ML20203H427

Safety Evaluation Supporting Amend 30 to License R-103

ML20203H427
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Site:	University of Missouri-Columbia
Issue date:	02/26/1998
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SAFETY EVALUATION BY THE OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION SUPPORTING AMENDMENT NO. 30 TO AMENDED FACILITY LICENSE NO. R 103

THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI COLUMBIA i

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1.0 INTRODUCTION

By letter dated January 22,1998, the University of Missouri- Columbia (the licensee) submitted a recuest for amendment to the Technical Specifications (TEs), Appendix A of Amended Facility License No. R 103 for the University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR).

The licensee has requested changes in the TSs to clarify the requirements for procedures for the preparation for shipment of byproduct material produced under the reactor license.

2.0 EVALUATION The licenses has requested changes in TS 6.1b. to clarify the requirements for written procedures at the MURR. The TS currently reads:

Written procedures shall be in oflect for normal operations of the reactor, emergencies, radiological control and shipping of byproduct material produced under the reactor license. Copies of these procedures shall be available in the reactor control ronm. The Reactor Manager shall review and approve Reactor Operating and Emergency Procedures annually. The Manager, Reactor Health Physics, shall review and approve radiological control procedures and byproduct material shipping procedures annually.

The licensee has proposed changing this TS to read:

Written procedures shall be in effect for normal operations of the reactor, emergencies, radiological control and the preparation for shipping and the shipping of byproduct material produced under the reactor license. Copies of the operating, emergency and radiological control procedures shall be available in the reactor control room. The Reactor rdenager shall ar'.aually review and approve Reactor Operating and Emergency Procedures. N, Manager, hactor Health Physics, shall annually review and approve radiologica control proceau.cs and the procedures for preparation for shipping and the shipping of byproduct material.

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2 The licenses has requested the addition of a requirement to have proceduros for the preparation for shipping of byproduct material produced under the reactor license. These procedures have been implicitly understood to be included in the procedures for shipping of byproduct materla!. Making this implicit requirement specific to the TSs is part of the licenseo's followup actions to a concern raised during on inspection at the MURR about l

procedures for preparation of byproduct material for shipment. Responsibility for revlow of  ;

preparation for shipping procedures is given to the Manager, Reactor Health Physics, who has responsibility for review of shipping procedures. The requirement to keep a copy of shipping procedures in the control room has been removed from the TSs. The control room operators do not use those procedures.

These changes arte acceptable to the staff because they clarify the existing implicit requ:rnments of the TSs by making explicit the requirement for procedures for the preparation for shipment of byproduct material produced in the reactor.

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3.0 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATION

This amendment involvos changes in recordkeeping, reporting, or administrative procedures or requirements. Accordingly, the amendment meets the eligibility criteria for categorical exclusion set forth in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(10). Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b), no environmental impact statement or environments' assessment need be prepared in connection with the issuance of this amendment.

4.0 CONCLUSION

The stafI has concluded, on the basis of the considerations discussed above, that (1) because the amendment does not involve a significant increasJ in the probability or consequences of accidents previously evaluated, or create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated, and does not involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety, the amendment does not involve a sign;.'icant hazards consideration;(2) there is reasonable assurance that the health and safety of the public will not be ondangered by the prorosed activities; and (3) such activitios will be conducted in compliance with the Commission's regulations, and the issuance of this amendment will not be inimical to the common defense and security or the health and safety of the public.

Principal Contributor: A. Adams, Jr.

Date: February 26, 1998