ML20057F834
| ML20057F834 | |
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| Site: | 05000192 |
| Issue date: | 10/13/1993 |
| From: | Murley T Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | TEXAS, UNIV. OF, AUSTIN, TX |
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| Download: ML20057F834 (3) | |
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4 t-UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of
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THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
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Docket No. 50-192
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(The University of Texas at Austin
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TRIGA Mark I Research Reactor)
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ORDER TERMINATING FACILITY LICENSE By application dated May 3,1985, as supplemented on December 2,1985, the University of Texas at Austin (UT or the licensee) requested from the O.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) authorization to dismantle, decommission, and dispose of the component parts of the UT TRIGA Mark I research reactor located in Austin, Texas. A " Notice of Proposed Issuance of Orders Authorizing Disposition of Component Parts and Terminating i
Facility License" was published in the Federal Reaister on May 31, 1985 (50 FR 23207). By Order dated March 9,1987, the Commission authorized dismantling of the facility and disposi' tion of component parts as proposed in the decommissioning plan of the licensee.
By letter dated December 17, 1992, as supplemented on March 22 and May 3,1993, the licensee submitted its report for the final disposition of the facility.
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.
i Confirmatory radiological surveys verified that the facility met the recommended regulatory guidance for release of the facility for unrestricted 9310190222 931013 PDR ADOCK 05000192 P
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' ' i use. Accordingly, the Commission has found that the facility has been i
dismantled and dacontaminated pursuant to the Commission's Order dated March 9, 1987.
Satisfactory disposition has been made of the component parts 1
and fuel in accordance with the Commission's regulations in Title 10 of the Code of Faderal 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 UT and pursuant to Sections 104,161b, and 1611, of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and in 10 CFR 50.82(f), IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Facility License No. R-92 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 sigrificant impact on the quality of the human environment. The environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact was published in the Federal Reaister on october 13, 1993 (58 FR 53001).
For further details with respect to this action see (1) the application j
for termination of facility dcense No. R-92, dated May 3,1985, as supplemented on December 17, 1992, March 22 and May 3, 1993, (2) the Commission's safety evaluation related to the termination of the-license, (3) the environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact, and (4) the " Notice of Proposed Issuance of Orders Authorizing Disposition of
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Component Parts and Terminating Facility License," published in the Federal
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l Reaister on May 31, 1985 (50 FR 23207).
Each of these items is available for j
l public inspection at the Commission Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20555.
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t i Copies of items (2), (3), and (4) may be obtained upon request addressed to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, Attention:
Director, Division of Operating Reactor Support.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 13th day of October 1993.
FORTHENUCLEARREGULATORYCOMMISSiON b
Thomas E. Murley, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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