ML19296C390
| ML19296C390 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Framatome ANP Richland |
| Issue date: | 09/14/1979 |
| From: | Crow W NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
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| NUDOCS 8002250755 | |
| Download: ML19296C390 (3) | |
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7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF APPLICATION AND INTENT TO PREPARE AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT CONCERNING RENEWAL OF LICENSE SNM-1227 EXXON NUCLEAR COMPANY, INC.
DOCKET NO. 70-1257 Agency:
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety Action: Notice of Receipt of Application for Renewal of License and Intent to Prepare an Environmental Assessment Summary:
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Description of the Proposed Action - Exxon Nuclear Comoany, Inc., pursuant to Section 70.33 of 10 CFR Part 70, has requested renewal of a Special Nuclear Material license to acquire, receive, possess, use and transfer uranium and plutonium materials at its Richland, Washington, Fuel Development and Fabrication Plant.
The 160-acre Exxon Nuclear site is located at the northern city limits of Richland, in Benton County. The Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, requires persons who acquire, deliver, receive, possess, use and initially transfer special nuclear material to obtain a specific license. Licenses are issued for a five-year term and renewal of the license must be requested at least 30 days prior to expiration.
Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 51, provides for the preparation of an environmental assessment pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) prior to the renewal of a Special Nuclear Material License.
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In preparation of the assessment, the staff will review environmental monitoring data, waste treatment systems, the environmental monitoring program and consider the alternative of denial of the application for renewal.
3.
In conducting its assessment, the NRC staff will consult with interested State and local agencies, EPA Regional Office, and interested members of the public as well as the applicant.
Based on the environmental assessment, the staff will determine whether to prepare an environmental impact statement or make a finding of no significant impact.
4.
The assessment is expected to be available to the public in April 1980.
Upon completion of the environmental assessment, a notice will be published in the Federal Register.
5.
The NRC evaluation of the renewal application will include both the environmental effects and the safety of the operations conducted under the license. Thus, in addition to the types of environmental data to be reviewed in preparing the environmental assessment, the evaluation will cover NRC inspection records, Exxon organization, administrative procedures, the radiological safety program including exposure controls and levels experienced, and the nuclear criticality safety program. The results of the safety evaluation will be reported in a Safety Evaluation Report (SER) to be available (about May 1980) as a separate document from the environmental assessment.
6.
The Application for Renewal of Special Nuclear Material License No. SNM-lE27 and Addendum 5 to Applicant's Environmental Report and any subsequent documents will be available for inspection and copying at the
. Public Document Room,1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
20555, and at the Local Public Document Room, Richland Public Library, Swif t and Northgate Streets, Richland, Washington 99352.
Address: Questions about the renewal application should be directed to Mr. R. L. Stevenson, Project Manager, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety, 396-SS, Washington, D.C.
- 20555, Phone (301) 427-4510.
Dated at Silver Spring, Maryland, this 14th day of September,1979.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION s
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[.0 fI&o' W. T. Crow, Section Leader Uranium Fuel Licensing Branch Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety