ML20247Q766
| ML20247Q766 | |
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| Site: | 05000142 |
| Issue date: | 07/20/1989 |
| From: | Chris Miller Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 8908070242 | |
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r 7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT REGARDING PROPOSED ORDER AUTHORIZING PHASE II DISMANTLING OF THE REACTOR AND DISPOSITION OF COMPONENT PARTS THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES poCKETNO.s0-142 The Nuclear Regulatory Cocnission (the Commission) is considering istuance of an Order authorizing the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) to complete dismantlement (Phase II) of the UCLA Argonaut Reactor Facility on its campus in Los Angeles, California and to dispose of the reactor components in accordance with the application dated June 10, 1988 as supplemented on June 21, 1988, December 7,1988 and March 31, 1989.
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT Identification of Proposed Action: By application dated June 10, 1988 as supplemented, UCLA requested Phase II authorization to decontaminate and dismantle the Argonaut Research Reactor and to dispose of its component parts in accoroance with the proposed dismantling plan.
Based upon a prior application to dismantle and dispose of the component parts, an opportunity for hearing was afforded by a " Notice of Proposed Issuance of Orders Authorizing Disposition of Component Parts of Terminating Facility Licertse" that was published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on September 24, 1984 at 49 FR 37484.
Following hearings and stipulations by the parties involved, an Order was issued on November 8,1965, by the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board that terminated UCLA License No. R-71 and authorized UCLA to possess but not operate the facility.
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By application dated October 29, 1985, as supplemented, UCLA submitted a Phase'I-decossissioning plan. An Order authorizing Phase I dismantling of the facility and disposition of component parts was issued by the Commission on July 14,1986. Phase I dismantlement and disposition of component parts has been completed except for the disposition of 5000 pounds of activated lead. This issue must be resolved for UCLA to be in compliance with the Phase I Order.
Need for Proposed Action:
In order to prepare the facility for unrestricted access and use, the' dismantling and decontamination activities proposed by UCLA must be accomplished.
Environmental Impact of the Proposed Action: All decontamination will be performed by trained personnel in accordance with previously reviewed procedures and will be overseen by experienced health physics staff. Solid l
and liquid waste will be removed from the facility and managed in accordance with NRC requirements. The staff has calculated that the collective dose equivalent for the project will be less than 2 person-rem.
l' Tht.se conclusions were based on the fact that all propose 6 operations
.are carefully planned and controlled, all contaminated components are removed, packaged, and shipped offsite, and that the radiological control procedures l
ensure that releases of radioactive wastes from the facility are within the l
limitsof10CFRPart20andareaslowasreasonablyachievable(ALARA).
Based on the review of the specific proposed activities associated with the dismantling and decontamination of the UCLA facility, the staff has determined that t b re will be no significant increase in the amounts of effluents that may be released offsite, and no significant increase in individual or cumulative occupational or population radiation exposure.
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t The staff has also determined that the proposed activities will not resultinanysignificantnon-radiologicalimpactsonair, water,iand,or
}I' biota in the area.
Alternative Use of Resources: The only alternative to the proposed dismantling and decontamination activities is to maintain the facility as a restricted area. This approach would include monitoring and reporting for the duration of the safe storage period. However, the University intends to use the area for other academic purposes.
Agencies and Persons Consulted: The NRC staff reviewed the licensee's request and did not consult other agencies or persons.
FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT The Comission has determined not to prepare an environmental impact statement for the proposed action based upon the foreysing environmental assessment. We cocclude that the proposed action will not have a significant effect on the quality of the human environment.
For further details with respect to this proposed action, see the application for Phase II decommissioning dated June 10, 1988, as supplemented.
These documents are available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, 2120 L Street N.W., Washington, D. C. 20555.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 20th day of July 1989.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Yc
$ $N Charles L. Miller, Director Standardization and Fon-Power Reactor Project Directorate Division of Reactor Projects - III, IV, Y and Special Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulatier
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