83 FR 10756 - Rapiscan Laboratories, Incorporated Sunnyvale, CA

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Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 48 (March 12, 2018)

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FR Document		2018-04947

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is providing public notice of the termination of Special Nuclear Materials (SNM) License No. SNM-2018. The NRC has terminated the license held by Rapiscan Laboratories, Inc. to possess and use SNM for research, development, and evaluation of Non-Intrusive Inspection Systems for the Transformational and Applied Research Directorate division of the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

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[Docket No. 70-7021; NRC-2011-0232]


Rapiscan Laboratories, Incorporated Sunnyvale, CA

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: License termination; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is providing 
public notice of the termination of Special Nuclear Materials (SNM) 
License No. SNM-2018. The NRC has terminated the license held by 
Rapiscan Laboratories, Inc. to possess and use SNM for research, 
development, and evaluation of Non-Intrusive Inspection Systems for the 
Transformational and Applied Research Directorate division of the 
Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, of the Department of Homeland 
Security (DHS).

DATES: The license termination for SNM-2018 was issued on October 20, 
2017.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2011-0232 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 http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2011-0232. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer Borges; telephone: 301-287-
9127; 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 is 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: Tyrone D. Naquin, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-7352; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Discussion

    The NRC has terminated License No. SNM-2018, held by Rapiscan 
Laboratories, Inc. (Rapiscan), for a site in Sunnyvale, California. 
Rapiscan was contracted by the DHS to conduct a research program for 
the development of new technologies that are capable of detecting SNM. 
The program includes utilizing SNM placed inside fully loaded cargo 
containers and other concealments during testing of proprietary 
equipment to determine if it can locate SNM sources placed inside 
containers when surrounded by the cargo. The materials used consisted 
of Low Enriched Uranium and High Enriched Uranium constructed for DHS. 
The SNM was encapsulated consistent with sealed source requirements or 
plated in 3 to 5 millimeters of nickel and was not dispersible or 
soluble. The sources used under this license were constructed by and 
owned by the Department of Energy, who retains ownership.
    The initial application for this license was received on October 
22, 2010 and license was issued on September 24, 2012. Rapiscan 
notified the Office of Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards on 
February 17, 2017 that testing was completed. An application to 
terminate the license was received on May 12, 2017. Rapiscan's use of 
the licensed materials was for conducting only non-destructive 
experiments utilizing sealed SNM and therefore, consistent with part 
51.22(c)(14)(v) of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulation (10 CFR), 
the initial licensing action was categorically excluded from the need 
to prepare an Environmental Assessment or an Environmental Impact 
Statement. The NRC staff prepared a safety evaluation report for the 
termination of SNM-2018. This license termination complies with 10 CFR 
70.38, the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 
as amended, and the NRC's rules and regulations as set forth in 10 CFR 
chapter 1. Accordingly, this license termination was issued on October 
20, 2017.

II. Availability of Documents

    The documents identified in the following table are available to 
interested persons through the Agencywide Documents Access and 
Management System (ADAMS) accession numbers as indicated.

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                                                               ADAMS
                        Document                           Accession No.
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E-mail Notification of Request for Special Nuclear           ML17136A000
 Materials License Termination, SNM-2018................
License Amendment Request to Terminate Materials License     ML17136A093
 SNM-2018...............................................
Rapiscan Laboratories, Inc. License Application.........     ML110970046
M. Shahabidin Letter re; Rapiscan Laboratories, Inc.         ML113560135
 Transmittal Letter for Special Nuclear Material License
 Application............................................
Enclosure 3: Rapiscan Labs' Materials License SNM-2018,      ML12255A377
 Docket No. 70-7021, Public Version.....................
Enclosure 4: Rapiscan Labs' Safety Evaluation Report for     ML12255A378
 SNM-2018, Docket No. 70-7021--Public Version...........
Approval of Amendment Request for Special Nuclear            ML17289A551
 Materials License SNM-2018.............................
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    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day of March 2018.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Tyrone D. Naquin,
Project Manager, Fuel Manufacturing Branch, Division of Fuel Cycle 
Safety, Safeguards and Environmental Review, Office of Nuclear Material 
Safety and Safeguards.
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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		License termination; issuance.
Dates		The license termination for SNM-2018 was issued on October 20, 2017.
Contact		Tyrone D. Naquin, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-7352; email: [email protected]
FR Citation		83 FR 10756