ML20137Q077
| ML20137Q077 | |
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| Site: | University of Texas at Austin |
| Issue date: | 04/07/1997 |
| From: | NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
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| Download: ML20137Q077 (2) | |
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WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 SAFETY EVALUATION BY THE OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION SUPPORTING AMENDNENT NO. 2 TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE N0. R-129 THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN DOCKET N0. 50-602
1.0 INTRODUCTION
By letter dated January 30, 1997, the University of Texas at Austin (UT or licensee) submitted a request for amendment of Facility Operating License No. R-129 for the UT TRIGA Research Reactor. The requested amendment would correct a typographical error in the facility operating license.
2.0 lyALUATION The license for the UT TRIGA Research Reactor was issued on January 17, 1992.
Some of the special nuclear material and byproduct material authorized by the license was transferred from another research reactor (Facility Operating License No. R-92) that UT owned.
During transcription of license conditions from the R-92 to the R-129 license an editing error occurred in that the words "6-curie polonium-beryllium neutron source" appeared in the license as "6-curie plutonium-beryllium neutron source." The error appears in license condition 2.B.(3).
The licensee has requested that the license be corrected to read 6-curie polonium-beryllium neutron source. This errer did not result in any regulatory issues and the correction of the error does not raise any regulatory issues because the licensee does not currently possess a polonium-beryllium neutron source and plutonium-beryllium neutron sources possessed by the licensee are held on an NRC special nuclear material license and a State of Texas license.
The staff finds this change acceptable because it corrects a typographical error in the facility license.
3.0 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATION
This amendment involves changes in the installation or use of a facility component located within the restricted area as defined in 10 CFR Part 20 or changes in inspection and surveillance requirements. The staff has determined that this amendment involves no significant increase in the amounts, and no significant change in the types, of any effluents that may be released off site, and no significant increase in individual or cumulative occupational radiation exposure. Accordingly, this amendment meets the eligibility criteria for categorical exclusion set forth in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(9).
Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b), no environmental impact statement or environmental assessment need be prepared in connection with the issuance of this amendment.
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4.0 CONCLUSION
The staff has concluded, on the basis of the considerations discussed above,
- that (1) because the amendment does not involve a significant increase in the probability or' consequences of accidents previously evaluated, or create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident ' rom any accident previously evaluated, and does not' involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety, the amendment does not involve a significant hazards consideration; (2)'there is reasonable assurance. that the health and safety of the public i
will not be endangered by the proposed activities; and (3)'such activities-will be conducted in compliance with the Commission's regulations and the issuance of-this amendment will not be inimical to the common defense and security or the health and safety of the public.
Principal Contributor:
A. Adams, Jr.
Date:
April.7, 1997 a
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