[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 153 (Wednesday, August 10, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 46549]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-4325]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-157/97]
Notice and Solicitation of Comments; Pursuant to 10 CFR 20.1405
and 10 CFR 50.82(b)(5) Concerning Proposed Action To Decommission Ward
Center for Nuclear Studies at Cornell University Reactor Facility
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(the Commission) has received an application from the Cornell
University dated August 22, 2003, for a license amendment approving its
proposed decommissioning plan for the Ward Center for Nuclear Studies
(TRIGA Reactor, Docket No. 50-157, License R-80 and Zero Power Reactor,
Docket No. 50-97, License R-89) located in Ithaca, New York.
In accordance with 10 CFR 20.1405, the Commission is providing
notice and soliciting comments from local and State governments in the
vicinity of the site and any Indian Nation or other indigenous people
that have treaty or statutory rights that could be affected by the
decommissioning. This notice and solicitation of comments is published
pursuant to 10 CFR 20.1405, which provides for publication in the
Federal Register and in a forum, such as local newspapers, letters to
State or local organizations, or other appropriate forum, that is
readily accessible to individuals in the vicinity of the site.
Comments should be provided within 30 days of the date of this
notice to Patrick M. Madden, Chief, Research and Test Reactors Section,
New, Research and Test Reactors Program, Division of Regulatory
Improvement Programs, Mail Stop O12-G13, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555.
Further, in accordance with 10 CFR 50.82(b)(5), notice is also
provided to interested persons of the Commission's intent to approve
the plan by amendment, subject to such conditions and limitations as it
deems appropriate and necessary, if the plan demonstrates that
decommissioning will be performed in accordance with the regulations in
this chapter and will not be inimical to the common defense and
security or to the health and safety of the public.
Copies of the application for a license amendment approving Cornell
University's proposed decommissioning plan are available for public
inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room (PDR), located at
One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville,
Maryland 20855-2738. The NRC maintains an Agencywide Documents Access
and Management System (ADAMS), which provides text and image files of
NRC's public documents. The initial application may be accessed through
the NRC's Public Electronic Reading Room on the Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html, under ADAMS accession number
ML032400421, ML032400186, ML032400205, and ML032400427. Persons who do
not have access to ADAMS, or if there are problems in accessing the
documents located in ADAMS, may contact the NRC PDR Reference staff at
1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to [email protected].
Dated in Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day of August 2005.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Alexander Adams, Jr.,
Acting Section Chief, Research and Test Reactors Section, New, Research
and Test Reactors Program, Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs,
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. E5-4325 Filed 8-9-05; 8:45 am]
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