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Revised License SNM-1938 for Comm Ed,Authorizing Use of 3,150 Kg U-235 in U Enriched to No More than 3.55 W/O 40 G U-235 at Any Enrichment & 2 Uci Pu-239
ML20133G879
Person / Time
Site: 07003000
Issue date: 10/08/1985
From: Crow W
NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
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ML20133G866 List:
References
NUDOCS 8510160169
Download: ML20133G879 (4)


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Pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (Public Law 93 -438), and Title 10, g

Code of Federal Regulations, Chapter I, Parts 30,31,32,33,34,35,40 and 70, and in reliance on statements and representations y

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E license shall be deemed to contain the conditions specified in Section 183 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and is I

subject to all applicable rules, regulations and orders of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission now or hereafter in effect and to any conditions specified below.

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10. Authorized Place of Use:

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12. The minimum technical qualifications for the Station Superintendent I

shall be in accordance with Section 4.2.1, " Plant Manager," of ANSI I

N18.1-1971 before receipt of fuel onsite.

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AEC Licenses," of ANSI N18.1-1971, with the exception of the licensing i

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18. All preoperational testing of fuel handling' equipment, related to

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