NRC-2024-0132, Draft Uta NETL Triga EA Hc Section Public
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| Site: | University of Texas at Austin |
| Issue date: | 01/08/2026 |
| From: | University of Texas at Austin |
| To: | Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards |
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| NRC-2024-0132 | |
| Download: ML26012A041 (0) | |
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Draft UTA NETL TRIGA EA HC section 1.8.2026 BG University of Texas at Austin Nuclear Engineering Teaching Laboratory (NETL)
Training, Research, Isotope Production, and General Atomics (TRIGA) Mark II Facility Operating License No. R-129 Docket No. 50-602; NRC-2024-0132 Draft Environmental Assessment Historic and Cultural resource section 1.8.2026
Draft UTA NETL TRIGA EA HC section 1.8.2026 BG Historic and Cultural resource The NHPA requires Federal agencies to consider the effects of their undertakings on historic properties. As stated in the NHPA, historic properties are any prehistoric or historic district, site, building, structure, or object included in, or eligible for inclusion in, the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). In accordance with 36 CFR 800.8(c), Use of the NEPA process for section 106 purposes, the NRC staff will comply with NHPA Section 106 through the NEPA process, in lieu of the procedures set forth in 36 CFR 800.3 through 800.6. The Area of Potential Effects (APE) has been identified as the 226-acre J.J. Pickle Research Campus.
The NRC staff initiated NHPA Section 106 consultation with the Texas Historical Commission (THC) and Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP), on May 1, 2024, and with seven Tribes on April 30, 2024, and twelve Tribes on May 10, 2024.
The NRC staff received a response from ACHP on May 17, 2024, confirming notification pursuant to 36 CFR 800.8(c). Responses were received from three Tribes stating that no properties are present; that there would be no impacts to properties of significance to the Tribe; and that the APE is outside the Tribes area of interest. No response to Section 106 initiation was received from the THC.
The NRC staff conducted a confirmatory review for the presence of historic and cultural resources within and adjacent to the APE through the Texas Archaeological Sites Atlas online database and NRHP online database. No previously recorded historic or cultural resources have been previously identified in or adjacent to the APE. Based on this information and the fact that the proposed license renewal would entail no land disturbance, structure or building modifications, or other changes or refurbishments, the NRC staff has determined that the proposed action and the continued operation of the NETL TRIGA reactor would have no adverse effect on historic properties.
The draft historic and cultural resources section of this EA was submitted to the Tribes and the Texas SHPO in January 2026. Concurrence from the THC is pending.