[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 214 (Monday, November 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 56716]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28224]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-262]


Brigham Young University (Brigham Young University L-77 Research 
Reactor); Order Terminating Facility License

    By application dated June 28, 1990, as supplemented on July 2, 
1991, and March 9, 1992, Brigham Young University (BYU or the licensee) 
requested from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) 
authorization to dismantle and dispose of the component parts of the 
BYU L-77 Research Reactor located on the licensee's campus in Provo, 
Utah. The July 2, 1991, letter contained a request that upon completion 
of decommissioning, authorization be given for termination of Facility 
License No. R-109. A ``Notice of Proposed Issuance of Orders 
Authorizing Disposition of Component Parts and Terminating Facility 
License,'' was published in the Federal Register on August 1, 1991 (56 
FR 36851). No requests for a hearing were received. By Order dated July 
23, 1992 (57 FR 33979), the Commission authorized dismantling of the 
facility and disposition of component parts as proposed in the 
decommissioning plan of the licensee. By letter dated April 15, 1994, 
as supplemented on May 30, October 9, and December 7, 1995, the 
licensee submitted the Decommissioning Survey for the L-77 Research 
Reactor.
    The reactor fuel has been removed from the core and was shipped to 
a Department of Energy (DOE) facility. The reactor facility has been 
completely dismantled and all requirements pertaining to residual 
radioactivity, personnel and external radiation exposure, and fuel 
disposition have been satisfied. The termination radiation survey and 
associated documentation demonstrate that the facility and site are 
suitable for release. Confirmatory radiological surveys verified that 
the facility complied with the recommended regulatory guidance for 
release of the facility for unrestricted use. Accordingly, the 
Commission has found that the licensee decommissioned the facility in 
accordance with the approved decommissioning plan and the facility has 
been dismantled and decontaminated pursuant to the Commission's Order 
dated July 23, 1992. The component parts and fuel have been disposed of 
in accordance with the Commission's regulations in 10 CFR Chapter I, 
and in a manner not inimical to the common defense and security, nor to 
the health and safety of the public. Therefore, on the basis of the 
application filed by BYU, and pursuant to Sections 104 and 161 b, and 
i, of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and in accordance with 
10 CFR 50.82(b)(6), Facility License No. R-109 is terminated as of the 
date of this Order. In accordance with 10 CFR Part 51, the Commission 
has determined that the issuance of this termination Order will have no 
significant environmental impact. The Environmental Assessment and 
Finding of No Significant Impact was published in the Federal Register 
on October 28, 1996 (61 FR 55672).
    For further details with respect to this action see (1) the 
application for termination of Facility License No. R-109, dated July 
2, 1991, as supplemented, (2) the Commission's Safety Evaluation 
related to the termination of the license, (3) the Environmental 
Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact, and (4) the ``Notice 
of Proposed Issuance of Orders Authorizing Disposition of Component 
Parts and Terminating Facility License,'' published in the Federal 
Register on August 1, 1991 (56 FR 36851). Each of these items is 
available for public inspection at the Commission Public Document Room, 
2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037.
    Copies of items 2, 3, and 4 may be obtained upon request from the 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555-0001, 
Attention: Director, Division of Reactor Program Management.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 29th day of October 1996.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Thomas T. Martin,
Director, Division of Reactor Program Management, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 96-28224 Filed 11-1-96; 8:45 am]
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