ML20195B509

Forwards Record of 990426 Telcon Re Issuance of Amend to Battelle License Entirely.Draft Amend 16 to License SNM-7, Encl

ML20195B509
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Issue date:	05/07/1999
From:	Mccann M NRC
To:	Kevin Null NRC
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T ATTENTIDN: Kevin Null l Senior Radiation Specialist PHONE No.: 630 829 9854 .

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Senior Radiation Specialist

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PHONE: 830 554 3902 FAX: 630 554 3129

SUBJECT:

TELEPHONE CONVERSATION RECORD & DRAFT SNM-7 LICENSE DOCUMENT Kevin:

' Please see that the attached are put in the SNM-7 license file. Thanks a lot.

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05/87/1999 15:24 63055431277 MCtR111D PAGE 02 TELEPHONE CONVERSATION RECORD PERSON CALLED: Craig Jensen, Radiation Safety Officer Bettelle MemorialInstitute Battelle Columbus Operations License No. SNM-7 Docket No. 070-00008 TELEPHONE No.: 614 424 5170 CALLER: Mike McCann, Senior Radiation Specialist Decommissioning Branch DATE OF CALL: April 26,1999

SUBJECT:

DISCUSSION REGARDING THE ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT OF BATTELLE'S LICENSE IN ITS ENTIRETY Mr. Jensen and I discussed the 5 letters which would be involved in amending their SNM-7 license. Additionally, we discussed the need for us  !

to issue a new amendment which would update the license'in its entirety. l The last time the SNM-7 license was done in its entirety was 1993. In order i

.to insure that I had captured all the aspects of Battelle's requests contained in the 5 letters, I faxed a draft of the proposed amendment request to Mr.  ;

Jensen, and requested that he review the document and confirm that the possession limits and conditions reflect their lequests.

Mr. Jensen called back and indicated that he would have one of his staff health physicists review the document and get back to me.  ;

No further.

. Attachment' drait license document )

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n CW uA. hora emat REeULATOstY CotehuseeDN A N 16 Licwater MATERIALS UCENSE Pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1964, as amended, the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (Public Law 93438), and Title 1 of Federal Regulations, Chapter t Parts 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 36, 39, 40, and 70, and in rehence on otetements and representations heretofore made by the licensee. e license is hereby issued authorizing the licensee to roosive, acquire. possess, and transfer byproduct, source, and special nuclear motorial designated below; to use such material for the purpose (s) and et the place (s) designated below', to dei 6ver or transfer such meterial to persons authortred to recolve it in accordance with the regulations of the applicable Part(s). This license t shell be deemed to contein the condRions spoorflod in Section 183 of the Atom 6c Energy Act of 195d es amended, and is subject to all apphcable rules, regulat6ons, and orders of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission now or hweefter in effect and to any conditions spec 6fied below.

Liceam in accofdance with the letter dated 1 September 15,1998

1. Battelle Columbus Division 3. License numbw SNM-7 is amended in 1

2. 505 King Avenue 4. Exp6rstion (sete April 30,1988 (on timely renewai)

5. Docket No. 070-00008 Columbus, OH 43201-2693 Reference No.

6. Byproduct, source, end/or special 7. Chemical and/or physical form 8. Maximum amount that licensee may nuclear meterial possess et any one time under this floense i

Special Nucipar.Maindal j

West Jefferson Site A. Uranium enriched in the A. Any A. 100 grams of contained U-U-235 isotope -irradiated 235 plus the ===~4=ted and unseparated plutonium B. Uranium enriched in the B. Any B. 50 grams of contained U-235 isotope - unitradisted U-235 C. Plutonium (Pu-238 principal C. Sealed source C. 13 grams isotope)

D. Plutonium (Pu-239 principal D. Oxide D. 17 grams isotope)

E. Plutonium (Pu-238 principal E. PuSe Source E. 0.053 grams isotope)

F. Plutonium (Pu-239 principal F. PuBe Source F. 80.7 grams isotope)

G. Uranium-233 G. Any G. 0.99 grams H. Uranm236 H. Any H. 0.99 grams

1. Plutonium-236 1. Any 1. 0.04 micrograms J. Plutonium-238 J. Any J. 0.80 micrograms K. Plutonium-239 K. Any K. 82.0 mio0ro9 tams C&T i

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6. Byproduct, source and/or special 7. Chemical and/or physical form 8. Maximum amount that hoensee may I nucieer material possess et any one time underthis i

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i L. Plutonium-240 L Any L. 22.0 mki+.ms l M. Plutonium-242 M.' Any M. 6.40 micrograms I

Kirm Avenue Sits ll. Uranium ennched in the 11. Any 11. 50 grams of contained U-235 lootope - unirradiated U-235 Source Matedal West Jefferson and_Kinn Avenue Sites N. Uranium (naturaland N. Any N. 300 kilograms depleted) and thorium

00. Uranium-232 00. Any OO. 0.99 grams P'P. Uranium-234 PP. Any PP. 0.99 Orams i

Svproduct Matedal WestJefferson Sits l

l. Any byproduct material O. Irradiated fuel material, O. 10,000 curies total, not activated reactor materials more than 1,000 cunes of ,

and components any one radioisotope  !

(excluding items P through  !

Y below)  !

P. Hydrogen-3 P. Any P. 600 curies Q. Polonium-210 Q. Any -f Q. 500 curies R. Califomium-252 R. Any R. 500 cunes S. Sulfer-35 S. Gas S. 1,000 curies T. Chlorine 36 T. Gas T.1,000 curies C k

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8. Byproduct, source, and/or spoolet 7. Chanical end/or physical form 8. Meadmum smount that licenses may nocieer meterial possess et any one time under this license U. lodine-131 U. Any U. 1,000 cusies l

V. lodine-129 V. Any V. 60 curies W. Cobalt.40 W. Any W. 5,000 curies .

l X. Cesium-137 X. Any X. 5,000 curies Y. Strontium-90 Y. Any Y. 5,000 cnries Z. Carbon-14 Z. Any Z. 3 curies AA. Krypton-86 AA. Gas AA. 2.0 curies BB. Americium-241 BB. Any BB. 10 milliouries CC. Nickel 63 CC. Any CC. 600 millicuries DD. Americium-241 DD. Sealed source (CPN Model DD. One source not to exceed No.131) 50 millicuries EE. Carbon-14 EE. Any EE. 2 curles FF. Any byproduct meterial FF. Any FF. 100 millicuries total not to exceed 10 millicuries per radionuclide Kina Avenue Site GG. Any byproduct meterial GG. Any GG. 500 curies total, not more .

then 35 curtos of any one radioisotope i

HH. Iridium-192 HH. Any _ .HH. 150 curles West Jefferson and Kina Avenue (Y  ;

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l 6. Byproduct, souros, and/or special 7. Chemicaland/orphysicalform nuclear material 8. Maximum amount that licensee may i

j possess et any one time under this license JJ. Nickel-63 JJ. Sealed sources registered JJ. 600 millicuries total. No

. pursuant to 10 CFR 32.210 single source to exceed 40 l and incorporated into gas miliicuries.

chromatograph and/or aerosol /airbome contaminant gas and vapor detector as specified in item 10.

KK. Americium-241 KK. Sealed sources registered KK. 500 millicunes total. No pursuant to 10 CFR 32.210 single source to exceed 50 and ir.cerv ei:'l1into gas millicuries.

1, chromatograph and/or aerosol /airbome

!, contaminant gas and vapor detector as specified in ltem 10.

LL. Hydrogen-3 LL. Titanium tritide sources LL 3 curies total. No single Ii registered pursuant to 10 source to exceed 200 l CFR 32.210 and millicuries.

incorporated into gas

chromatograph and/or

!: aerosol /a6rbome

. contaminant gas and vapor

,i detector as specified in ll Item 10.

MM. Americium-241 MM. Sealed sources registered MM. 400 millicuries total. No pursuant to 10 CFR 32.210 single source to exceed 100

and incorporated into -

millicuries. ,

gauging devices as specified in item 10.

NN. Cesium-137 NN. Sealed sources registered NN. 200 millicuries total. No pursuant to 10 CFR 32.210 single source to exceed 50 and incorporated into millicurtes.

gauging devioes as l specified in item 10., p 1

WJ (NOTE: The licensee is also authorized to possess any source material that may be contained in the

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Irradiated uranium of Hem A above.) dY -

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9. Authonzed places of Use:

A.

The licensee's West Jefferson Site and Kbg Avenue Laboratories located as described in pages vil through xi and pages 2.1 through 2.6, part it, of the bcensee's application for renewal submitted by letter dated October 23,1981, (excluding Building KA-3 as described in letter dated January 31, 1996).

B.

Uconsed material listed in item 6.AA. may be stored only at the licensee's facility located at the BMI West Jefferson Facility.

C. Ucensed material listed in items 8.BB., 6.CC., and 8.EE. may be used only at the licensee's West Jefferson facility.

l D. Licensed materiallisted in item 6.DD. may be stored at the 29 Palms Marine Base,29 Palms i

California and used at temporary job sites of the licensee anywhere in the United States where the

} U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission maintains Jurtsdiction for regulating the use of licartsed

! material.

E. Licensed materials hated in Subitems JJ., KK., LL., MM., and NN. may be used at temporary job

! sites of the licensee anywhere in the United States' where the U.S. Nuclear ReGu!atory Commission l maintains jurisdiction for regulating the use of heensed material. These leoms may be stored when not in use at the licensee's King and West Jefferson sites. The possession of these devices are in addition to devices authortzed under Subitam GG.

CONDIT.lQtig

10. Authorized use:

A. For use in accordance with statements, representations, arxi conditions contained in the following portions of the licensee's apphcatum for renewal (BCL Docurnent 1085) submitted by letter dated October 23,1981, except as may be modified by the conditions of this license:

1. Pages vi through xi, introduction;

2. Part I, License Conditions;

3. Appendix A, Radiological Safety Commhtee Charter; and

4. Letters dated June 29,1994, August 19,1994, Jwy 6,1996 (excluding item 1), and August 3,1995 (exduding item 1).,

B. Conduct controlled field studies using up to a maximum of 3 curies of certion-14 labelled compound

, ._ . _ _{the licensee's West Jefferson Ohio site. ._ .__

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o. nem AA. Is Mr storage only pending disposal.

H. Items BB. and U. are for research and development actwities as described in letters dated June 29,1994 and August 19,1994.

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Item DD. la for use in a Campbell Pacific Nuclear Model 503 portable moisture / density gauge.

J. Item EE. to to be used for research and development as described in 10 CFR Part 30, Saection 30.4.

K. Item FF. is to be used for research and development as desenbod in 10 CFR 30, Section 30A and support of Radiological Labonnory Operations as described in letter dated March 21,1996.

L SutWtems JJ., KK., and LL. of items 8,7, and 8 are for use in compatible gas chromator9raph  ;

devicess and or aerosol /airbome contaminant gas and vapor devices dich have been registered l pursuant to 10 CFR 32.210 and distributed in accordance with an NRC or Agreement State specific j license to persons specifically licensed by the NRC to receive, possess and use the devices M. )

flems MM. and NN are for use in compatible moistura/donsity gauges whicts have been registered pursuant to 10 CFR 32.210 and distributed in accordance wtth an NRC or Agreement State specific 1 license to persons specifically licensed by the NRC to receive, possess and use the devices, i

11. Sealed byproduct meterial sources shall be out> ject to the leek testing and eations specified in the attached procedure titled " License Condition for Leak Testing Sealed Byproduct Material Sources," dated April 1993. Sealed plutonium sources shall be subject to the leak testing and actions specified in the attached 19g3. procedure titled " License Condition for Leak Testing Sealed Plutonium Sources," dated A .

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05/07/1999 15:24 63055431277 MC2R111D _ ,_. PAGE la W COMMISSION PAoE 7 or 10 PAcca unense Nunter SNM-7 MATERIALS IJCENSE Da*W or Retwance Numer SUPPLEMENTARY SHEET 07N)0008 f Amendment No.16

12. Notwithstanding Table ill and Table IV presented in Part I, Sections 3.4 and 3.5, for the release or materials, equipment, and facilities for unrestricted use, the licensee shall adhere to the provisions of the attached " Guidelines for Decontaminabon of FacHities and Equipment Prior to Release for Unrestricted Use of Termination of Licenses for Byproduct, Source, or Special Nuclear Material," dated AprH 1993

13. Item 10 above irw~rgx Appendix A (Radiological Safety Committee Charter) of the licensee's renewal application (BCL-1081) as a condition of the license to clarify and denne more fully administrative procedures for review, approval and audit of activities covered by the license, as described in Section 1.3 and Secean 2.0 of Part 1. The licenses may make revision to the provisions of Appendix A, based upon written evaluatiori of the changes, without NRC approval if it is determined that such changes wHI not decrease the effectiveness of the Committee in canying out its functions.

Revisions to the Charter and supporting evaluations shall be submitted to the Derector, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, NRC, with a copy to the Administrator, Region til Office, NRC, within 80 days ic"ci,g seh changes

14. In addition to the = Mae*= identitled in Section 5.1.1, Appendix A, the annual review and appraisal of fadlities shallinclude an assessment of c+ +pr- ,al radiation exposures and releases of radioactive material over the past year with ingard to maintaining such exposures and releases as low as is

, M,Gy achievable, as stated in Section 20.1(c),10 CFR Part 20.

15. The licenses shall provide three copies each year of its annual environmental report to the Director, 3 Divisson of Fuel Cycis Safety and Safeguards, NRC, and a copy to the Administrator, Region lH Office,  !

NRC. l

16. Sections 2.1 and 3.10, Part I refer to provisions for training and periodic retraining of employees, as

+-r 9 and related to employee work - 'y,,7,Ede with radioactive and fissionable motorials. Such l train!ng shedl be conducted, as appropriate, for new employees and prior to initiating new operations approved by the Radiological Safety Comminee and retraining shaN be conducted on topics = -C-to employee wortc assignments at least annuaNy. Documentation of such training and retrainilh shaN be maintained.

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17. The licensee shaN implement, maintain, and executa the response measures of its Radiological l Contingency Plan submined to the Commission on March 5,1982. The licensee a ,aN also maintain implementing procedures for its Radiological Contingency Plan as necessary to implement the Plan.

This Radiological Contingency Plan and associated implementing procedures inw pe, ^ the emergency planning requirements of 10 CFR 70.22(i) as they refer to onsite planning and notification procedures.

The licensee shen maice no dienge to its Radiological Contingency Plan that would decrease the

. response effoceveness of the Plan without pr6or Commission approval as evidenced by a license

amendment. The noensee may make changes to its Radiolo06 cal Contingency Plan without prior

. Commission approvst if the changes do not decrease the response effectiveness of the Plan. The licenses shall maintain records of changes that are made to the Plan without prior approval for a period of two years from the date of the change and shall fumish the Chief Fuel Cycle Safety Branch, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, NMSS, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC

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uoenee Number SNM-7 MATERIALS LICENSE Da*d w Res===eNumbw SUPPLEMENTARY aHEET 070-00008 Amendment No.18 20555, and the Region ill NRC Regional Office at the address specified in Appendix 0 of 10 CFR Part 20, a report containing a description of each change within six months after the change is made.

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18. Section 5.0, Part I, of the licensee's renewal application incorporates the text of previous amendments issued by NRC to Special Nuclear Material License No. SNM-7 and Byproducts Materials License No. '

34-06854-05 covering decontamination and decommissioning plans applicable to the Battelle Hot Cell Laboratory. It is hereby affw' med that the provisions to these decontamination and decommissionin0 plans, including financial amongements, continue in effect under this renewed license, and also apply to the retired Battelle Research Reactor.

19. At such time that facilities covered by this license are decontaminated for proposed unrestricted release (in accordance with Annex C), the licensee shall submit a report that identifies the facilities where radmactive materials were used and stored, or disposed on the site. The report shall briefly describe operations conducted and radioactive matarlais used in the facilities and shall assess the results of the decontamination activities. The report shall provide the basis for unrestricted release of the facilitiers and the site, including a description of sampling and survey methods and instrumentation used, and shall include final contaminaten survey data for the facilities and grounds. The licensee may segment the report to obtain release of certain areas of facilities or individual structures if it is demonstrated that ongoing activities in other areas will not load to recontamination of the area or structure proposed for release.

20. The licensee is authorized to backftll and retired filter bed area on the West Jefferson site where contaminated soll was removed as described in the licensee's letter of May 13,1981. The nomogentzed bed containing low levels of residual contamination shall be covered with approximately three feet of soll l as stated in the. letter of May 13,1981. '

21. The licensee shall perform quartetty surveys, not to exceed 4 months, for radiation, contamination, and inte0rtty of physical barriers at the retired Battel 6e Research Reactor. Records of such surveys shall be maintained by the l'consee.

22. The licensee shall conduct controlled field studies using carbon-14 labelled compounds in accordance i with the statements and representations contained in the licensee's application for amendment I submitted by letter dated August 5,1988. -

! 23. Notwithstanding the possession limits stated in Conditions 6,7, and 8, the licensee is authortzed to l possess and use, at its King Avenue site, up to 50 milligrams of SNM contained in irradiated spent fuel, 4 provided such use is limitied to activities defined in the enclosure to the licensee's letter dated I

September 7,1993, (from Gregory Foss to NRC's Chief, Licensing Branch, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safe 0uards).

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24. Licensed material shall only be used by, or under the supervision and in the physical presence of, individuals who have received the training described in letters dated June 29,1994 and

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i August ig,1994, and have been approved in writing by the Radiation Safety Officer

25. Sealed sources listed in Subitems BB., CC., and DD. of item 6 shan not be opened by the licensee.

26. When pe forming tests at temporary job sites, the authorized user shau not leave the moisture /densi9 gau0e unattended. Upon w. ':": , of tests the device shall be locked in the licensee's vehicide or a secure building to prevent unauthorized use, loss, or theft.

27. The licensee is authorized to transport the portable moistunn/ density gauge only in accordance with the  !

provisions of 10 CFR Part 71, " Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Material." 1

28. Each portable nuclear gauge shaN have a lock or outer locked container designed to prevent unauthorized or accidental removal of the sealed source from its shioided position. The gauge cr its container must be locked when in transport, storage, or when not under the direct surveulance of an authorized user. j l

2g. A. The Radiation Safety Officer for this license is Stephen J. Lr, ="r.

O. The Altamate Radiation Safety Officer for this license is Craig Jensen.

30. A. Sealed sources and detector cells shall be tested for leakage and/or contamination at intervals not to exceed 8 months or at such other intervals as specified by the certificate of registration referred to in 10 CFR 32.210.

• B. Notwithstanding Paragraph A of this Condition, sealed sources designed to erWt alpha particles shan be tested for leakage and/or contamination at Intervals not to exceed 3 months.

C. In the absence of a certificate from a transferor indicating that a leak test has been made within 6 months prior to the transfer, a sealed source received from another person shall not be put into use until tested.

D. Each sealed source fabocated by the licensee shaN be inspected and tested for construction defeds, leakage, and contamination prior to any use or transfer as a sealed source.

E. Sealed sources need not be leak tested if-

0) they contain only hydrogen-3; or

. (ii) they contain only a radioactive gas; or (iii) the half-Ilfe of the isotope is 30 days or less; or

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u=n ww en SNM-7 IRATERIALS LICENSE Daahm = Rah'=== Nwee w su Any 070-00008 h Amendment No.16 (iv) they contain not more than 100 microcuries of beta and/or gamma emittin0 material or not more than 10 micnnntes of alphe emitting material; or (v) they are not designed to emit alpha particles, are in stora0s, and are not being used.

However, when they are removed from storage for use or transferred to another person, and have not been tested within the required leak test interval, they shall be tested before use or transfer. No sealed source or detector cell shall be stored for a period of more than 10 years without being tested for leaka9e and/or contamination.

F. The leak test shall be capable of detecting the presence of 0.005 microcurtos of radioedive meterial on the test sample, if the test reveals the presence of 0.005 microcuries or more of removable contamination, a report shall be filed with the U.S. Nudear Regulatory Commission in accordance .

with 10 CFR 30.50(b)(2), and the source shaN be removed immediately from service and I decontaminated, repalrod, or disposed of in accordance with Commission r*0ulations. The report shaE be filed within 6 days of the date the leak test result is known with the U.S. Nudear Regulatory Commission, Reglon lit,801 Wenenville Road, Lisle, IL 60632, ATTN: Director, Division of Nudoar Materials Safety. The report sher specify the source involved, the test results, and corrective action

- taken G. Tests for leaka0e and/or contamination shall be performed by the licensee or by other persons specificany iloonsed by the Commission or an Agreement State to perform such services.

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31. Except as specificeNy provided otherwise in this license, the licenses shall conduct its program in  !

accordanos with the statements, representations, and procedures contained in thodocuments, including any endoeures, listed below. The U.S. Nuclear Re0ulatory Commission's regulations shell govem  ;

unless the statements, iW:c' fN,s, and procedures in the licensee's application and correspondence are more restrictive than the re0ulations.  !

A. Letters dated October 11,1995 (with attachments), September 29,1997, two letters dated l October 20,1997, December 24,1997. Dooember 30,1997, and September ~15,1998, t

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