UNCLASSIFIED Pon V Licensing and Regulation LICENSING (UNCLASSIFIED) Licensing actions and applications received during the July-September quarter are described below. A statistical summary of licensing actions during the quarter is shown in Table 1, which also gives cumulative figures as of September 30, 1958. , Power Reactors The General Electric Company was authorized to perform, in its Vallecitos Boiling Water Reactor, tests of two types of fuel elements designated as “Geneva Conference Fuel” and “APPR Fuel,” and tests designated as “Irradiation of Lockheed Sources,” “Automatic Pressure Regulator Tests,” and “Operation with Savannah Fuel.” Commonwealth Edison Company furnished supplemental hazards data for the Dresden nuclear power reactor being constructed in Grundy County, Illinois. Consolidated Edison Company of New York furnished additional information in connection with the nuclear power plant which it is constructing at Indian Point, New York. The supplemental data include (1) revised special nuclear material requirements, (2) a revised core design report, (3) a report entitled “Evaluation of Potential Radiation Hazards Resulting from Assumed Release of Radioactive Wastes to Atmosphere from the Proposed Buchanan Power Plant,” and (4) a design report and hazards analysis for the containment vessel, Yankee Atomic Electric Company furnished additional hazards, waste disposal, and financial data ccncerning the power reactor which it is constructing at Rowe, Massachusetts. a Test Reactors wats A notice was published in August of the proposed issuance to the General Electric Company of a license to conduct critical experiments in the General Electric Test Reactor (GETR) at power levels not to exceed 50 thermal kilowatts. A hearing was held September 17 before the hearing examiner regarding the proposed issuance to the General Electric Company of a license to operate the GETR at power levels up to 33,000 kilowatts. ace 1 _ ee 2) a ~ a 7. De - weEL. 4g Doe ~ th : Do 4 Pursuant to the order of the hearing examiner, a permit was issued on July 21 to the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (now superseded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration) for the construction of a 60,000-kilowatt pressurized-water-test reactor near Sandusky, Ohio. This reactor will be used for investigations to further the Gevelopment of materials and components suitable for aircraft propulsion reactors or for ....-. - propulsion reactors and auxiliary nuclear power systems for space vehicles. ; 2 DOE ARCHIVES : Department of = Nedeetne'ts <4 Fisica” * . UNCLASSIFIED’ 7 ~b |