ML120190004

Texas Engineering Experiment Station/Texas A&M University System - Enviornmental Assessment Renewal of Facility Operating License No. R-83

ML120190004
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Site:	05000128
Issue date:	08/24/2015
From:	Geoffrey Wertz Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch
To:	Mcdeavitt S Texas A&M Univ
Wertz G
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ML113530039	List: ML120190004 ML120190007 NRC-2015-0210, General Notice: FRN Texas Engineering Experiment Station/Texas a & M University System - Environmental Assessment Renewal of Facility Operating License No. R-83 for the Nuclear Science Center Reactor
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TAC ME1584
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August 24, 2015 Dr. Sean McDeavitt, Director Nuclear Science Center Texas Engineering Experiment Station Texas A&M University System 1095 Nuclear Science Road, M/S 3575 College Station, TX 77843-3575

SUBJECT:

TEXAS ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION/TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM - ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT REGARDING RENEWAL OF FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. R-83 FOR THE TEXAS ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION/TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM NUCLEAR SCIENCE CENTER REACTOR (TAC NO. ME1584)

Dear Dr. McDeavitt:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has forwarded a Notice of Issuance of the Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact regarding the application submitted by Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)/Texas A&M University System (TAMUS) dated February 27, 2003, as supplemented by letters dated July 22, 2009; July 28, August 30, August 31, and December 9, 2010; May 27, June 9, and November 21, 2011; January 12, April 11, and November 14, 2012; January 31, 2013; February 3, February 11, and November 13, 2014; and March 2, June 5, June 11, June 30, 2015, for a renewal of Facility Operating License No. R-83 for the TEES/TAMUS Nuclear Science Center Reactor, to the Office of the Federal Register for publication. The proposed action would renew Facility Operating License No. R-83 for 20 years from the date of issuance of the renewed license.

If you have any questions regarding this review, please contact me at 301-415-0893 or via electronic mail at Geoffrey.Wertz@nrc.gov.

Sincerely

/Alexander Adams for RA/

Geoffrey A. Wertz, Project Manager Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch Division of Policy and Rulemaking Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-128 cc: See next page

Texas A&M University Scott Miller, Manager Docket No. 50-128 Reactor Operations cc: Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station Texas A&M University Mayor, City of College Station 1095 Nuclear Science Road, MS 3575 P.O. Box Drawer 9960 College Station, Texas 77843 College Station, TX 77840-3575 State Energy Conservation Office Governors Budget and Policy Office Comptroller of Public Accounts P.O. Box 12428 P.O. Box 13528 Austin, TX 78711-2428 Austin, TX 78711-3528 ATTN: Dr. Dimitris C. Lagoudas Deputy Director Texas Engineering Experiment Station TEES Headquarters 3470 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-3577 ATTN: Jerry Newhouse Assistant Director Nuclear Science Center Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station 1095 Nuclear Science Road MS 3575 College Station, TX 77843 Radiation Program Officer Bureau of Radiation Control Dept. Of State Health Services Division for Regulatory Services 1100 West 49th Street, MC 2828 Austin, TX 78756-3189 Technical Advisor Office of Permitting, Remediation &

Registration Texas Commission on Environmental Quality P.O. Box 13087, MS 122 Austin, TX 78711-3087 Test, Research and Training Reactor Newsletter 202 Nuclear Sciences Center University of Florida Gainesville, FL 32611

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