ML20057F099
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| Site: | 05000047 |
| Issue date: | 09/27/1993 |
| From: | Weiss S Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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7590-01 UNITED STATED NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT REGARDING TERMINATION OF AMENDED FACILITY LICENSE NO. R-65 U.S. ARMY MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY RESEARCH REACTOR DOCKET NO. 50-47 The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering issuance of an order terminating Amended Facility License No. R-65 for the U.S. Army Materials Technology Laboratory (AMTL or the licensee) research reactor located in Watertown, Massachusetts, in accordance with the application dated 6
i October 8,1991, as supplemented on March 30, May 24, and July 14, 1993. This termination applies to Reactor Building 100 and the reactor yard.
Building 97 is not part of this termination.
t ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT Identification of Proposed Action:
By application dated October 8, 1991, as supplemented on March 16 and March 31, 1992, the licensee requested authorization to dismantle the AMTL research reactor and dispose of its component parts in accordance with the i
proposed decommissioning plan. The applice. tion also requested authorization to terminate Amended Facility License No. R-65.
Following an " Order Authorizing Dismantling of Facility and Disposition of Component Parts," dated June 3,1992 (57 FR 24834), the licensee completed the dismantlement and submitted a final survey report dated March 30, 1993, as supplemented on May 24 and July 14, 1993. Representatives of the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (0 RISE), under contract to NRC, conducted a survey of t
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the facility on April 26 through 29, 1993. The survey is documented in an ORISE report, " Confirmatory Survey of the U.S. Army Materials Technology j
Laboratory Research Reactor Facility, Watertown, Massachusetts," dated June
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1993. NRC Region I, in a memorandum dated July 9,1993, found that the ORISE report findings support the data developed in the licensee final survey report.
The Need for Prooosed Action:
In order to release the facility for unrestricted access and use, Amended facility License No. R-65 must be terminated.
Environmental Impact of License Termination:
The licensee indicates that the residual contamination and dose exposures comply with the criteria of Regulatory Guide 1.86, Table 1, which establishes acceptable residual surface contamination levels, and the exposure limit, I
established by the NRC staff, of less than 5 microR/hr above backgro.ind at I meter. These measurements have been verified by the NRC. The NRC finds
't that, because these criteria have been met, there is no significant impact on the environment and the facility can be released for unrestricted use.
Alternatives to the Proposed Action As an alternative to the proposed action, the staff considered denial of the proposed action. Denial of the application would result in no change in current environmental impacts and would deny release of the site for 4
unrestricted use and require continuance of the facility license. The environmental impacts of the proposed action and the alternative action are similar.
Because the reactor and component parts have been dismantled and disposed of in accordance with NRC regulations and guidelines, there is no alternative to termination of Amended Facility License No. R-65.
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Acencies and Persons Consulted:
Personnel from the Oak Ridge Institute of Science and Education (an NRC contractor) assisted the Region I staff in the conduct of the termination survey for the AMTL research reactor. The staff consulted with the State of Massachusetts regarding the environmental impact of the proposed action.
FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT l
The NRC has determined not to prepare an environmental impact statement L
for the proposed action.
Based on the foregoing environmental assessment, the NRC has concluded that the issuance of the order will not have a significant effect on the quality of the human environment.
i For further details with respect to this proposed action, see the application' for termination of Amended Facility License No. R-65, dated October 8, 1991, as supplemented March 30, 1993, May 24, and July 14, 1993.
These documents are available for public inspection at the Commission Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW, Washington, DC 20555.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 27th day of September 1993.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
.A'Id Seymour H. Weiss, Director Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning Project Directorate Division of Operating Reactor Support Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation j
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