[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 83 (Monday, April 30, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 21419]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-10616]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-73]


Notice of Renewal of Facility Operating License for the General 
Electric Nuclear Test Reactor

    The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has issued 
Amendment No. 21 to Facility Operating License No. R-33 issued to the 
General Electric Company (the licensee). This license amendment renews 
the license for the General Electric Nuclear Test Reactor in Sunol, 
California. The facility is a non-power reactor that has been operating 
at power levels not in excess of 100 kilowatts (thermal). The renewed 
Operating License will expire 20 years from the date of amendment 
issuance.
    Opportunity for hearing on this amendment was afforded in the 
notice of the proposed issuance of this renewal in the Federal 
Register on September 22, 1999, at 64 FR 51340. No request for a 
hearing or petition for leave to intervene was filed following notice 
of the proposed action.
    The amended license complies with the standards and requirements of 
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the 
Commission's rules and regulations. The Commission has made appropriate 
findings as required by the Act and the Commission's Rules and 
regulations in 10 CFR Chapter I. Those findings are set forth in the 
license amendment.
    The Commission has prepared a safety evaluation for the renewal of 
the license, which is attached to the amendment. The Commission has, 
based on that safety evaluation, concluded that the facility can 
continue to be operated by the licensee without endangering the health 
and safety of the public.
    The Commission also has prepared an environmental assessment and 
finding of no significant impact for the renewal of the license. The 
environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact was 
published in the Federal Register on April 20, 2001, at 66 FR 
20339. Continued operation of the reactor will not require alteration 
of buildings or structures, will not lead to significant changes in 
effluents released from the facility to the environment, will not 
increase the probability or consequences of accidents, and will not 
involve any unresolved issues concerning alternative uses of available 
resources. The Commission has concluded that this action will not have 
a significant effect on the quality of the human environment.
    For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the 
application for amendment dated September 30, 1997, as supplemented on 
June 18, 1999, August 23, 1999, June 1, 2000, and October 5, 2000, (2) 
the notice of the proposed issuance, (3) Amendment No. 21 to Facility 
Operating License R-33, (4) the Commission's related safety evaluation 
report, and (5) the environmental assessment and finding of no 
significant impact. These documents may be examined, and/or copied for 
a fee, at the NRC's Public Document Room, located at One White Flint 
North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland. 
Publicly available records will also be accessible electronically from 
the ADAMS Public Library component on the NRC Web site, http://www.nrc.gov (the Electronic Reading Room).

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this April 20, 2001.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Ledyard B. Marsh,
Chief, Events Assessment, Generic Communications, and Non-Power 
Reactors Branch, Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs, Office of 
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 01-10616 Filed 4-27-01; 8:45 am]
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