ML17067A279
| ML17067A279 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Dow Chemical Company |
| Issue date: | 03/23/2017 |
| From: | Alexander Adams NRC/NRR/DPR/PRLB |
| To: | O'Connor P Dow Chemical Co |
| Wertz G, NRR/DPR/PRLB, 301-415-0893 | |
| References | |
| CAC A11010 | |
| Download: ML17067A279 (4) | |
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March 23, 2017 Paul J. OConnor, Ph.D.
Facility Director Dow Chemical TRIGA Research Reactor Dow Chemical Company Building 1602 Midland, MI 48674
SUBJECT:
DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY - NON-POWER REACTOR CLOSEOUT OF GENERIC LETTER 2016-01, MONITORING OF NEUTRON-ABSORBING MATERIALS IN SPENT FUEL POOLS, FOR THE DOW TRIGA RESEARCH REACTOR, DOCKET NO. 50-264 (CAC NO. A11010)
On April 7, 2016, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued Generic Letter (GL) 2016-01, Monitoring of Neutron-Absorbing Materials in Spent Fuel Pools (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML16097A169), to address the degradation of neutron-absorbing materials (NAM) in wet storage systems for reactor fuel at power and non-power reactors.
For the non-power reactors, GL 2016-01 requested that licensees provide facility-specific information related to the use of NAM. This information was needed by the NRC staff to verify continued compliance through licensee implementation of effective methods for monitoring of reactor fuel in wet storage so as to detect and mitigate any degradation or deformation of NAM when credited in the facility licensing or design basis for criticality control of fuel in wet storage.
On June 13, 2016, Dow Chemical Company submitted a response to GL 2016-01 (ADAMS Accession No. ML16166A415) for the Dow TRIGA Research Reactor. The NRC staff conducted a review of your response to GL 2016-01 and determined that your facility does not use NAM in wet fuel storage. Based upon the information you submitted in response to GL 2016-01 and the results of the NRC staff review, the NRC staff has determined that the submission addresses the information requested in GL 2016-01. No further information or action is requested regarding this matter.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Alexander Adams Jr., Chief Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch Division of Policy and Rulemaking Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation cc: See next page
Dow Chemical Docket No. 50-264 cc:
Office of the Mayor 333 West Ellsworth Midland, MI 48640 Office of the Governor Room 1 - Capitol Building Lansing, MI 48913 Mr. Scott Bemis, Chair Radiation Safety Committee The Dow Chemical Company Environmental Health and Safety Responsible Care Leader 1790 Building Midland, MI 48674 Dr. Wayde Konze Global Research and Development Director for Analytical Sciences Chair, Reactor Operations Committee The Dow Chemical Company 1897 Building Midland, MI 48667 Test, Research and Training Reactor Newsletter P.O. Box 118300 University of Florida Gainesville, FL 32611 Radiological Protection Section Office of Waste Management and Radiological Protection Michigan Department of Environmental Quality 525 West Allegan Street P.O. Box 30473 Lansing, MI 48909-7973
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