List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: TN Americas LLC, Standardized NUHOMS® Horizontal Modular Storage System, Certificate of Compliance No. 1004, Renewal of Initial Certificate and Amendment Nos. 1 Through 11, 13, Revision 1, and 14, 44971-44974 [2017-20709]
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List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage
Casks: TN Americas LLC,
Standardized NUHOMS® Horizontal
Modular Storage System, Certificate of
Compliance No. 1004, Renewal of
Initial Certificate and Amendment Nos.
1 Through 11, 13, Revision 1, and 14
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is proposing to
amend its spent fuel storage regulations
by revising the Standardized
NUHOMS® Horizontal Modular Storage
System (NUHOMS® System) listing
within the ‘‘List of approved spent fuel
storage casks’’ to renew, for an
additional 40-year period, Revision 1 of
the initial certificate and Amendment
Nos. 1 through 11, and 13, and
Amendment No. 14 of Certificate of
Compliance (CoC) No. 1004. These
changes require, among other things,
that all future amendments and
revisions to this CoC include
evaluations of the impacts to aging
management activities (i.e., time-limited
aging analyses and aging management
programs (AMPs)) to ensure that they
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remain adequate for any changes to
spent fuel storage cask systems,
structures, and components (SSCs)
within the scope of the renewal. Each
general licensee using a NUHOMS®
System at a reactor site must have a
program to establish, implement, and
maintain written procedures for each
AMP described in the AREVA Inc.
(AREVA) Updated Final Safety Analysis
Report (UFSAR). In addition, the
renewals reflect the change in the name
of the CoC holder from AREVA to TN
Americas LLC, and make several other
changes as described in Section IV,
‘‘Discussion of Changes,’’ in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of a
companion direct final rule published
in the Rules and Regulations section of
this issue of the Federal Register.
DATES: Submit comments by October 27,
2017. Comments received after this date
will be considered if it is practical to do
so, but the NRC staff 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
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2017–0138. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol
Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463;
email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For
technical questions contact the
individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
document.
• Email comments to:
Rulemaking.Comments@nrc.gov. If you
do not receive an automatic email reply
confirming receipt, then contact us at
301–415–1677.
• Fax comments to: Secretary, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission at 301–
415–1101.
• Mail comments to: Secretary, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001, ATTN:
Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff.
• Hand deliver comments to: 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland
20852, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m.
(Eastern Time) Federal workdays;
telephone: 301–415–1677.
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:
Christian Jacobs, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, 301–
415–6825; email: Christian.Jacobs@
nrc.gov, or Robert D. MacDougall, Office
of Nuclear Material Safety and
Safeguards, 301–415–5175; email:
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Robert.MacDougall@nrc.gov. Both are
staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Table of Contents
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting
Comments
II. Rulemaking Procedure
III. Background
IV. Plain Writing
V. Availability of Documents
I. Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2017–
0138 when contacting the NRC about
the availability of information for this
action. You may obtain publiclyavailable information related to this
action by any of the following methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2017–0138.
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publiclyavailable documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at
https://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 pdr.resource@nrc.gov. For the
convenience of the reader, instructions
about obtaining materials referenced in
this document are provided in the
‘‘Availability of Documents’’ 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.
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC–2017–
0138 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 https://
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
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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. Rulemaking Procedure
This proposed rule is limited to the
renewal of the initial certificate and
Amendment Nos. 1 through 11, 13,
Revision 1, and Amendment No. 14 of
CoC No. 1004. Because the NRC
considers this action to be noncontroversial and routine, the NRC is
publishing this proposed rule
concurrently with a direct final rule in
the Rules and Regulations section of this
issue of the Federal Register. Adequate
protection of public health and safety
continues to be ensured.
The direct final rule will become
effective on December 11, 2017.
However, if the NRC receives significant
adverse comments on this proposed rule
by October 27, 2017, then the NRC will
publish a document that withdraws the
direct final rule. If the direct final rule
is withdrawn, the NRC will address the
comments received in response to these
proposed revisions in a subsequent final
rule. Absent significant modifications to
the proposed revisions requiring
republication, the NRC will not initiate
a second comment period on this action
in the event the direct final rule is
withdrawn.
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. A
comment is adverse and significant if:
(1) The comment opposes the rule and
provides a reason sufficient to require a
substantive response in a notice-and-
comment process. For example, a
substantive response is required when:
(a) The comment causes the NRC staff
to reevaluate (or reconsider) its position
or conduct additional analysis;
(b) The comment raises an issue
serious enough to warrant a substantive
response to clarify or complete the
record; or
(c) The comment raises a relevant
issue that was not previously addressed
or considered by the NRC staff.
(2) The comment proposes a change
or an addition to the rule, and it is
apparent that the rule would be
ineffective or unacceptable without
incorporation of the change or addition.
(3) The comment causes the NRC staff
to make a change (other than editorial)
to the rule, CoC, or technical
specifications.
For additional procedural information
and the regulatory analysis, see the
direct final rule published in the Rules
and Regulations section of this issue of
the Federal Register.
III. Background
Section 218(a) of the Nuclear Waste
Policy Act (NWPA) of 1982, as
amended, requires that ‘‘the Secretary
[of the Department of Energy] shall
establish a demonstration program, in
cooperation with the private sector, for
the dry storage of spent nuclear fuel at
civilian nuclear power reactor sites,
with the objective of establishing one or
more technologies that the [Nuclear
Regulatory] Commission may, by rule,
approve for use at the sites of civilian
nuclear power reactors without, to the
maximum extent practicable, the need
for additional site-specific approvals by
the Commission.’’ Section 133 of the
NWPA states, in part, that ‘‘[the
Commission] shall, by rule, establish
procedures for the licensing of any
technology approved by the
Commission under Section 219(a) [sic:
218(a)] for use at the site of any civilian
nuclear power reactor.’’
To implement this mandate, the
Commission approved dry storage of
spent nuclear fuel in NRC-approved
casks under a general license by
publishing a final rule which added a
new subpart K in part 72 of title 10 of
the Code of Federal Regulations (10
CFR) entitled, ‘‘General License for
Storage of Spent Fuel at Power Reactor
Sites’’ (55 FR 29181; July 18, 1990). A
general license authorizes a reactor
licensee to store spent fuel in NRCapproved casks at a site that is licensed
to operate a power reactor under 10 CFR
part 50 or 52. This rule also established
a new subpart L in 10 CFR part 72
entitled, ‘‘Approval of Spent Fuel
Storage Casks,’’ which contains
procedures and criteria for obtaining
NRC approval of spent fuel storage cask
designs. The NRC subsequently issued a
final rule on December 22, 1994 (59 FR
65898) that approved the NUHOMS®
System design and added it to the list
of NRC-approved cask designs in 10
CFR 72.214 as CoC No. 1004.
IV. Plain Writing
The Plain Writing Act of 2010 (Pub.
L. 111–274) requires Federal agencies to
write documents in a clear, concise,
well-organized manner that also follows
other best practices appropriate to the
subject or field and the intended
audience. The NRC has written this
document to be consistent with the
Plain Writing Act as well as the
Presidential Memorandum, ‘‘Plain
Language in Government Writing,’’
published June 10, 1998 (63 FR 31883).
The NRC requests comment on the
proposed rule with respect to clarity
and effectiveness of the language used.
V. Availability of Documents
The documents identified in the
following table are available to
interested persons through one or more
of the following methods, as indicated.
ADAMS
Accession No./
Federal Register
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Final Rule: ‘‘General License for Storage of Spent Fuel at Power Reactor Sites’’ .......................................................................
Final Rule: List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: Addition ................................................................................................
AREVA, Inc.—Renewal Application for the Standardized NUHOMS® System—CoC 1004 .........................................................
AREVA, Inc.—Revision 1 to Renewal Application for the Standardized NUHOMS® System—CoC 1004, Response to First
Request for Additional Information.
AREVA, Inc., Second Response to NRC RAI Re: Renewal Application for the Standardized NUHOMS® System—CoC 1004
AREVA, Inc., Regarding Response to Re-Issue of Second Request for Additional Information—AREVA, Inc. Renewal Application for the Standardized NUHOMS® System—CoC 1004.
AREVA, Inc., AREVA Internal Reorganization—Effect on Certificate of Compliance Ownership ................................................
Submittal of NUH–003, ‘‘Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR) for the Standardized NUHOMS® Horizontal Modular
Storage System For Irradiated Nuclear Fuel,’’ Revision 14.
Preliminary Certificate of Compliance and Preliminary Technical Specifications for CoC No. 1004, Renewed Amendment
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TN Americas LLC, Standardized NUHOMS® Horizontal Modular Storage System—Draft SER [Safety Evaluation Report] for
Renewed CoC 1004, Amendment Nos. 1–11, 13 and 14.
The NRC may post materials related
to this document, including public
comments, on the Federal Rulemaking
Web site at https://www.regulations.gov
under Docket ID NRC–2017–0138. The
Federal Rulemaking Web site allows
you to receive alerts when changes or
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List of Subjects in 10 CFR Part 72
Administrative practice and
procedure, Criminal penalties,
Hazardous waste, Indians,
Intergovernmental relations, Manpower
training programs, Nuclear energy,
Nuclear materials, Occupational safety
and health, Penalties, Radiation
protection, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Security measures, Spent
fuel, Whistleblowing.
For the reasons set out in the
preamble and under the authority of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended;
the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974,
as amended; the Nuclear Waste Policy
Act of 1982, as amended; and 5 U.S.C.
552 and 553; the NRC is proposing to
adopt the following amendments to 10
CFR part 72:
PART 72—LICENSING
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE
INDEPENDENT STORAGE OF SPENT
NUCLEAR FUEL, HIGH-LEVEL
RADIOACTIVE WASTE, AND
REACTOR-RELATED GREATER THAN
CLASS C WASTE
1. The authority citation for part 72
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: Atomic Energy Act of 1954,
secs. 51, 53, 57, 62, 63, 65, 69, 81, 161, 182,
183, 184, 186, 187, 189, 223, 234, 274 (42
U.S.C. 2071, 2073, 2077, 2092, 2093, 2095,
2099, 2111, 2201, 2210e, 2232, 2233, 2234,
2236, 2237, 2238, 2273, 2282, 2021); Energy
Reorganization Act of 1974, secs. 201, 202,
206, 211 (42 U.S.C. 5841, 5842, 5846, 5851);
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(42 U.S.C. 4332); Nuclear Waste Policy Act
of 1982, secs. 117(a), 132, 133, 134, 135, 137,
141, 145(g), 148, 218(a) (42 U.S.C. 10137(a),
10152, 10153, 10154, 10155, 10157, 10161,
10165(g), 10168, 10198(a)); 44 U.S.C. 3504
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2. In § 72.214, Certificate of
Compliance 1004 is revised to read as
follows:
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§ 72.214 List of approved spent fuel
storage casks.
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Certificate Number: 1004.
Initial Certificate Effective Date:
January 23, 1995, superseded by Initial
Certificate, Revision 1, on April 25,
2017, superseded by Renewed Initial
Certificate, Revision 1, on December 11,
2017.
Initial Certificate, Revision 1, Effective
Date: April 25, 2017.
Renewed Initial Certificate, Revision
1, Effective Date: December 11, 2017.
Amendment Number 1 Effective Date:
April 27, 2000, superseded by
Amendment Number 1, Revision 1, on
April 25, 2017, superseded by Renewed
Amendment Number 1, Revision 1, on
December 11, 2017.
Amendment Number 1, Revision 1,
Effective Date: April 25, 2017.
Renewed Amendment Number 1,
Revision 1, Effective Date: December 11,
2017.
Amendment Number 2 Effective Date:
September 5, 2000, superseded by
Amendment Number 2, Revision 1, on
April 25, 2017, superseded by Renewed
Amendment Number 2, Revision 1, on
December 11, 2017.
Amendment Number 2, Revision 1,
Effective Date: April 25, 2017.
Renewed Amendment Number 2,
Revision 1, Effective Date: December 11,
2017.
Amendment Number 3 Effective Date:
September 12, 2001, superseded by
Amendment Number 3, Revision 1, on
April 25, 2017, superseded by Renewed
Amendment Number 3, Revision 1, on
December 11, 2017.
Amendment Number 3, Revision 1,
Effective Date: April 25, 2017.
Renewed Amendment Number 3,
Revision 1, Effective Date: December 11,
2017.
Amendment Number 4 Effective Date:
February 12, 2002, superseded by
Amendment Number 4, Revision 1, on
April 25, 2017, superseded by Renewed
Amendment Number 4, Revision 1, on
December 11, 2017.
Amendment Number 4, Revision 1,
Effective Date: April 25, 2017.
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Renewed Amendment Number 4,
Revision 1, Effective Date: December 11,
2017.
Amendment Number 5 Effective Date:
January 7, 2004, superseded by
Amendment Number 5, Revision 1, on
April 25, 2017, superseded by Renewed
Amendment Number 5, Revision 1, on
December 11, 2017.
Amendment Number 5, Revision 1,
Effective Date: April 25, 2017.
Renewed Amendment Number 5,
Revision 1, Effective Date: December 11,
2017.
Amendment Number 6 Effective Date:
December 22, 2003, superseded by
Amendment Number 6, Revision 1, on
April 25, 2017, superseded by Renewed
Amendment Number 6, Revision 1, on
December 11, 2017.
Amendment Number 6, Revision 1,
Effective Date: April 25, 2017.
Renewed Amendment Number 6,
Revision 1, Effective Date: December 11,
2017.
Amendment Number 7 Effective Date:
March 2, 2004, superseded by
Amendment Number 7, Revision 1, on
April 25, 2017, superseded by Renewed
Amendment Number 7, Revision 1, on
December 11, 2017.
Amendment Number 7, Revision 1,
Effective Date: April 25, 2017.
Renewed Amendment Number 7,
Revision 1, Effective Date: December 11,
2017.
Amendment Number 8 Effective Date:
December 5, 2005, superseded by
Amendment Number 8, Revision 1 on
April 25, 2017, superseded by Renewed
Amendment Number 8, Revision 1, on
December 11, 2017.
Amendment Number 8, Revision 1,
Effective Date: April 25, 2017.
Renewed Amendment Number 8,
Revision 1, Effective Date: December 11,
2017. Amendment Number 9 Effective
Date: April 17, 2007, superseded by
Amendment Number 9, Revision 1, on
April 25, 2017, superseded by Renewed
Amendment Number 9, Revision 1, on
December 11, 2017.
Amendment Number 9, Revision 1,
Effective Date: April 25, 2017.
Renewed Amendment Number 9,
Revision 1, Effective Date: December 11,
2017.
Amendment Number 10 Effective
Date: August 24, 2009, superseded by
Amendment Number 10, Revision 1, on
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Amendment Number 10, Revision 1, on
December 11, 2017.
Amendment Number 10, Revision 1,
Effective Date: April 25, 2017.
Renewed Amendment Number 10,
Revision 1, Effective Date: December 11,
2017.
Amendment Number 11 Effective
Date: January 7, 2014, superseded by
Amendment Number 11, Revision 1, on
April 25, 2017, superseded by Renewed
Amendment Number 11, Revision 1, on
December 11, 2017.
Amendment Number 11, Revision 1,
Effective Date: April 25, 2017.
Renewed Amendment Number 11,
Revision 1, Effective Date: December 11,
2017.
Amendment Number 12 Effective
Date: Amendment not issued by the
NRC.
Amendment Number 13 Effective
Date: May 24, 2014, superseded by
Amendment Number 13, Revision 1, on
April 25, 2017, superseded by Renewed
Amendment Number 13, Revision 1, on
December 11, 2017.
Amendment Number 13, Revision 1,
Effective Date: April 25, 2017.
Renewed Amendment Number 13,
Revision 1, Effective Date: December 11,
2017.
Amendment Number 14 Effective
Date: April 25, 2017, superseded by
Renewed Amendment Number 14, on
December 11, 2017.
Renewed Amendment Number 14
Effective Date: December 11, 2017.
SAR Submitted by: Transnuclear, Inc.
SAR Title: Final Safety Analysis
Report for the Standardized NUHOMS®
Horizontal Modular Storage System for
Irradiated Nuclear Fuel.
Docket Number: 72–1004.
Certificate Expiration Date: January
23, 2015.
Renewed Certificate Expiration Date:
January 23, 2055.
Model Number: NUHOMS®–24P,
–24PHB, –24PTH, –32PT, –32PTH1,
–37PTH, –52B, –61BT, –61BTH, and
–69BTH.
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of September, 2017.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Frederick D. Brown,
Acting Executive Director of Operations.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 39
[Docket No. FAA–2016–9074; Product
Identifier 2016–NM–097–AD]
RIN 2120–AA64
Airworthiness Directives; Airbus
Airplanes
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Supplemental notice of
proposed rulemaking (SNPRM);
reopening of comment period.
AGENCY:
We are revising an earlier
notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM)
for all Airbus Model A318–111 and
–112 airplanes; Model A319–111, –112,
–113, –114, and –115 airplanes; Model
A320–211, –212, and –214 airplanes;
and Model A321–111, –112, –211, –212,
and –213 airplanes. This action revises
the NPRM by expanding the list of
affected engine fan cowl door (FCD) part
numbers and adding Airbus Model
A320–216 airplanes to the applicability.
We are proposing this Airworthiness
Directive (AD) to address the unsafe
condition on these products. Since these
actions impose an additional burden
over those proposed in the NPRM, we
are reopening the comment period to
allow the public the chance to comment
on these proposed changes.
DATES: The comment period for the
NPRM published in the Federal
Register on September 26, 2016 (81 FR
65980), is reopened.
We must receive comments on this
SNPRM by November 13, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments,
using the procedures found in 14 CFR
11.43 and 11.45, by any of the following
methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Fax: 202–493–2251.
• Mail: U.S. Department of
Transportation, Docket Operations, M–
30, West Building Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590.
• Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of
Transportation, Docket Operations, M–
30, West Building Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
For service information identified in
this proposed AD, contact Airbus,
Airworthiness Office–EIAS, 1 Rond
Point Maurice Bellonte, 31707 Blagnac
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96; fax +33 5 61 93 44 51; email
account.airworth-eas@airbus.com;
Internet https://www.airbus.com. You
may view this referenced service
information at the FAA, Transport
Standards Branch, 1601 Lind Avenue
SW., Renton, WA. For information on
the availability of this material at the
FAA, call 425–227–1221.
Examining the AD Docket
You may examine the AD docket on
the Internet at https://
www.regulations.gov by searching for
and locating Docket No. FAA–2016–
9074; or in person at the Docket
Management Facility between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays. The AD docket
contains this proposed AD, the
regulatory evaluation, any comments
received, and other information. The
street address for the Docket Office
(telephone: 800–647–5527) is in the
ADDRESSES section. Comments will be
available in the AD docket shortly after
receipt.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sanjay Ralhan, Aerospace Engineer,
International Section, Transport
Standards Branch, FAA, 1601 Lind
Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057–3356;
telephone 425–227–1405; fax 425–227–
1149.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Comments Invited
We invite you to send any written
relevant data, views, or arguments about
this proposed AD. Send your comments
to an address listed under the
ADDRESSES section. Include ‘‘Docket No.
FAA–2016–9074; Product Identifier
2016–NM–097–AD’’ at the beginning of
your comments. We specifically invite
comments on the overall regulatory,
economic, environmental, and energy
aspects of this proposed AD. We will
consider all comments received by the
closing date and may amend this
proposed AD based on those comments.
We will post all comments we
receive, without change, to https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information you provide. We
will also post a report summarizing each
substantive verbal contact we receive
about this proposed AD.
Discussion
We issued an NPRM to amend 14 CFR
part 39 by adding an AD that would
apply to all Airbus Model A318–111
and –112 airplanes, Model A319–111,
–112, –113, –114, and –115 airplanes,
Model A320–211, –212, and –214
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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 186 (Wednesday, September 27, 2017)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 44971-44974]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-20709]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Part 72
[NRC-2017-0138]
RIN 3150-AK05
List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: TN Americas LLC,
Standardized NUHOMS[supreg] Horizontal Modular Storage System,
Certificate of Compliance No. 1004, Renewal of Initial Certificate and
Amendment Nos. 1 Through 11, 13, Revision 1, and 14
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to
amend its spent fuel storage regulations by revising the Standardized
NUHOMS[supreg] Horizontal Modular Storage System (NUHOMS[supreg]
System) listing within the ``List of approved spent fuel storage
casks'' to renew, for an additional 40-year period, Revision 1 of the
initial certificate and Amendment Nos. 1 through 11, and 13, and
Amendment No. 14 of Certificate of Compliance (CoC) No. 1004. These
changes require, among other things, that all future amendments and
revisions to this CoC include evaluations of the impacts to aging
management activities (i.e., time-limited aging analyses and aging
management programs (AMPs)) to ensure that they remain adequate for any
changes to spent fuel storage cask systems, structures, and components
(SSCs) within the scope of the renewal. Each general licensee using a
NUHOMS[supreg] System at a reactor site must have a program to
establish, implement, and maintain written procedures for each AMP
described in the AREVA Inc. (AREVA) Updated Final Safety Analysis
Report (UFSAR). In addition, the renewals reflect the change in the
name of the CoC holder from AREVA to TN Americas LLC, and make several
other changes as described in Section IV, ``Discussion of Changes,'' in
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of a companion direct final rule
published in the Rules and Regulations section of this issue of the
Federal Register.
DATES: Submit comments by October 27, 2017. Comments received after
this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC
staff 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 https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2017-0138. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions contact
the individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section
of this document.
Email comments to: Rulemaking.Comments@nrc.gov. If you do
not receive an automatic email reply confirming receipt, then contact
us at 301-415-1677.
Fax comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission at 301-415-1101.
Mail comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, ATTN: Rulemakings and
Adjudications Staff.
Hand deliver comments to: 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland 20852, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. (Eastern Time) Federal
workdays; telephone: 301-415-1677.
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: Christian Jacobs, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, 301-415-6825; email:
Christian.Jacobs@nrc.gov, or Robert D. MacDougall, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, 301-415-5175; email:
Robert.MacDougall@nrc.gov. Both are staff of the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Table of Contents
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
II. Rulemaking Procedure
III. Background
IV. Plain Writing
V. Availability of Documents
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2017-0138 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 https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2017-0138.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://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 pdr.resource@nrc.gov. For
the convenience of the reader, instructions about obtaining materials
referenced in this document are provided in the ``Availability of
Documents'' 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.
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC-2017-0138 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 https://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
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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. Rulemaking Procedure
This proposed rule is limited to the renewal of the initial
certificate and Amendment Nos. 1 through 11, 13, Revision 1, and
Amendment No. 14 of CoC No. 1004. Because the NRC considers this action
to be non-controversial and routine, the NRC is publishing this
proposed rule concurrently with a direct final rule in the Rules and
Regulations section of this issue of the Federal Register. Adequate
protection of public health and safety continues to be ensured.
The direct final rule will become effective on December 11, 2017.
However, if the NRC receives significant adverse comments on this
proposed rule by October 27, 2017, then the NRC will publish a document
that withdraws the direct final rule. If the direct final rule is
withdrawn, the NRC will address the comments received in response to
these proposed revisions in a subsequent final rule. Absent significant
modifications to the proposed revisions requiring republication, the
NRC will not initiate a second comment period on this action in the
event the direct final rule is withdrawn.
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. A comment is adverse and significant if:
(1) The comment opposes the rule and provides a reason sufficient
to require a substantive response in a notice-and-comment process. For
example, a substantive response is required when:
(a) The comment causes the NRC staff to reevaluate (or reconsider)
its position or conduct additional analysis;
(b) The comment raises an issue serious enough to warrant a
substantive response to clarify or complete the record; or
(c) The comment raises a relevant issue that was not previously
addressed or considered by the NRC staff.
(2) The comment proposes a change or an addition to the rule, and
it is apparent that the rule would be ineffective or unacceptable
without incorporation of the change or addition.
(3) The comment causes the NRC staff to make a change (other than
editorial) to the rule, CoC, or technical specifications.
For additional procedural information and the regulatory analysis,
see the direct final rule published in the Rules and Regulations
section of this issue of the Federal Register.
III. Background
Section 218(a) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA) of 1982, as
amended, requires that ``the Secretary [of the Department of Energy]
shall establish a demonstration program, in cooperation with the
private sector, for the dry storage of spent nuclear fuel at civilian
nuclear power reactor sites, with the objective of establishing one or
more technologies that the [Nuclear Regulatory] Commission may, by
rule, approve for use at the sites of civilian nuclear power reactors
without, to the maximum extent practicable, the need for additional
site-specific approvals by the Commission.'' Section 133 of the NWPA
states, in part, that ``[the Commission] shall, by rule, establish
procedures for the licensing of any technology approved by the
Commission under Section 219(a) [sic: 218(a)] for use at the site of
any civilian nuclear power reactor.''
To implement this mandate, the Commission approved dry storage of
spent nuclear fuel in NRC-approved casks under a general license by
publishing a final rule which added a new subpart K in part 72 of title
10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) entitled, ``General
License for Storage of Spent Fuel at Power Reactor Sites'' (55 FR
29181; July 18, 1990). A general license authorizes a reactor licensee
to store spent fuel in NRC-approved casks at a site that is licensed to
operate a power reactor under 10 CFR part 50 or 52. This rule also
established a new subpart L in 10 CFR part 72 entitled, ``Approval of
Spent Fuel Storage Casks,'' which contains procedures and criteria for
obtaining NRC approval of spent fuel storage cask designs. The NRC
subsequently issued a final rule on December 22, 1994 (59 FR 65898)
that approved the NUHOMS[supreg] System design and added it to the list
of NRC-approved cask designs in 10 CFR 72.214 as CoC No. 1004.
IV. Plain Writing
The Plain Writing Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-274) requires Federal
agencies to write documents in a clear, concise, well-organized manner
that also follows other best practices appropriate to the subject or
field and the intended audience. The NRC has written this document to
be consistent with the Plain Writing Act as well as the Presidential
Memorandum, ``Plain Language in Government Writing,'' published June
10, 1998 (63 FR 31883). The NRC requests comment on the proposed rule
with respect to clarity and effectiveness of the language used.
V. Availability of Documents
The documents identified in the following table are available to
interested persons through one or more of the following methods, as
indicated.
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ADAMS Accession No./ Federal
Document Register citation
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Final Rule: ``General License for 55 FR 29181
Storage of Spent Fuel at Power Reactor
Sites''.
Final Rule: List of Approved Spent Fuel 59 FR 65898
Storage Casks: Addition.
AREVA, Inc.--Renewal Application for the ML14309A341
Standardized NUHOMS[supreg] System--CoC
1004.
AREVA, Inc.--Revision 1 to Renewal ML15295A354
Application for the Standardized
NUHOMS[supreg] System--CoC 1004,
Response to First Request for
Additional Information.
AREVA, Inc., Second Response to NRC RAI ML16169A025
Re: Renewal Application for the
Standardized NUHOMS[supreg] System--CoC
1004.
AREVA, Inc., Regarding Response to Re- ML16279A368
Issue of Second Request for Additional
Information--AREVA, Inc. Renewal
Application for the Standardized
NUHOMS[supreg] System--CoC 1004.
AREVA, Inc., AREVA Internal ML16327A011
Reorganization--Effect on Certificate
of Compliance Ownership.
Submittal of NUH-003, ``Updated Final ML14255A191
Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR) for the
Standardized NUHOMS[supreg] Horizontal
Modular Storage System For Irradiated
Nuclear Fuel,'' Revision 14.
Preliminary Certificate of Compliance ML17131A006 (package)
and Preliminary Technical
Specifications for CoC No. 1004,
Renewed Amendment Nos. 1-11, Revision
1, and Amendment Nos. 13-14, Revision 1.
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TN Americas LLC, Standardized ML17131A121
NUHOMS[supreg] Horizontal Modular
Storage System--Draft SER [Safety
Evaluation Report] for Renewed CoC
1004, Amendment Nos. 1-11, 13 and 14.
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The NRC may post materials related to this document, including
public comments, on the Federal Rulemaking Web site at https://www.regulations.gov under Docket ID NRC-2017-0138. The Federal
Rulemaking Web site allows you to receive alerts when changes or
additions occur in a docket folder. To subscribe: (1) Navigate to the
docket folder (NRC-2017-0138); (2) click the ``Sign up for Email
Alerts'' link; and (3) enter your email address and select how
frequently you would like to receive emails (daily, weekly, or
monthly).
List of Subjects in 10 CFR Part 72
Administrative practice and procedure, Criminal penalties,
Hazardous waste, Indians, Intergovernmental relations, Manpower
training programs, Nuclear energy, Nuclear materials, Occupational
safety and health, Penalties, Radiation protection, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Security measures, Spent fuel,
Whistleblowing.
For the reasons set out in the preamble and under the authority of
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended; the Energy Reorganization
Act of 1974, as amended; the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, as
amended; and 5 U.S.C. 552 and 553; the NRC is proposing to adopt the
following amendments to 10 CFR part 72:
PART 72--LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE INDEPENDENT STORAGE OF
SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL, HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE, AND REACTOR-
RELATED GREATER THAN CLASS C WASTE
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1. The authority citation for part 72 continues to read as follows:
Authority: Atomic Energy Act of 1954, secs. 51, 53, 57, 62, 63,
65, 69, 81, 161, 182, 183, 184, 186, 187, 189, 223, 234, 274 (42
U.S.C. 2071, 2073, 2077, 2092, 2093, 2095, 2099, 2111, 2201, 2210e,
2232, 2233, 2234, 2236, 2237, 2238, 2273, 2282, 2021); Energy
Reorganization Act of 1974, secs. 201, 202, 206, 211 (42 U.S.C.
5841, 5842, 5846, 5851); National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(42 U.S.C. 4332); Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, secs. 117(a),
132, 133, 134, 135, 137, 141, 145(g), 148, 218(a) (42 U.S.C.
10137(a), 10152, 10153, 10154, 10155, 10157, 10161, 10165(g), 10168,
10198(a)); 44 U.S.C. 3504 note.
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2. In Sec. 72.214, Certificate of Compliance 1004 is revised to read
as follows:
Sec. 72.214 List of approved spent fuel storage casks.
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Certificate Number: 1004.
Initial Certificate Effective Date: January 23, 1995, superseded by
Initial Certificate, Revision 1, on April 25, 2017, superseded by
Renewed Initial Certificate, Revision 1, on December 11, 2017.
Initial Certificate, Revision 1, Effective Date: April 25, 2017.
Renewed Initial Certificate, Revision 1, Effective Date: December
11, 2017.
Amendment Number 1 Effective Date: April 27, 2000, superseded by
Amendment Number 1, Revision 1, on April 25, 2017, superseded by
Renewed Amendment Number 1, Revision 1, on December 11, 2017.
Amendment Number 1, Revision 1, Effective Date: April 25, 2017.
Renewed Amendment Number 1, Revision 1, Effective Date: December
11, 2017.
Amendment Number 2 Effective Date: September 5, 2000, superseded by
Amendment Number 2, Revision 1, on April 25, 2017, superseded by
Renewed Amendment Number 2, Revision 1, on December 11, 2017.
Amendment Number 2, Revision 1, Effective Date: April 25, 2017.
Renewed Amendment Number 2, Revision 1, Effective Date: December
11, 2017.
Amendment Number 3 Effective Date: September 12, 2001, superseded
by Amendment Number 3, Revision 1, on April 25, 2017, superseded by
Renewed Amendment Number 3, Revision 1, on December 11, 2017.
Amendment Number 3, Revision 1, Effective Date: April 25, 2017.
Renewed Amendment Number 3, Revision 1, Effective Date: December
11, 2017.
Amendment Number 4 Effective Date: February 12, 2002, superseded by
Amendment Number 4, Revision 1, on April 25, 2017, superseded by
Renewed Amendment Number 4, Revision 1, on December 11, 2017.
Amendment Number 4, Revision 1, Effective Date: April 25, 2017.
Renewed Amendment Number 4, Revision 1, Effective Date: December
11, 2017.
Amendment Number 5 Effective Date: January 7, 2004, superseded by
Amendment Number 5, Revision 1, on April 25, 2017, superseded by
Renewed Amendment Number 5, Revision 1, on December 11, 2017.
Amendment Number 5, Revision 1, Effective Date: April 25, 2017.
Renewed Amendment Number 5, Revision 1, Effective Date: December
11, 2017.
Amendment Number 6 Effective Date: December 22, 2003, superseded by
Amendment Number 6, Revision 1, on April 25, 2017, superseded by
Renewed Amendment Number 6, Revision 1, on December 11, 2017.
Amendment Number 6, Revision 1, Effective Date: April 25, 2017.
Renewed Amendment Number 6, Revision 1, Effective Date: December
11, 2017.
Amendment Number 7 Effective Date: March 2, 2004, superseded by
Amendment Number 7, Revision 1, on April 25, 2017, superseded by
Renewed Amendment Number 7, Revision 1, on December 11, 2017.
Amendment Number 7, Revision 1, Effective Date: April 25, 2017.
Renewed Amendment Number 7, Revision 1, Effective Date: December
11, 2017.
Amendment Number 8 Effective Date: December 5, 2005, superseded by
Amendment Number 8, Revision 1 on April 25, 2017, superseded by Renewed
Amendment Number 8, Revision 1, on December 11, 2017.
Amendment Number 8, Revision 1, Effective Date: April 25, 2017.
Renewed Amendment Number 8, Revision 1, Effective Date: December
11, 2017. Amendment Number 9 Effective Date: April 17, 2007, superseded
by Amendment Number 9, Revision 1, on April 25, 2017, superseded by
Renewed Amendment Number 9, Revision 1, on December 11, 2017.
Amendment Number 9, Revision 1, Effective Date: April 25, 2017.
Renewed Amendment Number 9, Revision 1, Effective Date: December
11, 2017.
Amendment Number 10 Effective Date: August 24, 2009, superseded by
Amendment Number 10, Revision 1, on
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April 25, 2017, superseded by Renewed Amendment Number 10, Revision 1,
on December 11, 2017.
Amendment Number 10, Revision 1, Effective Date: April 25, 2017.
Renewed Amendment Number 10, Revision 1, Effective Date: December
11, 2017.
Amendment Number 11 Effective Date: January 7, 2014, superseded by
Amendment Number 11, Revision 1, on April 25, 2017, superseded by
Renewed Amendment Number 11, Revision 1, on December 11, 2017.
Amendment Number 11, Revision 1, Effective Date: April 25, 2017.
Renewed Amendment Number 11, Revision 1, Effective Date: December
11, 2017.
Amendment Number 12 Effective Date: Amendment not issued by the
NRC.
Amendment Number 13 Effective Date: May 24, 2014, superseded by
Amendment Number 13, Revision 1, on April 25, 2017, superseded by
Renewed Amendment Number 13, Revision 1, on December 11, 2017.
Amendment Number 13, Revision 1, Effective Date: April 25, 2017.
Renewed Amendment Number 13, Revision 1, Effective Date: December
11, 2017.
Amendment Number 14 Effective Date: April 25, 2017, superseded by
Renewed Amendment Number 14, on December 11, 2017.
Renewed Amendment Number 14 Effective Date: December 11, 2017.
SAR Submitted by: Transnuclear, Inc.
SAR Title: Final Safety Analysis Report for the Standardized
NUHOMS[supreg] Horizontal Modular Storage System for Irradiated Nuclear
Fuel.
Docket Number: 72-1004.
Certificate Expiration Date: January 23, 2015.
Renewed Certificate Expiration Date: January 23, 2055.
Model Number: NUHOMS[supreg]-24P, -24PHB, -24PTH, -32PT, -32PTH1, -
37PTH, -52B, -61BT, -61BTH, and -69BTH.
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Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 18th day of September, 2017.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Frederick D. Brown,
Acting Executive Director of Operations.
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