[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 18 (Monday, January 28, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5840-5841]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-01673]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-151; NRC-2013-0017]
Notice of License Termination for University of Illinois Advanced
TRIGA Reactor, License No. R-115
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is noticing the
termination of Facility Operating License No. R-115, for the University
of Illinois Advanced TRIGA Reactor (ATR).
The NRC has terminated the license of the decommissioned ATR, at
the Nuclear Research Laboratory (NRL) on the campus of the University
of Illinois (U of IL) in Urbana, Illinois, and has released the site
for unrestricted use. The licensee requested termination of the license
in a letter to the NRC dated October 9, 2012 (ADAMS Accession Number
ML12345A245). The ATR provided training for Nuclear Engineering
students and various services for researchers in other departments at
the U of IL. The University ceased operation of the facility in 1998,
and the reactor fuel was removed in 2004. In 2007, the NRC approved the
NRL Decommissioning Plan (DP) which required complete removal of the
reactor, systems, and demolition of the facility.
The NRL underwent decommissioning activities from October 2011
through May 2012. In July
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2012, the licensee conducted a Final Status Survey (FSS) in the soils
of the building footprint per the NRC reviewed FSS Plan. The Class 1
survey unit consisted of the exposed soils in the building footprint
and the Class 2 survey unit was the immediate area surrounding the
excavation area.
The U of IL submitted the FSS report with the request for license
termination for the ATR on October 9, 2012 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML12345A245). The NRC reviewed the FSS report and determined that the
survey data was in accordance with the Decommissioning Plan and the FSS
Plan. The report documented that compliance with the criteria in the
NRC-approved decommissioning plan for both reactors had been
demonstrated.
Additionally, a confirmatory survey including soil samples and a
gamma walkover survey was completed by the NRC Region III staff. Their
conclusions, as noted in the NRC's Inspection Report 05000151/12005
(ADAMS Accession No. ML12307A330), were that ``the results of the
confirmatory surveys were consistent with the licensee's final status
survey results and below the required cleanup levels, or DCGLs,'' and
``the licensee adequately classified the survey units and applied the
correct DCGLs in accordance with the FSSP.''
Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.82(b)(6), the NRC staff has concluded that
ATR at the NRL has been decommissioned in accordance with the approved
decommissioning plans and that the terminal radiation surveys and
associated documentation demonstrate that the facilities 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 carried out by the U of IL, the NRC's
review of the licensee's final status survey report, the results of the
NRC's inspections conducted at the NRL, and the results of confirmatory
surveys, the NRC has concluded that the decommissioning process is
complete and the facilities and sites may be released for unrestricted
use. Therefore, Facility Operating License No. R-115 is terminated.
The above referenced documents may be examined, and/or copied for a
fee, at the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) 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 Reading Room on
the Internet at the NRC's Web site, http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. Persons who do not have access to ADAMS or who have
problems in accessing the documents in ADAMS should call the NRC PDR
reference staff at 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737 or email [email protected].
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day of January 2013.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Andrew Persinko,
Deputy Director, 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. 2013-01673 Filed 1-25-13; 8:45 am]
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