ML20203M553
| ML20203M553 | |
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| Site: | 07000693 |
| Issue date: | 01/20/1984 |
| From: | Johansen J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| NUDOCS 8605010572 | |
| Download: ML20203M553 (3) | |
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(a. sal U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Amendment No. 07 MATERIALS LICENSE 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 statemen:s and representations heretofore made by the licensee, a license is hereby issued authorizing the licensee to receive, acquire, possess, and transfer byproduct, h
source, and special nuclear material designated below; to use such material for the purpose (s) and at the place (s) designated blow; to E
deliver or transfer such material to persons authorized to receive it in accordance with the regulations of the applicable Part(s). This R
license shall be deemed to contain the conditions specified in Section 183 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and is I subje6t to all applicable rules, regulations and orders of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission now or hereafter in effect and to any conditions specified below.
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In accordance with application dated li October 14, 1983 I
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Nuclear Research Corporation
- 3. License number SNM-631 is amended in its f
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Warrington, Pennsylvania 18976
- 4. Expiration date January 31, 1989 N
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- 6. Byproduct, source,and/or
- 7. Chemical and/or physical
- 8. Maximum amount that licensee N
special nuclear material form may possess at any one time E
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Plutonium 239 A. Resin on steel discs A. 10 milligrams l
(Model AN/UDM 7 Alpha g
Radiac Calibrator sets) pt
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Plutonium 239 B. Encapsulated in stainless B. 47.93 grams E
steel as a Pu-Be neutron N
source (Honsanto M595)
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Uranium 235 C. Plated source C. I milligram l
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- A., B., and C. Instrument Calibration.
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Licensed material shall be used only at licensee's facilities 125 Titus Avenue, ly Warrington, Pennsylvania.
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[ 11. The licensee shall comply with the provisions of Title 10, Chapter 1, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 19, " Notices, Instructions, and Reports to Workers; Inspections" and Part 20, " Standards for Protection Against Radiation."
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E l 12. Licensed material shall be used by, or under the supervision of, Earl M. Pollock, lE l-Subhash Sengupta, or T. W. Schwager.
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Each plutonium alpha source shall be tested for leakage at intervals not to exceed three (3) months.
In the absence of a certificate from a transferor i
indicating that a test has been made within three (3) months prior to the g
i transfer, a sealed source received from another person shall not be put into use F
f until tested.
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The test shall be capable of detecting the presence of 0.005 microcurie of alpha p
I contamination on the test sample. The test sample shall.be taken from the source l
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i is permanently or semipermanently mounted or stored.
Records of leak test I
ll results shall be kept in units of microcuries and maintained for inspection by l
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If the test reveals the presence of 0.005 microcurie or more of removable alpha i
I contamination, the licensee shall immediately withdraw the sealed source from use I
l8 and shall cause it to be decontaminated and repaired by a person appropriately I
j licensed to make such repairs or to be disposed of in accordance with the l
Ig Comission regulations. Within five (5) days after determining that any source y
ll has leaked, the licensee shall file a report with the Material Licensing Branch, a
ji Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, I
Il Washington, D. C. 20555, describing the source, the test results, the extent of I
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contamination, the apparent or suspected cause of source failure, and the i
corrective action taken. A copy of the report shall be sent to the U. S. Nuclear j Regulatory Commission, Region I, 631 Park Avenue, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, lg 19406.
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The periodic leak test required by this condition does not apply to sealed
- I sources that are stored and not being used. The sources excepted from this test ji shall be tested for leakage priar to any(use or transfer to another person unle they have been leak tested within three 3) months prior to the date of use or y
transfer.
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Each encapsulated plutonium source designed for the purpose of emitting neutron i
l or gamma radiation shall be tested for leakage at intervals not to exceed six (6)
I months.
In the absence of a certificate from a transfer indicating that a test l
has been made within six (6) months prior to the transfer, a sealed source y
received from apother person shall not be put into use until tested.
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The test shall be capable of detecting the presence of 0.005 microcurie of alpha N
contamination on the test sample. The test sample shall be taken from the source ji or from appropriate accessible surfaces of the device in which the sealed source j is permanently or semipermanently mounted or stored.
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CONDITIONS l
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If the test reveals the presence of 0.005 microcurie or more of removable alpha y
contamination, the licensee shall immediately withdraw the sealed source from use I
and shall cause it to be decontaminated and repaired by a person appropriately I
licensed to make such repairs or to be disposed of in accordance with the j,N Commission regulations. Within five (5) days after determining that any source
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has leaked, the licensee shall file a report with the Material Licensing Branch, y
Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, y
Washington, D. C. 20555, describing the source, the test results, the extent of I
contamination, the apparent.or suspected.cause of source failure, and the I
corrective action taken. A co'py of the rep ~ ort shall be sent to the U. S. Nuclear N
Regulatory Commission,' Region I, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania,19406.
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The periodic leak test required by this condition does not apply to sealed g
sources that are stored and not being used. The sources excepted from this test I
shall be tested for leakage prior to any use or transfer to another person unless I
they have been leak tested withing six (6) months prior to the date of use or I
transfer.
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Notwithstanding the other pro ~ visions of this leak test condition, leak tests are n
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not required on pacemakers implanted in experimental animals provided that a leak u
i test shall be performed immediately following removal of the pacemakers from the I
animal.
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- 15. Except for plutonium contained in a medical device designed for individual human application, no plutonium, regardless of form, shall be delivered to a carrier for p
shipment by air transport or transported in an aircraft by tne licensee except in N
packages the design of which the NRC has specifically approved for transport of I
plutonium by air.
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[I 16. The licensee may transport licensed material or deliver licensed material to a carrier f!p for transport in accordance with the provisions of Title 10, Code of Federal
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Regulations, Part 71, " Packaging of Radioactive Material for Transport and Trans-N portation of Radioactive Material Under Certain Conditions."
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Except as specifically provided otherwise by this license, the licensee shall possess l
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and use lice sed material described in Items 6, 7, and 8 of this license in accordance with statements, representations, and procedures contained in application dated
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October 14, 1982, and letter dated December 28, 1983. The Nuclear Regulatory ju 4
Commission's regulations shall govern the licensee's statements in applications or jN letters, unless the statements are more restrictive than the regulations.
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For the U.S. Nuclear Regulat rv Commission l
lDate Or16 nal Signed By y
1 JAiV 2 01984 Jenny M. Johanson p
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