[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 214 (Monday, November 6, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65017-65018]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-18624]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-312]


Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Rancho Seco Nuclear 
Generating Station; Notice of Public Meeting on the License Termination 
Plan

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is providing notice that 
the NRC staff will conduct a meeting to discuss and accept public 
comments on the Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Station (Rancho Seco) 
License Termination Plan (LTP) on Tuesday, November 14, 2006, at 7 p.m. 
in a meeting room at the Marriott Courtyard Hotel, 10683 White Rock 
Road, Rancho Cordova, California.
    Rancho Seco initially went critical on September 16, 1974, and 
began commercial operation on April 18, 1975. In accordance with the 
results of a public referendum on June 6, 1989, the Sacramento 
Municipal Utility District (SMUD) decided to permanently shut down the 
Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Station. Accordingly, on August 29, 
1989, SMUD notified the NRC of its intent to seek amendments to the 
Rancho Seco operating license to decommission the facility. On March 
20, 1995, the NRC issued Rancho Seco's Decommissioning Order. The Order 
authorized SMUD to decommission Rancho Seco in accordance with the 
Decommissioning Plan, submitted to the NRC on May 20, 1991. On March 
20, 1997, SMUD submitted its Post Shutdown Decommissioning Activities 
Report (PSDAR), in accordance with 10 CFR 50.82. The PSDAR superseded 
the original Decommissioning Plan. On August 21, 2002, Rancho Seco 
completed placing all 493 spent fuel assemblies in dry storage at the 
onsite Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI), licensed 
under 10 CFR Part 72.
    In accordance with 10 CFR 50.82(a)(9), all power reactor licensees 
must submit an application for termination of their license. The 
application for termination of license must be accompanied or preceded 
by an LTP to be submitted for NRC approval. If found acceptable by the 
NRC staff, the LTP is approved by license amendment, subject to such 
conditions and limitations as the NRC staff deems appropriate and 
necessary. SMUD submitted the proposed LTP for Rancho Seco with a 
license amendment application dated April 12, 2006. In accordance with 
10 CFR 20.1405 and 10 CFR 50.82(a)(9)(iii), the NRC is providing notice 
to individuals in the vicinity of the site that the NRC is in receipt 
of the Rancho Seco LTP, will hold a public meeting, and will accept 
comments from affected parties.
    The Rancho Seco LTP is available for public viewing at the NRC's 
Public Document Room (PDR) or electronically through the NRC Agencywide 
Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) at accession number 
ML061460053. Documents may be examined, and/or copied for a fee, at the 
PDR, located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first 
floor), Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available records will be 
accessible electronically from the ADAMS Public Library component on 
the NRC Web site, http://www.nrc.gov (the Public Electronic Reading 
Room). Persons who do not have access to ADAMS or who encounter 
problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS should contact the 
NRC PDR Reference staff by telephone at 1-800-397-4209, or 301-415-
4737, or by e-mail at [email protected].

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    Comments or questions regarding the Rancho Seco LTP or the public 
meeting may be addressed to Mr. John B. Hickman, Mail Stop T-7-E18, 
Decommissioning and Uranium Recovery Licensing Directorate, Division of 
Waste Management and Environmental Protection, Office of Federal and 
State Materials and Environmental Management Programs, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone (301) 415-
3017 or via e-mail [email protected].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 31st day of October 2006.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
James Shepherd,
Acting Branch Chief, Reactor Decommissioning Branch, Decommissioning 
and Uranium Recovery, Licensing Directorate, Division of Waste 
Management and Environmental Protection, Office of Federal and State 
Materials and Environmental Management Programs.
 [FR Doc. E6-18624 Filed 11-3-06; 8:45 am]
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