ML20057F094
| ML20057F094 | |
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| Site: | 05000047 |
| Issue date: | 10/05/1993 |
| From: | Murley T Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | ARMY, DEPT. OF |
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| NUDOCS 9310140107 | |
| Download: ML20057F094 (3) | |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of
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U.S. ARMY MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY
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Docket No. 50-47 LABORATORY
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(The U.S. Army Materials Technology
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Laboratory Research Reactor)
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ORDER TERMINATING AMENDED FACILITY LICENSE By application dated October 8,1991, as supplemented on March 16 and March 31, 1992, the U.S. Army Materials Technology Laboratory (AMTL or the licensee) requested from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) authorization to dismantle and dispose of the component parts of the AMTL pool-type research reactor located in Watertown, Massachusetts. The
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letter of October 8, 1991, contained a request that, upon completion of decommissioning, authorization be given for termination of Amended Facility License No. R-65.
A " Notice of Proposed Issuance of Orders Authorizing Disposition of Component Parts and Terminating Facility License" was published in the Federal Reaister on February 24, 1992 (57 FR 6339).
By Order dated June 3,1992 (57 FR 24834), the Commission authorized dismantling of the facility and disposition of component parts as proposed in the decommissioning plan of the licensee. On June 23 and November 3,1992, as supplemented on November 24, 1992, the licensee requested approval for changes to the decommissioning plan. These changes to the decr.,mmissioning plan were approved on July 16, 1992, and January 21, 1993.
By letter dated March 30, 1993, as l
supplemented on May 24 and July 14, 1993, the licensee submitted the final l
survey report for decommissioning the AMTL research reactor.
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~ e This Order applies to the AMTL Reactor Building 100 and the reactor yard at Watertown. Building 97 at the AMTL is not covered by the license being terminated herein. Building 97 is covered by NRC License No. 20-01010-04 (Docket No. 030-04593), which is separately being considered for termination.
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, I
personnel and external radiation exposure, and fuel disposition have been met.
Confirmatory radiological surveys verified that the facility met the recommended regulatory guidance for release of the facility for unrestricted use. Accordingly, the Commission has found that the facility has been dismantled and decontaminated pursuant to the Commission Order dated June 3, 1992, as supplemented on July 16, 1992, and January 21, 1993.
Satisfactory disposition has been made of the component parts and fuel in accordance with the Commission's regulations in Title 10 of the Code of Federal Reaulations, I
(10 CFR) Chapter 1, and in a manner not inimical to the common defense and j
security, or to the health and safety of the public, iherefore, on the basis of the application filed by the AMTL, 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),
Amended Facility License No. R-65 is terminated as of the date of this Order.
In accordance with 10 CFR Part 51, the Commission has determined that the issuance of this termination Order will have no significant impact. The environmental assessment was published in the Federal Reaister on October 4, 1993 (58 FR 51654).
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For further details with respect to this action see (1) the application for termination of Amended Facility License No. R-65, dated October 8,1991, as supplemented, (2) the Commission 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 February 24, 1992 (57 FR 6339).
Each of these items is available for public inspection at the Commission Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW, Washington, DC 20555.
Copies of items (2), (3), and (4) may be obtained upon request addressed to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, Attention:
L Director, Division of Operating Reactor Support.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 5th day of October 1993.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION f
i Thomas E. Murley, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation l
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