[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 89 (Tuesday, May 9, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24661-24662]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-11366]



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[Docket No. 50-139]


The University of Washington, (The University of Washington 
Research Reactor); Order Authorizing Dismantling of Facility and 
Disposition of Component Parts

    By application dated August 2, 1994, the University of Washington 
(the licensee) requested authorization to dismantle the University of 
Washington Research Reactor, Facility License No. R-73, located on the 
licensee's campus in Seattle, Washington, and to dispose of the 
component parts, in accordance with the decommissioning plan submitted 
as part of the application. A ``Notice of Proposed Issuance of Orders 
Authorizing Disposition of Component Parts and Terminating Facility 
License'' was published in the Federal Register on September 2, 1994, 
(59 FR 45738). No request for a hearing or petition for leave to 
intervene was filed following notice of the proposed action.
    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has 
reviewed the application with respect to the provisions of the 
Commission's rules and regulations and has found that the dismantling 
and disposal of component parts as stated in the licensee's 
decommissioning plan will be consistent with the regulations in 10 CFR 
Ch. I, and will not be inimical to the common defense and security or 
to the health and safety of the public. The basis of these findings is 
set forth in the concurrently issued Safety Evaluation by the Office of 
Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
    The Commission has prepared an Environmental Assessment and Finding 
of No Significant Impact for the proposed action. Based on that 
Assessment, the Commission has determined that the proposed action will 
not result in any significant environmental impact and that an 
environmental impact statement need not be prepared, (60 FR 21224, 
dated May 1, 1995).
    Accordingly, after the State of Washington provides the funds for 
decommissioning, the licensee is hereby ordered to dismantle the 
University of Washington Research Reactor facility covered by Facility 
License No. R-73, as [[Page 24662]] amended, and dispose of the 
component parts in accordance with its decommissioning plan and the 
Commission's rules and regulations.
    After completion of the dismantling and disposal of component 
parts, the licensee will submit a report on the radiation survey it has 
performed to confirm that radiation and surface contamination levels in 
the facility area satisfy the values specified in the decommissioning 
plan and in the Commission's guidance. Following an inspection by the 
representatives of the Commission to verify the radiation and 
contamination levels in the facility, consideration will be given to 
issuance of a further order terminating Facility License No. R-73.
    For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the 
licensee's application for authorization to dismantle the facility, 
dispose of component parts, and terminate Facility License No. R-73, 
dated August 2, 1994; (2) the Commission's Safety Evaluation; and (3) 
the Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact. All 
of these items are available for public inspection at the Commission's 
Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street NW, 
Washington, DC. Copies of items (2) and (3) may be obtained by request 
addressed to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555, Attention: Director, Division of Project Support.

    Dated at Rockville, MD, this 1st day of May 1995.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
B. D. Liaw,
Acting Director, Division of Project Support, Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation.
[FR Doc. 95-11366 Filed 5-8-95; 8:45 am]
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