ML20057E910
| ML20057E910 | |
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| Site: | 05000148 |
| Issue date: | 10/05/1993 |
| From: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | KANSAS STATE UNIV., MANHATTAN, KS |
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| NUDOCS 9310130365 | |
| Download: ML20057E910 (3) | |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of
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THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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Docket No. 50-148
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(The University of Kansas
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Research Reactor)
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ORDER TERMINATING FACILITY LICENSE i
By application dated December 17, 1990, the University of Kansas (UK or the licensee) requested from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) authorization to dismantle and dispose of the component parts of l
the UK research reactor located in Lawrence, Kansas.
The letter of December 17, 1990, contained a request that, upon completion of decommissioning, authorization be given for termination of Facility License No. R-78.
A " Notice of Proposed Issuance of Orders Authorizing Disposition of Component Parts and Terminating Facility License" was published in the Federal Reaister on May 9, 1991 (56 FR 16349).
By Order dated September 19, 1991 (56 FR 49215), the Commission authorized dismantling of the facility and disposition of component parts as proposed in the decommissioning plan of the licensee.
By letter dated January 4,1993, the licensee submitted the final report for Decommissioning the Kansas University training reactor.
The reactor fuel has been removed from the core and shipped to a Department of Energy (DOE) facility. The reactor facility has been completely dismantled and all requirements pertaining to residual radioactivity, personnel and external radiation exposure, and fuel disposition have been met.
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- i Confirmatory radiologicai surveys verified that the facility met the recommended regulatory guidance for release of the facility for unrestricted use. Accordingly, the Comission has found that the facility has been dismantled and decontaminated pursuant to the Comission's Order dated l
September 19, 1991. Satisfactory disposition has been made of the component parts and fuel in accordance with the Comission's regulations in Title 10 of the fode of Federal Reaulations (10 CFR) Chapter I, and in a manner not inimical to the common defense and security, or to the health and safety of the public. Therefore, on the basis of the application filed by the UK and pursuant to Sections 104 and 161 b, i, of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and in 10 CFR 50.82(f), Facility License No. R-78 is terminated as of the date of this Order.
In accordance with 10 CFR Part 51, the Commission has i
f determined that the issuance of this termination Order will have no significant impact.
The environmental assessment was published in the Federal
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Reaister on october 4, 1993 (58 FR 51655).
Fcr further details with respect to this action see (1) the application for termination of Facility License No. R-78, dated December 17, 1990, as supplemented on January 4, 1993, (2) the Commission's safety evaluation related to the termination of the license, (3) the environmental assessment, and (4) the " Notice of Proposed Issuance of Orders Authorizing Disposition of Component Parts and Terminating Facility License," published in the Federal Reaister on May 9, 1991 (56 FR 16349).
Each of these items is available for public inspection at the Comission Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20555.
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. Copies of items (2), (3), and (4) may be obtained upon request addressed to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, Attention:
1 Director, Division of Operating Reactor Support.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland this October 5, 1993.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION b
Thomas E. Murley, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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