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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 147 / Wednesday, August 4, 2021 / Notices
Survey Census 1-Year Estimates, the median household income for Massachusetts was $85,843 while approximately 6 percent of families and 9 percent of the State population were found to be living below the Federal poverty threshold. Middlesex County had a higher median household income average $107,056 and a lower percentage of families 4 percent and persons 7 percent living below the poverty level.
Impact AnalysisPotential impacts to minority and low-income populations would mostly consist of radiological effects; however, radiation doses from continued operations associated with the license renewal are expected to continue at current levels and would be well below regulatory limits.
Based on this information and the analysis of human health and environmental impacts presented in this EA, the proposed license renewal action would not have disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental effects on minority and low-income populations residing near the UMLRR.
Environmental Impacts of the Alternatives to the Proposed Action As an alternative to license renewal, the NRC considered denying the proposed action i.e., the no-action alternative. If the NRC denied the renewal application, reactor operations would cease, and decommissioning would be required sooner than if a renewed license were issued. The NRC
notes that, even with a renewed license, UMLRR will eventually be decommissioned, at which time the environmental effects of decommissioning would occur.
Decommissioning would be conducted in accordance with an NRC-approved decommissioning plan, which would require a separate environmental review under 10 CFR 51.21. Cessation of reactor operations would reduce or eliminate radioactive effluents. However, as
previously discussed in this EA, radioactive effluents from reactor operations constitute a small fraction of the applicable regulatory limits.
Therefore, the environmental impacts of license renewal and the denial of the renewal application would be similar.
In addition, denying the renewal application would eliminate the benefits of teaching, research, and services provided by the UMLRR.
Alternative Use of Resources There are no unresolved conflicts concerning alternative uses of available resources under the proposed action.
Further, the proposed action does not involve the use of any different resources or significant quantities of resources beyond those previously considered in the renewal of Facility Operating License No. R125 for the UMLRR in November 1985, which previously renewed the UMLRR license for a period of 30 years.
Agencies and Persons Consulted As discussed previously, the NRC
staff consulted with the Massachusetts SHPO regarding the proposed action.
Additionally, in accordance with NRC
policy, the NRC staff consulted with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Liaison Officer on March 17 and March 26, 2021, regarding the environmental impact of the proposed action, and explained the environmental reviews and forwarded a draft of this EA. On April 20, 2021, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts official indicated, by electronic mail, that they had no comments regarding the proposed action.
III. Finding of No Significant Impact The NRC is considering renewal of Facility Operating License No. R125, held by UML, which would authorize the continued operation of the UMLRR
for an additional 20 years from the date of issuance of the renewed license.
On the basis of the EA included in Section II of this notice and
incorporated by reference in this finding, the NRC concludes that the proposed action will not have a significant effect on the quality of the human environment, and will not significantly affect the environment surrounding the UMLRR. This is because the proposed action will result in no significant radiological impacts from continued operations as the types or quantities of effluents that may be released off site would not change. No changes in land use would occur or increases in noise or air emissions.
Continued operations under the proposed action would have no significant impacts on air quality, noise, visual resources, surface water or groundwater resources, terrestrial or aquatic resources, or on any other environmental resource conditions.
Additionally, the proposed action would have no effect on federally listed species or designated critical habitats, would not affect historic properties, and would not result in environmental justice impacts. Therefore, 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.
The NRC considered information provided in UMLs application, as supplemented, and the review of related environmental documents. Section IV of this notice lists the documents related to the proposed action and includes information on the availability of these documents.
IV. Availability of Documents The following table identifies the references cited in this document and related to the NRCs FONSI. Documents with an ADAMS accession number are available for public inspection online through ADAMS at https
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.
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University of Massachusetts Lowell, Request for Renewal of Facility Operating License R125 and SAR, dated October 20, 2015.
University of Massachusetts Lowell, Submittal of Revision 2 to Operator Requalification Program, dated March 16, 2016
University of Massachusetts Lowell, Response to NRC Request for Additional Information Regarding the Operator Requalification Program for License Renewal and Submittal of Revision 3 to Operator Requalification Program, dated November 30, 2016.
University of Massachusetts Lowell, Response to NRC Request for Additional Information for License Renewal, dated March 31, 2017.
University of Massachusetts Lowell, Response to NRC Request for Additional Information Regarding Financial Qualifications for License Renewal, dated July 11, 2017.
University of Massachusetts Lowell, Response to NRC Request for Additional Information Regarding the Physical Security Plan for License Renewal and Submittal of Revision 8 to Physical Security Plan, dated August 7, 2017.
University of Massachusetts Lowell, Submittal of Revision 9 to Physical Security Plan, dated September 13, 2017

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