ML11147A158

Univeristy of Massachusetts, Submittal of Additional Information Related to Request for Amendment No. 14 to License No. R-125

ML11147A158
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Site:	University of Lowell
Issue date:	05/25/2011
From:	Bobek L Univ of Massachusetts - Lowell
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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Pinanski Building One University Avenue Lowell, Massachusetts 01854 tel: 978.934.3366 University of University ofurl: fax: 978.934.4067 www.uml.edu/radlab FAAMassachusetts UMASSLowell RADIATION LABORATORY May 25, 2011 ATTN: Document Control Desk U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Re: Submittal of Additional Information Related to Request for Amendment No. 14 to License No. R-125, Docket No. 50-223 In response to a telephone conversation with Mrs. Cindy Montgomery of NRC on May 23, 2011, the University of Massachusetts Lowell hereby submits the following information to supplement that provided in an enclosed document with the letter to NRC dated April 25, 2011.

Item 1: The Safety Evaluation supporting Amendment 13 to License R- 125 concludes the storage of WPI fuel in regard to If- will meet license technical specification 5.4. In this regard, the presence of byproduct materials in the fuel will not affect the evaluation for fuel storage and will not affect the requirements of technical specification 5.4.

Item 2: The Safety Evaluation supporting Amendment 13 to License R-125 indicates the security plan for license R-125 meets the requirements for SNM of moderate strategic significance. In this regard, the presence of byproduct materials in the fuel will not affect the security plan for SNM of moderate strategic significance.

In addition, we propose the following revision to license condition 2.B.(5) as submitted in a letter to NRC dated April 25, 2011. The proposed revised condition states:

Pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Part 30, "Rules of General Applicability to Domestic Licensing of Byproduct Material," and Part 70, "Domestic Licensing of Special Nuclear Material," to receive and possess, but not use or separate, such byproduct and special nuclear materials produced by the operation of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute Research Reactor (WPIRR),

contained in MTR-type reactor fuel transferred from the WPIRR.

Please direct any requests for additional information regarding this submittal to:

Mr. Leo Bobek, Reactor Supervisor Radiation Laboratory University of Massachusetts Lowell One University Avenue Lowell, MA 01854 I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.

Page 2 of 2 Submittal of Additional Information Related to Request for Amendment No. 14 to License No. R-125, Docket No. 50-223 Since Leo M. Bobek Reactor Supervisor, Radiation Laboratory Cc: Mrs. Cindy Montgomery NRR/ADRO USNRC