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University of Wisconsin; Notice of
Issuance of Renewed Facility License
No. R–74
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC, the Commission) has
issued renewed Facility License No. R–
74, held by the University of Wisconsin
(the licensee), which authorizes
continued operation of the University of
Wisconsin Nuclear Reactor (UWNR),
located in Madison, Dane County,
Wisconsin. The UWNR is a pool-type,
light-water-moderated and cooled
TRIGA (Training, Research, Isotope
Production, General Atomics) reactor
licensed to operate at a steady-state
power levels up to and including
1 megawatt thermal and short duration
power pulses with reactivity insertions
up to 1.4% Dk/k. The renewed Facility
License No. R–74 will expire at
midnight 20 years from its date of
issuance.
The renewed facility license complies
with the standards and requirements of
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as
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amended (the Act), and the
Commission’s rules and regulations.
The Commission has made appropriate
findings as required by the Act and the
Commission’s regulations in Title 10,
Chapter 1, ‘‘Nuclear Regulatory
Commission,’’ of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR), and sets forth
those findings in the renewed facility
license. The agency afforded an
opportunity for hearing in the Notice of
Opportunity for Hearing published in
the Federal Register on June 18, 2010
(75 FR 34769–34774). The NRC received
no request for a hearing or petition for
leave to intervene following the notice.
The NRC staff prepared a safety
evaluation report for the renewal of
Facility License No. R–74 and
concluded, based on that evaluation, the
licensee can continue to operate the
facility without endangering the health
and safety of the public. The NRC staff
also prepared an Environmental
Assessment and Finding of No
Significant Impact for the renewal of the
facility license, noticed in the Federal
Register on September 16, 2010 (75 FR
56597–56601), and concluded that
renewal of the facility license will not
have a significant impact on the quality
of the human environment.
For details with respect to the
application for renewal, see the
licensee’s letter dated May 9, 2000
(ML093570404), as supplemented on
September 7, 2004 (ML093570441);
October 17, 2008 (ML100740573); June
16, 2010 (two letters, ML101690137 and
ML101690083), July 8, 2010
(ML102110051), August 11, 2010
(ML102320209), November 22, 2010
(ML103300040), December 8, 2010
(ML103480028); January 28, 2011
(ML110340310), and February 8, 2011
(ML110410534). 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. Persons who do not
have access to ADAMS or who
encounter problems in accessing the
documents located in ADAMS should
contact the NRC PDR Referencestaff at
1–800–397–4209 or 301–415–4737, or
send an e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 25th day
of March 2011.
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Jessie Quichocho,
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I. Introduction
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is issuing a revision
to an existing guide in the agency’s
‘‘Regulatory Guide’’ series. This series
was developed to describe and make
available to the public information such
as methods that are acceptable to the
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NRC considers acceptable for
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processing of stainless steel to avoid
severe sensitization that could lead to
stress-corrosion cracking. This guide
applies to light-water-cooled reactors.
II. Further Information
In June 2009, DG–1224 was published
with a public comment period of 60
days from the issuance of the guide. The
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until October 1, 2009. The staff’s
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ML101680258. Electronic copies of
Regulatory Guide 1.44, Revision 1 are
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https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/. The regulatory analysis
may be found under ADAMS Accession
No. ML101680238.
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Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 24th day
of March 2011.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Thomas H. Boyce,
Chief, Regulatory Guide Development Branch,
Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear
Regulatory Research.
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University of Wisconsin; Notice of Issuance of Renewed Facility
License No. R-74
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, the Commission) has
issued renewed Facility License No. R-74, held by the University of
Wisconsin (the licensee), which authorizes continued operation of the
University of Wisconsin Nuclear Reactor (UWNR), located in Madison,
Dane County, Wisconsin. The UWNR is a pool-type, light-water-moderated
and cooled TRIGA (Training, Research, Isotope Production, General
Atomics) reactor licensed to operate at a steady-state power levels up
to and including 1 megawatt thermal and short duration power pulses
with reactivity insertions up to 1.4% [Delta]k/k. The renewed Facility
License No. R-74 will expire at midnight 20 years from its date of
issuance.
The renewed facility license complies with the standards and
requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act),
and the Commission's rules and regulations. The Commission has made
appropriate findings as required by the Act and the Commission's
regulations in Title 10, Chapter 1, ``Nuclear Regulatory Commission,''
of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), and sets forth those
findings in the renewed facility license. The agency afforded an
opportunity for hearing in the Notice of Opportunity for Hearing
published in the Federal Register on June 18, 2010 (75 FR 34769-34774).
The NRC received no request for a hearing or petition for leave to
intervene following the notice.
The NRC staff prepared a safety evaluation report for the renewal
of Facility License No. R-74 and concluded, based on that evaluation,
the licensee can continue to operate the facility without endangering
the health and safety of the public. The NRC staff also prepared an
Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for the
renewal of the facility license, noticed in the Federal Register on
September 16, 2010 (75 FR 56597-56601), and concluded that renewal of
the facility license will not have a significant impact on the quality
of the human environment.
For details with respect to the application for renewal, see the
licensee's letter dated May 9, 2000 (ML093570404), as supplemented on
September 7, 2004 (ML093570441); October 17, 2008 (ML100740573); June
16, 2010 (two letters, ML101690137 and ML101690083), July 8, 2010
(ML102110051), August 11, 2010 (ML102320209), November 22, 2010
(ML103300040), December 8, 2010 (ML103480028); January 28, 2011
(ML110340310), and February 8, 2011 (ML110410534). 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. Persons who do not have
access to ADAMS or who encounter problems in accessing the documents
located in ADAMS should contact the NRC PDR Referencestaff at 1-800-
397-4209 or 301-415-4737, or send an e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 25th day of March 2011.
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For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Jessie Quichocho,
Chief, Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch, Division of Policy
and Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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