ML20126H595
| ML20126H595 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | 07001374 |
| Issue date: | 11/19/1980 |
| From: | Tanya Smith IDAHO STATE UNIV., POCATELLO, ID |
| To: | Stevenson R NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| References | |
| 17920, NUDOCS 8104160083 | |
| Download: ML20126H595 (6) | |
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!uclear ?,egulatory Commission Uranium Process Licensing Section Uranium Fuel Licensing Branch Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety
',/ashington, D. C. 20555 Attention: !!r. Robert L. Stevenson Gentl emen:
t In reference to your letter dated October 7,1900 regarding the renewal of our Special Nuclear Material License SNM-1373, our reply is enclosed.
A biographical "Elata sheet for Terry W. Smith, the new prospective Reactor Supervisor replacing Gerald F. Ramsey, is also included.
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(2) Biographical Data Sheet
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Reply to Questions on Renewal Application Idaho State University June 23,1978, Docket 70-1374 1.
What are the required qualifications of the Reactor Supervisor?
Either a Bachelor of Science in an Engineering cr technical discipline and six years experience as a reactor operator or a
" aster of Science in'an Engineering or technical discipline and two years experience as a reactor operator.
2.
Who is responsible for maintenance of the personnel radiation exposure records?
Idaho State University's Radiation Safety Officer, presently' Mr.
Terry U. Saith, who is also the Reactor Supervisor. He is responsible for exposure records for the entire campus. He is assisted by Mr. Jim French, University Health Physicist.
3.
Who is responsible for ensuring that persons exposed to radiation wear the required monitoring devices?
The Radiation Safety Officer is ultimately responsible. The responsibility is delegated to the staff laboratory supervisors ce to responsible students who have become thoroughly familiar with the radiation hazards associated with the facility.
4 Please describe the provisions for and required frequency of calibration of the radiation detection instruments.
The radiation detection instruments are given a calibration check every six months. The calibration check is performed with a 1.0 Ci 137 s C
source, 3M4F65, S.N. 2481 in a J. L. Shephard and Associates Model 28-6A Calibrator, S.N. 587.
The count rate meters are response checked with a pulse generator. The proportional counters with scalers are checked with snown sources before use or daily when in use.
5.
We note that the renewal application does not include the neutron sources
- authorized by your present license. How is the subcritical assembly used without a substantial neutron source?
If neutron sources containing plutonium are to be used, the sources and provisions for their periodic leak testing should be described.
The five Pu-Be neutron sources noted in our License No. SNM-1371 were never received from Rutgers University. He received two Pu-Be neutron sources in 1962 from l'onsanto Research Corporation, Mound Laboratory, under an AEC loan later to become a grant.
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R2 ply to Cuestions on Renewal Application Idaho State University i
June 23, 1978, Docket 70-1374 Fase 2 5.
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The mixture of Plutonium and Beryllium is contained in tantalum and stainless steel cylindrical containers.
Inside dimensions of each container:
.82" I D x.7 5" H Outside dimensions of each container:
1.02" 00 x 1.4 5" H with 10-32 tapped hol
- lutonium content: Source S.N.
t1-1197 18.04g Pu, 7.85g Be Source S.N. M-Il93 1.80g Pu, 7.869 Be Neutron emission:
Source S.N. f1-1197 2.10 x 106 n/sec Source S.". M-1193 2.8 x 105 n/sec The sources are leak tested every six months by the Radiation Safety O f fic er,
5.
The Reactor Safety Committee has reviewed and approved all plans for the stora;e and use of the licensed material:
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Please describe the required membership and qualifications of the Reactor Safety Committee and (b)
Please confirm that the Reactor Safety Committee must approve changes to the procedures or the equipment.
Reactor Safety Committee members:
Frank Just, Chairman, DeWitt T.
Neill, Joseph Price, Ken Faler, Michael Vaughn, Don Maddoups, Terry W.
Smith (Ex-officio), and Albert E. Wilson (Ex-officio).
Frank Just, Chairman Education:
M.S. in Electrical Engineering Present Position: Lead Engineer, Data Acquisition and Process Control Systems, Argonne National Laboratory Previous Experience:
Facility Engineer, Shield Test Pool (Facility, General Electric); Reactor Operator, Shield Test Pool (Facility, General Electric); Instrumentation and Control Engineer, including Reactor Instrumentation (Facility, tiTR and ETR, Idaho National Engineering Laboratory).
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9 Reply to Questions on Renewal Application Idaho State University June 23,1978, Docket 70-1374 Page 3 6.
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DeWitt T. Heill Education:
M.S. in Chemical Engineering,1957, University of Oklahoma.
Ph.D. in Chenical Engineering,1953, University of Oklahoma.
Present Position:
Professor of Engineering at Idaho State University since 1968.
Previous Experience:
Project Engineer at Materials & Engineering Test Reactors, National Reactor Testing Station, Idaho, 1957-1955.
Assistant and Associate Professor of Engineering at Idaho State University.
Ken Faler Education:
Ph.D. in Nuclear Chemistry, University of California Serkeley.
Present Position:
Professor of Chemistry at Idaho State University Previous Experience:
Research in reactor-related chemistry and physics, Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, 1959-1959. Nuclear Chemistry Research Group Supervisor,1969, INEL.
Relevant projects included fission yields at resonance energies, waste disposal, neutron acti-vation, nuclear structure studies, seperation processes, double neutron capture, etc.
Michael E. Vaughn Education:
M.S. in Physics,1969, Idaho State University Present Position: Nuclear Hot Cell Operations, Argonne National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho.
Previous Positions: Nuclear Fuel Testing, Idaho Nuclear Corp; ration, Idaho Falls; Nuclear Power Plant Operations on a PW Reactor for General Electric and Westinghouse, Idaho Falls, Idaho.
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B.S. in Electrical Engineering.
Present Position:
Project Engineer for Consumer Power Company's Palisade's Plant PCS over protection system.
Previous Experience:
Instrumentation and Control Design, procurenent and installation for Radioactive Waste Volume Reduction Pilot Plant; Eight years experience in operation of nuclear test reactors.
Certified as shift supervisor for both ETR and ATR at Idaho National Engineering Laboratory; Test Engineer for nuclear plant contairnent program.
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4 Reply to.0uestions on Renewal Application Idaho State. University June' 23,1978, Docket 70-1374 Page 4 6.
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Ph.D. in Physics i
Present Position: Chairman Department of Physics, Idaho State University The Reactor Safety Committee must and does approve changes to the procedures-and equipment.
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Smith, Terry Wray 55#519-52-1681 Reactor Supervisor / Radiation Safety Officer Idaho State University Education:
1957-63 Naval Nuclear Weapons School, Albuquerque, New Mexico 1959-73 B.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Utah, SLC 1973-74 Naval Nuclear Power School Bainbridgb, Maryland Naval Nuclear Power Prototype SIC, Windsor Locks, Connecticutt Experience:
i 1953-59 Nuclear Weapons Technician, Lake Mead Base, Las Vegas, Nevad4 1974-75 Engineering Duty Officer, USS Halibut, SSN.537, 53W Nuclear Powered Submarine 1975-79 Engineering Officer of the Watch, USS Ethan Allen, SS3N503G, SF,1 Muclear Powered Submarine 1979-80 -Senior Operations Engineer, LOFT Facility, EGaG, Inc.,
Idaho National Engineering Laboratory Present Ra:iation Sa fety Officer / Reactor Supervisor, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho 1
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