ML20059G012

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Amend 13 to License R-83 Modifying License Conditions to Allow Greater Flexibility in Possession & Storage of Radioactive Matls Used to Support Research & Development
ML20059G012
Person / Time
Site: 05000128
Issue date: 10/26/1993
From: Weiss S
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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Shared Package
ML20059G001 List:
References
R-083-A-013, R-83-A-13, NUDOCS 9311050213
Download: ML20059G012 (3)


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TEXAS ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION / TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM ROCKET NO. 50-128 AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE Amendment No. 13 License No. R-83 l

1. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has found that:

A. The application for amendment to Facility Operating License No. R-83, j filed by the Texas Engineering Experiment Station / Texas A&M University System (the licensee), dated March 25, 1993, and August 24, 1993, complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act.

of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the regulations of the Commission as set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I; B. The facility will operate in conformity with the application, the-provisions of the Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission; C. There is reasonable assurance: (i) that the activities authorized by this amendment can be conducted without endangering the health and safety of the public, and (ii) that such activities will be conducted-in compliance with the regulations of the Commission; D. The issuance of this amendment will not be inimical to the common  !

defense and security or to the health and safety of the public; and E. The issuance of this amendment is in accordance with 10 CFR Part 51 of the regulations of the Commission and all applicable requirements have been satisfied.

F. Publication of notice of this amendment is not required since it does not involve a significant hazards consideration nor amendment of a license of the type described in 10 CFR Section 2.106(a)(2).

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2. The license is amended by changing license conditions II. B. (2) and (3) and adding license conditions II. B. (4), (5) and (6) to read as follows:

(2) Pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR, Chapter I, Part 70, " Domestic Licensing of Special Nuclear Material" to receive, possess and use up to 17.0 kilograms of contained uranium-235 in connection with operation of the reactor; and (3) Pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR, Chapter I, Part 30, " Rules of General Applicability to Domestic Licensing of Byproduct Material,"

to receive, possess, and use in amounts as required, any byproduct material without restriction to chemical or physical form, for analysis or instrument calibration but not to separate such byproduct material as may be produced by operation of the reactor; and (4) Pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR, Chapter I, Part 70, " Domestic Licensing of Special Nuclear Material" to receive, possess and use up to 20 grams each of the following isotopes:

uranium-233, plutonium-236, plutonium-238, plutonium-239, plutonium-240, plutonium-241, plutonium-242 and uranium-235.

in the form of detectors, fission plates, foils and solutions for support of operations of the reactor and associated facilities; and (5) Pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR, Chapter I, Part 40 " Domestic Licensing of Source Material," to receive, possess and use not more than fifteen (15) pounds of source material at any one time for research, development, educationt1, commercial or operational purposes; and (6) The Texas Engineering Experiment Station / Texas A&M University System will maintain all byproduct, source, and special nuclear materials within the site boundary until transfer to an appropriate material license for shipment.

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3. The license is amended by changing license condition II.C. to read as follows:

C. This license shall be deemed to contain, and be subject to, the conditions specified in the following Commission regulations: 10 CFR i Part 20, Section 30.34 of 10 CFR Part 30, Section 40.41 of 10 CFR Part 40, Sections 50.54 and 50.59 of 10 CFR Part 50, and Section 70.32 of 10 CFR Part 70; and is subject to all applicable provisions of the: l Act and to the rules, regulations, and orders of the Commission, now, or conditions specified or incorporated below.

.- '4. This license amendment is effective as of the date of issuance.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATOR: COMMISSION fl 'Q -

Seymour H. Weiss, Director Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning Project Directorate Division of Operating Reactor Support Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation' Date of issuance: October 26, 1993 p

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