[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 130 (Wednesday, July 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 36969]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-18065]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 72-16]
Virginia Electric and Power Company, Old Dominion Electric
Cooperative; Notice of Issuance of Materials License SNM-2507 North
Anna Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) has
issued a Materials License under the provisions of Title 10 of the Code
of Federal Regulations, Part 72 (10 CFR Part 72), to Virginia Electric
and Power Company (Virginia Power) and Old Dominion Electric
Cooperative (ODEC), authorizing receipt and storage of spent fuel in an
independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI) located on site at
its North Anna Power Station in Louisa County, Virginia.
The function of the ISFSI is to provide interim storage for up to
839.04 metric tons of uranium contained in approximately 1824 fuel
assemblies from the North Anna Power Station, Units 1 and 2, in storage
casks. Thirty two assemblies are to be loaded into each cask within the
North Anna Power Station spent fuel enclosure at the plant and
subsequently transferred to the onsite ISFSI. The cask that is
authorized for use is the TN-32 designed by Transnuclear, Inc. The
license for an ISFSI under 10 CFR Part 72 is issued for 20 years, but
the licensee may seek to renew the license, if necessary, prior to its
expiration.
The Commission's Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
(NMSS) has completed its environmental, safeguards, and safety reviews
in support of issuance of this license.
Following receipt of the application filed May 9, 1995, a ``Notice
of Consideration of Issuance of Materials License for the Storage of
Spent Fuel and Opportunity for Hearing'' was published in the Federal
Register on July 6, 1995 (60 FR 35237). The ``Environmental Assessment
(EA) Related to the Construction and Operation of the North Anna
Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (dated March 28, 1997) and
Finding of No Significant Impact,'' was issued and noticed in the
Federal Register (62 FR 16202) in accordance with 10 CFR Part 51. The
scope of the EA included the construction and operation of an ISFSI on
the North Anna Power Station site including impacts derived from use of
the TN-32 cask.
The staff has completed its safety review of the North Anna ISFSI
site application and safety analysis report. The NRC staff's ``Safety
Evaluation Report for the North Anna Independent Spent Fuel Storage
Installation'' was issued on June 30, 1998. Materials License SNM-2507,
the staff's Environmental Assessment, Safety Evaluation Report, and
other documents related to this action are available for public
inspection and for copying for a fee at the NRC Public Document Room,
the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC 20555, and at
the local public document room at the Special Collections Department,
Second Floor, Alderman Library, University of Virginia,
Charlottesville, Virginia 22903-2498.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of June 1998.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
William F. Kane,
Director, Spent Fuel Project Office, Office of Nuclear Material Safety
and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 98-18065 Filed 7-7-98; 8:45 am]
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