ML13238A297

Reed College - Request for Additional Information Regarding Amendment to the Technical Specifications for the Reed Research Reactor

ML13238A297
Person / Time
Site:	Reed College
Issue date:	08/27/2013
From:	Geoffrey Wertz Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch
To:	Krahenbuhl M Reed College
Watford M, 301-415-1233
References
TAC MF1928
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August 27, 2013 Dr. Melinda Krahenbuhl, Director The Reed Research Reactor Reed College 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd.

Portland, OR 97202

SUBJECT:

REED COLLEGE - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING AMENDMENT TO THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE REED RESEARCH REACTOR (TAC NO. MF1928)

Dear Dr. Krahenbuhl:

By letter dated July 17, 2013 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (Accession No. ML13212A100), Reed College (the licensee) requested an amendment to the Technical Specifications, Appendix A of Facility Operating License No. R-112, for the Reed Research Reactor.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has reviewed the information provided in your application and determined that additional information is required in order to complete its review.

Please provide responses to the enclosed request for additional information within 30 days after 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 or need additional time to respond to this request, please contact me at 301-415-0893 or by electronic mail at Geoffrey.Wertz@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/Alexander Adams Jr. for RA/

Geoffrey Wertz, Project Manager Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch Division of Policy and Rulemaking Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-288 License No. R-112

Enclosure:

Request for Additional Information cc: See next page

Reed College Docket No. 50-288 cc:

Mayor of the City of Portland 1220 Southwest 5th Avenue Portland, OR 97204 Reed College ATTN: Dr. Nigel Nicholson, Dean of Faculty 3203 SE Woodstock Boulevard Portland, OR 97202-8199 Reed College ATTN: Mr. John Kroger, President 3203 SE Woodstock Boulevard Portland, OR 97202-8199 Ken Niles, Division Administrator Nuclear Safety Division Oregon Department of Energy 625 Marion Street NE Salem, OR 97301-3737 David Howe, Section Manager Radiation Protection Services Center for Health Protection Public Health Division Oregon Health Authority 800 NE Oregon Street, Suite 640 Portland, OR 97232-2162 Test, Research, and Training Reactor Newsletter University of Florida 202 Nuclear Sciences Center Gainesville, FL 32611

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NAME GWertz PBlechman AAdams GWertz (AAdams for)

DATE 8/26/2013 8/27/2013 8/27/2013 8/27/2013

Enclosure REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION AMENDMENT REQUEST FOR REED COLLEGE REED RESEARCH REACTOR DOCKET NO. 50-288 LICENSE NO. R-112 By letter dated July 17, 2013 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (Accession No. ML13212A100), Reed College (the licensee) requested an amendment to the Technical Specifications (TSs), Appendix A of Facility Operating License No. R-112, for the Reed Research Reactor (RRR). The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staffs review used the guidance in NUREG-1537, Guidelines for Preparing and Reviewing Applications for the Licensing of Non-Power Reactors, and supporting information from the American National Standards Institute/American Nuclear Society (ANSI/ANS)-15.1-2007, The Development of Technical Specifications for Research Reactors. During our review, the following questions have arisen which require responses:

1. In the current RRR TS 6.1.1, Figure 1, Administrative Structure, the Level 4 includes only Reactor Operators. NUREG-1537, Part 1, Chapter 14, Section 6.1.1, supports ANSI/ANS-15.1-2007, Section 6.1.1, which describes Level 4 staffing as Operating staff, e.g., senior reactor operators, reactor operators, and trainees. Please indicate if Senior Reactor Operators should be included in Level 4 or justify the current description.

2. Your letter states that the title Reactor Operation Manager has replaced the title Operations Supervisor in Technical Specifications.

a. Reed College TS 6.1.3(b)(3) lists Operations Supervisor as one of the reactor facility personnel. Please explain if the position should be deleted from the list of reactor facility personnel or explain why the position should remain.

b. Reed College TS 6.5(d) includes Operations Supervisor as one of the reactor facility personnel able to approve experiments. Please explain if the statement should read Minor changes that do not significantly alter the experiment may be approved by the Reactor Operations Manager or Director or justify the current description.