ML12137A198

FRN: General Notice - Notice of Issuance of Dow Chemical Company Renewed Facility Operating License No. R-108 (Tac No. ME1595)

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Site:	Dow Chemical Company
Issue date:	06/19/2014
From:	Linh Tran Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch
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Wertz G, 415-0893
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-264; NRC-2012-0026]

Dow Chemical Company, Dow TRIGA Research Reactor AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: License renewal; notice of issuance.

SUMMARY

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued Renewed Facility Operating License No. R-108, held by the Dow Chemical Company. The renewed license would authorize the Dow Chemical Company to operate the Dow TRIGA (Training, Research, Isotope Production, General Atomics) Research Reactor (DTRR), for 20 years from its date of issuance.

DATES: The issuance date of Renewed Facility Operating License No. R-108 is June 18, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2012-0026 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may obtain publicly-available information related to this document using any of the following methods:

• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2012-0026. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-287-3422; e-mail: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact

the individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document.

• NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS):

You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the ADAMS Public Documents collection at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ADAMS Public Documents and then select Begin Web-based ADAMS Search. For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRCs Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. For the convenience of the reader, the ADAMS Accession Numbers for the application for renewal are provided in a table in the Availability of Documents section of this document.

• NRCs PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public documents at the NRCs PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

Availability of Documents License renewal application and supplemental documents:

April 1, 2009 ML092150443 September 24, 2010 ML102720859 January 12, 2011 ML110130501 February 11, 2011 ML110490391 April 20, 2011 ML113460120 May 12, 2011 ML11136A229 May 27, 2011 ML112150327 August 12, 2011 ML11228A116 August 31, 2011 ML11249A043 October 12, 2011 ML112930035

November 10, 2011 ML113410168 December 6, 2011 ML113460038 January 13, 2012 ML12019A007 January 20, 2012 ML12026A152 (attachment 1)

ML12025A089 (attachment 2)

February 7, 2012 ML12040A128 June 11, 2012 ML12164A784 August 10, 2012 ML12226A401 July 11, 2013 ML13196A299 September 16, 2013 ML13261A026 April 9, 2014 ML14100A349 Licensees annual reports for years ending:

2005 ML061010776 2006 ML070920302 2007 ML080790521 2008 ML090720161 2009 ML100490399 2010 ML110680094 2011 ML12066A128 2012 ML13059A459 2013 ML14070A179

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Geoffrey Wertz, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone:

301-415-0893; e-mail: Geoffrey.Wertz@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The NRC has issued Renewed Facility Operating License No. R-108, held by the Dow Chemical Company, which authorizes continued operation of the Dow TRIGA (Training, Research, Isotope Production, General Atomics) Research Reactor (DTRR), located in Midland, Michigan. The DTRR is a pool-type, natural convection, light-water cooled, and shielded reactor. The DTRR is licensed to operate at a steady-state thermal power level of 300 kilowatts.

The Renewed Facility Operating License No. R-108 will expire 20 years from its date of issuance.

The renewed facility operating license complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commissions rules and regulations. The Commission has made appropriate findings as required by the Act and the Commissions regulations in Title 10, Chapter 1, of the Code of Federal Regulations, and sets forth those findings in the renewed facility operating license. The agency afforded an opportunity for hearing in the Notice of Opportunity for Hearing published in the Federal Register on February 13, 2012 (77 FR 7613-7618). The NRC received no request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene following the notice.

The NRC staff prepared a safety evaluation report for the renewal of Facility Operating License No. R-108 and concluded, based on that evaluation, the licensee can continue to operate the facility without endangering the health and safety of the public. The NRC staff also prepared an Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for the renewal of the facility operating license, noticed in the Federal Register on July 20, 2012 (77 FR 42771-42774), as supplemented on May 8, 2013 (78 FR 26811-26812), and concluded that renewal of the facility operating license will not have a significant impact on the quality of the human environment.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 19 day of June 2014.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

/RA/

Linh N. Tran, Acting Chief Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch Division of Policy and Rulemaking Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.