[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 247 (Thursday, December 24, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80402-80403]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-32513]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2015-0208]
Spent Fuel Transportation Package Response to the Newhall Pass
Fire Scenario
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Draft NUREG/CR; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for
public comment a draft NUREG/CR, NUREG/CR-7207, ``Spent Fuel
Transportation Package Response to the Newhall Pass Fire Scenario.''
This report presents analyses that were performed to examine the
hypothetical effects on a spent fuel transportation package from
conditions during the Newhall Pass accident in 2007. The analyses
undertaken include FDS fire modeling, physical examination of material
samples, ANSYS and COBRA-SFS code thermal modeling of a GA-4 package,
and fuel performance modeling using the FRAPTRAN-1.4, FRAPCON-3.4, and
DATING codes. The estimated release from the hypothetical scenario is
below the prescribed limit for safety.
DATES: Submit comments by February 22, 2016. Comments received after
this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the
Commission is able to ensure consideration only for comments received
before this date.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods
(unless this document describes a different method for submitting
comments on a specific subject):
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0208. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this document.
Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Office of Administration,
Mail Stop: OWFN-12-H08, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555-0001.
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: Joseph Borowsky, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-7507; email:
[email protected];
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0208 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 http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0208.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
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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 [email protected]. The
draft NUREG/CR, ``Spent Fuel Transportation Package Response to the
Newhall Pass Fire Scenario'' is available in ADAMS under Accession No.
ML15351A152.
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-2015-0208 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 posts all comment submissions at http://www.regulations.gov as well as entering 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. 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 submissions into ADAMS.
II. Discussion
The NRC is issuing draft NUREG/CR ``Spent Fuel Transportation
Package Response to the Newhall Pass Fire Scenario.'' This report
presents analyses that were performed to examine the hypothetical
effects on a spent fuel transportation package from conditions during
the Newhall Pass accident in 2007. The analyses undertaken include FDS
fire modeling, physical examination of material samples, and fuel
performance modeling using the FRAPTRAN-1.4, FRAPCON-3.4, and DATING
codes. The estimated release from the hypothetical scenario is below
the prescribed limit for safety.
The purpose of this notice is to provide the public with an
opportunity to review and provide comments on draft NUREG/CR-7207,
``Spent Fuel Transportation Package Response to the Newhall Pass Fire
Scenario''. Any comments received will be considered in the final
version or subsequent revisions of the draft NUREG/CR.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day of December, 2015.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Christian Araguas,
Chief, Containment, Structural, and Thermal Branch, Division of Spent
Fuel Management, Office of Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2015-32513 Filed 12-23-15; 8:45 am]
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