[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 205 (Monday, October 24, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73153-73154]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-25646]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-274; NRC-2015-0284]
United States Department of the Interior; United States
Geological Survey TRIGA Research Reactor
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-113, held by the United States
Geological Survey (USGS or the licensee), for the continued operation
of its USGS Training, Research, Isotope Production, General Atomics
(TRIGA) research reactor (GSTR or the reactor) at a steady-state power
level of 1.0 megawatt (MW) and a pulse power level as provided in the
licensee's Technical Specifications, for an additional 20 years. The
GSTR facility is located on the property of the Denver Federal Center
in Lakewood, Colorado.
DATES: The operating license renewal No. R-113 is effective on October
14, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0284 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-2015-0284. 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
ADAMS accession number for each document referenced (if it available in
ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is referenced. In
addition, 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: Geoffrey A. Wertz, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-0893; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Discussion
The NRC has issued renewed Facility Operating License No. R-113,
held by the USGS, which authorizes continued operation of the USGS
GSTR, located in the Denver Federal Center in Lakewood, Colorado. The
GSTR is heterogeneous pool-type, natural convection, light-water
cooled, and shielded TRIGA reactor. The GSTR is licensed to operate at
a steady-state power level of 1,000 kilowatts thermal power and to
pulse the reactor with a maximum reactivity insertion of $3.00. The
renewed Facility Operating License No. R-113 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
February 5, 2016 (81 FR 6302). 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-113 and concluded, based on that
evaluation, 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 June 14, 2016 (81 FR 38739), 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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ADAMS Accession
Document No.
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U.S. Geological Survey--Revised Safety Analysis ML092120136
Report, Technical Specifications, and Environmental
Report to Support License Renewal (redacted
version), dated January 5, 2009 (redacted version)..
U.S. Geological Survey--TRIGA Reactor Response to the ML103340090
RAI Concerning R-113 License Renewal, dated November
24, 2010............................................
U.S. Geological Survey--Response to Letter of ML110480046
February 1, 2011 Concerning R-113 License Renewal,
dated February 11, 2011.............................
U.S. Geological Survey--Response to Questions 23.1, ML110950059
23.2, and 23.3 of the Referenced RAI, dated March
28, 2011............................................
U.S. Geological Survey--Response to Questions 22.1, ML11138A027
22,2, 25.1, 25.2, 25.3, 25.4, and 25.6 of the
Referenced RAI, dated May 12, 2011..................
U.S. Geological Survey--Response to Request for ML11181A305
Additional Information for Questions 17.1 and 17.2,
dated June 29, 2011.................................
U.S. Geological Survey--Response to Question 2 of the ML11214A091
Referenced RAI, dated July 27, 2011.................
U.S. Geological Survey--Response to Question 1 of the ML112500522
Referenced RAI, dated August 30, 2011...............
U.S. Geological Survey--Response to Request for ML11277A013
Additional Information to Question 20, dated
September 26, 2011..................................
U.S. Geological Survey TRIGA Reactor--Response to ML11314A106
Question 6 of the Referenced RAI, dated October 31,
2011................................................
U.S. Geological Survey--Response to NRC Request for ML113460014
Additional Information Questions 7 and 8, License
Renewal, dated November 30, 2011 (redacted version).
U.S. Geological Survey--Licensee Response to NRC ML120240003
Request for Additional Information Question 15.3,
dated January 3, 2012 (redacted version)............
U.S. Geological Survey TRIGA Reactor--Response to ML12068A138
Question 15.2 of the Request for Additional
Information from September 29, 2010, letter, dated
January 27, 2012....................................
U.S. Geological Survey TRIGA Reactor (GSTR)--Response ML12039A173
to Question 18 of a Request for Additional
Information dated September 29, 2010, letter, dated
January 27, 2012....................................
U.S. Geological Survey TRIGA Reactor--Response to ML12100A097
Request for Additional Information to Question 14,
dated March 28, 2012................................
U.S. Geological Survey TRIGA Reactor--Response to ML12128A429
Question 16 of the Referenced RAI, dated April 27,
2012................................................
U.S. Geological Survey--Responses to Questions 26 and ML12151A407
27 of the Referenced RAI, dated May 18, 2012........
U.S. Geological Survey--Response to Request for ML12160A064
Additional Information (RAI) Question 14, dated May
31, 2012............................................
U.S. Geological Survey TRIGA Reactor--Response to ML12200A055
Question 3 of the Referenced RAI, dated June 29,
2012................................................
U.S. Geological Survey TRIGA Reactor--Response to ML12220A525
Question 21 of the Referenced RAI dated September
29, 2010, letter, dated July 31, 2012...............
U.S. Geological Survey--Responses to Questions 9, 10, ML12251A231
11, 12, 15.1, 23.4, 24, and 25.5; Along with a
Corrected Copy of the Proposed Technical
Specifications (Chapter 14) of the SAR, dated August
30, 2012............................................
U.S. Geological Survey--Redacted--Response to NRC ML12334A001
Request for Additional Information dated October 2,
2012, letter, dated November 16, 2012...............
U.S. Geological Survey--Responses to NRC Request for ML13052A179
Additional Information dated October 2, 2012 and
Telephone Conference, dated December 20, 2012,
letter, dated February 8, 2013 (redacted version)...
U.S. Geological Survey--Responses to RAIs, Follow-up ML13162A662
Safety Analysis responses from questions of phone
conference conducted on March 21, 2013, dated May
17, 2013 (redacted version).........................
Follow-up Safety Analysis Responses dated July 15, ML13311A047
2013, letter, dated October 31, 2013................
U.S. Geological Survey TRIGA Reactor (GSTR), ML14070A040
Responses to Reactor Operator Requalification
Questions, dated February 19, 2014..................
Submission of Revised Technical Specifications, ML14325A646
Chapter 14, November 3, 2014........................
U.S. Geological Survey TRIGA Reactor--Responses to ML14338A196
RAI Questions 15.3 and 28, dated November 24, 2014
(redacted version)..................................
Revision of Proposed Technical Specifications, ML15261A042
September 8, 2015...................................
U.S. Geological Survey--Responses to RAI Questions ML16042A575
1a, 1b, and 1c, dated January 22, 2016..............
U.S. Geological Survey--Response to Request for ML16110A008
Additional Information for License Renewal, dated
April 1, 2016 (redacted version)....................
U.S. Geological Survey--Responses to RAI questions, ML16277A216
dated September 12, 2016............................
U.S. Geological Survey--Responses to Email Questions ML16273A304
from Mr. Wertz date September 10, 2016, dated
September 22, 2016..................................
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Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day of October, 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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