ML15170A273

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

ML15170A273
Person / Time
Site:	Reed College
Issue date:	06/25/2015
From:	Geoffrey Wertz Research and Test Reactors Branch B
To:	Krahenbuhl M Reed College
Wertz G, NRR/DPR, 415-0893
References
TAC MF1928
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June 25, 2015 Dr. Melinda Krahenbuhl, Director The Reed Research Reactor Reed College 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd.

Portland, OR 97202-8199

SUBJECT:

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

Dear Dr. Krahenbuhl:

By letter dated, May 24, 2013 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML13149A016), as supplemented, Reed College requested an amendment to the technical specifications (TSs), Appendix A, of Facility Operating License No. R-112, for Reed Research Reactor.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has reviewed the information provided in your application, as supplemented, and determined that additional information is required in order to complete its review. We request that you 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) 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. 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 license amendment request.

M. Krahenbuhl 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,

/RA by MDeSouza/

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 Division Administrator Nuclear Safety Division Oregon Department of Energy 625 Marion Street NE Salem, OR 97301-3737 Program Director Radiation Protection Services 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

ML15170A273 NRR-088 OFFICE NRR/DPR/PRLB/PM NRR/DPR/PRLB/LA NRR/DPR/PRLB/BC NRR/DPR/PRLB/PM NAME GWertz ELee/NParker AAdams GWertz (MDeSouza for)

DATE 6/17/2015 6/25/2015 6/25/2015 6/25/2015 REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING AMENDMENT TO THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR REED COLLEGE REED RESEARCH REACTOR DOCKET NO. 50-288 LICENSE NO. R-112 By letter dated, May 24, 2013 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML13149A016), as supplemented, Reed College requested an amendment to the technical specifications (TSs), Appendix A, of Facility Operating License No. R-112, for Reed Research Reactor (RRR). During our review, the following questions have arisen which require responses:

1. The requested TS amendment proposes to eliminate the position described in the current RRR TS 6.1.2, Specification b., of Associate Director as a Level 2, and adds a position of Reactor Operations Manager as a Level 3. The guidance in NUREG-1537, Guidelines for Preparing and Reviewing Applications for the Licensing of Non-Power Reactors, Part 1, Appendix 14.1, Format and Content of Technical Specifications ,

states in part, that the organizational functions, assignments, and responsibilities should be stated. Provide an explanation, justification and/or basis for the elimination of Level 2 position and the creation of a Level 3 position, or justify why no response is necessary.

2. The current RRR TS 6.1.2, Specification b, states in part, The Associate Director reports to the Director, and is responsible for guidance, oversight, and technical support of reactor operations. The requested amendment removes the responsibilities for guidance, oversight and technical support of reactor operations. The guidance in NUREG-1537, Guidelines for Preparing and Reviewing Applications for the Licensing of Non-Power Reactors, Part 1, Appendix 14.1, Format and Content of Technical Specifications, states in part, that the organizational functions, assignments, and responsibilities should be stated. Explain why these responsibilities are being removed from the TSs, the basis for this change, if these responsibilities are maintained in other RRR technical or administrative procedures, or justify why no response is necessary.

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