83 FR 2685 - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts; License Renewal; Issuance

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 12 (January 18, 2018)

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued a renewal of Special Nuclear Materials (SNM) License No. SNM-986 held by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to possess and use SNM for education, research, and training programs. The renewed license authorizes MIT to continue to possess and use SNM for an additional 10 years from the date of issuance.

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 12 (Thursday, January 18, 2018)]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 70-0938; NRC-2016-0152]


Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts; 
License Renewal; Issuance

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: License renewal; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued a renewal 
of Special Nuclear Materials (SNM) License No. SNM-986 held by the 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to possess and use SNM for 
education, research, and training programs. The renewed license 
authorizes MIT to continue to possess and use SNM for an additional 10 
years from the date of issuance.

DATES: The renewed license SNM-986 was issued on December 14, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2016-0152 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-2016-0152. 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 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

    Pursuant to section 2.106 of title 10 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (10 CFR), the NRC is providing notice of the issuance of 
license renewal to Material License No. SNM-986, to MIT, which 
authorizes MIT to possess and use SNM for education, research, and 
training programs at its campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This 
licensee's request for renewal of its license was made on February 24, 
2016. Because the licensed material will be used for research and 
development and for educational purposes, renewal of SNM License No. 
SNM-986 is an action that is categorically excluded from a requirement 
to prepare an environmental assessment or environmental impact 
statement, pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(c)(14)(v). A notice of receipt of 
the license renewal application with an opportunity to request a 
hearing and petition for leave to intervene was published in the 
Federal Register on August 8, 2016 (81 FR 52478). The NRC did not 
receive a request for a hearing or for a petition for leave to 
intervene. This license renewal complies with 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 renewal was issued on December 14, 2017, and 
is effective immediately.
    The NRC prepared a safety evaluation report for the renewal of SNM-
986 and concluded that the licensee can continue to operate the 
facility without endangering the health and safety of the public.

II. 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                           accession No.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology Request for            ML16092A171
 Renewal Application....................................
NRC Request for Additional Information..................     ML16257A205
MIT Response to Request for Additional Information......     ML16302A017
Transmittal of MIT License Renewal (SNM-0986)...........     ML17086A517
Safety Evaluation Report for MIT License Renewal........     ML17086A565
SNM-986 MIT Materials License...........................     ML17086A581
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    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 11th day of January, 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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