ML20207A344
| ML20207A344 | |
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| Site: | 05000000, 05000433 |
| Issue date: | 04/21/1987 |
| From: | Zech L NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Lagomarsino R HOUSE OF REP. |
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CHAIRMAN April 21, 1987 The Honorable Robert J. Lagomarsino United States House of Representatives Washington, D. C.
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Dear Congressman Lagomarsino:
I am responding to your February 19, 1987 letter concerning the decommissioning status of the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) research reactor.
At this time, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff cannot conclude the decommissioning action and terminate the UCSB license until the reactor has been dismantled, appropriate disposition has been made of the component parts and any radioactive material, and the site has been decontaminated.
The NRC staff is currently working with University personnel to find an acceptable resolution of the disposal of UCSB's activated reactor vessel.
Unfortunately, the disposal option suggested in your letter is not possible under the existing NRC license.
The UCSB reactor, including all reactor-related byproduct material, is licensed for one specific location on the campus and cannot be moved to a different location under that license.
Because California is an Agreement State, and thus has licensing authority for byproduct materials in the State, the byproduct material, which includes the activated reactor vessel and any component parts, could be licensed at a different location with a State of California byproduct materials license if the State is willing to issue such a license.
I can assure you that the NRC will cooperate with the University in processing the UCSB application for license termination as expeditiously as possible.
Sincerely, (v.
Lando W. Ze
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