ML20153A893

Forwards Amend 5 to License R-101 & Safety Evaluation.Amend Allows Surveillance Requirements That Involves Raising Control Rods to Be Postponed If Reactor Not in Operation for Period of Time That Causes Surveillance to Be Missed

ML20153A893
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Site:	Berkeley Research Reactor
Issue date:	07/05/1988
From:	Alexander Adams Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Fowler K CALIFORNIA, UNIV. OF, BERKELEY, CA
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SUBJECT:

ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT NO. 5 TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. R-101 - UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY The Commission has issued the enclosed Amendment No. 5 to Facility Operating License No. R-101 for the Berkeley TRIGA III Research Reactor. The amendment consists of changes to the Technical Specifications in response to your submittal dated June 28,' 1988.

The amendment allows surveillance requirements that involve raising the control rods to be postponed if the reactor has not been in operation for a period of time that causes the surveillance tc be missed. Postponed surveillance requirements shall be verified upon reactor startup. The requirement to inspect control rods shall not be postponed.

A copy of the related Safety Evaluation supporting Amendment No. 5 is enclosed.

Sincerely, original signed by Alexander Adams, Jr., Project Manager ,

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Docket No. 50-224 Dr. Kenneth Fowler Reactor Administrator Department of Nuclear Engineering University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California 94720

SUBJECT:

ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT NO. 5 TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. R-101 - UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY The Comnission has issued the enclosed Amendment No. 5 to Facility Operating Licsnse No. R-101 for the Berkeley TRIGA III Research Reactor. The amendment consists of changes to the Technical Specifications in response to your submittal dated June 28, 1988.

The amendment allows surveillance requirements that involve raising the control rods to be postponed if the reactor has not been in operation for a period of time that causes the surveillance to be missed. Postponed surveillance requirements shall be verified upon reactor startup. The requirement to inspect control rods shall not be postponed.

A copy of the related Safety Evaluation supporting Amendment No. 5 is enclosed.

Sincerely,

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Alexander Adams, Jr., Project Manager Standardization and Non-Power

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Enclosures:

1. Amendment No. 5

2. Safety Evaluation

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