Notice of License Terminations for National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Plum Brook Reactor and Plum Brook Mock-Up Reactor, 63897-63898 [2012-25537]

Download as PDF mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 201 / Wednesday, October 17, 2012 / Notices documents through the Electronic Information Exchange System, users will be required to install a Web browser plug-in from the NRC’s Web site. Further information on the Webbased submission form, including the installation of the Web browser plug-in, is available on the NRC’s public Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/esubmittals.html. Once a participant has obtained a digital ID certificate and a docket has been created, the participant can then submit a request for hearing or petition for leave to intervene. Submissions should be in Portable Document Format (PDF) in accordance with the NRC’s guidance available on the NRC’s public Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/sitehelp/e-submittals.html. A filing is considered complete at the time the documents are submitted through the NRC’s E-Filing system. 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If a person (other than Mr. Goold) requests a hearing, that person shall set forth with particularity the manner in which his interest is adversely affected by this Confirmatory Order and shall address the criteria set forth in 10 CFR 2.309(d) and (f). If a hearing is requested by a person whose interest is adversely affected, the Commission will issue an order designating the time and place of any hearing. If a hearing is held, the issue to be considered at such hearing shall be whether this Confirmatory Order should be sustained. In the absence of any request for hearing, or written approval of an extension of time in which to request a hearing, the provisions specified in Section V above shall be final 20 days from the date this Confirmatory Order is published in the Federal Register PO 00000 Frm 00112 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 63897 without further order or proceedings. If an extension of time for requesting a hearing has been approved, the provisions specified in Section V shall be final when the extension expires if a hearing request has not been received. A REQUEST FOR HEARING SHALL NOT STAY THE IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS ORDER. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Dated at Rockville, MD, this 10th day of October 2012. Roy P. Zimmerman, Director, Office of Enforcement. [FR Doc. 2012–25538 Filed 10–16–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket Nos. 50–30 and 50–185; NRC–2012– 0243] Notice of License Terminations for National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Plum Brook Reactor and Plum Brook Mock-Up Reactor The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) is noticing the termination of the National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) Facility License Nos.TR–3 and R–93 for the Plum Brook Reactor Facility (PBRF) near Sandusky, Ohio. The NRC has terminated the two licenses for the decommissioned NASA PBRF reactors and has released the site for unrestricted use. The licensee requested termination of the licenses in a letter to the NRC dated September 18, 2012 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession Number ML12268A326). The Plum Brook Reactor was a 60-megawatt materials test reactor, constructed to perform irradiation testing of fueled and unfueled experiments for space program applications. The Plum Brook Mock-up Reactor was a 100-kilowatt swimmingpool type reactor constructed to test ‘‘mock-up’’ irradiation components for the Plum Brook Reactor. The reactors operated from 1961 to 1973. In 1973, the PBRF reactors were shutdown. The licensee submitted a proposed decommissioning plan to the NRC for review and approval in a letter dated December 20, 1999 (ADAMS Accession Numbers ML993630054 and ML993630075). A notice and solicitation of comments under sections 20.1405 and 50.82(b)(5) of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), concerning the proposed action to decommission the NASA PBRF, appeared in the Federal Register (65 FR E:\FR\FM\17OCN1.SGM 17OCN1 mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 63898 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 201 / Wednesday, October 17, 2012 / Notices 12040; March 7, 2000). Prior to issuance of the amendments, the Commission published an Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact concerning this action in the Federal Register (65 FR 16421; March 28, 2000). On March 20, 2002, the NRC approved the decommissioning plan by Amendment No. 11 to License TR–3 and Amendment No. 7 to License No. R–93 (ADAMS Accession Number ML020390069). In 2007, the licensee submitted a revised Final Status Survey Plan and a request for amendment to the licenses incorporating this plan prior to performing final radiation surveys (ADAMS Accession Numbers ML070450166, ML070450170 and ML070450171). The NRC published a ‘‘Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment to Facility Operating Licenses, Proposed No Significant Hazards Consideration Determination, and Opportunity for a Hearing’’ for the PBRF in the Federal Register (72 FR 46521; August 20, 2007). On March 24, 2008, the NRC approved the revised Final Status Survey Plan by License Amendment No. 13 to License TR–3 and Amendment No. 9 to License R–93 (ADAMS Accession Number ML073020311). Following the issuance of the license amendments, the licensee revised the decommissioning plan (ADAMS Accession Number ML082070086) to reflect the approval of the revised Final Status Survey Plan. The licensee completed final status surveys and documented the survey results in the Final Status Survey Report (FSSR). The FSSR consists of one summary report and eighteen attachments each documenting final status survey results for different areas of the facility. The FSSR documented the level of residual radioactivity remaining at the facility. The licensee stated that radiological remediation of all areas of the PBRF has been completed and the facility meets the criteria for unrestricted release specified in 10 CFR 20.1402. The NRC completed its review of the FSSR, and the NRC staff verified that the criteria in the approved decommissioning plan has been met and determined that the facility and site met the criteria in 10 CFR 20.1402 for unrestricted use. The NRC review was documented in a Technical Evaluation Report and included in its response (ADAMS Accession Number ML12223A244) to the licensee’s request for termination of licenses. Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.82(b)(6), the NRC staff has concluded that the PBRF has been decommissioned in accordance with the approved VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:49 Oct 16, 2012 Jkt 229001 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 NASA, the NRC’s review of the licensee’s FSSR, and the results of the NRC inspections conducted at the PBRF and the 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 Licenses Nos. TR–3 and R–93 are terminated. For further details with respect to this action, see licensee’s request for license termination dated September 18, 2012. 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 20852. Publicly available records for the NASA PBRF dated after January 30, 2000, will be available online in the NRC Library in ADAMS at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ adams.html. Persons who do not have access to ADAMS or who have problems in accessing the documents in ADAMS should call the NRC’s PDR Reference staff at 1–800–397–4209 or 301–415– 4737 or email pdr.resource@nrc.gov. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 10th day of October 2012. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Lydia Chang, Acting Deputy Director, Decommissioning and Uranium Recovery Licensing Directorate, Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection, Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Programs. [FR Doc. 2012–25537 Filed 10–16–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket Nos. MC2013–1 and CP2013–1; Order No. 1492] New Postal Product; Negotiated Service Agreement Postal Regulatory Commission. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: The Commission is noticing a recently-filed Postal Service request to add Express Mail & Priority Mail Contract 11 to the competitive product list. This notice addresses procedural steps associated with this filing. ADDRESSES: Submit comments electronically via the Commission’s SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00113 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Filing Online system at https:// www.prc.gov. Commenters who cannot submit their views electronically should contact the person identified in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT by telephone for advice on alternatives to electronic filing. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen L. Sharfman, General Counsel at 202–789–6820. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Table of Contents I. Introduction II. Notice of Filings III. Ordering Paragraphs I. Introduction In accordance with 39 U.S.C. 3642 and 39 CFR 3020.30 et seq., the Postal Service filed a formal request and associated supporting information to add Express Mail & Priority Mail Contract 11 to the competitive product list.1 The Postal Service asserts that Express Mail & Priority Mail Contract 11 is a competitive product ‘‘not of general applicability’’ within the meaning of 39 U.S.C. 3632(b)(3). Request at 1. The Request has been assigned Docket No. MC2013–1. The Postal Service contemporaneously filed a redacted contract related to the proposed new product under 39 U.S.C. 3632(b)(3) and 39 CFR 3015.5. Id. Attachment B. The instant contract has been assigned Docket No. CP2013–1. Request. To support its Request, the Postal Service filed six attachments as follows: • Attachment A—a redacted copy of Governors’ Decision No. 11–6, authorizing the new product; • Attachment B—a redacted copy of the contract; • Attachment C—proposed changes to the Mail Classification Schedule competitive product list with the addition underlined; • Attachment D—a Statement of Supporting Justification as required by 39 CFR 3020.32; • Attachment E—a certification of compliance with 39 U.S.C. 3633(a); and • Attachment F—an application for non-public treatment of materials to maintain redacted portions of the contract and related financial information under seal. In the Statement of Supporting Justification, Dennis R. Nicoski, Manager, Field Sales Strategy and 1 Request of the United States Postal Service to Add Express Mail & Priority Mail Contract 11 to Competitive Product List and Notice of Filing (Under Seal) of Unredacted Governors’ Decision, Contract, and Supporting Data, October 10, 2012 (Request). E:\FR\FM\17OCN1.SGM 17OCN1

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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 201 (Wednesday, October 17, 2012)]
[Notices]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50-30 and 50-185; NRC-2012-0243]


Notice of License Terminations for National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration; Plum Brook Reactor and Plum Brook Mock-Up Reactor

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) is 
noticing the termination of the National Aeronautic and Space 
Administration (NASA) Facility License Nos.TR-3 and R-93 for the Plum 
Brook Reactor Facility (PBRF) near Sandusky, Ohio.
    The NRC has terminated the two licenses for the decommissioned NASA 
PBRF reactors and has released the site for unrestricted use. The 
licensee requested termination of the licenses in a letter to the NRC 
dated September 18, 2012 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management 
System (ADAMS) Accession Number ML12268A326). The Plum Brook Reactor 
was a 60-megawatt materials test reactor, constructed to perform 
irradiation testing of fueled and unfueled experiments for space 
program applications. The Plum Brook Mock-up Reactor was a 100-kilowatt 
swimming-pool type reactor constructed to test ``mock-up'' irradiation 
components for the Plum Brook Reactor. The reactors operated from 1961 
to 1973. In 1973, the PBRF reactors were shutdown.
    The licensee submitted a proposed decommissioning plan to the NRC 
for review and approval in a letter dated December 20, 1999 (ADAMS 
Accession Numbers ML993630054 and ML993630075). A notice and 
solicitation of comments under sections 20.1405 and 50.82(b)(5) of 
Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), concerning the 
proposed action to decommission the NASA PBRF, appeared in the Federal 
Register (65 FR

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12040; March 7, 2000). Prior to issuance of the amendments, the 
Commission published an Environmental Assessment and Finding of No 
Significant Impact concerning this action in the Federal Register (65 
FR 16421; March 28, 2000). On March 20, 2002, the NRC approved the 
decommissioning plan by Amendment No. 11 to License TR-3 and Amendment 
No. 7 to License No. R-93 (ADAMS Accession Number ML020390069).
    In 2007, the licensee submitted a revised Final Status Survey Plan 
and a request for amendment to the licenses incorporating this plan 
prior to performing final radiation surveys (ADAMS Accession Numbers 
ML070450166, ML070450170 and ML070450171). The NRC published a ``Notice 
of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment to Facility Operating 
Licenses, Proposed No Significant Hazards Consideration Determination, 
and Opportunity for a Hearing'' for the PBRF in the Federal Register 
(72 FR 46521; August 20, 2007). On March 24, 2008, the NRC approved the 
revised Final Status Survey Plan by License Amendment No. 13 to License 
TR-3 and Amendment No. 9 to License R-93 (ADAMS Accession Number 
ML073020311). Following the issuance of the license amendments, the 
licensee revised the decommissioning plan (ADAMS Accession Number 
ML082070086) to reflect the approval of the revised Final Status Survey 
Plan.
    The licensee completed final status surveys and documented the 
survey results in the Final Status Survey Report (FSSR). The FSSR 
consists of one summary report and eighteen attachments each 
documenting final status survey results for different areas of the 
facility. The FSSR documented the level of residual radioactivity 
remaining at the facility. The licensee stated that radiological 
remediation of all areas of the PBRF has been completed and the 
facility meets the criteria for unrestricted release specified in 10 
CFR 20.1402. The NRC completed its review of the FSSR, and the NRC 
staff verified that the criteria in the approved decommissioning plan 
has been met and determined that the facility and site met the criteria 
in 10 CFR 20.1402 for unrestricted use. The NRC review was documented 
in a Technical Evaluation Report and included in its response (ADAMS 
Accession Number ML12223A244) to the licensee's request for termination 
of licenses.
    Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.82(b)(6), the NRC staff has concluded that 
the PBRF 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 NRC-approved 
decommissioning plan. Further, on the basis of the decommissioning 
activities carried out by NASA, the NRC's review of the licensee's 
FSSR, and the results of the NRC inspections conducted at the PBRF and 
the 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 Licenses Nos. TR-3 
and R-93 are terminated.
    For further details with respect to this action, see licensee's 
request for license termination dated September 18, 2012. 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 20852. Publicly 
available records for the NASA PBRF dated after January 30, 2000, will 
be available online in the NRC Library in ADAMS at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. Persons who do not have access to ADAMS or who 
have problems in accessing the documents in ADAMS should call the NRC's 
PDR Reference staff at 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737 or email 
pdr.resource@nrc.gov.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 10th day of October 2012.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Lydia Chang,
Acting Deputy Director, Decommissioning and Uranium Recovery Licensing 
Directorate, Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection, 
Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Programs.
[FR Doc. 2012-25537 Filed 10-16-12; 8:45 am]
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