Notice of Consolidation Effort To Streamline the Review Process Pertaining to Staff Guidance for Spent Fuel Storage and Radioactive Material Transportation Packages
| Published date | 29 January 2021 |
| Citation | 86 FR 7578 |
| Record Number | 2021-01966 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
Federal Register, Volume 86 Issue 18 (Friday, January 29, 2021)
[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 18 (Friday, January 29, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7578-7579]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-01966]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2021-0033]
Notice of Consolidation Effort To Streamline the Review Process
Pertaining to Staff Guidance for Spent Fuel Storage and Radioactive
Material Transportation Packages
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of consolidation of staff guidance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has completed a
consolidation effort to streamline the review process pertaining to
staff guidance for spent fuel storage and radioactive material
transportation packages. NUREG-1536, and NUREG-1567 have been
consolidated into NUREG-2215 (NRC-2017-0211), and similarly, NUREG-1609
and NUREG-1617 have been consolidated into in NUREG-2216 (NRC-2019-
0132), as well as all associated supplements and Spent Fuel Storage and
Transportation Interim Staff Guidance (ISG). A notice of this
consolidation has been posted on each of the affected web pages and
redirects to NUREG-2215 and NUREG-2216 have been provided. Note that
the retired standard review plans (SRPs) and ISG still remain available
for reference as legacy documents, with links provided on each web
page.
DATES: The revised format described in this document takes effect on
January 29, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2021-0033 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You
may obtain publicly available information related to this document
using any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2021-0033. Address
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Jennifer Borges;
telephone: 301-287-9127; email: [email protected]. For technical
questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this document.
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 ``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
[email protected].
Attention: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies
of public documents, is currently closed. You may submit your request
to the PDR via email at [email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or
301-415-4737 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (EST), Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeremy Smith, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-7308, email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
NUREG-2215 is the new consolidated SRP for Spent Fuel Dry Storage
Systems and Facilities that was issued as a draft for public comment on
February 15, 2017 (82 FR 52944), under docket number NRC-2017-0211.
This SRP is used by staff to generate safety evaluation reports and
certificate of compliances under part 72 of title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR), ``Licensing Requirements for the
Independent Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel, High-Level Radioactive
Waste, and Reactor-Related Greater than Class C Waste,'' for dry cask
storage systems for general license facilities and for specific license
facilities. NUREG-1536, NUREG-1567 and all applicable ISGs were
consolidated into NUREG-2215.
NUREG-2216 is the new consolidated SRP for Transportation Packages
for Spent Fuel and Radioactive Material that was issued as a draft for
public comment on August 16, 2019 (84 FR 42024), under docket number
NRC-2019-0132. This SRP is used by staff for evaluating package
approvals under 10 CFR part 71, ``Packaging and Transportation of
Radioactive Material.'' NUREG-1609, NUREG-1617, their respective
supplements for mixed oxide fuels and tritium producing burnable
absorber rods, and all applicable ISGs were consolidated into NUREG-
2216.
NUREG-1536 was the SRP for Dry Cask Storage Systems. NUREG-1567 was
the SRP for Spent Fuel Dry Storage Facilities. NUREG-1609 was the SRP
for Transportation Packages for Radioactive Material. NUREG-1617 was
the SRP for Transportation Packages for Spent Nuclear Fuel.
The ISG for Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation was a set of
guidance documents for staff that clarify information or provide
additional guidance to staff in specific areas that had evolved since
the original issuance of the original SRPs.
Staff determined that a consolidation of this information would
streamline the review process for staff since the original SRPs,
supplements, and ISGs (over 20 documents) were cumbersome for staff to
reference as part of the review process. Further, this notice is
specifically made so that the public are aware of the changes that took
place in the NUREG Series Publications pertaining to the standard
review process for spent fuel storage and radioactive material
packaging.
II. 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. and web
Document description link
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NUREG-2215--SRP for Spent Fuel Dry ML20121A190; https://
Storage Systems and Facilities, Final www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-
Report. collections/nuregs/staff/
sr2215/.
NUREG-2216--SRP for Transportation ML20234A651; https://
Packages for Spent Fuel and www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-
Radioactive Material. collections/nuregs/staff/
sr2216/.
NUREG-1536--Revised Standard Review ML101040620; https://
Plan for Spent Fuel Dry Storage www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-
Systems. collections/nuregs/staff/
sr1536/.
NUREG 1567--SRP for Spent Fuel Dry ML003686776; https://
Storage Facilities. www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-
collections/nuregs/staff/
sr1567/.
NUREG 1609--SRP for Transportation ML20207F393; https://
Packages for Radioactive Material. www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-
collections/nuregs/staff/
sr1609/.
NUREG 1617--SRP for Transportation ML003696262; https://
Packages for Spent Nuclear Fuel. www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-
collections/nuregs/staff/
sr1617/.
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Interim Staff Guidance for Spent Fuel https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
Storage and Transportation website. doc-collections/isg/spent-
fuel.html.
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Dated: January 26, 2021.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Christopher. M. Regan,
Deputy Director, Division of Fuel Management, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards.
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