Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 89 / Tuesday, May 9, 1995 / Notices 24661

[Docket No. 50–155]

Consumers Power Co.; Receipt of

Decommissioning Plan and

Decommissioning Environmental

Report and Opportunity for Public

Comments; Big Rock Point Nuclear

Plant

By letters dated February 27, 1995,

the Consumers Power Company (CPCo

or the licensee) submitted a proposed

Decommissioning Plan supported by an

Environmental Report and

Decommissioning Cost Study which

describe the future decommissioning of

the Big Rock Point nuclear plant (BRP

or the plant). The plant received a

provisional operating license on August

30, 1962, and first went critical on

September 23, 1962. Facility Operating

License No. DPR–6 was subsequently

issued on May 1, 1964. The licensee

plans to continue plant operations until

the expiration of the current operating

license on May 31, 2000. The plant is

located on the east shore of Lake

Michigan about four miles northeast of

Charlevoix, Michigan.

The licensee chose its

decommissioning alternative from the

alternatives provided in the NRC

NUREG–0586, ‘‘Final Generic

Environmental Impact Statement.’’

These alternatives included DECON

(immediate dismantlement), SAFSTOR

(a period of safe storage followed by

dismantlement), and ENTOMB

(entombment). Consumers Power

Company selected the SAFSTOR

alternative with a 27-year safe storage

period. The primary consideration in

selecting the extended 27-year safe

storage period is the current lack of an

available low level waste repository.

Following the safe storage period, the

plant will be dismantled and the site

will be restored to a ‘‘green field’’

condition.

The Decommissioning Plan provides a

summary of the plan followed by a

discussion of decommissioning

alternatives and a facility description

that identifies and dispositions plant

structures, systems, and components.

Subsequent sections of the

Decommissioning Plan provide the

facility radiological status, waste

management plan, decommissioning

safety analysis, cost estimate and

funding plan, and administration.

A decommissioning trust fund has

been established for the Big Rock Point

Nuclear Plant since 1987. The estimated

cost for decommissioning the Big Rock

Point Nuclear plan utilizing the

SAFSTOR alternative, with a 27-year

safe storage period, is approximately

$290.1 million in 1994 constant dollars.

These costs include preparation for

decommissioning, the 27-year safe

storage period, plant decontamination

and dismantlement, and final site

restoration.

Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.82(e), the U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

is providing this notice to interested

persons prior to approval of the

Decommissioning Plan. The

Decommissioning Plan does not contain

any requests for amendments to the BRP

Operating License. Therefore, an

opportunity for a formal hearing under

10 CFR part 2 of Commission

regulations is not being offered by this

notice. Hearing opportunities for any

license amendments needed in

connection with the proposed

Decommissioning Plan will be noticed

separately.

Interested persons may submit written

comments on the Decommissioning

Plan or Environmental Report. The

scope of any written comments should

be limited to the contents of the

Decommissioning Plan, Environmental

Report, or Decommissioning Cost Study.

The staff will review and consider all

written comments that are received

before taking final action on the

proposed Decommissioning Plan.

Written comments should be submitted

within 30 days of the publication date

of this notice and addressed to: Richard

F. Dudley, mail Stop OWFN 11–B–20,

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation,

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, DC 20555.

In addition, the NRC will hold a

public meeting in Charlevoix, Michigan

to describe the NRC decommissioning

review process for the Big Rock Point

decommissioning plan and to receive

public comments on the

decommissioning plan. The licensee

will present a summary report of the

decommissioning plan at the meeting.

There will also be a question and

answer period to address any public

concerns related to the Big Rock Point

decommissioning plan and its review by

the NRC. The meeting will be held on

Thursday, May 11, 1995, at 7 pm in the

Charlevoix Township Hall (Stroud

Hall), 12491 Waller Road, Charlevoix,

Michigan.

Copies of the Decommissioning Plan,

Environmental Report and

Decommissioning Cost Study have been

available since early March 1995 at the

NRC Public Document Room, the

Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, NW,

Washington, DC, and at the Local Public

Document Room located at the North

Central Michigan College, 1515 Howard

Street, Petoskey, Michigan 49770.

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

1995.

For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

Seymour H. Weiss,

Director, Non-Power Reactors and

Decommissioning Project Directorate,

Division of Project Support, Office of Nuclear

Reactor Regulation.

[FR Doc. 95–11365 Filed 5–8–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–M

[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