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ML16075A409
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Site: 05000128
Issue date: 03/15/2016
From: Mcdeavitt S
Texas A&M Univ
To: Alexander Adams, Patrick Boyle
Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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2016-0016
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IBlil!i I TEXAS A&M ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION NUCLEAR SCIENCE CENTER Dr. Sean M. McDeavitt Director, TEES Nuclear Science Center

  • Texas A&M University Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station 1095 Nuclear Science Road, 3575 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-3575 March 15, 2016 2016-0016 Docket Number 50-128 /License No. R-83 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington DC 20555

SUBJECT:

Supplement 2 to License Amendment Request dated October 14, 2015, Facility License R-83, Docket Number 50-128. (ADAMS Accession No. ML15287A148) .

Attn: 'Mr. Alexander Adams, Jr., Chief Research and Test Reactors Branch Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Mr. Patrick Boyle, Project Manager

.Research and Test Reactors Branch Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation The purpose of this letter is to provide supplemental information, regarding the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station {TEES) Nuclear Science Center (NSC) license amendment dated October 14, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15287A148). Specifically TEES is proposing an additional change to Technical Specification {TS) Section 5.6. This change supersedes the proposed TS 5.6 contained in our letter of March 3, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML16063A264). The enhancement made to the TS clarifies the limits regarding the amount of special nuclear material .(SNM) that can be placed in the NSC Fuel Storage Vault.

Should you have any. questions regarding the information provided in this submittal, please contact me or Mr. Jerry Newhouse at (979) 845-7551 or via email at mcdeavitt@tamu.edu or newhouse@tamu.edu.

Nuclear Science Center 1095 Nuclear Science Road, 3575 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-3575 1 Tel. (979) 845-l551

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Oath of Affirmation I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge.

Encolsure: Technical Specification 5.6 cq: next page Nuclear Science Center 1095 Nuclear Science Road, 3S75 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-3575 ,

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Mr. William Dean.. Office Director Mayor, City of College Station United States Nuclear Reactor Commission P.O. Box Drawer 9960 Office of Nuclear Reactor R~gulation College Station, TX 77840-3575

  • Mr. Michael Young, President Governor's. Budget and Policy Office Texas A&M University 1246 TAMU P.O. Box 12428 College Station, TX 77843-1246 Austin, TX, 78711-2428 Dr. M. Katherine Banks, Vice Chancellor Radiation Program Officer and Dean
  • Bureau of Radiation Control Dwight Look College of Engineering Dept. of State Health Services
  • 3126 TAMU Division for Regulatory Services .

College Station, TX 77843-3126 1100 West 49th St.,* MC 2828 Austin, TX 78756-3189 Dr. Dimitris Lagoudas, Deputy Director Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station Technical Advisor

  • 3470TAMU Office of Permitting, Remediation & -

College Station, TX 77843-3577 Registration Texas Commission on Environmental Dr. Costas Georghiades, Associate Agency Quality Director P.O. Box 13087, MS 122 Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station Austin, TX 78711-3087 3470TAMU College Station, TX 77843~3577 Test, Research and Trainin.g Reactor Newsletter Dr. Yassin Hassan, Department Head P.O. Box 118300 Nuclear Engineering

  • University of Florida Texas A&M University Gainesville, FL 32611-8300 Nuclear Engineering Department 3133 TAMU . Mr. Jerry Newhouse, College Station, TX 77843-3133 NSC Assistant Director Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station Dr. John Hardy . 3575TAMU .

Reactor Safety Board Chairman Texas A&M College* Station, TX 77843-3575 University 3255TAMU *Mr. Scott Miller,

. College Station, TX 77843-3255

  • NSC Manager of Reactor Operations Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station Dr. Latha Vasudevan 3575TAMU Radiological Safety Officer College Station, TX 77843-3575 Texas A&M University Environmental Health and Safety Mr. Jeremy Osborn 1111 Research Parkway AGN-201 M Reactor Supervisor
  • College Station, TX 77843-4472 *Texas A&M University Nuclear Engineering Department

. 3133 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-3133 Nuclea.r Science Center 1095 Nuclear Science Road, 3575 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-3575 3

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Enclosure:

Proposed Technical Specification Change The following replacement Technical Specification change is recommended to support this LAR:

5.6 Fuel Storage Applicability This specification applies to the storage of reactor fuel at times when it is not in the reactor core.

This includes the combined 235U fissile mass of no more than 0. 7 kilograms, byproduct material, and the 239 PuBe neutron start-up source with a 239 Pu fissile mass of no more than 20 grams from the TAMU AGN-201 M reactor. Further, there will be no introduction of any additional SNM while the AGN-201 M fuel and Pu Be source are stored in the fuel storage vault that would exceed the current lfcensing basis as described in the SAR.

  • Objective The objective is to ensure that fuel that is being stored will not become critical and will not reach an unsafe temperature.

Specification

1. All fuel elements and fueled devices shall be stored in a geometrical array for which the k-effective is less than 0.8 for all conditions of moderation and reflection.
2. Irradiated fuel elements and fueled devices shall be stored in an array, which will permit sufficient natural convection cooling by water or air such that the fuel element or fueled device ten:iperature will not exceed design values.
3. Possession of the AGN-201 M fuel, byproduct material, and neutron start-up source is restricted to receipt, possession, but not use in the operation of the NSC reactor. Specification 2, above; is not applicable to these materials.
4. There will be no introduction of any additional SNl\/1 while the AGN-201 SNM are stored in the fuel storage vault that would exceed the current licensing basis limits as described in the SAR.

Basis The limits imposed by Specifications 5.6.1, 5.6.2, 5.6.3, and 5. 6. 4 are conservative and ensure safe storage.

Nuclear Science Center 1095 Nuclear Science Road, 3575 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-3575 4 Tel. (979) 845-7551 ~

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IBlil!i I TEXAS A&M ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION NUCLEAR SCIENCE CENTER Dr. Sean M. McDeavitt Director, TEES Nuclear Science Center

  • Texas A&M University Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station 1095 Nuclear Science Road, 3575 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-3575 March 15, 2016 2016-0016 Docket Number 50-128 /License No. R-83 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington DC 20555

SUBJECT:

Supplement 2 to License Amendment Request dated October 14, 2015, Facility License R-83, Docket Number 50-128. (ADAMS Accession No. ML15287A148) .

Attn: 'Mr. Alexander Adams, Jr., Chief Research and Test Reactors Branch Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Mr. Patrick Boyle, Project Manager

.Research and Test Reactors Branch Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation The purpose of this letter is to provide supplemental information, regarding the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station {TEES) Nuclear Science Center (NSC) license amendment dated October 14, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15287A148). Specifically TEES is proposing an additional change to Technical Specification {TS) Section 5.6. This change supersedes the proposed TS 5.6 contained in our letter of March 3, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML16063A264). The enhancement made to the TS clarifies the limits regarding the amount of special nuclear material .(SNM) that can be placed in the NSC Fuel Storage Vault.

Should you have any. questions regarding the information provided in this submittal, please contact me or Mr. Jerry Newhouse at (979) 845-7551 or via email at mcdeavitt@tamu.edu or newhouse@tamu.edu.

Nuclear Science Center 1095 Nuclear Science Road, 3575 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-3575 1 Tel. (979) 845-l551

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Oath of Affirmation I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge.

Encolsure: Technical Specification 5.6 cq: next page Nuclear Science Center 1095 Nuclear Science Road, 3S75 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-3575 ,

2 Tel. (979) 845-7551

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cc:

Mr. William Dean.. Office Director Mayor, City of College Station United States Nuclear Reactor Commission P.O. Box Drawer 9960 Office of Nuclear Reactor R~gulation College Station, TX 77840-3575

  • Mr. Michael Young, President Governor's. Budget and Policy Office Texas A&M University 1246 TAMU P.O. Box 12428 College Station, TX 77843-1246 Austin, TX, 78711-2428 Dr. M. Katherine Banks, Vice Chancellor Radiation Program Officer and Dean
  • Bureau of Radiation Control Dwight Look College of Engineering Dept. of State Health Services
  • 3126 TAMU Division for Regulatory Services .

College Station, TX 77843-3126 1100 West 49th St.,* MC 2828 Austin, TX 78756-3189 Dr. Dimitris Lagoudas, Deputy Director Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station Technical Advisor

  • 3470TAMU Office of Permitting, Remediation & -

College Station, TX 77843-3577 Registration Texas Commission on Environmental Dr. Costas Georghiades, Associate Agency Quality Director P.O. Box 13087, MS 122 Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station Austin, TX 78711-3087 3470TAMU College Station, TX 77843~3577 Test, Research and Trainin.g Reactor Newsletter Dr. Yassin Hassan, Department Head P.O. Box 118300 Nuclear Engineering

  • University of Florida Texas A&M University Gainesville, FL 32611-8300 Nuclear Engineering Department 3133 TAMU . Mr. Jerry Newhouse, College Station, TX 77843-3133 NSC Assistant Director Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station Dr. John Hardy . 3575TAMU .

Reactor Safety Board Chairman Texas A&M College* Station, TX 77843-3575 University 3255TAMU *Mr. Scott Miller,

. College Station, TX 77843-3255

  • NSC Manager of Reactor Operations Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station Dr. Latha Vasudevan 3575TAMU Radiological Safety Officer College Station, TX 77843-3575 Texas A&M University Environmental Health and Safety Mr. Jeremy Osborn 1111 Research Parkway AGN-201 M Reactor Supervisor
  • College Station, TX 77843-4472 *Texas A&M University Nuclear Engineering Department

. 3133 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-3133 Nuclea.r Science Center 1095 Nuclear Science Road, 3575 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-3575 3

  • Tel. (979 845-.7.55\ J

. ~- "*tt' .

D - t o** 111 .1 - -.:cJ:tl es~~11.. t a.s *r~rriet. /J-1"'1~/

Enclosure:

Proposed Technical Specification Change The following replacement Technical Specification change is recommended to support this LAR:

5.6 Fuel Storage Applicability This specification applies to the storage of reactor fuel at times when it is not in the reactor core.

This includes the combined 235U fissile mass of no more than 0. 7 kilograms, byproduct material, and the 239 PuBe neutron start-up source with a 239 Pu fissile mass of no more than 20 grams from the TAMU AGN-201 M reactor. Further, there will be no introduction of any additional SNM while the AGN-201 M fuel and Pu Be source are stored in the fuel storage vault that would exceed the current lfcensing basis as described in the SAR.

  • Objective The objective is to ensure that fuel that is being stored will not become critical and will not reach an unsafe temperature.

Specification

1. All fuel elements and fueled devices shall be stored in a geometrical array for which the k-effective is less than 0.8 for all conditions of moderation and reflection.
2. Irradiated fuel elements and fueled devices shall be stored in an array, which will permit sufficient natural convection cooling by water or air such that the fuel element or fueled device ten:iperature will not exceed design values.
3. Possession of the AGN-201 M fuel, byproduct material, and neutron start-up source is restricted to receipt, possession, but not use in the operation of the NSC reactor. Specification 2, above; is not applicable to these materials.
4. There will be no introduction of any additional SNl\/1 while the AGN-201 SNM are stored in the fuel storage vault that would exceed the current licensing basis limits as described in the SAR.

Basis The limits imposed by Specifications 5.6.1, 5.6.2, 5.6.3, and 5. 6. 4 are conservative and ensure safe storage.

Nuclear Science Center 1095 Nuclear Science Road, 3575 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-3575 4 Tel. (979) 845-7551 ~

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