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items). Highway safety program records 

of the Federal-Aid Divisions (field 

offices) including pedestrian safety files; 

correspondence; highway safety 

improvement and safety commission 

files; records documenting state 

compliance with 23 U.S.C. 154, 159, 

163, and 164; safe school route, railroad 

crossing, and rural road program files; 

and strategic highway safety program 

files. 

23. Department of the Treasury, 

Internal Revenue Service (N1–58–10–7, 

3 items, 3 temporary items). Master 

files, outputs, and system 

documentation of an electronic 

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return, enforcement, and compliance 

data. 

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1 temporary item). Resident files for 

offenders sentenced to life parole terms, 

including assessments, education 

records, financial transactions, and 

medical, criminal, and employment 

history. 

Dated: October 1, 2010. 

Sharon Thibodeau, 

Deputy Assistant Archivist for Records 

Services—Washington, DC. 

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Tuesday, October 5; 

Wednesday, October 6; 

Thursday, October 7; 

Tuesday, October 12; 

Wednesday, October 13; 

Thursday, October 14; 

Tuesday, October 19; 

Wednesday, October 20; 

Thursday, October 21; 

Tuesday, October 26; 

Wednesday, October 27; 

Thursday, October 28. 

PLACE: Board Agenda Room, No. 11820, 

1099 14th St., NW., Washington, DC 

20570. 

STATUS: Closed. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Pursuant to 

§ 102.139(a) of the Board’s Rules and 

Regulations, the Board or a panel 

thereof will consider ‘‘the issuance of a 

subpoena, the Board’s participation in a 

civil action or proceeding or an 

arbitration, or the initiation, conduct, or 

disposition * * * of particular 

representation or unfair labor practice 

proceedings under section 8, 9, or 10 of 

the [National Labor Relations] Act, or 

any court proceedings collateral or 

ancillary thereto.’’ See also 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c)(10). 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Lester A. Heltzer, Executive Secretary, 

(202) 273–1067. 

Dated: October 4, 2010. 

Lester A. Heltzer, 

Executive Secretary. 

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[Docket No. 50–134; NRC–2010–0053] 

Notice of Availability of Environmental 

Assessment and Finding of No 

Significant Impact for the Leslie C. 

Wilbur Nuclear Reactor Facility at the 

Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 

Worcester, MA 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ted 

Carter, Project Manager, Materials 

Decommissioning Branch, Division of 

Waste Management and Environmental 

Protection, Office of Federal and State 

Materials and Environmental 

Management Programs, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission (NRC), Two 

White Flint North, Mail Stop T8 F5, 

11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland 20852–2738 Telephone: (301) 

414–5543; fax number: (301) 415–5369; 

e-mail: ted.carter@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Introduction 

The NRC is considering the issuance 

of a license amendment to Material 

License No. R–61 issued to the 

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) to 

authorize decommissioning of its Leslie 

C. Wilbur Nuclear Reactor Facility 

(LCWNRF) located on the campus of 

WPI in the city of Worcester, 

Massachusetts for unrestricted use and 

termination of this license. NRC has 

prepared an Environmental Assessment 

(EA) (ML102020428) in support of this 

amendment in accordance with the 

requirements of 10 CFR part 51. Based 

on the EA, the NRC has concluded that 

a Finding of No Significant Impact 

(FONSI) is appropriate. The amendment 

will be issued following the publication 

of this Notice. 

Environmental Assessment 

Identification of the Proposed Action 

By letter dated March 31, 2009, 

(ADAMS ML090960651), as 

supplemented on September 30, 2009 

(ADAMS ML092880231), the licensee 

submitted a Decommissioning Plan (DP) 

in accordance with 10 CFR 50.82(b)(1), 

in order to dismantle the 10-kw 

(thermal) General Electric (GE) Reactor, 

to dispose of its component parts and 

radioactive material, and to 

decontaminate the facilities in 

accordance with the proposed DP to 

meet the NRC’s unrestricted release 

criteria. After the NRC verifies that the 

release criteria have been met, Facility 

Operating License No. R–61 will be 

terminated. The licensee submitted an 

environmental report as part of the Final 

DP, dated September 2009, that 

addressed the estimated environmental 

impacts resulting from 

decommissioning the GE Reactor. The 

reactor is permanently shutdown, with 

the fuel removed from the core and 

stored in racks in the reactor pool. The 

objective of the decommissioning is the 

release of the reactor facility for 

unrestricted use. 

A notice of license amendment 

request and opportunity to request a 

hearing was published in the Federal 

Register on March 8, 2010 (75 FR 

10519–10524). No requests for a hearing 

were received. 

Need for the Proposed Action 

The proposed action is necessary 

because of WPI’s decision to 

permanently cease operations at the 

LCWNRF. As specified in 10 CFR 50.82, 

any licensee may permanently cease 

operation and apply to the NRC for 

license termination and authorization to 

decommission the affected facility. 

Further, 10 CFR 51.53(d) provides that 

each applicant for a license amendment 

to authorize decommissioning of a 

production or utilization facility shall 

submit an environmental report with its 

application that reflects any new 

information or significant 

environmental changes associated with 

the proposed decommissioning 

activities. WPI is planning unrestricted 

use for the area that would be released. 

Environmental Impact of the Proposed 

Action 

Many of the potential environmental 

impacts that would normally be 

associated with a decommissioning 

project are not applicable to the WPI 

decommissioning program. The factors 

distinguishing the WPI 

decommissioning program include: The 

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scope of the planned decontamination 

and decommissioning work, the short 

duration of the proposed work, and the 

small radiological inventory within this 

facility. Based upon the work scope and 

approach described in the WPI DP, the 

potential for negative impact to the 

environment during the 

decommissioning of the WPI research 

reactor is small or not applicable. 

The DP states that all 

decontamination will be performed by 

trained personnel in accordance with 

the requirements of the radiation 

protection program, and will be 

overseen by a radiation safety officer 

with multiple years of experience in 

decommissioning health physics 

practices. All reactor and pool 

components will be removed from the 

facility as low level radioactive waste 

and managed in accordance with NRC 

requirements. The licensee estimates the 

total radiation exposure for the 

decommissioning process to be about 

0.5 person-rem. In addition, by keeping 

the public at a safe distance, using 

access control, and by using the 

approved DP and WPI’s radiation 

protection program to control effluent 

releases, the licensee expects the 

radiation exposure to the general public 

to be negligible. The licensee’s 

conclusion is consistent with the 

estimate given for the ‘‘reference 

research reactor’’ in NUREG–0586, 

‘‘Final Generic Environmental Impact 

Statement on Decommissioning of the 

Nuclear Facilities, August 1988.’’ 

Occupational and public exposure 

may result from offsite disposal of the 

low-level radioactive waste from the 

LCWNRF, which includes the GE 

reactor. In the DP the licensee stated 

that the handling, storage, and shipment 

of this radioactive waste will meet the 

requirements of subpart D, ‘‘Technical 

Requirements for Land Disposal 

Facilities,’’ of 10 CFR part 61, ‘‘Licensing 

Requirements for Land Disposal of 

Radioactive Waste,’’ 10 CFR part 71, 

‘‘Packaging and Transportation of 

Radioactive Material’’ and 10 CFR 

20.2006, ‘‘Transfer for Disposal and 

Manifests.’’ Low-level radioactive waste 

will be processed and package for 

disposal at a licensed low-level waste 

site such as the EnergySolutions, LLC 

facility in Clive, Utah. 

The NRC regulations at 10 CFR 

20.1402 provide radiological criteria for 

release of a site for unrestricted use. 

Release criteria for unrestricted use is a 

Total Effective Dose Equivalent (TEDE) 

of less than 25 mrem per year from 

residual radioactivity above background 

and that the residual radioactivity has 

been reduced to levels that are as low 

as reasonably achievable (ALARA). The 

final status survey will be used to 

demonstrate that the predicted doses to 

a member of the public from any 

residual activity do not exceed the 25 

mrem per year dose limit. The NRC will 

perform inspections and a confirmatory 

survey to verify the decommissioning 

activities and the final status survey. 

With regard to potential nonradiological impacts, the proposed 

action does not involve any historic 

sites. Proper precautions will be taken 

to reduce the exposure to dust from lead 

paint and asbestos. WPI has committed 

to compliance with applicable 

occupational health and safety 

requirements, primarily the federal 

Occupational Safety and Health Act 

(OSHA) of 1973. 

Accordingly, the NRC concludes that 

there are no significant environmental 

impacts associated with the proposed 

action. 

Alternatives to the Proposed Action 

The three alternatives for disposition 

of the LCWNRF, which includes the GE 

Reactor, are: DECON, SAFSTOR, and no 

action. WPI has proposed the DECON 

option. DECON is the alternative in 

which the equipment, structures, and 

portions of the facilities containing 

radioactive contaminants are removed 

or decontaminated to a level that 

permits the property to be released for 

unrestricted use. SAFSTOR is the 

alternative in which the nuclear 

facilities are placed and maintained in 

a condition that allows the nuclear 

facilities to be safely stored and 

subsequently decontaminated (deferred 

decontamination) to levels that permit 

release for unrestricted use. The noaction alternative would leave the 

facilities in their present configuration, 

without any decommissioning activities 

required or implemented. The 

SAFSTOR and no-action alternatives 

would entail continued surveillance and 

physical security measures to be in 

place and continued monitoring by 

licensee personnel. The SAFSTOR and 

no-action alternatives would also 

require continued maintenance of the 

facilities. The radiological impacts of 

SAFSTOR and no-action would be less 

than the DECON option because of 

radioactive decay prior to the start of 

future decommissioning activities under 

the SAFSTOR and no action options. 

The SAFSTOR and no-action 

alternatives also would have no 

significant environmental impact. 

However, these options involve the 

continued use of resources during the 

SAFSTOR or no-action period. WPI has 

determined that the proposed action 

(DECON) is the most efficient use of the 

LCWNRF, including the GE Reactor, 

since it proposes to use the space that 

will become available for unrestricted 

use. In addition, the regulations in 10 

CFR 50.82(b)(4)(i) allow an alternative 

which provides for delayed completion 

of decommissioning only when the 

delay is necessary to protect the public 

health and safety. The NRC staff finds 

that delay is not justified since the 

environmental impacts of the proposed 

action and the alternatives are similar 

and insignificant. 

Alternative Use of Resources 

This action does not involve the use 

of any resources not previously 

considered in the Environmental Report 

submitted as part of the DP on 

September 30, 2009, for the LCWNRF 

Reactor. 

Agencies and Persons Contacted 

On June 29, 2010, NRC sent a copy of 

the draft EA to the Solid Waste Program, 

Bureau of Waste Prevention, Central 

Regional Office, Massachusetts 

Department of Environmental Protection 

(MDEP) regarding the environmental 

impact of the proposed action. After 

review, the MDEP had no comments. 

Finding of No Significant Impact 

On the basis of the environmental 

assessment, the NRC staff concludes 

that the proposed action will not have 

a significant effect on the quality of 

human health or the environment. 

Accordingly, the NRC has determined 

not to prepare an environmental impact 

statement for the proposed action. 

For further details with respect to the 

proposed action, see the licensee’s letter 

dated September 30, 2009 (ADAMS 

ML092880231), which is available for 

public inspection, and can be copied for 

a fee, at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission’s Public Document Room 

(PDR), located at One White Flint North, 

11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), 

Rockville, Maryland. The NRC 

maintains an Agency-wide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS), which provides text and 

image files of NRC’s public documents. 

This document may be accessed through 

the NRC’s Public Electronic Reading 

Room on the Internet at http:// 

www.nrc.gov. Persons who do not have 

access to ADAMS or who have problems 

in accessing the documents located in 

ADAMS may contact the PDR reference 

staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737 

or by e-mail at pdr@nrc.gov. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day 

of September, 2010. 


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For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

Paul Michalak, 

Chief, Materials Decommissioning Branch, 

Decommissioning and Uranium Recovery 

Licensing Directorate, Division of Waste 

Management and Environmental Protection, 

Office of Federal and State Materials, and 

Environmental Management Programs. 

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[Docket No. 40–9073; NRC–2009–0364] 

Notice of the Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission Issuance of Materials 

License SUA–1596 for Uranium One 

Americas, Inc. Moore Ranch In Situ 

Recovery Facility 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of issuance of materials 

license SUA–1596. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) 

has issued a license to Uranium One 

Americas, Inc. (Uranium One) for its 

Moore Ranch uranium in situ recovery 

(ISR) facility in Campbell County, 

Wyoming. Materials License SUA–1596 

authorizes Uranium One to operate its 

facility as proposed in its license 

application, as amended, and to possess 

uranium source and 11.e(2) byproduct 

material at the Moore Ranch facility. 

Furthermore, Uranium One will be 

required to operate under the conditions 

listed in Materials License SUA–1596. 

This notice also serves as the record 

of decision for the NRC decision 

granting the Uranium One application 

for the Moore Ranch facility and issuing 

Materials License SUA–1596. This 

record of decision satisfies the 

regulatory requirement in Section 

51.102(a) of Title 10 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations, which requires a 

Commission decision on any action for 

which a final environmental impact 

statement has been prepared to be 

accompanied by or include a concise 

public record of decision. 

The NRC has always considered that 

the entire publically available record for 

a license application as the agency’s 

record of decision. Documents related to 

the application carry docket number 40– 

9073. These documents for the Moore 

Ranch ISR facility include the license 

application (including the applicant’s 

environmental report) [ML072851218], 

the Commission’s Safety Evaluation 

Report (SER) published in September 

2010 [ML101310291] and the 

Commission’s Final Supplemental 

Environmental Impaction Statement 

(FSEIS) (NUREG–1910, Supplement 1) 

published in August 2010 

[ML102290470]. As discussed in the 

Moore Ranch FSEIS, the Commission 

considered a range of alternatives. The 

reasonable alternatives discussed in 

detail were the applicant’s proposal as 

described in its license application to 

conduct in situ uranium recovery on the 

site and the no-action alternative. Other 

alternatives considered but eliminated 

from detailed analysis include 

conventional uranium mining and 

milling, conventional mining and heap 

leach processing, alternative site 

location, alternate lixiviants and 

alternate wastewater treatment methods. 

The factors considered when evaluating 

the alternatives, discussion of 

preferences among the alternatives, and 

license conditions and monitoring 

programs related to mitigation measures 

are also discussed in the Moore Ranch 

FSEIS. 

The NRC has found that the 

application for the source material 

license complied with the standards and 

requirements of the Atomic Energy Act 

of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the 

Commission’s regulations. As required 

by the Act and the Commission’s 

regulations in 10 CFR 40.32(b–c), the 

staff has found that Uranium One is 

qualified by reason of training and 

experience to use source material for the 

purpose it requested; and that Uranium 

One’s proposed equipment and 

procedures for use at its Moore Ranch 

facility are adequate to protect public 

health and minimize danger to life or 

property. The NRC staff’s review 

supporting these findings is 

documented in the SER. The NRC staff 

has also concluded, in accordance with 

10 CFR 40.32(d), that issuance of 

Materials License SUA–1596 to 

Uranium One will not be inimical to the 

common defense and security or to the 

health and safety of the public. 

Uranium One’s request for a materials 

license was previously noticed in the 

Federal Register on January 25, 2008 

(73 FR 4642), with a notice of an 

opportunity to request a hearing. The 

NRC did not receive any requests for a 

hearing on the license application. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the 

NRC’s ‘‘Rules of Practice,’’ the details 

with respect to this action, including the 

SER and accompanying documentation 

and license, are available electronically 

at the NRC’s Electronic Reading Room at 

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

adams.html. From this site, you can 

access the NRC’s Agencywide 

Document Access and Management 

System (ADAMS), which provides text 

and image files of NRC’s public 

documents. The ADAMS accession 

numbers for the documents related to 

this notice are: 

1 ................... Applicant’s application, October 2, 2007 .................................................................................................................. ML072851218 

2 ................... First Response to Request for Additional Information, July 11, 2008 ...................................................................... ML082060521 

3 ................... Second Response to Request for Additional Information, October 28, 2008 .......................................................... ML090370721 

4 ................... First Open Issue Response, December 4, 2009 ...................................................................................................... ML093440347 

5 ................... Second Open Issue Response, December 10, 2009 ............................................................................................... ML093570333 

6 ................... Third Open Issue Response, January 18, 2010 ....................................................................................................... ML100250919 

7 ................... Generic Environmental Impact Statement for In Situ Leach Uranium Milling Facilities, May 2009 ........................ ML091530075 

8 ................... Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Moore Ranch In Situ Recovery Project, 

August 2010. 

ML102290470 

9 ................... NRC Safety Evaluation Report, September 2010 .................................................................................................... ML101310291 

10 ................. Source Materials License for the Moore Ranch, September 28, 2010 .................................................................... ML102345678 

If you do not have access to ADAMS, 

or if there are problems in accessing the 

documents located in ADAMS, contact 

the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) 

Reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301– 

415–4737, or via e-mail to 

PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. 

These documents may also be viewed 

electronically on the public computers 

located at the NRC’s PDR, O 1 F21, One 

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. The PDR 

reproduction contractor will copy 

documents for a fee. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Douglas T. Mandeville, Project Manager, 

Uranium Recovery Licensing Branch, 

Decommissioning and Uranium 

Recovery Licensing Directorate, 

Division of Waste Management and 

Environmental Protection, Office of 


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