ML20133E075
| ML20133E075 | |
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| Site: | 07000893 |
| Issue date: | 04/02/1985 |
| From: | Keuper J FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MELBOURNE, FL |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
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| 25108, NUDOCS 8508070563 | |
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{i This is an application for renewal of License Number SNM-844 (ZCE) [or Florida Institute of Technology,150 West University Boulevard, Melbourne, Florida 32901, hereinafter designated as " applicant" or "the applicant".
1.
The corporate officers of the applicant are:
Jerome P. Keuper, President, 201 Oak Street, Melbourne Beach, Florida -
USA Citizenship, David C. Latham, Vice President, P. O. Box 17711, Orlando, Florida -
USA Citizenship, John W. Simmons, Vice President, 405 Banyan Way, Melbourne Beach, Florida - USA Citizenship Perry F. Clendenin, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary, 400 Banyan Way, Melbourne Beach, Florida - USA Citizenship John E. Miller, Secretary,1105 South Riverside Drive, Indialantic, Florida - USA Citizenship.
No ownership or control of the applicant by any foreign corporation or government exists.
2.
The nuclear material will be used by the applicant in Nuclear' Physics and Engineering courses. All material wibl; be kept in Room B-2 of the Crawford Science Building located qq the Mnpus of the applicant. The material will be used in the educatfsn and, train,ing of graduate and Fhh bj8auth@ized faculty members.
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, j i, Material Licensing Branch Page 2 April 2,1985 The'sub-critical assembly will be primarily used for neutron activation and the studies of neutron diffusion.
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The applicant requests that the license be renewed for a period of five years.
4.
The quantities on hand, and being used, are:
Isotope Percentage SNM Quantity of Element PU-239 14.21 grams 93.02%
U-235 458.53 grams 19.85%
5.
(a) The applicant does not now foresee a need for additional SNM.
(b) No significant consumption. or production of SNM is expected in this sub-critical assembly.
(c) No need for transfer of SNM is expected.
The program of utilization will be under the general direction of Dr.
Jerome P. Keuper, President of Florida Institute of Technology, and Dr.
4 Jay Burns, Head of Physics and Space Sciences Department.
Dr. Rong-sheng Jin will supervise the use of the special nuclear material and the sub-
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critical assembly. Dr. Jin received his Ph.D. in Physics (specialization:
nuclear physics) from the Ohio State University in 1965. He has been supervising the:sub-critical assembly at Florida Institute of Technology since 1973.
Dr. Gary N. Wells will be responsible for radiation safety at Florida Institute of Technology.
Dr. Wells received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Illinois in 1971. He is an Assistant Professor in the Biological Sciences Department at Florida Institute'of Technology.
His experience in isotope usage is as follows:
Formal Instruction:
Lecture and laboratory course in Radiation Biology at Western Illinois University.- Instruction included chemical and physical properties of radioisotopes, use of radiation measuring instruments, monitoring techniques, radiation health protection, handling, decontamination techniques, effect of radiation on biological systems and use of radioisotope as a research tool in biological sciences.
Research Qualifications:
Experience in the handling, use and disposal of liquid and solid radionuclidesandlabeledbiologicalcompounds.
Radioisotopes 88 used include 1"C, 8H, sap, 3 s3, e sCa.18 I, 5'Fe and Rb.
The radionuclides, Ca, I, Fe, and Rb were used as radio tracers in environmental studies at Western Illinois University and J
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Material Licensing Branch Page 3 April 2,1985 biological compounds were used in conjunction with research on nitrogen metabolism and protein synthesis at the University of Illinois and University of Oklahoma.
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Among the radiation measuring and protection instruments available and being used are:
-Multichannel Analyzer (Northern NS600)
-A rack mounted discriminator and digital counting system
-Four scintillator detectors (sodium iodide with thallium)
-Two Geiger-Mueller detectors
-One portable survey meter (Elscint, Model GSM-1), one portable survey meter (Nuclear Chicago Model 2112) with Neutron Detector (DN-3)
-Pocket Dosimeters (Vitoreen 541/A)
-R.S. Landauer, Jr., & Co. film badge service (neutron and gamma)
Film badges are checked by Landauer monthly, and reported for monthly, quarterly, and permanent dosages.
7.
The uranium-containing assembly core is stored in a sealed fifty gallon steel drum when not in use.
The Pu-Be source (No. M-ll46) is stored in a steel drum. The drum has an eight-inch radius. A one and one-half inch pipe holds the neutron source in the center of the drum..The space between the pipe and the drum is filled with paraffin. There are approximately seven inches of paraffin
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The Pu-Be source will be leak tested every six months for alpha contamination to be less than 0.0005 microcurie. All tests to date have been negative.
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No additional SNM has been or will be allowed in the vicinity of the SNM
.of this license without prior permission from the cognizant federal and/or state authorities.
There is no credible accident that could cause criticality of this sub-critical assembly.
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