ML20003B523
| ML20003B523 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | 07002882 |
| Issue date: | 01/13/1981 |
| From: | Page R NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| To: | Dietch R SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON CO. |
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| NUDOCS 8102120344 | |
| Download: ML20003B523 (2) | |
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G Southern California Edison Company ATTN: Mr. R. Dietch, Vice President Nuclear Engineering and Operations P.O. Box 80 2244 Walnut Grove Avenue Rosemead, California 91770 Gentlemen:
In accordance with the request submitted with your letter dated January 5,1981, and pursuant to Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 70, Items 6, 7 and 8 of Special Nuclear Material License No. SNM-1844 are hereby amended to add the following:
6B. Americium 7B. Contained in two, 8B.
2 curies doubly encapsulated AmBe sources Furthermore, Item 9 is amended to add the date of January 5,1981, and Condition 11 is added to read as follows:
- 11. The licensee shall comply with the attached " License Condition For Leak Testing Sealed Byproduct Material Sources."
All other conditions of this license shall remain the same.
The license condition was discussed with and agreed to by Mr. Thomas Mercurio, representing Southern California Edison Company and San Diego Gas and Electric Company, and Mr. Robert L. Stevenson of my staff.
We are presently reviewing the additional nuclear safety information you sub-mitted in connection with your application for a license for the storage of fuel for future use in the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Units 2 and 3.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
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T LEAK TESTING SEALED BYPRODUCT MATERIAL SOURCES A.
Each source shall be tested for leakage at intervals not to exceed six (6) months. In the absence of a certificate from a transferor indicating that a test has been made within six (6) months prior to the transfer, the sealed source shall not be put into use until jf tested.
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The test shall be capable of detecting the presence of 0.005 micro-curie of contamination on the test sample. The test sample shall be taken from the source or from appropriate accessible surfaces of the device in which the sealed source is permanently or semipermanently mounted or stored.
Records of leak test results shall be kept in units of microcuries and maintained for inspection by the Commission.
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If the test reveals the presence of 0.005 microcurie or more of removable contamination, the licensee shall immediately withdraw the sealed source from use and shall cause it to be decontaminated and repaired by a person appropriately licensed to make such repairs or to be disposed of in accordance with the Commission regulations. Within five (5) days after determining that any source has leaked, the licensee shall file a report with the Director, Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Conmission, Washington, D.C.
20555, describing the source, the test results, the extent of contamination, the apparent or suspected cause of source failure, and the corrective action taken. A copy of the report shall be sent to the Director of the nearest NRC Inspection and Enforcement Office listed in Appendix D of Title 10, Code ~of Federal Regulations, Part 20.
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The periodic leak test required by this condition does not apply to sealed sources that are st.ored and not being used. The sources excepted from this test shall be tested for leakage prior to any use or transfer to another person unless they have been leak tested within six (6) months prior to the date of use or transfer.
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