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License SNM-1958 for Virginia Military Inst,Authorizing Pb Peters,Rb Minnix & Wc Sauder to Use &/Or Supervise Use of 80 G Pu for Research & Instructional Purposes & 0.001 G U-235 in Neutron Fission Counter
ML20135J116
Person / Time
Site: 07003026
Issue date: 08/09/1985
From: Guinn P
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:
Shared Package
ML20135J117 List:
References
NUDOCS 8509250278
Download: ML20135J116 (2)


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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 3

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

y heretofore made by the licensee, a license is hereby issued authorizing the licensee to receive, acquire, possess, and transfer byproduct. g 1

source, and special nuclear material designated below; to use such material for the purpose (s) and at the place (s) designated below;to l I

deliver or transfer such material to persons authorized to receive it in accordance with the regulations of the applicable Part(s). This I l

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.

q conditions specified below.

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l Federal Regulations, Part 19, " Notices, Instructions and Reports to Workers- El Inspections" and Part 20, " Standards for Protection Against Radiation." '

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) 14. A. (1) Each sealed source containing licensed material, other than Hydrogen 3, with a half-life greater than thirty days and in ariy form other than l J y

) gas shall be tested for leakage and/or contamination at intervals not g 1 to exceed six months. In the absence of a~ certificate from a transferor g 1

l indicating that a test has been made within six months prior to the transfer, a sealed source received from another person shall not be put ll l into use until tested.

1 1l 1 (2) The periodic leak tes rqguitpi py gthis condition does not apply to sealed g "l sources that are sg6r hhd 'n6t' bel fujed. The sources excepted from p i 1 this test shall- 4Yested for leakage IIT' to any use or transfer to I

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l l B. The test sha).1 e capable of detecting the presencdhf 0.005 microcurie of l 1 radioactive til he test sample. s't sam]e shall be taken from I l the sealed ce or .

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is permaneqlly mounte s re gon yhi hr might e(plct contamination to I; h accumulate. ecords of' and maintai i* estNesb1 byfity!.Mo i Qioh.

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(5)daysoftM)thtest@l e Nuc'tVa egula Commission, Region II, U j! Division of R ion Saf x

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%tJant "Georh 30323, describing the equipment involv ),etestresu)lts,andthe M tive action taken.

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} D. sM1 be performed by the licensee N Tests or by other for persons leakagespeciYi and/o)fcon lyputliptamigatiqn,izdd by the Commission or I an Agr q State to perform such services.

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15. Sealed sources containing licensed material shall not be opened. i f p 4 I l 16. Except as specifically provided otherwise by this license, the licensee shall I

)j!j possess and use licensed material described in Items 6, 7, and 8 of this license in I accordance with statements, representations, and procedures contained in letters

]I dated May 21, 1980 and July 12, 1985. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's l

} regulations shall govern the licensee's statements in applications or letters, p 1

unless the statements are more restrictive than the regulations. l I

I FOR THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION l

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PAUL R. GUINN $

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