ML13030A410
| ML13030A410 | |
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| Site: | 05000128 |
| Issue date: | 10/01/2015 |
| From: | Geoffrey Wertz Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch |
| To: | Mcdeavitt S Texas A&M Univ |
| Wertz, Geoffrey 301-415-0893 | |
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| ML13030A395 | List: |
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| TAC ME1584 | |
| Download: ML13030A410 (9) | |
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October 1, 2015 Dr. Sean McDeavitt, Director Nuclear Science Center Texas Engineering Experiment Station Texas A&M University System 1095 Nuclear Science Road M/S 3575 College Station, TX 77843-3575
SUBJECT:
TEXAS ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION/TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM - ISSUANCE OF RENEWED FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. R-83 FOR THE TEXAS ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION/TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM NUCLEAR SCIENCE CENTER REACTOR (TAC NO. ME1584)
Dear Dr. McDeavitt:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued the enclosed Renewed Facility Operating License No. R-83 for Texas Engineering Experiment Station/Texas A&M University System Nuclear Science Center Reactor in response to the application for license renewal dated February 27, 2003, as supplemented on July 22, 2009; July 28, August 30, August 31, and December 9, 2010; May 27, June 9, and November 21, 2011; January 12, April 11, and November 14, 2012; January 31, 2013; February 3, February 11, and November 13, 2014; and March 2, June 5, June 11, and June 30, 2015. The renewed facility operating license is effective on date of issuance, and shall expire at midnight, 20 years from the date of issuance, unless terminated sooner.
In accordance with agency practice, the NRC has restated the license in its entirety, incorporating all changes and amendments made since the issuance of the original license as appropriate. Also enclosed with the renewed facility operating license is the safety evaluation report associated with the license renewal. A Notice of Issuance of Renewed Facility Operating License No. R-83 has been sent to the Office of the Federal Register for publication. The environmental assessment was sent to you under separate cover dated August 24, 2015.
S. McDeavitt If you have any questions, please contact me at 301-415-0893 or by electronic mail at Geoffrey.Wertz@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
/Alexander Adams for RA/
Geoffrey A. Wertz, Project Manager Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch Division of Policy and Rulemaking Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-128
Enclosures:
- 1. Facility Operating License No. R-83
- 2. Safety Evaluation Report cc: See next page
Texas A&M University Docket No. 50-128 cc:
Mayor, City of College Station P.O. Box Drawer 9960 College Station, TX 77840-3575 Governors Budget and Policy Office P.O. Box 12428 Austin, TX 78711-2428 ATTN: Dr. Dimitris C. Lagoudas Deputy Director Texas Engineering Experiment Station TEES Headquarters 3470 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-3577 ATTN: Jerry Newhouse Assistant Director Nuclear Science Center Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station 1095 Nuclear Science Road MS 3575 College Station, TX 77843 Radiation Program Officer Bureau of Radiation Control Dept. Of State Health Services Division for Regulatory Services 1100 West 49th Street, MC 2828 Austin, TX 78756-3189 Technical Advisor Office of Permitting, Remediation &
Registration Texas Commission on Environmental Quality P.O. Box 13087, MS 122 Austin, TX 78711-3087 Test, Research and Training Reactor Newsletter 202 Nuclear Sciences Center University of Florida Gainesville, FL 32611 Scott Miller, Manager Reactor Operations Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station Texas A&M University 1095 Nuclear Science Road, MS 3575 College Station, Texas 77843 State Energy Conservation Office Comptroller of Public Accounts P.O. Box 13528 Austin, TX 78711-3528
Pkg.: ML13030A395; Ltr.: ML13030A410; App. A (TS): ML13030A426; SE: ML13030A448; *concurrence via e-mail NRR-106
Texas Engineering Experiment Station Texas A&M University System Docket No. 50-128 Facility Operating License ADAMS Accession No. ML13030A410
TEXAS ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION/TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM DOCKET NO. 50-128 FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE License No. R-83
- 1.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has found that:
A.
The application for renewal of Facility Operating License No. R-83 filed by the Texas Engineering Experiment Station/Texas A&M University System (the licensee), dated February 27, 2003, as supplemented on July 22, 2009; July 28, August 30, August 31, and December 9, 2010; May 27, June 9, and November 21, 2011; January 12, April 11, and November 14, 2012; January 31, 2013; February 3, February 11, and November 13, 2014; and March 2, June 5, June 11, and June 30, 2015 (the application), complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commissions rules and regulations set forth in Title 10, Chapter I, of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR);
B.
Construction of the Texas Engineering Experiment Station/Texas A&M University System Nuclear Science Center (the facility) TRIGA-type nuclear research reactor was completed in substantial conformity with the Construction Permit No.
CPRR-38, issued in August 1959, and the application, as amended; the provisions of the Act; and the rules and regulations of the Commission; C.
The facility will operate in conformity with the application, as supplemented, the provisions of the Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission; D.
There is reasonable assurance that: (i) the activities authorized by this license can be conducted without endangering the health and safety of the public, and (ii) such activities will be conducted in compliance with the Commissions regulations; E.
The licensee is technically and financially qualified to engage in the activities authorized by this license in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission; F.
The applicable provisions of 10 CFR Part 140, Financial Protection Requirements and Indemnity Agreements, have been satisfied; G.
The issuance of this license will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public; H.
The issuance of this license is in accordance with 10 CFR Part 51, Environmental Protection Regulations for Domestic Licensing and Related Regulatory Functions, of the Commissions regulations and all applicable requirements have been satisfied; and I.
The receipt, possession and use of byproduct and special nuclear materials as authorized by this facility operating license will be in accordance with the Commission's regulations in 10 CFR Part 30, Rules of General Applicability to Domestic Licensing of Byproduct Material, and 10 CFR Part 70, Domestic Licensing of Special Nuclear Material.
- 2.
Accordingly, Facility Operating License No. R-83 is hereby renewed in its entirety to read as follows:
A. This license applies to the Texas Engineering Experiment Station/Texas A&M University System Nuclear Science Center (herein the facility) TRIGA-type nuclear research reactor owned by the Texas Engineering Experiment Station/Texas A&M University System (herein the licensee), located on the campus of Texas A&M University at College Station, Texas, and described in the licensees application for license renewal, dated February 27, 2003, as supplemented.
B. Subject to the conditions and requirements incorporated herein, the Commission hereby licenses the Texas Engineering Experiment Station/Texas A&M University System as follows:
- 1.
Pursuant to subsection 104c of the Act and 10 CFR Part 50, Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities, to possess, use, and operate the facility as a utilization facility at the designated location in accordance with the procedures and limitations described in the application and set forth in this license.
- 2.
Pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Part 70, the following activities are included:
- a. to receive, possess, and use, but not separate, in connection with the operation of the facility, up to 15 kilograms of contained uranium-235 enriched to less than 20 percent in the form of TRIGA-type reactor fuel;
- b. to receive, possess, and use, but not separate, in connection with the operation of the facility, up to 40 grams total of special nuclear material, of any enrichment, in the form of detectors, fission plates, foils, and solutions; and,
- c. to receive, possess, and use, but not separate, in connection with the operation of the facility, such special nuclear material as may be produced by the operation of the facility.
- 3.
Pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Part 30, the following activities are included:
- a. to receive, possess, and use, in connection with the operation of the facility, a sealed antimony-beryllium neutron startup source,
- b. to receive, possess, and use, in connection with the operation of the facility, a sealed 2.5-curie americium-beryllium neutron source; and,
- c. to receive, possess, and use, in connection with operation of the facility, such byproduct material as may be produced by operation of the reactor, which can not be separated except for byproduct material produced in reactor experiments.
- 4.
Pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Part 40, Domestic Licensing of Source Material, to receive, possess, and use in connection with operation of the facility, not more than 6.8 kilograms of source material.
C.
This license shall be deemed to contain, and is subject to the conditions specified 10 CFR Parts 20, 30, 40, 50, 51, 55, 70, and 73 of the Commissions regulations; is subject to all provisions of the Act, and to the rules, regulations and orders of the Commission now or hereafter in effect, and is subject to the additional conditions specified or incorporated below:
- 1.
Maximum Power Level The licensee is authorized to operate the reactor at a steady-state power level up to a maximum of 1000 kilowatts (thermal) and to pulse the reactor in accordance with the limitations in the Technical Specifications.
- 2.
Technical Specifications The Technical Specifications contained in Appendix A are hereby incorporated in their entirety in the license. The licensee shall operate the facility in accordance with the Technical Specifications.
- 3.
Physical Security Plan The licensee shall maintain and fully implement all provisions of the Commission-approved physical security plan, including changes made pursuant to the authority of 10 CFR 50.54(p). The approved physical security plan, entitled Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, Nuclear Science Center, Physical Security Plan for the Protection of Special Nuclear Material, Facility Operating License R-83, Docket Number 50-128, March 2015, consists of documents withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 73.21.
This license is effective as of the date of issuance and shall expire at midnight, 20 years from the date of issuance.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
/RA/
William M. Dean, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Attachment:
Appendix A, Technical Specifications Date of Issuance: October 1, 2015