82_FR_49437 82 FR 49233 - Managing Aging Processes in Storage Report

82 FR 49233 - Managing Aging Processes in Storage Report

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

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

Page Range49233-49234
FR Document2017-22983

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 Issue 204 (Tuesday, October 24, 2017) 
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[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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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 204 / Tuesday, October 24, 2017 / Notices 49233 NUCLEAR REGULATORY NUCLEAR REGULATORY the availability of information for this COMMISSION COMMISSION action. You may obtain publicly- available information related to this [NRC–2016–0238] action by any of the following methods: [Docket No. 50–458–LR, ASLBP No. 17– 956–01–LR–BD01] • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to Managing Aging Processes in Storage http://www.regulations.gov and search Report for Docket ID NRC–2016–0238. Entergy Operations, Inc.; Establishment of Atomic Safety and AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory • NRC’s Agencywide Documents Commission. Access and Management System Licensing Board ACTION: Draft NUREG; request for (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly- Pursuant to delegation by the comment. available documents online in the Commission, see 37 FR 28,710 (Dec. 29, ADAMS Public Documents collection at SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ 1972), and the Commission’s Commission (NRC) is issuing for public adams.html. To begin the search, select regulations, see, e.g., 10 CFR 2.104, comment a draft NUREG, NUREG–2214, ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then 2.105, 2.300, 2.309, 2.313, 2.318, 2.321, select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS notice is hereby given that an Atomic ‘‘Managing Aging Processes in Storage (MAPS) Report.’’ The draft NUREG Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, Safety and Licensing Board (Board) is please contact the NRC’s Public provides guidance to the NRC technical being established to preside over the Document Room (PDR) reference staff at review staff and establishes a technical following proceeding: basis for the safety review of renewal 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by Entergy Operations, Inc. applications for specific licenses of email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. Draft independent spent fuel storage NUREG–2214, ‘‘Managing Aging (River Bend Station, Unit 1) installations (ISFSIs) and certificates of Processes in Storage (MAPS) Report’’ is compliance of dry storage systems. available in ADAMS under Accession This proceeding involves an No. ML17289A237. application by Entergy Operations, Inc. DATES: Submit comments on the draft NUREG–2214 by December 26, 2017. • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and to renew for twenty years its operating purchase copies of public documents at license for River Bend Station, Unit 1, Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One located in St. Francisville, Louisiana. White Flint North, 11555 Rockville The current operating license for River but the NRC is able to ensure consideration only for comments Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. Bend Station, Unit 1, expires on received on or before this date. B. Submitting Comments midnight, August 29, 2025. In response to a notice published in the Federal ADDRESSES: You may submit comments Please include Docket ID NRC–2016– Register, see 82 FR 37,908 (Aug. 14, by any of the following methods: 0238 in your comment submission. 2017), announcing the opportunity to • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to The NRC cautions you not to include http://www.regulations.gov and search identifying or contact information that request a hearing, the Sierra Club on for Docket ID NRC–2016–0238. Address you do not want to be publicly October 12, 2017 filed a petition to questions about NRC dockets to Carol disclosed in your comment submission. intervene and request for a hearing. Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463; The NRC posts all comment The Board is comprised of the email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For submissions at http:// following Administrative Judges: technical questions, contact the www.regulations.gov as well as entering E. Roy Hawkens, Chairman, Atomic individual listed in the FOR FURTHER the comment submissions into ADAMS. INFORMATION CONTACT section of this The NRC does not routinely edit Safety and Licensing Board Panel, document. comment submissions to remove U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, • Mail comments to: May Ma, Office identifying or contact information. Washington, DC 20555–0001 of Administration, Mail Stop: OWFN–2– If you are requesting or aggregating Dr. Michael F. Kennedy, Atomic Safety A13, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory comments from other persons for and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Commission, Washington, DC 20555– submission to the NRC, then you should Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 0001. inform those persons not to include Washington, DC 20555–0001 For additional direction on obtaining identifying or contact information that Dr. Richard E. Wardwell, Atomic Safety information and submitting comments, they do not want to be publicly and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. see ‘‘Obtaining Information and disclosed in their comment submission. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Submitting Comments’’ in the Your request should state that the NRC SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of does not routinely edit comment Washington, DC 20555–0001 this document. submissions to remove such information All correspondence, documents, and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John before making the comment other materials shall be filed in Wise, Office of Nuclear Material Safety submissions available to the public or accordance with the NRC E-Filing rule. and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory entering the comment submissions into See 10 CFR 2.302. Commission, Washington, DC 20555– ADAMS. Rockville, Maryland, October 18, 2017. 0001; telephone: 301–415–8085; email: II. 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49234 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 204 / Tuesday, October 24, 2017 / Notices have the potential to challenge the Commission that such amendment ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then ability of dry storage system structures, involves no significant hazards select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS systems and components to fulfill their consideration, notwithstanding the Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, important-to-safety functions. The pendency before the Commission of a please contact the NRC’s Public MAPS Report also describes generically request for a hearing from any person. Document Room (PDR) reference staff at acceptable aging management programs This biweekly notice includes all 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by that an applicant may use to maintain notices of amendments issued, or email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The the approved design basis of its storage proposed to be issued, from September ADAMS accession number for each system during the period of extended 26, 2017, to October 06, 2017. The last document referenced (if it is available in operation, or the period from 20 to 60 biweekly notice was published on ADAMS) is provided the first time that years of storage. September 25, 2017. it is mentioned in this document. The staff will review and consider DATES: Comments must be filed by • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and public comments received on draft November 24, 2017. A request for a purchase copies of public documents at NUREG–2214 as it finalizes the hearing must be filed by December 26, the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One guidance. Comments are invited on any 2017. White Flint North, 11555 Rockville areas of the draft guidance. Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments III. Public Meeting by any of the following methods: B. 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For The NRC cautions you not to include public meeting Web site within at least technical questions, contact the identifying or contact information that 10 calendar days before the meeting. individual listed in the FOR FURTHER you do not want to be publicly Stakeholders should monitor the NRC’s INFORMATION CONTACT section of this disclosed in your comment submission. public meeting Web site for information document. The NRC will post all comment about the public meeting at: http:// • Mail comments to: May Ma, Office submissions at http:// www.nrc.gov/public-involve/public- of Administration, Mail Stop: OWFN–2– www.regulations.gov as well as enter the meetings/index.cfm. A13, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory comment submissions into ADAMS. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 18th day Commission, Washington, DC 20555– The NRC does not routinely edit of October, 2017. 0001. comment submissions to remove For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. For additional direction on obtaining identifying or contact information. Michael C. Layton, information and submitting comments, If you are requesting or aggregating see ‘‘Obtaining Information and comments from other persons for Director, Division of Spent Fuel Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Submitting Comments’’ in the submission to the NRC, then you should Safeguards. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of inform those persons not to include [FR Doc. 2017–22983 Filed 10–23–17; 8:45 am] this document. identifying or contact information that FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kay they do not want to be publicly BILLING CODE 7590–01–P Goldstein, Office of Nuclear Reactor disclosed in their comment submission. 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CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionDraft NUREG; request for comment.
DatesSubmit 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.
ContactJohn Wise, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-8085; email: [email protected]
FR Citation82 FR 49233 
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