82 FR 37511 - List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: NAC International MAGNASTOR® Cask System; Certificate of Compliance No. 1031, Amendment No. 7

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Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 154 (August 11, 2017)

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is confirming the effective date of August 21, 2017, for the direct final rule that was published in the Federal Register on June 6, 2017. The direct final rule amended the NRC's spent fuel storage regulations by revising the ``List of approved spent fuel storage casks'' to include Amendment No. 7 to Certificate of Compliance (CoC) No. 1031 for the NAC International, MAGNASTOR[supreg] Cask System.

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List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: NAC International 
MAGNASTOR[supreg] Cask System; Certificate of Compliance No. 1031, 
Amendment No. 7

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Direct final rule; confirmation of effective date.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is confirming the 
effective date of August 21, 2017, for the direct final rule that was 
published in the Federal Register on June 6, 2017. The direct final 
rule amended the NRC's spent fuel storage regulations by revising the 
``List of approved spent fuel storage casks'' to include Amendment No. 
7 to Certificate of Compliance (CoC) No. 1031 for the NAC 
International, MAGNASTOR[supreg] Cask System.

DATES: Effective Date: The effective date of August 21, 2017, for the 
direct final rule published June 6, 2017 (82 FR 25931), is confirmed.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2017-0008 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-2017-0008. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: [email protected]. 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 [email protected]. The 
ADAMS accession number for each document referenced (if it is available 
in ADAMS) is provided the first time that it is mentioned in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.
     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: Keith McDaniel, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-5252; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 6, 2017 (82 FR 25931), the NRC 
published a direct final rule amending Sec.  72.214 of title 10 of the 
Code of Federal Regulations by revising the ``List of approved spent 
fuel storage casks'' to include Amendment No. 7 to CoC No. 1031 for the 
NAC International, MAGNASTOR[supreg] Cask System. Amendment No. 7 
provides a new Passive MAGNASTOR[supreg] Transfer Cask and associated 
Technical Specification (TS) changes in Appendices A and B (ADAMS 
Accession Nos. ML16295A248 and ML16295A252), and updates Section 
4.3.1(i) in Appendix A of the TSs to include revised seismic 
requirements. Clarifying (non-technical) changes were also made to 
Appendices A and B.
    In the direct final rule, the NRC stated that if no significant 
adverse comments were received, the direct final rule would become 
effective on August 21, 2017. As described more fully in the direct 
final rule, a significant adverse comment is a comment where the 
commenter explains why the rule would be inappropriate, including 
challenges to the rule's underlying premise or approach, or would be 
ineffective or unacceptable without a change.
    One comment on the direct final rule was submitted to 
Regulations.gov, however, the comment did not raise information related 
to this CoC and therefore was not posted. Because no significant 
adverse comments were received, the direct final rule will become 
effective as scheduled.
    During the comment period for the direct final rule, the NRC 
identified missing change bars and formatting inconsistencies. 
Additionally, the NRC identified errors and omissions of text in the 
draft CoC and TSs associated with Amendment No. 7. In Appendix A, a 
number was accidently changed from 7 to 0 hours, in the table ``PWR 
[Pressurized Water Reactor] TSC [Transportable Storage Canister] 
Transfer Using MTC [MAGNASTOR[supreg] Transfer Cask] Reduced Helium 
Backfill Time.'' In Appendix B, footnote 3 omitted text; the footnote 
should read ``0.4 years for RCC [Reactor Control Components] in the 
PMTC [Passive MAGNASTOR[supreg] Transfer Cask] (reduced storage 
location heat load). For all other cask types, 0.2 years for RCC with 
10-year minimum cool time.'' Additionally, the description of the PMTC 
was inadvertently omitted from the CoC. The NRC evaluated the figures 
and information provided in NAC's applications and presented its 
findings in Safety Evaluation Reports (SERs) (see Table 1, section 4.0 
of the SER for Amendment 4 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15107A472) and 
sections 5.7 and 5.13 of the current SER (ADAMS Accession No. 
ML16295A258)), but the published draft CoC and TSs were in error. The 
administrative errors have been corrected in the final CoC and TSs. The 
final CoC, TSs, and SER for Amendment No. 7 for the MAGNASTOR[supreg] 
storage system can be viewed in ADAMS under Accession No. ML17013A466.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day of August 2017.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Helen Chang,
Acting Chief, Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch, Division of 
Administrative Services, Office of Administration.
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