ML19339C352
| ML19339C352 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | 07000267 |
| Issue date: | 07/02/1980 |
| From: | Soong A NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| To: | Crow W NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
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| NUDOCS 8011180192 | |
| Download: ML19339C352 (3) | |
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W. T. Crow, Section Leader Uranium Process Licensing Section Uranium Tuel Licensing Branch
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A. L. Soong Uranium Process Licensing Section Uranium Fuel Licensing Branch
SUBJECT:
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~L Purpose To visit the Nuclear Science and Technology Facility (NSTF) of the State i
University of New York at. Buffalo (SUNY/B), New York, to discuss its l
application for renewal of Special Nuclear Material Licenses No. Stei-273 and SNM-732 dated July 14, 1976, with NSTF representatives.
Place and Date Nudlear Science and Technology Facility of SUNY at Buffalo on Rotary Road, Buffalo, New York 14214,' June 19,1980.
, Discussion During the morning of June 19, 1980, I toured the facility with NSTF staff.
They are Dr. Alan Brace, Radiation Safety Officer; Mr. Louis Henry, Assistant Director of the NSTF; and Mr. Mark Pierro, Radiation Protection Manager.
They.showed me through th'e areas where the licensed materials are
.being used and they explained in detail the Radiation Safety Controls procedure for the use of the licensed material in each area.
The areas I visited are:
fuel storage room, hot cell, chemistry laboratories and counting equipment room.
The equipment seen and description provided are in accord with the information provided in.the application.
inat afternoon, I met with NSTF staff again to discuss the content of the renewal application.
Mr. Henry told me that since their last submission of the renewal application dated July 14, 1976, two major events have occurred in the NSTF:
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has a new director, Dr. W. Chon, who replaced Dr. C. Thomas in 1979;'
and (2) NSTF'has been reorganized.
Mr. Henry also told me that NSTF-does not need authorization under SNM-723 to possess 3.8 kgms of uranium in five l
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fuel elements, nor permission to conduct destructive testing of fuel pins
'which were removed from the fuel elements in the hot cell Based on this fact, Mr. ' Henry has agreed that NSTF will resubmit a revised renewal application incorporating both SNM No. 273 and SNM No. 723 into one license, SNM No. 273, Docket No.70-267.
It was agreed that the following additional information will. be incorporated in the new renewal application and that it will be submitted within four weeks.
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HSTF agrees that an approved procedure shall.be provided for
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the students'. laboratory experiments in which speci'ai nuclear material will be used.
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If the hot cell' isused to handle or store the SNM, means Lt
'is negative with respect to the outside air, and the criteria' shall be provided to indicate that the air inside the hot ceK) 7.'
.for replac.ing the exhaust filter for the hot cell shall also be stated.
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NSTF shall modify its request for the maximum quantities of SNM to be used in the license.
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NSTF shall clarify the criter.ia for issuina the neutron personnel dosimeter' to the Pu-Be source user.
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Licensee shall describe a minimum surface contamination survey program for the area in which the SNM is handled, used or stored.
The program shall-include the following elements:
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Survey frequencies for all areas.
Actionlevek(dpm/100cm)abovewhichthecorrective 2
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action shall be taken, c.
When the decontamination action will be started once the contamination level was found exceeding the above action level.
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Licensee shall describe a radiation ronitoring program to ensure that the stored dry waste is not leaking to the outside of the package.
The program should consist of the method of monitoring and frequency of checking.
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Licensec.shall ' describe the following items in the SNM renewal application:
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Audit program.
Training program for the workers.
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Emergency procedure for the facility when an accident occurs.
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Licensee shall describe the functions of the Nuclear Safety
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Committee and the Operating Committee.
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NSTF shall submit radiation procedures (manual) of the.NSTF along with the revised renewal application.
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NSTF agrees to accept as a license condition that release of 4
contaminated equi'pment from the facility for unrestricted use shall.be in accordance with " Guidelines for Decontamination c'7ecilities and Equipment prior.to Release for Unrestricted Use of Termination of Licenses for Byproducts Source or
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Special Nuclear Materi.al," published by USNRC Division of.
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.71 Tuel Cycle and Material Safety, dated November 1976 (attached).
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NSTF shall describe the renitoring control program for. gaseous
.eff]uents from the facility.
The program should consist of the following:
Method for collecting air samples,at each release point.
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Method of analyzing the samples.
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Sample frequency $nd action level.
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q-t.%f A. L. Soong Uranium Process Licensing Section Uran'ium Fuel Licensing Branch
Enclosure:
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