ML20138D209
| ML20138D209 | |
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| Site: | 07000048 |
| Issue date: | 07/03/1985 |
| From: | Nardi A WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY, DIV OF CBS CORP. |
| To: | Jennifer Davis NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| 04062, 4062, LA-85-49, NUDOCS 8512130168 | |
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{{#Wiki_filter:- a-Il LA 85-49 o Westinghouse Water Reactor h 355 Electric Corporation Divisions Jul[ I,# N 1 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region I E g 631 Park Avenue u , King of Prussia, PA 19406 Ac .c e .F G Attention: Mr. J. Davis E2 0 Nuclear Material Section B j u M Gentlemen: 9 -{
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Application for Amendment to License Number SNM-47, Docket No. 070-00048 As discussed with your Mr. J. Davis, the Westinghouse Electric Corporation submits this application for amendment to License Number SNM-47 for the Westinghouse Research and Development Center located in Churchill Brocugh, Pennsylvonia. The purpose of this amendment is to permit the fabrication of Ultra Low-Mass Neutron Dosimeters for distribution to other licensed facilities. Attached are revised pages to the license application to describe the materials and the facilities to be utilized. Your expedited review of this application would be appreciated. Enclosed is a check in the amount of $120.00 in payment of the fee specified in 10CFR170.31 for this application for license amendment. If you have any questions concerning this application, please contact me on (412) 374-4652 or by letter at the above address. Very truly you 8512130168 851021 REGI LIC70 SNM-OO47 PDR A. . Nardi, Ma ager NES License Administration AJN/pe Enclosure J._7f9 4 ~"0FFICl/J. RECORD COP 4$e,a " _W ' :.: % M t 9. p w ] b o ' t C;;;.27; ew.n !W 'MJfa4062 mb.6+%6 Tis::yIf'W ? .}); JUL 0 81985 l
(. ] s O O 2 O WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL LICENSE SNM-47 MARCH 31, 1983 JULY 3, 1985 (REVISION 1) U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION O 00CxET 70-48 M 8 ? me r. .ie ~, F $5 '{ g E lE I l l O l 6257B:1b-070185-
q. O o ? SNM-47 'O TABLE OF CONTENTS (cont) Section Page 7 Criticality Evaluations 7.1 8 Special Authorizations for Use of Waterials 8.1 8.1 General Authorization for Use of Small 8.1 Quantities Offsite 8.2 Off-site Use of Cf-252 Trailer 8.2 8.3 Authorization to Leak Test Sealed Sources 8.3 9 Equipment and Procedures 9.1 9.1 Radiation and Nucleonics Laboratory 9.1 9.2 Low Level Isotope Facility 9.11 9.3 Additional Requirements for Handling Plutonium 9.12 9.4 Laboratory 401-2A39 O 9.s uitra to.-wass Neutron oosimetry taboratory 9.18 Appendix A Gamma Field Determination of a 2 Curie A.1 137Cs Source O I i Docket: 70-1503 Date: 8/31/84 Revision No: 1 Date: 7/3/85 Page: ii l 62578:1b-070185
I a g O O v O REVISION RECORD Revision Date of Pages No. Revision Revised Revision Reason 1 7/3/85 2.1,2.2, Revised possession limits to 2.2a include materials for neutron dosimeters. 1 7/3/85 9.18,9.19, Added Section 9.5 to describe 9.20,9.21 laboratory for fabrication of neutron dosimeters. O l O Docket: 70-1503 Date: 8/31/84 Revision No: 1 Date: 7/3/85 Page: iii 6257B:1b-070185
O O SNM-47
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Material Requirements 2.1 License Possession Limits Westinghouse Electric Corporation requests that it be licensed to receive, possess, use and transfer radioactive materials not in excess of the amounts shown on Table 2.1. The materials are used for laboratory research and development and instrument calibration. The Xe-133 (Item 29) is used for post accident monitor calibration. Items number 4 through 12 inclusive and 30 through 32 inclusive, along with some U-235 (Item 1), natural and/or depleted Uranimum (Item 13), and thorium (Item 14) are used for fabrication of neutron dosimeters for distribution to other licensed facilites. J O i l l l l l l O l Docket: 70-1503 ate: 8/31/84 gevision No: 1 Date: 7/3/85 Page: 2-1 62578:Ib-070185
r-O O 5""-47 TABLE 2.1 . (} LICENSE POSSESSION LIMITS l I' Item i MATERIAL I FORM QUANTITY l
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g...-------......---- -------------------.! SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL l 1 i 1 U-235 IContained in Uranium: 350 grams 1 I lin any chemical or 1 Iphysical form at any: enrichment. 1 I 1 millicuries l ! Calibration use only:I I 2 I Pu-239 land in aqueous l i Isolution. t ! 3 Pu-236
- Calibration use only:
0.10 microcuries I land in aqueous 1 w C 1_... solution.. -~ f! ! 4 U-233 (1) I Any 5 milligrams l { 5 U-234 (1) Any 5 milligrams I 6 U-237 (1) Any 50 microcuries I I l l 7 Pu-236 (1) Any 75 nanocuries l
- 8 Pu-238 (1)
I Any 100 microcuries 1 I l
- 9 Pu-239 (1)
Any 100 microcuries l I I 10 i Pu-240 (1) Any 100 microcuries I I {} j l Any i 100 millicuries 11 Pu-241 (1) j l 12 I Pu-242 (1) Any 4 microcuries !J ( ..__-g-.- _._.g. - r !~ ~^~ ~ t i I .g. I I SOURCE-MATERIALS i i I 13 i Natural and/or i Any 1 200 kg. I depleted Uranium I 1 i 14 i Thorium I Any I 50 kg. l l l l l t I l BYPRODUCT MATERIALS : i i 1 l 1 15 IAny Byproduct i Any lNot to exceed 100 t t l Material, atomic laillicuries of any i 1-Inumber-1-83 1
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l2 curies total. I i i l i 16 IAny Byproduct !Special Form or any llexceed 500No single item to i I lMatertal, atomic ISealed Source inumber 1-03 Imanufactured and imillicuries; l. i I linclusive. Idistributed in l5 curies tota I laccordance with an l l 1 lNRC or Agreement I l State license. I NOTES: (1) These material are f or use in dosimeter blocks, in addition to U-235, natural or depleted Uranium, and Thorium. O Docket: 70-1503 Date: 8/31/84-Revision No: 1 Date: 7/3/85 Page: 2-2 6257B:1b-070185
( (} SNM-47 TABLE 2.1 (Continued) LICENSE POSSESSION LIMITS ! ITEM i MATERIAL
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______.____g_...___..____ ___...g I I BYPRODUCT MATERIALS (CONTINUED) 1 I I I l 17 ! Cs-137 Sealed Source (ORNL):- 1000 curies I i 18 Co-60 ! Sealed Source 460 curies 1(Double encapsulated! !and weld sealed I l 4 I !VD-HP Gamma l l l !!ndusEries) l t 19 Cf-252 l Sealed Sources IMultiple sources.
- (Savannah River or Total activity not
!Monsanto Research) ito exceed 620 ! micrograms. No I isingle source to 1 lexceed 400 l micrograms. l 20 : Tritium Any 25 curies I I I 21 Cs-137 13M-4F6D sealed 2 curies I ! source. l l 22 Co-60 !!CN-371 sealed 2 curies Isaurce. I l 23 Ba-133 !!CN or New England INo source to exceed l l l l Nuclear sealed 1100 millicuries, 1 I Isources. ! total of 200 OI l 1 !aillicuries. I i 1 24 An-241 ! General Nuclear Inc.! 5 curies l l l sealed neutron Isource. I I 25 An-241 !Monsanto sealed I 4 curies l Ineutron source. I 26 Am-241 ! Electroplated lNo single source 1 talpha sources. Ito exceed l I l2 millicuries. I l l l 27 An-241 ISealed gamma INo single source I isource. Ito exceed l l 1 I l100 milliLuries. I I l l t 28 I An-241 ! Sealed neutron INo single source i I isource. Ito exceed l I l 1900 millicuries. 1 I I ,! -29 .-133._~ ~ Any ~ ~~.,1_ , -. -. e_ 3 Xe 1 curi i ': '30 Cf-252 (1) Any 1 10 microcuries i I t d i l / 31 Np-237 (1) Any 1 10 microcuries I f I 32 Np-239 (1) I Any 1 millicurie l 2 NOTES: (1) These material are f or use in dosimeter blocks, in addition to U-235, natural or depleted Uranium, and Thorium. O Docket: 70-1503 Date: 8/31/84 Revision No: 1 Date: 7/3/85 Page: 2-2a l 6257B:1b-070185
O O SNM-47
- Q Most of the studies involve depleted, natural and enriched UO2 p wders (of 4%
~ 235 235 U and below) and natural Th0. However in the past, higher 0 2 233 enrichments (up to 93%) and 0 containing Th0 samples have been obtained 2 for study. Entry into this laboratory is card key controlled area, with the cards being issued by the department manager to authorized personnel. During off hours, the entry door is alarmed with the alarm sounding at the site guard station. All pellets that are not being tested will be locked up in a storage cabinet provided in the area. 9.5 Ultra Low-Mass Neutron Dosimetry Laboratory I j The use of Solid State Track Recorders (SSTR's) to measure neutron-induced fission rates is a common technique in neutron dosimetry. SSTR material such as mica is place in firm contract with a thin layer of a fissionable isotope. Particle tracks from neutron-induced fission fragments are formed in the SSTR and these tracks are chemically developed by an etching process to a size that is convenient for viewing with a microscope. The number of these tracks per 4 unit area is directly proportional to the number of fissions per unit area occurring in the neighboring deposit. This fission rate can be used with i appropriate nuclear cross-sections data to calculate the neutron fluence on the SSTR dosimeter. I t' Presently existing laboratory space will be used for preparation and calibration of the ultra low mass fissionable sources used in SSTR neutron dosimetry. Specific requirements of the laboratory are that the area be suitable for radioisotope work and that low dust conditions be maintained. i i Equipment for production and calibration of ultra low mass fissionable sources will be located in Room 208 (see Figure 9.5-1). These ultra low-mass (10-14 ~9 to 10 grams) fissionable sources are made by electroplating actinide isotopes (235g, 238g, 237Np, Pu) onto ultra pure nickel discs. The extremely low mass require that these sources be protected from contamination O l Docket: 70-1503 Date: 8/31/84 Revision No: 1 Date: 7/3/85 Page: 9-18 l 6257B:1b-070185
o o SNM-47 ' o by atmospheric dust which contains fissionable materials in the form of uranium. Other radioactive materials in the form of radiochemical tracer solutions and calibrated standards will be stored and used in the laboratory. Laboratory Room 208, shown on Figure 9.5-1 takes the radiation controls and dust free environment into consideration. Operation of Room 208 will require that the area be kept at negative pressure in respect to unrestricted area of the building. The inventory of radioactive materials required for laboratory operations will be stored in a glovebox located adjacent to the fume hood at the west end of the laboratory. During routine laboratory operations, most of the actinide inventory will remain in the glovebox. Small amounts will be removed for work in the radiochemical fume hood next to the glovebox. Smaller amounts will be removed from the fume hoods for work in other parts of the laboratory. Table 9.5-1 presents the anticipated maximum amounts that will be present in different areas of the laboratories. Typically, no more than one isotope is expected to be in use at any given time. l A change room is provided so that monitoring for exit purpose for both 208A and 208 will use common radiation monitoring equipment. Separate access control systems will be installed for 208A and 208. The exhaust system has been designed to accommodate this new facility. A bag in and bag out HEPA filtering l system with pre-filter will be installed along with a isokinetic stack sample
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O o SNM-47 9 e i 1-C TABLE 9.5-1 ANTICIPATED MAXIMUM INVENTORIES OF LICENSED MATERIALS PRESENT IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF LABORATORY 208 ! Isotope Glove Box Fuse Hood I Counter Top IElectroplating : I (A) 1 (B) 1 (C) 1 Cells (D) I.....--. '...........- 1........---- I I j l 10 nanocuries I U-233 148 microcuries ! 1 microcuries : I I i l 1100 nanocuries l U-234 174 microcuries ! I alcrocuries ! i I I I ! U-235 50 grams 10 grams l100 micrograms i 1 nanogram I I ! U-238 i 50 grams i 10 grams 1100 micrograms t 50 nanograms i I i lU(natural)! 50 grams i 10 grams 1100 micrograms ! l t I l Thorium I 50 grams i 10 grams I200 micrograms : I 1 Np-237 10.7 microcuries!0.5 microcuries!0.5 microcuriest 5 picoeuries I i i I Pu-236 1 18 nanocuries 1 18 nanocuries 1 nanocuries 1 18 nanocuries ! I I I ! Pu-238 186 microcuries 120 microcuries 120 microcuries ! I I I I I 1 1 Pu-239 31 alcrocuries 1 3 microcuries 1 3 sicrocuries 1 50 nanoturies : I i I Pu-240 114 alcrocuriest20 alcrocuries 120 microcuries 1 l I I I i ! Pu-241 12.5 microcuries:1.5 microcuriesti.5 alcrocuries! I ! Pu-242 1 4 aicrocuries I 1 microcuries I 1 microcuries : i i
- Cf-252 12.7 microcuriesil.5 microcuriest l
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