ML20137A578
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| Issue date: | 03/06/1997 |
| From: | Weiss S NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
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4 7590-01 UNITED STATED NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FINDING 0F N0 SIGNIFICANT IMPACT REGARDING TERMINATION OF AMENDED FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. R-25 1
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH AGN-201 RESEARCH REACTOR l
DOCKET NO. 50-72 The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering issuance of an Order terminating Amended Facility Operating License No. R-25 for the University of Utah (the licensee) AGN-201 Research Reactor (AGN-201) located on the licensee's campus in Salt Lake City, Utah, in accordance with the npplication dated July 17, 1990, as supplemented on July 18, 1990, June 12, 1991, April 13, 1994, and March 17 and 22, 1995, and February 6, 1996.
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT Identification of Proposed Action:
By application dated July 17, 1990, as supplemented on July 18, 1990, and June 12, 1991, the licensee requested authorization to dismantle the AGN-201 and dispose of its component parts in accordance with the proposed decommissioning plan.
The application of July 17, 1990, also requested authorization to terminate Amended Facility Operating License No. R-25.
Following an " Order Authorizing Dismantling of Facility and Disposition of Component Parts," dated August 1, 1991, (56 FR 37733), the licensee completed the dismantlement and submitted a final
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survey report dated April 13, 1994, as supplemented on March 17 and 22,1995, i
and February 6, 1996.
Representatives of the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (0 RISE), under contract to NRC, conducted a survey of the reactor on April 9, 1996.
The survey is documented in an ORISE report, l
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" Radiological Survey of the University of Utah AGN-20lM Research Reactor, Salt L
Lake City, Utah," dated June 1996.
In a memorandum dated July 15, 1996, NRC Region IV found that the ORISE report findings support the data developed in the licensee's final survey report.
l Because the AGN-201 is in the same room as the TRIGA Research Reactor (Docket No. 50-407, Facility Operating License No. R-126) that the University continues.to operate, the Reactor Room of the Merrill Engineering Building will continue to be subject to the terms of the TRIGA license.
There is no site being released for unrestricted use by this action.
C..ly ihe remaining reactor component parts possessed under Amended Facility Operating License No.
R-25 are being released for unrestricted use by this license termination.
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Reactor Room will be considered for release by NRC as part of the request to terminate the TRIGA license at some time in the future.
Because the site will i
continue to be used under a'NRC license and will be surveyed in the future, and because application of the regulation is not necessary to achieve the
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underlying purpose of the rule, the NRC, in a separate action, is considering granting, upon its own initiative, a specific exemption in accordance with 10 CFR 50.12 to the part of the requirements of 10 CFR 50.82(b)(6)(ii) that requires a terminal radiation survey and associated documentation to demonstrate that the site is suitable for release as a condition for license termination.
The Need for Proposed Action:
In order to release the remaining reactor components for unrestricted use, Amended Facility Operating License No. R-25 must be terminated.
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S Environmental Imoact 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 establish' acceptable residual surface contamination levels, and the exposure limit, established by the NRC staff, of less than 5 micro rem /hr above background at 1 meter.
These measurements have been verified by the NRC staff. The NRC finds that since these criteria have been met, there is no significant impact on the-environment and the reactor components can be released for unrestricted use and the license terminated.
Because thc site will_ continue to be subject to an NRC license, terminating Operating License No. R-25 will have no effect on the status of the site and thus, has no significant impact on the environment.
Alternatives to the Proposed Action: As an alternative to the proposed 4
action, the staff considered denying the proposed action. Denying the application for license termination would result in no change in current environmental impacts and would deny release of the remaining reactor.
components for unrestricted use and require continuance of the facility
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The environmental impacts of the proposed action and of the alternative action are similar.
Since the contaminated and activated reactor and component parts have been dismantled and disposed of in accordance with NRC regulations and guidelines, there is no alternative with less environmental-impact than the termination of Amended Facility Operating License No. R-25.
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Aaencies and Persons Consulted:.The staff consulted with personnel from ORISE (an NRC contractor), who conducted the confirmatory survey for the AGN-201.
The staff also consulted with the Utah State official regarding the a
environmental impact of the proposed action.
The State official had no comments.
FINDING 0F NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT The'NRC has determined not to prepare an environmental impact statement for the proposed action. On the basis of the foregoing environmental i
assessment, 'he NRC has concluded that the isscance of the Ord ' ";11 have no significant effect on the quality of the human environment.
For further details with respect to this proposed action, see the application for termination of Amended Facility Operating License No. R-25, dated July 17, 1990, as supplemented.
These documents are available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day of March 1997.
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! eymdur H. Weiss, Director S
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Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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