and would not create any
new accident precursors. Therefore, there is no significant increase in
the potential for or consequences from radiological accidents.

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vi. 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25)(vi)--The requirements from which an
exemption is sought involve:
(A) Recordkeeping requirements;
(B) Reporting requirements;
(C) Inspection or surveillance requirements;
(D) Equipment servicing or maintenance scheduling requirements;
(E) Education, training, experience, qualification, requalification
or other employment suitability requirements;
(F) Safeguard plans, and materials control and accounting inventory
scheduling requirements;
(G) Scheduling requirements;
(H) Surety, insurance or indemnity requirements; or
(I) Other requirements of an administrative, managerial, or
organizational nature.
The proposed exemption applies only to developing a training
program not under SAT for operation and maintenance of ISFSI SSCs that
are not defined in 10 CFR 72.3 as important to safety. The requirements
from which an exemption is sought involve only training, and the
exemption is thus applicable for a categorical exclusion under 10 CFR
51.22(c)(25)(vi)(E).
Based on the above considerations, the NRC staff concludes that the
proposed exemption meets the eligibility criteria for categorical
conclusion set forth in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25). Therefore, pursuant to 10
CFR 51.22(b), no environmental impact statement or environmental
assessment is required to be prepared in connection with the proposed
issuance of the exemption.

IV. Conclusions

Based on the above considerations, the NRC has determined, pursuant
to 10 CFR 72.7, that this exemption is authorized by law, will not
endanger life or property or the common defense and security, and is
otherwise in the public interest. Therefore, the Commission hereby
grants ZionSolutions an exemption from 10 CFR parts 72.212(a)(2),
72.212(b)(5)(i), 72.212(b)(11) and 72.214, which state that the
licensee shall comply with the terms, conditions, and specifications of
the CoC, only with regard to the requirements of Certificate of
Compliance No. 1031, Amendment No. 3, Appendix A, Technical
Specifications and Design Features for the MAGNASTOR[supreg] System,
Section 5.7 ``Training Program.'' The exemption only exempts
ZionSolutions from the requirement to develop training modules under
the SAT that include comprehensive instructions for the operation and
maintenance of the ISFSI SSCs that are not important to safety. The SAT
training requirements are still applicable to all important to safety
components, as required by the CoC.

V. Availability of Documents

The documents identified in the following table are publicly
available to interested persons in ADAMS. For information on accessing
ADAMS see the ADDRESSES section of this document.

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Document ADAMS Accession No.
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Commonwealth Edison Company letter ML15232A492
certifying the permanent cessation of
operations at ZNPS, Units 1 and 2.
Commonwealth Edison Company letter ML15232A487
certifying the permanent removal of
fuel from the reactor vessels at ZNPS.
NRC order and conforming amendments ML090930037
transferring ownership of ZNPS facility.
Letter issuing conforming amendments ML102290437
relating to transfer of licenses for
ZNPS.
Zion exemption request.................. ML14241A424
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The exemption is effective upon issuance.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21st day of August, 2015.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
William C. Allen,
Acting Chief, Spent Fuel Licensing Branch, Division of Spent Fuel
Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
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continue at current levels, and would be environmental assessments.’’ Cessation impact of the proposed action. The
well below regulatory limits. of reactor operations at the NSC would consultation involved a thorough
Based on this information and the reduce or eliminate radioactive effluents explanation of the environmental
analysis of human health and and emissions. However, as previously review, the details of this environmental
environmental impacts presented in this discussed in this environmental assessment, and the NRC’s findings. The
environmental assessment, the proposed assessment, radioactive effluents State official stated the he understood
license renewal would not have resulting from reactor operations are the NRC review and had no comments
disproportionately high and adverse only a small fraction of the applicable regarding the proposed action.
human health and environmental effects regulatory limits. Therefore, the
environmental impacts of renewing the III. Finding of No Significant Impact
on minority and low-income
populations residing in the vicinity of license and the denial of the request for The NRC staff has prepared this EA as
the NSC. license renewal would be similar. In part of its review of the proposed action.
addition, denying the request for license On the basis of this EA, the NRC finds
Environmental Impacts of the renewal would eliminate the benefits of that there are no significant
Alternatives to the Proposed Action teaching, research, and services environmental impacts from the
provided by the NSCR. proposed action, and that preparation of
As an alternative to license renewal,
the NRC considered denying the Alternative Use of Resources an environmental impact statement is
proposed action. If the NRC denied the not warranted. On the basis of the
The proposed action does not involve
request for license renewal, reactor the use of any different resources or environmental assessment included in
operations at the NSC would cease and significant quantities of resources Section II of this document, the NRC
decommissioning would be required. beyond those previously considered in concludes that the proposed action will
The NRC notes that, even with a the issuance of License Amendment No. not have a significant effect on the
renewed license, the NSC will 9 to Facility Operating License No. R– quality of the human environment.
eventually require decommissioning, at 83 for the NSC dated March 30, 1983, Accordingly, the NRC has determined
which time the environmental effects of which renewed the Facility Operating that a finding of no significant impact is
decommissioning would occur. License No. R–83 for an additional appropriate.
Decommissioning would be conducted period of 20 years. IV. Availability of Documents
in accordance with an NRC-approved
decommissioning plan which would Agencies and Persons Consulted This finding and related
require a separate environmental review In accordance with the agency’s stated environmental documents are available
under § 51.21, ‘‘Criteria for and policy, on June 11, 2010, the NRC staff to interested persons through ADAMS
identification of licensing and consulted with the Texas State Liaison via the following ADAMS accession
regulatory actions requiring Officer regarding the environmental numbers:

Document ADAMS Accession No./Web link/Federal Register Citation

February 27, 2003 ................................ ADAMS Accession No. ML102920025.
July 22, 2009 ........................................ ADAMS Accession No. ML092530306.
July 28, 2010 ........................................ ADAMS Accession No. ML102150544.
August 30, 2010 ................................... ADAMS Accession No. ML102510154.
August 31, 2010 ................................... ADAMS Accession No. ML102650318.
December 9, 2010 ................................ ADAMS Accession No. ML103470278.
May 27, 2011 ....................................... ADAMS Accession No. ML111950372.
June 9, 2011 ........................................ ADAMS Accession No. ML111950376.
November 21, 2011 .............................. ADAMS Accession Nos. ML113410067 and ML11327A083.
January 12, 2012 ................................. ADAMS Accession No. ML120260016.
April 11, 2012 ....................................... ADAMS Accession No. ML12110A116.
November 14, 2012 .............................. ADAMS Accession No. ML12321A321.
January 31, 2013 ................................. ADAMS Accession No. ML13037A307.
February 3, 2013 .................................. ADAMS Accession No. ML14038A106.
February 11, 2013 ................................ ADAMS Accession No. ML14076A112.
November 13, 2014 .............................. ADAMS Accession No. ML15009A297.
March 2, 2015 ...................................... ADAMS Accession No ML15065A068.
June 5, 2015 ........................................ ADAMS Accession No ML15160A023.
June 11, 2015 ...................................... ADAMS Accession No. ML15187A256.
June 30, 2015 ...................................... ADAMS Accession No. ML15182A449.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 24th day NUCLEAR REGULATORY ACTION: Exemption; issuance.
of August, 2015. COMMISSION
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
[Docket Nos. 50–295, 50–304, and 72–1037; Commission (NRC) is issuing an
Alexander Adams, Jr., NRC–2015–0190] exemption in response to a request
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submitted by ZionSolutions on August
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reasons described below, the NRC is C. The Exemption Is Otherwise in the possibility of a new or different kind of
granting an exemption to ZionSolutions. Public Interest accident from any accident previously
Approval of this exemption request evaluated; or (3) involve a significant
III. Discussion reduction in a margin of safety. As the
will only allow ZionSolutions to
Pursuant to 10 CFR 72.7, the provide training that was not developed requested exemption does not involve
Commission may, upon application by under a SAT program for non-safety- changes to the design or operation of the
related ISFSI SSCs. The costs associated safety systems for the MAGNASTOR®
any interested person or upon its own
system or ISFSI, the above elements are
initiative, grant exemptions from the with these activities are paid from the
not affected; therefore, no significant
requirements of 10 CFR part 72 when it decommissioning trust fund for ZNPS.
hazards will result from issuance of this
determines that the exemptions are Decommissioning trust funds are funds
exemption.
authorized by law, will not endanger set aside during plant operation and do ii. 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25)(ii)—There is
life or property or the common defense not belong to the utility but are retained no significant change in the types or
and security, and are otherwise in the in the public interest solely to pay for significant increase in the amounts of
public interest. eventual decommissioning of the plant. any effluents that may be released
ZNPS is currently in a decommissioning offsite.
A. Authorized by Law process. As such, there is a finite The proposed exemption, which
amount of funds which exists to applies only to developing a training
Under 10 CFR 72.7, the NRC may complete decommissioning activities.
grant exemptions from the requirements program not under SAT for operation
With regard to the subject request, and maintenance of ISFSI SSCs that are
of 10 CFR part 72 if the exemption is exemption from implementation of this
authorized by law, will not endanger not defined in 10 CFR 72.3 as important
training process relieves an economic to safety, would not involve any
life or property or the common defense burden. ZionSolutions stated in their changes to effluents. Therefore, there is
and security, and is otherwise in the exemption request that the exemption no significant change in the types or
public interest. As explained below, the ‘‘is in the public interest in that it will increase in the amounts of effluents that
proposed exemption will not endanger reduce costs associated with applying a may be released offsite.
life or property, or the common defense more complex and labor intensive iii. 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25)(iii)—There is
and security, and is otherwise in the training process than required by no significant increase in individual or
public interest. The ISFSI regulations regulation with no commensurate safety cumulative public or occupational
cited in this exemption request are 10 benefit.’’ Furthermore, NRC staff finds radiation exposure.
CFR 72.212(a)(2), 72.212(b)(5)(i), the exemption in the public interest, The proposed exemption, which
72.212(b)(11), and 10 CFR 72.214, because the resources saved from applies only to developing a training
which, in general, provide that the developing training activities under program not under SAT for operation
licensee shall comply with the terms, SAT can be utilized for other and maintenance of ISFSI SSCs that are
conditions, and specifications of the decommissioning activities including, not defined in 10 CFR 72.3 as important
CoC. The Commission has the legal for example, reducing the time to to safety, would not involve any
authority to issue exemptions from the complete decommissioning and thus changes to public or occupational
requirements of 10 CFR part 72 reducing risk of radiological effects to radiation exposures. Therefore, there is
pursuant to 10 CFR 72.7. Issuance of workers and the public and ameliorating no significant increase in individual or
an unexpected event, such as an cumulative public or occupational
this exemption is consistent with the
accident. radiation exposure.
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended,
iv. 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25)(iv)—There is
and is not otherwise inconsistent with D. Environmental Considerations
no significant construction impact.
NRC regulations or other applicable In reviewing this exemption request, The proposed exemption, which
laws. Therefore, issuance of the the staff also considered whether there applies only to developing a training
exemption is authorized by law. would be any significant environmental program not under SAT for operation
B. The Exemption Will Not Endanger impacts associated with the exemption. and maintenance of ISFSI SSCs that are
Life or Property or the Common Defense For this proposed action, the staff not defined in 10 CFR 72.3 as important
reviewed the categorical exclusion to safety, would not involve any
and Security
criteria in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25). The construction activities. Therefore, there
Approval of this exemption request regulations in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25) is no significant construction impact.
will only allow ZionSolutions to provide a categorical exclusion for the v. 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25)(v)—There is no
provide training that has not been granting of licensee exemption requests. significant increase in the potential for
developed under a SAT program for In order for the 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25) or consequences from radiological
non-safety related ISFSI SSCs. There are categorical exclusions to apply, the accidents.
no changes to design or operations of proposed action must meet the criteria The proposed exemption, which
listed in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25)(i)–(vi). An applies only to developing a training
the ISFSI, and no changes whatsoever to
analysis of these provisions is provided program not under SAT for operation
safety or security-related components. If
below. and maintenance of ISFSI SSCs that are
granted, ZionSolutions will provide not defined in 10 CFR 72.3 as important
i. 10 CFR 51.22(c)(25)(i)—There is no
training/instructions for such SSCs in significant hazards consideration to safety, would not involve any
accordance with manufacturer’s (NSHC). changes to the design, safety limits, or
instructions and ZionSolutions
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The elements of a NSHC are set forth safety analysis assumptions associated
approved procedures, instead of in 10 CFR 50.92(c)(1)–(3). The proposed with the cask system and would not
developing such training and action involves NSHC if approval of the create any new accident precursors.
instructions using the SAT methods. proposed action would not: (1) Involve Therefore, there is no significant
Therefore, issuance of the exemption a significant increase in the probability increase in the potential for or
will not endanger life or property or the or consequences of an accident consequences from radiological
common defense and security. previously evaluated; (2) create the accidents.

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
sudoc Class		AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106:
Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Exemption; issuance.
Dates		Notice of issuance of exemption given on September 3, 2015.
Contact		John Vera, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-5790; email: [email protected]
FR Citation		80 FR 53347