Energia i regulacje · 8.01.1996

Amendment to Change a Reclamation Milestone Date in Source Material License SUA-648 Held by Umetco Minerals Corporation

Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has amended Umetco Mineral Corporation's (Umetco's) Source Material License SUA-648 to change a reclamation milestone date. This amendment was requested by Umetco by letter dated October 11, 1995, and its receipt by NRC was noticed in the Federal Register on November 6, l995. The license amendment modifies License Condition 59 to change the completion date for a site-reclamation milestone. The new date approved by the NRC extends completion of placement of final radon barrier on the Heap Leach impoundment by two years. Umetco attributes the delay to the following factors: (1) At present there is no approved reclamation plan for the Heap Leach impoundment, partly because of delay in seismic evaluation of the site by the NRC staff; (2) Radium concentrations in the outslopes of the Heap Leach impoundment have been identified that may require redesign of this feature to comply with 10 CFR Part 40, Appendix A, Criterion 6(b); and (3) Umetco has decided, in a good faith effort, to upgrade the final design to provide the necessary and reasonable assurance that the longevity goals will be satisfied. Based on review of Umetc