ML20217H506
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| Site: | University of California-Davis |
| Issue date: | 03/30/1998 |
| From: | Mendonca M NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
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1 7590 03.p UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FOPCE AT MCCLELLAN AIR FORCE BASE 1
MCCLELLAN AIR FORCE BASE TRIGA REACTOR DOCKET NO. 50-607 NOTICE OF ISSUANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT I
J The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is considering issuance l I
of Facility Operating License No. R 130 for a term of 20 years for the Department of the l
Air Force at McClellan Air Force Base (AFB)(the applicant) 2.3-megawatt thermal (MW(t))
TRIGA reactor located at the McClellan Nuclear Radiation Center (MNRC), McClellan AFB, California.
Description of Proposed Action The proposed action is the issuance of Facility Operating License No. R-130 for the MNRC TRIGA research reactor at McClellan AFB, California, in response to an application from the applicant dated October 23,1996, as supplemented. The proposed action would authorize operation of the MNRC reactor at a power level of 2.3 MW(t) for a period of 20 years. The reactor has pulsing capability, with a maximum reactivity step addition of 1.75$ proposed by the applicant. The MNRC has been in operation since mid-1991 under the authority of the Department of the Air Force under Section 91b of the Atomic Energy Act. The applicant has sought NRC licensing of the reactor due to the planned closure of McClellan AFB.
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2 Summary of the Environmental Assessment The NRC staff has reviewed the applicant's application for an operating license including the applicant's environmental report. To document its review, the staff has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) which examined radiological and l
nonradiologicalimpacts of continued operation, the environmental effects of postulated 4 radiological accidents, and the long-term effects of continued facility operation. Based on i
its review of the applicant's application, the staff has determined that the environmental impacts, both radiological and nonradiological, associated with the licensing the MNRC for a period of 20 years, are not significant and have been adequately evaluated by the applicant.
Finding of No Significant Impact The staff has reviewed the applicant's application for an operating license and environmental report in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR Part 51. Based upon the EA, the staff concluded that there are no significant environmsntalimpacts associated with the proposed action and that the proposed action will not have a significant effect on i the quality of the human environment. Therefore, the Commission has determined not to prepare an environmentalimpact statement.
For further details with respect to this action see the applicant's request for an operating license dated October 23,1996, as supplemented on June 16, September 5, October 7 and 9, and December 17,1997. These documents are available for public inspection at the NRC Public Document Room, the Gelman Building,2120 L Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20003. ' Single copies of the EA may be obtained from
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Alexander Adams Jr., Senior Project Manager, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, M.S. O-11-B-20, Washington, D.C. 20555.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of March 1998.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION W y % V '"
Marvin M. Mendonca, Acting Director Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning Project Directorate Division of Reactor Program Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation l
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