IR 05000241/1985001

Insp Rept 50-241/85-01 on 851028-29.No Violation or Deviation Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Disposition of Radioactive Matl,Confirmatory & Contamination Surveys & Review of Records Associated W/Termination of CP

ML20137R448
Person / Time
Site:	05000241
Issue date:	11/08/1985
From:	Hosey C, Revsin B NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
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ML20137R439	List: IR 05000241/1985001 ML20137R434
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50-241-85-01, 50-241-85-1, NUDOCS 8512050498
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50-241/85-01 NOV 131985-Licensee: ' Mississippi State University Mississippi-State, MS 39762 Docket No.: 50-241'

License No.: CPRR-91 Facility Name:. Mississippi State University Inspection Conducted:

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Division of Radiation Safety and Safeguards SUMMARY Scope: - This. routine, ' announced inspection entailed six inspector-hours on site in the areas of disposition of radioactive material, confirmatory radiation and contamination surveys and review of records associated with the termination of the construction permit.

Results: No violations or deviations were identified.

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REPORT DETAILS 1..

Persons Contacted Licensee Employees M. J. Hibbard, Radiological Safety Officer 2.

Exit Interview

.The. inspection scope and findings were summarized on October 29, 1985, with those persons indicated in paragraph 1 above. The licensee did not identify as proprietary any of the materials provided to or reviewed by the inspector during this inspection.

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Licensee Action on Previous Enforcement Matters

.Not inspected.

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Closeout Inspection and Survey (83890)

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' Disposition of Special Nuclear Material Mississippi State University-(MSU) acquired possession of the 100 watt homogeneous research reactor from North Carolina State University in 1966 under Provisional Construction Permit No. CPRR-91.

This permit authorized MSUsto receive, possess and store, but not to assemble, the

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reactor components. The permit also authorized possession of up to 10 grams aof U-235. and the byproduct material as contained (radioactive contamination) in some of the reactor components. No other radioactive materials were associated with CPRR-91.

A licensee representative informed the inspector that the reactor components had been surveyed and all components with radiation levels in excess of background levels had been shipped offsite for burial.

The inspector reviewed shipping records for shipment No. 84-10, October 10, 1984 and confirmed that the reactor components and equip-ment had been shipped to an authorized burial site.

Tours of the reactor building and the storage vault located in the basement of Carpenter Engineering Building confirmed that all reactor components and equipment had been shipped except for the control panel which was still in the reactor building and was to be dismantled for parts, and 22 beam port plugs still stored in the vault of Carpenter Hall.

.Since the licensee had never possessed quantities of fuel, submittals of Form NRC-314, Certification of Disposition of Materials, was unnecessary.

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Confirmatory Surveys

- The inspector performed direct' gamma, beta and alpha radiation surveys in the reactor facility which included surveys of the reactor control panel and beam port plugs. The inspector also performed beta and alpha loose. surface contamination surveys on the above items. The contamina-tion smears were returned to the Region II laboratory for counting. No radiation above natural background levels or contamination levels above the decommissioning criteria were found.

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Since the reactor had never been assembled or operated at MSU, environmental measurements were not performed.

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Reports and Records

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No radiation exposure was received by MSU personnel attributable to activities associated with this reactor.

Consequently, the submittal of reports required by 10 CFR 20.407 and 20.408 were not necessary.

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Conclusion Based on discussions with a MSU representative and review of records, the -

inspector determined that all reactor components excepting the control panel and 22 beam port plugs had been shipped offsite for burial. The inspector verified by independent survey that there was no residual radioactivity.

associated with these components or with the reactor facility.

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