Kansas State University Triga Mark II Nuclear Reactor; Notice of Issuance of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact, 10308-10309 [E8-3598]

Download as PDF mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES 10308 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 38 / Tuesday, February 26, 2008 / Notices their counsel or representative) must apply for and receive a digital ID certificate before a hearing request/ petition to intervene is filed so that they can obtain access to the document via the E-Filing system. A person filing electronically may seek assistance through the ‘‘Contact Us’’ link located on the NRC Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/esubmittals.html or by calling the NRC technical help line, which is available between 8:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m., Eastern Time, Monday through Friday. The help line number is (800) 397–4209 or locally, (301) 415–4737. Participants who believe that they have a good cause for not submitting documents electronically must file a motion, in accordance with 10 CFR 2.302(g), with their initial paper filing requesting authorization to continue to submit documents in paper format. 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With respect to copyrighted works, except for limited excerpts that serve the purpose of the adjudicatory filings and would constitute a Fair Use application, Participants are requested not to include copyrighted materials in their submissions. For further details with respect to this license amendment application, see the letter dated February 13, 2008, from the Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc., which is 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 electronically from the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System’s (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading Room on the Internet at the NRC Web site, https:// www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. 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E8–3581 Filed 2–25–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. 50–188] Kansas State University Triga Mark II Nuclear Reactor; Notice of Issuance of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering issuance of a renewed Facility License No. R–88, to be held by Kansas State University (the licensee), which would authorize continued operation of the Kansas State University TRIGA Mark II nuclear reactor (KSU TRIGA), located in Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas. Therefore, pursuant to 10 CFR 51.21, the NRC is issuing this Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact. Description of Proposed Action The proposed action would renew Facility License No. R–88 for a period of twenty years from the date of PO 00000 Frm 00089 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 issuance of the renewed license, and would increase the licensed maximum steady-state power level to 1.25 megawatts thermal power (MW(t)) and the maximum pulse reactivity insertion. The proposed action is in accordance with the licensee’s application dated September 12, 2002, as supplemented on November 11, and November 13, 2002; December 21, 2004; July 6, and September 27, 2005; March 20, March 30, June 28, and September 28, 2006; May 17, June 4, September 12, and October 11, 2007; and February 6, 2008. In accordance with 10 CFR 2.109, the license remains in effect until the NRC takes final action on the renewal application. The KSU TRIGA is located in the north wing of Ward Hall in the northwest sector of the University campus near the center of the city of Manhattan, Kansas. The reactor is housed in the reactor bay, a reinforced concrete and structural steel building which serves as a confinement. The KSU TRIGA site comprises the entire building and the fenced areas immediately surrounding the building. There are no nearby industrial, transportation, or military facilities that could pose a threat to the KSU TRIGA. The KSU TRIGA is a pool-type, light water moderated and cooled research reactor currently licensed to operate at a steady-state power level of 250 kilowatts thermal power (kW(t)). The reactor is licensed to operate in a pulse mode, with a maximum pulse thermal power of 250 MW(t). A detailed description of the reactor can be found in the KSU TRIGA Safety Analysis Report (SAR). As part of the proposed action the licensee has requested an increase in the licensed maximum steady-state power level, an increase in the maximum reactivity insertion and authorization to install an additional control rod to support operation at the increased power level. The proposed action will not significantly increase the probability of accidents. The proposed action may increase the consequences of accidents, but will not result in doses in excess of the limits specified by 10 CFR Part 20. No changes are being made in the types of effluents that may be released off site. There should be no significant increase in routine occupational or public radiation exposure. Therefore, the proposed action should not significantly change the environmental impact of facility operation. Summary of the Environmental Assessment The NRC staff reviewed the licensee’s application which included an E:\FR\FM\26FEN1.SGM 26FEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 38 / Tuesday, February 26, 2008 / Notices mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES Environmental Report. To document its review, the NRC staff has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) which discusses the KSU TRIGA site and facility; radiological impacts of gaseous, liquid, and solid effluents; environmental and personnel radiation monitoring; radiation dose estimates for the maximum hypothetical accident (MHA); impacts of the ‘‘no action’’ alternative to the proposed action; alternative use of resources; considerations related to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA); and presents the radiological and nonradiological environmental impacts of the proposed action. Finding of No Significant Impact On the basis of the environmental assessment, the NRC concludes that the proposed action will not have a significant effect on the quality of the human environment. Accordingly, the NRC has determined not to prepare an environmental impact statement for the proposed action. For further details with respect to the proposed action, see the licensee’s letter dated September 12, 2002 (ML022620007, ML022620011, ML022620643, ML022630012, ML022630054, ML022630077), as supplemented on November 11, 2002 (ML023190241); November 13, 2002 (ML023190219); December 21, 2004 (ML052580517); July 6, 2005 (ML051960517, ML051960520, ML051960521, ML051960522, ML052580519, ML052590053); September 27, 2005 (ML052760292); March 20, 2006 (ML061640472); March 30, 2006 (ML061010264); June 28, 2006 (ML070660601); September 28, 2006 (ML063070520); May 17, 2007 (ML071430200); June 4, 2007 (ML071630328); September 12, 2007 (ML072680471); October 11, 2007 (ML072970624) and February 6, 2008 (ML080500366). Documents may be examined, and/or copied for a fee, at the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available records will be accessible electronically from the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading Room on the NRC Web site, https://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/adams.html. The EA can be found in ADAMS under Accession Number ML063190172. 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 at 1–800–397– 4209, or 301–415–4737, or send an email to pdr@nrc.gov. VerDate Aug<31>2005 19:29 Feb 25, 2008 Jkt 214001 Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th day of February, 2008. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Daniel S. Collins, Chief, Research and Test Reactors Branch A, Division of Policy and Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. [FR Doc. E8–3598 Filed 2–25–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Extension, Without Change, of a Currently Approved Information Collection: RI 20–64, RI 20–64A and RI 20–64B Office of Personnel Management. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) intends to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for extension, without change, of a currently approved information collection. RI 20–64, Letter Reply to Request for Information, is used by the Civil Service Retirement System to provide information about the amount of annuity payable after a survivor reduction, to explain the annuity reductions required to pay for the survivor benefit, and to give the beginning rate of survivor annuity. RI 20–64A, Former Spouse Survivor Annuity Election, is used by the Civil Service Retirement System to obtain a survivor benefits election from annuitants who are eligible to elect to provide survivor benefits for a former spouse. RI 20–64B, Information on Electing a Survivor Annuity for Your Former Spouse, is a pamphlet that provides important information to retirees under the Civil Service Retirement System who want to provide a survivor annuity for a former spouse. Comments are particularly invited on: whether this information is necessary for the proper performance of functions of OPM, and whether it will have practical utility; whether our estimate of the public burden of this collection of information is accurate, and based on valid assumptions and methodology; and ways in which we can minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, through the use of appropriate technological collection techniques or others forms of information technology. PO 00000 Frm 00090 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 10309 We estimate that 30 survivor elections on RI 20–64A will be processed per year and that of these eight will use RI 20– 64 to ask for information about electing a smaller survivor benefit. Form RI 20– 64A requires 45 minutes to complete for a burden of 23 hours. Form RI 20–64 requires eight minutes to complete for a burden of one hour. The total burden is 24 hours. For copies of this proposal, contact Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on (202) 606– 8358, Fax (202) 418–3251 or via E-mail to MaryBeth.Smith-Toomey@opm.gov. Please include a mailing address with your request. DATES: Comments on this proposal should be received within 60 calendar days from the date of this publication. ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments to Ronald W. Melton, Deputy Assistant Director, Retirement Services Program, Center for Retirement and Insurance Services, U.S. Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street, NW., Room 3305, Washington, DC 20415–3500. For Information Regarding Administrative Coordination—Contact: Cyrus S. Benson, Team Leader, Publications Team, RIS Support Services/Support Group, (202) 606– 0623. U.S. Office of Personnel Management Howard Weizmann, Deputy Director. [FR Doc. E8–3539 Filed 2–25–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6325–38–P OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Extension of a Currently Approved Collection: RI 38–45 Office of Personnel Management. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) intends to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for extension of a currently approved collection. RI 38–45, We Need the Social Security Number of the Person Named Below, is used by the Civil Service Retirement System and the Federal Employees Retirement System to identify the records of individuals with similar or the same names. It is also needed to report payments to the Internal Revenue Service. Comments are particularly invited on: whether this collection of information is E:\FR\FM\26FEN1.SGM 26FEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 38 (Tuesday, February 26, 2008)]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-188]


Kansas State University Triga Mark II Nuclear Reactor; Notice of 
Issuance of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant 
Impact

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering 
issuance of a renewed Facility License No. R-88, to be held by Kansas 
State University (the licensee), which would authorize continued 
operation of the Kansas State University TRIGA Mark II nuclear reactor 
(KSU TRIGA), located in Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas. Therefore, 
pursuant to 10 CFR 51.21, the NRC is issuing this Environmental 
Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact.

Description of Proposed Action

    The proposed action would renew Facility License No. R-88 for a 
period of twenty years from the date of issuance of the renewed 
license, and would increase the licensed maximum steady-state power 
level to 1.25 megawatts thermal power (MW(t)) and the maximum pulse 
reactivity insertion. The proposed action is in accordance with the 
licensee's application dated September 12, 2002, as supplemented on 
November 11, and November 13, 2002; December 21, 2004; July 6, and 
September 27, 2005; March 20, March 30, June 28, and September 28, 
2006; May 17, June 4, September 12, and October 11, 2007; and February 
6, 2008. In accordance with 10 CFR 2.109, the license remains in effect 
until the NRC takes final action on the renewal application.
    The KSU TRIGA is located in the north wing of Ward Hall in the 
northwest sector of the University campus near the center of the city 
of Manhattan, Kansas. The reactor is housed in the reactor bay, a 
reinforced concrete and structural steel building which serves as a 
confinement. The KSU TRIGA site comprises the entire building and the 
fenced areas immediately surrounding the building. There are no nearby 
industrial, transportation, or military facilities that could pose a 
threat to the KSU TRIGA.
    The KSU TRIGA is a pool-type, light water moderated and cooled 
research reactor currently licensed to operate at a steady-state power 
level of 250 kilowatts thermal power (kW(t)). The reactor is licensed 
to operate in a pulse mode, with a maximum pulse thermal power of 250 
MW(t). A detailed description of the reactor can be found in the KSU 
TRIGA Safety Analysis Report (SAR).
    As part of the proposed action the licensee has requested an 
increase in the licensed maximum steady-state power level, an increase 
in the maximum reactivity insertion and authorization to install an 
additional control rod to support operation at the increased power 
level. The proposed action will not significantly increase the 
probability of accidents. The proposed action may increase the 
consequences of accidents, but will not result in doses in excess of 
the limits specified by 10 CFR Part 20. No changes are being made in 
the types of effluents that may be released off site. There should be 
no significant increase in routine occupational or public radiation 
exposure. Therefore, the proposed action should not significantly 
change the environmental impact of facility operation.

Summary of the Environmental Assessment

    The NRC staff reviewed the licensee's application which included an

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Environmental Report. To document its review, the NRC staff has 
prepared an environmental assessment (EA) which discusses the KSU TRIGA 
site and facility; radiological impacts of gaseous, liquid, and solid 
effluents; environmental and personnel radiation monitoring; radiation 
dose estimates for the maximum hypothetical accident (MHA); impacts of 
the ``no action'' alternative to the proposed action; alternative use 
of resources; considerations related to the National Environmental 
Policy Act (NEPA); and presents the radiological and non-radiological 
environmental impacts of the proposed action.

Finding of No Significant Impact

    On the basis of the environmental assessment, the NRC concludes 
that the proposed action will not have a significant effect on the 
quality of the human environment. Accordingly, the NRC has determined 
not to prepare an environmental impact statement for the proposed 
action.
    For further details with respect to the proposed action, see the 
licensee's letter dated September 12, 2002 (ML022620007, ML022620011, 
ML022620643, ML022630012, ML022630054, ML022630077), as supplemented on 
November 11, 2002 (ML023190241); November 13, 2002 (ML023190219); 
December 21, 2004 (ML052580517); July 6, 2005 (ML051960517, 
ML051960520, ML051960521, ML051960522, ML052580519, ML052590053); 
September 27, 2005 (ML052760292); March 20, 2006 (ML061640472); March 
30, 2006 (ML061010264); June 28, 2006 (ML070660601); September 28, 2006 
(ML063070520); May 17, 2007 (ML071430200); June 4, 2007 (ML071630328); 
September 12, 2007 (ML072680471); October 11, 2007 (ML072970624) and 
February 6, 2008 (ML080500366). Documents may be examined, and/or 
copied for a fee, at the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR), located at 
One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, 
Maryland. Publicly available records will be accessible electronically 
from the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) 
Public Electronic Reading Room on the NRC Web site, https://www.nrc.gov/
reading-rm/adams.html. The EA can be found in ADAMS under Accession 
Number ML063190172. 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 at 1-800-397-4209, or 301-415-4737, 
or send an e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th day of February, 2008.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Daniel S. Collins,
Chief, Research and Test Reactors Branch A, Division of Policy and 
Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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