[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 235 (Thursday, December 8, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75299-75301]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-26665]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-607; NRC-2022-0114]


Regents of the University of California, University of 
California-Davis McClellan Nuclear Research Center, Training, Research, 
Isotopes, General Atomics Reactor

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: License renewal; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued a 
renewal for Facility Operating License No. R-130, held by the Regents 
of the University of California (the licensee), for the continued 
operation of the University of California-Davis McClellan Nuclear 
Research Center (UCD, MNRC) Training, Research, Isotopes, General 
Atomics (TRIGA) reactor (the reactor, facility), for an

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additional 20 years from the date of issuance. The facility is located 
in the city of North Highlands, Sacramento County, California. In 
connection with the renewed license, the licensee is authorized to 
operate the reactor at a maximum licensed power level of 1.0 megawatt-
thermal (MWt).

DATES: Renewed Facility Operating License No. R-130 was issued on 
November 21, 2022, and is effective as of the date of issuance.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2022-0114 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-2022-0114. 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.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, 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 notice.
     NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents, by appointment, at the NRC's PDR, Room P1 B35, One White 
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. To make 
an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to 
[email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 
8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET), Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Geoffrey 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 a renewal for Facility Operating License No. R-
130, held by Regents of the University of California, which authorizes 
operation of the UCD MNRC TRIGA reactor. The UCD MNRC is a hexagonal-
grid, natural-convection-cooled TRIGA-type reactor with a graphite 
reflector. The renewed license authorizes the licensee to operate the 
UCD MNRC at a steady-state power level up to a maximum of 1.0 MWt. 
Renewed Facility Operating License No. R-130 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 set forth in chapter I 
of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations. The Commission has made 
appropriate findings as required by the Act and the Commission's 
regulations, and sets forth those findings in the renewed facility 
operating license. The agency afforded an opportunity for hearing in 
the Notice of Opportunity to Request a Hearing published in the Federal 
Register on March 9, 2022 (87 FR 13334). The NRC received no requests 
for a hearing following the notice.
    The NRC staff prepared the Safety Evaluation Report--Renewal of the 
Facility Operating License for the University of California-Davis 
McClellan Nuclear Research Center TRIGA Research Reactor, License No. 
R-130, Docket No. 50-607 which 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 regarding the renewal of the facility 
operating license, published in the Federal Register on October 20, 
2022 (87 FR 63820), 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

    Documents related to this action, including the license renewal 
application and other supporting documentation, and the safety 
evaluation report prepared by the NRC staff for the license renewal, 
are available to interested persons as indicated.

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       Document description                 ADAMS accession No.
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NRC Safety Evaluation Report--     ML22214B831.
 Renewal of the Facility
 Operating License for the
 University of California-Davis
 McClellan Nuclear Research
 Center TRIGA Research Reactor,
 dated November 21, 2022.
University of California, Davis    ML18179A501.
 McClellan Nuclear Research
 Center--Renewal of Facility
 Operating License No. R-130,
 Regents of the University of
 California, McClellan Nuclear
 Research Center Training,
 Research, Isotope, General
 Atomics, dated June 11, 2018.
University of California, Davis    ML19132A147.
 McClellan Nuclear Research
 Center--Requested Changes to
 Facility License Renewal
 Application, dated May 10, 2019.
University of California, Davis    ML19197A260.
 McClellan Nuclear Research
 Center--Expected Submission Date
 of 1.0 MW Steady-State Power
 Level Final Safety Analysis
 Report, dated June 14, 2019.
University of California, Davis    ML20188A368.
 McClellan Nuclear Research
 Center--Updated UCD/MNRC
 [McClellan Nuclear Research
 Center] License (R-130) Renewal
 Application Package Docket
 Number 50-607, dated July 6,
 2020.
University of California, Davis    ML20238B984.
 McClellan Nuclear Research
 Center--University of California
 at Davis License Renewal
 Application Updated Safety
 Analysis Report (redacted),
 dated July 6, 2020.
University of California, Davis    ML20188A370.
 McClellan Nuclear Research
 Center--University of California
 Davis McClellan Nuclear Research
 Center Financial Qualification
 Report, dated June 10, 2020.
University of California, Davis    ML20238B993.
 McClellan Nuclear Research
 Center--University of California
 at Davis License Renewal
 Application Environmental Report
 (redacted), dated July 6, 2020.
University of California Davis,    ML20188A371.
 McClellan Nuclear Research
 Center--UCD/MNRC-0004-DOC-14,
 Technical Specifications for the
 University of California--Davis
 McClellan Nuclear Radiation
 Center (UCD/MNRC), dated June
 10, 2020.
University of California, Davis    ML20188A374.
 McClellan Nuclear Research
 Center--UCD/MNRC-0009-DOC-04,
 University of California--Davis/
 Mcclellan Nuclear Radiation
 Center Selection and Training
 Plan for Reactor Personnel,
 dated January 12, 2000.
University of California, Davis    ML20238B990.
 McClellan Nuclear Research
 Center--University of California
 at Davis Emergency Plan, dated
 June 21, 2018 (redacted)..

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Department of the Air Force,       ML20205Q191.
 Memorandum for U.S. Nuclear
 Regulatory Commission, RE: USAF
 request to convey the McClellan
 Nuclear Research Center to the
 Regents of the University of
 California at Davis, dated April
 13, 1999.
University of California, Davis    ML21265A540
 McClellan Nuclear Research        (Package).
 Center--University of California
 at Davis License Renewal
 Application, Supplemental
 Information from the NRC staff
 audit, dated September 22, 2021.
University of California, Davis    ML22154A543.
 McClellan Nuclear Research
 Center--UC Davis MNRC Submission
 of Technical Specifications in
 Support of License Renewal
 Applications, dated June 3, 2022.
University of California, Davis    ML21351A317.
 McClellan Nuclear Research
 Center--UC Davis UCD/MNRC
 Response to NRC Staff Request
 for Additional Information
 Regarding Licensing Renewal
 Application Letter Issued
 November 30, 2021, dated
 December 17, 2021.
University of California, Davis    ML22014A127.
 McClellan Nuclear Research
 Center--50.54P Submittal of the
 UCD/MNRC Physical Security Plan
 for University of California,
 Davis McClellan Nuclear Research
 Center (UCD/MNRC), Docket No. 50-
 607, Facility Operating License
 No. R-130, dated January 11,
 2022.
University of California, Davis    ML21269A001.
 McClellan Nuclear Research
 Center--University of California-
 Davis, McClellan Nuclear
 Research Center Reactor,
 Selection and Training Plan for
 Reactor Personnel, Document No.
 UCD/MNRC-0009-DOC-05, September
 2021, dated September 22, 2021.
University of California, Davis    ML22089A158.
 McClellan Nuclear Research
 Center--UC Davis MNRC Response
 to NRC Staff Request for
 Additional Information Regarding
 Licensing Renewal Application
 Letter Issued February 8, 2022,
 dated March 30, 2022.
University of California, Davis    ML22172A197
 McClellan Nuclear Research        (Package).
 Center--Supplemental
 Information, UC Davis MNRC
 Submission of Technical
 Specification in Support of
 License Renewal Application,
 dated June 21, 2022.
University of California, Davis    ML22173A201
 McClellan Nuclear Research        (Package).
 Center--Response to NRC Request
 for Additional Information
 Letter Dated June 3 2022
 Regarding Licensing Renewal
 Application for the University
 of California-Davis/McClellan
 Nuclear Research Center, dated
 June 22, 2022.
University of California, Davis    ML22181B082.
 McClellan Nuclear Research
 Center--Response to NRC Request
 for Additional Information
 Letter Dated June 24, 2022,
 Regarding Licensing Renewal
 Application for the University
 of California-Davis/McClellan
 Nuclear Research Center, dated
 June 30, 2022.
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    Dated: December 5, 2022.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Joshua M. Borromeo,
Chief, Non-Power Production and Utilization Facility Licensing Branch, 
Division of Advanced Reactors and Non-Power Production and Utilization 
Facilities, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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