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Environmental Impact Statement for License
Renewal Of the National Bureau of Standards Reactor - (NUREG-1873)
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Publication Information
Manuscript Completed: October 2007
Date Published: December 2007
Division of License Renewal
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Washington, DC 20555-0001
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Abstract
This environmental impact statement (EIS) was prepared in response
to an application submitted to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) by the National
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to renew the operating license for
the National Bureau of Standards Reactor (NBSR) for a period of an additional 20 years. This
is the second operating license renewal application for the NBSR. The first license renewal
was granted May 16, 1984, and included a power uprate from 10 megawatts of thermal power (MWt)
to 20 MWt. This EIS includes the NRC staff’s analysis that considers and weighs the environmental
impacts of the proposed action, as well as mitigation measures available for reducing
or avoiding adverse impacts. It also includes the staff’s recommendation regarding the
proposed action.
No public comments were received during the scoping process. Two comment
letters – one from the U.S. Department of the Interior and one from the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency – were received during the comment period provided for review
of the Draft EIS. These comment letters are provided in Appendix B, part II of this Final EIS.
The staff determined from ts review of the application that no issues having a significant environmental
impact exist, and additional mitigation measures are not likely to be sufficiently beneficial
as to be warranted.
The NRC staff’s recommendation is that the Commission determines the
adverse environmental impacts of license renewal for the NBSR are not so great that license renewal
would be unreasonable. This recommendation is based on (1) the Environmental
Report submitted by NIST; (2) consultation with Federal, State, and local agencies; and (3) the staff's own independent review.
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