Nuclear Regulatory Commission 2024 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing an environmental assessment (EA) and a finding of no significant impact (FONSI) for an exemption request submitted by Energy Harbor Nuclear Corporation \1\ that would permit Perry Nuclear Power Plant (Perry) to load two Holtec 89-assembly multi-purpose canisters (MPC) with continuous basket shims (CBS) in the HI-STORM Flood/Wind (FW) MPC Storage System at its Perry Unit 1 Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) in a storage condition where the terms, conditions, and specifications in the Certificate of Compliance (CoC) No. 1032, Amendment No. 5 are not met.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will convene a meeting of the Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes (ACMUI) on June 5, 2024 to discuss the ACMUI's draft subcommittee report on the NRC's draft interim staff guidance for the implementation of training and experience requirements in the NRC's regulations, "Medical Use of Byproduct Material." Meeting information, including a copy of the agenda and handouts, will be available on the ACMUI's Meetings and Related Documents web page at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/acmui/meetings /2024.html or by emailing Ms. L. Armstead at the contact information below.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued an exemption in response to the May 4, 2023, request from Yankee Atomic Electric Company (YAEC), for the Yankee Nuclear Power Station (YNPS or Yankee Rowe) located in Rowe, Massachusetts. The exemption permits YAEC to make withdrawals from a separate account within YAEC's overall nuclear decommissioning trust (NDT), on an annual basis, for spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and Greater than Class C (GTCC) waste management and non-radiological site restoration without prior notification to the NRC.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing NUREG- 0090, Volume 46, "Report to Congress on Abnormal Occurrences: Fiscal Year 2023." The report describes those events that the NRC or an Agreement State identified as abnormal occurrences (AOs) during fiscal year (FY) 2023, based on the criteria defined by the Commission. The report describes nine events at Agreement State-licensed facilities and two events at NRC-licensed facilities.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing an order approving the license transfer application filed by GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas, LLC (GEHA) and NorthStar Vallecitos, LLC (NorthStar Vallecitos), dated September 1, 2023, as supplemented by letters dated September 5, 2023, October 19, 2023, November 1, 2023, January 22, 2024, and March 15, 2024. Specifically, the order approves the direct transfer of control of Possession Only License Nos. DPR-1 for the Vallecitos Boiling Water Reactor, TR-1 for the General Electric Test Reactor, R-33 for the Nuclear Test Reactor, and DR-10 for the Empire State Atomic Development Associates Experimental Vallecitos Superheat Reactor and Special Nuclear Material (SNM) License No. SNM- 960 from GEHA to NorthStar Vallecitos and the issuance of conforming amendments to the licenses, including license conditions.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing an environmental assessment (EA) and a finding of no significant impact (FONSI) for an exemption request submitted by Constellation Energy Generation, LLC (Constellation) that would permit the Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station (QCNPS) to load four new 68M multi-purpose canisters (MPC) with continuous basket shims (CBS) beginning June 2024 in the HI-STORM 100 Cask System at its QCNPS Units 1 and 2 independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI) in a storage condition where the terms, conditions, and specifications in the Certificate of Compliance (CoC) No. 1014, Amendment No. 8, Revision No. 1, are not met.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a single notice to announce the issuance of 11 exemptions in response to requests from ten licensees. These exemptions were requested as a result of a change to NRC's regulations published in the Federal Register on March 14, 2023.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to amend its spent fuel storage regulations by revising the NAC International, Inc., NAC-UMS Universal Storage System listing within the "List of approved spent fuel storage casks" to renew the initial certificate and Amendment Nos. 1 through 9 of Certificate of Compliance No. 1015. The renewal of the initial certificate of compliance and Amendment Nos. 1 through 9 for 40 years changes the certificate's conditions and technical specifications to address aging management activities related to the structures, systems, and components important to safety of the dry storage system to ensure that these will maintain their intended functions during the period of extended storage operations.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will conduct a scoping process to gather information necessary to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) to evaluate the environmental impacts for the license renewal of the Facility Operating License No. NPF-62 for Clinton Power Station, Unit 1 (CPS). The NRC is seeking public comment on this action and has scheduled two public scoping meetings that will take place as online webinars.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) invites public comment on this proposed information collection. The information collection is entitled, "Planned Power Uprate-Related Licensing Submittals for All Power Reactor Licensees."

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment a draft environmental assessment (EA) and draft finding of no significant impact (FONSI) for proposed issuance of construction permits (CP) to Kairos Power, LLC (Kairos). The CPs would authorize the construction of two non-power test reactors termed Hermes 2, adjacent to the Hermes test reactor (Hermes), on a 185-acre site located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Kairos was issued a CP for Hermes, Construction Permit No. CPTR-6, on December 14, 2023. The Hermes 2 test reactors would demonstrate additional key elements of the Kairos Power Fluoride Salt-Cooled, High Temperature Reactor technology for possible future commercial deployment. The technology is an advanced nuclear reactor technology that leverages TRI-structural ISOtropic (TRISO) particle fuel in pebble form combined with a low-pressure fluoride salt coolant. The NRC has prepared a draft EA and draft FONSI that consider the environmental impacts associated with issuing the CPs.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing Revision 3 to Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.128, "Installation Design and Installation of Vented Lead-Acid Storage Batteries for Production and Utilization Facilities." This RG describes an approach that is acceptable to the NRC staff to meet regulatory requirements for the installation design and installation of vented lead-acid storage batteries in production and utilization facilities.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing Revision 1 to Regulatory Guide (RG) 5.86, "Preemption Authority, Enhanced Weapons Authority, and Firearms Background Checks." This RG clarifies reporting and recording of security events and conditions adverse to security under NRC regulations, "Physical Protection of Plants and Materials."

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing an environmental assessment (EA) and a finding of no significant impact (FONSI) for an exemption request submitted by Susquehanna Nuclear, LLC (Susquehanna) that would permit Susquehanna Steam Electric Station (SSES) to load six new 89 multi-purpose canisters (MPC) with continuous basket shims (CBS) in the HI-STORM Flood/Wind (FW) MPC Storage System at its SSES Units 1 and 2 independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI) in a storage condition where the terms, conditions, and specifications in the Certificate of Compliance (CoC) No. 1032, Amendment No. 5, are not met.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its spent fuel storage regulations by revising the Westinghouse Electric Company LLC FuelSolutionsTM Spent Fuel Management System listing within the "List of approved spent fuel storage casks" to renew the initial certificate and Amendment Nos. 1 through 4 to Certificate of Compliance No. 1026. The renewal of the initial certificate of compliance and Amendment Nos. 1 through 4 for 40 years revises the certificate's conditions and technical specifications to address aging management activities related to the structures, systems, and components important to safety of the dry storage system to ensure that these will maintain their intended functions during the period of extended storage operations.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently submitted a request for renewal of an existing collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. The information collection is entitled, "Domestic Licensing of Special Nuclear Material."

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing an environmental assessment (EA) and a finding of no significant impact (FONSI) for an exemption request submitted by Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) that would permit Watts Bar Nuclear Plant (WBN) to load five new 37 multi-purpose canisters (MPC) with continuous basket shims (CBS) beginning July 2024 in the HI-STORM Flood/Wind (FW) MPC Storage System at its Watts Bar Units 1 and 2 independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI) in a storage condition where the terms, conditions, and specifications in the Certificate of Compliance (CoC) No. 1032, Amendment No. 0, Revision No. 1 are not met.

Pursuant to section 189a.(2) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is publishing this regular monthly notice. The Act requires the Commission to publish notice of any amendments issued, or proposed to be issued, and grants the Commission the authority to issue and make immediately effective any amendment to an operating license or combined license, as applicable, upon a determination by the Commission that such amendment involves no significant hazards consideration (NSHC), notwithstanding the pendency before the Commission of a request for a hearing from any person.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently submitted a request for renewal of an existing collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. The information collection is entitled, NRC Form 354, "Data Report on Spouse."