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received. A permit was issued on 

August 29, 2008 to: Judit Hersko, Permit 

No. 2009–012. 

Nadene G. Kennedy, 

Permit Officer. 

[FR Doc. E8–20628 Filed 9–5–08; 8:45 am] 

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Oregon State University Triga Reactor; 

Notice of Issuance of Environmental 

Assessment and Finding of No 

Significant Impact 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is considering 

issuance of a renewed Facility License 

No. R–106, to be held by the Oregon 

State University (OSU or the licensee), 

which would authorize continued 

operation of the Oregon State University 

TRIGA Reactor (OSTR), located in 

Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon. 

Therefore, pursuant to 10 CFR 51.21, the 

NRC is issuing an Environmental 

Assessment and Finding of No 

Significant Impact. 

Description of Proposed Action 

The proposed action is approval of 

the licensee’s application for renewal of 

Facility License No. R–106 for a period 

of 20 years from the date of issuance of 

the renewed license. The proposed 

action is in accordance with the 

licensee’s application dated October 5, 

2004, as supplemented on August 8, 

2005, May 24, 2006, November 10, 2006, 

November 21, 2006, July 10, 2007, July 

27, 2007, July 31, 2007, August 6, 2007, 

April 14, 2008, August 6, 2008 and 

August 11, 2008. 

The OSTR is located in the OSU 

Radiation Center complex on the west 

end of the Oregon State University 

campus and west of downtown 

Corvallis, OR. Corvallis and OSU lie in 

Benton County in the Willamette Valley. 

The OSTR site comprises the area 

bounded by the Reactor Building fence 

on the north, Jefferson Way on the 

south, 35th Street on the west, and the 

east edge of the OSU Radiation Center 

complex parking lot on the east. The 

nearest permanent residence is located 

876 feet (267 m) north of the OSTR. 

There are no nearby industrial, 

transportation, or military facilities that 

pose a threat to the OSTR. 

The OSTR is a tank-type, light water 

moderated and cooled research reactor 

licensed to operate at a steady-state 

power level of 1.1 megawatts thermal 

power (MW(t)). The reactor is licensed 

to operate in a pulse mode, with a 

maximum reactivity insertion of $2.55. 

A detailed description of the reactor can 

be found in the OSTR Safety Analysis 

Report (SAR). The major modifications 

to the Facility License were a power 

uprate to 1.0 MW(t) in June, 1971, and 

a power uprate to 1.1 MW(t) in 

December, 1989. 

The licensee has not requested any 

changes to the facility design or 

operating conditions as part of this 

renewal request. The proposed action 

will not increase the probability or 

consequences of accidents. No changes 

are being made in the types of effluents 

that may be released off site. There 

should be no increase in occupational or 

public radiation exposure. Therefore, 

license renewal should not change the 

environmental impact of facility 

operation. 

Summary of the Environmental 

Assessment 

The NRC staff reviewed the licensee’s 

application which included an 

Environmental Report. To document its 

review, the NRC staff has prepared an 

environmental assessment (EA) which 

discusses the OSTR site and facility; 

radiological impacts of gaseous, liquid, 

and solid effluents; environmental and 

personnel radiation monitoring; 

radiation dose estimates for the 

maximum hypothetical accident (MHA); 

impacts of the ‘‘no action’’ alternative to 

the proposed action; alternative use of 

resources; considerations related to the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA); and presents the radiological 

and non-radiological environmental 

impacts of the proposed action. 

Finding of No Significant Impact 

On the basis of the environmental 

assessment, the NRC concludes that the 

proposed action will not have a 

significant effect on the quality of the 

human environment. Accordingly, the 

NRC has determined not to prepare an 

environmental impact statement for the 

proposed action. 

Publicly available records will be 

accessible electronically from the 

Agencywide Documents Access and 

Management System (ADAMS) Public 

Electronic Reading Room on the NRC 

Web site http://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/adams.html. For further details with 

respect to the proposed action, see the 

licensee’s letter dated October 5, 2004, 

(ADAMS Accession No. ML043270077 

and No. ML071430452), as 

supplemented by letters dated August 8, 

2005 (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML052290051); May 24, 2006 (ADAMS 

Accession No. ML061510355); 

November 10, 2006 (ADAMS Accession 

No. ML063210182); November 21, 2006 

(ADAMS Accession No. ML063320500); 

July 10, 2007 (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML072150361 and ML072150362); July 

27, 2007 (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML072150363); July 31, 2007 (ADAMS 

Accession No. ML 072190043); August 

6, 2007 (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML072340580); April 14, 2008 (ADAMS 

Accession No. ML081150194); August 6, 

2008 (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML082261409); and August 11, 2008 

(ADAMS Accession No. ML082270383). 

Documents may be examined, and/or 

copied for a fee, at the NRC’s Public 

Document Room (PDR), located at One 

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike 

(first floor), Rockville, Maryland. The 

EA can be found in ADAMS under 

Accession Number ML061650197. 

Persons who do not have access to 

ADAMS or who encounter problems in 

accessing the documents located in 

ADAMS should contact the NRC PDR 

Reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, or 

301–415–4737, or send an e-mail to 

pdr@nrc.gov. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 2nd day 

of September, 2008. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Daniel S. Collins, 

Chief, Research and Test Reactors Branch 

A, Division of Policy and Rulemaking, Office 

of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. 

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Sunshine Federal Register Notice 

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETINGS: Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission. 

DATES: Week of September 8, 2008. 

PLACE: Commissioners’ Conference 

Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland. 

STATUS: Public and closed. 

ADDITIONAL ITEMS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Week of September 8, 2008 

Monday, September 8, 2008 

9:30 a.m. Affirmation Session (Public 

Meeting) (Tentative). 

a. U.S. Department of Energy (High 

Level Waste Repository) DOE’s 

Partially Unopposed Motion for 

Protective Order Governing 

Classified Information (filed May 

30, 2008). (Tentative). 

b. U.S. Department of Energy (High 

Level Waste Repository: PreApplication Matters), Docket No. 

PAPO–00—The DOE’s Notice of 

Appeal from the PAPO Board’s 

April 23, 2008 Order and Nye 

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