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MONTHYEARML1033400902010-11-24024 November 2010 Us Geological Survey Triga Reactor Response to the RAI Concerning R-113 License Renewal Project stage: Other ML11027A0012011-02-0101 February 2011 United States Geological Survey - NRC Response to USGS Letter Request for Extension of NRC Request for Additional Information on the USGS License Renewal Application Project stage: RAI ML12075A0012012-03-21021 March 2012 United States Geological Survey - NRC Request for Additional Information Ar-41 Dose Calculations Relating to the License Renewal (Tac No. ME1593) Project stage: RAI ML13162A6622013-05-17017 May 2013 Redacted USGS RAI Clarification Information Needed to Support the USGS License Renewal SAR Project stage: Other ML13190A0522013-07-15015 July 2013 United States Geological Survey - Additional Clarification Requested Responses to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Request for Additional Information Dated September 29, 2010 Project stage: RAI ML14014A1232014-01-22022 January 2014 U.S. Geological Survey - Request for Additional Information Review of the Operator Requalification Program for the License Renewal for the Geological Triga Reactor Project stage: RAI ML14023A7952014-01-28028 January 2014 U.S. Geological Survey - Request for Additional Information Review of the Emergency Plan for the License Renewal for the Geological Survey Triga Reactor Project stage: RAI ML14070A0402014-02-19019 February 2014 U.S. Geological Survey Triga Reactor (Gstr), Responses to Reactor Operator Requalification Questions Project stage: Request ML14084A5152014-03-27027 March 2014 U.S. Geological Survey - Approval of the U.S. Geological Survey Operator Requalification Program Project stage: Other ML14148A2402014-05-15015 May 2014 USGS Emergency Plan: Response to Emergency Plan Question for License Renewal Review-Redacted Version Project stage: Other ML14183A4252014-07-0909 July 2014 U.S. Geological Survey Review of the Emergency Plan for License Renewal Project stage: Approval ML15313A3082016-01-12012 January 2016 Letter: U.S. Geological Survey - Determination of Acceptability and Sufficiency for Docketing and Opportunity for Hearing Regarding the Application from the U.S. Geological Survey Project stage: Other ML15313A3092016-02-0101 February 2016 Federal Register Notice on License Renewal Application; Opportunity to Request a Hearing and to Petition for Leave to Intervene; Order on U.S. Geological Survey Triga Research Reactor Project stage: Other ML16110A0082016-04-0101 April 2016 U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey, Response to NRC Staff Request for Additional Information for License Renewal Review April 1, 2016 Project stage: Request ML16112A0032016-04-25025 April 2016 U.S. Geological Survey - Request for Additional Information for the Review of the Physical Security Plan Regarding the License Renewal of the U.S. Geological Survey Triga Research Reactor Project stage: RAI ML16153A2072016-05-27027 May 2016 E-mail U.S. Geological Survey Triga Research Reactor Environmental Assessment Review Project stage: Other 2014-02-19
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MONTHYEARML24092A1542024-04-0404 April 2024 U.S. Geological Survey - Change of Facility Project Manager ML24092A0422024-03-28028 March 2024 U.S. Geological Survey Triga Reactor Annual Report Submittal in Accordance with Technical Specification 6.7.1 Rev. 00 for 2023 IR 05000274/20232022023-11-13013 November 2023 U.S. Geological - U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Safety Inpsection Report No. 05000274/2023202 IR 05000274/20232032023-11-0909 November 2023 United States Geological Survey - U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Security Inspection Report No. 05000274/2023203 (Public) IR 05000274/20232012023-02-27027 February 2023 United States Geological Survey - U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Routine Inspection Report No. 05000274/2023201 ML22026A4852022-03-0707 March 2022 Examination Confirmation Letter No. 50-274/OL-22-01, United States Department of Interior Geological Survey ML22053A1872022-02-22022 February 2022 U.S. Geological Survey Triga Reactor, Docket Number 50-274, License Number R-113, Reactor Administrator Succession IR 05000274/20212022021-10-0101 October 2021 U.S. Geological U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Safety Inspection Report No. 05000274/2021202 IR 05000274/20212032021-09-30030 September 2021 United States Geological Survey - Nuclear Regulatory Commission Security Inspection Report No. 05000274/2021203 IR 05000274/20202012021-04-21021 April 2021 United States Geological Survey, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Routine Inspection Report05000274/2020201 - Cover Letter and Enclosure ML21090A1912021-03-29029 March 2021 U.S. Geological Survey Triga Reactor, Annual Report Submittal in Accordance with Technical Specification 6.7.1 Rev. 00 ML21082A2822021-03-23023 March 2021 Letter to R. Horton, USGS Denver Federal Center, from B. Smith, NRC, NRC Office of Investigations Report No. 4-2019-014 - Release of OI Synopsis IR 05000274/20212012021-03-12012 March 2021 U.S. Geological Survey NRC Non-Routine Inspection Report 05000274/2021201 ML20314A2922020-12-0303 December 2020 USGS Issuance of Amendment No. 14 to Renewed Facility Operating License No. R-113 for the USGS Triga Research Reactor Increasing the Special Nuclear Material Possession Limit ML20336A0202020-12-0101 December 2020 U.S. Geological Survey Triga Reactor - License Amendment Request LAR 14, Supplemental Information Letter 04 Provided in Response to Phone Call with NRC Project Manager at 0854 Mst on 2020-11-30 ML20295A4242020-11-16016 November 2020 Notification of Mailing Address Change Regarding Submittal of Fingerprint Cards ML20310A2962020-11-0505 November 2020 U.S. Geological Survey Triga Reactor, Docket Number 50-274, License Number R-113, License Amendment Request LAR 14, Supplemental Information Letter 03 Provided in Resolution of Comments Presented by the State of Colorado During the Public M ML20310A3352020-11-0505 November 2020 U.S. Geological Survey Triga Reactor, Docket Number 50-274, License Number R-113, Updated Physical Security Plan, Rev. Xxi ML20296A4902020-10-22022 October 2020 U.S. Geological Survey Triga Reactor, Docket Number 50-274, License Number R-113, License Amendment Request LAR 14, Supplemental Information Letter 02 Provided in Response to Audit Visit on 2020-10-15 ML20318A0882020-10-22022 October 2020 U.S. Geological Survey Trig a Reactor, License Amendment Request LAR 14, Supplemental Information Letter 01 Provided in Response to Audit Visit on 2020-10-15 Purpose ML20295A5102020-10-21021 October 2020 U.S. Geological Survey - Regulatory Audit Report Proposed License Amended No. 14 to Increase the Special Nuclear Material Possession Limit ML20233A9962020-10-0909 October 2020 Us Geological Survey - Issuance of Amendment No. 13 to Renewed Facility Operating License No. R-113 to Amend Technical Specifications 3.1.3 and 4.1 for the Us Geological Survey Triga Research Reactor ML20279A5912020-10-0606 October 2020 U.S. Geological Survey - Regulatory Audit Proposed License Amendment No. 14 Tt Increase the Special Nuclear Material Possession Limit ML20279A3052020-10-0505 October 2020 U.S. Geological Survey - Acceptance of the Application for Proposed License Amendment No. 14 Increase in the Special Nuclear Nuclear Material Possession Limit ML20275A2672020-10-0101 October 2020 U.S. Geological Survey Triga Reactor, Docket Number 50-274, License Number R-113, License Amendment Request 2020-02, LAR 14, Rev. 00 ML20199M1672020-07-20020 July 2020 NRC Letter and SER Authorizing USGS to Use an Alternate A2 Value ML20183A1622020-07-0202 July 2020 U.S. Geological Survey - Acceptance of the Application for a License Amendment Exception to TS 3.1.3 and 4.1 to Allow Fewer than 110 Fuel Elements When Either Shutdown or Operating at a Power Level Not Greater than 5 Kilowatts ML20177A6102020-06-25025 June 2020 U.S. Geological Survey Triga Reactor, Docket Number 50-274, License Number R-113, License Amendment Request 2020-01, Supplemental Information Provided in Response to ML20176A465 ML20161A1272020-06-0404 June 2020 U.S. Geological Survey Triga Reactor, Docket Number 50-274, License Number R-113, License Amendment Request 2020-01, Revision 01 ML20134J1082020-05-13013 May 2020 U.S. Geological Survey Triga Reactor, Docket Number 50-274, License Number R-113, License Amendment Request 2020-01 ML20157A0752020-05-0707 May 2020 U.S. Geological Survey Triga Reactor, Docket Number 50-274, License Number R-113, Reactor Supervisor Appointment ML20136A3362020-04-21021 April 2020 Us Dept. of Interior, Geological Survey (Usgs), Submittal of Corrected 2019 Annual Report ML20134J1162020-04-10010 April 2020 7 of the Emergency Plan for the U.S. Geological Survey Triga Reactor (Gstr) Facility (License R-113, Docket 50-274) ML20087H0192020-03-0202 March 2020 Us Dept of Interior, Geological Survey (USGS) - Submittal of 2019 Annual Report IR 05000274/20192012019-12-23023 December 2019 United States Geological Survey - U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Routine Inspection Report No. 50-274/2019-201 ML19206A0622019-07-11011 July 2019 Us Dept of the Interior, Us Geological Survey Follow-Up on August 9, 2018 Letter Request for Approval for Use of Alternative A2 Value for Isotope Br-80m Under Appendix a to 10 CFR 71 ML19066A0542019-02-25025 February 2019 U.S. Dept of the Interior, Geological Survey, Reply to a Notice of Violation: EA-18-031 and EA-18-111 ML19044A3732019-01-31031 January 2019 Us Dept. of Interior, Geological Survey - Submittal of 2018 Annual Report ML18354B1702018-12-31031 December 2018 U.S Geological Survey-Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty ML18324A5752018-11-16016 November 2018 United States Geological Survey (Usgs), Transfer of Reactor Supervisor Responsibilities. Position of Reactor Supervisor for Triga Facility Has Been Transferred from Mr. Brycen Roy to Mr. Christopher Farwell, Effective October 26, on Interim ML18324A5742018-11-16016 November 2018 United States Department of the Interior - Transfer of Reactor Administrative Responsibilities ML18325A1462018-11-0707 November 2018 U.S. Dept. of Interior, Geological Survey - Response to Apparent Violations Associated with NRC Investigation Reports 4-2017-027 and 4-2018-005; IA-18-038 IR 05000274/20182022018-08-15015 August 2018 United States Geological Survey - U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Routine Inspection Report No. 50-274/2018-202 ML18236A5512018-08-0909 August 2018 Request for Approval for Use of Alternative A2 Value for Isotope Br-80m Under Appendix a to 10 CFR 71 IR 05000274/20182032018-07-17017 July 2018 United States Geological Survey - U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Security Inspection Report 05000274/2018203 ML18016A0512018-01-11011 January 2018 2017 Annual Report for the U.S. Geological Survey Triga Non-Power Reactor Facility ML17355A1472017-12-18018 December 2017 Establishing a Quality Assurance Program at the U.S. Geological Survey Triga Reactor Facility (License R-113, Docket 50-274) IR 05000274/20172012017-05-17017 May 2017 United States Geological Survey NRC Routine Inspection Report No. 50-274/2017-201 ML17074A6472017-04-19019 April 2017 United States Geological Survey TRIGA Reactor Closure of Confirmatory Action Letter No. NRR-03-005 on Site-Specific Compensatory Measures Implementation Plan ML17067A3942017-03-22022 March 2017 U.S. Geological Survey - Non-Power Reactor Closeout of Generic Letter 2016-01, "Monitoring of Neutron Absorbing Materials in Spent Fuel Pools," for the U.S. Geological Survey Training Reactor And Isotopes Production, General Atomics Research Reactor 2024-04-04
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MONTHYEARML16147A6422016-06-28028 June 2016 U.S. Geological Survey - Request for Additional Information Regarding the Review of the License Renewal of the U.S. Geological Survey Triga Research Reactor (TAC No. ME1593) ML16112A0032016-04-25025 April 2016 U.S. Geological Survey - Request for Additional Information for the Review of the Physical Security Plan Regarding the License Renewal of the U.S. Geological Survey Triga Research Reactor ML16027A1342016-02-0808 February 2016 Us Geological Survey - Request for Additional Information Regarding the Review of the License Renewal of the Us Geological Survey Triga Research Reactor Draft 1.27.16 ML15259A7312015-09-21021 September 2015 Request for Additional Information License Amendment Request to Modify the Source, Byproduct and Special Nuclear Material Possession Limits for Facility Operating License No. R-113 for the U.S. Geological Survey Triga Reactor ML15226A2772015-08-18018 August 2015 Us Geological Survey - Request for Additional Information License Amendment Request to Modify the Source, Byproduct and Special Nuclear Material Possession Limits for Facility Operating License No. R-113 for the U.S. Geological Survey Triga ML14211A5862014-08-25025 August 2014 U.S. Geological Survey - Request for Additional Information and Clarification to Previous Responses to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Request for Additional Information ML14141A6322014-06-12012 June 2014 U.S. Geological Survey - Request for Additional Information Amendment Request to Modify the Source, Byproduct and Special Nuclear Material Possession Limits for Facility Operating License No. R-113 for the U.S. Geological Survey Triga Resea ML14023A7952014-01-28028 January 2014 U.S. Geological Survey - Request for Additional Information Review of the Emergency Plan for the License Renewal for the Geological Survey Triga Reactor ML14014A1232014-01-22022 January 2014 U.S. Geological Survey - Request for Additional Information Review of the Operator Requalification Program for the License Renewal for the Geological Triga Reactor ML13190A0522013-07-15015 July 2013 United States Geological Survey - Additional Clarification Requested Responses to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Request for Additional Information Dated September 29, 2010 ML13162A6622013-05-17017 May 2013 Redacted USGS RAI Clarification Information Needed to Support the USGS License Renewal SAR ML12075A0012012-03-21021 March 2012 United States Geological Survey - NRC Request for Additional Information Ar-41 Dose Calculations Relating to the License Renewal (Tac No. ME1593) ML0527203682005-10-0707 October 2005 RAI Letter - Security Measures - Debey ML0506602022005-03-10010 March 2005 United States Geological Survey -- Request for Additional Information Use of Aluminum Clad Fuel ML0504200272005-02-16016 February 2005 U.S. Geological Survey - Request for Additional Information Amendment Request for Construction Permit Recapture ML0434101362004-12-0707 December 2004 United States Geological Survey - RAI, Use of Aluminum Clad Fuel 2016-06-28
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March 21, 2012 Ms. Betty Adrian Reactor Administrator Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey PO Box 25046 MS 975 Denver Federal Center Denver, CO 80225-0046
SUBJECT:
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE LICENSE RENEWAL REVIEW FOR THE U.S.G.S TRIGA REACTOR (TAC NO. ME1593)
Dear Ms. Adrian:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is continuing its review of your application for the renewal of Facility Operating License No. R-113 for the U.S. Geological Survey TRIGA Reactor (GSTR), dated January 5, 2009, (a redacted version of the safety analysis report is available on the NRCs public Web site at www.nrc.gov under Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML092120136).
The NRC staff requires additional information and clarification on questions that have arisen during our review. Please provide responses to the enclosed request for additional information within 60 days of the date of this letter. In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Section 50.30(b), you must execute your response in a signed original document under oath or affirmation. Your response must be submitted in accordance with 10 CFR 50.4, Written Communications. 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 about this review or if you need additional time to respond to this request; please contact me by telephone at 301-415-0893 or by electronic mail at geoffrey.wertz@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
/LTran for RA/
Geoffrey Wertz, Project Manager Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch Division of Policy and Rulemaking Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-274 cc: See next page
U.S. Geological Survey TRIGA Reactor Docket No. 50-274 cc:
Environmental Services Manager 480 S. Allison Pkwy.
Lakewood, CO 80226 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 Universities of Florida 202 Nuclear Sciences Center Gainesville, FL 32611
ML12075A001 *concurrence via e-mail NRR-088 Office PRLB:PM* PRLB:LA PRLB:BC PRLB:PM Name GWertz GLappert JQuichocho GWertz Date 3/14/2012 3/15/2012 3/19/2012 3/21/2012
OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RE: RENEWAL OF THE FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE FOR THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY TRIGA REACTOR LICENSE NO. R-113; DOCKET NO. 50-274 The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is continuing its review of your application for the renewal of Facility Operating License No. R-113 for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
TRIGA reactor (GSTR), dated January 5, 2009. Our review conformed to the Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) on the Streamlined Review Process for License Renewal for Research Reactors (Agencywide Document Access and Management System Accession (ADAMS) No.
ML092240244). During this review, we have identified areas needing additional information.
Please note the RAI numbering follows sequentially from the RAIs provided in our letter dated September 29, 2010 (ADAMS Accession No. ML102510077).
Please address and provide responses to the following requests for additional information:
- 26. NUREG-1537, Part 1, Section 11.1.1.1, Airborne Radiation Sources, states that the licensee should estimate the release of airborne radionuclides to the environment and should use these releases to determine the consequences in the offsite environment.
Included in this analysis should be the does associated with the production and release of Argon-41. The USGS Safety Analysis Report (SAR), Section 11.1.1.1, Estimated Annual Dose in the Unrestricted Area form Ar-41 Released during Routine Reactor Operation, and Section 11.1.1.4, Routine Release of Ar-41 to Atmosphere, provide the results of the certain radiation dose estimates. However, there is insufficient detail in these SAR sections to allow the NRC staff to complete an evaluation. Please provide the following additional information:
- a. USGS SAR, Section 11.1.1.1.1 states that the whole body dose from Ar-41 is a factor of 48.7 times less than the Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 20, Appendix B, values. Please provide the assumptions, calculations, and justification for the derivation of this factor.
- b. USGS SAR, Section 11.1.1.1.1 states that an individual spending 8 hours9.259259e-5 days <br />0.00222 hours <br />1.322751e-5 weeks <br />3.044e-6 months <br /> per week with an Ar-41 air concentration of 4.35 x 10-6 micro-Curies per milliliter
(µCi/mL) would receive a radiation dose of about 66 milli-Roentgen Equivalent Man (mrem) per year. Please provide the assumptions, calculations, and justification for this dose estimate.
- c. USGS SAR, Section 11.1.1.1.1 describes an accident involving flooding of the rotary specimen rack releasing Ar-41 into the reactor bay, with an estimated radiation dose of 17.9 mrem to an individual in the center of the reactor bay, and an estimated radiation dose of 208 mrem if the release involved 10 Ci of Ar-41.
Please provide the assumptions, calculations, and justification supporting these estimated radiation doses.
- d. USGS SAR, Section 11.1.1.1.1 describes the routine exposure of personnel in unrestricted areas from Ar-41 releases assuming the person is standing next to the reactor building, at a distance of 8 meters from the release point. An annual release of 25 Ci of Ar-41 results in an whole body dose of less than 17 mrem per year a person near the building wall. Please provide the assumptions, calculations, and justification supporting the estimation of doses in the unrestricted area from annual operational releases of AR-41 to the atmosphere.
- e. USGS SAR Section 11.1.1.1.4 discusses the estimation of offsite doses from routine releases of Ar-41. Please provide a reference and justification for the use of Equation 11.31 for estimating ground level concentrations of Ar-41 including the basis for the average air concentration during operations of 5.85 x 10-6 µCi per cubic meter. Please provide an evaluation of your analysis to meeting the regulatory limit cited in 10 CFR 20, Appendix B in units of µCi/mL, and an estimate of the dose to a member of the public.
- 27. NUREG-1537, Part 1, Section 11.2.3, Release of Radioactive Waste, requests that the licensee provide a description of all radioactive waste released to the environment, and a description of the controls in place to ensure that any liquid releases to the sanitary sewerage meet the requirements of 10 CFR 20.2003. USGS SAR Section 11.2.4 states that the licensees policy is not to normally release radioactive liquid waste. However, this statement does not prevent the potential release of radioactive liquid waste. Please provide a description of any potential radioactive liquid waste releases to the environment, and the controls in place to help ensure that any radioactive liquid releases meet the requirements of 10 CFR 20.2003.