ML20148N495
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| Issue date: | 06/16/1982 |
| From: | Stevenson B NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, NEWARK, NJ |
| To: | Kinneman J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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<20i,s4s.s283 1 st century Department of Physics June 16, 1982 Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Att: Mr. John D. Kinneman Chief, Materials Radiological Protection Section 631 Park Ave.
King Of Prussia, Pennsylvania,19406 Re: Special Nuclear Materials Licence No. SNti - 1681 Docket No. 70-02243 Inquiry No. 82-01
Dear Mr. Kinneman:
Special Nuclear Materials License No. SNM-1681 issued to New Jersey Institute of Technology (formerly Newark College of Engineering) inad-vertently was allowed to expire.
This letter of application for reiss-uance of the license is submitted in accordance with Section 70.22 Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations.
The applicant institution is:
New Jersey Institute of Technology 323 High Street Newark, NJ 07102 Dr. Saul K. Fenster, President and ?rincipal Official of the Institute, is a citizen of the United States.
Application is for possession of 160 grams (5 curies) of plutonium in the form of sealed plutor,ium beryllium neutron sources (essay by weight percent:
91.446% Pu-239, 7.752% Pu-240, 0.75% Pu-241, 0.049% Pu-242).
The sources were manufactured by Monsanto Research and are permarently lo-cated in a Nuclear Chicago Suberitical Reactor Model No. 9000-1 and a Nuclear m$
Chicago Neutron Howitzer Model No. NH-3.
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The material will be used solely for the operation of a nuclear engin-r.eering laboratory where the experiments being performed are typically those found in an undergraduate laboratory course.
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The only personnel involved with the use of the material itself are m JW faculty people usually with PH.D.'s in the nuclear area or who at least have mzm
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The Institute has the following survery equipment:
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Nuclear Chicago (N.C.) Model 2510 Ionization Survey Meter, range 0-290mr/hr. to be calibrated once a month as specified by N.C.
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N.C. Model 2571 Neutron Survey Meter, range 0-2500 n/cm - sec.
to be calibrated once a month as specified by N.C.
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N.C. Model 2672 Alpha Survey Meter, range 0-150,000 cpm. to be calibrated once a month as specified by N.C.
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N.C. Model 1619 G.M. Survey Meter, range 0-2000 cpm (coupled with audio output).
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N.C. Dosimeters, specifications on file with H. R. C. (see below).
Some years ago our personnel monitoring equipment consisted of pocket dosimeters in cddition to a film badge service.
Prolonged readings of 0 induced us to save the expense of the film badge service and the pocket dosimeters are now used only to acquaint students with their use.
The services are locked permanently in their places which themselves pro-vide adequate shielding and are removed only twice a year for their semi-annual check for leaks.
Wipes for these tests are sent to Health Physics Assoc., Inc., in Illinois.
Specifically, a)
Activities to be performed:
Our 160 grams of plutonium is now being used to fulfill the labora-tory requirements of an undergraduate program in nuclear science and engineering.
These requirements consist of a single undergraduate course and an occasional project or thesis centered around a sub-critical nuclear reactor and neutron howitzer which permanently house the plutonium.
These pieces of equipment are both contained in a single room in the basement of Tiernan Hall on the NJIT campus.
The plutonium is removed from the equipment only for the purpose of on-ducting semi-annual leak tests.
The experiments in the course and in the projects consist of the placing of probes or activation foils in the equipment.
Data from these placings are procured in the same
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Technical Qualifications of Personnel:
The only person who directly supervises the use of the equipment is Benjamin H. Stevenson, Jr., Associate Professor of Physics and Director of the Nuclear Laboratory.
Dr. Stevenson holds two degrees in the nuclear area:
a Master's from Cornell where, in addition to using
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equipment identical to that at HJIT, routinely handled enriched uranium and worked with two critical assemblies, and a Ph.D. from New York University where he was involved with the same equipment plus Van de Graaf and pulsed neutron equipment.
His mathematical and calculational background basic to the use and measurement of radioactivity ere what one would expect of a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering.
While having never taken a course entirely devoted to dosimetry or health physics, a substantial part of his train-ing at both Cornell and N.Y.U. has adequately prepared him in these areas.
He has been Director of NJIT's Nuclear Laboratory since January 1968.
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Description of Equipment, Facilities and Instrumentation:
As mentioned above, the single activity with which the plutonium is involved is educational and this activity is done at a single sight.
Remote handling of the plutonium is accomplished using a stainless steel device hinged toward one end which screws into the aluminum containment of the source and allows the handler to be one meter away from the source when removed from its permanent equipment placement.
This removal is done only once every six months and then only to conduct leak tests.
The plutonium is permanently stored in the equipment in which it is used, i.e., in a cadmium lined, parafin filled aluminium barrel which is 60 cm. in diameter and 90 cm. tall (Nuci er Chicago Neutron Howitzer Model NHT) and in a subcritical natural uranium-water reactor which is 125 cm. in diameter and 150 cm. tall (Nuclear Chicago Sub-Critical Reactor Model 9000-1) in each location,
The source is locked in place and the keys are in the possession of the equipment-use super-
- visor, lhe use of special devices, protective clothing, auxiliary shielding and air sampling equipment is not necessary in daily use of the equipment because of the ways in whcih the plutonium is stored and the ways in which the equipment is used.
The laboratory in which the equipment is pennanently located is in the basement of Tiernan Hall at 161 Warren Street, Newark, New Jersey, on the NJIT campus and is a room approximately 32 ft. by 45 ft.
No chemical or physical processing is done in the room and, hence, it is not equipped with fume hoods, glove boxes or other more sophisticated equipment.
The only piece of radiation detection equipment (except for experimental apparatus) which is used on a regular basis for monitoring purposes is a Nuclear Chicago Labitron Model 1619A which is sensitive to betas and gammas, and has a sensitivity 2 range of from zero to 20,000 cpm and a window thickness of 1.4 mg/cm.
Other survey equipment which is available but not generally used (all manufactured by Nuclear Chicago) is -
- 1) Model 2510 Ionization Survey Meter, Range 0-250 mr/hr; 2
- 2) Model 2671 Neutron Survey Meter, Range 0-2500 n/cm -sec;
- 3) Model 2672 Alpha Survey Meter, Range 0-150,000 cpm;
- 4) Dosimeter (pocket) with specifications on file with N.R.C.
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-4 When in regular use, the above equipment is.to be calibrated monthly as specified by Nuclear Chic.ago.
Some years ago,' our personnel monitoring equipment consisted of pocket dosimeters in addition to a film badge service.
Prolonged zero-readings induced us to save the expense of the film badge service and the pocket dosimeters are now used only to acquaint students with their use. 'In spite of the fact that survey equipment is not used on a daily basis, it is, nevertheless, kept in good repair by the manufacturer, d)
Procedures to Protect health and Minimize danger:
The qualifications of the individual having radiation safety respon-sibilities have been specified in b) above.
No personnel monitoring equipment is in regular use at NJIT. This is because at a time when we had a film badge service, regularly used pocket dosimeters and utilized equipment in the same way we do now, all readings showed zero. All operations at NJIT involve only sealed sources in devices which do not have "on-off" positions.
Hence, no air sampling, waste disposal or environmental program need exist.
Records which are kept involve licensing information, leak test records and inventories.
The person responsible for keeping and reviewing these records was identified in part b).
Should the sources need to be transported, the original shipping containers which were provided by Monsanto's Mound Laboratory are available.
The semi-annual leak tests are performed by Health Physics Association, Inc. in Illinois.
NJIT has no procedures for the training of personnel.
Should the director of the laboratory need to be replaced, his position would have to be filled by a person whose job description would require that he have qualifications similar to those of the present director.
If you require any additional infomation, please do not hesitate to call me.
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Associate Professor Director of Nuclear Laboratory Telephone:
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v Synopsis of Resune for Department of Physics BENJAMIN H. STEVENSON NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY December 1981 323 High Street Newark, New Jersey 07102 Professional Experience 1981 - Present Consultant--Washington Public Power Supply System (WPPSS),Richland, Washington.
Evaluation of Education Facilities in the area of Nuclear Engineering.
1980 - Present Consultant--Board of Regents, the State of New York, Albany, New York.
Evaluation of In-house Educational Facilities of Industrial Concerns and suitability for college level credit.
1980 - Present Consultant--State of New Jersey, Thomas A. Edison College.
Consultant in the area of Nuclear Engineering.
1962 - Present Associate Professor of Physics, NJIT; Chairman, Engineering Science Program (NJIT, formerly
-Newark College of Engineering) previous positions:
Mathematics--Assistant Professor; Physics--Assis-tant Professor, Assistant Professor II, Instructor, Assistant Instructor, and Adjunct Instructor.
Development of course curricula and conduct of instruction for undergraduate programs in Engineering Science, particularly in the area of Nuclear Engineering.
Coordination of Nuclear Studies Program at the Institute and Director of the Nuclear Laboratory.
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1969 - 1972 Research Collaborator at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, L. I., New York; work in Reactor Physics Group, Division of Nuclear Safetyt was involved with the development of computer code to simulate a reactor accident of short duration and look at the space-time neutron flux spectrum.
1964 Consultant--Gmelin Institute, Larchmont, New York. Analysis of functions performed by firms doing work in the nuclear industry.
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,1962 Consultant--Berger Associates. Orange, New Jersey; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Design and Analysis of sites for possible involvement l
in national fall-out shelter program.
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STEVENSON December, 1981 Education 1971 New York University Degree:
Ph.D.
Dissertation
Title:
On the Use of a Modified Prompt-Jump Approximation in the Numerical Solutions of Space-Time Reactor Dynamics Problems.
1966 Cornell University Degree:
M.S.
Thesis
Title:
The Feasibility of Performing an Experiment to Measure the Doppler Coefficient of the Cornell Zero-Power Reactor.
1962 Newark College of Engineering Degree:
B.S.
Publications and Oral Presentations University C.tedit for Training Experience in B1e Nucleat Industry, with Reilly, Lengthy invited presentation at the Work Shop Seminar at The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Bethesda, Maryland, September, 1981.
Energy AlteAnatives, Social Reqaltenents and Quality of Life-The Nucleat Atternative, Invited panel at Centennial Symposium and Lecture Series, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, April, 1981.
The Floto of Newtonian Fluids over Spit 6aufs, Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society, Washington, D.C., April,1980.
Elastic Neutton Scattering--A New Approach to an Old Problem, Half-hour Presentation at Annual Meeting of The American Nuclear Society (ANS).
l Atlanta, Georgia, June,1979.
Paper subsequently publishcd in The Transactions of the ANS, Vol. 32 (1979) pp. 94-5.
Classical Neutton Scattering and Oscillating Targe,ts, Presentation at i
i the Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society, San Francisco, California, January, 1978.
j Economz] and Safety of die Platonian Fuel Cycle, Invited lengthy keynote presentation at the Regional Meeting of the Institute for Electrical i
and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Morristown, New Jersey, October,1977.
Neutron Economy and Nuclear Reaetor Design Concepts, Invited lengthy Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)g of the Institute for keynote presentation at the Regional Meetin
, Morristown, New Jersey, l
October, 1976.
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- BENJAMIN H. STEVENSON December 1981 Publications and Oral Presentations continued A Bubble Chamber for Detecting Neuttons and Demonstrating Fission, l
Invited Poster Presentation to NJEA, New Jersey Science Teachers' Association, Teaneck, New Jersey, February, 1976.
Miniatate Working Atom Bomb - Swiss Model, Invited Poster Presentation i
to NJEA, New Jersey Science Teachers' Association, Annual Meeting, Atlantic City, November, 1975.
Asymmettical Conclusions Crawn by Twins Performing Identical Measurements in Special Relativity, with Gautreau, Am. J. Phys., Vol. 43, No.
pp. 834-6 September, 1975.
The Role of Physics in Advanced Level Engineering Cu.sticula, Invited Presentation to ASEE, Physics Division, Annual Meeting, Fort Collins, Colorado, June, 1975.
Space-Time Measurenents by Twins in Special Relativity, Presentation at Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Washington, D.C.,
l April, 1974.
The Nuclear Power Reactor - D' hat it is and What it is Not, Invited Tutorial.
Opening Presentation at First Annual Meeting of the American l
Society for Quality Control, Newark, New Jersey, March 1974. Paper subsequently published in Proceedings of ASQC, March,1974.
1 Frequency Dependent Friction for Flow Be1 ween Parattet Plates, with i
Nahayandi and Reisman, ASME Pub #74-FE-11, February,1974.
Paper subsequently presented at meeting of ASME, Toronto, Canada, May,1974.
Personal Born: November 23, 1940, Newark, New Jersey Height:
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Marital Status: Married, 1970, one daughter, age 7 years, one son, age 4 years.
Residence:
110 West Hill Road, Colonia, New Jersey, living with wife (Justine Baumgarten Stevenson), daughter (Victoria Anne) and son (Benjemin Haynes)
Civic Activities:
Explorer Scout Comittee; Faculty Advisor.
Comittee on Engineering Science Students, NJIT; Faculty Advisor, Alpha-Sigma Mu-Alpha Chapter, Veterans Fraternity, NJIT; Faculty Advisor, American Nuclear Society, NJIT Student Branch Chapter; DeMolay Advisor
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l Personal Civic Activites continued Faculty Advisor Alpha Nu Sigma, National Honor Society in Nuclear Science and Engineering Hobbies: Musicology, Salt Water Fishing, Old Houses, Antique Automobiles Professional Affiliations and Honor Societies Society of Sigma Xi American Nuclear Society Chairman, NY Metropolitan Section 1980-81, 1981-82 Executive Committee, Education Division 1981-84 American Physical Society American Society for Engineering Education New York Academy of Science Pi Tau Sigma Alpha Nu Sigma Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers /
Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects Division, Arrangements Chainnan,1980.
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