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The University of Florida; Notice of
Acceptance for Docketing of the
Application and Notice of Opportunity
for Hearing Regarding Renewal of the
University of Florida Training Reactor,
Facility Operating License No. R–56,
for an Additional 20-Year Period
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC or the Commission) is considering
an application for the renewal of
Facility Operating License No. R–56,
which authorizes the University of
Florida (the licensee) to operate the
University of Florida Training Reactor
(UFTR) at 100 kilowatts thermal power.
The renewed license would authorize
the licensee to operate the UFTR for an
additional 20 years from the date of
issuance.
On July 18, 2002, the Commission’s
staff received an application from the
University of Florida filed pursuant to
10 CFR Part 50.51(a), to renew Facility
Operating License No. R–56 for the
UFTR. 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.
Based on its initial review of the
application, the Commission’s staff
determined that the University of
Florida submitted sufficient information
in accordance with 10 CFR 50.33 and
50.34 that the application is acceptable
for docketing. The current Docket No.
50–83 for Facility Operating License No.
R–56 will be retained. The docketing of
the renewal application does not
preclude requests for 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 make findings
required by the Atomic Energy Act of
1954, as amended (the Act), and the
Commission’s rules and regulations.
Within 60 days after the date of
publication of this notice any person(s)
whose interest may be affected by this
proceeding and who wishes to
participate as a party in the proceeding
must file a written request via electronic
submission through the NRC E-filing
system for a hearing and a petition for
leave to intervene. 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 person(s) should consult a
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current copy of 10 CFR 2.309, which is
available at the Commission’s PDR,
located at One White Flint North, Public
File Area O1F21, 11555 Rockville Pike
(first floor), Rockville, Maryland.
Publicly available records will be
accessible 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/doc-collections/cfr/. If a
request for a hearing or petition for
leave to intervene is filed by the above
date, the Commission or a presiding
officer designated by the Commission or
by the Chief Administrative Judge of the
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
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.
As required by 10 CFR 2.309, a
petition for leave to intervene shall set
forth with particularity the interest of
the petitioner/requestor in the
proceeding, and how that interest may
be affected by the results of the
proceeding. The petition should
specifically explain the reasons why
intervention should be permitted with
particular reference to the following
general requirements: (1) The name,
address and telephone number of the
requestor or petitioner; (2) the nature of
the requestor’s/petitioner’s right under
the Act to be made a party to the
proceeding; (3) the nature and extent of
the requestor’s/petitioner’s property,
financial, or other interest in the
proceeding; and (4) 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 identify 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 petitioner/requestor shall
provide a brief explanation of the bases
for the contention and a concise
statement of the alleged facts or expert
opinion which support the contention
and on which the petitioner intends to
rely in proving the contention at the
hearing. The petitioner must also
provide references to those specific
sources and documents of which the
petitioner is aware and on which the
petitioner intends to rely to establish
those facts or expert opinion. The
petition must include sufficient
information to show that a genuine
dispute exists with the applicant on a
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material issue of law or fact.
Contentions shall be limited to matters
within the scope of the amendment
under consideration. The contention
must be one which, if proven, would
entitle the petitioner/requestor to relief.
A petitioner/requestor who fails to
satisfy these requirements with respect
to at 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.
A request for hearing or a petition for
leave to intervene must be filed in
accordance with the NRC E-Filing rule,
which the NRC promulgated on August
28, 2007 (72 FR 49139). The E-Filing
process requires participants to submit
and serve documents over the Internet
or in some cases to mail copies on
electronic storage media. Participants
may not submit paper copies of their
filings unless they seek a waiver in
accordance with the procedures
described below.
To comply with the procedural
requirements of E-Filing, at least ten
(10) days prior to the filing deadline, the
petitioner/requestor must contact the
Office of the Secretary by e-mail at
hearingdocket@nrc.gov, or by calling
(301) 415–1677, to request (1) a digital
ID certificate, which allows the
participant (or its counsel or
representative) to digitally sign
documents and access the E-Submittal
server for any proceeding in which it is
participating; and/or (2) creation of an
electronic docket for the proceeding
(even in instances in which the
petitioner/requestor (or its counsel or
representative) already holds an NRCissued digital ID certificate). Each
petitioner/requestor will need to
download the Workplace Forms
ViewerTM to access the Electronic
Information Exchange (EIE), a
component of the E-Filing system. The
Workplace Forms ViewerTM is free and
is available at https://www.nrc.gov/sitehelp/e-submittals/install-viewer.html.
Information about applying for a digital
ID certificate is available on NRC’s
public Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/
site-help/e-submittals/applycertificates.html.
Once a petitioner/requestor has
obtained a digital ID certificate, had a
docket created, and downloaded the EIE
viewer, it can then submit a request for
hearing or petition for leave to
intervene. Submissions should be in
Portable Document Format (PDF) in
accordance with NRC guidance
available on the NRC public Web site at
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https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/esubmittals.html. A filing is considered
complete at the time the filer submits its
documents through EIE. To be timely,
an electronic filing must be submitted to
the EIE system no later than 11:59 p.m.
Eastern Time on the due date. Upon
receipt of a transmission, the E-Filing
system time-stamps the document and
sends the submitter an e-mail notice
confirming receipt of the document. The
EIE system also distributes an e-mail
notice that provides access to the
document to the NRC Office of the
General Counsel and any others who
have advised the Office of the Secretary
that they wish to participate in the
proceeding, so that the filer need not
serve the documents on those
participants separately. Therefore,
applicants and other participants (or
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.
Such filings must be submitted 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; or
(2) courier, express mail, or expedited
delivery service to the Office of the
Secretary, Sixteenth Floor, One White
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, Maryland 20852, Attention:
Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff.
Participants filing a document in this
manner are responsible for serving the
document on all other participants.
Filing is considered complete by firstclass mail as of the time of deposit in
the mail, or by courier, express mail, or
expedited delivery service upon
depositing the document with the
provider of the service.
Non-timely requests and/or petitions
and contentions will not be entertained
absent a determination by the
Commission, the presiding officer, or
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the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
that the petition and/or request should
be granted and/or the contentions
should be admitted, based on a
balancing of the factors specified in 10
CFR 2.309(c)(1)(i)–(viii). To be timely,
filings must be submitted no later than
11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the due
date.
Documents submitted in adjudicatory
proceedings will appear in NRC’s
electronic hearing docket which is
available to the public at https://
ehd.nrc.gov/EHD_Proceeding/home.asp,
unless excluded pursuant to an order of
the Commission, an Atomic Safety and
Licensing Board, or a Presiding Officer.
Participants are requested not to include
personal privacy information, such as
Social Security numbers, home
addresses, or home phone numbers in
their filings. 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.
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
No. ML042430055 for part one and
ML042430048 for part two. Copies of
the application to renew the facility
license for the licensee 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. ML022130145,
ML022130185, ML022130244,
ML022130140, ML081340724 (Redacted
Version), and ML081350571 (Redacted
Version). Persons who do not have
access to ADAMS, or have problems
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.
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Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 19th day
of May, 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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SUMMARY: The NRC is issuing its Final
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from the disposition of the industry
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at the December 20, 2007 and the
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The NRC staff issues DC/COL–ISGs to
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have access to ADAMS or who
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-83]
The University of Florida; Notice of Acceptance for Docketing of
the Application and Notice of Opportunity for Hearing Regarding Renewal
of the University of Florida Training Reactor, Facility Operating
License No. R-56, for an Additional 20-Year Period
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) is
considering an application for the renewal of Facility Operating
License No. R-56, which authorizes the University of Florida (the
licensee) to operate the University of Florida Training Reactor (UFTR)
at 100 kilowatts thermal power. The renewed license would authorize the
licensee to operate the UFTR for an additional 20 years from the date
of issuance.
On July 18, 2002, the Commission's staff received an application
from the University of Florida filed pursuant to 10 CFR Part 50.51(a),
to renew Facility Operating License No. R-56 for the UFTR. 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.
Based on its initial review of the application, the Commission's
staff determined that the University of Florida submitted sufficient
information in accordance with 10 CFR 50.33 and 50.34 that the
application is acceptable for docketing. The current Docket No. 50-83
for Facility Operating License No. R-56 will be retained. The docketing
of the renewal application does not preclude requests for 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 make findings required by the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commission's
rules and regulations.
Within 60 days after the date of publication of this notice any
person(s) whose interest may be affected by this proceeding and who
wishes to participate as a party in the proceeding must file a written
request via electronic submission through the NRC E-filing system for a
hearing and a petition for leave to intervene. 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 person(s) should consult a
current copy of 10 CFR 2.309, which is available at the Commission's
PDR, located at One White Flint North, Public File Area O1F21, 11555
Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available
records will be accessible 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/doc-
collections/cfr/. If a request for a hearing or petition for leave to
intervene is filed by the above date, the Commission or a presiding
officer designated by the Commission or by the Chief Administrative
Judge of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board 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.
As required by 10 CFR 2.309, a petition for leave to intervene
shall set forth with particularity the interest of the petitioner/
requestor in the proceeding, and how that interest may be affected by
the results of the proceeding. The petition should specifically explain
the reasons why intervention should be permitted with particular
reference to the following general requirements: (1) The name, address
and telephone number of the requestor or petitioner; (2) the nature of
the requestor's/petitioner's right under the Act to be made a party to
the proceeding; (3) the nature and extent of the requestor's/
petitioner's property, financial, or other interest in the proceeding;
and (4) 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 identify 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
petitioner/requestor shall provide a brief explanation of the bases for
the contention and a concise statement of the alleged facts or expert
opinion which support the contention and on which the petitioner
intends to rely in proving the contention at the hearing. The
petitioner must also provide references to those specific sources and
documents of which the petitioner is aware and on which the petitioner
intends to rely to establish those facts or expert opinion. The
petition must include sufficient information to show that a genuine
dispute exists with the applicant on a material issue of law or fact.
Contentions shall be limited to matters within the scope of the
amendment under consideration. The contention must be one which, if
proven, would entitle the petitioner/requestor to relief. A petitioner/
requestor who fails to satisfy these requirements with respect to at
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.
A request for hearing or a petition for leave to intervene must be
filed in accordance with the NRC E-Filing rule, which the NRC
promulgated on August 28, 2007 (72 FR 49139). The E-Filing process
requires participants to submit and serve documents over the Internet
or in some cases to mail copies on electronic storage media.
Participants may not submit paper copies of their filings unless they
seek a waiver in accordance with the procedures described below.
To comply with the procedural requirements of E-Filing, at least
ten (10) days prior to the filing deadline, the petitioner/requestor
must contact the Office of the Secretary by e-mail at
hearingdocket@nrc.gov, or by calling (301) 415-1677, to request (1) a
digital ID certificate, which allows the participant (or its counsel or
representative) to digitally sign documents and access the E-Submittal
server for any proceeding in which it is participating; and/or (2)
creation of an electronic docket for the proceeding (even in instances
in which the petitioner/requestor (or its counsel or representative)
already holds an NRC-issued digital ID certificate). Each petitioner/
requestor will need to download the Workplace Forms Viewer\TM\ to
access the Electronic Information Exchange (EIE), a component of the E-
Filing system. The Workplace Forms Viewer\TM\ is free and is available
at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/install-viewer.html.
Information about applying for a digital ID certificate is available on
NRC's public Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/
apply-certificates.html.
Once a petitioner/requestor has obtained a digital ID certificate,
had a docket created, and downloaded the EIE viewer, it can then submit
a request for hearing or petition for leave to intervene. Submissions
should be in Portable Document Format (PDF) in accordance with NRC
guidance available on the NRC public Web site at
[[Page 30425]]
https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html. A filing is considered
complete at the time the filer submits its documents through EIE. To be
timely, an electronic filing must be submitted to the EIE system no
later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. Upon receipt of a
transmission, the E-Filing system time-stamps the document and sends
the submitter an e-mail notice confirming receipt of the document. The
EIE system also distributes an e-mail notice that provides access to
the document to the NRC Office of the General Counsel and any others
who have advised the Office of the Secretary that they wish to
participate in the proceeding, so that the filer need not serve the
documents on those participants separately. Therefore, applicants and
other participants (or 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/e-submittals.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. Such
filings must be submitted 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; or (2) courier, express mail, or expedited
delivery service to the Office of the Secretary, Sixteenth Floor, One
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852,
Attention: Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff. Participants filing a
document in this manner are responsible for serving the document on all
other participants. Filing is considered complete by first-class mail
as of the time of deposit in the mail, or by courier, express mail, or
expedited delivery service upon depositing the document with the
provider of the service.
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
and/or request should be granted and/or the contentions should be
admitted, based on a balancing of the factors specified in 10 CFR
2.309(c)(1)(i)-(viii). To be timely, filings must be submitted no later
than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date.
Documents submitted in adjudicatory proceedings will appear in
NRC's electronic hearing docket which is available to the public at
https://ehd.nrc.gov/EHD_Proceeding/home.asp, unless excluded pursuant
to an order of the Commission, an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, or
a Presiding Officer. Participants are requested not to include personal
privacy information, such as Social Security numbers, home addresses,
or home phone numbers in their filings. 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.
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 No. ML042430055 for part one and ML042430048 for part two.
Copies of the application to renew the facility license for the
licensee 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. ML022130145, ML022130185, ML022130244, ML022130140, ML081340724
(Redacted Version), and ML081350571 (Redacted Version). Persons who do
not have access to ADAMS, or have problems 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 19th day of May, 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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