ML20132B659

Informs That License SNM-639 Will Remain in Effect Until Completion of Decommissioning Operations

ML20132B659
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Site:	05000054, 07000687
Issue date:	12/06/1996
From:	Jim Hickey NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
To:	Mcgovern J CINTICHEM, INC.
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NUDOCS 9612170337
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.Mr. James J. McGovern December 6, 1996 Pr,esident/ Plant Manager Cintichem, Inc.

P.O. Box 816

( Tuxedo, New York 10987

Dear Mr. McGovern:

This is in response to your letter dated November 14, 1996, regarding Nuclear Regulatory Commission License SNM-639 authorizing the use of radioactive material at your Tuxedo, New York, facility. Specifically, you requested that l SNM-639 remain in effect until the completion of the decommissioning of the l facility, which you currently estimate to be by the end of June 1997. The current expiration date of SNM-639 is December 15, 1996.

NRC regulations at 10 CFR Part 70.38(c) state that "Each specific license continues in effect beyond the expiration date if necessary, with respect to possession of special nuclear material, until the Commission notifies the licensee in writing that the license is terminated. During this time, the licensee shall:

(1) Limit actions involving special nuclear material to those related to decommissioning; and (2) Continue to control entry to restricted areas until they are suitable for release in accordance with NRC requirements."

Because Cintichem is actively decommissioning the site and the controls described in the decommissioning plan that wa; reviewed and approved by NRC in January 1992 will remain in place until the terraination of the license, the NRC staff has concluded that the above conditions can be met and, as such, SNM-639 will remain in effect until the completion of decommissioning operations.

If you have any questions concerning this letter, please contact Nick Orlando at (301) 415-6749.

Sincerely,

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) .),,,* December 6, 1996 Mr. James J. McGovern President / Plant Manager 2

Cintichem, Inc.

P.O. Box 816 Tuxedo, New York 10987

Dear Mr. McGovern:

This is in response to your letter dated November 14, 1996, regarding Nuclear Regulatory Commission License SNM-639 authorizing the use of radioactive material at your Tuxedo, New York, facility. Specifically, you requested that

' SNM-639 remain in effect until the completion of the decommissioning of the facility, which you currently estimate to be by the end of June 1997. The 4

current expiration date of SNM-639 is December 15, 1996. i l

NRC regulations at 10 CFR Part 70.38(c) state that "Each specific license {

continues in effect beyond the expiration date if necessary, with respect to possession of special nuclear material, until the Commission notifies the 1 licensee in writing that the license is terminated. During this time, the l licensee shall.

1 (1) Limit actions involving special nuclear material to those related to decommissioning; and (2) Continue to control entry to restricted areas until they are suitable for release in accordance with NRC requirements."

Because Cintichem is actively decommissioning the site and the controls

, described in the decommissioning plan that was reviewed and approved by NRC in January 1992 will remain in place until the termination of the license, the NRC staff has concluded that the above conditions can be met and, as such, SNM-639 will remain in effect until the completion of decommissioning

< operations.

i If you have any questions concerning this letter, please contact Nick Orlando l at (301) 415-6749.

Sincerely,

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, k i John W. N. Hickey, Chief

, Low-Level Waste and Decommissioning Projects Branch Division of Waste Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards License Nos. SNM-639; R-81 Docket Nos.70-687; 50-54 cc: Cintichem dist. list