University of Maryland; Maryland University Training Reactor

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 1 (Tuesday, January 3, 2017)

Federal Register Volume 82, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 3, 2017)

Notices

Pages 151-153

From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov

FR Doc No: 2016-31815

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Docket No. 50-166; NRC-2010-0250

University of Maryland; Maryland University Training 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-70, held by the University of Maryland (UMD or the licensee) for the continued operation of its Maryland University Training Reactor (MUTR or the facility) Training, Research, Isotope Production, General Atomics (TRIGA) reactor for an additional 20 years.

DATES: The operating license renewal No. R-70 is effective on December 22, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2010-0250 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-2010-0250. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-

3463; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. 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 pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The ADAMS accession number for each document referenced (if it available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is referenced. 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: Eben Allen, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-

0001; telephone: 301-415-4246; email: Eben.Allen@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

  1. Discussion

    The NRC has issued renewed Facility Operating License No. R-70, held by the licensee, which authorizes continued operation of the MUTR, located in College Park, Maryland. The MUTR is a heterogeneous pool-

    type, natural convection, light-water cooled, and shielded TRIGA reactor. The MUTR is licensed to operate at a steady-state power level of 250 kilowatts thermal. The renewed Facility Operating License No. R-

    70 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 (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 July 26, 2010 (75 FR 43566). 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-70 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

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    Significant Impact for the renewal of the facility operating license, noticed in the Federal Register on December 22, 2016 (81 FR 93969), and concluded that renewal of the facility operating license will not have a significant impact on the quality of the human environment.

  2. 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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    Document ADAMS accession No.

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    University of Maryland, Request for Renewal of ML052910399

    Class 104 Operating License R-70., May 12, 2000.

    University of Maryland--Request for Additional ML022690533

    Information Re: Renewal of License R-70, October

    10, 2002.

    Transmittal of the University of Maryland's ML101970211

    Response to the Request for Additional

    Information Pertaining to Sections Six through

    Ten of the Safety Analysis Report (SAR), June 7,

    2004.

    University of Maryland's Response to the Request ML042240227

    for Additional Information Re: Environmental

    Report for Training Reactor, August 4, 2004.

    Submittal of Additional Information as it Pertains ML042940317

    to Section Eleven of the Safety Analysis Report

    for the Maryland University Training Reactor,

    September 17, 2004.

    Response to the Request for Additional Information ML042940408

    as it Pertains to Section Twelve of the Safety

    Analysis Report for the Maryland University

    Training Reactor, October 7, 2004.

    University of Maryland--Response to RAI Regarding ML051160054

    the Technical Specifications for the Maryland

    University Training Reactor, April 18, 2005.

    University of Maryland's Response to Request for ML061250233

    Additional Information, as it Pertains to Section

    Two of Safety Analysis Report for Maryland

    University Training Reactor, April 25, 2006.

    University of Maryland's Response to Request for ML061280383

    Additional Information, as it Pertains to Section

    Two of Safety Analysis Report for Maryland

    University Training Reactor, April 25, 2006.

    University of Maryland Responses to RAIs on the ML101970209

    SAR, August 28, 2006.

    University of Maryland, Response to Request for ML16083A222

    Additional Information, September 7, 2006.

    University of Maryland Responses to RAIs on the ML101970210

    SAR, November 9, 2006.

    University of Maryland's Response to Request for ML101480913

    Additional Information as it Pertains to

    Technical Specifications for Maryland University

    Training Reactor, December 18, 2006.

    University of Maryland, Request for Additional ML093420068

    Information Regarding the License Renewal for the

    Maryland University Training and Research

    Reactor, December 10, 2009.

    University of Maryland, Request for Additional ML100840239

    Information Regarding License Renewal Technical

    Matters (TAC ME1592), April 6, 2010.

    University of MD Training Reactor (MUTR)-- ML101670413

    Submitting Responses to NRC 12/10/09 Request for

    Additional Information Regarding Financial

    Qualifications for Renewal of License, May 27,

    2010.

    University of Maryland Responses Request for ML102110049

    Additional Information Regarding the License

    Renewal for Maryland University Training Reactor,

    July 28, 2010.

    University of Maryland Training Reactor, Request ML102230338

    for Additional Information Regarding License

    Renewal Revised Technical Specifications dated

    December 18, 2006 (TAC No. ME1592), August 20,

    2010.

    University of Maryland, Request for Additional ML102710556

    Information Regarding the License Renewal for the

    Maryland University Training Reactor, September

    22, 2010.

    University of Maryland, Maryland University ML110320459

    Training Reactor (MUTRA), Request for Additional

    Information (RAI) Regarding Remaining Technical

    Specifications, January 31, 2011.

    University of Maryland, Maryland University ML110350175

    Training Reactor, Response to Request No. #2 to

    the NRC's April 6, 2010, Request for Additional

    Information, February 2, 2011.

    University of Maryland, Maryland University ML11124A124

    Training Reactor (``MUTR''), Technical

    Specifications, Response to February 18, 2011,

    Request for Additional Information (``RAI'')

    Regarding Remaining Technical Specifications, May

    2, 2011.

    University of Maryland, NRC Response to Letter ML11171A566

    Dated May 2, 2011, June 22, 2011.

    University of Maryland, Maryland, Response to ML11189A065

    Request for Additional Information in Regard to

    Remaining Technical Specifications, July 5, 2011.

    University of Maryland, Response to Request for ML16231A339

    Additional Information Regarding Dose to General

    Public in the Event of Maximum Hypothetical

    Accident (MHA), July 29, 2011.

    University of Maryland--Request for Additional ML112130086

    Information Regarding the License Renewal for the

    Maryland University Training Reactor (Related to

    May 2, 2011) (TAC No. ME1592), August 26, 2011.

    University of Maryland--Request for Additional ML112380621

    Information Regarding Dose Calculations,

    September 8, 2011.

    University of Maryland, Request for Additional ML11277A026

    Information Regarding License Renewal for

    Maryland University Training Reactor (TAC No.

    ME1592), September 28, 2011.

    University of Maryland--Request for Additional ML11286A337

    Information Regarding the License Renewal for the

    Maryland University Training Reactor, October 12,

    2011.

    University of Maryland--Response to NRC Request ML12060A344

    for Additional Information Regarding the License

    Renewal for the Maryland University Training

    Reactor, February 9, 2012.

    University of Maryland--Request for Additional ML102660113

    Information Re: Reactor Operator Requalification

    Program, February 15, 2012.

    University of Maryland--Request for Additional ML12081A017

    Information Re: Reactor Operator Requalification

    Program (TAC No. ME2431), March 14, 2012.

    University of Maryland, Request for Additional ML12172A139

    Information Regarding the License Renewal for the

    Maryland University Training Reactor (``MUTR''),

    May 22, 2012.

    University of Maryland--Request for Additional ML121870709

    Information, Re: Reactor Operator Requalification

    Program (TAC ME2431), July 16, 2012.

    University of Maryland, Response to Request for ML12255A400

    Additional Information Regarding the License

    Renewal for the Training Reactor (``MUTR''),

    August 29, 2012.

    University of Maryland--Review and Approval of the ML12306A112

    Requalification Training Program for Licensed

    Operators (TAC No. ME1592), November 15, 2012.

    University of Maryland--License Renewal for the ML13095A006

    Maryland University Training Reactor (MUTR), TAC

    ME1592), March 21, 2013.

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    University of Maryland, College Park Request for ML14141A630

    Additional Information Re: Financial Update for

    License Renewal for the University of Maryland

    (TAC ME1592), June 2, 2014.

    University of Maryland Training Reactor--Report on ML14176A078

    AR-41 Mitigation, June 18, 2014.

    University of Maryland--Request for Additional ML14266A658

    Information Re: Review of the Argon-41

    Radiological Dose Assessment for License Renewal

    (TAC ME1592), September 25, 2014.

    University of Maryland, Response to Request for ML14342A563

    Additional Information Regarding Financial Update

    for License Renewal, November 25, 2014.

    University of Maryland--Request for Additional ML14332A300

    Information Re: Review of the ARGON-41

    Radiological Dose Assessment for License Renewal

    of the Maryland University Training Reactor (TAC

    No. ME1592) November 25, 2014.

    University Of Maryland--Revised Physical Security ML14364A086

    Plan For License Renewal Of The Maryland

    University Training Reactor (TAC ME1592) License

    No. 70; Docket No. 50-166, December 19, 2014.

    Letter Request for Additional Information RE: ML15058A276

    Physical Security Plan Review for License Renewal

    (TAC No. ME1592), March 12, 2015.

    University of Maryland--Request for Additional ML15083A383

    Information for License Renewal of the Maryland

    University Training Reactor (TAC No. ME1592),

    August 21, 2015.

    University of Maryland--Request for Additional ML15219A471

    Information for License Renewal of the Maryland

    University Training Reactor Pertaining to Thermal

    Hydraulics, September 10, 2015.

    University of Maryland--Request for Additional ML15349A894

    Information for License Renewal Pertaining to

    Thermal Hydraulics, December 2, 2015.

    University of Maryland--Response to Request for ML16008A072

    Additional Information for License Renewal,

    January 5, 2016.

    University of Maryland--Request for Additional ML16061A003

    Information Re: For the Renewal of Facility

    Operating License No. R-70 the Maryland

    University Training Reactor Docket No. 50-166,

    February 29, 2016.

    University of Maryland--License Amendment Re: SNM ML16312A066

    Limit, Docket No. 50-166, License No. R-70,

    University of Maryland, November 1, 2016.

    University of Maryland--Request for Additional ML16309A184

    Information Re: For the Renewal of Facility

    Operating License No. R-70 the Maryland

    University Training Reactor Docket No. 50-166,

    November 2, 2016.

    University of Maryland--Request for Additional ML16320A007

    Information Re: For the Renewal of Facility

    Operating License No. R-70 the Maryland

    University Training Reactor Docket No. 50-166

    ME1592, November 10, 2016.

    University of Maryland--Request for Additional ML16323A447

    Information Re: For the Renewal of Facility

    Operating License No. R-70 the Maryland

    University Training Reactor Docket No. 50-166,

    November 17, 2016.

    University of Maryland--Request for Additional ML16323A446

    Information Regarding The Review of License

    Renewal For the Maryland University Training

    Reactor (TAC No. ME1592), November 17, 2016.

    University of Maryland, Re: Conversation of Record ML16337A389

    Support of MUTR License Renewal, December 2, 2016.

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    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22nd day of December 2016.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

    Michael Balazik,

    Branch Chief (Acting), Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch, Division of Policy and Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

    FR Doc. 2016-31815 Filed 12-30-16; 8:45 am

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