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Notice of Issuance & Availability of Amend 7 to License R-31
ML19273B577
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Site: 05000077
Issue date: 03/12/1979
From: Reid R
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7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY CCMMISSION 00CKET NO. 50-77 THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA NOTICE OF RENEWAL OF FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE AND NEGATIVE DECLARATION The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission (the Comission) has issued Amendment No. 7 to Facility Operating License No. R-31, issued to The Catholic University of America (the licensee), which renews the license for operation of the AGN-201 nuclear research reactor (the facility) located in Washington, D. C.

The facility is a research reactor that has been operating since November 15, 1957, and is currently licensed to operate at 0.1 watts (thermal). The amendment is effective as of its date of issuance.

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The amendment extends the duration of Facility License No. R-31 until November 15, 1997.

The application for the amendment complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act),

and the Comission's rules and regulations. The Comission has made appropriate findings as required by the Act and the Comission's rules and regulations in 10 CFR Chapter I, which are set forth in the license amendment. Notice of the proposed issuance of this action was' pub-lished in the FEDERAL REGISTER on November 11, 1977, 42 FR 58800. No re:uest for a hearing or petition for leave to interver.e was filed following notice of the proposed action.

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/.,1 7590-01 1 The Commission has prepared an environmental impact appraisal for the renewal of the Facility Operating License and has concluded that an environmental impact statement for this particular action is not w?rranted because there will be no significant environmental impact' attributable to the action.

For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the application for amendment dated October 12, 1977, as supplemented April 21,1978 and January 5, 1979, (2) Amendment No. 7 to License No. R-31, and (3) the Commission's related Safety Evaluation and Environmental Impact Appraisal. All of these items are available for public inspection at the Ccemission's Public Document Room,1717 H Street, N. W., Washington, D. C.

A copy of items (2) and (3) may be obtained upon request addressed to the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Ctunission, Washington, D. C. 20555, Attention:

Director, Division of Operating Reactors.

Dated at Bethesda, Maryland, this 12th day of March 1979.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Robert W. Reid, Chief Operating Reactors Branch #4 Division of Operating Reactors s