10 CFR Part 72, Licensing Requirements for the Independent Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel, High-Level Radioactive Waste and Reactor-Related Greater than Class C Waste
ICR 202103-3150-001
OMB: 3150-0132
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10 CFR Part 72, Licensing
Requirements for the Independent Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel,
High-Level Radioactive Waste and Reactor-Related Greater than Class
C Waste
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
03/02/2021
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
04/30/2021
868
839
80,221
78,800
4,855
4,486
10 CFR part 72 establishes mandatory
requirements, procedures, and criteria for the issuance of licenses
to receive, transfer, and possess power reactor spent fuel and
other radioactive materials associated with spent fuel storage in
an ISFSI, as well as requirements for the issuance of licenses to
the Department of Energy to receive, transfer, package, and possess
power reactor spent fuel and high-level radioactive waste, and
other associated radioactive materials in an MRS. The information
in the applications, reports, and records is used by NRC to make
licensing and other regulatory determinations.
The burden increased by 1,421
hours, from 78,800 hours to 80,221 hours. The majority of the
increase in burden can be attributed to an increase in the number
of licensees subject to Part 72. In the last renewal submission in
2018, there were 82 licensees and vendors subject to Part 72. This
number increased to 84 licensees and vendors, and two additional
licensees are expected during the clearance period. The estimates
for the current submission are based on 86 NRC licensees and
vendors subject to Part 72. As a result of this increase in the
number of respondents, the number of burden hours associated with
various sections has increased. In addition, the NRC has adjusted
burden for a new risk-informed effort. 72.236(a) requires that a
certificate holder and applicant for a certificate of compliance
(CoC) for a general licensee must ensure that specifications for
the spent fuel to be stored in the spent fuel storage cask are
provided. Currently these spent fuel specifications are provided as
part of the technical specifications for a Part 72 CoC. If a
certificate holder wants to change their technical specifications,
they are required to submit an amendment under 10 CFR 72.244. As
part of a new regulatory framework resulting from a risk informed
effort
(https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/risk-informed/rpp/waste-manage-spent-fuel.html#regulatory),
instead of explicitly specifying contents in the technical
specifications as related to shielding evaluations, the NRC staff
may accept an application where spent fuel is not explicitly
specified in the technical specifications, but specifications are
derived using a method of evaluation required by the technical
specifications. To satisfy 72.236(a) the technical specifications
will also have to include a requirement that the resulting
specifications will be provided to the NRC. Since this is a new
report, not previously provided to the NRC, the staff is increasing
the burden related to 10 CFR 72.212(b)(3). This regulation requires
that each cask used by the general licensee conforms to the terms,
conditions, and specifications of a CoC or an amended CoC.
Therefore this report will be submitted by the general licensee to
comply with the conditions of the CoC per 72.212(b)(3), for six
respondents at one hour per response, based on the estimate for
72.212(b)(4) as allowable fuel specifications are already something
that is generated when loading the casks, the extra burden is just
to send this information to the NRC similar to the effort for the
reports submitted in accordance with 72.212(b)(4). There would be
an initial license amendment request to implement this change, but
the staff did not increase the burden for the number of submissions
as it assumed it would be done as part of regular licensing
actions. However, because some CoC amendments may incorporate
changes to fuel specifications related to shielding evaluations,
the staff is reducing the burden to 10 CFR 72.244 (Application for
an amendment to a Certificate of Compliance) by 10 hours, from 120
hours to 110 hours. The staff kept the current number of
anticipated annual responses the same at 10, as these amendments
are still anticipated to be submitted to incorporate this new
methodology and for other changes not associated with this area.
However the staff reduced the burden as the staff believes that the
amendments will be reduced in complexity by incorporating this
change so that fuel qualification information related to shielding
would no longer be a part of some amendments. Finally, the fee rate
has increased from $265/hr to $278/hr.
$11,291,991
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No
No
No
No
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Christopher Markley 301
287-9054
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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.
FINAL Part 72 Supporting Statement 2021.docx
FINAL Part 72 burden spreadsheet 2021.pdf
10 CFR Part 72, Licensing Requirements for the Independent Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste