Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 190 / Wednesday, October 1, 1997 / Notices 51493

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[Docket No. 50–22]

Westinghouse Electric Corporation;

Waltz Mill Test Reactor, Environmental

Assessment and Finding of No

Significant Impact

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (the Commission) is

considering the issuance of an order

approving, under 10 CFR 50.80, the

transfer of Facility License No. TR–2,

now held by the Westinghouse Electric

Corporation. The license authorizes

possession only of the Waltz Mill Test

Reactor (WTR), located in

Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

The Commission is also considering

issuance of a conforming amendment

under 10 CFR 50.90 which would reflect

the transfer.

Environmental Assessment

Identification of the Proposed Action

The proposed action would approve

the transfer of the WTR license from

Westinghouse Electric Corporation to a

newly formed corporation which will

utilize the same name. The new

corporation will consist of most of the

industrial businesses of the present

Westinghouse Electric Corporation

including the WTR facility. The media

businesses of the existing Westinghouse

Electric Corporation will remain with

the existing corporation, which will

change its name to CBS Corporation.

The proposed action would also amend

the license to reflect the transfer to the

new corporation.

The proposed action does not modify

the WTR facility configuration or

licensed activities. The Westinghouse

employees responsible for the licensed

WTR facility will become employees of

the new corporation, and will continue

to be responsible after the transfer, for

all licensed activities. The new

corporation will be qualified to carry

out licensed activities. The WTR facility

will not change as a result of the action,

including Technical Specifications or

procedures, and licensed activities will

continue in their present form without

interruption of any kind. The new

corporation will be financially qualified

to hold the WTR facility possession only

license, and will provide the financial

assurance needed to decommission the

facility.

The proposed action is in accordance

with the licensee’s application dated

August 18, 1997, for approval of transfer

of the license and conforming

amendment.

Need for the Proposed Action

The proposed action is needed to

permit the consummation of the

proposed transfer of the WTR facility

license from the Westinghouse Electric

Corporation to a newly formed

corporation as described above.

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed

Action

The Commission has completed its

evaluation of the proposed action and

concludes that there will be no physical

or technical changes to WTR. The

technical qualifications of the proposed

transferee will be identical to those of

the current Westinghouse Electric

Corporation. The present facility

organization, the oversight

organizations, and the engineering and

support organizations will be

transferred to the new corporation

essentially intact.

The Commission has evaluated the

environmental impact of the proposed

action and has determined that the

probability or consequences of accidents

would not be increased and that

radiological releases would not be

greater than previously determined.

Further, the Commission has

determined that the proposed action

would not affect routine radiological

facility effluents and would not increase

occupational radiological exposure.

Accordingly, the Commission concludes

that there are no significant radiological

environmental impacts associated with

the proposed action.

With regard to potential

nonradiological impacts, the proposed

action would not affect nonradiological

facility effluents and would have no

environmental impact. Therefore, the

Commission concludes that there are no

significant nonradiological

environmental impacts associated with

the proposed action.

Alternative to the Proposed Action

Since the Commission concluded that

there are no significant environmental

effects that would result from the

proposed action, any alternative with

equal or greater environmental impacts

need not be evaluated.

The principal alternative would be to

deny the requested action. Denial of the

application would result in no change

in current environmental impacts. The

environmental impacts of the proposed

action and the alternative action are

identical.

Alternative Use of Resources

No alternatives appear that will have

different or lesser effect on the use of

available resources.

Agencies and Persons Contacted

In accordance with its stated policy,

on September 9, 1997, the staff

consulted with the Pennsylvania State

Official, James G. Yusko, of the Bureau

of Radiation Protection, Pennsylvania

Department of Environmental

Protection, regarding the environmental

impact of the proposed action. The State

official had no comments.

Finding of No Significant Impact

Based upon the environmental

assessment, the Commission concludes

that the proposed action will not have

a significant effect on the quality of the

human environment. Accordingly, the

Commission has determined not to

prepare an environmental impact

statement for the proposed action.

For further details with respect to the

proposed action, see the licensee’s letter

dated August 18, 1997, and related letter

dated August 15, 1997. which are

available for public inspection at the

Commission’s Public Document Room,

2120 L Street, NW., Washington, DC.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day

of September 1997.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Seymour H. Weiss,

Director, Non-Power Reactors and

Decommissioning Project Directorate,

Division of Reactor Project Management,

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation .

[FR Doc. 97–26008 Filed 9–30–97; 8:45 am]

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Advisory Committee on Reactor

Safeguards; Subcommittee Meeting on

Reactor Fuels, Onsite Fuel Storage,

and Decommissioning

Postponement

A meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee

on Reactor Fuels, Onsite Fuel Storage,

and Decommissioning scheduled to be

held on October 9, 1997, in Room T–2

B3, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville,

Maryland, has been postponed due to

the unavailability of documents. Notice

of this meeting was published in the

Federal Register on September 22, 1997

(62 FR 49541). Rescheduling of this

meeting will be announced in a future

Federal Register Notice. For further

information contact: Dr. Medhat ElZeftawy, the cognizant ACRS staff

engineer (telephone 301–415–6889)

between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. (edt).