Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering issuance of an exemption for Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-33, DPR-52, and DPR-68 held by Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA, the licensee) for the operation of Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2, and 3 (Browns Ferry). The exemption would exempt TVA from the requirement to install a monitored alarm at the access control point of the storage facilities where the original steam dryers are stored. The exemption is being requested to address a regulatory noncompliance which has resulted in the issuance of minor violations at the Browns Ferry site. The NRC staff is issuing an environmental assessment (EA) and finding of no significant impact (FONSI) associated with the proposed exemption.

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 South Texas Project Nuclear Operating Company (STPNOC) that would permit South Texas Project Electric Generating Station (STP) to shuffle (relocate) 10 loaded and load two new 37 multi-purpose canisters (MPC) with continuous basket shims (CBS) in January and March 2025, respectively, in the HI-STORM Flood/Wind (FW) MPC Storage System at its STP 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. 2, are not met.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its spent fuel storage regulations by revising the Holtec International HI- STORM 100 Cask System listing within the "List of approved spent fuel storage casks" to include Renewed Amendment No. 16 to Certificate of Compliance No. 1014. Renewed Amendment No. 16 revises the certificate of compliance to add a new overpack, include the ability to use computational fluid dynamics analysis to evaluate site-specific accident scenarios, modify the cask design, modify operational and testing requirements, and make changes to the final safety analysis report.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to amend its spent fuel storage regulations by revising the Holtec International HI-STORM 100 Cask System listing within the "List of approved spent fuel storage casks" to include Renewed Amendment No. 16 to Certificate of Compliance No. 1014. Renewed Amendment No. 16 revises the certificate of compliance to add a new overpack, include the ability to use computational fluid dynamics analysis to evaluate site- specific accident scenarios, modify the cask design, modify operational and testing requirements, and make changes to the Final Safety Analysis Report.

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, "Reactor Site Criteria."

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) invites public comment on this proposed information collection. The information collection is entitled, NRC Form 995, "Authorization for Use or Disclosure of Protected Health Information."

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is confirming the effective date of July 15, 2024, for the direct final rule that was published in the Federal Register on April 29, 2024. This direct final rule amended the initial certificate and Amendment Nos. 1 through 9 of Certificate of Compliance No. 1015 for the NAC International, Inc., NAC-UMS Universal Storage System.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued an exemption in response to the April 24, 2023, request from Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company (CYAPCO), for the Haddam Neck Plant (HNP or Haddam Neck) located in East Hampton, Connecticut. The exemption permits CYAPCO to make withdrawals from a separate account within CYAPCO'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) invites public comment on the renewal of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for an existing collection of information. The information collection is entitled, "Requests to Agreement States and Non- Agreement States for Information."

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 a construction permit (CP) requested by US SFR Owner, LLC. The NRC is seeking public comment on this action and has scheduled a public scoping meeting.

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) issued a Confirmatory Order to Mistras Group, Inc. (Mistras) to document commitments made as part of a settlement agreement between the NRC and Mistras following an alternative dispute resolution mediation session held on March 21, 2024. The mediation addressed an apparent violation involving the falsification by two Mistras employees of certificates of calibration for non-destructive test equipment that was used at nuclear power plants. Mistras has committed to corrective actions in the following areas: safety culture and safety conscious work environment, quality assurance program, audits, and training. The Confirmatory Order became effective upon issuance.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is providing public notice each week for four consecutive weeks of receipt and availability of an application for a construction permit for a single unit reactor facility from US SFR Owner, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of TerraPower, LLC. The application for the construction permit was received on March 28, 2024, and a supplement to the application was submitted on May 2, 2024.

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 a proposed amendment of NRC Possession Only License (POL) No. DPR-73 for the Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit No. 2 (TMI-2), located in Londonderry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The proposed amendment would ensure that TMI-2 Energy Solutions (TMI-2Solutions) can continue decommissioning the facility in accordance with NRC regulations. TMI-2Solutions will be engaging in certain major decommissioning activities, including the physical demolition of buildings previously deemed eligible for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). The draft EA, "Environmental Assessment for Specific Decommissioning Activities at Three Mile Island, Unit 2 in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania," documents the NRC staff's environmental review of the license amendment application. The NRC is also issuing a final Programmatic Agreement (PA) under section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA).

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued an exemption in response to an exemption request from Dominion Energy Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. (DENC, the licensee) submitted by letter dated May 2, 2023.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has received a license amendment application from Northern States Power Company (NSPM) for an amendment to Special Nuclear Materials License No. SNM-2506 for the Prairie Island Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (PI ISFSI) located in Welch, Minnesota. The amendment request seeks to change License Conditions 23(a), 24(A)(2), and 24(B)(2). The subject license conditions are management activities with specified inspection intervals of three months or one quarter. The inspection intervals are "not to exceed every quarter" for license condition 23 and "not to exceed three months" for license condition 24. This is inconsistent with similar independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI) technical specifications (TS) surveillance requirements (SRs), for example, SR 3.1.4.1 and SR 3.1.4.2, which give the frequency as 92 days, and ISFSI TS SR 3.0.2, which allows up to 1.25 times the interval specified in the frequency. NSPM proposes to revise the license conditions to describe the inspection intervals similar to TS Surveillance Requirement Frequency, allowing up to 1.25 times the specified intervals to account for scheduling challenges, including but not limited to periods of extreme cold weather or other high-priority plant activities.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering issuance of an exemption in response to the April 24, 2023, request from Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company (CYAPCO), for the Haddam Neck Plant (HNP or Haddam Neck) located in East Hampton, Connecticut. The proposed exemption from NRC regulations, if granted, would permit CYAPCO to make withdrawals from a segregated account within Haddam Neck'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 NRC staff is issuing an environmental assessment (EA) and finding of no significant impact (FONSI) associated with the proposed exemption.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a notice explaining how recently enacted legislation that prohibits imports of certain uranium products (natural uranium and low-enriched uranium) from the Russian Federation affects imports under NRC licenses. After the statutory prohibition becomes effective, importers will no longer be able to use the NRC general license to import these materials from the Russian Federation unless they first obtain a waiver from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The NRC will return any specific license applications for such imports without action.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a single notice to announce the issuance of 11 exemptions in response to requests from nine 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) 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, "Criteria and Procedures for Emergency Access to Non-Federal and Regional Low-Level Waste Disposal Facilities."

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is providing public notice each week for four consecutive weeks of receipt and availability of an application for a construction permit for a single unit reactor facility from US SFR Owner, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of TerraPower, LLC. The application for the construction permit was received on March 28, 2024, and a supplement to the application was submitted on May 2, 2024.

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 Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant (CCNPP) to maintain nine loaded and to load six new 37 multi-purpose canisters (MPC) with continuous basket shims (CBS) in the HI-STORM Flood/Wind (FW) MPC Storage System at its CCNPP 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. 1, Revision No. 1, are not met.