Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc.; Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, 50991 [E7-17501]
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Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 28th day
of August, 2007.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Carl F. Lyon,
Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch IV,
Division of Operating Reactor Licensing,
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. E7–17500 Filed 9–4–07; 8:45 am]
Club, (4) Wanda Sue Kelley, (5) Barbara
A. O’Neal, and (6) A. Christine Tipton.
The Board is comprised of the
following administrative judges:
Lawrence G. McDade, Chair, Atomic
Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001.
Dr. Richard F. Cole, Atomic Safety
and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001.
Dr. Peter S. Lam, Atomic Safety and
Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001.
All correspondence, documents, and
other materials shall be filed with the
administrative judges in accordance
with 10 CFR 2.302.
Issued at Rockville, Maryland, this 29th
day of August 2007.
E. Roy Hawkens,
Chief Administrative Judge, Atomic Safety
and Licensing Board Panel.
[FR Doc. E7–17501 Filed 9–4–07; 8:45 am]
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Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc.;
Establishment of Atomic Safety and
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[Docket No. 50–139]
Pursuant to delegation by the
Commission dated December 29, 1972,
published in the Federal Register, 37 FR
28,710 (1972), and the Commission’s
regulations, see 10 CFR 2.104, 2.300,
2.303, 2.309, 2.311, 2.318, and 2.321,
notice is hereby given that an Atomic
Safety and Licensing Board is being
established to preside over the following
proceeding:
Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc., Special
Nuclear Materials Facility
(Confirmatory Order)
This Board is being established in
response to requests for hearing that
were filed pursuant to a Notice of
Publication of Confirmatory Order and
Opportunity for Hearing (72 Fed. Reg.
41,528 (July 30, 2007)), regarding a
Confirmatory Order issued to Nuclear
Fuel Services, Inc. (‘‘NFS’’) on February
21, 2007 that became immediately
effective on the date of issuance. This
proceeding arose from inspections and
investigations at NSF by the NRC Staff
that identified apparent violations for
which escalated enforcement action was
considered. The NRC Staff determined
that its concerns regarding public health
and safety could be resolved through
confirmation of NFS’s commitments as
prescribed in the Confirmatory Order.
Hearing requests have been submitted
by: (1) Ken Silver, (2) R. Feher, (3) Linda
Cataldo Modica on behalf of the Sierra
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Notice of License Termination for
University of Washington Research
Reactor (UWAR)
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is announcing the
termination of facility Operating License
No. R–73 for the University of
Washington Research Reactor (UWAR).
The NRC has terminated the license of
the decommissioned UWAR, at the
University of Washington (UWA) in
Seattle, Washington, and has released
the site for unrestricted use. The UWAR
was an Argonaut-type training and
research reactor with an initial power
output of 10 kilowatts, which later
received authority to increase power
output to 100 kilowatts. The reactor was
permanently shut down on June 30,
1988. By application dated August 2,
1994, the licensee requested
authorization to dismantle the UWAR
and to dispose of the component parts,
in accordance with the
decommissioning plan submitted as part
of the application. Opportunity for a
hearing was afforded by ‘‘Notice of
Proposed Issuance of Orders
Authorizing Disposition of Component
Parts and Terminating Facility License’’
published in the Federal Register on
September 2, 1994 (59 FR 45738). No
request for a hearing or petition for
leave to intervene was filed following
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notice of the proposed action. The NRC
reviewed the application with respect to
the Commission’s rules and regulations
and found that the dismantling and
disposal of component parts as stated in
the licensee’s decommissioning plan are
consistent with the regulations in 10
CFR Chapter I and are not inimical to
the common defense and security or to
the health and safety of the public. On
May 1, 1995, the Commission issued the
‘‘Order Authorizing Dismantling of
Facility and Disposition of Component
Parts.’’
The licensee conducted remediation
activities and completed final status
surveys in October 2006. The licensee’s
request for termination of the license
was supported by the submittal of a
Final Status Survey Report (FSSR). The
NRC completed its review of the UWAR
FSSR submitted to NRC by letter dated
December 13, 2006, as supplemented
February 26 and March 12, 2007. The
FSSR documented the level of residual
radioactivity remaining at the facility
and stated that compliance with the
criteria in the NRC-approved
decommissioning plan for the reactor
has been demonstrated. The NRC staff
verified that the criteria in the approved
decommissioning plan had been met
and determined that the facility and site
met the criteria in 10 CFR 20.1402 for
unrestricted use.
Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.82(b)(6), the
NRC staff has concluded that the reactor
has been decommissioned in
accordance with the approved
decommissioning plan and that the
terminal radiation survey and associated
documentation demonstrate that the
facility and site may be released in
accordance with the criteria in the NRCapproved decommissioning plan.
Further, on the basis of the
decommissioning activities carried out
by UWA, the NRC’s review of the
licensee’s FSSR, the results of NRC
inspections conducted at the UWAR,
and the results of NRC confirmatory
surveys, the NRC has concluded that the
decommissioning process is complete
and the facility and site may be released
for unrestricted use. Therefore Facility
Operating License No. R–73 is
terminated.
For further details with respect to the
proposed action, see the licensee’s letter
dated December 13, 2006, as
supplemented February 26 and March
12, 2007; and NRC Inspection Report
No. 50–139/2006–204, dated May 21,
2007. The above referenced documents
may be examined, and/or copied for a
fee, at the NRC’s Public Document
Room (PDR) at One White Flint North,
11555 Rockville Pike (first floor),
Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 70-143-CO; ASLBP No. 07-857-01-CO-BD01]
Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc.; Establishment of Atomic Safety and
Licensing Board
Pursuant to delegation by the Commission dated December 29, 1972,
published in the Federal Register, 37 FR 28,710 (1972), and the
Commission's regulations, see 10 CFR 2.104, 2.300, 2.303, 2.309, 2.311,
2.318, and 2.321, notice is hereby given that an Atomic Safety and
Licensing Board is being established to preside over the following
proceeding:
Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc., Special Nuclear Materials Facility
(Confirmatory Order)
This Board is being established in response to requests for hearing
that were filed pursuant to a Notice of Publication of Confirmatory
Order and Opportunity for Hearing (72 Fed. Reg. 41,528 (July 30,
2007)), regarding a Confirmatory Order issued to Nuclear Fuel Services,
Inc. (``NFS'') on February 21, 2007 that became immediately effective
on the date of issuance. This proceeding arose from inspections and
investigations at NSF by the NRC Staff that identified apparent
violations for which escalated enforcement action was considered. The
NRC Staff determined that its concerns regarding public health and
safety could be resolved through confirmation of NFS's commitments as
prescribed in the Confirmatory Order. Hearing requests have been
submitted by: (1) Ken Silver, (2) R. Feher, (3) Linda Cataldo Modica on
behalf of the Sierra Club, (4) Wanda Sue Kelley, (5) Barbara A. O'Neal,
and (6) A. Christine Tipton.
The Board is comprised of the following administrative judges:
Lawrence G. McDade, Chair, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
Dr. Richard F. Cole, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
Dr. Peter S. Lam, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
All correspondence, documents, and other materials shall be filed
with the administrative judges in accordance with 10 CFR 2.302.
Issued at Rockville, Maryland, this 29th day of August 2007.
E. Roy Hawkens,
Chief Administrative Judge, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel.
[FR Doc. E7-17501 Filed 9-4-07; 8:45 am]
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