OMB files this comment in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.11(c) of the Paperwork Reduction Act and is withholding approval of this collection at this time. This OMB action is not an approval to conduct or sponsor an information collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The agency shall examine public comment in response to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and will include in the supporting statement of the next ICR, to be submitted to OMB at the final rule stage, a description of how the agency has responded to any public comments on the ICR. This action has no effect on any current approvals.
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Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
01/31/2015
01/31/2015
01/31/2015
131
0
131
8,589
0
8,589
787
0
787
Proposed Rule: 10 CFR Parts 40, 70, 72, 74, and 150
The NRC is proposing to amend its regulations to revise and consolidate the requirements for MC&A of SNM in 10 CFR Part 74. The proposed amendments relocate the NMMSS-related reporting requirements for a licensee operating an ISFSI from 10 CFR Part 72 to 10 CFR Part 74; however, no changes have been made to the reporting requirements for NRC Forms 741, 742, or 742C. The proposed rule would change recordkeeping requirements for in Subparts B, C, and D. The reactor licensees have already implemented item control systems to document, control, and account for discrete items and thus would not be impacted by the proposed requirement. The ISFSI licensees would be impacted by the proposed item control requirement. Licensees under Subpart C would include currently exempted items in their item controls. Currently there is no licensee operating a facility under Subpart D.
The overall burden would increase due to the new recordkeeping requirement in Section74.19(d) and the modified recordkeeping requirements in Sections 74.31(c)(6), 74.33(c)(6), and 74.43(b)(5) and (6). The following four paragraphs summarize the reasons for changing the item control requirements that involve recordkeeping.
The proposed changes to 10 CFR 74.19(d) would require reactor licensees and ISFSI licensees to establish, document, implement, and maintain an item control system as defined in 10 CFR 74.4. The reactor licensees have already implemented item control systems and would not be impacted by the proposed requirement. The 63 ISFSI licensees would not be significantly impacted by the requirement. The SNM is generally in the form of containerized fuel rods and fuel assemblies that are very large and heavy and require access to and use of large equipment to handle and move. Upon receipt at an ISFSI, the licensee would place the containers of spent nuclear fuel into a dry cask storage installation and seal the installation. At full capacity an installation would not be re-entered and the inventory would be static.
The proposed changes to 10 CFR 74.31(c)(6) would require each Category III fuel fabrication facility to include currently exempted items in their item control system. The currently exempted items that a licensee would be required to track include items that exist for 14 days or less and individual items containing less than 500 grams of uranium-235 up to a total of 50 kilograms of uranium-235. It is estimated by the NRC that the changes would impact the three licensees that are currently operating the Category III facilities.
The proposed changes to 10 CFR 74.33(c)(6)(ii) would require each Category III enrichment facility to include currently exempted items in their item control system. The currently exempted items that a licensee would be required to track include items that exist for less than 14 days and individual items containing less than 500 grams uranium-235 up to a cumulative total of 50 kilograms of
uranium-235. It is estimated by the NRC that the changes would impact two licensees that are operating enrichment facilities.
The proposed changes to 10 CFR 74.43(b)(5) and (6) would require any future Category II facility to include currently exempted items in their item control system. The currently exempted items include items that exist for less than 14 calendar days and individual items containing less than 200 grams of plutonium or uranium-233 or 300 grams or more of uranium-235 up to a total of one formula of kilogram of strategic SNM or 17 kilograms of uranium-235 contained in uranium enriched to 10 percent or more but less than 20 percent in the uranium-235 isotope. Currently there is no facility licensed to operate as a Category II facility.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
10 CFR 74 PR MC&A Guidance 110813.pdf
10 CFR 74 Draft RA rev 03.docx
10 CFR Part 74, "Material Control and Accounting of Special Nuclear Material"