[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 13 (Wednesday, January 21, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2976-2977]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-00923]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-131; NRC-2012-0141]


U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Alan J. Blotcky Reactor 
Facility

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: License amendment application; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) reviewed an 
application by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs at the Nebraska-
Western Iowa Health Care System Omaha Division (Omaha VAMC, or the 
licensee) for amendment of Facility Operating License No. R-57 for the 
Alan J. Blotcky Reactor Facility (AJBRF) in Omaha, Nebraska. The 
application requested NRC approval of the AJBRF Decommissioning Plan 
(DP).

DATES: Notice of amendment to Facility Operating License No. R-57 given 
on January 21, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2012-0141 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You 
may obtain publicly-available information related to this document 
using any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2012-0141. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-287-
3422; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact 
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 
this document.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and 
then select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, 
please contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 
1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by email to [email protected]. The 
ADAMS accession number for each document referenced (if it is available 
in ADAMS) is provided the first time that it is mentioned in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.
     NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Theodore Smith, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6721; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    The AJBRF was operated by the Omaha VAMC to support nuclear 
medicine and research programs conducted at the Omaha VAMC medical 
center. Between 1959 and 1965, the facility was funded as a national 
laboratory and employed approximately 30 people. The AJBRF was 
primarily used for neutron activation of biological samples, but was 
also used for training Fort Calhoun Station nuclear power reactor 
operators.
    By letters dated September 21, 2004, August 15, 2011, March 8, 
2012, May 21, 2014, and November 12, 2014, (ADAMS Accession Nos. 
ML042740512, ML11255A334, ML12075A202, ML14150A404, and ML14335A597, 
respectively), Omaha VAMC submitted to the NRC an application for 
amendment of Facility Operating License No. R-57 for AJBRF. The 
application requested NRC approval of the AJBRF DP.
    Pursuant to Sec.  50.82(b)(5) of Title 10 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (10 CFR), the AJBRF DP was noticed in the Federal Register 
on June 20, 2012 (77 FR 37074). The Federal Register notice provided 
opportunity for the public to provide comments, request a hearing, and 
petition for leave to intervene. No comments or other responses were 
received. The proposed DP contains additional information but has not 
changed substantially since the DP was noticed in 2012; therefore, a 
new notice was not required. Specifically, the release criteria were 
updated to refer to Inspection and Enforcement Circular 81-07.
    Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.82(b)(5), the NRC staff has concluded that 
the proposed AJBRF demonstrates that the decommissioning will be 
performed in accordance with the regulations of 10 CFR part 50 and will 
not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and 
safety of the public. The NRC staff's conclusions have been documented 
in a Safety Evaluation Report (ADAMS Accession No. ML14318A906). 
Therefore, the NRC has approved the AJBRF DP by amending Facility 
Operating License No. R-57.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day of January 2015.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Andrew Persinko,
Deputy Director, Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and 
Waste Programs, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
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