[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 140 (Tuesday, July 22, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 39285]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19198]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Amendment to the Material License Issued to the Curators of the 
University of Missouri-Columbia Increasing the Limit of Uranium-238

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: License amendment.

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SUMMARY: On June 30, 1997, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission amended 
Material License No. 24-00513-39, issued to the Curators of the 
University of Missouri-Columbia (the University), increasing the limit 
of uranium-238 (U-238) used in the Transuranic Management by 
Pyropartitioning Separation (TRUMP-S) Project experiments.
    License Condition No. 29, imposed by the Commission as a result of 
10 CFR Part 2, Subpart L proceedings in Memorandum and ORDER CLI-95-01 
dated March 1, 1995, limited the amounts of the subject actinides (U-
238; neptunium-237, plutonium-239/240, and americium-241) used in the 
TRUMP-S experiments to no more than one gram total at any one time as a 
means of ensuring that the University's emergency plan is effective and 
sufficient to protect the public from a release of TRUMP-S materials. 
In 1996, the University requested a license amendment to increase the 
limit on U-238 from one gram for the total actinides up to 80 grams 
( 2.6  x  10-5 Ci) of U-238, in addition to the 
one gram total for all other subject actinides. Staff analysis of the 
information submitted by the University concluded that an increase of 
U-238 from one to 80 grams ( 2.6  x  10-5 Ci) 
with a one gram total for all other subject actinides would not result 
in a potential exposure to the public significantly greater than that 
for the limiting case used by the Commission in CLI-95-01 for a ground 
release of one gram of Am-241 ( 3.3 Ci) and would not 
compromise the adequacy of the University's emergency plan.

ADDRESSES: A copy of Material License No. 24-00513-39 is available for 
inspection and/or copying in the NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20555-0001.

OPPORTUNITY FOR A HEARING: Any person whose interest may be affected by 
the licensee-initiated amendment of this license may file a request for 
a hearing. Any request for a hearing must be filed with the Office of 
the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555, within 30 days of the publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register; must be served on the NRC staff (the Executive Director for 
Operations) and the Office of the General Counsel, One White Flint 
North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852, and on the licensee 
(the Curators of the University of Missouri-Columbia, Research Reactor, 
Research Park Drive, Columbia, MO 65211); and must comply with the 
requirements for requesting a hearing set forth in 10 CFR 2.1205, 
Subpart L, ``Informal Hearings Procedures for Adjudications in 
Materials Licensing Proceedings.''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry W. Camper, Mail Stop TWFN 8-F-5, 
Division of Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001, Telephone (301) 415-7231.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 14th day of July 1997.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Frederick C. Combs,
Acting Director, Division of Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety, 
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 97-19198 Filed 7-21-97; 8:45 am]
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