ML19078A321
| ML19078A321 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 04/17/2019 |
| From: | Margie Kotzalas NRC/NMSS/DFCSE/LOB |
| To: | Cambre D QSA Global |
| Jervey R | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML19081A125 | List: |
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| Download: ML19078A321 (3) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 April 17, 2019 Ms. Denise Cambre QSA Global, Inc.
40 North Avenue Burlington, MA 01803
SUBJECT:
AUTHORIZATION FOR THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION TO POSSESS RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL
Dear Ms. Cambre:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received your product quotation dated February 5, 2019, which listed a 10 mCi Cs-137 sealed source (Model CDC700/CDC711M).
The NRC intends to deploy and use the source at its Technical Training Center (TTC) in Chattanooga, Tennessee for training, instrument testing, and other similar purposes.
The Atomic Energy Act (AEA) authorizes the NRC to take specific actions itself or to license others to undertake those specific actions. Section 32 of the AEA authorizes the NRC to conduct at its own facilities, such as the TTC, activities and studies related to nuclear processes, the uses of radioactive material, and other similar matters. In addition, Section 161.g of the AEA authorizes the NRC to acquire personal property, which would include items such as the 10 mCi Cs-137 sealed source. No NRC license is required for the NRC to acquire, use and possess, for itself, licensable quantities of radioactive material.
The NRCs internal procedures will provide for the same level of radiological protection for NRC employees, TTC students, contractors, and members of the public, with respect to the possession and use of these sources, as would be required of any NRC licensee. Specifically, this letter provides assurance that the sources will be accepted and used in accordance with the NRCs Management Directive 10.131, Protection of NRC Employees Against Ionizing Radiation, the TTCs formal radiation safety program, and all other appropriate safety directives.
In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Section 2.390 of NRCs Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure, a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRCs Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records System component of NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS).
ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://adams.nrc.gov/wba/ (the Public Electronic Reading Room).
D. Cambre 2 If you have any questions, please contact, Mr. Richard Jervey of my staff, at (301) 415-6201 or by e-mail at Richard.Jervey@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
/RA J. Marcano for/
Margie Kotzalas, Chief Fuel Facility Licensing and Oversight Branch Division of Fuel Cycle Safety, Safeguards, and Environmental Review Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards cc:
N. Jeff Griffis, Sr. Health Physicist NRC Technical Training Center
D. Cambre 3
SUBJECT:
AUTHORIZATION FOR THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION TO POSSESS RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL DATED: April 17, 2019 DISTRIBUTION: FCSE r/f, ADAMS Accession Numbers: ML19081A125 (P), ML19078A321 (L) *via email OFFICE FCSE/LOB TTC OGC FCSE/LOB NAME RAJervey N.J.Griffis DATE 03/22/2019 03/28/2019 03/27/2019 04/17/2019 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY