ML20236V908

Safety Evaluation Supporting Amend 7 to License TR-2

ML20236V908
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Site:	Waltz Mill
Issue date:	07/31/1998
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SAFETY EVALUATION BY THE OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION SUPPORTING AMENDMENT NO. 7 TO FACILITY LICENSE NO. TR-2 WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION

1.0 INTRODUCTION

By letter dated December 22,1997, as supplemented on June 15,1998, the CBS Corporation applied for an amendment to the possession only license of the Westinghouse Test Reactor (WTR) to reflect the fact that the Westinghouse Electric Corporation was legally renamed the CBS Corporation. This application was further clarified in the June 15 letter to request that the new name of the licensee for the WTR to be reflected on the license should be "CBS Corporation acting through its Westinghouse Electric Company Division."

2.0 EVALUATION On December 1,1997, the Westinghouse Electric Corporation changed its name to the CBS Corporation. The nuclear businesses of the CBS Corporation that operate under the TR-2 license, remain intact as a continuing operating division of the renamed corporate entity, in the June 15,1998 letter, the licensee for the WTR agreed that the name reflected on the license should be "CBS Corporation acting through its Westinghouse Electric Company Division," rather than the initially requested " Westinghouse Electric Company, a division of CBS Corporation." The Westinghouse Electric Company is not separately incorporated as a legal entity.

In its application dated December 22,1997, the licensee stated that:

In addition, this corporate name change does not involve any change in the management, organization, location, facilities, equipment, or procedures related to or personnel responsible for the licensed activities of the licenses covered by this request. All existing commitrnents, obligations, and representations remain in effect.

In view of the above statement, the staff concludes that no substantive change to the licensee's arrangements or ability, qualifications, or responsibilities to possess or decommission the WTR will result from the name change. Therefore, the staff concludes that the amendment to reflect the name change of the licensee for the WTR is administrative in nature and should be approved.

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3.0 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATION

Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.21,51.32, and 51.35, an environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact have been prepared and published in the Federal Reaister on July 6, 1998 (63 FR 36453). Accordingly, based upon the environmental assessment, the staff has determined that the issuance of the amendment will not have a significant effect on the quality of the human environment.

4.0 CONCLUSION

The Commission has concluded, based on the considerations discussed above, that: (1) there is reasonable assurance that the health and safety of the public will not be endangered by operation in the proposed manner, and (2) such activities will be conducted in compliance with the Commission's regulations, and (3) the issuance of the amendment will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public.

Principal Contributor: Theodore S. Michaels Date: July 31, 1998 l

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