[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 204 (Thursday, October 22, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 64025]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-26860]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-608; NRC-2013-0053]


Construction Permit Application for the SHINE Medical 
Radioisotope Production Facility

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Environmental impact statement; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a 
final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Construction Permit 
Application submitted by SHINE Medical Technologies, Inc. (SHINE) for 
the SHINE Medical Radioisotope Production Facility, NUREG-2183 (SHINE 
facility).

DATES: The final EIS for the SHINE Construction Permit is available as 
of October 16, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2013-0053 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-2013-0053. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; 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 
final EIS for the SHINE Construction Permit is available in ADAMS under 
Accession No. ML15288A046.
     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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michelle Moser, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6509; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    In accordance with Sec.  51.118 of title 10 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (10 CFR), the NRC is making available the final EIS for the 
Construction Permit Application submitted for the SHINE facility. The 
NRC published the draft EIS in the NRC in the Federal Register on May 
14, 2015 (80 FR 27710), and the Environmental Protection Agency noticed 
the availablity of the draft EIS on May 22, 2015 (80 FR 29701). The 
public comment period on the draft EIS ended on July 6, 2015, and the 
comments received are addressed in the final EIS (Accession No. 
ML15288A046). The final EIS is available as indicated in the ADDRESSES 
section of this document.

II. Discussion

    As discussed in Chapter 6 of the final EIS, after weighing the 
environmental, economic, technical, and other benefits against 
environmental and other costs, and considering reasonable alternatives, 
the NRC staff recommends the issuance of the Construction Permit to 
SHINE, unless safety issues mandate otherwise. This recommendation is 
based on: (1) SHINE's Environmental Report; (2) the NRC staff's 
consultation with Federal, State, and local agencies; (3) the NRC 
staff's independent environmental review; and (4) the NRC staff's 
consideration of public comments.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day of October 2015.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David J. Wrona,
Chief, Environmental Review and Guidance Branch, Division of License 
Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2015-26860 Filed 10-21-15; 8:45 am]
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