ML20155B633

Forwards Revised Pages 1 & 4 of License SNM-960 (Identifying as Amend 3 on Page 1 & Revising Condition 12 on Page 4), Safety Evaluation & Determination of Eligibility for Categorical Exclusion for Radiological Contingency Plan

ML20155B633
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Site:	07000754
Issue date:	06/06/1988
From:	Rouse L NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
To:	Cunningham G GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.
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i Docket No.70-754 License No. SNM-960 Amendment No. 3 General Electric Company i Vallecitos Nuclear Center '

ATTN: Mr. G. E. Cunningham Senior Licensing Engineer P. O. Box 460 Pleasanton, California 94566 Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 70, Condition 12 of -

Special Nuclear Materials License No SNM-960 is hereby amended to incorporate the changes submitted for your Radiological Contingency Plan (RCP) by your letter of February 29, 1988. Accordingly, Condition 12 shall read as follo*.'s:

Condition 12.

The licensee shall implement, maintain, and execute the response measures of his Radiological Contingency Plan submitted to the Comission on October 29, 1982, et seq., and latest revision dated February 29, 1988. The licensee shall also prepare and maintain implementing procedures for his Radiological Contingency Plan as necessary to implement the Plan. (This Radiological ,

Contingency Plan and associated implementing procedures incorporate the l emergency planning requirements of 10 CFR 70.22(i) as they refer to onsite planning and notification.) The licensee shall make no change in his .

~ Radiological Contingency Plan that would decrease the response effectiveness  !

of the Plan without prior Commission approval as evidenced by a license  !

amendment. The licensee may make changes to his Radiological Contingency Plan I

without prior Commission approval if the changes do not decrease the response l effectiveness of the Plan. The licensee shall maintain records of changes j that are made to the Plan without prior approval for a period of two years j from the date of the change and shall furnish the Chief, Fuel Cycle Safety l Branch, Division of Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety, NMSS, U.S. Nuclear l Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, and the NRC Regional Office -

Region V at the address specified in Appendix D of 10 CFR Part 20, a. report containing a description of each change within six months after the change is made.

l All other conditions of Special Nuclear Materials License No. SNM-960 l shall remain the same.

! Based on our review of the revisions to your RCP, we agree with your i

conclusions that these changes do not decrease the response effectiveness of the Plan. This amendment is issued for the convenience of the Comission to maintain up-to-date references to the Plan for your license.

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General Electric Company- 2 Enclosed are revised pages 1 and 4 of Special Nuclear Materials License No.

SNM-960 (identifying this action as Amendment No. 3 on page 1 and revising Condition 12 on page 4). Also enclosed are copies of our Safety Evaluation and determination of eligibility for categorical exclusion from the requirement for an environmental assessment or an enviro.nmental impact statement, in accordance with the provisions of 10 CFR Part 51, supporting issuance of this knenament. l l

FCo THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION I N!D%

Leland C. Rouse, Chief Fuel Cycle Safety Branch Division of Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety

Enclosures:

1. Revised License pages 1 and 4 ,

2. Safety Evaluation Report

3. Categorical Exclusion Distribution '

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Pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-438), and Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, Chapter I, Parts 30,31,32,33,34,35,40 and 70, and in reliance on statements and representations l hiretofore made by the licensee, a license is hereby issued authorizing the licensee to receive, acquire, possess, and transfer byproduct, y source, and special nuclear material designated below; to use such material for the purpose (s) and at the place (s) designated below; to b deliver or transfer such material to persons r.uthorized to receivo it in accordance with the regulations of the applicable Part(s). This b license shall be deemed to contain the conditions 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 Nuclear Regulatory Commission now or hereafter in effect and to any ,

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Thefollowingquantitie'sofspeciallnuclearmateri.llahethemaximumamount l that the licensee may possess at any one time under _this license. The authorized >

places of use are specified.as they relate to their respective possession limits.

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6.1.1 U-235. 50 kg enr'iched toless than 'or equalto 10 percent for authorized lp

!~ activities. The. material may be in the form of irradiated special nuclear '

ll material with its attendant by-product and reactor-produceo transuranics.

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I- 6.1.2 U-235. 4 kg enriched.to more than 10 percent for authorized activities.

b The' material may be in the sfonn of irradiated special nuclear material iI I

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p with its attendant by-producf and. reactor , produced transuranics.

I 6.1.3 Plutonium. 500 grams in any form in addition to the irradiated quantities as referenced to in Sections 6.1.1 and 6.1.2 above.

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J 6.1.4 U-233. 200 grams in any form.

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) 8. The licensee shall comply with the provision of the attached Annex B, l

l "License Condition for Leak Testing Sealed Byproduct Material Sources and Sealed Plutonium Sources," for all sealed plutonium sources as authorized

{i It 1 under this license and in the licensee's possession and/or supervision. !L j 1

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9. As part of the conditions presented in Section 8.12. "Contamination-Free Jj

) Articles" of Appendix A. "License Conditions for the Vallecitos Nuclear I pj

' i Center," of the application, the licensee shall observe the "Guidelines jl l for Decontamination of Facilities and Equipment Prior to Release for pl 1 Unrestricted Uses," date July, 1982, that are, found in the attached Annex C. g 1 a 9~ l ' c- O , , lL i i

10. Should the licensee decide to terminate this"licenserand in addition to the J I

requirements of 10 CFR 70.38b"Expiration and Termination of Licenses,"

l (invoked as a result of said' s decision), the licensee sh'aW decomission the (J, j i

i facilities operated under this license in accordance with the general l I

/ decomissioning plan for License No. SNM-960 as submitted <bydetter dated g) l 1 February 17, 1982. The financial commitment to assure.that _such decomissioning 1 3 is accomplished is presented in the licensee's letter of s May .14,1979 and is it I

herebyincorporated'asaprovisio'nsofthislicense/,as' renewed..) j/

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4\ :4thise)license/ f 74 are decontalginated 1 11. At such time that facilities covered byf g 1 for proposed unrest'ricted releases (in accordance Mitti Annex C),!the licensee 't i 1 shall submit a report that: identifies the facilities where radioactive ltr,l 4

1 materials were used and stored, orfdisposed en?thersite n The report shall 11 briefly describe operations l conducted and; radioactive materials;used in f the facilities and shall assess The report shall provide the bas;thefresults of the release isifor' unrestHe'ted; decontamination ofs the facilities activities. J)

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3 f and the site, including a description o'f,samplin' gland survey l' methods and 't l' instrumentation used,'and shall in'cludejfinal' contamination' survey data for 1

1. ! the facilities and grourids. The licenseefmay segment the'riport to obtain l[

-l release of certain areas ~of' facilities or individual strdetures if it is J f demonstrated that ongoing ' activities in other areas will not lead to j j

3 recontamination of the area or structure proposedy for release.

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1 12. The licensee shall implement, maintain, and execute the response measures of his Radiological Contingency Plan submitted to the Comission on October 29,

!(t 4 It lj 1982, et seq., and latest revision dated February 29, 1988. The licensee !L 1

f shall also prepare and maintain implementing procedures for his Radiological Contingency Plan as necessary to implement the Plan. (This Radiological 9

1j I Contingency Plan and associated implementing procedures incorprate the k i

1l 1 emergency planning requirements of 10 CFR 70.22(1) as they refer to onsite fr 1

I planning and notification.) The licensee shall make no change in his Radiological Contingency Plan that would decrease the response effectiveness h!

J of the Plan without prior Comission approval as evidenced by a license J

[/ amendment. The licensee may make changes to his Radiological Contingency Plan without prior Comission approval if the changes do not decrease the response h E

i effectiveness of the Plan. The licensee shall maintain records of changes

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ll from the date of the change and shall furnish the Chief Fuel Cycle Safety i I

Branch, Division of Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety, NMSS, U.S. Nuclear I (r Regulatory Comission, Washington, DC 20555, and the NRC Regional Office -

Region V at the address specified in Appendix D of 10 CFR Part 20 a report f l!

l containing a description of each change within six months after the change is made. il i 1l-- - -____------ .-------------------g 3

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