[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 124 (Thursday, June 26, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 36360]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-14486]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-150]
Ohio State University Research Reactor; Notice of Issuance of
Renewed Facility License No. R-75
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued renewed
Facility License No. R-75, held by Ohio State University (the
licensee), which authorizes continued operation of the Ohio State
University Research Reactor (OSURR), located in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio. The OSURR is a pool-type, light-water-moderated-and-
cooled research reactor licensed to operate at a steady-state power
level of 500 kilowatts thermal power. Renewed Facility License No. R-75
will expire at midnight 20 years from its date of issuance.
The renewed 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 regulations in
Title 10, Chapter 1, ``Nuclear Regulatory Commission,'' of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR), and sets forth those findings in the
renewed license. The agency afforded an opportunity for hearing in the
Notice of Opportunity for Hearing published in the Federal Register on
August 2, 2006, at 71 FR 43818, and September 1, 2006, at 71 FR 52173.
The NRC received no request for a hearing or petition for leave to
intervene following those notices.
The NRC staff prepared a safety evaluation report for the renewal
of Facility License No. R-75 and concluded, based on that evaluation,
that the licensee can continue to operate the facility without
endangering the health and safety of the public. The NRC staff also
prepared an environmental assessment for license renewal, noticed in
the Federal Register on April 14, 2008, at 73 FR 20072, and concluded,
based on that assessment, that renewal of the license will not have a
significant impact on the quality of the human environment.
For details with respect to the application for renewal, see the
licensee's letter dated December 15, 1999 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML993610185), as supplemented by letters dated August 21, 2002 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML022380431); August 18, 2005 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML052350564); July 26, 2006 (ADAMS Accession No. ML062090072); May 22,
2007 (ADAMS Accession No. ML071430417); May 31, 2007 (ADAMS Accession
No. ML071550098); September 4, 2007 (ADAMS Accession No. ML072490367);
September 28, 2007 (ADAMS Accession No. ML072750038); and February 29,
2008 (ADAMS Accession No. ML080650352). For details with respect to the
issuance of the renewed facility license, see renewed Facility License
No. R-75 (ADAMS Accession No. ML081000618), the related safety
evaluation report (ADAMS Accession No. ML081000618), and the related
environmental assessment dated April 7, 2008 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML070230004). Documents may be examined, and/or copied for a fee, at
the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North,
11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland. Publicly
available records will be accessible electronically from the Agencywide
Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Public Electronic
Reading Room on 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 contact the
NRC PDR Reference staff at 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, or send an
e-mail to [email protected].
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 18th day of June, 2008.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Daniel S. Collins,
Chief, Research and Test Reactors Branch A, Division of Policy and
Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. E8-14486 Filed 6-25-08; 8:45 am]
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