82 FR 49233 - Managing Aging Processes in Storage Report

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 204 (October 24, 2017)

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment a draft NUREG, NUREG-2214, ``Managing Aging Processes in Storage (MAPS) Report.'' The draft NUREG provides guidance to the NRC technical review staff and establishes a technical basis for the safety review of renewal applications for specific licenses of independent spent fuel storage installations (ISFSIs) and certificates of compliance of dry storage systems.

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 204 (Tuesday, October 24, 2017)]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-22983]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2016-0238]


Managing Aging Processes in Storage Report

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Draft NUREG; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for 
public comment a draft NUREG, NUREG-2214, ``Managing Aging Processes in 
Storage (MAPS) Report.'' The draft NUREG provides guidance to the NRC 
technical review staff and establishes a technical basis for the safety 
review of renewal applications for specific licenses of independent 
spent fuel storage installations (ISFSIs) and certificates of 
compliance of dry storage systems.

DATES: Submit comments on the draft NUREG-2214 by December 26, 2017. 
Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical 
to do so, but the NRC is able to ensure consideration only for comments 
received on or before this date.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2016-0238. 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.
     Mail comments to: May Ma, Office of Administration, Mail 
Stop: OWFN-2-A13, 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: John Wise, Office of Nuclear Material 
Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, 
DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-8085; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2016-0238 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-2016-0238.
     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]. 
Draft NUREG-2214, ``Managing Aging Processes in Storage (MAPS) Report'' 
is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML17289A237.
     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-2016-0238 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 posts all comment submissions at http://www.regulations.gov as well as entering 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. Discussion

    The NUREG-2214, ``Managing Aging Process for Storage (MAPS) 
Report,'' is a technical basis document that provides guidance to NRC 
staff on the safety review of renewal applications for the dry storage 
of spent nuclear fuel. The MAPS Report provides a generic evaluation of 
the aging mechanisms that

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have the potential to challenge the ability of dry storage system 
structures, systems and components to fulfill their important-to-safety 
functions. The MAPS Report also describes generically acceptable aging 
management programs that an applicant may use to maintain the approved 
design basis of its storage system during the period of extended 
operation, or the period from 20 to 60 years of storage.
    The staff will review and consider public comments received on 
draft NUREG-2214 as it finalizes the guidance. Comments are invited on 
any areas of the draft guidance.

III. Public Meeting

    The NRC will conduct a public meeting for the purpose of describing 
the draft NUREG and answering questions from the public. The NRC will 
publish a notice of the location, time, and agenda of the meeting on 
the NRC's public meeting Web site within at least 10 calendar days 
before the meeting. Stakeholders should monitor the NRC's public 
meeting Web site for information about the public meeting at: http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/public-meetings/index.cfm.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 18th day of October, 2017.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michael C. Layton,
Director, Division of Spent Fuel Management, Office of Nuclear Material 
Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2017-22983 Filed 10-23-17; 8:45 am]
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