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
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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
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Christopher Markley 301 287-9054
No
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