ML20137P568

Amend 7 to License SNM-714 for Univ of Lowell,Amending License in Entirety

ML20137P568
Person / Time
Site:	07000738
Issue date:	09/09/1985
From:	Kinneman J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
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ML20137P572	List: ML20137P568 ML20137P574 ML20137P588 ML20137P597 ML20137P611 ML20137P635
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NUDOCS 8509190714
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.S. NUCLEAR RECULATORY COMMISSl!N FI (s s2) >{

MATERIALS LICENSE Amendment No, 07 f

Pursuant to the Atomic linergy Act of 1954, as amended, the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-438), and Title 10, g g Code of Federal Regulations, Chapter I, Parts 30,31,32,33,34,35,40 and 70, and in reliance on statements and representations g i

h::::cfc : m:d: by th:licen:::, a Sc:n:: i: h:::by inued authorizing the liccasce to rccci.c, acquirc, panca, and transfer byproduct, ji source, and special nuclear material designated below; to use such material for the purpose (s) and at the place (s) designated below; to 1 d; liver or transfer such material to persons authorized to receive it in accordance with the regulations of the applicable Part(s);and to !j import such byproduct and source material. This license shall be deemed to contain the conditions specified in Section 183 of the l Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and is subject to all applicable rules, regulations and ord;.s of the Nuclear Regulatory i Commission now or hereafter in effect and to any conditions specified below.

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University of Lowell 3. License numb r SNM-714 is amended in its i l

entirety to read as follows:  !

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Lowell, Massachusetts 01854 _ 4. Expiration date September 30, 1990 l

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= - Reference No. 070-00738

6. Byproduct, source, and/or ,, 7. Chemical and/or physical 8. Maximum amount that licensee Ej

= special nuclear material form F may possess at any one time under this license h A. Plutonium 239 A'. Sealed Pu-Be neutron A. 400 grams j sources B. Plutonium 239 -

B. Sealed sources or B. 75 grams p

[d plated alpha soi'rces pj 4 C. Uranium 233 C. Sealed sources , C. 3 grams F D. Uranium 235 +: x D. Sealed sources- D. 155 grams F E. Uranium 233 E. Any E. 60 milligrams -

F. Uranium 235 F. Any , .

F. 500 milligrams cd 9. Authorized use A. through D. To be used for research and development as defined in 70.4(j) of 10 CFR 70, source calibration and teaching and training of students.

E. and F. ,In vivo studies in rats.

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10. Licensed material shall be used only at the licensee's facilities, One University k Avenue, Lowell, Massachusetts.  %

11. The licensee shall comply with the provisions of Title 10, Chapter 1, Code of Federal i Regulations, Part 19, " Notices, Instructions, and Reports to Workers; Inspections" pl

. and Part 20, " Standards for Protection Against Radiation."

12. Licensed material shall be used by, or under the supervision of, individuals F designated by the Radiation Safety Committee, Kenneth W. Skrable, Chairman.

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13. A. (1) Each sealed source containing licensea material, other than Hydrogen 3, p with a half-life greater than thirty days and in any form other than gas p shall be tested for leakage and/or contamination at intervals not to exceed q' six months, except that each source designed for the purpose of emitting l alpha particles shall be tested at intervals not to exceed three months. N In the absence of a certificate from a transferor, 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 into use until tested '

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, Amer.d:cr,t No. 07 (13. continued) CONDITIONS h (2) Notwithstanding the periodic leak test required by this condition, any licensed sealed source is exempt from such leak tests when the source el ti contains 100 microcuries or less of beta and/or gamma emitting material or 10 microcuries or less of alpha emitting material, j i

(3) Except for alpha sources, the periodic leak test required by this condition does not apply to sealed sources that are stored and not being used. The ,

l sources excepted from this test shall be tested for leakage prior to any pj use or transfer to another~ person'unless they have been leak tested within p f;4 six months prior to theldate of use o'r dransfer. R ev .: R

! B. The test shall be capable of detecting the preseIice.'of 0.005 microcurie of b radioactive material on the test sample. The test sample shall be taken from

! the sealed source'or from the surfaces of the device in which the sealed source f p'l is permanently mot.nted or stored on which one might expect contamination to accumulate. Records 'o,f s leak test results shall be kept.in units of microcuries and maintained for inspection by the Commission.- ,_,

, r~ Q.y C%> , (; , Qi C. If the test reveals the presence of 0.005 microcurie or more of removable f; p

contamination 1 the licensee shal Limmediately withdraw th[ sealed source from p;

q use and shall cause it'to:be' decontaminated.and repaired at to be disposed of in accordance with Cominissio'"r'egulationsm n A report shall bE: filed within 5 days @y  ;

i of the test with the: U. 'S.. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,-Region I, 631 Park kl l Avenue, King of PrusYia(Pennsylvan,f a [ ;19406, describing'the equipment involved, thetestresults,andthe}+orrectiv,ejactionjake'n.

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D. Tests for leakage ~,and/or con't' amin'ation shal'l. be performed by the licensee g:

or by other persons <specifically~ authorized b'y the Commission or an Agreement E:

State to perform such, services, f

14. E Sealedsourcescontaininglicense.dmateri,al,shall!,notbeopened.

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15. Except for plutonium contained in a medical device designed for individual human p application, no plutoaium, regardless of form, shall be delivered to a carrier for g; shipment by air transport or transported in an aircraft by the licensee except in P

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SUPPLEMENTARY SHEET 070-00738 Amondmant Nn 07 k (continued) CONDITIONS 4;16. Except as specifically provided otherwise by this license, the licensee shall possess p 4 and use licensed material described in Items 6, 7, and 8 of this license in accordance pi 51 with statements, representations, and procedures contained in the University of Lowell !(

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