ML20140F717

Matl Licensing Package for Amend 8 to License SNM-0123 for Univ of Pennsylvania.Control:124417

ML20140F717
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Site:	07000123
Issue date:	05/28/1997
From:	Courtemanche S NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
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• l specified in Section 183 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and is subject to all applicable rules, regulations, and orders of the k f

Nuclear Regulatory Commission now or hereafter in effect and to any conditions specified below. k I 3 0FFDAl.RE00RD00PY El W El s Licensee In accordance with the letter dated El 5 March 27, 1997, El s I. University of Pennsylvania

3. License Number SNM-ll4 is amended in El s

Radiation Safety Office its entirety to read as follows: El s 1412 Blockley Hall /6021 El 5 2' 418 Service Drive Ej g Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6021

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[ Special Nuclear Material Form May Possess at Any One Time gl ) Under 'Ihis License gl 4 A. Plutonium (Principal A. Sealed neutron sources A. 50 grams contained in 3 El g isotope Pu-239) (Mound Laboratories) sources Ell W B. Uranium enriched in U-235 B. Sealed in a fission B. 2 grams E j (20%) counter tube (Westing-El W house Model WL-6376) El 4 E y 9. Authorized use Ej a A. Laboratory studies, instrument calibration, and teaching and training of students. El B. Sealed in a fission counter tube for the teaching and training of students. Ej 1 E ' 2 CONDITIONS gl 10. Licensed material may be used only at the licensee's facilities located at the g University of Penasylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. {( p 11. A. Licensed material shall be used by, or under the supervision of, individuals jl g designated by the licensee's Radiation Safety Committee, Robert Roosa, Ph.D. gl h' sl B. The Radiation Safety Officer for this license is Joseph M. McCue. 2l 9 l $ 12. Licensed material shall not be used in or on human beings. hw 13. A. Sealed sources and detector cells containing licensed material shall be tested El for leakage and/or contamination at intervals not to exceed six sconths or at [ such other intervals as are specified by the certificate of registration l g referred to in 10 CFR 32.210, not to exceed three years. [y %q 0. Notwithstanding Paragraph A of this Condition, sealed sources designed to emit (l alpha particles shall be tested for leakage and/or contamination at intervals

l not to exceed three months.

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p-____ l NRC Form 374 A U.S. NELEA'3 CEGULATORY CO'IA8AISasON ~ k 2 3 p y pm l Liwnse number f MATERIALS LICENSE SNM-ll4 i i SUPPLEMENTARY SHEET l 070-00123 p I P i Amendment No. 08 y I l C. In the absence of a certificate from a transferor indicating that a leak test M i has been made within six months prior to the transfer, a sealed source or E q detector cell received from another person shall not be put into use until l e tested. p P 9 D. Each sealed source fabricated by the licensee shall be inspected and tested for N l construction defects, leakage, and contamination prior to any use or transfer as > l a sealed source. q 1 E. Sealed sources and detector cells need. not be leak tested if: y I e y r, 1 (i) they contain only hi_drogenl3; o[ b I g , l (ii) they contain only a radioactive gas; ur l p (iii) the half-life of the isotope is 30 days or less, or p i d P i (iv) they contain not m6re than 100 microcuries of beta and/or gamma emitting N l material or not more4than 10 microcuries90f alpha emitting material; or i h q M i (v) they are not designedito, emit' alpha-particles, are in storage, and are not f transfer to anotheh pe$ hen.they. are removed from storage for use orrs p being used. Howeveri n I I d leak test interval, thiyashall: beltested before use or transfer. No sealed M l without being tested for lea} l bystored for-a period of more than 10 years source or detector 4 cell sha h a'geia'nd/or contamination. E i f q ' M 's A Of X e F. The test shall be capable 'of detecthig thb. pfesence of 0.005 microcurie of p radioactive material on the test sample. "If!the test reveals the presence of p l 0.005 microcurie or more of remov;able contamination, a report shall be filed W with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and.the source or detector cell h j shall be removed immediately from service and decontaminated, repaired, or l disposed of in accordance:with Commission regulations. The report shall be p 4 filed within five days of the' date the leak test result is known with the W U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region I, ATTN: Director, Division of F j Nuclear Materials Safety, 475 Allendale Road, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania j 19406. The report shall specify the source or detector cell involved, the test f W results, and corrective action taken. g d p i G. The licensee is authorized to collect leak test samples for analysis by the r 4 licensee. Alternatively, tests for leakage and/or contamination may be l performed by persons specifically licensed by the Commission or an Agreement [b q State to perform such services. v y q 14. Sealed sources or detector cells containing licensed material shall not be opened or J i sources removed from source holders by the licensee. d W [ 15. The licensee shall not acquire licensed material in a sealed source or device unless h q the source or device has been registered with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission [ j pursuant to 10 CfR 32.210 or equivalent regulations of an Agreement State. / 4 g 4 N W w m.s w e nw w x w,,m s.m m ,m m,,,m,,,g. mm.d

l N C Form 3MA U.S. svm.t.EA:2 c EGULATORY COh4 MIS $10N PAGE 3 3 k ~ or paGes I Ucense number li MATERIALS LICENSE SNM-114 I SUPPLEMENTARY SHEET l l 070-00123 p P I Amendment No. 08 e 1 E l 16. The licensee shall conduct a physical inventory every six months to account for all P i sealed sources and devices containing licensed material received and possessed under l q the license. p F f

17. The licensee is authorized to transport licensed material in accordance with the y

d provisions of 10 CFR Part 71, " Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Material." > 8 R l 18. Except as specifically provided otherwise in this license, the licensee shall conduct l i its program in accordance with the statements, representations, and procedures y I contained in the documents, including any enclosures, listed below. The Nuclear p I Regulatory Commission's regulations. shall govern unless the statements, H i representati,ns, and procedures in the licensee's/ application and correspondence are N l more restrictive than the regulations. o j i A. Letter dated July 129, 1992 O l v B. Letter dated MaAch 27, 1997 -1,t d L p 3 4 y p l 1 / l 4 1 P I i I i I p I o W ( W I i; W i ?,4 p 4 4 g 8 N j i p ikl 1 d l 4 M 4 i ni i F ? Y i 1 W> i i 9 i For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission .n l MAY 2 81997 ORIGINAL SIGNED BY: ha j Date By STEVEN R. COURTEMANCHE f 4 Division of Nuclear Materials Safety s Region I h> 1 King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406 14 'sUiFM.irJGCEssdR'id,bNusaumsgEgiggifffeEhwresuravrarpmnwr#irr=c='mm mMg

l y o; O j o MAY 2 81997 l M #, Ralph D. Amado l. l Vice Provost for Research . University of Pennsylvania a Radiation Safety Office. 1412 Blockley Hall /6021 418 Service Drive l Philadelphia, PA-19104-6021 i

Dear Mr. Amado:

h l This refers to your license amendment requests. Enclosed with this letter are the ~ amended licenses. Please note that as part of these amendments, in accordance with 10 CFR 30.36 and-.10 CFR 70.38, effective February 15,1996, the expiration dates of your licenses have been extended by a period of five years. Your new expiration dates are stated in item 4 of the licenses, j --- Please review the enclosed documents carefully and be sure that you understand and fully implement all the conditions ' incorporated into the amended licenses. If there are any errors or questions,'please notify the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region i Office, Licensing Assistance Team, (610) 337-5093 or. 5239, so that we can provide appropriate corrections and answers. Thank'you for your cooperation. I ~ 1 Sincerely,. ORIGINM. G;2NED BY: STEVEN R. COURTEMANCHE, i h ~ Steven R. Courtemanche Division of Nuclear Materials ~ Safety. 1 1 License Nos. 37 00118-11 and SNM-114. Docket Nos. 030-07056 and 070-00123

Control Nos.- 1,?,4416 and 124417 EnclNsure: _

Amendment Nos.15 and 08

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n ~. o. t/ LJ UNIVERSITY of PENNSYLVANIA Office of the Vice Provost for Research' 212 College llall - Philadelgihia, l'A 19104 6381 Tch 215 898-7230 . Fau 215-573 210S o so March 27,1997 Q7# Mohamed M. Shanbaky, Chief Nuclear Materials Safety Branch I Division of Nuclear Materials Safety U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region 1 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406-1415 RE: NRC Licenses 37-00118 07, 37 00118-11 and SNM 0114

Dear Dr. Shanbaky:

1 I am writing on behalf of The Trustees of The University of Pennsylvania to request that the three University licenses be amended to remove Mark H. Selikson as the Radiation Safety Officer and to add Joseph M. McCue as the Interim Radiation Safety Officer while the University conducts a search for a permanent Radiation Safety Officer. The University's Radiation Safety Committee met on March 20,1997 and approved the selection of Mr. McCue as the interim Radiation Safety Officer. Mr. McCue's record of training and experience with ionizing radiation. is enclosed. (Attachment A), I request that the amendment to change the Radiation Safety Officer be included as part of our pending application to amend the University's Broad license #37-00118-07, Control #123919 which was initially submitted on November 15, 1996. As requested by Mr. Thomas Thompson, I am also providing information on the decommissioning of the Hajoca building to support tho. amendment request that was submitted in November (Attachment B). If you have any questions about this matter, please contact me. Sincerely, 4L b. Ralph D. Amado Vice Provost for Research Enc. (2). 97 0164 JM/cs cc: Matthew Finucano Joseph M. Mc Cue Robert Roosa 124417 \\ OFFICIALRECORDCOPY 10 MAR' 2 8 1997

y ) n. A _(.. Jose [h M. McCue 353 Wenonah Avenue e' Mantua, New Jersey 08C51 t CURRICULUM VITAE EDUCATION B.S. Physics, June 1957 Loras College, Dubuque, Iowa . Graduate Study in Physics, September 1957 - July 1959 Attended Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee Continuing Education F 11 ave attended seminars and conferences and taken professional enrichment courses over the years to keep current on regulations, technologies and concepts relative to my duties at the University. These have been sponsored by the National Health Physics Society, the NRC,'Ihe conference on Radiation Control Program Directors. Inc and the American Association Of Physicists in Medicine. i PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE August 1959 to University of Pennsylvania, Radiation Safety Office Present

Associate Director since 1989 Duties encompass all phases of Radiation Safety issues in an office of eighteen 1

technical staff members. The Office is responsible for all sources of ionizing radiation at a facility with three hospitals a veterinary school with large and small animal hospitals and over 400 research authorizations covered by Broad Scope Medical licenses from the NRC and the PA DEP. Responsible for the development and implementation of programs involving licensing, training, l surveying, waste management, emergency response, instrument evaluation and i calibration, facilities design, environmental sampling, decommissioning, personnel monitoring and ALARA considerations. Member of the University Radiation Safety Committee for over 20 years Member of the University Radioactive Drug Research Committee since 1989. Initial position with Radiation Safety Office was a Radiation Safety Physicist as second physicist in a three person office. ? September 1961 to Institute for Cancer Research 1996 Consultant Served as a consultant to the Institute for Cancer Research for Radiation Safety m atters. i September 1958 to ~Vanderbilt University, Department of Physics July 1959 ' Icachine Assistant Septend>cr 1957 to Atomic Energy Commission Fellowship in Radiological Physics l August 1958 Vanderbilt University and Oak Ridge National Laboratory i I June 1957 kedstone Arsenal, Huntsville Alabama l September 1957 Physicist j 4 NCR #123919 Attachment A i Page 1 t

.~ I t ( . (N. U l4 - .o x MEMBERSHIPS [ , llcalth Physics Society LDelaware Valley Society for Radiation Safety TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE WITH RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL (10 CFR 35. 900 (b) ' i l ' Classroom and laboratory training in the following: Radiation Physics and Instrumentation Over 100 hrs at Vanderbuilt Univ. and Loras College Mathematics pertaining to the use and measurement of radioactivity - Over 200 Hours at Vanderbilt l Univ. and Loras Collage. Radiation Protection-Over 50 hours at Vanderbilt Univ.- i -. RadiatJon biology - Over 50 hours at Vanderbilt Univ. 1 Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry - Over 20 hours at Vanderbilt Univ. plus several hours at Oak

Ridge Associated Universities Symposium on Medical Radionuclides Radiation Dose and Effect.

1 Experience with radioactive materials: Over 37 years of increasingly responsible experience at a large medical institution working directly with the Radiation Safety Officer. 1 i l j l l . 1 / l

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'f i: 3 . - L a 1 The University of Pennsylvania HAJOCA BUILDING DECOMMISSIONING.

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• Background Information and Facility Description A 1,872 square foot'section (Figure 1) of the basement of the Hajoca building (located at 143 South 31st Street,' Ph9adelphia, PA) was used by the University of Pennsylvania Radiation Safety Office, for Latorage of low level radioactiveL waste.(LLW), from August 1993 until October 1996 in accordance with NRC License.(NRC-37-00118-07) and Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection

' License (PA 131),- No radioactive materials were used outside of this area during the University's ' use of the buliding.1 The facility is being returned to unrestricted use due to changes in ownership of the building. 3The storage facility is a large room, on grade, with brick and cinder block walls and located within a Llarge brick building. - The room is directly exhausted to the outside. The facility was used for storage - l and repackaging of dry. waste, primarily P-32, S-35, P-33,1125, Cr-51, H-3, C-14. The waste was stored within the facility in 55 gallon steel drums (7A DOT containers). The ma)ority of the 1 waste was stored for decay (SFD) and repackaged for disposal as non-radioactive waste. Just prior to ~ decommissioning the facility contained about 300 SFD drums which were transferred to another licensed area by the Radiation Safety Office. The facility' was normally visited by a Radiation Safety Office staff member at least weekly. Any damage to storage containers was noted during the normalLcourse of work. The containers were visually checked for integrity and containment of LLW at least twice per year. The normal operating procedure for the facility required that it be kept free from contamination. -The facility and selected r>torage containers were surveyed for radiation levels and removable contamination at least quarterly, . but usually weekly. Decontamination was performed as needed. There were no incidents at the facility during the time that it was used by the University. Decommissioning Activities The Hajoca facility was decommissioned in accordance with the requirements of our license, NRC (10 CFR 30.36) and State requirements. The recommendations contained in NUREG/CR-5849, Manual for: Conducting Radiological Surveys in Support of License Termination, were used as a guideline for performing the required surveys, t Grid lines (see Fig 1) were established for all potentially affected building areas and surfaces (floor and wall up to 2 m) and release points for the purpose of uniformly spacing and referencing locations of samples and measurements. Gridlines were spaced at about 3 foot intervals with one measurement of ~ exposure rate and surface activity (direct measurement and removable contamination) perforrr.9 per 9 square feet. All survey instruments were properly calibrated and tested in accordance with aw .. NRC license requirements. o ' B,ackground levels were cletermined by taking ionization chamber measurements and contamination /- samples (surface actMtyJand removable) at locations of similar constructions but without a history

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'.Results: The following is a summary of monitoring results. l l Expoure levels Gamma exposure rates were measured at 1m above the surfaces with a Victoreen 450P ionization chamber (sn 2130). All measurements were indistinguirhable from background (10 pR/hr). i Surface activity direct measurements - Direct measurements of gamma and beta radiction on surfaces were performed at 1 cm above the surfaces with a' Ludium 3 survey instrument (sn 99435) with a pancake. GM ' detector. .Ah-measurements were indistinguishable from background (50 cpm). flemovable contamination 2 A 100 cm. swipe was made at each direct measurement location and analyzed for gross gamma, beta,. and alpha activity. All measurements were indistinguishable from background using the following instruments: . Gamma:. Searle gamma well counter (sn 30067). Beta: LKB Wallac liquid scintillation counter - Alpha: NMC/PC 5 gas proportional counter (sn 91-2710 103). The final survey was completed on October 8,1996 by the Radiation Safety Office. l i ^ i e i 0 i i 4 td i' s i 1 t NCR" #123919 Attachment B. page 2 l ,'s,, t

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