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List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: HI-STORM 100 Revision 5

Thu, Jun 12 2008 11:00:00 GMT

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its regulations by revising the Holtec International HISTORM 100 cask system listing within the ``List of approved spent fuel storage casks'' to include Amendment No. 5 to Certificate of Compliance (CoC) Number 1014. Amendment No. 5 includes deletion of the requirement to perform thermal validation tests on thermal systems; an increase in the design basis maximum decay heat loads, namely, to 34 kilowatts (kW) for uniform loading and 36.9 kW for regionalized loading, and introduction of a new decay heat regionalized scheme; an increase in the maximum fuel assembly weight for boiling water reactor fuel in the Multi Purpose Canister (MPC)68 from 700 to 730 pounds; an increase in the maximum fuel assembly weight of up to 1,720 pounds for assemblies not requiring spacers, otherwise 1,680 pounds; changes to the assembly characteristics of 16 x 16 pressurized water reactor fuel assemblies to be qualified for storage in the HISTORM 100 cask system; a c

Florida Power & Light Company; Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment to Facility Operating License,

Thu, Jun 12 2008 11:00:00 GMT

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No. NPF16 issued to the Florida Power and Light Company (the licensee) for operation of the St. Lucie Plant, Unit 2, located in St. Lucie County, Florida. The proposed amendment would change the Technical Specifications to modify the facilities operating licensing bases to adopt the alternative source term as allowed in 10 CFR 50.67 and described in Regulatory Guide 1.183. Through reanalysis of the following radiological consequences of the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report Chapter 15 accidents: LossofCoolant Accident, Fuel Handling Accident, Main Steam Line Break, Steam Generator Tube Rupture, Reactor Coolant Pump Shaft Seizure, Control Element Assembly Ejection, Letdown Line Break, and Feedwater Line Break.

Before issuance of the proposed license amendment, the Commission will have made findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act)

Duke Power Company LLC d/b/a Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; Notice of Docketing, Notice of Proposed Action, and Notice of

Thu, Jun 12 2008 11:00:00 GMT

Final Regulatory Guide: Issuance, Availability

Thu, Jun 12 2008 11:00:00 GMT