Notice of Issuance of Decommissioning Amendment for University of Michigan Ford Nuclear Reactor, 43821 [E6-12441]

Download as PDF wwhite on PROD1PC61 with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 148 / Wednesday, August 2, 2006 / Notices least one contention will not be permitted to participate as a party. Those permitted to intervene become parties to the proceeding, subject to any limitations in the order granting leave to intervene, and have the opportunity to participate fully in the conduct of the hearing. If a hearing is requested, the Commission will make a final determination on the issue of no significant hazards consideration. The final determination will serve to decide when the hearing is held. If the final determination is that the amendment request involves no significant hazards consideration, the Commission may issue the amendment and make it immediately effective, notwithstanding the request for a hearing. Any hearing held would take place after issuance of the amendment. If the final determination is that the amendment request involves a significant hazards consideration, any hearing held would take place before the issuance of any amendment. Nontimely requests and/or petitions and contentions will not be entertained absent a determination by the Commission or the presiding officer of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board that the petition, request and/or the contentions should be granted based on a balancing of the factors specified in 10 CFR 2.309(c)(1)(i)–(viii). A request for a hearing or a petition for leave to intervene must be filed by: (1) First class mail addressed to the Office of the Secretary of the Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 0001, Attention: Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff; (2) courier, express mail, and expedited delivery services: Office of the Secretary, Sixteenth Floor, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852, Attention: Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff; (3) E-mail addressed to the Office of the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, hearingdocket@nrc.gov; or (4) facsimile transmission addressed to the Office of the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC, Attention: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff at (301) 415–1101, verification number is (301) 415–1966. A copy of the request for hearing and petition for leave to intervene should also be sent to the Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 0001, and it is requested that copies be transmitted either by means of facsimile transmission to 301–415–3725 or by email to ogcmailcenter@nrc.gov. A copy of the request for hearing and petition VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:40 Aug 01, 2006 Jkt 208001 for leave to intervene should also be sent to Jeffrie J. Keenan, Esquire, Nuclear Business Unit—N21, P.O. Box 236, Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038, attorney for the licensee. For further details with respect to this action, see the application for amendment dated December 7, 2005, and the supplement dated July 20, 2006, which are available for public inspection at the Commission’s PDR, located at One White Flint North, File Public Area O1 F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland. Publicly-available records will be accessible from the ADAMS Public Electronic Reading Room on the Internet at the NRC Web site, https:// www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. Persons who do not have access to ADAMS or who encounter problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, should contact the NRC PDR Reference staff by telephone at 1–800– 397–4209 or 301–415–4737, or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day of July 2006. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Stewart N. Bailey, Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch 1–2, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. [FR Doc. E6–12442 Filed 8–1–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. 50–2] Notice of Issuance of Decommissioning Amendment for University of Michigan Ford Nuclear Reactor The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is noticing the approval of the University of Michigan decommissioning plan (DP) by amendment to the Facility Operating License for the Ford Nuclear Reactor (FNR). The FNR is located in the Phoenix Memorial Laboratory on the North Campus of the University in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The reactor was licensed to operate at 2 Megawatt thermal power. After the initial startup of the FNR in 1957, the reactor ceased operations on July 3, 2003. The licensee submitted the FNR DP to the NRC for review and approval in a letter dated June 8, 2004, as supplemented on June 23, 2004, January 5, 2006 and January 10, 2006. The NRC approved the DP by Amendment No. 50 PO 00000 Frm 00112 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 43821 to the FNR Operating License No. R–28 on June 22, 2006. A ‘‘Notice and Solicitation of Comments Pursuant to 10 CFR 20.1405 and 10 CFR 50.82(b)(5) Concerning Proposed Action to Decommission the University of Michigan Ford Nuclear Reactor’’ was published in the Federal Register on September 8, 2004 (69 FR 54326–54327) and in The Ann Arbor News on September 9, 2004. On June 7, 2006, the NRC staff consulted with the Environmental Coordinator for the City of Ann Arbor, Michigan. No comments were received. A copy of the license amendment approving the University of Michigan’s proposed decommissioning plan is available for public inspection at the Commission’s Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland, 20855–2738. The NRC maintains an Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), which provides text and image files of NRC’s public documents. The amendment may be accessed electronically from the ADAMS Public Electronic Reading Room on the Internet at the NRC Web site, https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ adams.html under ADAMS accession number ML061220260. Persons who do not have access to ADAMS, or have problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, may contact the NRC PDR Reference staff by phone at 1– 800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by email to pdr@nrc.gov. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this June 30, 2006. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Brian E. Thomas, Branch Chief, Research and Test Reactors Branch, Division of Policy and Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. [FR Doc. E6–12441 Filed 8–1–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket Nos. 50–157 and 50–97] Notice of Issuance of Decommissioning Amendments for Cornell University Triga Research Reactor (TRIGA) and Cornell University Zero Power Reactor (ZPR) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved the Cornell University Ward Center for Nuclear Studies (WCNS) decommissioning plan (DP) by amendments to the Facility Operating Licenses for the TRIGA E:\FR\FM\02AUN1.SGM 02AUN1

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[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 148 (Wednesday, August 2, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 43821]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-12441]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-2]


Notice of Issuance of Decommissioning Amendment for University of 
Michigan Ford Nuclear Reactor

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is noticing the 
approval of the University of Michigan decommissioning plan (DP) by 
amendment to the Facility Operating License for the Ford Nuclear 
Reactor (FNR).
    The FNR is located in the Phoenix Memorial Laboratory on the North 
Campus of the University in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The reactor was 
licensed to operate at 2 Megawatt thermal power. After the initial 
startup of the FNR in 1957, the reactor ceased operations on July 3, 
2003.
    The licensee submitted the FNR DP to the NRC for review and 
approval in a letter dated June 8, 2004, as supplemented on June 23, 
2004, January 5, 2006 and January 10, 2006. The NRC approved the DP by 
Amendment No. 50 to the FNR Operating License No. R-28 on June 22, 
2006.
    A ``Notice and Solicitation of Comments Pursuant to 10 CFR 20.1405 
and 10 CFR 50.82(b)(5) Concerning Proposed Action to Decommission the 
University of Michigan Ford Nuclear Reactor'' was published in the 
Federal Register on September 8, 2004 (69 FR 54326-54327) and in The 
Ann Arbor News on September 9, 2004. On June 7, 2006, the NRC staff 
consulted with the Environmental Coordinator for the City of Ann Arbor, 
Michigan. No comments were received.
    A copy of the license amendment approving the University of 
Michigan's proposed decommissioning plan is available for public 
inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room (PDR), located at 
One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, 
Maryland, 20855-2738. The NRC maintains an Agencywide Documents Access 
and Management System (ADAMS), which provides text and image files of 
NRC's public documents. The amendment may be accessed electronically 
from the ADAMS Public Electronic Reading Room on the Internet at the 
NRC Web site, https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html under ADAMS 
accession number ML061220260. Persons who do not have access to ADAMS, 
or have problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, may 
contact the NRC PDR Reference staff by phone at 1-800-397-4209, 301-
415-4737, or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this June 30, 2006.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brian E. Thomas,
Branch Chief, Research and Test Reactors Branch, Division of Policy and 
Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. E6-12441 Filed 8-1-06; 8:45 am]
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