ML20198K878

Forwards Request for Addl Info Re Decommissioning Plan & License Termination Request for Facility License R-97 for Georgia Tech Research Reactor Submitted on 980701

ML20198K878
Person / Time
Site:	Neely Research Reactor
Issue date:	12/28/1998
From:	Mendonca M NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	Hertel N Neely Research Reactor, ATLANTA, GA
References
TAC-MA2363, NUDOCS 9812310193
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. i Dr. Nolan E. Hertel Director ,

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Georgia institute of Technology i 900 Atlantic Drive .

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SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (TAC NO. MA2363)

Dear Dr. Hertel:

We are continuing our review of your decommissioning plan and license termination request for .

Facility License No. R-97 for the Georgia Tech Research Reactor submitted on July 1,1998.

. During our review of your amendment request, questions have arisen for which we require  ;

additionalinformation and clarification. Please provide responses to the enclosed request for -

additional information within 60 days of the date of this letter. In accordance with 10 CFR 50.30(b), your responsa must be executed in a signed original under oath or ,

affirmation. Following receipt of the additionalinformation, we will continus our evaluation of your amendment request.

If you have any questions regarding this review, please contact me at (301) 415-1128.

Sincerely, Alexander Adams, Jr.

for Marvin M. Mendonca, Senior Project Manager ,

Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning Project Directorate .

1 Division of Reactor Program Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation ]

Docket No. 50-160

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SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (TAC NO. MA2363) l

Dear Dr. Hertel:

We are continuing our review of your decommissioning plan and license termination request for ,

Facility License No. R-97 for the Georgia Tech Research Reactor submitted on July 1,1998. l During out review of your amendment request, questions have arisen for which we require additionalinformation 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) 415-1128.

Sincerely, Alexander Adams, Jr.

for Marvin M. Mendonca, Senior Project Manager Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning Project Directorate Division of Reactor Program Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-160

Enclosure:

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SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (TAC NO. MA2363)

Dear Dr. Hertel:

We are continuing our review of your decommissioning plan and license termination request for Facility License No. R-97 for the Georgia Tech Rescarch Reactor submitted on July 1,1998.

During our review of your amendment request, questions have arisen for which we require additionalinformation 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) 415-1128.

Sincerely, b

Marvin M. Mendonca, e r Project Manager Non-Power Reactors an Decommissioning Project Directorate i Division of Reactor Program Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-160

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Georgia institute of Technology Docket No. 50-160 Page 1 of 2 cc:  :

Mr. Charles H. Badger Mr. E. F. Cobb '

Office of Planning and Budget Southern Nuclear Company Room 608 42 Inverness Center 270 Washington Street, S.W. Birmingham, Alabama 35242 Atlanta, Georgia 30334 Dr. G. Wayne Clough, President Mayor of City of Atlanta Georgia Institute of Technology 55 Trinity Avenue, S.W. Carnegie Building Suite 2400 Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0325 i Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Ms. Glenn Carroll

. Dr. William Vernetson 139 Kings Highway  ;

Director of Nuclear Facilities Decatur, Georgia 30030 i Department of Nuclear Engineering {

Sciences Charles Bechhoefer, Chairman University of Florida Atomic Safety and 202 Nuclear Sciences Center Licensing Board Panel Gainesville, Florida 32611 U.S. NRC, MS: T3-F23 Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Mr. Pedro B. Peree, Associate Director Nuclear Reactor Program Dr. Jerry R. Kline North Carolina State University Atomic Safety and P. O. Box 7909 Licensing Board Panel Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7909 U.S. NRC, MS: T3-F23 Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Dr. R. U. Mulder, Director UVA Reactor Facility Mr. James C. Hardeman, Jr.

Dept. of Nuclear Engineerin9 Manager Environmental Charlottesville, Virginia 22903-2442 Radiation Program l Environmental Protection Joe D. Tanner, Commissioner Division Department of Natural Resources Dept. of Natural Resources 47 Trinity Avenue, S.W. State of Georgia Atlanta, Georgia 30334 4244 International Parkway Suite 114 Dr. Rodney Ice, MORS Atlanta, Georgia 30354 Neely Nuclear Research Center Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Jean-Lou Chameau, Vice Provost 900 Atlantic Drive Research and Dean of Graduate Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0425 Studies Georgia Institute of Technology Ms. Pamela Blockey-O'Brien 225 North Avenue D23 Golden Valley. Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0325 Douglasville, Georgia 30134 Georgia institute of Technology

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Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 r

Dr J. Narl Davidson, Interim Dean Chair, Technical and Safety Review s Committee ,

Georgia Institute of Tech.1 ology 225 North Avenue Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0360 l

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Research Reactor Decommissioning Project Request for Additional Information (RAl)

GENERAL COMMENT

S Only QC aspects of the QA plan are presented. We would like copies of the QA plans for GT and NES and the interface between the two.

Since many alpha readings are presented in the documents, an explanation of the source of this contamination is needed.

SPECIFIC COMMENTS - Book 1

1. Please explain the last sentence on page 6. We assume the survey is not intended to release the NNRC for unrestricted use.

2. A-4, 6, 8,10: Please provide some explanatory text on these calibration sheets so that we can better understand their significance

3. B-1: Please explair the discrepancies between the on-site and independent analysis of ,

samples. Discuss the effect of this discrepancy (if any) on the final sunley,

4. 16: Please discuss why removable contamination need not be removed.

5. 17: Please confirm that the numbers presented in the paragraph on airborne radioactivity limits are the maximum acceptable concentrations.

6. 17: Please provide additional details pertaining to the paragraph concerning Retention Tanks radioactivity release limits.

7. D-1, 2: Please discuss the meaning of the negative numbers.

8. D's: What is the meaning of "a measured activity below the MDA?"

9. 26: Where are the results of the asbestos and lead in paint survey? Were these materials found contaminated with radioactive materials?

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. . l DECOMMISSIONING PLAN

1. 9: Please clarify the last sentence in the second paragraph concerning other licensed activities on the site, is this to be a discussion of the Co"irradiator and the interface between the Co" storage pool and the reactor? l

2. 25: What)s meant by reactor " faces" in 2.2.27

3. 31: Please explain the meaning of section 2.3.2.20 (i.e., remaining U-235).

4. 32: Is the outdoor characterization that which has already been performed or a new characterization?  ;

5. 33: Please describe the purpose for installation of "new retention tanks." Are the "new retention tanks" a part of this decommissioning plan and, therefore, a part of our review of the decommissioning plan?

6, 38: Please explain the techniques to be used by the TSRC to audit the D & D projects.  !

(Note that audits by TSRC are not mentioned in Section 7.2.5.2).

7. 42: The order of the review and approval of the ALARA plan is unusual and is different than the plan for procedures, etc. (is the order reversed?)

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8. 43

Please confirm that the Health Physics Program and the GTRR Site Health and Safety Plan are the same plan.

9. 43

Will an instrument calibration be done just prior to the final survey?

10. 45: Please verify that the TSRC will not only review but also approve the Environmental j Program Plan.

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11. 45: Dlease discuss the relationship between the existing and the new onsite emergency j plan to be developed by the DC.

i 12, 48: Please explain the meaning of " low average radiation exposures" to the workers.

Should not Table 3.2 contain an administrative limit for an annual or project dose?

13. 49: The approval path for RWP in 3.1.3 is not consistent with the approval path in 2.4.1

. and 2.4.2. Please justify your reasons for this change.

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14. 50: Please describe the monitoring capabilities installed in the portable exhaust systems used with CCE.

15. 57: Please describe the " designated licensed disposal site" for mixed waste.

16. 58: Since the Radiological Accident Analysis is discussed in the DC's emergency plan, please provide a copy to the NRC.

17, 67: Are the QA and Radiological Control plans different documents?

18. 67: Does the QA plan conform to ANS 15.8 or some similar document?

19, 69: Why is the TSRC not mentioned in 7.2.5.27 EDITORIAL COMMENTS - Book 1

1. 24: Last line of first paragraph: Section 8.3 should be Section 8.3.3; correct?

2. 15: Please provide a copy of Reference 3 (QA plan for site characterization).

3. D-2: Page is missing.

4. 21: Where is Appendix A? Should this be Attachment A7 l

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5. 29: The last sentence ends abruptly and does not continue on next page.

6. 48: Is reference 1 for the University of Washington Research Reactor correct?

7. J 9, 9: Please editorially correct these pages.

EDITOFilAL COMMENTS - Decommissioning Plan

1. 20: Please provide drawings that are clearer.

2. 24: Please verify our assumption that the May 1998 version of the Radiological Characterization Report is the correct version (or January 19987).

3. 25,29: Because of the poor quality of Figure 1.7, it is not possible to locate the Bismuth

- shield blocks, lead cover plate, etc.

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