[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 89 (Tuesday, May 9, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24661-24662]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-11366]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-139]
The University of Washington, (The University of Washington
Research Reactor); Order Authorizing Dismantling of Facility and
Disposition of Component Parts
By application dated August 2, 1994, the University of Washington
(the licensee) requested authorization to dismantle the University of
Washington Research Reactor, Facility License No. R-73, located on the
licensee's campus in Seattle, Washington, and to dispose of the
component parts, in accordance with the decommissioning plan submitted
as part of the application. A ``Notice of Proposed Issuance of Orders
Authorizing Disposition of Component Parts and Terminating Facility
License'' was published in the Federal Register on September 2, 1994,
(59 FR 45738). No request for a hearing or petition for leave to
intervene was filed following notice of the proposed action.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has
reviewed the application with respect to the provisions of the
Commission's rules and regulations and has found that the dismantling
and disposal of component parts as stated in the licensee's
decommissioning plan will be consistent with the regulations in 10 CFR
Ch. I, and will not be inimical to the common defense and security or
to the health and safety of the public. The basis of these findings is
set forth in the concurrently issued Safety Evaluation by the Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
The Commission has prepared an Environmental Assessment and Finding
of No Significant Impact for the proposed action. Based on that
Assessment, the Commission has determined that the proposed action will
not result in any significant environmental impact and that an
environmental impact statement need not be prepared, (60 FR 21224,
dated May 1, 1995).
Accordingly, after the State of Washington provides the funds for
decommissioning, the licensee is hereby ordered to dismantle the
University of Washington Research Reactor facility covered by Facility
License No. R-73, as [[Page 24662]] amended, and dispose of the
component parts in accordance with its decommissioning plan and the
Commission's rules and regulations.
After completion of the dismantling and disposal of component
parts, the licensee will submit a report on the radiation survey it has
performed to confirm that radiation and surface contamination levels in
the facility area satisfy the values specified in the decommissioning
plan and in the Commission's guidance. Following an inspection by the
representatives of the Commission to verify the radiation and
contamination levels in the facility, consideration will be given to
issuance of a further order terminating Facility License No. R-73.
For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the
licensee's application for authorization to dismantle the facility,
dispose of component parts, and terminate Facility License No. R-73,
dated August 2, 1994; (2) the Commission's Safety Evaluation; and (3)
the Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact. All
of these items are available for public inspection at the Commission's
Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street NW,
Washington, DC. Copies of items (2) and (3) may be obtained by request
addressed to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555, Attention: Director, Division of Project Support.
Dated at Rockville, MD, this 1st day of May 1995.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
B. D. Liaw,
Acting Director, Division of Project Support, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
[FR Doc. 95-11366 Filed 5-8-95; 8:45 am]
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