80 FR 63841 - Texas Engineering Experiment Station/Texas A&M University System Nuclear Science Center Reactor
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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 203 (Wednesday, October 21, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 63841-63842] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-26746] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. 50-128; NRC-2015-0210] Texas Engineering Experiment Station/Texas A&M University System Nuclear Science Center Reactor AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: License renewal; issuance. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued a renewal of Facility Operating License No. R-83, held by the Texas Engineering Experiment Station/Texas A&M University System (TEES/TAMUS or the licensee) for the continued operation of its Nuclear Science Center (NSC or the facility) Training, Research, Isotope Production, General Atomics (TRIGA) reactor (NSCR or the reactor) for an additional 20 years. DATES: The operating license renewal No. R-83 is effective on October 1, 2015. ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0210 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-2015-0210. 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. 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: The NRC has issued renewed Facility Operating License No. R-83, held by the licensee, which authorizes continued operation of the TEES/TAMUS Nuclear Science Center (NSC, or the facility), TRIGA (Training, Research, Isotope Production, General Atomics) reactor (NSCR, or the reactor), located in College Station, Texas. The NSCR is heterogeneous pool-type, natural convection, light- water cooled, and shielded TRIGA reactor. The NSCR is licensed to operate at a steady-state power level of 1,000 kilowatts thermal. The renewed Facility Operating License No. R-83 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 June 28, 2010 (75 FR 36710). 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-83 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 September 3, 2015 (80 FR 53343), 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ADAMS Document Accession No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Texas Engineering Experiment Station--Redacted Version-- ML102920025 Application for the License Renewal Including the Safety Analysis Report, February 27, 2003.............. Redacted Version--Safety Analysis Report for Texas A&M ML092530306 Application for License Renewal and Power Uprate Including Technical Specifications and Environmental Report, July 22, 2009.................................. Texas A&M University, Response to NRC Requests for ML102150544 Additional Information Questions 9 and 11, Chapter 14-- Technical Specifications, July 28, 2010................ Response to NRC Requests for Additional Information RAI ML102510154 3, Chapter 15--Financial Qualifications, August 30, 2010................................................... [[Page 63842]] Texas A&M University System--Redacted Version--Response ML102650318 to NRC Non-Financial Requests for Additional Information Questions 1-37 for the TEES Nuclear Science Center Reactor, August 31, 2010........................ Response to NRC Requests for Additional Information RAI ML103470278 3, Chapter 15--Financial Qualifications, from the Texas A&M University System, Texas Engineering Experiment Station, Nuclear Science Center Reactor, December 9, 2010................................................... Response to NRC Request for Additional Information (RAI) ML111950372 Questions 1 through 37 (Non-Financial), Technical Specifications--Redacted Version, May 27, 2011......... Texas A&M University, Nuclear Science Center, Safety ML111950376 Analysis Report--Redacted Version, June 9, 2011........ Texas A&M University--Redacted Version--Response to NRC ML11327A083 Request for Additional Information Questions 1-4, ADAMS Accession No. ML113410067; and Technical Specifications, November 21, 2011...................... Texas A&M University System--Redacted Version--Responses ML120260016 to NRC Requests for Additional Information Questions 1 and 3, January 12, 2012................................ Texas A&M University, Updated Technical Specifications ML12110A116 for the Nuclear Science Center Reactor, April 11, 2012. Updated Technical Specifications and Responses to RAI 3 ML12321A321 for the Nuclear Science Center Reactor, November 14, 2012................................................... Description of the Neutron Sources and Total Special ML13037A307 Nuclear Material Possession Limit Needs, January 31, 2013................................................... Response to NRC Requests for Additional Information RAI ML14038A106 1-4, Chapter 15 Financial Qualifications for the Texas A&M University System, Texas Engineering Experiment Station, Nuclear Science Center Reactor, February 3, 2013................................................... Response to NRC Requests for Additional Information RAI ML14076A112 1-6, Operator Requalification Program from the Texas A&M University, February 11, 2013...................... Response to NRC Request for Additional Information, ML15009A279 Review of the Fuel Pool Temperature on Fuel Temperature for the License Renewal for the Nuclear Science Center Reactor, November 13, 2014............................. Texas A&M University--Response to NRC Request for ML15065A068 Additional Information Regarding the Renewal of Facility Operating License No. R-83, March 2, 2015..... Texas A&M University--Response to NRC Request for ML15160A023 Additional Information Regarding the Renewal of Facility Operating License No. R-83, June 5, 2015...... E-mail to Correct Updated Proposed TEES TS from Jerry ML15187A256 Newhouse, June 11, 2015................................ E-mail from Jerry Newhouse RE: Proposed TEES TS Change ML15182A449 Section 6.0, June 30, 2015............................. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 15th day of October, 2015. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Duane Hardesty, Acting Chief, Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch, Division of Policy and Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. [FR Doc. 2015-26746 Filed 10-20-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P
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STATUS: The one item is open to the licensee) for the continued operation of SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC
public. its Nuclear Science Center (NSC or the has issued renewed Facility Operating
MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: facility) Training, Research, Isotope License No. R–83, held by the licensee,
8727 Special Investigation Report: Production, General Atomics (TRIGA) which authorizes continued operation
Selected Issues in Passenger reactor (NSCR or the reactor) for an of the TEES/TAMUS Nuclear Science
Vehicle Tire Safety and Safety additional 20 years. Center (NSC, or the facility), TRIGA
Alert—Drivers: Manage Tire Risks DATES: The operating license renewal (Training, Research, Isotope Production,
for a Safer Ride No. R–83 is effective on October 1, 2015. General Atomics) reactor (NSCR, or the
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID reactor), located in College Station,
NEWS MEDIA CONTACT: Telephone: (202) NRC–2015–0210 when contacting the Texas. The NSCR is heterogeneous pool-
314–6100. NRC about the availability of type, natural convection, light-water
The press and public may enter the information regarding this document. cooled, and shielded TRIGA reactor.
NTSB Conference Center one hour prior You may obtain publicly-available The NSCR is licensed to operate at a
to the meeting for set up and seating. information related to this document steady-state power level of 1,000
Individuals requesting specific using any of the following methods: kilowatts thermal. The renewed Facility
accommodations should contact • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to Operating License No. R–83 will expire
Rochelle Hall at (202) 314–6305 or by http://www.regulations.gov and search 20 years from its date of issuance.
email at Rochelle.Hall@ntsb.gov by for Docket ID NRC–2015–0210. Address The renewed facility operating license
Wednesday, October 21, 2015. questions about NRC dockets to Carol complies with the standards and
The public may view the meeting via Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463; requirements of the Atomic Energy Act
a live or archived webcast by accessing email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the
a link under ‘‘News & Events’’ on the technical questions, contact the Commission’s rules and regulations.
NTSB home page at www.ntsb.gov. individual listed in the FOR FURTHER The Commission has made appropriate
Schedule updates, including weather- INFORMATION CONTACT section of this findings as required by the Act and the
related cancellations, are also available document. Commission’s regulations in chapter I of
at www.ntsb.gov. • NRC’s Agencywide Documents title 10 of the Code of Federal
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Candi Access and Management System Regulations (10 CFR), and sets forth
Bing at (202) 314–6403 or by email at (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly those findings in the renewed facility
bingc@ntsb.gov. available documents online in the operating license. The agency afforded
FOR MEDIA INFORMATION CONTACT: Peter ADAMS Public Documents collection at an opportunity for hearing in the Notice
Knudson at (202) 314–6100 or by email http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ of Opportunity for Hearing published in
at peter.knudson@ntsb.gov. adams.html. To begin the search, select the Federal Register on June 28, 2010
‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then (75 FR 36710). The NRC received no
Dated: October 9, 2015. select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS
Candi R. Bing, request for a hearing or petition for
Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, leave to intervene following the notice.
Federal Register Liaison Officer. please contact the NRC’s Public
[FR Doc. 2015–26873 Filed 10–19–15; 4:15 pm] Document Room (PDR) reference staff at The NRC staff prepared a safety
BILLING CODE 7533–01–P 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by evaluation report for the renewal of
email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The Facility Operating License No. R–83 and
ADAMS accession number for each concluded, based on that evaluation,
NUCLEAR REGULATORY document referenced (if it available in that the licensee can continue to operate
COMMISSION ADAMS) is provided the first time that the facility without endangering the
a document is referenced. For the health and safety of the public. The NRC
[Docket No. 50–128; NRC–2015–0210] convenience of the reader, the ADAMS staff also prepared an Environmental
accession numbers are provided in a Assessment and Finding of No
Texas Engineering Experiment Station/ Significant Impact for the renewal of the
table in the ‘‘Availability of Documents’’
Texas A&M University System Nuclear facility operating license, noticed in the
section of this document.
Science Center Reactor • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and Federal Register on September 3, 2015
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory purchase copies of public documents at (80 FR 53343), and concluded that
Commission. the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One renewal of the facility operating license
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville will not have a significant impact on the
ACTION: License renewal; issuance.
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. quality of the human environment.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Availability of Documents
Commission (NRC) issued a renewal of Geoffrey A. Wertz, Office of Nuclear
Facility Operating License No. R–83, Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear The documents identified in the
held by the Texas Engineering Regulatory Commission, Washington, following table are available to
Experiment Station/Texas A&M DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415– interested persons through ADAMS
University System (TEES/TAMUS or the 0893; email: Geoffrey.Wertz@nrc.gov. accession numbers, as indicated.
ADAMS
Document Accession No.
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Texas Engineering Experiment Station—Redacted Version—Application for the License Renewal Including the Safety Analysis
Report, February 27, 2003 ............................................................................................................................................................... ML102920025
Redacted Version—Safety Analysis Report for Texas A&M Application for License Renewal and Power Uprate Including Tech-
nical Specifications and Environmental Report, July 22, 2009 ....................................................................................................... ML092530306
Texas A&M University, Response to NRC Requests for Additional Information Questions 9 and 11, Chapter 14—Technical
Specifications, July 28, 2010 ........................................................................................................................................................... ML102150544
Response to NRC Requests for Additional Information RAI 3, Chapter 15—Financial Qualifications, August 30, 2010 ................. ML102510154
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ADAMS
Document Accession No.
Texas A&M University System—Redacted Version—Response to NRC Non-Financial Requests for Additional Information Ques-
tions 1–37 for the TEES Nuclear Science Center Reactor, August 31, 2010 ................................................................................ ML102650318
Response to NRC Requests for Additional Information RAI 3, Chapter 15—Financial Qualifications, from the Texas A&M Uni-
versity System, Texas Engineering Experiment Station, Nuclear Science Center Reactor, December 9, 2010 ........................... ML103470278
Response to NRC Request for Additional Information (RAI) Questions 1 through 37 (Non-Financial), Technical Specifications—
Redacted Version, May 27, 2011 .................................................................................................................................................... ML111950372
Texas A&M University, Nuclear Science Center, Safety Analysis Report—Redacted Version, June 9, 2011 .................................. ML111950376
Texas A&M University—Redacted Version—Response to NRC Request for Additional Information Questions 1–4, ADAMS Ac-
cession No. ML113410067; and Technical Specifications, November 21, 2011 ............................................................................ ML11327A083
Texas A&M University System—Redacted Version—Responses to NRC Requests for Additional Information Questions 1 and 3,
January 12, 2012 ............................................................................................................................................................................. ML120260016
Texas A&M University, Updated Technical Specifications for the Nuclear Science Center Reactor, April 11, 2012 ........................ ML12110A116
Updated Technical Specifications and Responses to RAI 3 for the Nuclear Science Center Reactor, November 14, 2012 ........... ML12321A321
Description of the Neutron Sources and Total Special Nuclear Material Possession Limit Needs, January 31, 2013 ..................... ML13037A307
Response to NRC Requests for Additional Information RAI 1–4, Chapter 15 Financial Qualifications for the Texas A&M Univer-
sity System, Texas Engineering Experiment Station, Nuclear Science Center Reactor, February 3, 2013 .................................. ML14038A106
Response to NRC Requests for Additional Information RAI 1–6, Operator Requalification Program from the Texas A&M Univer-
sity, February 11, 2013 .................................................................................................................................................................... ML14076A112
Response to NRC Request for Additional Information, Review of the Fuel Pool Temperature on Fuel Temperature for the Li-
cense Renewal for the Nuclear Science Center Reactor, November 13, 2014 ............................................................................. ML15009A279
Texas A&M University—Response to NRC Request for Additional Information Regarding the Renewal of Facility Operating Li-
cense No. R–83, March 2, 2015 ...................................................................................................................................................... ML15065A068
Texas A&M University—Response to NRC Request for Additional Information Regarding the Renewal of Facility Operating Li-
cense No. R–83, June 5, 2015 ........................................................................................................................................................ ML15160A023
E-mail to Correct Updated Proposed TEES TS from Jerry Newhouse, June 11, 2015 ..................................................................... ML15187A256
E-mail from Jerry Newhouse RE: Proposed TEES TS Change Section 6.0, June 30, 2015 ............................................................ ML15182A449
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 15th day actions, as appropriate, for deliberation Moreover, in view of the possibility that
of October, 2015. by the Full Committee. the schedule for ACRS meetings may be
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Members of the public desiring to adjusted by the Chairman as necessary
Duane Hardesty, provide oral statements and/or written to facilitate the conduct of the meeting,
Acting Chief, Research and Test Reactors comments should notify the Designated persons planning to attend should check
Licensing Branch, Division of Policy and Federal Official (DFO), Christopher with these references if such
Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Reactor Brown (Telephone 301–415–7111 or rescheduling would result in a major
Regulation. Email: Christopher.Brown@nrc.gov) five inconvenience.
[FR Doc. 2015–26746 Filed 10–20–15; 8:45 am] days prior to the meeting, if possible, so If attending this meeting, please enter
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made. Thirty-five hard copies of each building, 11555 Rockville Pike,
presentation or handout should be Rockville, MD. After registering with
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COMMISSION before the meeting. In addition, one Brown (Telephone 240–888–9835) to be
electronic copy of each presentation escorted to the meeting room.
Advisory Committee on Reactor should be emailed to the DFO one day
Safeguards (ACRS), Meeting of the Dated: October 14, 2015.
before the meeting. If an electronic copy
ACRS Subcommittee on Metallurgy Peter Wen,
cannot be provided within this
and Reactor Fuels; Notice of Meeting timeframe, presenters should provide Acting Chief, Technical Support Branch,
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards.
The ACRS Subcommittee on the DFO with a CD containing each
presentation at least thirty minutes [FR Doc. 2015–26737 Filed 10–20–15; 8:45 am]
Metallurgy and Reactor Fuels will hold
a meeting on November 20, 2015, Room before the meeting. Electronic BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
T–2B1, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, recordings will be permitted only
Maryland. during those portions of the meeting
that are open to the public. Detailed NUCLEAR REGULATORY
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The agenda for the subject meeting participation in ACRS meetings were Advisory Committee on Reactor
shall be as follows: published in the Federal Register on Safeguards (ACRS) Meeting of the
October 1, 2014 (79 FR 59307). ACRS Subcommittee on Planning and
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Until 5:00 p.m. Procedures; Notice of Meeting
transcripts are available on the NRC
The Subcommittee will discuss Spent Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading- The ACRS Subcommittee on Planning
Fuel Storage and Transportation. The rm/doc-collections/acrs. Information and Procedures will hold a meeting on
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Subcommittee will hear presentations regarding topics to be discussed, November 4, 2015, Room T–2B3, 11545
by and hold discussions with the NRC changes to the agenda, whether the Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland.
staff and other interested persons meeting has been canceled or The meeting will be open to public
regarding this matter. The rescheduled, and the time allotted to attendance with the exception of a
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analyze relevant issues and facts, and from the Web site cited above or by 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2) and (6) to discuss
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| Section | Notices | |
| Action | License renewal; issuance. | |
| Dates | The operating license renewal No. R-83 is effective on October 1, 2015. | |
| 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] | |
| FR Citation | 80 FR 63841 |
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