[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 19 (Friday, January 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4665-4666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01754]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 30-10716; NRC-2020-0214]
Sigma-Aldrich Company, Fort Mims Site
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: License termination; issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is noticing the
termination of the Sigma-Aldrich Company, Fort Mims Site, Materials
License No. 24-16273-01, located in Maryland Heights, MO.
DATES: The license termination for Materials License No. 24-16273-01
was issued on November 16, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2020-0214 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 Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2020-0214. Address
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann;
telephone: 301-415-0624; email: [email protected]. For technical
questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this document.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George Alexander, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6755; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Sigma-Aldrich Company's (Sigma's) Fort Mims Site is located at
11542 Fort Mims Drive, Maryland Heights, Missouri in a commercial/
industrial park. The site consists of a 3-acre parcel of land
previously used for the radiolabeling of chemicals with carbon-14 and
tritium.
II. Discussion
By email dated August 22, 2019, the NRC received an application to
amend Sigma's decommissioning plan. That application was supplemented
by letter dated April 27, 2020, requesting a license amendment for the
termination of NRC Materials License No. 24-16273-01, and by letter
dated October 19, 2020, providing the NRC Form 313 ``Application for
Materials License'' for this action. By email dated July 31, 2020, the
NRC staff accepted for detailed technical review Sigma's license
amendment request to amend the decommissioning plan and terminate the
license.
The NRC staff reviewed the revised decommissioning plan with the
site-specific dose model and license termination request. Based on
Sigma's dose analysis and the NRC's independent and confirmatory
surveys and analyses, the NRC staff concluded in a safety evaluation
report dated November 16, 2021, that the Fort Mims Site met the dose
criteria for unrestricted use and that the residual radioactivity is as
low as reasonably achievable, consistent with section 20.1402 of title
10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, ``Radiological criteria for
unrestricted use.'' Based on an environmental assessment dated November
12, 2021, NRC staff concluded that there would be no significant
environmental impacts. Accordingly, NRC Materials License No. 24-16273-
01 for the Fort Mims Site was terminated.
III. Availability of Documents
The documents identified in the following table are available to
interested persons through ADAMS, as indicated.
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Document ADAMS accession No.
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NRC Approval of Sigma-Aldrich Company's Fort ML091330309
Mims Facility Decommissioning Plan, dated
May 12, 2009.
Sigma-Aldrich Fort Mims Site Revised ML19273A160
Decommissioning Plan, dated June 27, 2019.
Transmittal Email--Sigma-Aldrich Fort Mims ML19273A163
Revised Decommissioning Plan, dated August
22, 2019.
Sigma-Aldrich Fort Mims Site Request for ML20120A544
License Termination, dated April 27, 2020.
Transmittal Email--NRC Acceptance Review of ML20213C693
Revised Decommissioning Plan and License
Termination Request, dated July 31, 2020.
Sigma-Aldrich Fort Mims Site Revised ML20294A191
Decommissioning Plan: NRC Form 313,
``Application for Materials License,'' dated
October 19, 2020.
NRC Environmental Assessment and Finding of ML21277A097
No Significant Impact Related to the
Issuance of a License Amendment for the
Sigma-Aldrich Fort Mims Site, dated November
12, 2021.
NRC Safety Evaluation Report of Revised ML21300A384
Decommissioning Plan and License Termination
Request for the Sigma-Aldrich Fort Mims
Site, dated November 16, 2021.
NRC Materials License 24-16273-01 Termination ML21300A383
Amendment 21, dated November 16, 2021.
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Dated: January 25, 2022.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Randolph W. Von Till,
Chief, Uranium Recovery and Materials Decommissioning Branch, Division
of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs, Office of
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
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