Termination of License SNM-145 for the Babcock & Wilcox Apollo Site and Release of the Property for Unrestricted Use

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This notice is to advise the public of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's decision to terminate License SNM-145 for the Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) Apollo, Pennsylvania, site and release the property for unrestricted use. The Apollo facility was used for the manufacture of nuclear fuel under NRC License SNM-145, which was issued in December of 1957. The primary activity at the site was the conversion of uranium hexafluoride (UF 6) into uranium dioxide (UO 2). Operations at the site ceased in 1983 and decommissioning activities were completed in 1995. Based on the results of NRC's inspections, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education's Confirmatory Surveys, B&W's Termination Surveys, and B&W's groundwater monitoring program results, the staff concludes that decommissioning activities are complete and the site is suitable to be released for unrestricted use.