[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 131 (Tuesday, July 11, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44161-44162]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-14602]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 72-1031 and 72-44; NRC-2023-0121]
Arizona Public Service Company; Palo Verde Nuclear Generating
Station Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Exemption; issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued an
exemption in response to a request from Arizona Public Service Company.
The exemption will allow the licensee to deviate from the requirements
for the NAC International, Inc. MAGNASTOR[supreg] Storage System in
Certificate of Compliance No. 1031, Amendment No. 7, by utilizing
storage cask lids that were not fabricated in accordance with the
requirements of two codes issued by the American Concrete Institute
(ACI).
DATES: The exemption to Arizona Public Service Company was issued on
July 5, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2023-0121 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-2023-0121. Address
questions about Dockets IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann;
telephone: 301-415-0624; email: [email protected]. For technical
questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this document.
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(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, at 301-415-4737,
or by email to [email protected]. The ADAMS accession number for
each document referenced (if it is available in ADAMS)
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is provided the first time that it is mentioned in this document.
NRC's PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies
of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. To make an
appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to
[email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 8
a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nishka Devaser, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-5196, email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The NRC issued an exemption (ADAMS Package Accession No.
ML23166B082) in response to a request dated May 23, 2023, from Arizona
Public Service Company for the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station
Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) (ADAMS Accession
No. ML23143A391). The exemption allows exemption from the requirements
of Sec. Sec. 72.212(a)(2), (b)(3), and (b)(5)(i) and 72.214 and the
portion of Sec. 72.212(b)(11) of title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR) that requires compliance with the terms and
conditions set forth in the certificate of compliance for each spent
fuel cask used by an ISFSI general licensee.
The exemption requested authorization to load and store spent fuel
in MAGNASTOR[supreg] storage casks with lids that were not fabricated
in accordance with Technical Specification A4.2, as specified in
Amendment No. 7 of the NAC International Certificate of Compliance No.
1031 for the MAGNASTOR[supreg] storage system. Amendment No. 7 is used
at the Palo Verde ISFSI (ADAMS Package Accession No. ML17013A466).
Technical Specification, Appendix A, A4.2 requires the concrete
cask lid to be designed and fabricated in accordance with the American
Concrete Institute Specifications ACI-349, ``Code Requirements for
Nuclear Safety Related Concrete Structures,'' and ACI-318, ``Building
Code Requirements for Structural Concrete,'' which according to the
technical specifications govern the concrete cask design and
construction, respectively.
NAC submitted an amendment request dated January 24, 2022 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML22024A374) to eliminate the need for compliance with
the referenced technical specification for the concrete in the cask
lids in the Certificate of Compliance No. 1031 for the
MAGNASTOR[supreg] storage system, however this exemption was necessary
to meet loading campaigns scheduled before resolution of NAC's
amendment request. The applications provided information documenting
that the concrete in the cask lids is not relied upon for the strength
safety function provided by the ACI codes in Technical Specification,
Appendix A, A4.2, and the concrete in the cask lids was fabricated
using standards that ensure the concrete will continue to meet the
required shielding safety function. Based on the NRC staff's evaluation
of the exemption request, and the statements and representations
provided by the applicant in the exemption request, the staff concluded
that the proposed action to exempt the cask lids from the current
Technical Specification in A4.2 at the ISFSI site is authorized by law
and will not endanger life, property, or the common defense and
security, and is otherwise in the public interest and therefore meets
the exemption requirements in 10 CFR 72.7.
Dated: July 6, 2023.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Bernard H. White,
Acting Chief, Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch, Division of
Fuel Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
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