ML18128A047

North Carolina State University Pulstar Research Reactor - Letter Request for Additional Information Regarding the Renewal of Facility Operating License No. R-120, Docket No. 50-297

ML18128A047
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Site:	North Carolina State University
Issue date:	05/21/2018
From:	Duane Hardesty Research and Test Reactors Licensing Projects Branch
To:	Hawari A North Carolina State University
HARDESTY, D A
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OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION May 21, 2018 Dr. Ayman I. Hawari, Director Nuclear Reactor Program Department of Nuclear Engineering North Carolina State University 2500 Stinson Drive Raleigh, NC 27695-7909

SUBJECT:

NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RE: PHYSICAL SECURITY PLAN REVIEW FOR RENEWAL OF FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE R-120 FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY PULSTAR RESEARCH REACTOR (EPID NO. L-2017-RNW-0026)

Dear Dr. Hawari:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff is continuing its review of the North Carolina State University (NCSU) PULSTAR Research Reactor license renewal application dated March 29, 2017 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML17201Q129). The license renewal review includes NRC staffs review of Revision 15 of the physical security plan (PSP) for the protection of special nuclear material for the NCSU PULSTAR Research Reactor, dated March 30, 2017, submitted under Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 73, Physical Protection of Plants and Materials, and the additional security measures identified in the NCSU Compensatory Measures Implementation Plan, dated March 18, 2004, that were incorporated into the PSP as stated in the NCSU letter dated August 5, 2009. In the course of reviewing the NCSU PSP, the NRC staff has identified that additional information is needed to complete its review. It is requested that NCSU provide responses to the enclosed request for additional information within 60 days from the date of this letter.

In accordance with 10 CFR 50.30(b), Oath or affirmation, NCSU must execute its response in a signed original document under oath or affirmation. The response must be submitted in accordance with 10 CFR 50.4, Written communications. Information included in your response that is considered sensitive or proprietary, that you seek to have withheld from the public, must be marked in accordance with 10 CFR 2.390, Public inspections, exemptions, requests for withholding. Any safeguards information included in your response should be submitted in accordance with 10 CFR 73.21, Protection of Safeguards Information:

Performance Requirements. Following receipt of the additional information, the NRC staff will continue its evaluation of the renewal request application.

Enclosure transmitted herewith contains Official Use Only -

Security-Related Information. When separated from Enclosure, this transmittal document is decontrolled.

OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION

OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION A. Hawari If you have any questions, or need additional time to respond to this request, contact me at (301) 415-3724, or by electronic mail at Duane.Hardesty@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA by Steven Lynch for/

Duane A. Hardesty, Senior Project Manager Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch Division of Licensing Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-297 License No. R-120

Enclosure:

As stated cc: w/o enclosure: See next page OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION

OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION North Carolina State University Docket No. 50-297 cc:

Office of Intergovernmental Relations 116 West Jones Street Raleigh, NC 27603 Dr. Kostadin Ivanov, Head Department of Nuclear Engineering North Carolina State University Campus Box 7909 Raleigh, NC 27695-7909 W. Lee Cox, Section Chief Department of Health and Human Services Division of Health Service Regulation Radiation Protection Section 1645 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1645 Dr. Louis Martin-Vega, Dean College of Engineering North Carolina State University 113 Page Hall Campus Box 7901 Raleigh, NC 27695-7901 Test, Research and Training Reactor Newsletter P.O. Box 118300 University of Florida Gainesville, FL 32611 Gerald Wicks, CHP Reactor Health Physicist Department of Nuclear Engineering North Carolina State University Campus Box 7909 2500 Stinson Drive Raleigh, NC 27695-7909 Andrew T. Cook Manager of Engineering and Operations Nuclear Reactor Program Department of Nuclear Engineering North Carolina State University Campus Box 7909 2500 Stinson Drive Raleigh, NC 27695-7909 OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION

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