ML20127H063
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| Site: | 07003048 |
| Issue date: | 08/24/1992 |
| From: | Steven Baggett NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| 116843, NUDOCS 9301220173 | |
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Amendment No. 03 fC MATERIALS LICENSE l g Pursuant to the Atormc EnerF) Ast of 1954. 8$ annended, the 1.nergy Reorramiation Act of 1974 Wubhc Law 93-4u_i, and Titic 10, p i
. g role of I ederal Regulatons, Chapter I, Paru 10. 31. 3L 33, 34. 3L 39,40 anJ 70, and in reharwe on itatenwnu and reprei,entation heretofore .)
p, rnade by the hansee, a hcense n hereby asued authoruing the Inenwe to retene, acquire, pmeu., and transfer b> product, wort e, and special b
. tauticar inaterial deutnated below, to sne such material for the purpval and at the placcul dengnated below; to dekser or trarnfer such rnaterial I r l to permm authoracd to recene it in aaordarne w nh the regulanon of the appinable Partiu lha herrne shall be dermed to contam the cotditiorn I specihrd in *,cctmn 1M3 of the AiomK EnerF) Act of 1954, in amerided, and n sub i ect to all apphcable rules. regulanons and orders of the Nuclear i 4 Hcrulatory Comnosuon rum or hereaf ter in effect and to any (onditions yeu6cd below g,.
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- i. Bucknell University 3. IAense nurnber SNM-1975 is amendcd in N
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j SNM-223; 070-03048 h W , Reference N.o k 46 byproduct, source, and/or 7. Chemical and/or phyucal 8, Mutmum amount that hcensee i k special nuclear anaterial form may possen at any one time I under thn hcense L' 4 A. Plutonium 239 A. Encapsulated as Pu-Be A 80 grams b
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{i i 10. Licensed material may be used only at the licensee's facilities at the Biology y Building, Room 001, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. .
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!11. A. Licensed material shall be used by, or under the stipervision of, L David C. Schoepf, Ph.D. or Mitchell Chernin, Ph.D. j 1
B. The Radiation Safety Officer for this license is Mitchell Chernin, Ph.D. jg 5
l 12. Sealed sources or detector cells containing licensed material shall not be opened or 1 l sources removed from source holders or detector cells by the licenu.s. I I
- 13. A. Scaled sources and detector cells shall be tested for leakage and/or l i
contamination at intervals not to exceed 6 months or at such other intervals g as are specified by the certificate of registration referred to in )
10 CFR 32.210, not to exceed 3 years. )
- D B. Notwithstanding Paragraph A of this Condition, sealed sources designed to emit _ j
! alpha particles shall be tested for leakage and/or contamination at intervals j
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4 C. I. 'e absence of a certificate from a transferor indicating that a test has bus nde within six months prior to the transfer, a scaled source'or detectori f
4 cell eceived from another person shall not be put into use until tested. t 1 y D. Each seale! source fabricated by the licensee shall be inspected and tested >
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(iv) they contain not more than 100 microcuries of beta -and/or gamma' emitti.ng~~ k material or not more than 10 microcuries of alpha emitting material; or I k c g (v) they are not designed to emit alpha particles, are in storage, and are -
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transfertoanotherperson,andhavenotbeentestedwithintherequiredlE 4 leak test interval, they shall be tested before use or transfer. - No ik j sealed source or detector cell'shall be stored for a period of more than ( ,
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4 F. The test sn411 be capable of uto: ting the presence of 0.005 microcurie 'of- t 9' radioactive material on the teh sample.' Records of leak test results shall !k l p!
f be kept in units of microcuries_ and shall be_ maintained for _inspectioniby-.the j Commission. -If the test reveals the presence-of 0.005 mk.rocuri A o*nre of y L removable contamination, a report shall be filed with the U.S. Ndlear' _
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l- h- test result is-known with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region I,- 2 j ATTN: Chief, Nuclear Materials Safety' Branch,' 475 Allendale Road,- King of j%
Prussiai_ Pennsylvania.19406. The report shall'specify the source involved,- !,
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L$ G. The licensee is authorized to collect leak test' samples for analysis _ by the
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! conduct its program in accordance with the statements, representations, and procedures contained in the documents, including any enclosures, listed bCow. The ly j';l l Nuclear Regulatory Commission's regulations shall govern unless the statements, M i representations and procedures in the licensee's application and correspondence are f j more restrictive than the regulations. -
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M -2 41992 License No. SNM-1975 Docket No. 070-03048 Control No. I16843 Bucknell University A'ITN: David C. Schoefp, Ph.D.
Department of Physics .
Lewisburg, Pennsylvania 17837 i
Dear Dr. Schoefp:
Please find enclosed an amendment to your N'RC Material License.
Please review the enclosed document carefully and be sure that you understand all conditions.
If there are any errors or questions, please notify the Region I Material Licensing Section, (215) 337-5093, so that we can provide appropriate corrections and answers.
Please be advised that you must conduct your program involving licensed radioactive materials in accordance with the conditions of your NRC license, representations made in your licease -
application, and NRC regulations. In particular, please note the items-.in the enclosed, "Requimments for Materials Licensees."
Since serious consequences to employees and the public can result from failure to comply with -
NRC requirements, the NRC expects licensees to pay meticulous attemion to detail and to achieve the high standard of compliance which the NRC expects of its licensees.
~ You will be periodically inspected by NRC. A fee may be charged for inspections in accordance with 10 CFR Part 170. Failure to conduct your program safely and in accordance with NRC
' regulations, license conditions, and representations made in your license application and -
supplemental cormspondence with NRC will result in prompt and vigorous enforcement action
.against you. This could include issuance of a notice of violation, or in case of serious _ violations,
, an imposition of a civil penalty or an order suspending, modifying or revoking your license as specified in the General Policy and Procedures for NRC Enforcement Actions,10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C.
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' 11uchnell University We wish you success in operating a safe and effective licensed program.
Sincerely, W W W-envenLemessa ..
Steven L. Baggett, Chief Research, Development &-
Decommissioning Section Division of Radiation Safety and Safeguards
Enclosures:
- 1. Amendment No. 03
- 2. Requirements for Materials Licensees
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MC$0k N""'""' #1 l%"5 July 6, 1992 License No. : SNM-1975 070-03048 MN7 Reference No. :
07ycWb Mr. David Mann Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region I 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406-1415
Dear Mr. Mann:
This letter is to officially notify your offica that the neutron howitzer source covered under the above named license has been relocated to its new storage site in the Biology Building, Room 001, on the campus of Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA. In accord with NRC guidelines, a closecut survey has been made in the room of the former location of the source, i.e. Physical Plant Building. The physical plant storage site was surveyed using a GM detector and three wipe tests were performed: scrapings from the floor directly beneath the former position of the neutron howitzer
- sqrapings from the west walloftheroomatapproximatelychestheldjht;Jandascrapingfrom the floor at the entrance to the room m 9:
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The GM detector survey measured b.sshanQQO3mR/hractivity, comparable to the background level mensurec 10 mdters outside of the stcrage room. All three wipe tests ryjealep less than 0.15 nCi of activity. Wipe tests were monitored using dS Beckman LS5000TD liquid scintillation detector with ECONOFLOR a's thE sci ~ntillation fluid.
Liquid scintillator count rates were compar6d to those obtained by a solid alpha calibration source (Po-210, 0.1 micro-C1, The Nucleus, Inc.) which was placed in the liquid scintillation detector in the same run as the wipe tests for purposes of calibration.
In view of the above results, I would like to request amendment to our license under article 10 of ' Conditions' to release the Physivel Plant Building storage site to unrestricted use and therefore remove this site from the license as a storage facility site as stated in article 10. I have contacted Sandra Kimberley in your Maryland office and she has verified that we still maintain a fee exempt status.
If I have neglected any details which are necessary to perform the above amendment to our license, please contact me as soon as possible.
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