[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 136 (Monday, July 15, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36918-36919]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17938]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Chemical, Galvanic, or Other Reactions in Spent Fuel Storage and
Transportation Casks; Issued
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of issuance.
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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued Bulletin
96-04 to notify all holders of operating licenses or construction
permits for nuclear power reactors; all holders of, and applicants for,
certificates of compliance for storage/transportation casks for
commercial spent fuel; all vendors of storage/transportation casks for
commercial spent fuel; and all registered users of transportation casks
for commercial spent fuel, about the potential for chemical, galvanic,
or other reactions among the materials of a spent fuel storage or
transportation cask, its contents, and the environments the cask may
encounter during use, that may produce adverse conditions in cask
loading, unloading and handling operations or degrade the performance
and integrity of the cask. However, action is only requested from
licensees with independent spent fuel storage installations, vendors of
spent fuel storage and transportation casks, and
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holders of certificates of compliance for spent fuel storage and
transportation casks (``action addressees''). Action addressees are
requested to evaluate the susceptibility of spent fuel storage and
transportation cask designs to chemical, galvanic, or other reactions,
and evaluate the effects of such reactions on the ability of the cask
to maintain the structural integrity and retrievability of the spent
fuel; action addressees are required to also submit a written response.
This bulletin is available in the NRC Public Document Room under
accession number 9607020241.
DATES: The bulletin was issued on July 5, 1996.
ADDRESSES: Not applicable.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marissa G. Bailey at (301) 415-8531.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This bulletin is an information request made
pursuant to 10 CFR 2.204, 10 CFR 71.39, and 10 CFR 72.44(b)(3). The
objective of the actions requested in this bulletin is to verify that
licensees are in compliance with existing NRC rules and regulations
pertaining to the appropriateness and adequacy of the design of spent
fuel storage and transportation casks including, and without
limitation, 10 CFR 71.43(d), 72.122(h), 72.122(l), 72.236(c),
72.236(f), 72.236(g), 72.40(a)(5), 72.212(b)(9), 72.236(h), 72.234(b),
and 72.146(b). The staff is not establishing a new position for such
compliance in this bulletin.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day of July, 1996.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David B. Matthews,
Acting Director, Division of Reactor Program Management, Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 96-17938 Filed 7-12-96; 8:45 am]
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