ML20043B420
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| Site: | 05000113 |
| Issue date: | 05/22/1990 |
| From: | Weiss S Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
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NOTICE 0F RENEWAL OF FACILITY LICENSE NO. R-52 UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA f
DOCKET NO. 50-113 The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission (the Comission) has issued Amendment No. 15 to Facility License No. R-52 for the University of Arizona (the licensee), which renews the license at an increased power level for-operation of the TRIGA Mark I research reactor located on the licensee's i
site in-Tucson, Arizona.
'The facility is a.non-power reactor that has been operating at a power level not in excess of 100 kilowatts (thermal) [kW(t)]. The renewed Facility l
License No. R-52 authorizes a power level not in excess of ~110 kW(t) and will L
expire twenty years from its date of issuance.
The amended license complies with the standards and requirements of the L
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Comission's-regulations. 'The Comission has made appropriate findings as required by the Act and the Comission's regulations in 10 CFR Chapter I.
Those findings are set forth in the license amendment. Opportunity for hearing was afforded in the notice of the proposed issuance of this renewal in the FEDERAL REGISTER on I
January 18,.1989 at 54 FR 2010. No request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene was filed following notice of the proposed action.
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-The increase in the operating power level from the existing 100 kW(t) to 110 kW(t) was requested by the licensee to permit testing of the reactor or scram settings without exceeding its licensed power level. The licensee intends-to normally operate the reactor at or below 100 kW(t). However, continued operation of the reactor at 110 kW(t) will not require alteration'of buildings or structures, will not lead to significant changes in effluents released from the facility to the environment, will not increase the probability or consequences of accidents, and will not involve any unresolved issues concerning alternative uses of available resources.
Based on.the foregoing and on the Environmental Assessment, the Comission concludes that renewal of the license will not result in any significant environmental impacts.
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The Comission has prepared a Safety Evaluation Report (NUREG-1390) for
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.the renewal of Facility License No. R-52 and has, based on.that report, con-cluded that the facility can continue to be operated by the licensee without endangering the health and safety of the public.
The Commission-also prepared an Environmental Assessment which was published in'the Federal Register on May 3, 1990 (55 FR 18689) for the renewal u
of Facility License No. R-52 and has concluded that this action will not have a significant effect on the quality of the human environment.
For further details with respect to this action, see:
(1)the-application for amendment dated October 17, 1988, as supplemented on July 17, 1989, September 15, 1989 and January 30,1990;(2) Amendment lio. 15 to Facility License No. R-52; (3) the related Safety Evaluation Report (NUREG-1390)
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2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
20555.
Copies of NUREG-1390 may be purchased by calling (202) 275-2060 or (202)275-2171 or write the Superintendent of Documents, U.S.-Government Printing Office, Post Office Box 37082, Washington, D.C.
20013-7982.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd day of May 1990.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION r
Seymour H. Weiss, Director Non-Power Reactor, Decomissioning and Environmental Project Directorate Division of Reactor Projects - III, IV, V and Special Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation 1
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