[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.
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