[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 177 (Wednesday, September 12, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 47511]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-22865]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 40-9027; License No. SMC-1562]


Removal of the Cabot Corporation, Inc., Site in Revere, 
Pennsylvania From the Cabot License and the Site Decommissioning 
Management Plan

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of license amendment.

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    This notice is to inform the public that the United States Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is amending Source Material 
License SMC-1562 issued to Cabot Corporation, Inc. (Cabot, formerly 
Kawecki Chemical Company--Penn Rare Division, and Kawecki Berylco 
Industries) to remove the Revere, Pennsylvania, site. Cabot processed 
pyrochlore-bearing ores to extract columbium and tantalum metals for 
use in high-strength alloys and electronic component manufacture. The 
ore processing generated waste slag contaminated with natural uranium 
and thorium. The Commission is releasing the Cabot site in Revere, 
Pennsylvania, for unrestricted use, is removing the site from the Site 
Decommissioning Management Plan (SDMP), and is removing the site from 
License SMC-1562. In 1990, the Commission developed the SDMP program 
for sites that warranted special attention to ensure timely 
decommissioning. This list included the Cabot Revere site. Cabot has 
supplied, and the Commission has reviewed, site characterization and 
dose assessment information. Based on the Commission's review, the 
Commission concludes that the unrestricted release dose criteria in 10 
CFR 20.1402 have been met. Therefore the Commission concludes that the 
site is suitable for release for unrestricted use, and the Revere site 
is being removed from the SDMP and License SMC-1562.
    This termination will be reopened only if additional contamination 
is found indicating a significant threat to the health and safety of 
the public and the environment, or if the licensee had provided false 
information.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day of September, 2001.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Larry W. Camper,
 Chief, Decommissioning Branch, Division of Waste Management, Office of 
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 01-22865 Filed 9-11-01; 8:45 am]
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