[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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