ML20136G962
| ML20136G962 | |
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| Site: | 05000157, 05000097 |
| Issue date: | 03/07/1997 |
| From: | Scott N CORNELL UNIV., ITHACA, NY |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM) |
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| NUDOCS 9703190003 | |
| Download: ML20136G962 (2) | |
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' Research and Advanced Studies N. It scott Telephone: 607 255-7200 -
- Vice President Fax:607 255-9030 E. Mail: nrs5@cornelledu I Ithaca, New York 14853-2801 ~
March 7,1997
. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk l Washington, DC 20555 l
Subject:
Request for amendment of Technical Specifications of l Facility License R-89 (Docket 50-97) and Facility License R-80 (Docket 50-157) with respect to Administrative Controls
Dear Commission,
Cornell University has, by formal action of its Board of Trustees on January 25, 1997, transferred the administrative responsibility for the TRIGA and Zero Power 1 Reactors from the Dean of the College of Engineering to the Vice President for Research -
and Advanced Studies. Accordingly, we are enclosing a~ proposed new Section 6, Administrative Controls, for each of the two licenses'so as to describe the revised organizational structure and responsibilities.- i The underlying reasons for these administrative changes are (1) the decision of the Dean of Engineering to disband lthe budgetary unit called the Nuclear Science and ,
Engineering Program (in effect, a department) leaving its academic responsibilities for i degrees and courses to the' existing degree-granting entity called the Graduate Field of Nuclear Science and Engineering and to the individual professors and (2) the decision
.by the Dean of Engineering and the Vice President for Research and Advanced Studies, in response to the wishes of the faculty from numerous departments in six different colleges of the University who use the laboratory's facilities for research and teaching, to have the facilities continue operation as a new entity, the Ward Center for Nuclear
. Sciences. Use of the facilities by researchers outside Cornell and by industry will also be able to continue.
Many of the changes from the existing Technical Specifications are changes in titles only. The basic safety functions of the Ward director, the Ward safety committee, and the University's Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) and staff with respect to the laboratory are largely unchanged. The principal functional or substantive changes are: (1) the Center Director and the Center Safety Committee are appointed by the Vice President for Research and Advanced Studies, (2) there will now be a Center Advisory Board (mostly faculty) to guide policies, (3) the Center Director is no longer required to be a faculty member, (4)_the composition of the Center Safety Committee is modified 6
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som what, and (5) the relationship between safety responsibilities of the University RSO and of the Center Safety Officer is explicitly described.
Cornell University appreciates your assistance in considering this request and is hopeful of an expeditious approval. If you have any questions or require additional information, please do not hesitate to contact me or Mr. Howard Aderhold, Director, at Ward Center.
Sincerely, N. R. Scott Vice President for Research and Advanced Studies cc: Dr. Seymour H. Weiss, Director, Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning Project Directorate, USNRC Mr. Theodore Michaels, Sr. Project Manager, Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning Project Directorate, USNRC Mr. Thomas Dragoun, Regional Administrator NRC Region 1 Mr. Howard Aderhold, Director, Ward Center for Nuclear Sciences Dr. K.B. Cady, Chairman, Ward Center Safety Committee i
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