ML17285B186

From kanterella
Jump to navigation Jump to search
University of Missouri-Columbia-Request for Extension to Respond to the Request for Additional Information License Amendment Request to Implement Selective Gas Extraction Target Experimental Facility at the University of Missouri Research R
ML17285B186
Person / Time
Site: University of Missouri-Columbia
Issue date: 10/19/2017
From: Geoffrey Wertz
Research and Test Reactors Licensing Projects Branch
To: Rhonda Butler
Univ of Missouri - Columbia
Wertz G, NRR, DLP, 415-0893
References
CAC A11010, L-2017-LLA-0227
Download: ML17285B186 (4)


Text

October 19, 2017 Mr. Ralph A. Butler, Executive Director University of Missouri-Columbia Research Reactor Center 1513 Research Park Drive Columbia, MO 65211

SUBJECT:

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA - REQUEST FOR EXTENSION TO RESPOND TO THE REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RE: LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST TO IMPLEMENT SELECTIVE GAS EXTRACTION TARGET EXPERIMENTAL FACILITY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI RESEARCH REACTOR (CAC A11010/05000186/L-2017-LLA-0227)

Dear Mr. Butler:

By letter dated May 3, 2017 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession Package No. ML17132A252), the University of Missouri-Columbia Research Reactor (MURR) submitted a license amendment request (LAR) to produce molybdenum-99 using the General Atomics Selective Gas Extraction process. By letter dated June 6, 2017 (ADAMS Accession No. ML17142A419), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff indicated its acceptance of the application and initiation of its technical review of the LAR. In this letter, the NRC staff provided a review schedule with an estimated review completion date of June 2018. By letter dated September 7, 2017 (ADAMS Accession No. ML17234A733), the NRC staff issued its initial request for additional information (RAI). By letter dated October 10, 2017 (ADAMS Accession No. ML17285A030), MURR requested a 60-day extension to the 30-day response time requested by the NRC staff.

The NRC staff accepts the 60-day extension request and expects that MURR will provide a response to the September 7, 2017, RAI by December 6, 2017.

Furthermore, as the NRC staff stated in its letter dated June 6, 2017, emergent complexities or challenges could result in changes to the NRCs forecasted review schedule. In addition to the extension to the RAI response deadline, MURR indicated in a telephone conversation, and by electronic mail, on September 1, 2017, that it anticipated submitting a revision to its LAR to account for a change to a manufacturing tolerance used in the design analyses, which is not expected until later this calendar year. Given the extension to the RAI response deadline, along with an anticipated revision to the LAR, the NRC staff can no longer commit to completing its review of the LAR by June 2018. A new review schedule will be established following the NRC staff review of MURRs RAI responses and revised LAR.

R. Butler If you have any questions regarding this review, please contact me at (301) 415-0893 or via electronic mail at Geoffrey.Wertz@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Geoffrey A. Wertz, Project Manager Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch Division of Licensing Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-186 License No. R-103 Enclosure As stated cc: See next page

University of Missouri-Columbia Docket No. 50-186 cc:

Les Foyto, Associate Director Reactor and Facilities Operations University of Missouri - Columbia Research Reactor Center 1513 Research Park Drive Columbia, MO 65211 Homeland Security Coordinator Missouri Office of Homeland Security P.O. Box 749 Jefferson City, MO 65102 Planner, Dept of Health and Senior Services Section for Environmental Public Health P.O. Box 570 Jefferson City, MO 65102-0570 Deputy Director for Policy Department of Natural Resources 1101 Riverside Drive Fourth Floor East Jefferson City, MO 65101 A-95 Coordinator Division of Planning Office of Administration P.O. Box 809, State Capitol Building Jefferson City, MO 65101 Test, Research and Training Reactor Newsletter P.O. Box 118300 University of Florida Gainesville, FL 32611

ML17285B186 *concurrence via e-mail NRR-106 OFFICE NRR/PRLB/PM* NRR/PRLB/LA* NRR/PRLB/BC NRR/PRLB/PM NAME GWertz NParker AAdams (AAdams for) GWertz DATE 10/13/17 10/13/17 10/19/17 10/19/17