[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 170 (Friday, September 2, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-21766]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-139]

 

University of Washington Research Reactor Notice of Proposed 
Issuance of Orders Authorizing Disposition of Component Parts and 
Terminating Facility License

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is 
considering issuance of Orders authorizing the University of Washington 
(the licensee) to dismantle the reactor facility and dispose of the 
component parts, and termination of Facility License No. R-73, in 
accordance with the licensee's application dated August 2, 1994.
    The first of these Orders would be issued following the 
Commission's review and approval of the licensee's detailed plan for 
decontamination of the facility and disposal of the radioactive 
components, or some alternate disposition plan for the facility. This 
Order would authorize implementation of the approved plan. Following 
completion of the authorized activities and verification by the 
Commission that acceptable radioactive contamination levels have been 
achieved, the Commission would issue a second Order terminating the 
facility license and any further NRC jurisdiction over the facility. 
Prior to issuance of each Order, the Commission will have made the 
findings required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the 
Act), and the Commission's regulations.
    By October 3, 1994, the licensee may file a request for a hearing 
with respect to issuance of the subject Orders and any person whose 
interest may be affected by this proceeding and who wishes to 
participate as a party in the proceeding must file a written petition 
for leave to intervene. Requests for a hearing and petitions for leave 
to intervene shall be filed in accordance with the Commission's ``Rules 
of Practice for Domestic Licensing Proceedings'' in 10 CFR Part 2. If a 
request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene is filed by 
the above date, the Commission or an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, 
designated by the Commission or by the Chairman of the Atomic Safety 
and Licensing Board Panel, will rule on the request and/or petition and 
the Secretary or the designated Atomic Safety and Licensing Board will 
issue a notice of hearing or an appropriate order.
    As required by 10 CFR 2.714, a petition for leave to intervene 
shall set forth with particularity the interest of the petitioner in 
the proceeding, and how that interest may be affected by the results of 
the proceeding. The petition should specifically explain the reasons 
why intervention should be permitted with particular reference to the 
following factors: (1) the nature of the petitioner's right under the 
Act to be made a party to the proceeding; (2) the nature and extent of 
the petitioner's property, financial, or other interest in the 
proceeding; and (3) the possible effect of any order which may be 
entered in the proceeding on the petitioner's interest. The petition 
should also identify the specific aspect(s) of the subject matter of 
the proceeding as to which petitioner wishes to intervene. Any person 
who has filed a petition for leave to intervene or who has been 
admitted as a party may amend the petition without requesting leave of 
the board up to fifteen (15) days prior to the first prehearing 
conference scheduled in the proceeding, but such an amended petition 
must satisfy the specificity requirements described above.
    Not later than fifteen (15) days prior to the first prehearing 
conference scheduled in the proceeding, a petitioner shall file a 
supplement to the petition to intervene which must include a list of 
the contentions which are sought to be litigated in the matter, and the 
bases for each contention set forth with reasonable specificity. 
Contentions shall be limited to matters within the scope of the action 
under consideration. A petitioner who fails to file such a supplement 
which satisfies these requirements with respect to at lest one 
contention will not be permitted to participate as a party.
    Those permitted to intervene become parties to the proceeding, 
subject to any limitations in the order granting leave to intervene, 
and have the opportunity to participate fully in the conduct of the 
hearing, including the opportunity to present evidence and cross-
examine witnesses.
    A request for a hearing or a petition for leave to intervene must 
be filed with the Secretary of the Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555, Attention: Docketing and Service 
Branch, or may be delivered to the Commission's Public Document Room, 
the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, NW., Washington, D.C. by the above 
date. Where petitions are filed during the last ten (10) days of the 
notice period, it is requested that the petitioner or representative 
for the petitioner promptly so inform the Commission by a toll-free 
telephone call to Western Union at 1-(800)-325-6000 (in Missouri 1-
(800)-342-6700). The Western Union operator should be given Datagram 
Identification Number 3737 and the following message addressed to 
Seymour H. Weiss: petitioner's name and telephone number; date petition 
was mailed; the University of Washington; and publication date and page 
number of this Federal Register notice. A copy of the petition should 
also be sent to the Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555, and to Ms. Christine 
Hughes, Division Chief and Special Assistant to the Attorney General, 
University of Washington, 101 Administration, MS: AF-50, Seattle, 
Washington 98195, attorney for the licensee.
    Nontimely filings of petitions for leave to intervene, amended 
petitions, supplemental petitions and/or requests for hearing will not 
be entertained absent a determination by the Commission, the presiding 
officer or the presiding Atomic Safety and Licensing board, that the 
petitioner and/or request should be granted based upon a balancing of 
the factors specified in 10 CFR 2.714(a)(1)(i)-(v) and 2.714(d).
    For further details with respect to this action, see the licensee's 
application dated August 2, 1994, which is available for public 
inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, 2120 L Street NW., 
Washington, D.C.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 29th day of August 1994.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Seymour H. Weiss,
Director, Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning Project Directorate, 
Division of Operating Reactor Support, Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation.
[FR Doc. 94-21766 Filed 9-1-94; 8:45 am]
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