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Advises That Presence & Irradiation of Explosives in Reactor Must Be Evaluated Due to Potential for Damage to Reactor. Evaluation Requested Establishing Operating Restrictions,Max Quantity of Explosives Allowed in Facility & Form
ML20137G472
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Site: U.S. Geological Survey, Texas A&M University, Pennsylvania State University, Idaho State University, Battelle Memorial Institute, University of Iowa, Kansas State University, Washington State University, Reed College, North Carolina State University, Dow Chemical Company, Ohio State University, Oregon State University, University of Virginia, Rhode Island Atomic Energy Commission, University of California - Irvine, Vallecitos Nuclear Center, 05000128, Plum Brook, Purdue University, 05000131, 05000200, 05000000, 05000134, 05000113, 05000262, 05000101, 05000017, 05000157, 05000054, 05000253, 05000294, 05000077, 05000097, Neely Research Reactor, 05000142, 05000199, 05000192, 05000148, Vallecitos, 05000139, 05000124, Lynchburg Research Center, 05000072, MIT Nuclear Research Reactor, 05000187, University of Michigan, University of Missouri-Rolla, Aerotest, University of Wisconsin, University of Missouri-Columbia, University of Illinois, 05000129, 05000141, 05000276, 05000216, 05000112, 05000106, Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, University of Buffalo, Vanowen, 05000098, 05000122, 05000202, 05000080, University of New Mexico, National Bureau of Standards Reactor, University of Maryland, Berkeley Research Reactor, 05000083
Issue date: 06/23/1971
From: Skovholt D
US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC)
To: Aderhold H, James Anderson, Babb A, Barkley H, Beamer W, Bohannan J, Boyle W, Breazeale W, Brown K, Brown W, Carbon M, Rozier Carter, Chambers F, Chezem C, Lisa Clark, Cox E, Crandall W, Crockett E, Dahl A, Marlone Davis, Davis W, Deigl H, Dimeglio A, Dove R, Draper E, Elkins W, Fawcett N, Hall W, Hicks T, Hineman G, Houston R, Jordan E, Kane G, Karp J, Kerr W, King W, Kirkland R, Lamarsh J, Love T, Lutz, Mark H, Mcgovern J, Terri Mclaughlin, Meem J, Merrill R, Merten U, Mitchell H, Newacheck R, Ohanian M, Osborn E, Pettit J, Poor H, Randall J, Robeson A, Rowland F, Ryan V, Scott A, Will Smith, Stansberry E, Thompson D, Voigt A, Wang C, Larry Wheeler, Wilbur L, Wilkinson R, Williams J, Wyman M
AEROJET-GENERAL CORP., ARIZONA, UNIV. OF, TUCSON, AZ, ARMED FORCES RADIOBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, BABCOCK & WILCOX CO., Battelle Memorial Institute, COLUMBUS LABORATORIES, Brigham Young University, PROVO, UT, CALIFORNIA, UNIV. OF, BERKELEY, CA, CALIFORNIA, UNIV. OF, IRVINE, CA, CALIFORNIA, UNIV. OF, LOS ANGELES, CA, CATHOLIC UNIV. OF AMERICA, WASHINGTON, DC, CHEVRON U.S.A., INC. (FORMERLY GULF OIL CORP.), COLORADO STATE UNIV., FORT COLLINS, CO, CORNELL UNIV., ITHACA, NY, DELAWARE, UNIV. OF, NEWARK, DE, DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER, OMAHA, DOW CHEMICAL CO., FLORIDA, UNIV. OF, GAINESVILLE, FL, GENERAL ELECTRIC CO., Neely Research Reactor, ATLANTA, GA, IDAHO STATE UNIV., POCATELLO, ID, ILLINOIS, UNIV. OF, URBANA, IL, INDUSTRIAL REACTOR LABORATORIES, INC., INTERIOR, DEPT. OF, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, IOWA STATE UNIV., AMES, IA, KANSAS STATE UNIV., MANHATTAN, KS, KANSAS, UNIV. OF, LAWRENCE, KS, MANHATTAN COLLEGE, RIVERDALE, NY, MARYLAND, UNIV. OF, COLLEGE PARK, MD, MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CAMBRIDGE, MICHIGAN STATE UNIV., EAST LANSING, MI, MICHIGAN, UNIV. OF, ANN ARBOR, MI, MISSOURI, UNIV. OF, COLUMBIA, MO, MISSOURI, UNIV. OF, ROLLA, MO, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS & SPACE ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS & TECHNOLOGY (FORMERL, NEVADA, UNIV. OF, RENO, NV, NEW MEXICO, UNIV. OF, ALBUQUERQUE, NM, NEW YORK UNIV., NEW YORK, NY, NEW YORK, STATE UNIV. OF, BUFFALO, NY, North Carolina State University, RALEIGH, NC, NORTHROP CORP., OHIO STATE UNIV., COLUMBUS, OH, OKLAHOMA, UNIV. OF, NORMAN, OK, Oregon State University, CORVALLIS, OR, PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV., UNIVERSITY PARK, PA, PURDUE UNIV., WEST LAFAYETTE, IN, REED COLLEGE, PORTLAND, OR, RHODE ISLAND, STATE OF, ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORP., STANFORD UNIV., STANFORD, CA, TEXAS A&M UNIV., COLLEGE STATION, TX, TEXAS, UNIV. OF, AUSTIN, TX, UNION CARBIDE CORP., UNITED NUCLEAR CORP. (SUBS. OF UNC, INC.), UTAH, UNIV. OF, SALT LAKE CITY, UT, VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIV., BLACKSB, VIRGINIA, UNIV. OF, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, WASHINGTON STATE UNIV., PULLMAN, WA, WASHINGTON, UNIV. OF, SEATTLE, WA, WEST VIRGINIA UNIV., MORGANTOWN, WV, WISCONSIN, UNIV. OF, MADISON, WI, WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, WORCESTER, MA, WYOMING, UNIV. OF, LARAMIE, WY
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An increasing number of programs being performed at research and testing reactor facilities involve the radiography of explosives. This letter is being sent to all licensees for research and testing facilities to advise you that the presence and irradiation of explosives in a reactor facility must be evaluated carefully because of the potential for damage

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considered to be an unreviewed safety question pursuant to Section 50.59' 7

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Qommission. If you presently receive, or have plans to receive and handle j

explosives, an evaluation of the consequences of accidental explosions should be made and submitted to the Commission's Division of Reactor Licencing. Proposed operating restrictions that provide for safe usage of explosive materials should be submitted with tais evaluation for inclusion in your Technical Specifications. In t!is context, " explosives" include all materials that would constitute Class A, Class B and Class C explosives as described: in Title 49, Parts 172 anc 173.of the Code of Federal Regulations, regarding transportation of (xplosives and other dangerous materials.

Your evaluation should contain sufficient informat ion to establish operating restrictions; should indicate the maximem quantity of explosives (in pounds of equivalent TNT) allowed in the facility, the form of the explosives, the controls exercised when handling end storing explosives, the cumulative radiation exposure limits for explosives, the utilization of explosives within the facility, and the maximun quantity of explosives that could be involved in postulated accidents; ard should include an assessment of the probability and the potential consequences of an explosion occurring.

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Reactor Radiation Division Washington, D. C.

20234 Docket No. 50-228 License No. R-98 Acrojet-General Corporation Nuclear Division f

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Mr. Richard L. Newacheck Manager Post Office Box 77 San Ramon, California 94583 Docket No. 50-262 License No. R-109 e

Brigham Young University ATTN:

Mr. Earl C. Crockett Academic Vice President Provo, Utah 84601 Docket No. 50-142 License No. R-71 The Regents of the University of California Nuclear Energy Laboratory ATTN:

Mr. Thomas E. Hicks

- t Director Los Angeles, California 90024 s

Docket'No. 50-77 License No. R-31 The Catholic University of America Division of Nuclear Science and Engineering ATTN:

Dr. Edward D. Jordan Reactor Administrator 620 }Echigan Avenue, N. E.

Washington, D. C.

20017 Docket No. 50-80 License No. R-26 Colorado State. University Department of Radiology and Radiation Biology ATTN:

Dr. Adrian H. Dahl Reactor Administrator Fort Collins, Colorado 80521 j

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Mr. Robert S. Kirkland Reactor Supervisor Atlanta, Georgia 30332 Docket No. 50-276 License No. R-lli Georgia Institute of-Technology Engineering Experiment Station ATTN:

Dr. F. W.

Chambers Associate Professor of Nuclear Engineering Atlanta, Georgia 30332 Docket No. 50-284 License No. R-110 Idaho State University ATTN:

Dr. William E. Davis President Pocatello, Idaho 83201 Docket No. 50-17 License No. R-46 Industrial Reactor Laboratories, Inc.

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Dr. R. W. Hous:on Vice President Plainsboro, New Jersey 08536 Docket No. 50-20 License No. R-37

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Mr. Lincoln Clark, Jr., Director MIT Research Reactor Department of Nuclear Engineering Cambridge, Massachuset ts 02139 Docket No. 50-216 License No. R-107 New York University Department of Nuclear Engineering ATTN: Professor John R. Lamarsh Chairman University Heights New York, New York 10tS3

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Docket No. 50-94' License No. R-40 North Aracrican Rockwell Corpor tion ATTN:

Mr. L. W. Wheeler, Director Contracts and Pricing Post Office Box 309 Canoga Park, Cal'ifornia 91304 Docket No. 50-106 License No. R-51 Oregon State, University ATTN:

Mr. C. H. Wang,-Director Radiation Center Corvallis, Oregon 97331 Docket No. 50-99 License No. R-47 The Babcock & Wilcox Company Research and Development Division ATIN:

Mr. William M. Breazeale, Director" Nuclear Development Center P. O. Box 1260 Lynchburg, Virginia 24505 Docket No.'50-182 License No. R.-87 l

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Ik. Eldon R. Stansberry Reactor Supervisor Lafayette, Indiana 47907 9

Docket No. 50-193 License No. R-95 Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Atomic Energy Commission ATTN:

Mr. A. Francis DiMeglio, Director Rhode Island Nuclear Science Center Narragansett, Rhode Island 02882 t

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Docket'No. 50-83 License No. R-56 University of Florida College of Engineering Departmcat of Nuclear Engineering Sciences ATTN:

Dr. M. J. Ohanian, Chairman 202 Nuclear Sciences Center Gainesville, Florida 32601 Docket No. 50-2 License No. R-28 The University of Michigan Phoenix Memorial Laboratory ATTN:

Mr. William Kerr, Director Michigan Memorial - Phoenix Project p

Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104 i

Docket No. 50-202 License No. R-91 University of Nevada

. ATTN: James T. Anderson, Dean College of Engineering Reno, Nevada 89507 Docket No. 50-252 License No. R-102 The University of New Mexico ATTN:

Dr. Richard C. Dove, Dean College of Engineering Nucicar Engineering Department Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106 Docket No. 50-112 L[censeNo.R-53

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Dr. To:a J. Love, Director School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering 1000. Asp Avenue Norman, Oklahoma 73069 Docket No. 50-72 License No. R-25 I

The University of Utah College of Engineering ATTN:

Dr. Wayne S. Brown Reactor Administrator Salt Lake City, Utah 84112 I

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.Dooket No. 50-139 fLicense No. R-73 University of Washington College of Engineering Nuc1 car Engineering Department ATTN:

Dr. A. L. Babb, Director Nuclear. Reactor Laboratories Seattle, Washington 98105 Docket No. 50-122 License No. R-55 The University of Wyoming Department of Chemistry ATTN:

Mr. Victor A. Ryan Chief Reactor Supervisor University Station - Box 3838 Laramic, Wyoming 82070 Docket No. 50-148 License No. R-78 The University of Kansas ATTN:

Dr. William P. Smith Dean Nucicar Engineering 102 Nuclear Reactor Center Lawrence, Kansas 66044

' Docket No. 50-98 License No. R-43 University of Delaware i

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Dr. Lutz Reactor Supervisor Newark, Delaware 19711

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Docket No. 50-54 License No. R-81 Union Carbide Corporation ATTN:

Mr. James J. McGovern Superintendent - Nuclear Operations P. O. Box 324 Tuxedo, New York 10987 Docket No. 50-124 License No. R-62 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ATTN:

Mr. Andrew Robeson, Professor of Nuclear Engineering (Reactor Supervisor)

College of Arts and Sciences l

Blacksburg, Virginia 24601 Docket No. 50-134 Liuns*e No. R-61 l

l Worcester Polytechnical Institute ATTN:

Dr. L. C. Wilbur, Director Nuclear Reactor Facility Worcester, Massachusetts 01609 I

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Mr. !!.11. Poor, Acting Director P. G. Box 1260

. Lynchburg, Virginia 24504 Docket.No. 50-70, Facility License No. TR-1 Concral Electric Company ATTN:

Mr. Walter ll. King, Administrator Licen' sing P. O. Box 846 l

Picasanton, California 94566 Docket No. 50-30, Facility License No. TR-3

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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Mr. H. B. Barkley, Jr., Chief Reactor Division Lewis Research Center Plum Brook Station Sandusky,' Ohio 44870 Docket No. 50-170, Facility License No. R-84 Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute ATTN:

Colonel Ilugh B. Mitchell, USAF, MC Director, AFFRI National Naval Medical Conter Bcchosda, Maryland 20014 Docket No. 50-6, Facility License No. R-4 Batec11e Memorial Institute M

ATTN: Mr. Roger L. Merrill Director 505 King Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43201 Docket No. 50-97, Facility License No. R-89 Corncil University ATTN: Mr. 11. ' J. Deigi

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Mr. E. Linn Draper, Jr.

Acting Director Nuclear Reactor Laboratory College of Engineering Austin, Texas 78712 Docket No. 50-62,' Facility License No. R-66 University of Virginia ATTN:

Mr. J. L. Moem, Director Reactor Facility School of Engineering and Applied Science Charlottesville, Virginia 22901 Docket No. 50-156, Facility License No. R-74

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Dr. Max Carbon Reactor Director Nuc1 car Engineering Department Madison, Wisconsin 53705 o

Docket No. 50-131, Facility Li, cense No. R-57 Veterans Administration Hospital ATTN:

Dr. K. W. Brown Hospital Director 4101 Woolworth Avenue Omaha, Nebraska 68105 Docket No. 50-27, Fa,cility License No. R-76 Washington State University ATTN:

Dr. G. W. Hinman, Director Nucicar Radiation Center Pullman, Washington 99164 Docket No. 50-57, Facility License No. R-77 Western New York Nuc1 car Research Center, Inc.

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Dr. E. L. Cox, Director Research Reactor Facility

. Columbia, Missouri 65201 Docket No. 50-185, Facility License No. R-93 National Acronautics an'd Space Administration A"TN:. Mr. II.- B._ Bark 1cy, Jr., ~ Chief Reactor Division Lewis Roscarch Conter Plu. Brook Center -

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Brother Gabriel Kane, Chairman Committee for Nuclear Studies

-Bronx, New York 10471 Docket No. 50-294,. Facility, License No. R-ll4 Michigan State University ATTN:

Mr. R. E. Wilkinson Acting President for Business and Finance East Lansing, Michigan 48823 Docket No. 50-111, Facility License No. R-63 North Carolina State University School of Engineering Department of Nuclear Engineering ATTN:

Mr. J. R. Bohannan, Jr.

Box 5636 Raleigh, North Carolina 27607 Docket No. 50-187, Facility License No. R-90 Northrop Corporation ATTN:

Dr. Walter E. Crandall Vice President and Manager Northrop Corporate Laboratories 3401 West Broadway Hawthorne, California 90250 J

Docket No. 50-243, Facility License No. R-106 Oregon State University

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Dr. C. H. Wang Reactor Administrator Corvallis, Oregon 97331 Docket No. 50-5, Facility License No. R-2 Pennsylvania State University ATTN Dr. Elburt F. Osborn Vice President for Research 207 Old Main Building University Park, Pennsylvania 16802 s

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Professor Arthur F. Scott, Director Reed Reactor Project.

Reed College Portland, Oregon 97202 Docket No. 50-141, Facility License No. R-60 Stanford University Mechanical Engineering Department ATTN:

Mr. J. M. Pettit React'or Administrator Nucicar Engineering Division Stanford, California 94305 Docket No. 50-128. Facility License No. R-83 Texas A&M University Co11cac of Engineering ATTN:

Professor John D. Randall, Director Nucicar Science Center College Station, Texas 77843 Docket No. 50-101, Facility License No. R-49 United Nuclear Corporation Roscarch and Engineering Center ATTN:

Mr..lustin Karp, Manager Financial and Administrative Operations Grasslands lioad Elmsford, New York 10523 Docket No. 50-274. Facility License No. R-113 -

U. S. Geological Survey ATTN:

Mr. T. G. McLaughlin Reactor Administrator Department of the Interior

  • Federal Conter Denver, Colorado 80225 Docket No. 50-113, Facility License No. R-52 University of Arizona,

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Profci sor Monte V. Davis, Director Nucicar Reactor Laboratory College of Engineering Department of Nucicar Engineering I

Tucson, Arizcoa 85721 l

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Locket No. 50-157, Facility License No. R-80 h.

Corncil University Mr. }!. ' dcrhold ATTN:

A Reactor Supervisor Nuc1 car Reactor Laboratory Ithaca, New York 14850 Docket No. 50-264, Facility, License No. R,-108 Dow Chemical Company ATIN:

Dr. William 11. Beamer, Chairman Radiation liazards Committee 1602 Building Midland, Michigan 48640 Docket No. 50-73, Facility License No. R-33 Cencral Electric Company Nucicar Energy Division ATTN: > Mr. Walter 11. King Administrator Licensing Vallecitos Nuc1 car Conter Vallecitos Road Picasanton, California 94566 i

Docket Nos. 50-253 (Facility License No. CX-23),50-89 (Tacility License No. R-38),

50-163 (Facility License No. R-67), and 50-227 (Facility License No. R-100)

Culf 011 Corporation ATTN: Mr. U. Merton, Vice President Gulf lonoral Atomic Company P. O. Box 60'l San Diego, California 92112 Docket No. 50-116, Facility License No. R-59

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Iowa State University ATTN: Mr. A. F. Voigt, Chairman Radiation Safety Committee Engineering Research Institute Amos, Iowa 50010 Docket No. 50-188. Facility License No. R-88 Kansas State University

' ATTN:,Mr. Cirtis C. Chezem Profca.sor & licad Department of Nuclear Engineering Manhattan, Kansas 66502 t

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Docket No. 50-224, Facility License No. R-101 University of California ATTN:

Dr. llans Mark Reactor Administrator Departe.cnt of Nucicar Engineering Ecrkcicy, California '94720 Docket No. 50-326, Facility License No. R-116 Ifniversity of California ATTN:- Profchsor F. S. Rowland Reactor Administrator Irvine, California 92664 Docket No. 50-151, Facility License No. R-115 University of Illinois ATTN:

Dr. Marvin E. Wyman Nuclear Engineering Program l

i 216 Nuc1 car Engineering Laboratory Urbana, Illinois 61801 l

l Docket No. 50-166. Facility License No. R-70 l

l University of Maryland ATTN:

Dr. Wilson H. Elkins President l

College Park, Maryland 20740 l

Docket No. 50-123, Facility License No.,,h-79 University of Missouri at Rolla ATTN Dr. Dudley Thompson i

Dean of Faculty Rolla, Missouri 65401

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