82 FR 3811 - Rhode Island Atomic Energy Commission

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 8 (January 12, 2017)

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued a renewal of Facility Operating License No. R-95, held by the Rhode Island Atomic Energy Commission (RINSC or the licensee) for the continued operation of its Rhode Island Nuclear Science Center reactor for an additional 20 years from the date of issuance. The facility is located on the Narragansett Bay Campus of the University of Rhode Island in Narragansett, Rhode Island.

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 8 (Thursday, January 12, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3811-3812]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-00527]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-193; NRC-2016-0213]


Rhode Island Atomic Energy Commission

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: License renewal; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued a 
renewal of Facility Operating License No. R-95, held by the Rhode 
Island Atomic Energy Commission (RINSC or the licensee) for the 
continued operation of its Rhode Island Nuclear Science Center reactor 
for an additional 20 years from the date of issuance. The facility is 
located on the Narragansett Bay Campus of the University of Rhode 
Island in Narragansett, Rhode Island.

DATES: The renewed facility operating license No. R-95 is effective on 
January 5, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2016-0213 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-2016-0213. 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: Patrick G. Boyle, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-3936; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC has issued renewed Facility 
Operating License No. R-95, held by the licensee, which authorizes 
continued operation of the RINSC reactor, located on the Narragansett 
Bay Campus of the University of Rhode Island in Narragansett, Rhode 
Island. The RINSC reactor is a heterogeneous open pool-type, natural 
and forced convection, light-water cooled and shielded reactor. The 
renewed license authorizes the licensee to operate the RINSC reactor up 
to a steady-state power level of 2 megawatts thermal. The renewed 
Facility Operating License No. R-95 will expire 20 years from its date 
of issuance, January 5, 2017.
    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 October 24, 2016 (81 FR 73148). 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 (SER)--Renewal of 
the Facility Operating License for the Rhode Island Nuclear Science 
Center Reactor related to the renewal of Facility Operating License No. 
R-95 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 
January 5, 2017 (82 FR 1364), 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. The 
SER, prepared by the NRC staff for the license renewal, is available in 
ADAMS under Accession No. ML16337A325.

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``Rhode Island Atomic Energy Commission--      ML14038A386
 `Requesting Renewal of Operating License R-
 095 (Enclosure 2)' [REDACTED Safety Analysis
 Report],'' May 3, 2004.
``Rhode Island Atomic Energy Commission,       ML041270519
 Requesting Renewal of Operating License R-
 095,'' May 3, 2004.
``Response to Request for Additional           ML100270176
 Information Concerning Plans for
 Decommissioning Facility at the End of
 Useful Life Ref Item 3 Parts a, b, and c,''
 January 19, 2010.
``Rhode Island Nuclear Science Center,         ML16340A068
 Appendix A to Safety Analysis Report,
 Information on Ar-41 and N-16,'' (received
 December 5, 2016), February 4, 2010.
``Rhode Island Nuclear Science Center Reactor  ML102240257
 Submittal of Response to Request for
 Additional Information Re License Renewal,''
 August 6, 2010.
``Responding to Requests for Additional        ML102360440
 Information (RAI) regarding our Analysis of
 the Maximum Hypothetical Accident (MHA) for
 Renewal of License R-95,'' August 18, 2010.
``Memorandum Steady-State Thermal-Hydraulic    ML16062A376
 Analysis for Forced[dash]Convective Flow in
 the Rhode Island Nuclear Science (RINSC)
 Reactor,'' September 3, 2010.
``Rhode Island Atomic Energy Commission,       ML16279A516
 Fourth Response to Request for Additional
 Information dated April 23, 2010
 (Redacted),'' September 8, 2010.
Argonne National Laboratory Intra-Laboratory   ML16343A144
 Memo from Earl E. Feldman and M. Kalimullah
 to James E. Matos Regarding Steady-State
 Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis for Natural-
 Convective Flow in the Rhode Island Nuclear
 Science Center (RINSC) Reactor, November 8,
 2016.
``Rhode Island Atomic Energy Commission Fifth  ML16279A518
 Response to April 13, 2010 Request for
 Additional Information (Regarding License
 Renewal redacted),'' November 26, 2010.
``Rhode Island Atomic Energy Commission--      ML103490242
 Response to Requests for Additional
 Information Regarding Aging Issues Raised in
 RAIs,'' December 7, 2010.

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``Rhode Island Atomic Energy Commission        ML16279A519
 Response to April 13, 2010, Request for
 Additional Information Regarding License
 Renewal Technical Specifications
 (Redacted),'' December 14, 2010.
``Reply to your Request for Additional         ML110320416
 Information (RAI) dated April 13, 2010,
 regarding License Renewal for the Rhode
 Island Nuclear Science Center Reactor
 (RINSC),'' January 24, 2011.
``Letter re: Request for Additional            ML110600699
 Information dated April 13, 2010 Regarding
 License Renewal for the Rhode Island Nuclear
 Science Center Reactor (RINSC),'' February
 24, 2011.
``Rhode Island Atomic Energy Commission        ML11202A287
 Response to Request for Additional
 Information Regarding License Renewal,''
 July 15, 2011.
``Rhode Island Atomic Energy Commission Tenth  ML16279A520
 Response to the April 13, 2010, Request for
 Additional Information Regarding License
 Renewal (Redacted),'' July 5, 2011.
``Rhode Island Atomic Energy Commission        ML16279A521
 Responses to Request for Additional
 Information Regarding License Renewal
 (Redacted),'' July 15, 2011.
``Rhode Island Nuclear Science Center Tenth    ML11202A290
 Response to NRC Request for Additional
 Information dated April 13, 2010, Pages 126
 Through 204,'' July 15, 2011.
``Response to NRC's Request for Additional     ML13080A361
 Information Regarding Rhode Island Nuclear
 Science Center Reactor License Renewal,''
 March 15, 2013.
``Response to NRC's Request for Additional     ML13080A362
 Information Regarding Rhode Island Nuclear
 Science Center Reactor License Renewal,''
 March 15, 2013.
``Response to NRC's Request for Additional     ML13080A364
 Information Regarding Rhode Island Nuclear
 Science Center Reactor License Renewal,
 Proposed Technical Specification 130314,''
 March 15, 2013.
``Response to Request for Additional           ML13260A474
 Information Regarding Financial
 Qualifications for the RINSC Reactor License
 Renewal,'' September 16, 2013.
``Rhode Island Atomic Energy Commission        ML14006A420
 License Renewal Historical Resource Impact
 Response Letter,'' December 19, 2013.
``Response to Request for Additional           ML14057A639
 Information Regarding Requalification Plan
 for the RINSC Reactor License Renewal,''
 February 24, 2014.
``Compilation of All Submitted Requests for    ML14126A192
 Additional Information for the Rhode Island
 Nuclear Science Center Reactor License
 Renewal. Part 1 of 3,'' April 28, 2014.
``Rhode Island Atomic Energy Commission        ML16279A523
 Consolidated Responses to Request for
 Additional Information Regarding License
 Renewal. Part 2 of 3 (Redacted),'' April 28,
 2014.
``Compilation of All Submitted Requests for    ML14126A195
 Additional Information for the Rhode Island
 Nuclear Science Center Reactor License
 Renewal. Part 3 of 3,'' April 28, 2014.
``Rhode Island Nuclear Science Center          ML14184B361
 Reactor--Updated Proposed Technical
 Specifications,'' June 30, 2014.
``Rhode Island Nuclear Science Center Updated  ML15223A953
 Technical Specifications,'' August 7, 2015.
``Rhode Island Nuclear Science Center          ML15223A952
 Submittal of Updated Proposed Technical
 Specification,'' August 11, 2015.
``Summary of Changes to the Proposed           ML15223A954
 Technical Specifications,'' August 11, 2015.
``Contractor Comments and Responses,'' August  ML15223A955
 11, 2015.
``Rhode Island Nuclear Science Center          ML16062A378
 Transient Analyses Revised January 20,
 2016,'' January 20, 2016.
``Rhode Island Nuclear Science Center          ML16062A380
 Technical Specifications,'' February 26,
 2016.
``Rhode Island Atomic Energy Commission--      ML16062A373
 Response to Requests for Additional
 Information dated September 3, 2015,'' March
 1, 2016.
``Fuel Failure Addendum 160229,'' March 1,     ML16062A381
 2016.
``New Transient Analysis Results 160226,''     ML16062A379
 March 1, 2016.
``150903 RAI Responses 160301,'' March 1,      ML16062A374
 2016.
``Core Change Summary for Conversion from      ML16062A375
 RINSC LEU Core #5 to LEU Core #6,'' March 1,
 2016.
``[RINSC] Fuel Failure Analysis [Dose          ML16062A382
 Table],'' March 1, 2016.
``Request for Change to License for the Rhode  ML16112A071
 Island Atomic Energy Commission,'' April 21,
 2016.
``Rhode Island Atomic Energy Commission        ML16202A008
 Research Reactor--Responses to NRC Staff
 Request for Additional Information for
 License Renewal Review (Redacted Version),''
 July 20, 2016.
``State of Rhode Island and Province           ML16280A420
 Plantations--Response to Request for
 Additional Dated August 3, 2016, Rhode
 Island Nuclear Science Center Response to
 NRC Request for Additional Information
 Regarding the Renewal, and Rhode Island
 Nuclear Science Center Technical
 Specifications,'' October 6, 2016.
``State of Rhode Island and Providence         ML16306A063
 Plantations--Response to Request for
 Additional Information Regarding
 Calculations for Fuel Element Failure
 Accident Scenario,'' Letter and Responses,
 November 1, 2016.
``Rhode Island Atomic Energy Commission--      ML16319A298
 Transmittal of Supplemental Information in
 Support of Relicensing for the Rhode Island
 Nuclear Science Center (R-95),'' Letter and
 Responses, November 14, 2016.
Rhode Island Nuclear Science Center--          ML16336A734
 ``Supplemental Information for the
 Relicensing of the Rhode Island Atomic
 Energy Commission, Rhode Island Nuclear
 Science Center--Safety Analysis Report, and
 Rhode Island Nuclear Science Center--
 Technical Specifications,'' December 1, 2016.
State of Rhode Island and Province             ML16343A851
 Plantations--``Supplemental Information
 Regarding Relicensing for the Rhode Island
 Nuclear Science Center,'' December 8, 2016.
Rhode Island December 13, 2016 Conversation    ML16351A003
 Record, December 13, 2016.
Supplemental Information Re: Relicensing for   ML16350A042
 the Rhode Island Nuclear Science Center (R-
 95), December 15, 2016.
Rhode Island December 15 2016 Conversation     ML16351A012
 Record, December 15, 2016.
Rhode Island Nuclear Science Center--          ML16350A256
 Supplemental Information Regarding
 Relicensing, December 15, 2016.
Rhode Island Atomic Energy Commission--        ML16337A322
 Issuance of Renewed Facility Operating
 Licnese No. R-95 for the Rhode Island
 Nuclear Science Center Reactor (TAC No.
 ME1598) January 5, 2017.
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    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 5th day of January, 2017.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michael Balazik,
Chief (Acting), Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch, Division 
of Policy and Rulemaking, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
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