ML20059M600
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| Site: | 07000622 |
| Issue date: | 11/16/1993 |
| From: | Pierson R NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
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| NUDOCS 9311190182 | |
| Download: ML20059M600 (5) | |
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7590-01 U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT AND NOTICE OF OPPORTUNITY FOR A HEARING AMENDMENT OF SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIALS LICENSE SNM-561 DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY U.S. ARMY ARMAMENT RESEARCH. DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER. PICATINNEY ARSENAL D0VER. NEW JERSEY DOCKET 70-622 The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is considering the renewal of Special Nuclear Materials License SNM-561 for the c.ontinued operation of the Department of Army, U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering
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Center (ARDEC), Picatinney Arsenal, in Dover, New Jersey for a period of 5 years.
SUMMARY
OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL "JSESSMENT Identification of the Proooseo Action: The proposed action is the renewal of SNM-561 for a period of 5 years for the receipt, possession, storage, use, and transfer of sealed sources of plutonium-238, plutonium-239, and neptunium-237, and for the possession only of material test reactor-type (MTR) uranium fuel elements. The sealed sources may be used as calibration or check sources in research programs or as a tool in the study of other materials.
l The MTR fuel elements are aluminum-clad, uranium aluminum alloy which is 235 enriched to 93.27 percent in the U isotope. The elements are for use with the Californium Flux Multiplication System (CFX) which is a subcritical assembly.
The CFX serves as a multiplying medium to enhance the emission of a neutron flux for the purpose of conducting neutron radiography of activation analysis. The CFY is not currently authorized for use, however, should ARDEC decide to proceed with the process for which the MTR fuel elements were obtained, a request to amend the license authorizing usage of the CFX will be submitted for NRC approval.
The Need for the Proposed Action:
Activities under this license serve a variety of research and development needs for the military.
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development activities associated with the license are primarily in the areas-of weapons, weapon systems, and munitions.
Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Action:
The radioactive material-authorized by this license is in a non-dispersible form and, therefore, no liquid or gaseous effluents are produced.
No solid waste-is generated by the use of the sealed sources or the storage of the fuel elements.
There is no radiological impact to offsite or onsite populations due to either the storage t
or use of licensed material.
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Conclusion:==
Based on the information presented above, the environmental l
impacts associated with the proposed license renewal will be insignificant.
i No gaseous or liquid effluents will be released to the environment. The radiological impact from the storage and use of licensed materials is insignificant.
Alternatives to the Proposed Action: The only feasible alternative to the proposed action of license renewal is the denial of the license renewal.
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Denying renewal of the license would cause ARDEC to cease operations' j
authorized by License SNM-561, while activities authorized by'other NRC licenses issued to the Army at this facility would continue.
Not_ renewing the license would only be considered if there were issues of public health and.
safety that could not-be resolved to the satisfaction of the NRC staff.
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Staff utilized the application dated August l
28,_1993 in completing the environmental review.
Findina of No Sianificant Impact:
The Commission has prepared an
-l Environmental Assessment related to the renewal of Special Nuclear Materia 11 License SNM-561.
On the basis of the assessment, the Commission has concluded that environmental impacts that would be created by the proposed licensing.
action would not be significant and do not warrant the preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement. Accordir. gly, it has been determined that a l
Finding of No Significant Impact is appropriate.
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The Environmental Assessment and the above documents related~ to this proposed action'are available for public inspection and copying at the Commission's Public Document Room at the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street N. W.,
Washington, D. C.
OPPORTUNITY FOR A HEARING Any person whose interest may be affected by the issuance of this renewal may file a. request for a hearing.
Any request for hearing must be filed with the Office of the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,.
D. C. 20555, within 30 days of the publication of this notice in the Federal Reaister; be served on the NRC staff (Executive Director for Operations, One White Flint North,11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852); on the licensee (Department of the Army, U.S. Army Armament Research, Development, and Engineering Center, Picatinney Arsenal, Dover, New Jersey, 07806-5000); and must comply with the requirements for requesting a hearing set forth in the
. Commission's regulation,10 CFR Part 2, Subpart L, " Informal Hearing Procedures for Adjudications in Materials Licensing Proceedings."
These requirements, which the requestor must address in detail, are:
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The interest of the requestor in the proceeding; 1
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How that interest may be affected by the results of the proceeding, including the reasons why the requestor should be permitted a hearing; 3.
The requestor's areas of concern about the licensing activity that is the subject matter of the proceeding; and 4.
The circumstances establishing that the request for hearing is timely, that is, filed within 30 days of the date of this notice.
In addressing how the requestor's interest may be affected by the proceeding, the request should describe the nature of the requestor's right under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, to be made a party to the proceeding;
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the nature and extent of the requestor's property, financial, or other (i e.,
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health, safety)- interest in the proceeding; and the possible effect of any order that may be entered in the proceeding upon the requestor's interest.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this \\b day of November 1993.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION d (-
Robert C. Pierson, Chief Licensing Branch Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, FCSS i
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health, safety) interest in the proceeding; and the possible effect of any order that may be entered in the proceeding upon the requestor's interest.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this lbP day of November 1993.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Originalsignedby i
Robert C. Pierson, Chief Licensing Branch i
Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, FCSS t
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