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Texas Engineering Experiment Station/
Texas A&M University System Nuclear
Science Center Reactor
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: License renewal; issuance.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) issued a renewal of
Facility Operating License No. R–83,
held by the Texas Engineering
Experiment Station/Texas A&M
University System (TEES/TAMUS or the
SUMMARY:
licensee) for the continued operation of
its Nuclear Science Center (NSC or the
facility) Training, Research, Isotope
Production, General Atomics (TRIGA)
reactor (NSCR or the reactor) for an
additional 20 years.
DATES: The operating license renewal
No. R–83 is effective on October 1, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
NRC–2015–0210 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of
information regarding this document.
You may obtain publicly-available
information related to this document
using any of the following methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2015–0210. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol
Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463;
email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For
technical questions, contact the
individual listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
document.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Geoffrey A. Wertz, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–
0893; email: Geoffrey.Wertz@nrc.gov.
The NRC
has issued renewed Facility Operating
License No. R–83, held by the licensee,
which authorizes continued operation
of the TEES/TAMUS Nuclear Science
Center (NSC, or the facility), TRIGA
(Training, Research, Isotope Production,
General Atomics) reactor (NSCR, or the
reactor), located in College Station,
Texas. The NSCR is heterogeneous pooltype, natural convection, light-water
cooled, and shielded TRIGA reactor.
The NSCR is licensed to operate at a
steady-state power level of 1,000
kilowatts thermal. The renewed Facility
Operating License No. R–83 will expire
20 years from its date of issuance.
The renewed facility operating 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 chapter I of
title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR), and sets forth
those findings in the renewed facility
operating license. The agency afforded
an opportunity for hearing in the Notice
of Opportunity for Hearing published in
the Federal Register on June 28, 2010
(75 FR 36710). 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 Operating License No. R–83 and
concluded, based on that evaluation,
that 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 operating license, noticed in the
Federal Register on September 3, 2015
(80 FR 53343), and concluded that
renewal of the facility operating license
will not have a significant impact on the
quality of the human environment.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Availability of Documents
The documents identified in the
following table are available to
interested persons through ADAMS
accession numbers, as indicated.
ADAMS
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Texas Engineering Experiment Station—Redacted Version—Application for the License Renewal Including the Safety Analysis
Report, February 27, 2003 ...............................................................................................................................................................
Redacted Version—Safety Analysis Report for Texas A&M Application for License Renewal and Power Uprate Including Technical Specifications and Environmental Report, July 22, 2009 .......................................................................................................
Texas A&M University, Response to NRC Requests for Additional Information Questions 9 and 11, Chapter 14—Technical
Specifications, July 28, 2010 ...........................................................................................................................................................
Response to NRC Requests for Additional Information RAI 3, Chapter 15—Financial Qualifications, August 30, 2010 .................
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Texas A&M University System—Redacted Version—Response to NRC Non-Financial Requests for Additional Information Questions 1–37 for the TEES Nuclear Science Center Reactor, August 31, 2010 ................................................................................
Response to NRC Requests for Additional Information RAI 3, Chapter 15—Financial Qualifications, from the Texas A&M University System, Texas Engineering Experiment Station, Nuclear Science Center Reactor, December 9, 2010 ...........................
Response to NRC Request for Additional Information (RAI) Questions 1 through 37 (Non-Financial), Technical Specifications—
Redacted Version, May 27, 2011 ....................................................................................................................................................
Texas A&M University, Nuclear Science Center, Safety Analysis Report—Redacted Version, June 9, 2011 ..................................
Texas A&M University—Redacted Version—Response to NRC Request for Additional Information Questions 1–4, ADAMS Accession No. ML113410067; and Technical Specifications, November 21, 2011 ............................................................................
Texas A&M University System—Redacted Version—Responses to NRC Requests for Additional Information Questions 1 and 3,
January 12, 2012 .............................................................................................................................................................................
Texas A&M University, Updated Technical Specifications for the Nuclear Science Center Reactor, April 11, 2012 ........................
Updated Technical Specifications and Responses to RAI 3 for the Nuclear Science Center Reactor, November 14, 2012 ...........
Description of the Neutron Sources and Total Special Nuclear Material Possession Limit Needs, January 31, 2013 .....................
Response to NRC Requests for Additional Information RAI 1–4, Chapter 15 Financial Qualifications for the Texas A&M University System, Texas Engineering Experiment Station, Nuclear Science Center Reactor, February 3, 2013 ..................................
Response to NRC Requests for Additional Information RAI 1–6, Operator Requalification Program from the Texas A&M University, February 11, 2013 ....................................................................................................................................................................
Response to NRC Request for Additional Information, Review of the Fuel Pool Temperature on Fuel Temperature for the License Renewal for the Nuclear Science Center Reactor, November 13, 2014 .............................................................................
Texas A&M University—Response to NRC Request for Additional Information Regarding the Renewal of Facility Operating License No. R–83, March 2, 2015 ......................................................................................................................................................
Texas A&M University—Response to NRC Request for Additional Information Regarding the Renewal of Facility Operating License No. R–83, June 5, 2015 ........................................................................................................................................................
E-mail to Correct Updated Proposed TEES TS from Jerry Newhouse, June 11, 2015 .....................................................................
E-mail from Jerry Newhouse RE: Proposed TEES TS Change Section 6.0, June 30, 2015 ............................................................
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 15th day
of October, 2015.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Duane Hardesty,
Acting Chief, Research and Test Reactors
Licensing Branch, Division of Policy and
Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
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escorted to the meeting room.
Dated: October 14, 2015.
Peter Wen,
Acting Chief, Technical Support Branch,
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards.
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Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland.
The meeting will be open to public
attendance with the exception of a
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[Docket No. 50-128; NRC-2015-0210]
Texas Engineering Experiment Station/Texas A&M University System
Nuclear Science Center Reactor
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: License renewal; issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued a renewal
of Facility Operating License No. R-83, held by the Texas Engineering
Experiment Station/Texas A&M University System (TEES/TAMUS or the
licensee) for the continued operation of its Nuclear Science Center
(NSC or the facility) Training, Research, Isotope Production, General
Atomics (TRIGA) reactor (NSCR or the reactor) for an additional 20
years.
DATES: The operating license renewal No. R-83 is effective on October
1, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0210 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You
may obtain publicly-available information related to this document
using any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0210. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this document.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and
then select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS,
please contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at
1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The
ADAMS accession number for each document referenced (if it available in
ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is referenced. For
the convenience of the reader, the ADAMS accession numbers are provided
in a table in the ``Availability of Documents'' section of this
document.
NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Geoffrey A. Wertz, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-0893; email: Geoffrey.Wertz@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC has issued renewed Facility
Operating License No. R-83, held by the licensee, which authorizes
continued operation of the TEES/TAMUS Nuclear Science Center (NSC, or
the facility), TRIGA (Training, Research, Isotope Production, General
Atomics) reactor (NSCR, or the reactor), located in College Station,
Texas. The NSCR is heterogeneous pool-type, natural convection, light-
water cooled, and shielded TRIGA reactor. The NSCR is licensed to
operate at a steady-state power level of 1,000 kilowatts thermal. The
renewed Facility Operating License No. R-83 will expire 20 years from
its date of issuance.
The renewed facility operating 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 chapter I of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations
(10 CFR), and sets forth those findings in the renewed facility
operating license. The agency afforded an opportunity for hearing in
the Notice of Opportunity for Hearing published in the Federal Register
on June 28, 2010 (75 FR 36710). 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 Operating License No. R-83 and concluded, based on that
evaluation, that 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 operating license, noticed in
the Federal Register on September 3, 2015 (80 FR 53343), and concluded
that renewal of the facility operating license will not have a
significant impact on the quality of the human environment.
Availability of Documents
The documents identified in the following table are available to
interested persons through ADAMS accession numbers, as indicated.
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Document Accession No.
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Texas Engineering Experiment Station--Redacted Version-- ML102920025
Application for the License Renewal Including the
Safety Analysis Report, February 27, 2003..............
Redacted Version--Safety Analysis Report for Texas A&M ML092530306
Application for License Renewal and Power Uprate
Including Technical Specifications and Environmental
Report, July 22, 2009..................................
Texas A&M University, Response to NRC Requests for ML102150544
Additional Information Questions 9 and 11, Chapter 14--
Technical Specifications, July 28, 2010................
Response to NRC Requests for Additional Information RAI ML102510154
3, Chapter 15--Financial Qualifications, August 30,
2010...................................................
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Texas A&M University System--Redacted Version--Response ML102650318
to NRC Non-Financial Requests for Additional
Information Questions 1-37 for the TEES Nuclear Science
Center Reactor, August 31, 2010........................
Response to NRC Requests for Additional Information RAI ML103470278
3, Chapter 15--Financial Qualifications, from the Texas
A&M University System, Texas Engineering Experiment
Station, Nuclear Science Center Reactor, December 9,
2010...................................................
Response to NRC Request for Additional Information (RAI) ML111950372
Questions 1 through 37 (Non-Financial), Technical
Specifications--Redacted Version, May 27, 2011.........
Texas A&M University, Nuclear Science Center, Safety ML111950376
Analysis Report--Redacted Version, June 9, 2011........
Texas A&M University--Redacted Version--Response to NRC ML11327A083
Request for Additional Information Questions 1-4, ADAMS
Accession No. ML113410067; and Technical
Specifications, November 21, 2011......................
Texas A&M University System--Redacted Version--Responses ML120260016
to NRC Requests for Additional Information Questions 1
and 3, January 12, 2012................................
Texas A&M University, Updated Technical Specifications ML12110A116
for the Nuclear Science Center Reactor, April 11, 2012.
Updated Technical Specifications and Responses to RAI 3 ML12321A321
for the Nuclear Science Center Reactor, November 14,
2012...................................................
Description of the Neutron Sources and Total Special ML13037A307
Nuclear Material Possession Limit Needs, January 31,
2013...................................................
Response to NRC Requests for Additional Information RAI ML14038A106
1-4, Chapter 15 Financial Qualifications for the Texas
A&M University System, Texas Engineering Experiment
Station, Nuclear Science Center Reactor, February 3,
2013...................................................
Response to NRC Requests for Additional Information RAI ML14076A112
1-6, Operator Requalification Program from the Texas
A&M University, February 11, 2013......................
Response to NRC Request for Additional Information, ML15009A279
Review of the Fuel Pool Temperature on Fuel Temperature
for the License Renewal for the Nuclear Science Center
Reactor, November 13, 2014.............................
Texas A&M University--Response to NRC Request for ML15065A068
Additional Information Regarding the Renewal of
Facility Operating License No. R-83, March 2, 2015.....
Texas A&M University--Response to NRC Request for ML15160A023
Additional Information Regarding the Renewal of
Facility Operating License No. R-83, June 5, 2015......
E-mail to Correct Updated Proposed TEES TS from Jerry ML15187A256
Newhouse, June 11, 2015................................
E-mail from Jerry Newhouse RE: Proposed TEES TS Change ML15182A449
Section 6.0, June 30, 2015.............................
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Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 15th day of October, 2015.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Duane Hardesty,
Acting Chief, Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch, Division of
Policy and Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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