[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 126 (Thursday, July 2, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 31769]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-15622]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2009-0268]


Notice of Availability of Interim Staff Guidance Documents for 
Spent Fuel Storage Casks

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Availability.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matthew Gordon, Structural Mechanics 
and Materials Branch, Division of Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation 
Division, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20005-0001. Telephone: 
(301) 492-3331; fax number: (301) 492-3342; e-mail: 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#167b7762627e7361387179647279785678647538717960"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cea3afbabaa6abb9e0a9a1bcaaa1a08ea0bcade0a9a1b8">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has prepared a draft 
Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) No. 23 document, entitled ``Application of 
ASTM Standard Practice C1671-07 when performing technical reviews of 
spent fuel storage and transportation packaging licensing actions.'' 
This draft ISG document would provide guidance to the NRC staff when 
reviewing licensee integrated safety analyses, license or Certificate 
of Compliance applications or amendment requests, or other related 
activities for dry cask storage systems under 10 CFR part 71 and 10 CFR 
part 72. The NRC is soliciting public comments on this draft of ISG-23, 
which will be considered before the NRC issues any final version.

II. Further Information

    Documents related to this action are available electronically at 
the NRC's Electronic Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. From this site, you can access the NRC's Agencywide 
Document Access and Management System (ADAMS), which provides text and 
image files of NRC's public documents. The ADAMS accession numbers for 
the documents related to this notice are provided in the following 
table. If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems in 
accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC Public 
Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or 
by e-mail to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#83eee2f7f7ebe6f4ade4ecf1e7ecedc3edf1e0ade4ecf5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0e636f7a7a666b792069617c6a61604e607c6d20696178">[email protected]</span></a>.

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             ADAMS document                    ADAMS  accession No.
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Draft of Interim Staff Guidance-23......  ML090771224
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    These documents may also be viewed electronically on the public 
computers located at the NRC's PDR, O-1 F21, One White Flint North, 
11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. The PDR reproduction 
contractor will copy documents for a fee. Comments and questions on 
ISG-23 should be directed to Matthew Gordon, Structural Mechanics and 
Materials Branch, Division of Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation, 
Office of Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20005-0001 by August 17, 2009. 
Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical 
to do so, but assurance of consideration cannot be given to comments 
received after this date. Comments can also be submitted by telephone, 
fax, or e-mail to the following: Telephone: (301) 492-3331; fax number: 
(301) 492-3331; e-mail: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#98f5f9ececf0fdefb6fff7eafcf7f6d8f6eafbb6fff7ee"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d2bfb3a6a6bab7a5fcb5bda0b6bdbc92bca0b1fcb5bda4">[email protected]</span></a>.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 25th day of June 2009.

    For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Robert E. Einziger,
Acting Chief, Structural Mechanics and Materials Branch, Division of 
Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation, Office of Nuclear Materials 
Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. E9-15622 Filed 7-1-09; 8:45 am]
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