[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 140 (Tuesday, July 22, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 39285]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19198]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Amendment to the Material License Issued to the Curators of the
University of Missouri-Columbia Increasing the Limit of Uranium-238
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: License amendment.
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SUMMARY: On June 30, 1997, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission amended
Material License No. 24-00513-39, issued to the Curators of the
University of Missouri-Columbia (the University), increasing the limit
of uranium-238 (U-238) used in the Transuranic Management by
Pyropartitioning Separation (TRUMP-S) Project experiments.
License Condition No. 29, imposed by the Commission as a result of
10 CFR Part 2, Subpart L proceedings in Memorandum and ORDER CLI-95-01
dated March 1, 1995, limited the amounts of the subject actinides (U-
238; neptunium-237, plutonium-239/240, and americium-241) used in the
TRUMP-S experiments to no more than one gram total at any one time as a
means of ensuring that the University's emergency plan is effective and
sufficient to protect the public from a release of TRUMP-S materials.
In 1996, the University requested a license amendment to increase the
limit on U-238 from one gram for the total actinides up to 80 grams
( 2.6 x 10-5 Ci) of U-238, in addition to the
one gram total for all other subject actinides. Staff analysis of the
information submitted by the University concluded that an increase of
U-238 from one to 80 grams ( 2.6 x 10-5 Ci)
with a one gram total for all other subject actinides would not result
in a potential exposure to the public significantly greater than that
for the limiting case used by the Commission in CLI-95-01 for a ground
release of one gram of Am-241 ( 3.3 Ci) and would not
compromise the adequacy of the University's emergency plan.
ADDRESSES: A copy of Material License No. 24-00513-39 is available for
inspection and/or copying in the NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20555-0001.
OPPORTUNITY FOR A HEARING: Any person whose interest may be affected by
the licensee-initiated amendment of this license may file a request for
a hearing. Any request for a hearing must be filed with the Office of
the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555, within 30 days of the publication of this notice in the Federal
Register; must be served on the NRC staff (the Executive Director for
Operations) and the Office of the General Counsel, One White Flint
North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852, and on the licensee
(the Curators of the University of Missouri-Columbia, Research Reactor,
Research Park Drive, Columbia, MO 65211); and must comply with the
requirements for requesting a hearing set forth in 10 CFR 2.1205,
Subpart L, ``Informal Hearings Procedures for Adjudications in
Materials Licensing Proceedings.''
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry W. Camper, Mail Stop TWFN 8-F-5,
Division of Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001, Telephone (301) 415-7231.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 14th day of July 1997.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Frederick C. Combs,
Acting Director, Division of Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety,
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 97-19198 Filed 7-21-97; 8:45 am]
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