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Vol. 66, No. 33

Friday, February 16, 2001

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 72

RIN 3150–AG57

List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage

Casks: NAC–UMS Revision,

Confirmation of Effective Date

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Direct final rule; confirmation of

effective date.

SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC) is confirming the

effective date of February 20, 2001, for

the direct final rule that appeared in the

Federal Register of December 7, 2000

(65 FR 76896). This direct final rule

amended the NRC’s regulations to allow

holders of power reactor operating

licenses as general licensees to store

PWR design basis fuel assemblies in

accordance with revised technical

specifications and Maine Yankee sitespecific spent fuel in the NAC–UMS.

The changes proposed for Amendment

No. 1 to the NAC–UMS CoC include:

changes to authorized contents to allow

Maine Yankee site-specific spent fuels

within the PWR basket, including

damaged or consolidated fuel in a

Maine Yankee fuel can and burnups up

to 50,000 MWd/MTU; changes to allow

longer times for PWR spent fuel cask

loading operations based on reduced

heat loads; authorization to store,

without canning, intact PWR assemblies

with missing grid spacers (up to an

unsupported length of 60 inches);

editorial clarifications to the technical

specifications (TS); and deletion of a

certificate reference to the NS–4–FR

trade name of the solid neutron

shielding material in the VCC shield

plug. This document confirms the

effective date.

DATES: The effective date of February

20, 2001 is confirmed for this direct

final rule.

ADDRESSES: Documents related to this

rulemaking, including comments

received, may be examined at the NRC

Public Document Room, 11555

Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD. These

same documents may also be viewed

and downloaded electronically via the

rulemaking website (http://

ruleforum.llnl.gov). For information

about the interactive rulemaking

website, contact Ms. Carol Gallagher

(301) 415–5905; e-mail CAG@nrc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Keith K. McDaniel, Office of Nuclear

Materials Safety and Safeguards, U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, DC 20555–0001.

Telephone (301) 415–5252 (E-mail:

kkm@nrc.gov).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

December 7, 2000 (65 FR 76896), the

NRC published in the Federal Register

a direct final rule amending its

regulations in 10 CFR part 72 to allow

holders of power reactor operating

licenses as general licensees to store

PWR design basis fuel assemblies in

accordance with revised technical

specifications and Maine Yankee sitespecific spent fuel in the NAC–UMS.

The changes proposed for Amendment

No. 1 to the NAC–UMS CoC include:

changes to authorized contents to allow

Maine Yankee site-specific spent fuels

within the PWR basket, including

damaged or consolidated fuel in a

Maine Yankee fuel can and burnups up

to 50,000 MWd/MTU; changes to allow

longer times for PWR spent fuel cask

loading operations based on reduced

heat loads; authorization to store,

without canning, intact PWR assemblies

with missing grid spacers (up to an

unsupported length of 60 inches);

editorial clarifications to the technical

specifications (TS); and deletion of a

certificate reference to the NS–4–FR

trade name of the solid neutron

shielding material in the VCC shield

plug. In the direct final rule, NRC stated

that if no significant adverse comments

were received, the direct final rule

would become final on the date noted

above. The NRC did not receive any

comments that warranted withdrawal of

the direct final rule. Therefore, this rule

will become effective as scheduled.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 5th day

of February, 2001.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Michael T. Lesar,

Acting Chief, Rules and Directives Branch,

Division of Administrative Services, Office

of Administration.

[FR Doc. 01–3954 Filed 2–15–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 72

RIN 3150–AG66

List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage

Casks: TN–32 Revision, Confirmation

of Effective Date

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Direct final rule; confirmation of

effective date.

SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC) is confirming the

effective date of February 20, 2001, for

the direct final rule that appeared in the

Federal Register of December 5, 2000

(65 FR 75853). Amendment No. 1 to the

Transnuclear, Inc., TN–32 Certificate of

Compliance (CoC) includes the addition

of the B&W/FCF 17 × 17 Mark BW

assembly to the Technical Specification

for ‘‘Fuel to be stored in the Trans TN–

32 Cask,’’ with revised bounding

characteristics, and (2) a revised TS for

‘‘Site Specific Parameters and

Analysis,’’ to allow analysis of

verification of allowable seismic loads.

This direct final rule amended the

NRC’s regulations to allow holders of

power reactor operating licenses to store

spent fuel in the cask under the revised

conditions. This document confirms the

effective date.

DATES: The effective date of February

20, 2001 is confirmed for this direct

final rule.

ADDRESSES: Documents related to this

rulemaking, including comments

received, may be examined at the NRC

Public Document Room, 11555

Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD. These

same documents may also be viewed

and downloaded electronically via the

rulemaking website (http://

ruleforum.llnl.gov). For information

about the interactive rulemaking

website, contact Ms. Carol Gallagher

(301) 415–5905; e-mail CAG@nrc.gov.