ML20043H911

Forwards Request for Addl Info Re 900419 Application for Amend to License for Response within 60 Days of Ltr Date. Tech Spec Table 3.2 Remains Inconsistent W/Request & Should Be Amended

ML20043H911
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Site:	Washington State University
Issue date:	06/21/1990
From:	Alexander Adams Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Wilson W WASHINGTON STATE UNIV., PULLMAN, WA
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NUDOCS 9006270063
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L Dbcket No. 50 27-Mr. W -E. Wilson Associate Director Nuclear Radiation Center-Washington State University-

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Dear Mr. Wilson:

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REQUEST'FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION-3.

.We are continuing our review of the. documentation submitted in support of your i

application for amendmect of year operating license for the Washington State 1

University Modified TRIGA R n earch Reactor that was submitted on April 19,.

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During our review of your application, questions have arisen for which -

we require additional'information and clarification.

Please provide responses to the enclosed Request for Additional Information within 60 days of the date of-this-letter.

Following receipt of the additional information we will-i

. continue-our evaluation of your application.

If regarding this review, please contact me at (301)you have any questions 492-1127.

The reporting and/or recordkeeping requirements contained in this letter.

affe';t fewer than. ten respondents; therefore, OMB clearance is not required under P. L.'96-511.

Sincerely, Alexander Adams, Jr., Project Manager Non-Power Reactor, Decommissioning and Environmental Projects Directorate Division of Reactor Projects - III, IV,-Y and Special Projects heis@

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application for. amendment of, your oper.ating license for the Washington State' University Modified TRIGA Research Reactor that was submitted on April 19, A

, 1990. During-our review of your application, questions.have arisen for, which we require additional-information and.c1(rification.

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to the enclosed Request for. Additional Information within 60 days of the date; of,this letter.. Following receipt of the addnional-information we will

' continue:our evaluation of your application.

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REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY DOCKET NO. 50 ;

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For'your requested increase in authorized' steady state power level you l

made several changes to your Technical Specifications to make them consistent with the requested power level. However, Table 3.2 remains inconsistent with your request. Please amend Table 3.2.

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Your new proposed Technical Specificatio..s concerning the.use of byproduct material sealed sources in the reactor pool do not refer to any particular isotope or curie quantity. Does your safety analysis for Technical-Specification 3.14(3) hold true for any isotope? If a loss of' pool water eccident occurred, at what source size would melting of the encapsulation be credible? Also, if water loss occurred from the pool, at what source size would source radiation shine significantly increase radiation levels-produced by core shine?

In addition, the proposed Technical Specifications require c basis.. Proposed Technical. Specification 3.14(3) has a surveil-lance interval of monthly without a 'aximum interval between measurements.

m For an -interval of monthly, the maximum interval should not exceed six 1

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Proposed Technical Specification 4.3.3 has a verification interval of monthly'with'the interval not to exceed 60 days. Normally the maximum interval for monthly surveillances'is six weeks.

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interval of 60 days, please justify with a safety analysis.

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In Technical Specification 6.10 reference is made to the Region V Office l

of Inspection and Enforcement. This office does not exist anymore. The correct contact for the region is the Regional Administrator for written communication ano the Region V Office for telephone communication. Please update your Technical Specifications to. reflect these changes.

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