ML20147D124
| ML20147D124 | |
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| Site: | Lynchburg Research Center |
| Issue date: | 02/18/1988 |
| From: | Rubenstein L Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATCRY C0m!S$!0N-ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSENT AND FINDING OF N0 $1GNIFICANT IMPACT I
REGARDING TERMINATION OF OPERATING LICENSE NO. CX-10 _
l BABC0CK AND WILC0X CRITICAL EXPERIMENT FACILITY i l
DOCKET NO. 50-13
- I The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Comission) is considering I issuance of an Order Terminating Facility Operating License No. CX-10 for ;
the Babcock and Wilcox Critical Experiment Facility %cated in Lynchburgh, I l
Campbell County, Virginia, in accordance with the application dated August 7, 1984, as supplemented.
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT _
Identificatjo,n_ofProposedAction:
o By application dated August 7, 1984 as i supplemented, Babcock & Wilcox company (B&W) requested authorization to ,
decontaminate and dismantle its critical experiment facility, to dispose of its cceponents parts in accordance with the proposed dismantling plan, and to terminate Facility Operating License No. CX-10. Following the reactor shutdown the fuel was removed from the core tank and shipped to an authorized Department of Energy facility.
Opportunity for hearing was afforded by the "Notice of Proposed Issuance ;
of Orders Authorizing Disposition of Component Parts and Terminating facility l l License" pubilshed in the FEDERAL REGISTER on September 18, 1984 (49 FR 36579).
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Following the Order Authorizing Dismantling of Facility and Disposition of l l
Component Parts, dated April 4,1985, 34W completed the dismantlement and )
I submitted a final survey report in June 1986. Region !! completed a final !
radiation survey in September 1987. The staff agrees with the analyses and ,
the conclusions in the B&W final survey report, as supplemented. !
Need for Proposed Action: In order to release the facility for unrestricted !
l access and use, Operating License No. CX-10 must be terminated. j Environmental Impact of the ,P,roposed Action:_ The B&W Final Survey Repot t, as supolemented, indicates that the residual contamination is less than the !
l requir m ts of Regulatory Guide 1.8t, Table I, and that maximum exposure j rates are less than SuR/hr above background at one meter from the surface of interest. These measurements have been verified by the NRC and allow i unrestricted use of the facility.
Alternative Use of Resources: Since 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 Operating License No.
CX-10.
Agencies and Persons Consulted: The Region !! final survey was conducted by the staff of the Oak Ridge Associated Universities under contract to the Nuclear Regulatory Comission.
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l FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT The Commission has determined not to prepare an environmental impact statement for the proposed action. Based upon the foregoing environmental assessment, we conclude that the proposed action will not have a significant effect on the quality of the human envirorment. ,
For further details with respect to this proposed action, see the application for dismaniling, decontamination and license termination dated l August 7, 1984, as supplemented. These documents are available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, 1717 H Street, N.W., j Washington, D. C. 20555.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 18th day of February 1988.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATION COMISSION 1
b Lester S. Rubenstein, Director Standardization and Non-Power Reactor Project Directorate Division of Reactor Projects III, IV, Y and Special Projects l Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation m