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NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
10 CFR Part 72
[NRC–2020–0050]
RIN 3150–AK47
List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage
Casks: Holtec International HI–STORM
Flood/Wind Multipurpose Canister
Storage System, Certificate of
Compliance No. 1032, Amendment No.
5
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is proposing to
amend its regulations by revising the
Holtec International HI–STORM Flood/
Wind Multipurpose Canister Storage
System listing within the ‘‘List of
approved spent fuel storage casks’’ to
include Amendment No. 5 to Certificate
of Compliance No. 1032. Amendment
No. 5 revises the certificate of
compliance to: Add new heat load
patterns and revise the minimum
required cooling time for multipurpose
canisters MPC–89 and MPC–37; add
new fuel types to the approved contents;
allow an exception to a code to permit
use of certain duplex stainless steels;
use an analysis model to revise the
calculation for evaluating effective fuel
conductivities; add the use of the
damaged fuel isolator; add two versions
of the standard variable weight transfer
cask; add the option of using cyclic
vacuum drying; and make changes to
the final safety analysis report to add
new types of fuel assemblies, add a
definition to it and to the certificate of
compliance, and add the required
shielding evaluation to Section 5.4.8. In
addition, Amendment No. 5 makes
several clarifications and minor
changes.
DATES: Submit comments by June 12,
2020. Comments received after this date
will be considered if it is practical to do
so, but the NRC is able to ensure
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I. Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments
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Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2020–
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Because the NRC considers this action
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final rule will become effective on July
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section of this issue of the Federal
Register.
III. Background
Section 218(a) of the Nuclear Waste
Policy Act of 1982, as amended,
requires that ‘‘[t]he 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
Nuclear Waste Policy Act 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). 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
March 28, 2011 (76 FR 17019), that
approved the Holtec International HI–
STORM Flood/Wind Multipurpose
Canister Storage System design and
added it to the list of NRC-approved
cask designs in § 72.214 as Certificate of
Compliance No. 1032.
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The Plain Writing Act of 2010 (Pub.
L. 111–274) requires Federal agencies to
write documents in a clear, concise,
well-organized manner. 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.
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Holtec International HI–STORM Flood/Wind Multipurpose Canister Storage System, Amendment 5 Resubmittal dated June 15, 2018.
Holtec International Modification to Requested Changes on HI–STORM Flood/Wind Multipurpose Canister Storage System, Amendment 5 Request dated September 20, 2018.
Holtec International HI–STORM Flood/Wind Multipurpose Canister Storage System, Amendment 5 Response to Request for Supplemental Information dated April 1, 2019.
Holtec International HI–STORM Flood/Wind Multipurpose Canister Storage System, Amendment 5 Request for Supplemental Information 6–1 for Certificate of Compliance No. 1032 dated April 30, 2019.
Submittal of Holtec International Certificate of Compliance No. 1032 dated June 14, 2019 ......................
Holtec International HI–STORM Flood/Wind Multipurpose Canister Storage System, Amendment 5 Response to Request for Additional Information—Batch 1 dated October 4, 2019.
Holtec International HI–STORM Flood/Wind Multipurpose Canister Storage System, Amendment 5 Response to Request for Additional Information—Batch 2 dated October 21, 2019.
Holtec International HI–STORM Flood/Wind Multipurpose Canister Storage System, Amendment 5 Consolidated Changed Pages dated December 18, 2019.
Memo re User Need for Rulemaking for the Holtec International HI–STORM Flood/Wind Multipurpose
Canister Storage System, Amendment No. 5 dated February 14, 2020.
Draft Proposed Certificate of Compliance No. 1032, Amendment 5 ...........................................................
Proposed Certificate of Compliance No. 1032, Amendment 5—Appendix A, Technical Specifications .....
Proposed Certificate of Compliance No. 1032, Amendment 5—Appendix B ..............................................
Preliminary Certificate of Compliance No. 1032, Amendment 5—Safety Evaluation Report ......................
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Part 72
[NRC-2020-0050]
RIN 3150-AK47
List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: Holtec International
HI-STORM Flood/Wind Multipurpose Canister Storage System, Certificate
of Compliance No. 1032, Amendment No. 5
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to
amend its regulations by revising the Holtec International HI-STORM
Flood/Wind Multipurpose Canister Storage System listing within the
``List of approved spent fuel storage casks'' to include Amendment No.
5 to Certificate of Compliance No. 1032. Amendment No. 5 revises the
certificate of compliance to: Add new heat load patterns and revise the
minimum required cooling time for multipurpose canisters MPC-89 and
MPC-37; add new fuel types to the approved contents; allow an exception
to a code to permit use of certain duplex stainless steels; use an
analysis model to revise the calculation for evaluating effective fuel
conductivities; add the use of the damaged fuel isolator; add two
versions of the standard variable weight transfer cask; add the option
of using cyclic vacuum drying; and make changes to the final safety
analysis report to add new types of fuel assemblies, add a definition
to it and to the certificate of compliance, and add the required
shielding evaluation to Section 5.4.8. In addition, Amendment No. 5
makes several clarifications and minor changes.
DATES: Submit comments by June 12, 2020. 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 https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2020-0050. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions contact
the individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section
of this document.
Email comments to: [email protected]. If you do
not receive an automatic email reply confirming receipt, then contact
us at 301-415-1677.
Mail comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, ATTN: Rulemakings and
Adjudications Staff.
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: Yen-Ju Chen, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards; telephone: 301-415-1018; email: [email protected] or Vanessa Cox, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and
Safeguards; telephone: 301-415-8342; email: [email protected]. 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-2020-050 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 https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2020-050.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the
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Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's Public
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by email to [email protected]. For the convenience of the reader,
instructions about obtaining materials referenced in this document are
provided in the ``Availability of Documents'' section.
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC-2020-0050 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 they do not want to be
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. You should also inform
those persons 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
Because the NRC considers this action to be non-controversial, 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. The direct final rule will become effective on July 27, 2020.
However, if the NRC receives any significant adverse comment by June
12, 2020, 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 in a subsequent final rule. Absent significant
modifications to the proposed revisions requiring
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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.
Responses are considered substantive when:
(a) The comment causes the NRC 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;
(c) The comment raises a relevant issue that was not previously
addressed or considered by the NRC; or
(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 to make a change (other than
editorial) to the rule.
For a more detailed discussion of the proposed rule changes and
associated analyses, 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 of 1982, as amended,
requires that ``[t]he 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 Nuclear
Waste Policy Act 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). 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
March 28, 2011 (76 FR 17019), that approved the Holtec International
HI-STORM Flood/Wind Multipurpose Canister Storage System design and
added it to the list of NRC-approved cask designs in Sec. 72.214 as
Certificate of Compliance No. 1032.
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.
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./
Document Web link/ Federal
Register Citation
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Holtec International HI-STORM Flood/Wind ML18179A100 (package).
Multipurpose Canister Storage System, Amendment
5 Resubmittal dated June 15, 2018.
Holtec International Modification to Requested ML18268A139.
Changes on HI-STORM Flood/Wind Multipurpose
Canister Storage System, Amendment 5 Request
dated September 20, 2018.
Holtec International HI-STORM Flood/Wind ML19108A081 (package)
Multipurpose Canister Storage System, Amendment
5 Response to Request for Supplemental
Information dated April 1, 2019.
Holtec International HI-STORM Flood/Wind ML19127A267 (package).
Multipurpose Canister Storage System, Amendment
5 Request for Supplemental Information 6-1 for
Certificate of Compliance No. 1032 dated April
30, 2019.
Submittal of Holtec International Certificate of ML19177A239 (package).
Compliance No. 1032 dated June 14, 2019.
Holtec International HI-STORM Flood/Wind ML19289A626 (package).
Multipurpose Canister Storage System, Amendment
5 Response to Request for Additional
Information--Batch 1 dated October 4, 2019.
Holtec International HI-STORM Flood/Wind ML19317D392 (package).
Multipurpose Canister Storage System, Amendment
5 Response to Request for Additional
Information--Batch 2 dated October 21, 2019.
Holtec International HI-STORM Flood/Wind ML20002A643 (package).
Multipurpose Canister Storage System, Amendment
5 Consolidated Changed Pages dated December 18,
2019.
Memo re User Need for Rulemaking for the Holtec ML20014E617.
International HI-STORM Flood/Wind Multipurpose
Canister Storage System, Amendment No. 5 dated
February 14, 2020.
Draft Proposed Certificate of Compliance No. ML20014E618.
1032, Amendment 5.
Proposed Certificate of Compliance No. 1032, ML20014E619.
Amendment 5--Appendix A, Technical
Specifications.
Proposed Certificate of Compliance No. 1032, ML20014E620.
Amendment 5--Appendix B.
Preliminary Certificate of Compliance No. 1032, ML20014E621.
Amendment 5--Safety Evaluation Report.
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public comments, on the Federal Rulemaking website at https://www.regulations.gov under Docket ID NRC-2020-0050. The Federal
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Dated this 29th day of April, 2020.
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For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Margaret M. Doane,
Executive Director for Operations.
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