[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 97 (Friday, May 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24964-24965]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12405]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50-146 (License No. DPR-4)]
Saxton Nuclear Experimental Corporation (Saxton Nuclear
Experimental Facility); Order Approving Transfer
I
On November 15, 1961, pursuant to 10 CFR Part 50, Provisional
Operating License No. DPR-4 was issued to Saxton Nuclear Experimental
Corporation (SNEC) for the Saxton Nuclear Experimental Facility (SNEF)
located in Saxton, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. On February 29, 1964,
the provisional operating license was replaced with a full-term
operating license. On February 11, 1967, an order was issued that
extended the expiration date of the license from April 13, 1967, to
December 31, 1968. On December 27, 1968, Amendment No. 4 was issued to
Operating License No. DPR-4 which
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extended the expiration date of the license to December 31, 1972. On
August 15, 1972, Amendment No. 8 was issued to Amended Facility License
No. DPR-4 that changed the license status to possession-only. On
January 10, 1974, Amendment No. 9 was issued to Amended Facility
License No. DPR-4 which extended the expiration date of the license to
February 11, 2000.
II
By letter dated November 21, 1995, as supplemented on March 13,
1996, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.80 and 50.90, SNEC submitted a request for
consent to transfer control of the license and approval of amendments
to the SNEF Amended Facility License No. DPR-4 and Technical
Specifications appended thereto that would add GPU Nuclear Corporation
(GPU Nuclear) as a possession-only licensee for the SNEF and would
transfer from SNEC to GPU Nuclear all management-related
responsibilities for the SNEF. SNEC's responsibilities as a licensee
would not otherwise be affected. The NRC published a ``Notice of
Consideration of Issuance of Amendment to Facility License and Proposed
No Significant Hazards Consideration Determination, and Opportunity for
a Hearing'' in the Federal Register on January 31, 1996 (61 FR 3502),
and published a ``Notice of Transfer of Control of License'' in the
Federal Register on March 19, 1996 (61 FR 11231).
The transfer of control of Amended Facility License No. DPR-4 is
subject to the NRC's approval under 10 CFR 50.80. On the basis of
information provided by SNEC in the letters of November 21, 1995, and
March 13, 1996, and other information before the Commission, the NRC
staff has concluded that GPU Nuclear is qualified to be a joint holder
of Amended Facility License No. DPR-4 to the extent and for the
purposes described above and that the proposed transfer, subject to the
conditions set forth herein, is otherwise consistent with the
applicable provisions of law, regulations, and orders issued by the
Commission. This proposed action was evaluated by the staff as
documented in a Safety Evaluation, dated May 10, 1996.
III
By June 10, 1996, any person adversely affected by this order may
file a request for a hearing with respect to issuance of the Order. Any
person requesting a hearing shall set forth with particularity how such
person's interest is adversely affected by this Order and shall address
the criteria set forth in 10 CFR 2.714(d).
If a hearing is to be held, the Commission will issue an Order
designating the time and place of such hearing.
If a hearing is held concerning this Order, the issue to be
considered at any such hearing will be whether this Order should be
sustained.
Any request for a hearing must be filed with the Secretary of the
Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001, Attention: Docketing and Services Branch, or may be delivered to
the Commission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L
Street, NW., Washington, DC, by the above date. Copies should also be
sent to the Office of the General Counsel and to the Director, Office
of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001, and to Ernest L. Blake, Jr., Esquire; Shaw,
Pittman, Potts, and Trowbridge; 2300 N Street NW., Washington, DC
20037.
IV
Accordingly, pursuant to sections 161b, 161i, and 184 of the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 2201(b), 2201(i), and 2234,
and 10 CFR 50.80, it is hereby ordered that the Commission consents to
the proposed transfer of control of Amended Facility License No. DPR-4
to GPU Nuclear to the extent and for the purposes described herein
subject to the following: (1) the approval of the amendment proposed in
the SNEC submittals dated November 21, 1995, and March 13, 1996, which,
when issued by the NRC, would become effective as of the date of
issuance, and (2) should the transfer of the license as set forth above
to GPU Nuclear not be completed by August 9, 1996, this Order shall
become null and void unless upon application and for good cause shown,
this date is extended.
For further details with respect to this action, see the
application for amendment and transfer of license dated November 21,
1995, as supplemented on March 13, 1996, which is available for public
inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, 2120 L Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20037, and at the Local Public Document Room located at
the Saxton Community Library, 911 Church Street, Saxton, Pennsylvania
16678.
Dated at Rockville, MD., this 10th day of May 1996.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
William T. Russell,
Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 96-12405 Filed 5-16-96; 8:45 am]
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