Nuclear Regulatory Commission Docket NRC-2015-0156 Final Rule

2016-06392: List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: Holtec International HI-STORM 100 Cask System; Amendment No. 9, Revision 1

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Summary

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is confirming the effective date of March 21, 2016, for the direct final rule that was published in the Federal Register on January 6, 2016. This direct final rule amended spent fuel storage regulations by revising the Holtec International HI-STORM 100 Cask System listing within the "List of approved spent fuel storage casks" to include Amendment No. 9, Revision 1, to Certificate of Compliance No. 1014. Amendment No. 9, Revision 1, changes cooling time limits for thimble plug devices, removes certain testing requirements for the fabrication of Metamic HT neutron-absorbing structural material, and reduces certain minimum guaranteed values used in bounding calculations for this material. Amendment No. 9, Revision 1, also changes fuel definitions to classify certain boiling water reactor fuel within specified guidelines as undamaged fuel.

The agency’s own summary, as published.

What this changes

Amends 1 part of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.

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