[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 137 (Monday, July 18, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46716-46718]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-16933]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-326; NRC-2010-0217]


Board of Regents of the University of California, Irvine Nuclear 
Reactor Facility

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: License renewal; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued a renewal 
of Facility Operating License No. R-116, held by the Board of Regents 
of the University of California (the licensee) for the continued 
operation of its University of California, Irvine Nuclear Reactor 
Facility (UCINRF) for an additional 20 years.

DATES: The renewed Facility Operating License No. R-116 is effective on 
July 7, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2010-0217 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-2010-0217. 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]. For 
the convenience of the reader, the ADAMS accession numbers are provided 
in a table in the ``Availability of Documents'' section of this 
document.
     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: Michael F. Balazik, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2856; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Discussion

    The NRC has issued renewed Facility Operating License No. R-116, 
held by the licensee, which authorizes continued operation of the 
UCINRF, located in Irvine, California. The UCINRF is a heterogeneous, 
in-ground pool type, natural convection, light-water cooled and 
shielded TRIGA (Training, Research, Isotope Production, General 
Atomics) Mark I reactor. The UCINRF is licensed to operate at a steady-
state power level of 250 kilowatts thermal power and to pulse the 
reactor with a maximum reactivity insertion of $3.00. The renewed 
Facility Operating

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License No. R-116 will expire 20 years from its date of issuance.
    The renewed facility operating 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 Chapter I of Title 10 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations, and sets forth those findings in the renewed facility 
operating license. The NRC afforded an opportunity for hearing in the 
Notice of Opportunity for Hearing published in the Federal Register on 
June 28, 2010 (75 FR 36705). The NRC received no request for a hearing 
or petition for leave to intervene following the notice.
    The NRC staff prepared a safety evaluation report for the renewal 
of Facility Operating License No. R-116 and, based on that evaluation, 
concluded 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 and Finding of No Significant 
Impact for the renewal of the facility operating license, noticed in 
the Federal Register on February 13, 2012 (77 FR 7610), as supplemented 
on May 8, 2013 (78 FR 26812), and concluded that renewal of the 
facility operating license will not have a significant impact on the 
quality of the human environment.

II. Availability of Documents

    The documents identified in the following table are available to 
interested persons as indicated.

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                Document                       Adams  accession No.
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University of California, Irvine         ML083110112
 Nuclear Reactor Facility Formal
 Application for Renewal of Reactor
 Operating License R-116 (Docket 50-
 326), dated October 18, 1999.
Environmental Report Modeled on the      ML003708602
 Report for NC State and Revised
 Operator Requalification Plan, dated
 April 24, 2000.
University of California, Irvine--       ML003727359
 Letter Forwarding Emergency Plan and
 Security Plan, dated June 2, 2000.
University of California, Irvine--       ML100290365
 Reactor Response to NRC Request for
 Additional Information Dated December
 3, 2009, License Renewal Request,
 dated January 27, 2010.
University of Irvine License Renewal E-  ML100840084
 mail from George Miller Regarding
 Revised Maximum Dose from a MHA, dated
 March 23, 2010.
University of California, Irvine,        ML101400027
 Response to the Request for Additional
 Information dated. December 3, 2009 in
 Regard to License Renewal Request,
 dated May 17, 2010.
University of California, Irvine--       ML101970039
 Response to Request for Additional
 Information dated May 25, 2010
 Regarding License Renewal Request,
 dated July 14, 2010.
University of California Irvine Nuclear  ML102520227
 Reactor Facility, Financial Assurance,
 dated August 25, 2010.
University of California, Irvine,        ML102980015
 Response Regarding Revision Based on
 Teleconference Regarding License
 Renewal, dated October 20, 2010.
University of California, Irvine,        ML103070123
 Response to Request for Additional
 Information on Revised Operator
 Requalification Program, dated October
 29, 2010.
University of California, Irvine (UCI)-- ML111950379
 Response to NRC Request for Additional
 Information (RAI) dated May 26, 2010
 and Transmittal Letter, dated June 7,
 2011.
University of California, Irvine (UCI)-- ML111950380
 Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis for UCI
 TRIGA Reactor, dated July 7, 2011.
University of California, Irvine (UCI)-- ML111950452
 Nuclear Analysis for UCI TRIGA
 Reactor, Report 911196, Rev. 0, dated
 June 7, 2011.
Response to Re-license, Request for      ML11188A083
 Additional Information 04/05/2011,
 dated June 24, 2011.
University of California--Irvine,        ML11255A073
 Response to Request for Additional
 Information Dated April 5, 2011 (TAC
 ME1579), Additional Response Material--
 Extension Granted to August 1, 2011,
 dated August 1, 2011.
University of California, Irvine--       ML120110012
 Response to Request for Additional
 Information, Revised Maximum
 Hypothetical Accident Analysis, ALARA
 Program Policy Statement and Proposed
 Technical Specifications, dated
 October 3, 2011.
University of California, Irvine--       ML113530010
 Licensee Response to NRC Request for
 Additional Information Re: License
 Renewal Maximum Hypothetical Accident,
 dated December 2, 2011.
University of California, Irvine,        ML11348A104
 Docket 50-326 Re-license, dated
 December 2, 2011.
Transmittal of University of             ML12031A170
 California, Irvine, Technical
 Specifications for the TRIGA Mark I
 Nuclear Reactor, dated January 12,
 2012.
Technical Specifications for the         ML12087A215
 University of California Irvine TRIGA
 Mark I Nuclear Reactor, dated March 1,
 2012.
University of California--Irvine,        ML12256A897
 License Renewal E-mail Request for
 Minor Adjustments to Proposed
 Technical Specifications--March 2012,
 dated September 11, 2012.
University of California, Irvine,        ML14073A073
 Response to NRC's RAI Regarding the
 Reactor Emergency Plan, January 30,
 2014, dated February 26, 2014.
Letter, University of California--       ML14065A445
 Irvine, Submittal of the Security
 Plan, dated March 5, 2014.
Letter, University of California--       ML14070A184
 Irvine, Submittal of the Emergency
 Plan, dated March 7, 2014.
University of California, Irvine,        ML14274A110
 Docket 50-326, License R-116, Security
 Plan Change under 10 CFR 50.54(p),
 dated July 11, 2014.
Letter Providing Response Regarding      ML14302A068
 Financials from Fiscal Request for
 Additional Information issued May 8,
 2014, dated October 8, 2014.
University of California, Irvine--       ML14302A078
 Financial Assurance Statement of
 Intent, dated October 8, 2014.
University of California, Irvine--       ML16027A126
 Response to Technical Request for
 Additional Information, dated December
 22, 2015.
University of California, Irvine,        ML16125A487
 Technical Specifications for the TRIGA
 Mark I Nuclear Reactor (issued April
 22, 2016), dated April 22, 2016.
University of California, Irvine--       ML16125A149
 Request that License Limits for TRIGA
 Mark I Nuclear Reactor Facility be
 Established, dated April 29, 2016.
University of California, Irvine--       ML16141A115
 Request Changes to Technical
 Specification 5.4, Fuel Storage, dated
 May 13, 2016.
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    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day of July 2016.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Alexander Adams Jr.,
Chief, Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch, Division of Policy 
and Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 2016-16933 Filed 7-15-16; 8:45 am]
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