Nuclear Regulatory Commission
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued an exemption to Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC (Duke), permitting Catawba Nuclear Station (CNS) to maintain one loaded transportable storage canister (TSC) and to load nine new TSCs in the MAGNASTOR[supreg] storage system at the CNS Units 1 and 2 independent spent fuel storage installation, beginning July 6, 2026, in a storage condition where the terms, conditions, and specifications in the Certificate of Compliance No. 1031, Amendment No. 15, are not met.
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Nuclear Regulatory Commission [Docket Nos. 72-1031, 50-413, and 50-414; NRC-2026-1486] AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Notice; issuance. SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued an exemption to Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC (Duke), permitting Catawba Nuclear Station (CNS) to maintain one loaded transportable storage canister (TSC) and to load nine new TSCs in the MAGNASTOR® storage system at the CNS Units 1 and 2 independent spent fuel storage installation, beginning July 6, 2026, in a storage condition where the terms, conditions, and specifications in the Certificate of Compliance No. 1031, Amendment No. 15, are not met. DATES: The exemption was issued on April 21, 2026. ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2026-1486 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may obtain publicly available information related to this document using any of the following methods: Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2026-1486. Address questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Bridget Curran; telephone: 301-415-1003; email: Bridget.Curran@nrc.gov . For technical questions, contact the individual listed in the For Further Information Contact , section of this document. NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/…
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Citation: 91 FR 22870
