ML19140A053

University of California-Davis - Summary of Site Visit and Request for Schedule for Submittal of Updated Safety Analysis Report Renewal of Facility Operating License No. R-130 for the University of California-Davis Mcclellan Nuclear Researc

ML19140A053
Person / Time
Site:	University of California-Davis
Issue date:	05/21/2019
From:	Linh Tran Research and Test Reactors Licensing Projects Branch
To:	Frey W McClellan Nuclear Research Center
Tran L
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EPID L-2018-RNW-0014
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May 21, 2019 Dr. Wesley D. Frey, Reactor Director McClellan Nuclear Research Center University of California, Davis 5335 Price Avenue, Building 258 McClellan, CA 95652-2504

SUBJECT:

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-DAVIS -

SUMMARY

OF SITE VISIT AND REQUEST FOR SCHEDULE FOR SUBMITTAL OF UPDATED SAFETY ANALYSIS REPORT RE: RENEWAL OF FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. R-130 FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-DAVIS MCCLELLAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER (EPID NO. L-2018-RNW-0014)

Dear Dr. Frey:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff is continuing its review of the University of California-Davis (UCD) application for renewal of Facility Operating License No. R-130, dated June 11, 2018 (a copy of the application letter is available on the NRCs public website at www.nrc.gov under Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS)

Accession No. ML18179A501) for the UCD McClellan Nuclear Research Center. The NRC staff conducted a site familiarization visit at your facility from April 9-11, 2019, discussed the results of our preliminary review, and presented draft requests for additional information, with your staff.

By letter dated May 10, 2019 (ADAMS Accession No. ML19132A147), you requested to supplement the license renewal application with an updated final safety analysis report (UFSAR), which reflected your decision to reduce the licensed power level to approximately 1.0 megawatt-thermal, eliminate pulsing capability, and eliminate experimental irradiation of explosive materials in the reactor tank.

To effectively manage its resources, the NRC staff requests that you provide, within 30 days of this letter, a schedule for the resubmission of the UFSAR, including any supporting analyses. It may be useful to include a few project milestones within the schedule to provide the NRC staff with a better understanding of the projects progress.

The response must be submitted in accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 50.4, Written communications, and, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.30(b), Oath or affirmation, be executed in a signed original document under oath or affirmation. Information included in the response that you consider sensitive or proprietary, and seek to have withheld from public disclosure, must be marked in accordance with 10 CFR 2.390, Public inspections, exemptions, requests for withholding. Any information related to safeguards should be submitted in accordance with 10 CFR 73.21, Protection of Safeguards Information:

Performance Requirements. Following receipt of the additional information requested, the NRC staff will prepare a revised license renewal review schedule for the continuation of its evaluation of the renewal request.

W. Frey If you have any questions regarding this request or if you intend to request additional time to respond, please contact me at (301) 415-4103, or by electronic mail at Linh.Tran@nrc.gov or Geoffrey Wertz at (301) 415-0893, or by electronic mail at Geoffrey.Wertz@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Linh N. Tran, Senior Project Manager Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch Division of Licensing Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-607 License No. R-130 cc: See next page

University of California-Davis/McClellan Docket No. 50-607 cc:

David Reap, Radiation Safety Officer 5335 Price Avenue, Bldg. 258 McClellan, CA 95652-2504 Mr. Walter Steingass, Reactor Supervisor 5335 Price Avenue, Bldg. 258 McClellan, CA 95652-2504 California Energy Commission 1516 Ninth Street, MS-34 Sacramento, CA 95814 Radiological Health Branch California Department of Public Health P.O. Box 997414, MS 7610 Sacramento, CA 95899-7414 Test, Research and Training Reactor Newsletter Attention: Amber Johnson Dept of Materials Science and Engineering University of Maryland 4418 Stadium Drive College Park, MD 20742-2115 Dr. Prasant Mohapatra Vice Chancellor for Research Department of Computer Science University of California Davis, CA 95616

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