ML101810162

Dow Chemical Company - Request for Additional Information Regarding the Environmental Assessment for the License Renewal Review (TAC Me1595)

ML101810162
Person / Time
Site:	Dow Chemical Company
Issue date:	07/12/2010
From:	Alexander Adams Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch
To:	Krahenbuhl M Dow Chemical Co
Meyer W, NRR/DPR/PRLB, 301-415-0897
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TAC ME1595
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July 12, 2010 Melinda P. Krahenbuhl, Ph.D.

Facility Director Dow Chemical TRIGA Research Reactor Dow Chemical Company Building 1602 Midland, MI 48674

SUBJECT:

DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE LICENSE RENEWAL REVIEW (TAC NO. ME1595)

Dear Dr. Krahenbuhl:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is continuing its review of your application for the renewal of Facility Operating License No. R-108 for the Dow Chemical TRIGA Research Reactor (DTRR), dated April 1, 2009.

We require additional information and clarification on questions that have arisen during our review. Please provide responses to the enclosed request for additional information within 30 days of the date of this letter. In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Section 50.30(b), you must execute your response in a signed original document under oath or affirmation.

If you have any questions about this review or if you need additional time to respond to this request, please contact Walter Myer by telephone at 301-415-0897 or by electronic mail at Walter.Meyer@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Alexander Adams, Jr., Senior Project Manager Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch Division of Policy and Rulemaking Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-264

Enclosure:

As stated cc w/encl: See next page

Dow Chemical Company Docket No. 50-264 cc:

Office of the Mayor 333 West Ellsworth Midland, MI 48640 Office of the Governor Room 1 - Capitol Building Lansing, MI 48913 Alex Pollock Chair, Radiation Safety Committee 2030/410 Dow Center Midland, MI 48674 Dr. Kevin Hool, Level 1 Manager The Dow Chemical Company 1897 Building Midland, MI 48667 Test, Research, and Training Reactor Newsletter University of Florida 202 Nuclear Sciences Center Gainesville, FL 32611

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ENCLOSURE OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE RENEWAL REVIEW FOR THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY TRIGA RESEARCH REACTOR LICENSE LICENSE NO. R-108 DOCKET NO. 50-264 The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is continuing its review of your application for the renewal of Facility Operating License No. R-108 for the Dow Chemical TRIGA Research Reactor (DTRR), dated April 1, 2009. We require additional information and clarification on questions that have arisen during our review.

1.

In order to comply with National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requirements of Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 51, the NRC must prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) as part of the license renewal review process. Please provide the following additional information:

a)

The amount of water usage by the primary coolant system and secondary coolant system and the amount of water discharged into the sewer. Additionally for comparison, list the amount of water used and discharged to the sewer by the DTRR and the DOW complex.

b)

Please provide the environmental dosimeter readings for the previous 6 years and describe abnormal readings and the reason for the abnormal readings.

c)

Quantify the amount of solid and liquid waste by material form, volume, weight, and activity of waste material transferred each year for the last 6 years.

d)

Please provide the last 6 years annual person-rem per group, number of people in a group, average annual individual dose per group, and the maximum annual individual dose per group. Your groups should account for all persons assigned dosimeters for the purposes of the research reactor.

e)

Please provide the estimated dose to the public for the previous 6 years, along with the basis for this estimation.

2.

As part of the environmental assessment review, the NRC must apply to the Michigan State Historic Preservation Office for a Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act review of the DTRR building. This application requires photographs of the DTRR building and a localized map. Photographs must provide clear views (i.e. subject of the photograph should not be obscured by shadows, trees, cars, or any other type of obstruction) of the DTRR building. A localized map highlighting the location of the DTRR building and including road names that are legible. The items submitted for the Section 106 reviews have typically been made publically available. If it is the desire of the DTRR to have this information withheld from public disclosure, please provide the justification as specified in 10 CFR 2.390 for NRC consideration.