The Oregon State University; Notice of Acceptance for Docketing of the Application and Notice of Opportunity for Hearing Regarding Renewal of the Oregon State University Research Reactor Facility License No. R-106 for an Additional 20-Year Period, 32922-32924 [E7-11515]
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The Oregon State University; Notice of
Acceptance for Docketing of the
Application and Notice of Opportunity
for Hearing Regarding Renewal of the
Oregon State University Research
Reactor Facility License No. R–106 for
an Additional 20-Year Period
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC or the Commission)
is considering an application for the
renewal of Facility License No. R–106,
which authorizes the Oregon State
University (the licensee) to operate the
Oregon State University Research
Reactor (OSTR) at a maximum steadystate thermal power of 1.1 megawatts
(MW) thermal power. The renewed
license would authorize the applicant to
operate the OSTR for an additional 20
years beyond the period specified in the
current license. The current license for
the OSTR expired on August 15, 2006.
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On October 5, 2004, as supplemented
on August 8, 2005, May 24, 2006,
November 10, 2006 and November 21,
2006, the Commission’s staff received
an application from the licensee filed
pursuant to 10 CFR part 50.51(a), to
renew Facility License No. R–106 for
the OSTR. Because the license renewal
application was filed in a timely manner
in accordance with 10 CFR 2.109, the
license will not be deemed to have
expired until the license renewal
application has been finally determined.
The Commission’s staff has
determined that the licensee has
submitted sufficient information in
accordance with 10 CFR 50.33 and
50.34 that the application is acceptable
for docketing. The current Docket No.
50–243 for Facility License No. R–106,
will be retained. The docketing of the
renewal application does not preclude
requesting additional information as the
review proceeds, nor does it predict
whether the Commission will grant or
deny the application. Prior to a decision
to renew the license, the Commission
will have made findings required by the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended
(the Act), and the Commission’s rules
and regulations.
Within sixty (60) days after the date
of publication of this Federal Register
Notice, the applicant may file a request
for a hearing, and any person whose
interest may be affected by this
proceeding and who wishes to
participate as a party in the proceeding
must file a written request for a hearing
and a petition for leave to intervene
with respect to the renewal of the
license. Requests for a hearing and a
petition for leave to intervene shall be
filed in accordance with the
Commission’s ‘‘Rules of Practice for
Domestic Licensing Proceedings’’ in 10
CFR part 2. Interested persons should
consult a current copy of 10 CFR 2.309,
which is available at the Commission’s
Public Document Room (PDR), located
at One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville,
Maryland 20852 and is accessible from
the Agency Public Electronic Reading
Room on the Internet at the NRC Web
site, https://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/doccollections/cfr. Persons who do not have
access to the NRC Web site or who
encounter problems in accessing the
documents located in the Electronic
Reading Room should contact the NRC’s
PDR reference staff at 1–800–397–4209,
or by e-mail at pdr@nrc.gov. If a request
for a hearing or a petition for leave to
intervene is filed within the 60-day
period, the Commission or a presiding
officer designated by the Commission or
by the Chief Administrative Judge of the
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
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Panel will rule on the request and/or
petition; and the Secretary or the Chief
Administrative Judge of the Atomic
Safety and Licensing Board will issue a
notice of a hearing or an appropriate
order. In the event that no request for a
hearing or petition for leave to intervene
is filed within the 60-day period, the
NRC may, upon completion of its
evaluations and upon making the
findings required under 10 CFR parts 50
and 51, renew the license without
further notice.
As required by 10 CFR 2.309, a
petition for leave to intervene shall set
forth with the particular interest of the
petitioner in the proceeding, and how
that interest may be affected by the
results of the proceeding. The petition
must specifically explain the reasons
why intervention should be permitted
with particular reference to the
following factors: (1) The nature of the
requestor’s/petitioner’s right under the
Atomic Energy Act to be made a party
to the proceeding; (2) the nature and
extent of the requester’s/petitioner’s
property, financial, or other interest in
the proceeding; and (3) the possible
effect of any decision or order which
may be entered in the proceeding on the
requestor’s/petitioner’s interest. The
petition must also set forth the specific
contentions which the petitioner/
requestor seeks to have litigated at the
proceeding.
Each contention must consist of a
specific statement of the issue of law or
fact to be raised or controverted. In
addition, the requestor/petitioner shall
provide a brief explanation of the bases
of each contention and a concise
statement of the alleged facts or the
expert opinion that supports the
contention on which the requestor/
petitioner intends to rely in proving the
contention at the hearing. The
requestor/petitioner must also provide
references to those specific sources and
documents of which the requestor/
petitioner is aware and on which the
requestor/petitioner intends to rely to
establish those facts or expert opinion.
The requestor/ petitioner must provide
sufficient information to show that a
genuine dispute exists with the
applicant on a material issue of law or
fact.1
Contentions shall be limited to
matters within the scope of the action
under consideration. The contention
must be one that, if proven, would
1 To the extent that the applications contain
attachments and supporting documents that are not
publicly available because they are asserted to
contain safeguards or proprietary information,
petitioners desiring access to this information
should contact the applicant or applicant’s counsel
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entitle the requestor/petitioner to relief.
A requestor/petitioner who fails to
satisfy these requirements with respect
to at least one contention will not be
permitted to participate as a party.
Each contention shall be given a
separate numeric or alpha designation
within one of the following groups:
1. Technical—primarily concerns/
issues relating to technical and/or
health and safety matters discussed or
referenced in the applicant’s safety
analysis for the OSTR license renewal
application.
2. Environmental—primarily concerns
issues relating to matters discussed or
referenced in the Environmental Report
for the license renewal application.
3. Miscellaneous—does not fall into
one of the categories outlined above.
As specified in 10 CFR 2.309, if two
or more requestors/petitioners seek to
co-sponsor a contention, the requestors/
petitioners shall jointly designate a
representative who shall have the
authority to act for the requestors/
petitioners with respect to that
contention. If a requestor/petitioner
seeks to adopt the contention of another
sponsoring requestor/petitioner, the
requestor/petitioner who seeks to adopt
the contention must either agree that the
sponsoring requestor/petitioner shall act
as the representative with respect to that
contention, or jointly designate with the
sponsoring requestor/petitioner a
representative who shall have the
authority to act for the requestors/
petitioners with respect to that
contention.
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. 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,
HEARlNGDOCKET@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
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petition for leave to intervene must 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
for leave to intervene should also be
sent to the licensee. The licensee’s
contact for this is Dr. Steven R. Reese,
Director, Radiation Center, Oregon State
University, 100 Radiation Center,
Corvallis, OR 97331–5903.
Non-timely requests and/or petitions
and contentions will not be entertained
absent a determination by the
Commission, the presiding officer, or
the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
that the petition, request and/or
contentions should be granted based on
a balancing of the factors specified in 10
CFR 2.309 (c)(1)(i)-(viii).
Detailed guidance which the NRC
uses to review applications for the
renewal of non-power reactor licenses
can be found in the document NUREG–
1537, entitled ‘‘Guidelines for Preparing
and Reviewing Applications for the
Licensing of Non-Power Reactors,’’ can
be obtained from the Commission’s
PDR. The NRC maintains an
Agencywide Documents Access and
Management System (ADAMS), which
provides text and image files of NRC’s
public documents. The detailed review
guidance (NUREG–1537) may be
accessed through the NRC’s Public
Electronic Reading Room on the Internet
at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
adams.html under ADAMS accession
number ML042430055 for part one and
ML042430048 for part two. Copies of
the application to renew the facility
license for the OSTR are available for
public inspection at the Commission’s
PDR, located at One White Flint North,
11555 Rockville Pike (first floor),
Rockville, Maryland 20852–2738. The
initial application and other related
documents may be accessed through the
NRC’s Public Electronic Reading Room,
at the address mentioned above, under
ADAMS Accession Nos.: ML071430452,
ML043270077, ML071300010,
ML052290051, ML061310209,
ML061510355, ML062060026,
ML063210182, and ML063320500.
Persons who do not have access to
ADAMS, or if there are problems in
accessing the documents located in
ADAMS, may contact the NRC Public
Document Room Reference staff at 1–
800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by email to pdr@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day
of June 2007.
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For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Daniel Collins,
Branch Chief, Research and Test Reactors
Branch A, Division of Policy and Rulemaking,
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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Notice is hereby given that the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC,
Commission) has published a draft
plant-specific supplement to the
Generic Environmental Impact
Statement for License Renewal of
Nuclear Plants (GEIS), NUREG–1437,
regarding the renewal of operating
license DPR–59 for an additional 20
years of operation for the James A.
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Document Room (PDR), located at One
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852, or
from the NRC’s Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS). The ADAMS Public
Electronic Reading Room is accessible at
https://adamswebsearch.nrc.gov/
dologin.htm. The Accession Number for
the draft Supplement 31 to the GEIS is
ML071420019. Persons who do not have
access to ADAMS, or who encounter
problems in accessing the documents
located in ADAMS, should contact the
NRC’s PDR reference staff by telephone
at 1–800–397–4209, or 301–415–4737,
or by e-mail at pdr@nrc.gov. In addition,
the libraries: Penfield Library SUNY,
7060 State Route 104, Oswego, NY
13126 and Oswego Public Library, 140–
142 East Second Street, Oswego, NY
13126 have agreed to make the draft
supplement to the GEIS available for
public inspection.
Any interested party may submit
comments on the draft supplement to
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the GEIS for consideration by the NRC
staff. To be considered, comments on
the draft supplement to the GEIS and
the proposed action must be received by
September 5, 2007; the NRC staff is able
to assure consideration only for
comments received on or before this
date. Comments received after the due
date will be considered only if it is
practical to do so. Written comments on
the draft supplement to the GEIS should
be sent to: Chief, Rulemaking,
Directives, and Editing Branch, Division
of Administrative Services, Office of
Administration, Mailstop T–6D59, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001.
Comments may be hand-delivered to the
NRC at 11545 Rockville Pike, Room T–
6D59, Rockville, Maryland, between
7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Federal
workdays. Electronic comments may be
submitted to the NRC by e-mail at
FitzPatrickEIS@nrc.gov. All comments
received by the Commission, including
those made by Federal, State, local
agencies, Native American Tribes, or
other interested persons, will be made
available electronically at the
Commission’s PDR in Rockville,
Maryland, and through ADAMS.
The NRC staff will hold a public
meeting to present an overview of the
draft plant-specific supplement to the
GEIS and to accept public comments on
the document. The public meeting will
be held on August 1, 2007, at the Scriba
Town Municipal Building, 42 Creamery
Road, Oswego, New York 13126. There
will be two sessions to accommodate
interested parties. The first session will
convene at 1:30 p.m. and will continue
until 4:30 p.m., as necessary. The
second session will convene at 7 p.m.
with a repeat of the overview portions
of the meeting and will continue until
10 p.m., as necessary. Both meetings
will be transcribed and will include: (1)
A presentation of the contents of the
draft plant-specific supplement to the
GEIS, and (2) the opportunity for
interested government agencies,
organizations, and individuals to
provide comments on the draft report.
Additionally, the NRC staff will host
informal discussions one hour prior to
the start of each session at the same
location. No comments on the draft
supplement to the GEIS will be accepted
during the informal discussions. To be
considered, comments must be provided
either at the transcribed public meeting
or in writing. Persons may pre-register
to attend or present oral comments at
the meeting by contacting Ms. Jessie M.
Muir, the NRC Environmental Project
Manager at 1–800–368–5642, extension
0491, or by e-mail at
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FitzPatrickEIS@nrc.gov no later than
July 18, 2007. Members of the public
may also register to provide oral
comments before the start of each
session. Individual, oral comments may
be limited by the time available,
depending on the number of persons
who register. If special equipment or
accommodations are needed to attend or
present information at the public
meeting, the need should be brought to
Ms. Muir’s attention no later than July
18, 2007, to provide the NRC staff
adequate notice to determine whether
the request can be accommodated.
For Further Information, Contact: Ms.
Jessie M. Muir, Environmental Branch
B, Division of License Renewal, Office
of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mail
Stop O–11F1, Washington, DC 20555–
0001. Ms. Muir may be contacted at the
aforementioned telephone number or
e-mail address.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day
of June, 2007.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Rani L. Franovich,
Branch Chief, Environmental Branch B,
Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation.
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The Oregon State University; Notice of Acceptance for Docketing
of the Application and Notice of Opportunity for Hearing Regarding
Renewal of the Oregon State University Research Reactor Facility
License No. R-106 for an Additional 20-Year Period
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) is
considering an application for the renewal of Facility License No. R-
106, which authorizes the Oregon State University (the licensee) to
operate the Oregon State University Research Reactor (OSTR) at a
maximum steady-state thermal power of 1.1 megawatts (MW) thermal power.
The renewed license would authorize the applicant to operate the OSTR
for an additional 20 years beyond the period specified in the current
license. The current license for the OSTR expired on August 15, 2006.
On October 5, 2004, as supplemented on August 8, 2005, May 24,
2006, November 10, 2006 and November 21, 2006, the Commission's staff
received an application from the licensee filed pursuant to 10 CFR part
50.51(a), to renew Facility License No. R-106 for the OSTR. Because the
license renewal application was filed in a timely manner in accordance
with 10 CFR 2.109, the license will not be deemed to have expired until
the license renewal application has been finally determined.
The Commission's staff has determined that the licensee has
submitted sufficient information in accordance with 10 CFR 50.33 and
50.34 that the application is acceptable for docketing. The current
Docket No. 50-243 for Facility License No. R-106, will be retained. The
docketing of the renewal application does not preclude requesting
additional information as the review proceeds, nor does it predict
whether the Commission will grant or deny the application. Prior to a
decision to renew the license, the Commission will have made findings
required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and
the Commission's rules and regulations.
Within sixty (60) days after the date of publication of this
Federal Register Notice, the applicant may file a request for a
hearing, and any person whose interest may be affected by this
proceeding and who wishes to participate as a party in the proceeding
must file a written request for a hearing and a petition for leave to
intervene with respect to the renewal of the license. Requests for a
hearing and a petition for leave to intervene shall be filed in
accordance with the Commission's ``Rules of Practice for Domestic
Licensing Proceedings'' in 10 CFR part 2. Interested persons should
consult a current copy of 10 CFR 2.309, which is available at the
Commission's Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint
North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland 20852
and is accessible from the Agency Public Electronic Reading Room on the
Internet at the NRC Web site, https://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/doc-
collections/cfr. Persons who do not have access to the NRC Web site or
who encounter problems in accessing the documents located in the
Electronic Reading Room should contact the NRC's PDR reference staff at
1-800-397-4209, or by e-mail at pdr@nrc.gov. If a request for a hearing
or a petition for leave to intervene is filed within the 60-day period,
the Commission or a presiding officer designated by the Commission or
by the Chief Administrative Judge of the Atomic Safety and Licensing
Board
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Panel will rule on the request and/or petition; and the Secretary or
the Chief Administrative Judge of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
will issue a notice of a hearing or an appropriate order. In the event
that no request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene is
filed within the 60-day period, the NRC may, upon completion of its
evaluations and upon making the findings required under 10 CFR parts 50
and 51, renew the license without further notice.
As required by 10 CFR 2.309, a petition for leave to intervene
shall set forth with the particular interest of the petitioner in the
proceeding, and how that interest may be affected by the results of the
proceeding. The petition must specifically explain the reasons why
intervention should be permitted with particular reference to the
following factors: (1) The nature of the requestor's/petitioner's right
under the Atomic Energy Act to be made a party to the proceeding; (2)
the nature and extent of the requester's/petitioner's property,
financial, or other interest in the proceeding; and (3) the possible
effect of any decision or order which may be entered in the proceeding
on the requestor's/petitioner's interest. The petition must also set
forth the specific contentions which the petitioner/requestor seeks to
have litigated at the proceeding.
Each contention must consist of a specific statement of the issue
of law or fact to be raised or controverted. In addition, the
requestor/petitioner shall provide a brief explanation of the bases of
each contention and a concise statement of the alleged facts or the
expert opinion that supports the contention on which the requestor/
petitioner intends to rely in proving the contention at the hearing.
The requestor/petitioner must also provide references to those specific
sources and documents of which the requestor/petitioner is aware and on
which the requestor/petitioner intends to rely to establish those facts
or expert opinion. The requestor/ petitioner must provide sufficient
information to show that a genuine dispute exists with the applicant on
a material issue of law or fact.\1\
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\1\ To the extent that the applications contain attachments and
supporting documents that are not publicly available because they
are asserted to contain safeguards or proprietary information,
petitioners desiring access to this information should contact the
applicant or applicant's counsel and discuss the need for a
protective order.
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Contentions shall be limited to matters within the scope of the
action under consideration. The contention must be one that, if proven,
would entitle the requestor/petitioner to relief. A requestor/
petitioner who fails to satisfy these requirements with respect to at
least one contention will not be permitted to participate as a party.
Each contention shall be given a separate numeric or alpha
designation within one of the following groups:
1. Technical--primarily concerns/issues relating to technical and/
or health and safety matters discussed or referenced in the applicant's
safety analysis for the OSTR license renewal application.
2. Environmental--primarily concerns issues relating to matters
discussed or referenced in the Environmental Report for the license
renewal application.
3. Miscellaneous--does not fall into one of the categories outlined
above.
As specified in 10 CFR 2.309, if two or more requestors/petitioners
seek to co-sponsor a contention, the requestors/petitioners shall
jointly designate a representative who shall have the authority to act
for the requestors/petitioners with respect to that contention. If a
requestor/petitioner seeks to adopt the contention of another
sponsoring requestor/petitioner, the requestor/petitioner who seeks to
adopt the contention must either agree that the sponsoring requestor/
petitioner shall act as the representative with respect to that
contention, or jointly designate with the sponsoring requestor/
petitioner a representative who shall have the authority to act for the
requestors/petitioners with respect to that contention.
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. 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, HEARlNGDOCKET@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 must 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 e-mail to
OGCMailCenter@nrc.gov. A copy of the request for hearing and petition
for leave to intervene should also be sent to the licensee. The
licensee's contact for this is Dr. Steven R. Reese, Director, Radiation
Center, Oregon State University, 100 Radiation Center, Corvallis, OR
97331-5903.
Non-timely requests and/or petitions and contentions will not be
entertained absent a determination by the Commission, the presiding
officer, or the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board that the petition,
request and/or contentions should be granted based on a balancing of
the factors specified in 10 CFR 2.309 (c)(1)(i)-(viii).
Detailed guidance which the NRC uses to review applications for the
renewal of non-power reactor licenses can be found in the document
NUREG-1537, entitled ``Guidelines for Preparing and Reviewing
Applications for the Licensing of Non-Power Reactors,'' can be obtained
from the Commission's PDR. The NRC maintains an Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System (ADAMS), which provides text and image
files of NRC's public documents. The detailed review guidance (NUREG-
1537) may be accessed through the NRC's Public Electronic Reading Room
on the Internet at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html under ADAMS
accession number ML042430055 for part one and ML042430048 for part two.
Copies of the application to renew the facility license for the OSTR
are available for public inspection at the Commission's PDR, located at
One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville,
Maryland 20852-2738. The initial application and other related
documents may be accessed through the NRC's Public Electronic Reading
Room, at the address mentioned above, under ADAMS Accession Nos.:
ML071430452, ML043270077, ML071300010, ML052290051, ML061310209,
ML061510355, ML062060026, ML063210182, and ML063320500. Persons who do
not have access to ADAMS, or if there are problems in accessing the
documents located in ADAMS, may contact the NRC Public Document Room
Reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to
pdr@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day of June 2007.
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For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Daniel Collins,
Branch Chief, Research and Test Reactors Branch A, Division of Policy
and Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. E7-11515 Filed 6-13-07; 8:45 am]
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