ML20128M552

Forwards Amend 23 to License R-81,notice of Issuance & Safety Evaluation.Amend Changes Licensee Name from Union Carbide Subsidiary B,Inc to Cintichem,Inc

ML20128M552
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Site:	05000054
Issue date:	07/02/1985
From:	Thompson H Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Somerville S CINTICHEM, INC.
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July 2, 1985 Docket'N. 50-54 Mr. Stuart J. Somerville Cintichem, Inc.

P. O. Box 816 Tuxedo, New York

Subject:

License Amendment No. 23, Transferring Operating License No. R-81 from Union Carbide Subsidiary B, Inc. to Cintichem, Inc.

The staff has completed its evaluation of the December 28, 1984 request

'for amendment and its accompanying data for transfer of Operating License No. R-81 from Union Carbide Subsidiary B. Inc. (VC) to Cintichem, Inc. (CI). This amendment authorizes CI to acquire by transfer all right, title and interest to all real and capital assets of the Sterling Forest facility. CI will also obtain in the transfer all of the UC personnel now operating the reactor, and will maintain the existing management structure for operating the reactor. Reactor operation and safety will be maintained in compliance with the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 10, Chapter I.

In accordance with your request and the information provided in your application, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued License Amendment No. 23 to Operating License No. R-81, changing the name of the ifcensee from Union Carbide Subsidiary B, Inc. to Cintichem, Inc.

The license amendment, notice of issuance and staff evaluation of the license transfer, are enclosed.

Sincerely, Original Signed by Hugh L. Thompson 1r Hugh L. Thompson,,Jr.., Director Division of Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

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Docket No. 50-54 Mr. Stuart J. Somerville Cintichem, Inc.

Sterling Forrest Research Center Tuxedo, New York 10987 Ocar Mr. Somerville:

Sub,iect - License Amendment No. 23, Transferring Operatino .

- License No. R-81 from Union Carbide Subsidiary B, Inc. to g Cintichem, Inc.

The staff has completed its evaluation of the December 28, 1984 reouest for amendment and its accompanying data for transfer of Operating License No. R-81 from Union Carbide Subsidiary B, Inc. (UC) to Cintichem, Inc. (CI). This amendment authorizes CI to acquire by transfer all right, title and interest to all real and capital assets of the Sterling Forest facility. CI will also obtain in the transfer all of the UC personnel now operating the reactor, and will maintain the existing management structure for operating the reactor. Reactor operation and safety will be maintained in compliance with the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 10, Chapter I.

In accordance with your request and the information provided in your application, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued License Amendment No. 23 to Operating License No. R-81, changing the name of the licensee from Union Carbide Subsidiary B, Inc. to Cintichem, Inc.

The license amendment, notice of issuance and staff evaluation of the license transfer, are enclosed.

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• _h L. ps , ., Director Di 'sion of Li en Office of Nuclear eactor Regulation

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A'1ENMENT TO OPERATING LICENSE Amendment No. 23 License No. R-81

1. The Nuclear Reaulatory Commission (the Commission) has found that:

A. The application for transfer of the Union Carbide Subsidiary B, Inc.

License R-81 to Cintichem, Inc., dated December 28, 1984, complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commission's regulations as set forth in 10 CFR, Chapter I; B. Cintichem, Inc. is technically and financially qualified to conduct the activities authorized by the license in accordance with the Corraission's regulations; C. Cintichem, Inc. has satisfied the applicable provisions of 10 CFR Part 140, " Financial Protection Requirements and Indemnity Aareements," of the Corsnission's regulations; and D. The issuance of this amended Facility Operatina License will not he inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public and does not involve a significant hazards consideration.

E. The iss'uance of this amended Facility Operatirp License is in accordance with Section 109 Public Law 98-553.

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?. Accordinaly, Facility Operating License No. R-81, previousl,y issued to linton Carbide Subsidiary B. Inc., is hereby anerded to reflect the transfer of the authority conferred therein from Union Carbide Subsidiary B, Inc. to Cintichem, Inc. This amendment deletes the ,

name Union Carbide Subsidiary B, Inc. wherever it appears in the literse or arendments thereto.

3. The licensee shall comply with the conditions set forth in paragraphs 8 and 11 of the license application dated December 12, 1984

a. Directors of Cintichem shall be citizens of the I!nited States unless otherwise approved by NRC.

5. The change authorized by this amendment may be inplemented on or ,

. after its date of issuance.

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F0P. TPF NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION H _h L Thompso r., Director D v sinn of Licensi ,

Date of Issuance: July 2, 1985

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I UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION DOCKET NO. 50-54 '

NOTICE OF ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT TO TRANSFER FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE FROM UNION CARRIDE SUBSIDIARY B, INC TO CINTICHEM, INC h The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued Amendment 23 to Operating License No. R-81 to Cintichem, Inc., for operation of the facilities located at its Sterling Forest facility in Tuxedo, New York.

Cintichem, Inc., has acquired all the interests previously held by the Union Carbide Subsidiary B, Inc. This amendment is effective on or after its date of issuance.

The amendment deletes the name Union Carbide Subsidiary B, Inc., and replaces it with the.name of Cintichem, Inc., wherever it appears in the license or the amendments thereto.

. .-- - . The application for the amendment complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act),

Section 109 of Public Law 98-553, and the Commission's rules and regulations.

The Commission has made appropriate findings as required by the Act and the Commission's rules and regulations in 10 CFR, Chapter I, which are set forth in the license amendment. Prior public notice of this amendment was not required since the amendment does not involve a significant hazards consideration.

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This amendment changes administrative procedures or requirements only.

Accordingly, this amendment meets the eligibility criteria for categorical exclusion set forth in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(10). Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b),

no environmental impact statement or environmental assessment need be prepared in connection with the issuance of this amendment.

For further details with respect to this action, see (1) the appli-cation for amendment dated December 28,1984,(2) Amendment No. 23 to

$_ License No. R-81 and (3) the Staff Evaluation. These items are available for pinblic inspection at the Commission's Public Document Roon 1717 H Street, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. A copy of item (2) may be obtained upon request addressed to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D. C. 20555, Attention: Director, Division of Licensing.

Dated at Bethesda, Maryland this 2nd day of July 1985.

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i STAFF EVALUATION OF UNION CARBIDE SUBSIDIARY B, INC.

AND CINTICHEM, INC.

AMENDMENT FOR LICENSE TRANSFEP DOCKET NO. 50-54 LICENSE NO. R-81 Backcround

, By letter dated December 78, 1984, Union Carbide Subsidiary B, Inc.

(hereinafter UC) and Cintichem, Inc. (hereinafter CI) submitted a joint request for transfer of the UC Operating License No. R-81 to CI. A similar request was submitted for transfer of the License No. SNM-639 for the ad.iacent

( hot cell facility. Upon transfer of the facility operating license to Cintichem Inc., all real and capital assets at the UC-Sterling Forest facility will be transf. . red to CI and the current UC personnel will be transferred to

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Evaluation NRC staff recently completed a safety evaluation and an environmental assessment for a license renewal application submitted by UC. The expected consequences of a broad spectrum of postulated accidents were considered during the safety evaluation associated with the license renewal application. The staff performed conservative analyses of these accidents and determined that the design and location of the facility, together with the technical specifications, provide reasonable assurance that the reactor can continue to be operated at SMwt without significant risk to the health and safety of the public or the reactor operating staff. Based upon the results of those analyses, NRC issued a new Class 104c license to UC in September 1984 that would tenninate in the year 2000. Since the same personnel will operate the same reactor facility as provided under the ownership of UC, there should be no change in the safety performance of the staff and the reactor. In addition, any new operating personnel would have to meet the requirements for operator qualifications established in 10 CFR 55. CI will maintain the same degree of control over reactor operations and safety that was maintained by UC and is required by NRC rules and regulations. Therefore, there should be no decrease in the safety of the reactor, or the health and safety of the operators or the public. There will be no changes to the physical facility, the performance characteristics of the reactor, or the operational aspects of the technical specifications. Accordingly, there should be no increase in quantity, character or concentration of radioactive effluents released to the environment, nor any decrease in the level of Dublic health and safety.

All CI officers are U.S. citizens; ary changes to that status must be approved by NRC. CI is a subsidiary of Medi-Physics Inc., a subsidiary of Hoffman-LaRoche, a Swiss company. CI will report to the Commission any action or law by the Government of Switzerland that would affect ownership or operation of the reactor facility.

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Environmental Considerations i Accordingly,'the amendment This amendment involves administrative changes only.

neets the eligibility criteria for categorical exclusion set forth in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(10). Pursu' ant to 10 CFR 51.22(b), nn environmental impact statement or environmental assessment need be prepared in connection with the issuance of this amendment.

Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 Section 302(b)(1)(B) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 provides that the NRC may require, as a precondition to the issuance or renewal of an operating license for a research or test reactor, that the licensee shall have entered

- into an agreement with the Department of Energy (DOE)UC forhas theandisposal of agreement .

- high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel.

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with DOE to ship spent fuel to DOE facilities or designated receivers of the fuel. Since CI must retain this agreement with DOE, CI is also in conformance with the Nuclear Waste Policy Act.

Physical Security and Accountability UC has established and maintains a progran designed to protect the reactor and its fuel and to ensure its security. The NRC staff has reviewed the plan and visited the site. The staff concludes that the plan, as amended, meets the requirements of 10 CFR 73.67 for special nuclear materials of moderate strategic significance. The UC license authorization for reactor fuel falls within that category. Both the Physical Security Plan and the staff's evaluation are withheld from public disclosure under 10 CFR 73.PI.

In addition to the physical security requirements of 10 CFR Part 73, the requirements of 10 CFR 70 pertain. 10 CFR 70 is concerned with record keeping, inventory, accountability of enriched uranium, semi-annual material balance reports, transportation of special nuclear material, and material transfer reports.

The Physical Security Plan which will be maintained by CI, plus the requirements for replicate methods of SNM accountability, inventory and material balances in 10 CFR 70, and the requirements for SNM transfer, transportation and shipment to a designated DOE facility, provide multiple checks on the status of the SNM at any time. The systems and accountability procedures and requirements are the same as those currently employed by UC in conformance with their license requirements.

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.- i Conclusions g As indicated above, this amendment involves a change for ownership of the reactor facility but does not change the physical facility, operating -

organization, or personnel operating the reactor. The staff concludes, based on the considerations discussed above, that: (1) because the amendment does not invnive a significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated, or create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident accident previously evaluated, or involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety, the amendment involves no significant hazards considerations; (Pl there is reasonable assurance that the health and safety of the public will not be endangered by the proposed action, and (3) such activities will be conducted in compliance with the Comission's regulations, and the issuance of this amendment will not be inimical to the ,

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