ML20056E148

Forwards RAI Re 901025 Request for Renewal of License SNM-986.Addl Info Should Be Submitted in Form of Revised Application within 45 Days of Date of Ltr

ML20056E148
Person / Time
Site:	07000938
Issue date:	08/19/1993
From:	Adams M NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
To:	Masse F MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CAMBRIDGE
References
TAC-L21687, NUDOCS 9308200117
Download: ML20056E148 (2)

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I4UG1S1993 Docket 70-938 License SNM-986 Mr. Frank X. Masss, Director MIT Radiation Protection Programs Massachusetts Institute of Technology P. O. Box 95 Middleton, Massachusetts 01949

SUBJECT:

RENEWAL OF SNM-986, REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (TAC NO. L21687)

This refers to your application dated October 25, 1990, requesting renewal of Materials License SNM-986.

Our review of your application has identified i

additional information that is needed before final action can be taken on your l

request. The additional information, specified in the enclosure, should be provided in the form of a revised application within 45 days of the date of this letter.

If you have questions regarding this matter, please call me at 301-504-2505.

Please reference the above TAC No. in future correspondence related to this i

request.

l Sincerely,

@@MI SipMd Mary Thoma Ada is Licensing Section 2 Licensing Branch Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, NMSS l

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Request for Additional Information Application Dated October 25, 1990 l

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) j Docket 70-938 License SNM-986 1.

The application should specify the period of time for.which the license j

is requested. A license term of 5 years has been adopted by the i

Commission, as stated in the Federal Reaister (32 FR 7172, May 12, 1967), except in cases where a shorter period may be indicated.

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Section 1.7.3 of the 1984 renewal application states that disposition of-items A-1, E-1, E-2, E-3, L-1, and L-2 in Table 1.1-1 "is anticipated -

i within a year or less". Enclosure 3, Item 3.a), states that after l

disposition, a license amendment application would be ' submitted to delete the items from the license. No such amendment application has been submitted. This section should be revised to reflect the current status of these materials.

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Section 2.2 of the application should explicitly state the authority of the Reactor or Campus Radiation Protection Officer to halt any operation which he or she believes. threatens the health and safety of' personnel or L

the public.

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Section 2.8 should include a mechanism to ensure that any corrective.

actions identified during' the quarterly administrative audits and annual I

independent audits are taken.in a timely manner.-

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In accordance with the renewal application letter, the experience l

statements of Lincoln Clark and Edward Kararian should be deleted from the application, and those of Kwan Kwok and Fred McWilliams should be i

added. The experience statement of John Bernard should be updated to.

show his new position as. Director of Reactor Operations.- If there are 1

any other changes to the Reactor Safeguards Committee, the membership i

list should be updated.

6.

As discussed during the site visit of July 1,1993, MIT would like to remove License Condition 15, which requires refresher training for Health Physics Technicians every 12 months. MIT should request a license amendment for this change under the provisions of 10 CFR 70.34.

This request can be submitted as an amendment to the current license. as i

well as a revision to the renewal application.

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The Escrow Agreement between MIT and the First National Bank of Boston, as described in the December 19, 1991, letter to NRC from Paul C.

1 Powell, and confirmed in an August 25, 1992, letter from James Schultz, Bank of Boston, to Mr. Allen S. Bufferd, MIT Treasurer's Office,-should be updated to explicitly include License SNM-986.

In addition, the face value of the security should be corrected'to total $12,500,000, which is the sum of $11,000,000 for reactor License R-37, $750,000 for License 20-01537-02, and $750,000~for License SNM-986.

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