WCS Consolidated Interim Storage Facility Part 72 licence (up to 5,000 MTU): NRC spent fuel storage licence review for Interim Storage Partners, LLC (originally Waste Control Specialists LLC) — issued, 55.6 months from docketing to decision. Sourced dates and schedule.
Background: NRC reactor licensing process, explained · The ADVANCE Act, explained: what changed and where the NRC stands
Current state
| Type | Spent fuel storage licence |
| Outcome | Issued |
| Applicant | Interim Storage Partners, LLC (originally Waste Control Specialists LLC) |
| Facility | WCS CISF, Andrews County, Texas |
| Docket | 72-1050 |
| Submitted | 2016-04-28 |
| Docketed (accepted for review) | 2017-01-26 |
| NRC planned schedule | — |
| NRC target date | — |
| Final safety evaluation | — |
| Decision | 2021-09-13 |
| Review time (docketed → decision) | 55.6 mo |
| Submitted → decision | 64.5 mo |
| NRC-reported review duration | — |
| NRC-reported resources vs estimate | — |
Review time is measured in average months from the date the NRC docketed the application to the decision. The NRC's own reported durations may measure to the final safety evaluation instead.
Notes
NRC target decision: 2019 Q3 FY (original); 2020-08 (after 2018 resumption) (month only). Long pause: WCS asked NRC to suspend review on April 18, 2017; ISP (WCS/Orano JV) requested resumption with a revised application June 8, 2018; NRC re-accepted Aug. 21, 2018 (acceptance letter ML18225A281). Measure active review from 2018-08-21 (~36.8 months) rather than 2017-01-26. Contested hearing petitions (ASLB established Nov. 2018). EIS (NUREG-2239). Subsequent federal court litigation over the licence is not covered by this record. Licence/permit: SNM-2515.
Timeline
- 2016-04-28 — Application received: “On April 28, 2016, WCS submitted a license application to the NRC for a proposed consolidated interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel” (source)
- 2017-01-26 — Accepted for review (docketed): “The NRC accepted the WCS application for detailed review on January 26, 2017” (source)
- 2021-09-13 — Issued: “ML21188A097 - Transmittal Letter, Interim Storage Partners, Issuance of Materials License SNM-2515, WCS Consolidated Interim Storage Facility ISFSI (3 page(s), 9/13/2021)” (source)
The timeline is append-only: corrections are added as new entries. See the NNN Data License Terms for reuse of the event history.
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Sources
- https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2118/ML21188A096.html
- https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/09/17/2021-20092/interim-storage-partners-llc-wcs-consolidated-interim-storage-facility-issuance-of-materials-license
- https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/09/04/2018-19058/interim-storage-partners-llcs-consolidated-interim-spent-fuel-storage-facility
- https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1701/ML17018A168.pdf
- https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1822/ML18225A281.pdf
- https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/news-releases/2021/nrc-issues-license-interim-storage-partners-consolidated-spent-nuclear-fuel-interim-storage-facility
- https://www.nrc.gov/facilities-safety/storage-of-spent-nuclear-fuel/consolidated-interim-storage-facility-cisf/interim-storage-partners