ML100820438

Response and Attachments to RAI TAC No. ME1583

ML100820438
Person / Time
Site:	Reed College
Issue date:	03/15/2010
From:	Frantz S Reed College
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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TAC ME1583
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REED COLLEGE REACTOR FACILITY 3203 Southeast Woodstock Boulevard March 15, 2010 Portland, Oregon ATTN: Document Control Desk 97202-8199 U S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 telephone 503/777-7222 Docket: 50-288 fax License No: R-112 503/777-7274

Subject:

RAI TAC NO. ME1583 edail reactor@reed.edu web Attached are the answers to the subject RAI dated December 10, 2009.

http://reactor.reed.edu The response and attachments do not contain any sensitive information.

Please contact us if you have any questions. Thank you.

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.

D Executed on Stephen G. Frantz Director, Reed Research Reactor.

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As required by Title 10 of the Code of FederalRegulations (CFR) Section 50.33(0(2),

'Applicants to renew or extend the term of an operatinglicense for a nonpowerreactorshall include the financialinformation that is required in an application for an initial license." To comply with this requirement,please provide the following updated and supplemental information to the August 29, 2007,. Reed College application (the application)for a renewed license for the Reed College Research Reactor (RRR).

Pursuantto 10 CFR 50.33(d), "Contentsof applications;generalinformation," certain information is required by the applicant, Reed College, as applicable. To comply with the regulation, please update the applicationto include a statement of the organizational form of Reed College (e.g., corporation,etc.), the state where it is incorporatedor organized and the principallocation where Reed College does business, and the names, addresses and citizenship of directorsand principalofficers. Also, please state whether Reed College is owned, controlled, or dominated by an alien, a foreign corporation,or foreign government, and if so give details.

Reed Institute (dba Reed College) is incorporated in the state of Oregon. Its principal location of business is 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd., Portland, Oregon.

The articles of incorporation are attached.

The names of the and addresses of the trustees and principal officers are attached.

Reed College is not owned, controlled, or dominated by an alien, a foreign corporation, or foreign government.

2. The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff will analyze the financial statements for the current year, Which are required by 10 CFR 50.71(b), to determine if the applicant is financially qualified to operate the RRR. Since Reed College's financial statements submitted in 2007 are currently out of date, please provide a copy of the latest financialstatements for the NRC staff's review The latest audited financial statements are attached.

3. Pursuantto 10 CFR 50.33(0f(2), "The applicant shall submit estimates for total annual operatingcosts for each of the first five years of operation of the facility." Since the information included in the applicationis outdated,please provide the following additionalinformation:

(a) Provide the estimated operating costs (in full dollar amounts) for each of the fiscal years (FY) 2012 through FY2016 (the first five-year period after the projected license renewal).

Account 2011 2012-13 2U013-14 2014'-152051 .617, fl~alrie i 20 ......... $~i00....... 20 0 15002061 Staff Salaries ..... .1.... . ..

$107,700 j $109,000 $113,000 $116,000, $120,000, $123,000, Studient Wages $19,200 $19,000 $20,000 $20,000 $21,000 Student Wages: $3,800 $4,000 $4,000. $4,000 -$4,000 $4,000 Work-study

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ýAc count , 2011-12 ýi2012-:43, 1 i:2013-14k 2014-15 : 201i516 2016:17 Tel epho ne'& Fax'-1 $1,300 .$1,3001 $1,000! $1,000 $1,o0 $1,000 Fee's& Services $30,400 $3 1,300 $32,9001 $33,000' $34,000. $35,000

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,,Confere ndes/~ $5,8001 $6,0001 $6,000! $6,000 $6,000, $6,000, Travel 11 Insurance. $8,2001 $8,400 $8,000' $8,0001 $9,000] $9,000:

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$200,200!i $205,2001 (b) Provide Reed College'sprimary source(s) of funding to cover the operating costs for the above FY (e.g., state-funded budget, DOE grants, etc.).

The primary funding source is tuition and the endowment.

4. The August 29, 2007, submittal from Reed College to the NRC states that the current estimated cost to decommission the RRR is between $1 million and $1.5 million. In orderfor the NRC staff to complete its review of the decommissioning cost estimate, please update the application by including the following additionalinformation:

(a) A current cost estimate (2011 dollars) for the RRR to meet the NRC's radiological release criteriafor decommissioning the facility for unrestricted use. Accordingly, describe the basis on how the cost estimate was developed, show costs specifically broken down into the categoriesof labor,waste disposal,other items (such as energy, equipment, and supplies), and include a contingency factor of at least 25 percent.

The estimated cost of decommissioning the Reed Research Reactor as of January 2011 is approximately $1,036,000.

The price of decommissioning was estimated by our contractors to be

$500,000 in 1992. [Letter from Ronal Katheren, Washington State University and George Miller, University of California, to Reed College dated March 9, 1992]

From 10 CFR 50.75 (c)(2).The estimated breakdown would be 0.65 (L) + 0.13 (E) + 0.22 (B)

The Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) for Portland-Salem, all items, was pulled from the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics website, < http://www.bls.gov/

ro9/9235.pdf>. 1991 was used for conservatism.

CPI for Portland-Salem in January 2009 = 215.647 CPI for Portland-Salem for 1991 = 133.9 Assuming a 3% inflation for 2010 since there is no CPI for 2011.

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CPl 133.9 215.647 3%

Laborý . $325,000 1 $523,415 $539,118 Energy $65,000 $104,683 $107,824 Burial $110,000 $177,156 $182,471 Contingency $125,000 $201,313 $207,353 Total $625,000 $1,006,567 $1,036,764 (b) A statement of the decommissioning method to be used (e.g., DECON or other method).

The Reed Reactor will be decontaminated to meet the requirements of 10 CFR 20.1402 radiological criteria for unrestricted use.

(c) A descriptionof the means of adjusting the cost estimate and associatedfunding level periodicallyover the life of the facility, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.75(d)(2)(iii).

Since the application identified that the decommissioning cost estimate would be adjusted using the formula provided in 10 CFR 50.75(c)(2), please confirm whether that formula will continue to be the means of adjusting the RRR's cost estimate and associatedfunding level periodicallyover the life of the facility.

Also, provide'a detailednumerical example updating the cost estimate to 2011 dollars.

The cost estimate will be updated using the Portland-Salem Consumer Price Index as in §4(a) above.

5. The application states that Reed College is using a self-guarantee to fund and carry out the requireddecommissioning activities if and when the RRR is decommissioned. For renewal of the RRR, please provide the following additionalinformation:

(a) An updated self-guarantee,including the current (2011) decommissioning cost estimate for the RRR. The updated submittal must include all the documentation as referenced in Section A. 14 of Appendix A of NUREG-1 757, Vol. 3, "ConsolidatedNMSS Decommissioning Guidance." The documentationshould be based on a 2011 license renewal date.

See attached memo dated 03/11/2010.

(b) Documentation that the signatorof the self-guarantee,if not the Chief Executive Officer or ChiefFinancialOfficer (e.g., corporate controller), has the authority to bind Reed College in the self-guarantee.

See attached memo dated 02/04/2010.

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