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List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: TN-68 Revision 1

nuclear-waste · Nuclear Regulatory Commission · Published 2007-08-16 · Effective 2007-10-30 · 72 FR 45880

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Document number
E7-16134
Federal Register citation
72 FR 45880
CFR reference
10 CFR 72
Type
Rule
Action
Direct final rule.
Category
nuclear-waste
Sub-agency
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Publication date
2007-08-16
Effective date
2007-10-30

Abstract

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its spent fuel storage cask regulations by revising the Transnuclear, Inc. TN-68 dry storage cask system listing within the "List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks" to include Amendment No. 1 to Certificate of Compliance (CoC) Number 1027. Amendment No. 1 will modify the CoC by revising several fuel parameters that include increasing fuel burnup to 60 gigawatts-day/metric ton of uranium, increasing total cask decay heat to 30 kilowatts, increasing maximum average fuel enrichment to 4.7 weight percent uranium-235, and decreasing minimum fuel assembly cooling time to 7 years. Amendment No. 1 will also add up to eight damaged fuel assemblies as authorized contents of the cask and reduce the cask spacing on the storage pad.

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