ML15058A276

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Letter Request for Additional Information Physical Security Plan Review for License Renewal
ML15058A276
Person / Time
Site: University of Maryland
(R-070)
Issue date: 03/12/2015
From: Cindy Montgomery
Research and Test Reactors Branch B
To: Koeth T
Univ of Maryland - College Park
Allen, Eben 415-4264
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ML15058A290 List:
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TAC ME1592
Download: ML15058A276 (4)


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OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY RELATED INFORMATION OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY RELATED INFORMATION March 12, 2015 Dr. Timothy W. Koeth, Director Nuclear Reactor and Radiation Facilities Chemical and Nuclear Engineering Building 090 University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742

SUBJECT:

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RE: PHYSICAL SECURITY PLAN REVIEW FOR LICENSE RENEWAL (TAC NO. ME1592)

Dear Dr. Koeth:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is continuing its review of your application for the renewal of Facility Operating License No. R-70, for the Maryland University Training Reactor (MUTR), dated May 12, 2000 (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 No. ML052910399), as supplemented. The license renewal review includes an NRC staff review of the MUTR Physical Security Plan (PSP) dated December 19, 2014, for compliance with the regulations contained in Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 73, Physical Protection of Plants and Materials with modifications as outlined in Regulatory Guide 5.59, Standard Format And Content For A Licensee Physical Security Plan For The Protection Of Special Nuclear Material of Moderate Or Low Strategic Significance. We completed our review of your PSP, and identified additional information and clarification to questions that arose during our review. Provide responses to the enclosed request for additional information within 30 days from the date of this letter.

In accordance with Title 10 CFR 50.30(b), Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities, 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.

NOTE: Enclosure Transmitted Herewith Contains Security-Related Information. When Separated from Enclosure, this Document is DECONTROLLED.

OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY RELATED INFORMATION T. Koeth OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY RELATED INFORMATION If you have any questions, or need additional time to respond to this request, contact Eben Allen at (301) 415-4246 or by electronic mail at: Eben.Allen@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Cindy K. Montgomery, Project Manager Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch Division of Policy and Rulemaking Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-166

Enclosure:

Request for Additional Information cc w/o enclosure: See next page

University of Maryland Training Reactor 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 21230-1718 Mr. Vincent G. Adams Facility Coordinator Chemical and Nuclear Engineering Building 090 University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 Mary J. Dorman Radiation Safety Officer Department of Environmental Safety 3115 Chesapeake Building 338 University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 Professor Robert Briber Department of Materials Science and Engineering University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742-2115 Test, Research, and Training Reactor Newsletter University of Florida 202 Nuclear Sciences Center Gainesville, FL 32611

Package: ML15058A290; Letter: ML15058A276; RAI: ML15058A282 NRR-088