ML14324A707

Request for Additional Information Regarding the MURR License Renewal Review (Updated Info 11/19/2014)

ML14324A707
Person / Time
Site:	University of Missouri-Columbia
Issue date:	12/03/2014
From:	Geoffrey Wertz Research and Test Reactors Branch B
To:	Rhonda Butler Univ of Missouri - Columbia
Wertz G, DPR/PRLB, 415-0893
References
TAC ME1580
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December 3, 2014 Mr. Ralph Butler, Director Research Reactor Center University of Missouri-Columbia Research Park Columbia, MO 65211

SUBJECT:

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT COLUMBIA - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE RENEWAL OF FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. R-103 FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT COLUMBIA RESEARCH REACTOR (TAC NO. ME1580)

Dear Mr. Butler:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is continuing its review of your application for the renewal Facility Operating License No. R-103, dated August 31, 2006 (a redacted version of the application is available on the NRCs public web site at www.nrc.gov under Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession Nos. ML062540114 - cover letter; ML092110573 - Safety Analysis Report, Chapters 1-9; ML092110597 - Safety Analysis Report, Chapters 10-18), as supplemented, for the University of Missouri - Columbia Research Reactor. During our review, questions have arisen for which additional information is needed.

The enclosed request for additional information (RAI) identifies the additional information needed to complete our review. We request that you provide responses to the enclosed RAI within 45 days from the date of this letter.

In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 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 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. Any information related to security should be submitted in accordance with 10 CFR 73.21, Protection of Safeguards Information: Performance requirements. Following receipt of the additional information, we will continue our evaluation of your renewal request.

R. Butler If you have any questions regarding this review, please contact me at (301) 415-0893.

Sincerely,

/RA Alexander Adams for/

Geoffrey A. Wertz, Project Manager Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch Division of Policy and Rulemaking Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-186

Enclosure:

Request for Additional Information cc see next page

University of Missouri-Columbia Docket No. 50-186 cc:

John Ernst, Associate Director Health and Safety Research Reactor Facility 1513 Research Park Drive Columbia, MO 65211 Homeland Security Coordinator Missouri Office of Homeland Security P.O. Box 749 Jefferson City, MO 65102 Planner, Dept. of Health and Senior Services Section for Environmental Public Health 930 Wildwood Drive, P.O. Box 570 Jefferson City, MO 65102-0570 Deputy Director for Policy Department of Natural Resources 1101 Riverside Drive Fourth Floor East Jefferson City, MO 65101 A-95 Coordinator Division of Planning Office of Administration P.O. Box 809, State Capitol Building Jefferson City, MO 65101 Test, Research, and Training Reactor Newsletter University of Florida 202 Nuclear Sciences Center Gainesville, FL 32611

ML14324A707

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Enclosure OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR THE RENEWED LICENSE FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA RESEARCH REACTOR LICENSE NO. R-103; DOCKET NO. 50-186 The NRC is continuing its review of your application for the renewal of Facility Operating License No. R-103, dated August 31, 2006 (a redacted version of the application is available on the NRCs public web site at www.nrc.gov under ADAMS, Accession Nos.: ML062540114 - cover letter; ML092110573 - SAR, Chapters 1-9; ML092110597 - SAR, Chapters 10-18), as supplemented, for the University of Missouri - Columbia Research Reactor. During our review, questions have arisen for which additional information is needed. The enclosed request for additional information (RAI) identifies the additional information needed to complete our review.

We request that you provide responses to the enclosed RAI within 45 days from the date of this letter.

1. The MURR license renewal application (LRA) SAR was submitted August 31, 2006.

Changes to the facility since that time have been summarized in the MURR Annual Reports, but detailed information, including any relevant safety analyses, updated SAR sections, or results of any reviews of those changes performed in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 50.59, have not been provided. NUREG-1537, Section 1.8, Facility Modifications and History, provides guidance that signficant modifications to the facility should be provided in the LRA.

a. Provide a list of the significant changes to the MURR facility since the submittal of the LRA in August 2006.

b. Provide a description of the review/approval process for the implementation of the significant facility changes (i.e., 50.59, License Amendment, etc.).

c. Provide a copy of the safety analysis, 50.59 review checklist/evaluation, and/or any updated SAR information for the significant facility changes. If not applicable, state the basis for the determination.

d. Provide the relevant review information (50.59 review, safety analyses, updated SAR information) for the iodine facility.

2. The proposed MURR Technical Specifications (TS) (see letter dated January 27, 2014, ADAMS Accession No. ML14030A132), TS 5.2, Reactor Coolant Systems, Exceptions Specifications a and b, do not have supporting information in the SAR necessary to justify the TS Bases for each. Provide support information to explain the basis for TS 5.2, Exception a and b, or justify why no change is necessary.