ML20055G926

Forwards Request for Addl Info & Clarification Re Amend to License R-97

ML20055G926
Person / Time
Site:	Neely Research Reactor
Issue date:	07/20/1990
From:	Alexander Adams Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Karam R Neely Research Reactor, ATLANTA, GA
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NUDOCS 9007240360
Download: ML20055G926 (5)

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' Docket No. 50-160- JUL 2 01990

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-Georgia Institute of Technology 900 Atlantic Drive-Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0425-

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

- We are continuing our review of your application for amendment of Facility-Operating License No. R-97 submitted on June 5, 1990. During our review of

-your application for amendment, question: 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 continue our evaluation of your application. If you have any questions regarding this

> review,- please contact me at (301) 492-1127.

The reporting and/or recordkeeping requirements contained in this letter affect fewer than ten respondents; therefore, OMB clearance is not required under P. L.96-511.

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. Neely Nuclear Research Center Georgia Institute of Technology

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. Atlanta,-Georgia -30332-0425

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 4

We are continuing vur review of your application for amendment of Facility -

Operating License No. R-97 submitted on June 5, 1990. During our review of.

your application for amendment, questions have arisen for which we require additional infonnation and clarification.- Please provide responses to the.

enclosed Request for Additional Information within 60 days of the date nf this letter. Following receipt of the additional information we will continut: our evaluation of your applicatim. If you have any questions regarding-this review, please contact me at (301) 492-1127.

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

affect fewer:than ten respondents; therefore, OMB clearance is not required under P. L.96-511.

Sincerely, Alexander Adams, Jr. , Pr je Hanager.

Non-Power Reactor, Becou i ioning and

, Environmental Project rectorate Division of Reactor Projects - III,

~IV, Y and Special Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

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REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION-o , GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY  !

DOCKET NO. 50-160 ,

1. Technical Specification 3.1.d -l L a. Please provide wording for the requested change to Technical L Specification 3.1.d and required changes to table 3.1.

b. What actual event will trigger the negative period scram time delay? l Setting off the explosive value? I

c. Please add a testing raquirement and frequency to the Technical '

Specifications to ensure that the negative period scram time delay does not exceed one second. '

d. Will.this-delay system still allow you to meet the requirement of Techniral Specification 3.2.d? Explain. <

2. Technical: Specific 5 tion 3.4.a. 4

a. Your requested change to Technical Specification 3.4.a includes increasing the value of both positive and negative reactivity insertions while your L, safety analysis considers an initial negative insertion. Either change your ,

requested Technical-Specification wording to allow for only initial negative' insertions or amend your safety analysis to account-for both positive and 4 negative insertions. 4 y

b. The-in'ertion of the gas at power appears to involve an unsecured

-exper N nt gcverned by Technical Specification 3.4.b. The experimental facility itself appears to be a secured removable experiment. If the introduction of gas into the experimental facility does not meet the =

reactivity requirements of Technical Specification 3.4.b, please submit a proposed change to this specification along with a safety analysis,

c. The insertion of the gas at-power appears to' involve a rate of reactivity:

change' governed by Technical Specification 3.4.c. If the introduction of gas .t into the experimental facility does not meet the rate of reactivity change J

requirements of Technical Specification 3.4.c please submit.a proposed change to this specification along with a safety analysis,

d. Can'this experiment be conducted within the limitations given in Technical- -

Specification 3.4.d? If not, please submit a proposed change to this specification along with a safety analysis.

e. Can this experiment be conducted within the shutdown margin limits established in Technical Specification 3.1.a 3.1.c and 3.4.k? 'If not, please submit a proposed change'to this specification along:with a safety analysis.

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3. Technical Specifications 3.4.1 and 3.4.j

a. Proposed-Technical Specification 3.4.1 requires wording on encapsulation to

- meet-the requirements of Technical Specification 3.4.f.

b. Proposed Technical Specification 3.4.j implies that no encapsulation is

' required for amounts of n terial under 25 milligrams. Please either include encapsulation.in your propsed specification or provide a safety analysis to '

justify unencapsulated storig:.

c. Proposed Technical Specification 3.4.j has no upper limit on the amount of

- explosive material that may be stored in the containment building. This isl iir unacceptable to the NRC. Please place an upper limit on the amount-of-4 explosive material that can be stored in the containment building based on-immediate experimental needs and provide a safety analysis for. justification.

d. Technical Specification 3.4.f should be applicable anytime explosive material is in the explosive valves, q 4 Tritium Release Analysis' Your safety analysis discusses the release of 10 Curies of tritium. Please

- show that-your aralysis meets the requirements of Technical Specification.

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