Considerations in Licensing High Burnup Spent Fuel in Dry Storage and Transportation

This Notice document was issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

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Action
Draft regulatory issue summary; request for comment.

Summary
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is seeking public comment on the draft regulatory issue summary (RIS) addressing considerations for licensing high burnup spent fuel in dry storage and transportation. The purpose of this RIS is to provide information on some approaches acceptable to the NRC for demonstrating compliance with regulations in applications for issuance of dry storage cask certificate of compliance (CoCs), independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI) licenses, and CoCs for transportation packages involving high burnup spent fuel (HBF).
 

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