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classification level. The changes also 

include formatting, clarification, and 

editorial modifications. 

Date of issuance: July 19, 2018. 

Effective date: As of the date of 

issuance and shall be implemented 

within 9 months from the date of 

issuance. 

Amendment Nos.: 214 (Unit 1) and 

200 (Unit 2). A publicly-available 

version is in ADAMS under Accession 

No. ML18159A212; documents related 

to these amendments are listed in the 

Safety Evaluation enclosed with the 

amendments. 

Renewed Facility Operating License 

Nos. NPF–76 and NPF–80: The 

amendments revised the Site Emergency 

Plan. 

Date of initial notice in Federal 

Register: September 12, 2017 (82 FR 

42855). The supplemental letter dated 

February 12, 2018, provided additional 

information that clarified the 

application, did not expand the scope of 

the application as originally noticed, 

and did not change the NRC staff’s 

original proposed no significant hazards 

consideration determination as 

published in the Federal Register. 

The Commission’s related evaluation 

of the amendments is contained in a 

Safety Evaluation dated July 19, 2018. 

No significant hazards consideration 

comments received: No. 

Virginia Electric and Power Company, 

Docket Nos. 50–338 and 50–339, North 

Anna Power Station, Units Nos. 1 and 

2, Louisa County, Virginia 

Date of amendment request: May 2, 

2017, as supplemented by letters dated 

July 19, 2017, and January 31, 2018. 

Brief description of amendments: The 

amendments revised North Anna Power 

Station (NAPS) Technical Specification 

(TS) 3.7.18, ‘‘Spent Fuel Pool Storage,’’ 

and TS 4.3.1, ‘‘Criticality,’’ to allow the 

storage of fuel assemblies with a 

maximum enrichment of up to 5.0 

weight percent uranium 235 in the 

NAPS spent fuel pool storage racks and 

the New Fuel Storage Area. The 

amendments further revised the 

allowable fuel assembly parameters and 

fuel storage patterns in the spent fuel 

pool. 

Date of issuance: July 27, 2018. 

Effective date: As of the date of 

issuance and shall be implemented 

within 180 days of issuance. 

Amendment Nos.: 279 (Unit 1) and 

262 (Unit 2). A publicly-available 

version is in ADAMS under Accession 

No. ML18180A197; documents related 

to these amendments are listed in the 

Safety Evaluation enclosed with the 

amendments. 

Renewed Facility Operating License 

Nos. NPF–4 and NPF–7: Amendments 

revised the Renewed Facility Operating 

Licenses and Technical Specifications. 

Date of initial notice in Federal 

Register: March 6, 2018 (83 FR 9553). 

The supplemental letters dated July 19, 

2017, and January 31, 2018, provided 

additional information that clarified the 

application, did not expand the scope of 

the application as originally noticed, 

and did not change the NRC staff’s 

original proposed no significant hazards 

consideration determination as 

published in the Federal Register. 

The Commission’s related evaluation 

of the amendment is contained in a 

Safety Evaluation dated July 27, 2018. 

No significant hazards consideration 

comments received: No. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day 

of August, 2018. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Kathryn M. Brock, 

Deputy Director, Division of Operating 

Reactor Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17132 Filed 8–13–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 50–57; NRC–2018–0166] 

Termination of Operating License for 

the Buffalo Materials Research Center 

Reactor 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: License termination; issuance. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is providing notice 

of the termination of Facility Operating 

License No. R–77 for the Buffalo 

Materials Research Center (BMRC). The 

NRC has terminated the license of the 

decommissioned BMRC at the State 

University of New York at Buffalo (UB 

or the licensee) facility in Buffalo, New 

York, and has released the site for 

unrestricted use. 

DATES: Notice of termination of Facility 

Operating License No. R–77 given on 

August 14, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2018–0166 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 

https://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2018–0166. Address 

questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer 

Borges; telephone: 301–287–9127; 

email: Jennifer.Borges@nrc.gov. 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 publiclyavailable documents online in the 

ADAMS Public Documents collection at 

https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ 

adams.html. To begin the search, 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 pdr.resource@

nrc.gov. The ADAMS accession number 

for each document referenced in this 

document (if that document is available 

in ADAMS) is provided the first time 

that a document is referenced. 

• 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: Kim 

Conway, Office of Nuclear Material 

Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington 

D.C. 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415– 

1335; email: Kimberly.Conway@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

The BMRC reactor in Buffalo, New 

York, was located on the south campus 

of UB. The BMRC reactor began 

operation in 1961 and was shut down 

on June 23, 1994. On June 6, 1997, the 

license was amended to possession 

only. 

By letter dated February 17, 2012 

(ADAMS Package No. ML120540187), as 

supplemented by letters dated June 20, 

2012 (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML121870132), September 21, 2012 

(ADAMS Accession No. ML122780454), 

and October 15, 2012 (ADAMS 

Accession No. ML12297A237), the 

licensee submitted a request to the NRC 

to approve a license amendment and a 

revised decommissioning plan (DP) for 

the BMRC reactor. The NRC approved 

the UB revised DP by Amendment No. 

27, dated November 5, 2012 (ADAMS 

Accession No. ML12290A694). 

In the Safety Evaluation Report 

related to the DP approval (ADAMS 

Accession No. ML12286A352), the NRC 

staff determined that the revised Final 

Status Survey (FSS) Plan for the BMRC 

(ADAMS Accession No. ML12278A373) 

was consistent with the guidance and 

methodology in NUREG–1575, ‘‘MultiAgency Radiation Survey and Site 

Investigation Manual (MARSSIM),’’ and 

NUREG–1757, ‘‘Consolidated 


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Decommissioning Guidance.’’ The 

licensee’s decommissioning activities 

included decontamination, 

dismantlement, and demolition of 

various systems, structures, and 

components followed by MARSSIMbased FSS. 

By letter dated January 12, 2017, UB 

submitted the FSS Report for the BMRC 

and requested the termination of 

Facility Operating License No. R–77 

(ADAMS Accession No. ML17039A897). 

The NRC staff reviewed the FSS Report, 

which states that the criteria for 

termination set forth in UB’s license, 

and as established in its DP and FSS 

Plan, have been satisfied. Supplemental 

information was provided in an email 

from the licensee dated February 13, 

2018 (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML18075A415), which addressed 

additional questions and items requiring 

clarification that were provided to the 

licensee. 

Throughout the decommissioning 

process, inspectors from the NRC’s 

Region I office conducted routine safety 

inspections at the BMRC, as 

documented in the following NRC 

Inspection Reports (IRs): IR 050–00057/ 

2015–001 (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML16007A027), IR 050–00057/2014– 

001 (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML15027A411), IR 050–00057/2013– 

003 (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML14219A022), IR 050–00057/2013– 

002 (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML13204A096), and IR 050–00057/ 

2013–001 (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML13106A379). The inspections 

consisted of observations by the 

inspectors, interviews with BMRC and 

contractor personnel, confirmatory 

measurements, collection of soil 

samples, and a review of work plans 

and work instructions. The NRC 

inspections also verified that radioactive 

waste associated with the 

decommissioning project had been 

shipped offsite and that the 

decommissioning and final status 

survey activities were being conducted 

safely and in accordance with regulatory 

requirements, licensee commitments, 

and the NRC-approved DP. No health or 

safety concerns were identified during 

the NRC inspections. 

During the periods of January 26–29, 

February 3–6, and August 17–21, 2015, 

the Oak Ridge Associated Universities 

(ORAU) performed confirmatory 

surveys in support of the BMRC 

excavation, which included surveys of 

surrounding soils, backfill material, and 

soil laydown areas. The survey activities 

included visual inspections, gamma 

radiation surface scans, gamma and beta 

radiation measurements, and soil 

sampling activities of six FSS units, 

which were combined into two 

confirmatory survey units. At the time 

of confirmatory survey activities, 

structures associated with the BMRC 

had been demolished and removed from 

the site. The site consisted of exposed 

bedrock where the BMRC facility was 

located, and the impacted soils 

surrounding the excavation. The ORAU 

provided the results of the confirmatory 

surveys in a report dated January 6, 

2016 (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML16006A200). The ORAU site data 

support the conclusion that the residual 

activity levels satisfy the DCGLs. 

Based on observations during NRC 

inspections, decommissioning activities 

have been carried out by UB in 

accordance with the approved BMRC 

DP. Additionally, the NRC staff 

evaluated the licensee’s FSS Report and 

the results of the independent 

confirmatory survey conducted by 

ORAU. Based on the NRC staff’s 

evaluation of the FSS Report sampling 

and scanning data, NRC staff 

inspections, ORAU confirmatory 

analysis, and comparison to the BMRC 

reactor DP and FSS Plan criteria, the 

NRC staff concludes that the BMRC 

reactor decommissioning has been 

performed and completed in accordance 

with the approved DP, and that the 

facility and site are suitable for 

unrestricted release in accordance with 

the radiological criteria for license 

termination in 10 CFR part 20, subpart 

E. 

Therefore, pursuant to 10 CFR 

50.82(b)(6), Facility Operating License 

No. R–77 is terminated. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day 

of August, 2018. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Andrea L. Kock, 

Acting Director, Division of 

Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and 

Waste Programs, Office of Nuclear Material 

Safety and Safeguards. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17456 Filed 8–13–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2017–0209] 

Information Collection: General 

Domestic Licenses for Byproduct 

Material 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of submission to the 

Office of Management and Budget; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) has recently 

submitted a request for renewal of an 

existing collection of information to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review. The information 

collection is entitled, ‘‘General Domestic 

Licenses for Byproduct Material.’’ 

DATES: Submit comments by September 

13, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments directly 

to the OMB reviewer at: OMB Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs 

(3150–0016), Attn: Desk Officer for the 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 725 

17th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 

20503; email: oira_submission@

omb.eop.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Cullison, NRC Clearance Officer, 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, D.C. 20555–0001; 

telephone: 301–415–2084; email: 

Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments 

A. Obtaining Information 

Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2017– 

0209 when contacting the NRC about 

the availability of information for this 

action. You may obtain publiclyavailable information related to this 

action by any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking website: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2017–0209. 

• NRC’s Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS): You may obtain publiclyavailable documents online in the 

ADAMS Public Documents collection at 

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ 

adams.html. To begin the search, 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 pdr.resource@

nrc.gov. The supporting statement is 

available in ADAMS under Accession 

No. ML18164A186. 

• 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. 

• NRC’s Clearance Officer: A copy of 

the collection of information and related 

instructions may be obtained without 

charge by contacting the NRC’s 

Clearance Officer, David Cullison, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer, 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, D.C. 20555–0001; 

telephone: 301–415–2084; email: 

Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov. 


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