ML20153H278

Forwards RAI Re 980507 Request for License R-120 for North Carolina State Univ Pulstar Research Reactor.Response Requested within 60 Days of Date of Ltr

ML20153H278
Person / Time
Site:	North Carolina State University
Issue date:	09/28/1998
From:	Alexander Adams NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	Perez P North Carolina State University, RALEIGH, NC
References
TAC-MA1936, NUDOCS 9809300369
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September 28, 1998 Mr. Pedro B. Perez Associate Director Nuclear Reactor Program Department of Nuclear Engineering Campus Box 7909 l Raleigh, NC 27695-7909

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (TAC NO. MA1930)

Dear Mr. Perez:

We are continuing our review of your amendment request for Facility License No. R-120 for the North Carolina State University PULSTAR Research Reactor which you submitted on May 7,1998. During our review of your amendment request, questions arose for which we require additional information and clarification. Please provide responses to the enclosed request for additionalinformation within 60 days of the date of this letter. In accordance with 10 CFR 50.30(b), your response must be executed in a signed original under oath or affirmation. Following receipt of the additional information, we will continue our evaluation of your amendment request.

If you have any questions regarding this review, please contact me at (301) 4151127.

Sincerely, ORIGINAL SIGNED BY:

Alexander Adams, Jr., Senior Project Manager i Nor'-Power Reactors and Decommissioning l Project Directorate l Division of Reactor Program Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-297

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SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (TAC NO. MA1936)

Dear Mr. Perez:

We are continuing our review of your amendment request for Facility License No. R-120 for the North Carolina State University PULSTAR Research Reactor which you submitted on May 7,1998. During our review of your amendment request, questions arose for which we require additional information and clarification. Please provide responses to the enclosed request for additionalinformation within 60 days of the date of this letter. In accordance with 10 CFR 50.30(b), your response must be executed in a signed original under oath or affirmation. Following receipt of the additional information, we will continue our evaluation of your amendment request.

If you have any questions regarding this review, please contact me at (301) 415-1127.

Sincerely, 1

ORIGINAL SIGNED BY:

Alexander Adams, Jr., Senior Project Manager Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning Project Directorate ,

Division of Reactor Program Management  !

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-297

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SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (TAC NO. MA1936)

Dear Mr. Perez:

We are continuing our review of your amendment request for Facility License No. R-120 for the North Carolina State Univers!ty PULSTAR Research Reactor which you submitted on May 7,1998. During our review of your amendment request, questions arose for which we require additionalinformation and clarification. Please provide responses to the enclosed request for additionalinformation within 60 dcys of the date of this letter. In accordance with 10 CFR 50.30(b), your response must be executed in a signed originai i under oath or affirmation. Following receipt of the additionalinformation, we will continue our evaluation of your amendment request.

If you have any questions regarding this review, please contact me at (301) 415-1127.

Sincerely, M <

Alexander Adams, Jr., S io roject Manacar Non-Power Reactors and commissioning Project Directorate t

Division of Reactor Program Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Het.alation

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't University of Virginia Docket Nos. 50-62/396 cc:

Department of Environmental Quality Mr. Paul E. Benneche, Supervisor l

Office of Grants Nuclear Reactor Facility

Management / Intergovernmental University of Virginiu Affairs c/o Thornton Hall 629 East Main Street, Sixth Floor Charlottesville, Virginia 22903-2442 l Richmond, Virginia 23219 l

Dr. William Vernetson

! Director of Nuclear Facilities l Department of Nuclear Engineering Sciences i University of Florida j 202 Nuclear Sciences Center Gainesville, Florida 32611 Dr. Rolan E. Hertel, Director Neely Nuclear Research Center .

Georgia institute of Technology I 900 Atlantic Drive, N.W. 1 Atlanta, Georgia 30332 l r Mr. Pedro B. Perez, Associate Director l Nuclear Reactor Program i North Carolina State University P. O. Box '7909 Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7909 Office of the Attorney General l l 101 North 8th Street

l. Richmond, Virginia 23219 Bureau of Radiological Health Do,'slon of Health Hazards Control 109 Governor Street, Room 916 Richmond,' Virginia 23219 t

l Dr. Ralph O. Allen, Chairman ll Reactor Decommissioning

! Comrnittee University of Virginia Environmental Health and Safety P.O. Box 3425 Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 1

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REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY PULSTAR RESEARCH REACTOR DOCKET NO. 50-297

1. In addition to the requested change in the Technical SpecifM.cns (TSs) allowing beryllium reflectors, you have proposed deleting the require.; "n in TS 3.1.a. for "a five by five array configuration" in the fuel element geometry. However, you have provided no discussion or justification for this change. If you want to make this change to the TSs, please provide a safety analysis including impacts on reactor operations and on reactor safety including accident analysis.

2. In the discussion uf possible radiation damage to the proposed beryllium reflectors, it is stated that they will be visually inspected on the same schedule as the graphite reflectors. However, because the TSs do not require such inspection, please provide information on the current basis for the graphite reflector inspection, including the schedule and the criteria for acceptable performance.

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