ML20137Z052

Informs That Licensee Continues to Review Licensing Jurisdiction Situation W/Re to Radioactive Matl Used in & Around Texas A&M Univ Nuclear Science Ctr in College Station,Tx

ML20137Z052
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Site:	05000128
Issue date:	10/23/1992
From:	Lacker D TEXAS, STATE OF
To:	Doda R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
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Robert L Doda State Agreements Program U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 1000 Arlington, Texas 76011

Dear Mr. Doda:

in and around the Texas A and M University Nuclear ,

Texas. Our staff recently completed a site visit with a U character of other operations conducted on or near the site was ascertained.

Review of the material and discussions with staff have also led to which have been fruitful. It now appears possible to come to some conclusion nature and interactions of various operations, to ascertain Agency intent with regard facilities, and to propose solutions to our mutualjurisdictional problems in this instanc defined only as a whole.First, there seems to be ample indication that as a non across the entire physical plant site, to include outlying storag fuel, location of vital systems for cooling and mechanical support in outlying b siting on the property of the waste water tank farm and solid waste storage, a ,

ventilation and reactor control ties to the laboratory Building. This site definition is al in the August 1967 Safety Analysis Report for the Nuclear Science Center (

"...the entire area inside the perimeter fence of the NSC it designated as a ' Restricted Second, discussions and a meeting held in Austin in the past to resolve this established the intent of both our agencies to give pr Agency in the form of guidance to NRC inspectors is e ,

emphasizes that other sites may need special consideration. The generic guidance second version refers (Inspection Manual Chapter 2882, Appendices 1 and 2, issue d 5,1983, also attached) is also consistent with this position, and in cited e facility is cited, and Paragraph 4, Page A2-1, where use is cited).

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(' We invite your written comments on the situation and

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