ML19208A017

Application for Renewal of License R-59 Providing General & Environ Info.Security Plans Withheld (Ref 10CFR2.790)

ML19208A017
Person / Time
Site:	University of Iowa
Issue date:	09/05/1979
From:	Burnet G, Wendy Moore IOWA STATE UNIV., AMES, IA
To:	Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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NUDOCS 7909120428
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_ IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY Teiena "esis-294-584o 5 September 1979 Director of Nuclear Reactor Regulation U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C. 20555 DOCKET NO. 50-116

Dear Sir:

This is an application for renewal of license R-59 for the Iowa State University UTR-10 reactor.

(1) 7;e following information is provided in accordance with Section 50.33 of 10 CFR Part 50:

(a) The applicant: Iowa State University t'b ) Applicant's address: Ames Iowa 50011 ATTN.: Nuclear Engineering Department (c) Applicant's business: A non-profit educational institution (d) Does not apply to this application (e) Renewal of Class 104 license R-59 for a period of twenty (20) years is requested.

Other licenses issued in connection with the University are: SNM-74, SUD-591, 14-00019-06 and 14-00019-08.

(f) Information on the financial qualification of Iowa State University to carry out the activities for which the license is sought is submitted as Anne; A to this letter.

The remaining parv of 10 CFR 50.33 do not apply.

(2) The following information is provided in accordance with paragraph 30.30(e) of 10 CFR Part 50 and is addressed to the question of the environmental impact of research reactors:

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Director of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Page 2 5 September 1979 It is our position that an Environmental Impact Statement is 33ot required for the UTR-10 reactor because it is a low power (10 kilowatts, thermal) research reactor, and therefore, does not impact significantly on the environment. Further information to support the development of an Environmental Impact Appraisal is submitted as Annex B to this letter.

(3) In compliance with the requirements for technical information pursuant to Section 50.34 of 10 CFR Part 50, an enclosure with a letter from R. W. Reid to G. Burnet, dated December 7, 1978, was used as a guide to prepare applicable in-formation. Items scheduled for submission are listed in Annex C to this letter. The remaining information requested is included as a part of this letter.

(4) With reference to subparagraph 50.34(b)(7), information on the technical qualifications of the licensee is submitted in a list of individuals who are, or soon will be, qualified to direct activities of operators or to operate the reactor facility for which license renewal is sought.

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55-618 Richard A. Danofsky SRO 55-1725 Donald M. Roberts SRO 55-1922 Richard A. Hendrickson SR0 (Reactor operations manager) 55-5679 Lung-Rui Huang R0 (Will resign soon) 55-6092 Elden A. Plettner, Jr. R0 (Reactor technician)

A. M. Metwally (RO)(License applied for)

(5) The requirements of subparagraph 50.34(b)(8) are satisfied by our sub-mission of an operator requalification program with a cover letter dated February 12, 1975.

This information presented in this application is hereby affirmed to represent the facts according to the knowledge and intent of the undersigned.

Ve fy truly yours, I ,, l+CE$td a a n L A'c e 4 W' b George Burnet &

Anson Marston Distinguished -

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Profcssor and Chairman cc n d )[Gpc. 7/lc_n c- e-ac- M M This application is approved [ ' 8 79

,Wx< R.Mla 7? a' dl,s Wayn 'R. Moore f[ Addb Vice President for Business and Finance / . , ,

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Enc: A. Financial Qualifications B. Environmental Impact Appraisal C. Technical Information Scheduled for Submittal

~ r ANNEX C APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF LICENSE R-59 Technical Information Scheduled for Submittal The purpose of this Annex is to summarize all technical information, by title, submitted with the application and to clearly show submittal deadlines for material not available at this time.

ITEM NO. COPIES STATUS

- ) Physical Security Pla_n g Submi_tted_with application Emergency Plan 19 Submitted with applicatItt Technical Specifications --

Currently under review Safety Analysis Report --

To be submitted by 10-15-79 a

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