ML20057C956
| ML20057C956 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | 07000398 |
| Issue date: | 09/22/1993 |
| From: | Pevey L COMMERCE, DEPT. OF |
| To: | Tokar M NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9309300177 | |
| Download: ML20057C956 (2) | |
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\\.5 September 22,1993 U S NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Docket Number 70-398 ATTN MICHAEL TOKAR SECTION LEADER License Number SNM-362 MAIL STOP 4E4 LICENSING SECTION NUMBER 2 LICENSING BRANCH DIVISION OF FUEL CYCLE SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS NMSS WASHINGTON DC 20555 i
Gentlemen:
We request amendment to License No. SNM-362 to permit the use of lead-in-paint detectors off site.
This change is required for a project that is projected to begin shortly after January,1994 and last no longer than about 2 years. A proposed revised page 1-1-3 for the Materials License Document is enclosed, with the requested change shown in shadowed print style. Please note that all other conditions l
of Section 1-1-8. Exemptions and Special Authorizations, paragraph b. will remain as they were. Since the project i to start shortly, we appreciate your prompt attention to this request.
Each uevice will contain no more than 100 millicuries of cobalt-57, cadmium-109, or americium-241. The inclusion of"Co, not a licensable nuclide, in the nuclides listed here is fbr your information.
The nuclides will be sealed sources, integral parts of the devices. We own 2 devices; both those contain T o.
We anticipate that 5 or 6 other devices will be received from clients, tested, and returned to the clients. While in use off site, the devices will be constantly attended by authorized persons. Locations for use of the devices will depend on identifying suitable candidate structures fbr testing, but we anticipate that the locations will be in areas near our Gaithersburg laboratories or in the District of Columbia.
As the emergency response plan and the decommissioning funding plan have been submitted as required by Sections 1-1.8 e., and f., respectively, those paragraphs have been eliminated from the proposed revised page 1-1-3. Should you have questions about this matter, please contact Mr. T. Hobbs, Chief of the NIST Health Physics Group, Room Cl25. Bldg. 245. telephone 301-975-5800.
Sincerely, y
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Occupational Hea th and Safety Division I
(Materials License Manager)
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general purpose laboratories, i.e., Buildings 220 through 226.
materials and equipment irradiations - SRL m
source preparations - SRL, SPL, GPL a
source calibrations - SRL, SPL, GPL
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instrument calibrations - SRL, SPL, GPL sample assays - SRL, SPL, GPL s
a source characterizations - SRL
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instrument and device characterizations - SRL, SPL, GPL reference or counting source uses - ADM SRL, SPL, GPL
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radiochemistry - SRL, SPL, GPL s
general research and development - ADM, SRL, SPL, GPL u
sources incorporated into devices or equipment - ADM, SRL, SPL, GPL e
miscellaneous, e.g., static elimination - ADM, SRL, SPL, GPL a
l.8 Exemptions and Special Authorizations l
We request exemption from the requirement to maintain criticality monitors or conduct criticality l-a.
reviews because all SNM except for PuBe sealed sources are controlled to maintain a minimum separation of three feet between each 300 grams of plutonium or U-233 or uranium enriched in the U-235 isotope l
or combination of these. Each room or area involving SNM operations is the responsibility of a single person who controls the movement of materials for that area according to written procedures to insure that the material quantity limits are mair.tained.
b.
We request that radioactive material use may be authorized for an off-site location subject to the l
following provisions:
the proposal is reviewed and approved by licalth Physics and, if required, by the j
a Radiation Safety Committee.
the radioactive material is controlled by an authorized individual, who possesses written a
operating instructions while engaged in the project.
the radioactive material is an integral part of a measurement instrument or a contained a
source, such as a check or reference source.
I bd-intaint detectots may mA exceed 100 millbrM of thdmlum-l@ or hterklum-241 a
as sealed morces, in each devkg otherwhe the total quantity of radioactive material for a single authorized use may not exceed ten times the activity listed in 10CFR20, Appendix C, or, for those radionuclides not listed in Appendix C, may not exceed one microcurie of activity.
c.
We request permiwion to dispose of radioactive materids as ordinary trash when the conditions j
specified in 10CFR35.92 are met. Short-lived radioactive material with long-lived daughter radioactive l
nuclides will not be considered for this disposal mechanism.
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We request authority to release contaminated equipment to uncontrolled areas in accordance with l
the USNRC's August,1987 " Guideline:, for decontamination of facilities and equipment prior to release l
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for unrestricted use or termination of licenses for byproduct, source, or special nuclear material." A copy i
of the guidelines is attached to this chapter.
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