ML16354A654

Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute Research Reactor - Closure of Confirmatory Action Letter No. NRR-03-004 on Site-Specific Compensatory Measures Implementation Plan

ML16354A654
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Site:	Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
Issue date:	02/06/2017
From:	Michael Takacs Research and Test Reactors Oversight Branch
To:	Miller S US Dept of Defense, Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
Takacs M, NRR/DPR/PROB, 301-415-7871
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NRR-03-004
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February 6, 2017 Mr. Stephen I. Miller Reactor Facility Director Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute 8901 Wisconsin Ave.

Bethesda, MD 20889-5603

SUBJECT:

ARMED FORCES RADIOBIOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE RESEARCH REACTOR CLOSURE OF CONFIRMATORY ACTION LETTER NO. NRR-03-004 ON SITE-SPECIFIC COMPENSATORY MEASURES IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

Dear Mr. Miller:

The purpose of this letter is to inform you that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has closed Confirmatory Action Letter (CAL) No. NRR-03-004. NRC issued CAL No. NRR-03-004 on October 21, 2003 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML032550449). This CAL formalized commitments to implement site-specific compensatory measures related to security and safeguards.

By letter dated June 24, 2004, the NRC received an application for license renewal of Facility Operating License No. R-84 for the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute (AFRRI) Research Reactor (ADAMS Accession No. ML041800067). As part of the license renewal application review, the NRC staff reviewed the AFRRI Research Reactor physical security plan, dated June 25, 2015, and found it to be in compliance with the applicable regulations contained in Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 73, Physical Protection of Plants and Materials. In addition, the NRC staff found that the site-specific compensatory measures committed to in CAL No. NRR-03-004 have also been incorporated into the AFRRI Research Reactor physical security plan. Therefore, the NRC considers CAL No. NRR-03-004 closed.

Under 10 CFR 2.390, Public inspections, exemptions, requests for withholding, the NRC will make a copy of this letter available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room located at NRC Headquarters in Rockville, MD. The public can also access this letter in the NRCs document system, ADAMS, which is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

S. Miller If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Anthony Mendiola, Chief, Research and Test Reactors Oversight Branch, by phone at 301-415-1054, or by e-mail at Anthony.Mendiola@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Michele G. Evans, Deputy Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-170 License No. R-84 cc: See next page

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