[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 122 (Monday, June 25, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29580-29581]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-13547]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 70-113; NRC-2018-0112]


Pennsylvania State University

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: License renewal; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued a 
renewal of special nuclear materials (SNM) License No. SNM-95 held by 
the Pennsylvania State University (PSU), University Park, Pennsylvania, 
to possess and use SNM for education, research, and training programs. 
The renewed license authorizes PSU to continue to possess and use SNM 
for an additional 10 years from the date of issuance.

DATES: Renewed License SNM-95 was issued on April 24, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2018-0112 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:
    <bullet> Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2018-0112. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer Borges; telephone: 301-287-
9127; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d892bdb6b6b1bebdaaf69ab7aabfbdab98b6aabbf6bfb7ae"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3f755a515156595a4d117d504d585a4c7f514d5c11585049">[email protected]</span></a>. For technical questions, contact 
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 
this document.
    <bullet> 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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b5c5d1c79bc7d0c6dac0c7d6d0f5dbc7d69bd2dac3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b7c7d3c599c5d2c4d8c2c5d4d2f7d9c5d499d0d8c1">[email protected]</span></a>. The 
ADAMS accession number for each document referenced (if it is available 
in ADAMS) is provided the first time that it is mentioned in this 
document. In addition, for the convenience of the reader, the ADAMS 
accession numbers are provided in a table in the ``Availability of 
Documents'' section of this document.
    <bullet> 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: Merritt N. Baker, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-7119; email: 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f3be9681819a8787ddb192989681b39d8190dd949c85"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="632e0611110a17174d2102080611230d11004d040c15">[email protected]</span></a>.

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 
renewal of License SNM-95 to PSU, which authorizes PSU to possess and 
use SNM for education, research, and training programs at its campus in 
University Park, Pennsylvania. This licensee's original request for 
renewal of its license was made on September 23, 2013 (ADAMS Accession 
No. ML13273A207). Because the licensed material will be used for 
research, development, and for educational purposes, renewal of License 
SNM-95 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 February 2, 2015 (80 FR 5580). 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, the license renewal was issued on April 24, 2018, and was 
effective immediately.
    The NRC prepared a safety evaluation report for the renewal of 
License SNM-95 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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                                                               ADAMS
                        Document                           accession No.
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Penn State Request for Renewal Application..............     ML13273A207
Penn State Resubmitted Renewal Application..............     ML14219A483
NRC Request for Additional Information..................     ML15183A349
PSU Response to Request for Additional Information......     ML15224A545
Transmittal of PSU License Renewal (SNM[dash]95)........     ML16336A260
Safety Evaluation Report for PSU License Renewal........     ML16336A226
SNM-95 Penn State Materials License.....................     ML16336A223
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    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th day of June 2018.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Craig G. Erlanger,
Director, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety, Safeguards, and Environmental 
Review, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2018-13547 Filed 6-22-18; 8:45 am]
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