ML19196A235

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Research Reactor - Closure of Confirmatory Action Letter No. NRR-02-005 on the Site Specific Compensatory Measures Implementation Plan

ML19196A235
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Site:	MIT Nuclear Research Reactor
Issue date:	07/29/2019
From:	Marilyn Evans Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Foster J Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Takacs M, NRR/DLP, 415-2042
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July 29, 2019 Mr. John P. Foster, Director of Reactor Operations Nuclear Reactor Laboratory Massachusetts Institute of Technology 138 Albany Street, MS NW12-110 Cambridge, MA 02139

SUBJECT:

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH REACTOR CLOSURE OF CONFIRMATORY ACTION LETTER NO. NRR-02-005 ON THE SITE-SPECIFIC COMPENSATORY MEASURES IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

Dear Mr. Foster:

The purpose of this letter is to inform you that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has closed Confirmatory Action Letter (CAL) No. NRR-02-005. The NRC issued CAL No. NRR-02-005 on October 28, 2002 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML022810675). This confirmatory action letter formalized commitments to implement site-specific compensatory measures related to security and safeguards.

By letter dated June 11, 2019 (ADAMS Accession No. ML19165A028), the NRC received a revised physical security plan (PSP) for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Research Reactor (MITRR), under Facility Operating License No. R-37. In response to this letter, the NRC staff reviewed the MITRR PSP, dated May 1, 2019, and found it to be in compliance with the applicable regulations contained in Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR)

Part 73, Physical Protection of Plants and Materials. In addition, the NRC staff found that the MITRR PSP also incorporated all of the site-specific compensatory measures committed to in CAL No. NRR-02-005. Therefore, the NRC considers CAL No. NRR-02-005 closed.

Under 10 CFR 2.390, Public inspections, exemptions, requests for withholding, the NRC will make a copy of this letter available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room located at the NRC Headquarters in Rockville, MD. The public can also access this letter in the NRCs document system, ADAMS, which is accessible from the NRC Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

J. Foster If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Anthony J. Mendiola, Chief of the Research and Test Reactors Oversight Branch, at 301-415-1054, or by electronic mail at Anthony.Mendiola@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA Michele G. Evans, Deputy Director for Reactor Safety Programs and Mission Support Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-20 License No. R-37 cc: See next page

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Docket No. 50-20 cc:

City Manager City Hall Cambridge, MA 02139 Department of Environmental Protection One Winter Street Boston, MA 02108 Mr. Jack Priest, Director Radiation Control Program Department of Public Health 529 Main Street Schrafft Center, Suite 1M2A Charlestown, MA 02129 Mr. John Giarrusso, Chief Planning and Preparedness Division Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency 400 Worcester Road Framingham, MA 01702-5399 Test, Research and Training Reactor Newsletter Attention: Ms. Amber Johnson Dept of Materials Science and Engineering University of Maryland 4418 Stadium Drive College Park, MD 20742-2115 Ms. Sarah M. Don, Reactor Superintendent Massachusetts Institute of Technology Nuclear Reactor Laboratory Research Reactor 138 Albany Street, MS NW12-116B Cambridge, MA 02139

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