Notice of Availability of Interim Staff Guidance Documents for Spent Fuel Storage Casks, 31769-31770 [E9-15620]
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Draft of Interim Staff Guidance-23.
[NRC–2009–0268]
Notice of Availability of Interim Staff
Guidance Documents for Spent Fuel
Storage Casks
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION:
Notice of Availability.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Matthew Gordon, Structural Mechanics
and Materials Branch, Division of Spent
Fuel Storage and Transportation
Division, Office of Nuclear Material
Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20005–0001. Telephone: (301) 492–
3331; fax number: (301) 492–3342; email: matthew.gordon@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) has prepared a draft Interim Staff
Guidance (ISG) No. 23 document,
entitled ‘‘Application of ASTM
Standard Practice C1671–07 when
performing technical reviews of spent
fuel storage and transportation
packaging licensing actions.’’ This draft
ISG document would provide guidance
to the NRC staff when reviewing
licensee integrated safety analyses,
license or Certificate of Compliance
applications or amendment requests, or
other related activities for dry cask
storage systems under 10 CFR part 71
and 10 CFR part 72. The NRC is
soliciting public comments on this draft
of ISG–23, which will be considered
before the NRC issues any final version.
II. Further Information
Documents related to this action are
available electronically at the NRC’s
Electronic Reading Room at https://
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.
From this site, you can access the NRC’s
Agencywide Document Access and
Management System (ADAMS), which
provides text and image files of NRC’s
public documents. The ADAMS
accession numbers for the documents
related to this notice are provided in the
following table. If you do not have
access to ADAMS or if there are
problems in accessing the documents
located in ADAMS, contact the NRC
Public Document Room (PDR) reference
staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737,
or by e-mail to
matthew.gordon@nrc.gov.
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These documents may also be viewed
electronically on the public computers
located at the NRC’s PDR, O–1 F21, One
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. The PDR
reproduction contractor will copy
documents for a fee. Comments and
questions on ISG–23 should be directed
to Matthew Gordon, Structural
Mechanics and Materials Branch,
Division of Spent Fuel Storage and
Transportation, Office of Nuclear
Materials Safety and Safeguards, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20005–0001 by August
17, 2009. Comments received after this
date will be considered if it is practical
to do so, but assurance of consideration
cannot be given to comments received
after this date. Comments can also be
submitted by telephone, fax, or e-mail to
the following: Telephone: (301) 492–
3331; fax number: (301) 492–3331; email: matthew.gordon@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 25th day
of June 2009.
For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
Robert E. Einziger,
Acting Chief, Structural Mechanics and
Materials Branch, Division of Spent Fuel
Storage and Transportation, Office of Nuclear
Materials Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. E9–15622 Filed 7–1–09; 8:45 am]
I. Introduction
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) has prepared a draft Interim Staff
Guidance (ISG) No. 2, Revision 1,
document, entitled ‘‘Division of Spent
Fuel Storage and Transportation,
Interim Staff Guidance—2, Revision 1,
Fuel Retrievability.’’ This draft ISG
document would provide guidance to
the NRC staff when reviewing licensee
integrated safety analyses, license
applications or amendment requests, or
other related licensing activities for dry
cask storage systems under 10 CFR part
72. The NRC is soliciting public
comments on this draft of ISG–2,
Revision 1, which will be considered
before the NRC issues any final version.
II. Further Information
Documents related to this action are
available electronically at the NRC’s
Electronic Reading Room at https://
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.
From this site, you can access the NRC’s
Agencywide Document Access and
Management System (ADAMS), which
provides text and image files of NRC’s
public documents. The ADAMS
accession numbers for the documents
related to this notice are provided in the
following table. If you do not have
access to ADAMS or if there are
problems in accessing the documents
located in ADAMS, contact the NRC
Public Document Room (PDR) reference
staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737,
or by e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
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[NRC–2009–0269]
Notice of Availability of Interim Staff
Guidance Documents for Spent Fuel
Storage Casks
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION:
Notice of availability.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Matthew Gordon, Structural Mechanics
and Materials Branch, Division of Spent
Fuel Storage and Transportation
Division, Office of Nuclear Material
Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20005–0001. Telephone: (301) 492–
3331; fax number: (301) 492–3342; email: matthew.gordon@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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These documents may also be viewed
electronically on the public computers
located at the NRC’s PDR, O–1 F21, One
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. The PDR
reproduction contractor will copy
documents for a fee. Comments and
questions on ISG–2, Revision 1, should
be directed to Matthew Gordon,
Structural Mechanics and Materials
Branch, Division of Spent Fuel Storage
and Transportation, Office of Nuclear
Materials Safety and Safeguards, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20005–0001 by August
17, 2009. Comments received after this
date will be considered if it is practical
to do so, but assurance of consideration
cannot be given to comments received
after this date. Comments can also be
submitted by telephone, fax, or e-mail to
the following: Telephone: (301) 492–
3331; fax number: (301) 492–3331; email: matthew.gordon@nrc.gov.
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Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 126 / Thursday, July 2, 2009 / Notices
Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 25th day
of June 2009.
For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
Robert E. Einziger,
Acting Chief, Structural Mechanics and
Materials Branch, Division of Spent Fuel
Storage and Transportation, Office of Nuclear
Materials Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. E9–15620 Filed 7–1–09; 8:45 am]
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[NRC–2009–0272; Docket No. 03003754]
Notice of Availability of Environmental
Assessment and Finding of No
Significant Impact for License
Amendment to Materials License No.
06–00217–06, for Remediation of
Portions of a Site in Windsor, CT
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Issuance of Environmental
Assessment and Finding of No
Significant Impact for License
Amendment.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
James Schmidt, (610) 337–5276; or John
Nicholson, (610) 337–5236; Health
Physicist, Decommissioning Branch,
Division of Nuclear Materials Safety,
Region I, 475 Allendale Road, King of
Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406; fax
number (610) 337–5269; or by e-mail:
jim.schmidt@nrc.gov;
john.nicholson@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is considering the
issuance of a license amendment to
Materials License No. 06–00217–06
issued to ABB Inc. (ABB or the
Licensee). ABB submitted the
amendment request by letter dated
December 31, 2008. The proposed
action would authorize ABB to conduct
remediation in place of the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers (USACE), at portions
of the ABB site designated as Formally
Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program
(FUSRAP) areas. The ABB site, a 612acre parcel located at 2000 Day Hill
Road, in Windsor, Connecticut (the
Facility), is currently undergoing sitewide decommissioning. The Facility’s
FUSRAP areas will be cleaned up by the
Licensee with NRC oversight, in
accordance with an agreement between
the NRC and USACE dated August 15,
2007. Under this agreement, USACE
will suspend its FUSRAP activities at
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the Facility after the Licensee modifies
its previously-approved site
decommissioning plan (DP) by bringing
within its scope cleanup of the FUSRAP
areas. To accomplish this, the Licensee
submitted a revised DP for NRC review
and approval as part of its December 31,
2008, application.
The NRC has prepared an
Environmental Assessment (EA) in
support of this proposed action in
accordance with the requirements of
Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR), Part 51 (10 CFR Part 51). Based
on the EA, the NRC has concluded that
a Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI) is appropriate with respect to
the proposed action. The amendment
will be issued to the Licensee following
the publication of this FONSI and EA in
the Federal Register.
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed
Action
The proposed action would approve
the Licensee’s December 31, 2008,
license amendment request. The scope
of the DP (initially approved on June 1,
2004) will be expanded to authorize
ABB to conduct remediation activities
for select FUSRAP areas at its Facility.
Changes in the revised DP were
generally limited to an update to reflect
the successful remediation of the nonFUSRAP Facility areas, and a
description of the remaining Facility
areas to be remediated. However, the
revised DP does include new derived
concentration guideline levels (DCGLs)
for uranium and cobalt-60, to be used
for one structure: The south portion of
Building 3, that will remain in place
following completion of the remediation
activities. Areas to be remediated under
the revised DP include all FUSRAP
areas except the Debris Pile area and
Site Brook area. These areas are located
in wetlands and will be the subject of
a future DP amendment. The specific
FUSRAP areas to be remediated
included the removal of part of the five
acre Building 3 Complex; removal of the
one acre Building 6 Complex; removal
of the industrial, waste, and sanitary
lines associated with the Building
Complexes; excavation of the seven acre
Woods Area; and excavation of the one
acre Drum Burial Pit area. Additionally,
the revised DP provided for the
Licensee’s remediation of a two acre
area termed the Burning Grounds which
is contaminated with small quantities of
radium-226 and thorium-232. This area
was previously remediated to existing
NRC standards and approved for
unrestricted use by the NRC on August
10, 1989.
In preparing this EA, the NRC staff
reviewed the 2004 EA issued in
connection with the initial DP; the
Licensee’s Environmental Report
submitted on February 28, 2008; and the
revised DP submitted on December 31,
2008. Additionally, the staff reviewed
the performance of the
decommissioning activities completed
by the Licensee to date. The staff
concluded that the bases for the findings
of the 2004 EA remain valid, and are
applicable to the revised DP. Regarding
remediation of the FUSRAP areas,
decommissioning methodologies are
unchanged from the initial approved DP
and are appropriate for the contaminant
concentrations found in the FUSRAP
area structures and soils. The same
isotopes that were present in the
Facility’s non-FUSRAP areas (namely,
those associated with enriched uranium
and cobalt-60) exist in the FUSRAP
areas as well. The FUSRAP buildings
and areas requiring remediation are
similar to those already successfully
remediated and decommissioned at the
Facility. The amount of waste in
FUSRAP areas which will need to be
packaged and shipped to a licensed
disposal facility is similar to the
amounts evaluated in the 2004 EA, and
this waste will be packaged and
transported to the same disposal facility
previously used for non-FUSRAP area
remediation activities.
As stated above, the revised DP
includes a new site specific building
DCGL, to support the unrestricted
release of the southern portion, or High
Bay, of Building 3. The staff’s technical
review confirmed that the licensee’s
requested site specific total uranium
and cobalt-60 building DCGLs of 20,148,
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The proposed action would allow
ABB to complete the remaining Facility
remediation and decommissioning
activities, thereby reducing residual
radioactivity at the Facility to a level
that permits release of the entire
property for unrestricted use and
termination of the license. The Licensee
has been successfully remediating and
decommissioning the Facility since
2004 under the previously-approved DP.
In order to complete remediation of the
entire Facility, the FUSRAP areas must
be remediated. NRC is fulfilling its
responsibilities under the Atomic
Energy Act to make a decision on a
proposed license amendment for
decommissioning that ensures safety
and protection of the public and the
environment.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2009-0269]
Notice of Availability of Interim Staff Guidance Documents for
Spent Fuel Storage Casks
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matthew Gordon, Structural Mechanics
and Materials Branch, Division of Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation
Division, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20005-0001. Telephone:
(301) 492-3331; fax number: (301) 492-3342; e-mail:
matthew.gordon@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has prepared a draft
Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) No. 2, Revision 1, document, entitled
``Division of Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation, Interim Staff
Guidance--2, Revision 1, Fuel Retrievability.'' This draft ISG document
would provide guidance to the NRC staff when reviewing licensee
integrated safety analyses, license applications or amendment requests,
or other related licensing activities for dry cask storage systems
under 10 CFR part 72. The NRC is soliciting public comments on this
draft of ISG-2, Revision 1, which will be considered before the NRC
issues any final version.
II. Further Information
Documents related to this action are available electronically at
the NRC's Electronic Reading Room at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. From this site, you can access the NRC's Agencywide
Document Access and Management System (ADAMS), which provides text and
image files of NRC's public documents. The ADAMS accession numbers for
the documents related to this notice are provided in the following
table. If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems in
accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC Public
Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or
by e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
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These documents may also be viewed electronically on the public
computers located at the NRC's PDR, O-1 F21, One White Flint North,
11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. The PDR reproduction
contractor will copy documents for a fee. Comments and questions on
ISG-2, Revision 1, should be directed to Matthew Gordon, Structural
Mechanics and Materials Branch, Division of Spent Fuel Storage and
Transportation, Office of Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20005-0001 by August 17,
2009. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is
practical to do so, but assurance of consideration cannot be given to
comments received after this date. Comments can also be submitted by
telephone, fax, or e-mail to the following: Telephone: (301) 492-3331;
fax number: (301) 492-3331; e-mail: matthew.gordon@nrc.gov.
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Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 25th day of June 2009.
For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Robert E. Einziger,
Acting Chief, Structural Mechanics and Materials Branch, Division of
Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation, Office of Nuclear Materials
Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. E9-15620 Filed 7-1-09; 8:45 am]
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