[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 235 (Wednesday, December 7, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 88275-88276]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-29359]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-170; NRC-2012-0272]


Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute

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-84, held by the Armed Forces 
Radiobiology Research Institute (AFRRI or the licensee) for the 
continued operation of its AFRRI Training, Research, Isotopes 
Production, General Atomics (TRIGA) reactor for an additional 20 years.

DATES: The Renewed Facility Operating License No. R-84 is effective on 
November 30, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2012-0272 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-2012-0272. 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: Cindy K. Montgomery, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-3398; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC has issued renewed Facility 
Operating License No. R-84, held by the licensee, which authorizes 
continued operation of the AFRRI TRIGA reactor, located in Bethesda, 
Maryland. The AFRRI TRIGA reactor is a heterogeneous pool-type, natural 
convection, light-water cooled and shielded reactor. The renewed 
license authorizes the licensee to operate the AFRRI TRIGA reactor up 
to a steady-state power level of 1.1 megawatts thermal with pulsing 
capability using reactivity insertions up to 2.45% [Delta]k/k. The 
renewed Facility Operating License No. R-84 will expire 20 years from 
its date of issuance, November 30, 2016.
    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 
(10 CFR), and sets forth those findings in the renewed facility 
operating license. The agency afforded an opportunity for hearing in 
the Notice of Opportunity for Hearing published in the Federal Register 
on November 15, 2012 (77 FR 68155). 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 related to the 
renewal of Facility Operating License No. R-84 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 regarding the renewal of the facility operating license, noticed 
in the Federal Register on November 25, 2016 (81 FR 85268), and 
concluded that renewal of the facility operating license will not have 
a significant impact on the quality of the human environment.

Availability of Documents

    The documents identified in the following table are available to 
interested persons through ADAMS accession numbers, as indicated.

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                                                        ADAMS accession
                       Document                               No.
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Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute Renewal         ML041800067
 of Operating License R-84 for 1 MW TRIGA Research
 Reactor (June 24, 2004).............................
Reactor Operator Requalification Program for Armed           ML041800071
 Forces Radiobiology Research Institute (June 24,
 2004)...............................................
Environmental Report for Armed Forces Radiobiology           ML041800068
 Research Institute (June 24, 2004)..................
Safety Analysis Report for Armed Forces Radiobiology         ML101650415
 Research Institute (AFRRI) (June 24, 2004) (redacted
 version)............................................
Safety Analysis Report Chapters 4 and 13 for Armed           ML101650422
 Forces Radiobiology Research Institute (AFRRI)
 (March 4, 2010) (redacted version)..................
Request for Additional Information Regarding                 ML102310075
 Financial Qualifications for the License Renewal
 Review (August 13, 2010)............................
Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute Response        ML110260024
 to Request for Additional Information dated July 19,
 2010 Re: Technical Specifications (September 27,
 2010) (redacted version)............................
Letter Re: Armed Forces Radiobiology Research                ML103070121
 Institute-Request for Additional Information
 Regarding the Application for License Renewal (TAC
 No. ME1587) (October 21, 2010)......................
Request for Additional Information Re: License               ML103560456
 Amendment, Separation of Byproduct Material
 (December 15, 2010).................................
Request for Additional Information Regarding the             ML110460687
 Application for License Renewal (February 7, 2011)..
Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute--               ML112232300
 Response to Request for Additional Information
 Regarding the Application for License Renewal (June
 20, 2011)...........................................

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Response to Request for Additional Information               ML11269A030
 Regarding the Application for Renewal of License R-
 84 (September 6, 2011)..............................
Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute--               ML113410120
 Response to NRC Request for Additional Information
 Questions 14-41 and Resubmittal of Technical
 Specifications (October 20, 2011) (redacted version)
Response to Request for Additional Information               ML11341A133
 Regarding the Application for License Renewal (TAC
 No. ME1587) (November 28, 2011).....................
Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute,                ML113460085
 Technical Responses to NRC Request for Additional
 Information Re: License Renewal (TAC No. ME1587)
 (November 28, 2011) (redacted version)..............
Request For Additional Information Regarding The             ML12122A146
 Application For License Renewal (TAC No. ME1587)
 (April 20, 2012)....................................
Response to Request for Additional Information               ML12032A054
 Regarding the Application for License Renewal (TAC
 No. ME1587) (January 17, 2012)......................
Request for Additional Information Regarding the             ML12272A303
 Application for License Renewal (September 21, 2012)
Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute--               ML13182A084
 Response to Request for Additional Information
 Regarding the Application for License Renewal (TAC
 ME1587) (June 28, 2013).............................
U.S. Dept of Defense, Uniformed Services University          ML13254A064
 of the Health Sciences--Submittal of revised
 Technical Specifications, Docket 50-170 (August 27,
 2014)...............................................
Request for Additional Information Regarding the             ML14349A319
 Renewal of Facility Operating License No. R-84 for
 the AFRRI TRIGA Reactor Facility (December 4, 2014).
Letter from Stephen L. Miller Enclosing Revision of          ML15093A099
 the Technical Specifications for the Armed Forces
 Radiobiology Research Institute Reactor (license R-
 84, docket 50-170) (March 30, 2015).................
Request for Additional Information Regarding the             ML16040A310
 Application for License Renewal (February 9, 2016)..
Submittal of Technical Specifications for the Armed          ML16060A210
 Forces Radiobiology Research Institute Facility
 (February 26, 2016).................................
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Armed Forces                 ML16218A224
 Radiobiology Research Institute TRIGA Research
 Reactor Proposed License Renewal, IPaC Trust
 Resources Report, (August 5, 2016)..................
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Endangered Species           ML16120A505
 Consultations Frequently Asked Questions, (July 15,
 2013)...............................................
Response to NRR Request for Additional Information           ML16232A164
 Regarding the Application for License Renewal for
 AFRRI Facility (August 5, 2016).....................
U.S. Department of Defense, Armed Forces Radiobiology        ML16258A463
 Research Institute (AFRRI), Submittal of Request for
 Additional Information Regarding the Application for
 License Renewal (TAC No. ME1587) (September 12,
 2016)...............................................
Reactor Operator Requalification Program for the             ML16258A464
 AFRRI TRIGA Reactor Facility (September 12, 2016)...
Request for Additional Information Regarding the             ML16267A447
 Application for License Renewal (TAC No. ME1587)
 (September 21, 2016)................................
AFRRI Email Regarding License Renewal Application            ML16270A541
 (September 26, 2016)................................
AFRRI Email Response to Request for Additional               ML16271A536
 Information for License Renewal (September 27, 2016)
Letter from Stephen L. Miller Enclosing Revision of          ML16278A111
 the Technical Specifications for the Armed Forces
 Radiobiology Research Institute Reactor (September
 30, 2016)...........................................
U.S. Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute            ML16321A461
 Letter Regarding Review of Draft License R-84
 (November 16, 2016).................................
Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute--               ML16077A303
 Issuance of Renewed Facility Operating License No. R-
 84 for the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research
 Institute Research Reactor (November 30, 2016)......
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    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 1st day of December, 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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