The Federal Register

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Thu, Dec 18 2003 11:00:00 GMT

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its regulations revising the Transnuclear, Inc., Standardized
NUHOMS^[reg] Horizontal Modular Storage System (Standardized NUHOMS^[reg] System) listing within the ``List of approved spent fuel storage casks'' to include Amendment No. 7 in Certificate of Compliance (CoC) Number 1004. Amendment No. 7 will incorporate changes in support of the Amergen Corporation plans to load damaged fuel and additional fuel types at its Oyster Creek Nuclear Station.
Specifically, the amendment will add damaged Boiling Water Reactor spent fuel assemblies and additional fuel types to the authorized contents of the NUHOMS^[reg]61BT Dry Shielded Canister under a general license. In addition, the amendment includes three minor changes to the Technical Specifications to correct inconsistencies and remove irrelevant references.

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Thu, Dec 18 2003 11:00:00 GMT

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its regulations revising the Transnuclear, Inc., Standardized NUHOMS[reg] Horizontal Modular Storage System (Standardized NUHOMS[reg] System) listing within the ``List of approved spent fuel storage casks'' to include Amendment No. 7 in Certificate of Compliance Number 1004. Amendment No. 7 would incorporate changes in support of the Amergen Corporation plans to load damaged fuel and additional fuel types at its Oyster Creek Nuclear Station. Specifically, the amendment would add damaged Boiling Water Reactor spent fuel assemblies and additional fuel types to the authorized contents of the NUHOMS[reg]61BT Dry Shielded Canister under a general license. In addition, the amendment would include three minor changes to the Technical Specifications to correct inconsistencies and remove irrelevant references.

Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has published the final

Thu, Dec 18 2003 11:00:00 GMT

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license DPR23 for an additional 20 years of operation at H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Unit 2. H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Unit 2 is located in Darlington County, South Carolina. Possible alternatives to the proposed action (license renewal) include no action and reasonable alternative energy sources.

It is stated in Section 9.3 of the report:

Based on (1) the analysis and findings in the GEIS (NRC, 1996; 1999); (2) the ER (Environmental Report) submitted by CP&L (CP&L 2002); (3) consultation with Federal, State, and local agencies; (4) the staff's own independent review; and (5) the staff's
consideration of public comments, the recommendation of the staff is that the Commission determine that the adverse environmental impacts of license renewal for H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Unit 2 are not so great that preserving the option of license renewal for energyplanning decisionmakers would be unreasonable.

The final supplement 13 to the GEIS is available electro

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Thu, Dec 18 2003 11:00:00 GMT

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has requested the staff to develop options for containment functional performance requirements and criteria for future nonlight water reactors, taking into account design features such as fuel, core, and cooling systems. The options selected will also be used for the development of the new regulatory framework for a riskinformed regulatory structure for advanced reactors.