ML20206J755
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| Site: | University of New Mexico |
| Issue date: | 03/24/1987 |
| From: | Berkow H Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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4 7590-01 UNITED STATES M: CLEAR REGULATORY COMPISSION
_h_0TICE OF FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT ENVIR0t* ENTAL IMPACT REGARCING PROPOSEP Al'.EhDf!ENT TO FACILITY OPEF.ATING LICENSE NO. R-102 THE UNIVEF.SITY OF NEk' MEXICO DOCKET NO. 50-252 The Nuclear Regulatory Comission (the Comission) is considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No. R-102 for the L'niversity of New Mexico AGN-201M research reactor located on the campus in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The amendment will renew the Operating License for twenty years from its date of issuance, in accordance with the licensee's application dated June 2, 1986, as supplemented. Opportunity for hearing was afforded by the Notice of Proposed Renewal of Facility License published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on August 22,19P6, at 51 FR 30145.
No request for hearing or petition for leave to intervene was filed following notice of the proposed action.
Continued operation of the reactor will not require alteration of buildings or structures, will not lead to changes in effluents released from the facility tn the environment, will ret in:rease the probability or consequences of accidents, and will not involve any unresolved issues concerning alternative uses of available resources. Based on the foregoing and on the Environmental Assessment, the Comission concludes that renewal of the license will not result in any significant environmental impacts.
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.i-Findino of Ne Sichificant Impact The Comraission has prepared an Er.vironmental Assessment.nf this action, dated March 24, 1987, and has concluded that-the proposed action will not have a significant effect on the quality cf the human environment.
Therefore, the Commission has determined not to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed action.
Summary of Environmental Impacts As Described in the Environmental Assessment The proposed action would authorize the licensee to continue operating the reactor in the same manner that it has been operated since 1966. The ervironmental impacts associated with the continued operation of the AGN-201M reactor facility are discussed in an Environmental Assessment associated with this action. The Assessment concluded that continued operation of the AGN-201M reactor for an additional 20 years will not result in any significant environmental impacts on air, water, land or biota in the area, and that an Environmental Impact Statement need not be prepared..These conclusions were based on the following:
a) the excess reactivity available under the Technical Specifications is insufficient to support a reactor transient generating enough energy to cause meltir.p of the polyethylene fuel material, bl at a thermal power level of 5 watts, the inventory of fission products in the fuel cannot generate sufficient radioactive decay heat to cause fuel damage, and c) the maximum hypothetical accident considered in the staff's Safety Evaluation Report would not lead to radiation exposures in the unrestricted environment that exceed guideline values of 10 CFR 20.
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For further details with respect to this proposed action, see:
(1) the application for license renewal dated June 2, 1986, as supplemented; (2) Amendment fit. 3 to Facility Operating License R-102; (3) the Environrertal Assessment, dated March 24,1987; and (4) the Safety Evaluatior. Peport preparec by the staff (NUREG-1224).
These documents are available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, U17 H Street Nk', Washington, D. C. 20555. Copies may be obtained upon request addressed to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Conmission, Washington, D.C. 20555, ATTENTION: Director, Division of PWR Licensing-P.
Copies of NUREG-1224 may be purchased by calling (202) 275-2060 or (202) 27E-2171 or by writing to the Superintendent of Documents, U.S.
Government Printing Office, Post Office Box 37082, Washington, D.C.
20013-7982.
Dated at Bethesda, Maryland, this 24th day of March,1987.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION rbert N. Berkow, Director Standardization & Special Projects Directorate l
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