[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 170 (Friday, September 2, 1994)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-21766]
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[Federal Register: September 2, 1994]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-139]
University of Washington Research Reactor Notice of Proposed
Issuance of Orders Authorizing Disposition of Component Parts and
Terminating Facility License
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is
considering issuance of Orders authorizing the University of Washington
(the licensee) to dismantle the reactor facility and dispose of the
component parts, and termination of Facility License No. R-73, in
accordance with the licensee's application dated August 2, 1994.
The first of these Orders would be issued following the
Commission's review and approval of the licensee's detailed plan for
decontamination of the facility and disposal of the radioactive
components, or some alternate disposition plan for the facility. This
Order would authorize implementation of the approved plan. Following
completion of the authorized activities and verification by the
Commission that acceptable radioactive contamination levels have been
achieved, the Commission would issue a second Order terminating the
facility license and any further NRC jurisdiction over the facility.
Prior to issuance of each Order, the Commission will have made the
findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the
Act), and the Commission's regulations.
By October 3, 1994, the licensee may file a request for a hearing
with respect to issuance of the subject Orders and any person whose
interest may be affected by this proceeding and who wishes to
participate as a party in the proceeding must file a written petition
for leave to intervene. Requests for a hearing and petitions for leave
to intervene shall be filed in accordance with the Commission's ``Rules
of Practice for Domestic Licensing Proceedings'' in 10 CFR Part 2. If a
request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene is filed by
the above date, the Commission or an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board,
designated by the Commission or by the Chairman of the Atomic Safety
and Licensing Board Panel, will rule on the request and/or petition and
the Secretary or the designated Atomic Safety and Licensing Board will
issue a notice of hearing or an appropriate order.
As required by 10 CFR 2.714, a petition for leave to intervene
shall set forth with particularity the interest of the petitioner in
the proceeding, and how that interest may be affected by the results of
the proceeding. The petition should specifically explain the reasons
why intervention should be permitted with particular reference to the
following factors: (1) the nature of the petitioner's right under the
Act to be made a party to the proceeding; (2) the nature and extent of
the petitioner's property, financial, or other interest in the
proceeding; and (3) the possible effect of any order which may be
entered in the proceeding on the petitioner's interest. The petition
should also identify the specific aspect(s) of the subject matter of
the proceeding as to which petitioner wishes to intervene. Any person
who has filed a petition for leave to intervene or who has been
admitted as a party may amend the petition without requesting leave of
the board up to fifteen (15) days prior to the first prehearing
conference scheduled in the proceeding, but such an amended petition
must satisfy the specificity requirements described above.
Not later than fifteen (15) days prior to the first prehearing
conference scheduled in the proceeding, a petitioner shall file a
supplement to the petition to intervene which must include a list of
the contentions which are sought to be litigated in the matter, and the
bases for each contention set forth with reasonable specificity.
Contentions shall be limited to matters within the scope of the action
under consideration. A petitioner who fails to file such a supplement
which satisfies these requirements with respect to at lest one
contention will not be permitted to participate as a party.
Those permitted to intervene become parties to the proceeding,
subject to any limitations in the order granting leave to intervene,
and have the opportunity to participate fully in the conduct of the
hearing, including the opportunity to present evidence and cross-
examine witnesses.
A request for a hearing or a petition for leave to intervene must
be filed with the Secretary of the Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555, Attention: Docketing and Service
Branch, or may be delivered to the Commission's Public Document Room,
the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, NW., Washington, D.C. by the above
date. Where petitions are filed during the last ten (10) days of the
notice period, it is requested that the petitioner or representative
for the petitioner promptly so inform the Commission by a toll-free
telephone call to Western Union at 1-(800)-325-6000 (in Missouri 1-
(800)-342-6700). The Western Union operator should be given Datagram
Identification Number 3737 and the following message addressed to
Seymour H. Weiss: petitioner's name and telephone number; date petition
was mailed; the University of Washington; and publication date and page
number of this Federal Register notice. A copy of the petition should
also be sent to the Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555, and to Ms. Christine
Hughes, Division Chief and Special Assistant to the Attorney General,
University of Washington, 101 Administration, MS: AF-50, Seattle,
Washington 98195, attorney for the licensee.
Nontimely filings of petitions for leave to intervene, amended
petitions, supplemental petitions and/or requests for hearing will not
be entertained absent a determination by the Commission, the presiding
officer or the presiding Atomic Safety and Licensing board, that the
petitioner and/or request should be granted based upon a balancing of
the factors specified in 10 CFR 2.714(a)(1)(i)-(v) and 2.714(d).
For further details with respect to this action, see the licensee's
application dated August 2, 1994, which is available for public
inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, 2120 L Street NW.,
Washington, D.C.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 29th day of August 1994.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Seymour H. Weiss,
Director, Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning Project Directorate,
Division of Operating Reactor Support, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
[FR Doc. 94-21766 Filed 9-1-94; 8:45 am]
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