[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 75 (Monday, April 20, 2015)]
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[FR Doc No: 2015-08958]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2015-0098]


Seismic Stability Analysis for Spent Fuel Dry Cask Stack-Up 
Configuration

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Draft regulatory issue summary; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is seeking public 
comment on a draft regulatory issue summary (RIS), RIS 2015-XX 
``Seismic Stability Analysis Methodologies for Spent Fuel Dry Cask 
Loading Stack-up Configuration.'' This RIS clarifies the NRC staff's 
position on acceptable seismic stability analysis methodologies to 
determine if a spent fuel dry cask loading stack-up configuration needs 
to be laterally supported

DATES: Submit comments by June 4, 2015. Comments received after this 
date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the Commission 
is able to assure 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):
    <bullet> Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0098. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#66250714090a4821070a0a07010e03142608140548010910"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2a694b584546046d4b46464b4d424f586a445849044d455c">[email protected]</span></a>. For technical questions, contact 
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 
this document.
    <bullet> 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: Todd Keene, Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation; telephone: 301-415-1994, email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2e7a414a4a00654b4b404b6e405c4d00494158"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="83d7ece7e7adc8e6e6ede6c3edf1e0ade4ecf5">[email protected]</span></a>; U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 20555-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0098 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:
    <bullet> Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0098.
    <bullet> 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/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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#077763752975627468727564624769756429606871"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="374753451945524458424554527759455419505841">[email protected]</span></a>. The 
draft RIS, ``Seismic Stability Analysis Methodologies for Spent Fuel 
Dry Cask Loading Stack-up Configuration,'' is available in ADAMS under 
Accession No. ML13353A710.
    <bullet> 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-2015-0098 in your comment submission.
    The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact 
information in comment submisssions that you do not want to be publicly 
disclosed in your comment submission. The NRC will post all comment 
submissions at http://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment 
submissions into ADAMS, and 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. Background

    The NRC is requesting public comments on the draft RIS. The NRC 
issues RISs to communicate with stakeholders on a broad range of 
regulatory matters. This may include communicating and restating staff 
technical positions on regulatory matters.
    The NRC staff has developed draft RIS 2015-XX, ``Seismic Stability 
Analysis Methodologies for Spent Fuel Dry Cask Loading Stack-up 
Configuration,'' to share information regarding acceptable seismic 
stability analysis methodologies to determine if a spent fuel dry cask 
loading stack-up configuration needs to be laterally supported. The 
draft RIS is available electronically under ADAMS Accession No. 
ML13353A710.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 14th day of April, 2015.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Sheldon Stuchell,
Chief, Generic Communications Branch, Division of Policy and 
Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2015-08958 Filed 4-17-15; 8:45 am]
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