[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 214 (Monday, November 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 56716]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28224]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-262]
Brigham Young University (Brigham Young University L-77 Research
Reactor); Order Terminating Facility License
By application dated June 28, 1990, as supplemented on July 2,
1991, and March 9, 1992, Brigham Young University (BYU or the licensee)
requested from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission)
authorization to dismantle and dispose of the component parts of the
BYU L-77 Research Reactor located on the licensee's campus in Provo,
Utah. The July 2, 1991, letter contained a request that upon completion
of decommissioning, authorization be given for termination of Facility
License No. R-109. A ``Notice of Proposed Issuance of Orders
Authorizing Disposition of Component Parts and Terminating Facility
License,'' was published in the Federal Register on August 1, 1991 (56
FR 36851). No requests for a hearing were received. By Order dated July
23, 1992 (57 FR 33979), the Commission authorized dismantling of the
facility and disposition of component parts as proposed in the
decommissioning plan of the licensee. By letter dated April 15, 1994,
as supplemented on May 30, October 9, and December 7, 1995, the
licensee submitted the Decommissioning Survey for the L-77 Research
Reactor.
The reactor fuel has been removed from the core and was shipped to
a Department of Energy (DOE) facility. The reactor facility has been
completely dismantled and all requirements pertaining to residual
radioactivity, personnel and external radiation exposure, and fuel
disposition have been satisfied. The termination radiation survey and
associated documentation demonstrate that the facility and site are
suitable for release. Confirmatory radiological surveys verified that
the facility complied with the recommended regulatory guidance for
release of the facility for unrestricted use. Accordingly, the
Commission has found that the licensee decommissioned the facility in
accordance with the approved decommissioning plan and the facility has
been dismantled and decontaminated pursuant to the Commission's Order
dated July 23, 1992. The component parts and fuel have been disposed of
in accordance with the Commission's regulations in 10 CFR Chapter I,
and in a manner not inimical to the common defense and security, nor to
the health and safety of the public. Therefore, on the basis of the
application filed by BYU, and pursuant to Sections 104 and 161 b, and
i, of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and in accordance with
10 CFR 50.82(b)(6), Facility License No. R-109 is terminated as of the
date of this Order. In accordance with 10 CFR Part 51, the Commission
has determined that the issuance of this termination Order will have no
significant environmental impact. The Environmental Assessment and
Finding of No Significant Impact was published in the Federal Register
on October 28, 1996 (61 FR 55672).
For further details with respect to this action see (1) the
application for termination of Facility License No. R-109, dated July
2, 1991, as supplemented, (2) the Commission's Safety Evaluation
related to the termination of the license, (3) the Environmental
Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact, and (4) the ``Notice
of Proposed Issuance of Orders Authorizing Disposition of Component
Parts and Terminating Facility License,'' published in the Federal
Register on August 1, 1991 (56 FR 36851). Each of these items is
available for public inspection at the Commission Public Document Room,
2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037.
Copies of items 2, 3, and 4 may be obtained upon request from the
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555-0001,
Attention: Director, Division of Reactor Program Management.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 29th day of October 1996.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Thomas T. Martin,
Director, Division of Reactor Program Management, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 96-28224 Filed 11-1-96; 8:45 am]
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