ML050420027
| ML050420027 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Issue date: | 02/16/2005 |
| From: | Alexander Adams NRC/NRR/DRIP/RNRP |
| To: | Timothy Debey US Dept of Interior, Geological Survey (USGS) |
| Adams A, NRC/N RR/DRIP/RNRP, 415-1127 | |
| References | |
| TAC MB5030 | |
| Download: ML050420027 (4) | |
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February 16, 2005 Mr. Timothy M. DeBey Reactor Supervisor United States Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey TRIGA Research Reactor Box 25046, MS 974 Denver Federal Center Denver, CO 80225
SUBJECT:
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEYREQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RE: AMENDMENT REQUEST FOR CONSTRUCTION PERMIT RECAPTURE (TAC NO. MB5030)
Dear Mr. DeBey:
We are continuing our review of your amendment request for Amended Facility License No. R-113 for the United States Geological Survey TRIGA Research Reactor which you submitted on April 30, 2002. During our review of your amendment request, questions have arisen for which we require additional information and clarification. Please provide responses to the enclosed request for additional information within 60 days of the date of this letter. In accordance with 10 CFR 50.30(b), your response must be executed in a signed original under oath or affirmation. Following receipt of the additional information, we will continue our evaluation of your amendment request.
If you have any questions regarding this review, please contact me at (301) 415-1127.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Alexander Adams, Jr., Senior Project Manager Research and Test Reactors Section New, Research and Test Reactors Program Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-274
Enclosure:
As stated cc w/enclosure: See next page
February 16, 2005 Mr. Timothy M. DeBey Reactor Supervisor United States Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey TRIGA Research Reactor Box 25046, MS 974 Denver Federal Center Denver, CO 80225
SUBJECT:
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEYREQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RE: AMENDMENT REQUEST FOR CONSTRUCTION PERMIT RECAPTURE (TAC NO. MB5030)
Dear Mr. DeBey:
We are continuing our review of your amendment request for Amended Facility License No. R-113 for the United States Geological Survey TRIGA Research Reactor which you submitted on April 30, 2002. During our review of your amendment request, questions have arisen for which we require additional information and clarification. Please provide responses to the enclosed request for additional information within 60 days of the date of this letter. In accordance with 10 CFR 50.30(b), your response must be executed in a signed original under oath or affirmation. Following receipt of the additional information, we will continue our evaluation of your amendment request.
If you have any questions regarding this review, please contact me at (301) 415-1127.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Alexander Adams, Jr., Senior Project Manager Research and Test Reactors Section New, Research and Test Reactors Program Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-274
Enclosure:
As stated cc w/enclosure: See next page DISTRIBUTION:
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U.S. Geological Survey Docket No. 50-274 cc:
Mayor City Hall Denver, CO 80202 Mr. Eugene W. Potter State of Colorado Radiation Management Program HMWM-RM-B2 4300 Cherry Creek Drive South Denver, CO 80246 Mr. Timothy DeBey Reactor Director U.S. Geological Survey Box 25046 - Mail Stop 424 Denver Federal Center Denver, CO 80225 Test, Research, and Training Reactor Newsletter University of Florida 202 Nuclear Sciences Center Gainesville, FL 32611
REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY TRIGA RESEARCH REACTOR DOCKET NO. 50-274 1.
Please discuss the current material condition of the confinement structure and core components.
2.
Are there any major components that are replaced on an established schedule? If so, please discuss the schedule and the basis for the schedule.
3.
Your application discussed maintenance and repair of equipment and the use of routine checks and inspections. Are these routine checks and inspections also used to carry out testing and calibration of systems?
4.
Are any reactor components subjected to high neutron fluence that would affect the components lifetime? If so, what is your approach to managing aging of these components?
5.
Environmental dose results appears to be missing from your annual report for 2003.
Please provide the missing data.
6.
Please provide the results of your calculations to demonstrate compliance with 10 CFR 20.1101(d) of the dose to the individual member of the public likely to receive the highest dose from air emission of radioactive material from the GSTR to the environment for the years 2000 through 2004.
7.
Please provide cubic feet and curies of solid radioactive waste shipped off-site for burial for the years 2000 through 2003.
8.
Discuss the non-radiological impact that operation of the facility has on the environment.
Discuss issues such as chemicals use in the research program (under the reactor license) and secondary coolant water chemical use. Describe the amount of chemical used, disposal, and introduction to and impact of the chemicals on the environment.
Discuss water usage at the facility including source of supply. Discuss wastewater discharges from the facility.
9.
Are there any historic properties that are impacted by operation of the facility?
10.
Are there any listed plants or animals in the vicinity of the facility?