ML17067A361

Texas Engineering Experiment Station/Texas A&M University System Nuclear Science Center - Closeout of Generic Letter 2016-01, Monitoring of Neutron Absorbing Materials in Spent Fuel Pools, Docket No. 50-128 (CAC No. A11010)

ML17067A361
Person / Time
Site:	05000128
Issue date:	03/30/2017
From:	Alexander Adams NRC/NRR/DPR/PRLB
To:	Mcdevitt S Texas A&M Univ
Hardesty D, NRR/DPR/PRLB, 301-415-3724
References
CAC A11010, GL-16-001
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March 30, 2017 Dr. Sean McDevitt, Director Nuclear Science Center Texas A&M University Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station 1095 Nuclear Science Road, MS 3575 College Station, Texas 77843

SUBJECT:

TEXAS ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION/TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM NUCLEAR SCIENCE CENTER - CLOSEOUT OF GENERIC LETTER 2016-01, MONITORING OF NEUTRON-ABSORBING MATERIALS IN SPENT FUEL POOLS, DOCKET NO. 50-128 (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 October 31, 2016, Texas Engineering Experiment Station/Texas A&M University System submitted a response to GL 2016-01 (ADAMS Accession No. ML16305A196) for Texas Engineering Experiment Station/Texas A&M University System Nuclear Science Center. 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 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

Texas A&M University cc:

Mr. Scott Miller, Manager Governors Budget and Reactor Operations Policy Office Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station PO Box 12428 1095 Nuclear Science Road, MS 3575 Austin, TX 78711-2428 College Station, TX 77843 Dr. Dimitris C. Lagoudas, Deputy Director Mayor, City of College Station Texas A&M University System P.O. Box Drawer 9960 Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station College Station, TX 77840-3575 241 Zachry Engineering Center College Station, TX 77843 Dr. Sean McDeavitt, Director Nuclear Science Center Texas A&M University Texas Engineering Experiment Station 1095 Nuclear Science Road, MS 3575 College Station, TX 77843 Radiation Program Officer Bureau of Radiation Control Dept. Of State Health Services Division for Regulatory Services 1100 West 49th Street, MC 2828 Austin, TX 78756-3189 Technical Advisor Office of Permitting, Remediation & Registration Texas Commission on Environmental Quality P.O. Box 13087, MS 122 Austin, TX 78711-3087 Test, Research and Training Reactor Newsletter P.O. Box 118300 University of Florida Gainesville, FL 32611 State Energy Conservation Office Comptroller of Public Accounts P.O. Box 13528 Austin, TX 78711-3528

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