83 FR 50965 - Dry Storage and Transportation of High Burnup Spent Nuclear Fuel

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 196 (October 10, 2018)

On August 9, 2018, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) solicited comments on draft NUREG entitled, NUREG-2224, ``Dry Storage and Transportation of High Burnup Spent Nuclear Fuel.'' The public comment period closed on September 24, 2018. The NRC has decided to reopen the public comment period to allow more time for members of the public to develop and submit their comments.

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 10, 2018)]
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[Pages 50965-50966]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-21974]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2018-0066]


Dry Storage and Transportation of High Burnup Spent Nuclear Fuel

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Draft NUREG; reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On August 9, 2018, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
(NRC) solicited comments on draft NUREG entitled, NUREG-2224, ``Dry 
Storage and Transportation of High Burnup Spent Nuclear Fuel.'' The 
public comment period closed on September 24, 2018. The NRC has decided 
to reopen the public comment period to allow more time for members of 
the public to develop and submit their comments.

DATES: The comment period for the document published on August 9, 2018 
(83 FR 39475) has been reopened. Submit comments on the draft NUREG-
2224 by November 9, 2018. 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 Website: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2018-0066. Address any 
questions about NRC Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Jennifer Borges; 
telephone: 301-287-9127; 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: TWFN-7-A60M, 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: Wendy Reed, Office of Nuclear Material 
Safety and Safeguards, telephone: 301-415-7213; email: 
[email protected]; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2018-0066 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 Website: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2018-0066.
     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 ``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-2224, ``Dry Storage and 
Transportation of High Burnup Spent Nuclear Fuel'' is available in 
ADAMS under Accession No. ML18214A132.
     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-2018-0066 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 into ADAMS.

II. Discussion

    On August 9, 2018 (83 FR 39475), the NRC solicited comments on 
draft NUREG-2224, ``Dry Storage and Transportation of High Burnup Spent

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Nuclear Fuel.'' The public comment period closed on September 24, 2018. 
The NRC has decided to reopen the public comment period on this 
document until November 9, 2018, to allow more time for members of the 
public to submit their comments.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, on October 4, 2018.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Aida E. Rivera-Varona,
Acting Deputy Director, Division of Spent Fuel Management, Office of 
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
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