ML20042F671
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| Site: | 05000139 |
| Issue date: | 05/07/1990 |
| From: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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( =... +,c' SAFETY EVAL.UATION BY THE OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION SUFPORTING AMENDMENT NO. 15 TO FACILITY LICENSE NO. R-73
_ UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON DOCKET NO. 50-139
1.0 INTRODUCTION
By letter dated August 3 and 23,1989, the University of Washington (the licensee)requestedthatitslicensebeamendedto" possession-only" status.
The licensee submitted revisions to the lir.ense conditions and Technical Specifications (TS) and documentation to support the revisions. On August 23, 1989, the licensee submitted additional revisions to the TS.
The licensee has requested that the emergency and security plans be terminated since there is no fuel at the site.
By letter dated August 31, 1989, the licensee submitted a long-term Decomis-sion Plan, which also made a timely request that the license be extended until October 13, 2009; the license was due to expire on October 13, 1989. A Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendment to facility License and Opportunity for Hearinq was published in the Federal Register on November 28, 1989 (54 FR 48958). There were no requests for a hearing.
The request for a possession-only license will be considered in conjuction with the review of the decommissioning plan, which also will address extension of the license.
In the interim, the licensee has requested relief from the physical security and emergency plans, which is the subject of this safety evaluation. Relief from certain surveillance requirements when fuel was not in the reactor was granted in Amendment No.14, November 18, 1988, 2.0 EVALUATION The reactor has not been o)erated since June 30, 1988. The licensee is planning to decommission tie reactor and has shipped all fuel offsite. The only radioactive material onsite consists of activated byproduct material.
Because of these conditions, the licensee has requested an exemption from both the emergency and physical security plans. The sections of the regula-tions that deal with the requirements for a physical security plan are in 10CFR50.34(c)and10CFR73.67.
Section 50.34(c) requires that each appli-cation for a license to operate a production or utilization facility shall include a physical security plan.
Section 73.67 describes the requirements for the physical protection of special nuclear material, if a licensee possesses material of moderate or low strategic significance.
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~2-t The sections of the regulations that deal with the requirements for an emergency plan are in 10 CFR 50.34(b)(v) and Appendix E of 10 CFR part 50.
Section 50.34(b)(v) requires that each application for a license to operate a facility shall include " plans for coping with emergencies, which shall include the items specified in Appendix E" of 10 CFR Part 50.
1 Since there is no special nuclear material of moderate or low strategic significance at the site and the licensee will not operate the facility, the I
l staf'f finds that a specific exemption is authorized sy law and will not present an undue risk to the public.
In addition, the special circumstance set forth in10CFR50.12(2)(11) exists, i.e. application of the regulation in the par-ticular circumstance is not necessary to achieve the underlying purpose of the rule. The TS, however, require that operating procedures be in-place for radiation safety and emergency situations. A p1ysical security plan is no longer required; however, a new technical specification,Section II.B.7, has been added to provide facility access control.
Thisamendment(AmendmentNo.15)deletestwolicenseconditions.
License condition 3.3.B. which pertained to the possession of certain quantities of i
special nuclear material, has been deleted. Deletion of 3.3.B assures that special nuclear material will not be in the facility without a physical security. plan. License condition 4.4.D. which pertained to the requirement of a physical security plan is no longer needed since there is no special nuclearmaterialonthefacIlityandis,inpart,thesubjectofthis L
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3.0 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATION
i This amendment involves changes in the installation or use of facility l-components located within the restricted area as defined in 10 CFR Part 20.
The staff has determined that the amendment involves no significant increase in the amounts, and no significant change in the types, of any effluents that may be released offsite, and there is no significant increase in individual or cumulative occupational radiation exposure. Accordingly, this amendment meets I
the eligibility criteria for categorical exclusion set forth in 10 CFR L
.51.22(cs(9). Pursuantto10CFR51.22(b),noenvironmentalimpactstatement or environmental assessment need be prepared in connection with the issuance I
of this amendment.
4.0 CONCLUSION
The staff has concluded, based on the considerations discussed above, that:
l (1) because the amendment does not involve a significant increase in the l
probability or consequences of accidents previously evaluated, or create the l
possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident previoDsly evaluated, and does not involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety, the amendment does not involve a significant hazards consideration, will not be endangered by the proposed activities, and (3) y of the public (2) there is reasonable assurance that the health and safet I
such activities will be conducted in compliance with the Commission's regulations and the issuance of this amendment will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public.
l Princip61 Contributor: Theodore S. Michaels Dated:
May 7, 1990
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