[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 124 (Friday, June 27, 2003)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-116]


Iowa State University; Iowa State University UTR-10 Research 
Reactor; Notice of Approval of Decommissioning Plan and Notice of 
License Termination

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is noticing the 
approval of the decommissioning plan for the Iowa State University (ISU 
or the licensee) UTR-10 Research Reactor and is also noticing the 
termination of Facility Operating License No. R-59 for the ISU UTR-10 
Research Reactor.
    The NRC has terminated the license of the decommissioned ISU UTR-10 
Research Reactor, which was located in the Nuclear Engineering Building 
on the west edge of the main campus of ISU in Ames, Iowa, and has 
released the site for unrestricted use. The licensee requested 
termination of the license in a letter to NRC dated March 7, 2003. The 
ISU UTR-10 Research Reactor was an Argonaut-type, water-moderated and 
cooled, graphite-reflected reactor. It was licensed and first operated 
in 1959 and had a licensed thermal power level of 10 kW. The reactor 
was permanently shut down on May 15, 1998. In January 1999 the licensee 
submitted a decommissioning plan to NRC for review and approval. The 
decommissioning plan was approved by License Amendment No. 14 issued on 
May 8, 2000.
    A ``Notice of Application for Decommissioning Amendment, Iowa State 
University, UTR-10 Research Reactor'' appeared in the Federal Register 
on January 25, 1999 (64 FR 3725), and a ``Notice and Solicitation of 
Comments Pursuant to 10 CFR 20.1405 and 10 CFR 50.82(b)(5) Concerning 
Proposed Action To Decommission Iowa State University UTR-10 Research 
Reactor'' appeared in the Federal Register on February 12, 1999 (64 FR 
7214). No comments were received.
    The NRC completed its review of the ISU UTR-10 Reactor Final Status 
Survey Report dated September 2000, which was submitted by the licensee 
to NRC by letter dated October 9, 2000, as supplemented on January 18, 
2001. The report documented the level of residual radioactivity 
remaining at the facility and stated that compliance with the 
provisions of 10 CFR 20.1402 had been demonstrated.
    Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.82(b)(6), the NRC staff concluded that the 
decommissioning has been performed in accordance with the approved 
decommissioning plan and that the terminal radiation survey and 
associated documentation demonstrate that the facility and site are 
suitable for release in accordance with the criteria for 
decommissioning in 10 CFR part 20, Subpart E. Further, on the basis of 
the decommissioning activities conducted by ISU, the NRC's review of 
the licensee's final status survey report, the results of NRC 
inspections conducted at the URT-10 Research Reactor, and the results 
of NRC confirmatory surveys, the NRC has concluded that the 
decommissioning process is complete, and the facility and site are 
suitable to be released for unrestricted use. Based on the NRC staff's 
conclusions, Facility Operating License No. R-59 has been terminated.
    For further details see the licensee's application for 
decommissioning dated January 4 and 6, 1999; License Amendment No. 14 
to Facility Operating License No. R-59 dated May 8, 2000; the 
licensee's request for license termination dated March 7, 2003; the ISU 
UTR-10 ReactorFinal Status Survey Report dated September 2000, which 
was submitted to NRC by letter dated October 9, 2000, as supplemented 
on January 18, 2001; and NRC Inspection Report No. 50-116/2000-201, 
dated May 9, 2003. Documents may be examined, and/or copied for a fee, 
at the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint 
North, 11555Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland. Publicly 
available records for ISU dated after January 30, 2000, will be 
accessible electronically from the Agencywide Documents Access and 
Management System (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading Room on the 
Internet at the NRC Web site, http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. 
Persons who do not have access to ADAMS or who encounter problems in 
accessing the documents located in ADAMS should call the NRC PDR 
reference staff at 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737 or e-mail to 
[email protected].


    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th day of June 2003.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Daniel E. Hughes,
Acting Section Chief, Research and Test Reactors Section, Operating 
Reactor Improvements Program, Division of Regulatory Improvement 
Programs,Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 03-16294 Filed 6-26-03; 8:45 am]
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