ML20237C516
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| Site: | 05000054 |
| Issue date: | 08/19/1998 |
| From: | Roe J NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
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| NUDOCS 9808210236 | |
| Download: ML20237C516 (3) | |
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7590-01 P UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION in the matter of )
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CINTICHEM, INC. ) Docket No. 50-54 I )
(Cintichem, Inc. )
5 Megawatt Open Pool )
Research Reactor) )
ORDER TERMINATING FACILITY LICENSE l
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By application dated October 19,1990, Cintichem, Inc. (the licensee) requested from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) authorization to dismantle and i
t dispose of the component parts of its 5 Megawatt Open Pool Research Reactor located in l
Tuxedo, New York. A " Notice of Proposed issuance of Orders Authorizing Disposition of i
i Component Parts and Terminating Facility License" was published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on January 14,1991, (56 FR 1422). One request for a hearing was mado on February 14,1991, by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to assure that DEC's interest in the decommissioning process can be adequately represented. The hearing request was withdrawn on March 13,1991, after an agreement with Cintichem and the Staff of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which covered DEC's
- involvement witit respect to the Decommissioning Activities.
l l By Order dated November 21,1991, (56 FR 60124), the Commission authorized l dismantling of the facility and disposition of component parts as proposed in the decommissioning plan of the licensee. Changes to the decommissioning plan were subsequently made (see Environtr. ental Assessment and Finding of No Significant impact i which was published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on August 19,1998, (63 FR 44476). By letters dated January 26,1995, March 3,1995, March 26, April 19 and June 7,1996, I
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2 June 6 and 27,1997, July 3 and 30,1997, and September 22,1997, the licensee submitted the radiological survey reports for the facility in accordance with the approved decommissioning plan as amended. Confirmatory radiological surveys verified that the facliity met the Commission's approved decommissioning plan requirements for release of the facility for unrestricted use. The reactor fuel has been removed from the facility and shipped to a Department of Energy facility, and other radioactive material stored on site has been removed from the facility.
I Accordingly, the Commission has found that the facility has been dismantled and decontaminated pursuant to the Commission's Order dated November 21,1991 as supplemented. Satisfactory disposition has been made of the component parts and fuelin accordance with the Commission's regulations in 10 CFR Chapter I, and in a manner not 4
inimical to the common defense and security, or to the health and safety of the public.
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-Therefore, based on the application filed by the licensee, and pursuant to Sections 104 and l
161 b, and I, of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and in accordance with 10 CFR 50.82(b)(6), Facility License No. R-81 is terminated as of the date of this Order.
In accordance with 10 CFR Part 51 the Commission has determined that the issuance of this termination Order will have no significant environmentalimpact. The Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant impact was published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on August 19,1998, t63 FR 44476).
For further details with respect to this action see (1) the application for termination of Facility License No. R-81, dated October 19,1990, as supplemented, (2) the Commission's 4
Safety Evaluation related to the termination of the license, (3) the Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant impact, and (4) the " Notice of Proposed Issuance of Orders Authorizing Disposition of Component Parts and Terminating Facility License,"
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3 published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on January 14,1991 (56 FR 1422). Each of these items are available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW, Washington, DC 20003 1527.
Copies of items (2), (3), and (4) may be obtained upon receipt of a request addressed to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555-0001, Attention:
Director, Division of Reactor Program Management.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 19th day of August 1998.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION NQb ck W. Roe, Acting Director Division of Reactor Program Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation I
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