ML113330039

University of Maryland - Approval for Request for Additional Time to Respond to NRC Request for Additional Information

ML113330039
Person / Time
Site:	University of Maryland
Issue date:	12/01/2011
From:	Alexander Adams Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch
To:	Al-Sheikhly M Univ of Maryland - College Park
Lising A. J., NRR/DPR, 415-3220
References
TAC ME1592
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December 1, 2011 Dr. Mohamad Al-Sheikhly, Professor and Director Radiation Facilities and Nuclear Reactor Chemical and Nuclear Engineering Building 090 University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742

SUBJECT:

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND - APPROVAL FOR REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL TIME TO RESPOND TO NRC REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (TAC NO. ME1592)

Dear Dr. Al-Sheikhly:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received an electronic mail (e-mail) from you, dated November 23, 2011 (Agencywide Document Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML113330030), requesting additional time to complete the responses to our request for additional information (RAI) provided by NRC letter dated September 8, 2011 (ML112380621). By letter dated October 12, 2011, ( ADAMS Accession No. ML11286A337),

you provided partial responses to our RAIs. You also requested that responses to the remaining RAIs be submitted by November 18, 2011.

In your e-mail, you requested an extension of time from the November 18, 2011, submittal date to January 15, 2012, for submittal of completed dose measurements, calculations, and methodologies for the maximum hypothetical accident (MHA) analysis during normal modes of operation with the ventilation off. During a site-visit on November 18, 2011, your staff also indicated emergency plan (EP) changes may result due to these newly acquired dose measurements and calculations.

Based on our review, we agree with your extension request because of the complexity of the RAIs requiring additional analyses and your sustained progress in completing the RAI responses. The new date for submission of RAI responses to NRC is January 15, 2012.

Please provide a status on your progress for meeting this due date by December 15, 2011.

In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Section 50.30(b), you must execute your final response in a signed original document under oath or affirmation. Your response must be submitted in accordance with 10 CFR 50.4, Written Communications.

M. Al-Sheikhly Information included in your response that is considered security, sensitive, or proprietary, that you seek to have withheld from the public, must be marked in accordance with 10 CFR 2.390, Public inspections, exemptions, requests for withholding.

If you have any questions please contact A. Jason Lising at 301-415-3841 or by e-mail at Jason.Lising@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Alexander Adams, Senior Project Manager Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch Division of Policy and Rulemaking Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-166 License No. R-70 cc: See next page

University of Maryland Docket No. 50-166 cc:

Director, Dept. of Natural Resources Power Plant Siting Program Energy & Coastal Zone Administration Tawes State Office Building Annapolis, MD 21401 Mr. Roland G. Fletcher, Program Manager IV Radiological Health Program Maryland Department of Environment 1800 Washington Blvd., Suite 750 Baltimore, MD 21230 Mr. Vincent G. Adams Facility Coordinator Chemical and Nuclear Engineering Building 090 University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 Tom OBrien Radiation Safety Officer Department of Environmental Safety 3115 Chesapeake Building 338 University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 Test, Research, and Training Reactor Newsletter University of Florida 202 Nuclear Sciences Center Gainesville, FL 32611

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