ML042310299

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Issue of Federal Register Notice Regarding Decommissioning Amendment and Solicitation of Comments
ML042310299
Person / Time
Site: University of Michigan
Issue date: 08/31/2004
From: Isaac P
NRC/NRR/DRIP/RNRP
To: Francis A
University of Michigan
Isaac P, NRC/NRR/DRIP/RNRP, 301-415-1019
References
TAC MC3707
Download: ML042310299 (5)


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August 31, 2004 Dr. Anthony H. Francis, Director Phoenix Memorial Laboratory Ford Nuclear Reactor University of Michigan 2301 Bonisteel Boulevard Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2100

SUBJECT:

ISSUANCE OF FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE REGARDING DECOMMISSIONING AMENDMENT AND SOLICITATION OF COMMENTS (TAC NO. MC3707)

Dear Dr. Francis:

Enclosed for your information is a Notice and Solicitation of Comments Pursuant to 10 CFR 20.1405 and 10 CFR 50.82(b)(5) Concerning Proposed Action to Decommission the University of Michigan Ford Nuclear Reactor concerning your application for approval of your decommissioning plan dated June 23, 2004. In accordance with the regulations, this notice is also being sent to the Office of the Federal Register and other forums for publication. If you have any questions please contact me at 301-415-1019.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Patrick J. Isaac, Project Manager Research and Test Reactors Section New, Research and Test Reactors Program Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-02

Enclosure:

Notice and Solicitation of Comments cc: w/encl: See next page

University of Michigan Docket No. 50-02 cc:

Special Assistant to the Governor Office of the Governor Room 1 - State Capitol Lansing, MI 48909 Mr. C. W. Becker Phoenix Memorial Laboratory 2301 Bonisteel Boulevard University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Waste and Hazardous Materials Division Hazardous Waste and Radiological Protection Section Nuclear Facilities Unit, 525 West Allegan Street P.O. Box 30241 Lansing, MI 48909-7741 Test, Research, and Training Reactor Newsletter University of Florida 202 Nuclear Sciences Center Gainesville, FL 32611

August 31, 2004 Dr. Anthony H. Francis, Director Phoenix Memorial Laboratory Ford Nuclear Reactor University of Michigan 2301 Bonisteel Boulevard Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2100

SUBJECT:

ISSUANCE OF FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE REGARDING DECOMMISSIONING AMENDMENT AND SOLICITATION OF COMMENTS (TAC NO. MC3707)

Dear Dr. Francis:

Enclosed for your information is a Notice and Solicitation of Comments Pursuant to 10 CFR 20.1405 and 10 CFR 50.82(b)(5) Concerning Proposed Action to Decommission the University of Michigan Ford Nuclear Reactor concerning your application for approval of your decommissioning plan dated June 23, 2004. In accordance with the regulations, this notice is also being sent to the Office of the Federal Register and other forums for publication. If you have any questions please contact me at 301-415-1019.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Patrick J. Isaac, Project Manager Research and Test Reactors Section New, Research and Test Reactors Program Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-02

Enclosure:

Notice and Solicitation of Comments cc: w/encl: See next page DISTRIBUTION:

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7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION NOTICE AND SOLICITATION OF COMMENTS PURSUANT TO 10 CFR 20.1405 AND 10 CFR 50.82(b)(5) CONCERNING PROPOSED ACTION TO DECOMMISSION THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FORD NUCLEAR REACTOR (FNR)

DOCKET NO. 50-02 Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has received an application from the University of Michigan dated June 23, 2004, for a license amendment approving its proposed decommissioning plan for the FNR (Facility License No. R-28) located in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

In accordance with 10 CFR 20.1405, the Commission is providing notice and soliciting comments from local and State governments in the vicinity of the site and any Indian Nation or other indigenous people that have treaty or statutory rights that could be affected by the decommissioning. This notice and solicitation of comments is published pursuant to 10 CFR 20.1405, which provides for publication in the FEDERAL REGISTER and in a forum, such as local newspapers, letters to State or local organizations, or other appropriate forum, that is readily accessible to individuals in the vicinity of the site.

Comments should be provided within 30 days of the date of this notice to Patrick M.

Madden, Chief, Research and Test Reactors Section, New, Research and Test Reactors Program, Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs, Mail Stop O12-G13, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555.

2 Further, in accordance with 10 CFR 50.82(b)(5), notice is also provided to interested persons of the Commissions intent to approve the plan by amendment, subject to such conditions and limitations as it deems appropriate and necessary, if the plan demonstrates that decommissioning will be performed in accordance with the regulations in this chapter and will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public.

A copy of the application is available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records component of the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC web site at (the Public Electronic Reading Room) http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 31st day of August, 2004.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

/RA/

Patrick M. Madden, Section Chief Research and Test Reactors Section New, Research and Test Reactors Program Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation