ML20009E079
| ML20009E079 | |
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| Site: | 07000754 |
| Issue date: | 06/19/1981 |
| From: | Brightsen R NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| To: | Page R NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
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, u et FO c4 $ b R. G. Fage tief Uraniu-uel Licensing Branch Divj on of fuel Cycle and Material Safety NOTIFICATION OF IflTE!!DED ACTION BY DIVISION OF SAFEGUARDS APPLICANT: General Electric Company LICEllSE ?>0. - SilM-960 DOCKET NO.:
70-754 ADDRESS:
175 Curtner Ave.
DATE OF APPI CATION: 5/8/81 San Jose, CA MA!L CONTR01 NO.-
19135 We have eumined the above application and have determined; X
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No action by this Division is required.
We have no objection to ;our Branch taking appropriate action independently.
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Licensing action by this Division is necessary.
We will contact vou to coordinate simultaneous licensing action with your Branch.
Request that SGML De placed in the concurrence chain for your final action on this case.
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bpecial or unusual aspects should be resolved. We will contact you to discuss.
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Please inform the licensee of the requirements stated in paragr aph 70.61(b), (c), and (d) regarding records, material control and accounting procedures, and physical inventories.
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LICENSE CONDITIONS FOR VALLECITOS NUCLEAR CENTER Set forth herein are the technical and administrative requirements proposed for governing the receipt, possession and use of the special nuclear material and associated byproduct material, subject to licensing and regulation by the Atomic Energy Commission, in activities other than reactors at General Electric's Vallecitos Nuclear Center near Pleasanton, California.
1.0 AUTHORIZEDACTIVITIES
- The following types of activities are authorized:
1.1 Product Processing Operations (a)
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Development Shop:
Fabrication, as'sembly, modification, cleaning and repair of unirradiated encapsulated *(including encapsulation) experimental assemblies, assembly, modification, cleaning, and repair (but not fabrication) of fuel elements for use in site reactors.*
- {d) Separations Activities:
Facilities in which activities are con-ducted pursuant to a license issued under Parts 30 and 70 of Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, or equivalent regulations of an Agreement State, for the receint, possession, use, and transfer of irradiated s' ;cial nuclear material, which authorizes the use of the irradiated material on a batch basis for the separation of
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selected fission products and limits the process batch to not more than that authorized by 10CFR50.2(a)(3)ifi.*
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i 1.2 Laboratory Cperations (a)
Chemical: Analysis of the cheMcal and. (sotopic composition, i
concentration and behatice of special nuclear materials by wet chemistry and phvsicM measurement techniques.
(b) Meta'lurgical :
Physical analysis,and testing of physical and I
metallurgical properties of special nuclear materials.
(c) Physics and Health Physics: Measurements of radiation and its effects on instruments and on the structure and composition of materials.
(d) Hot Labs:
Post-irradiation examination, testing and, analysis of fuel elements and materials in shielded enclosures by remote manipulative techniques; *research and development and/or pilot plant activities involving recovery and recycling of waste or nonspecification material.*
(e)
Research and Development:
Including but not limited to tl.e above.
1.2 General _sffyices Operations, (a) Equipment Maintenance and Engineering:
Design, fabrication and testing of equipment containing specia'l nuclear materials and maintenance of such equipment.
i (b) Storage: Storage of irradiated fuel materials other than wastes in shielded' containers and locations
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modification of fuel assemblies.* Storage of unirradiated special nuclear materials in designated-general purpose storage areas.
- (c): Transportation and Transfer:
Inspection of packaging and preparation for shipment and/or transfer of special nuclear wterials.
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Decontamination:
Decontamination o' equipment and facilities.*
i 1.4 Waste Treatment (a)
Liquids: ' Concentration of the radioactive constituents of liquid wastes by evaporation, chemical treatment, sedi-mentation, filtration and ion exchange; agglomeration and packaging qf concentrates and discharge of decontaminated,
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Packaging and storage of wastes contaminated
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with or contaihi.ng nonreclaimable special nuclear materials, excluding direct burial in soil.
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1.5 Off-Site Activities Nonnuclear, nondestructive,
- modification,* demonstration and testirg of materials and devices containing uni'rradiated U-235 and plutonium provided that:
(a) Such materials and devices shall.be in General Electric's
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possession at'all times, and (b)
Plutonium shall be fully enclosed at all times in contain-ment devices of adequate integrity to prevent escape.
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2.0 POSSESSION LIMITS The following quantities of special nuclear materials are authorized-
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Vallecitos Nuclear Center:
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50 kg enriched to less than 10 per cent for authorized activities.
The mterial may be in the form of irradiated special nuclear material with its attendat.t; by-product and reactor produced transuranics.
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U-235.. 4 kg enriched to more 'than 10 per cent for authorized activities.
The material may be in the form of irradiated special nuclear material with its attendant-by-product and reactor produced transuranics.
(iii) Plutonium.
500 grams in any form ir, addition to the irradiated quantities as referred to in subsections 2.0(a)(1)and2.0(a)(ii).
(iv). U-233. 200 grams in any form.*
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Locations Othe'r Than Vallecitos Nuclear Center:
Up to 15 grams.of'U-235 and plutonium and up to 170 grams of plutonium as encapsulated plutonium-beryllium sources may be used at other sites within the limitsof the United States'except' where the material is subject to licensing by an Agreement State as defined in 10CFR150.
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2 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COPEISSION In the Matter of
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General Electric Company Docket ho.70-754 Renewal or License SNM-960 SERVICE LIST Herbert Grossman, Esq., Chairman Edward A. Firestone Esq.
Atamic Safety & Licensing Board 175 Curtner Avenue, MC 822 T.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission San Jose, CA 95125 Lashington, D.C.
20555
.Or. George A. Ferguson
- East Bay Anti-Nuclear Group School of Engineurir.g 78?1 Claremont Avenue
,Howard University Berkeley,. California 2300 6th Street, N.W.
. Washington, D.C.
20059 Dr. Harry Foreman, Director
- Jed Somit, Esq.
Center for Population Studies Law Offices of University of Minnesota William C. Ibershof Box 395, Mayo 100 Bush Street, Suite 304
. Minneapolis, MN 55455 San Francisco, CA 94104
' Daniel T. Swanson Rep. Ronald V. Dellums, M.C.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN:
Lee Halterman
. Washington, D.C.
20555 General Delivery
- Civic-Center Station Oakland, CA 94604 George L. Edgar, Esq.
The Honorable Fortney H. Stark Morgan, Lewis & Bockius ATTN:
Neil Simon 1800 +1 Street, N.W., Suite 700 U.S. House of Representatives Washington, D.C.
20036 Washington, D.C.
20515
~ Glen Cady Law Offices of Cranito & Dodge 3078 Mt. Diablo Blvc.
Lafayette, CA 94549 I
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