ML20204B464

Matls Licensing Package for Corrected Amend 9 to License SNM-0642 for Xavier Univ

ML20204B464
Person / Time
Site:	07000701
Issue date:	03/15/1999
From:	Cassandra Frazier NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
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NUDOCS 9903220124
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NUCLEAR REluLAToRY COMMISSloN Amendm

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PursuInt to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, the Energy Reorgantiation Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-438), and Title 10, Code l of Federal Regulations, Chapter 1. Parts 30, 31,32, 33,34,35,36,39,40, and 70, and in reliance on statenmate and representations ,

heretofore made by the licensee, a license is hereby issued authorizing the licensee to receive, acquire, oossess, and transfer byproduct, l source, and special nuclear material designated below; to use such material for the purpose (s) and at the place (s) designated below; to j deliver or transfer such material to persons authorized to receive it in accordance with the regulations of the applicable Part(s). This license sh;ll be deemed to contain the conditions specified in Section 183 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as cmended, and is subject 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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Ucensee in accordance with the letter dated February 16,1999,

1. X vier University 3. Ucense number SNM-642 is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

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2. 3800 Victory Parkway 4. Expiration date April 30,2004 l Cincinnati, OH 45207 gg R E apcig sc. 070-00701

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6. Byproduct, source, and/or special y 7. Chemical and/or physical form gaximum amount that licensee may nuclear material y sess at any one time under this I I sc 1 cp m A. Any byproduct materig . . . Activation product

. . A. See Itein 9.A. below B. Plutonium-239 l-- B.z Sealed Pu-Be neutron: . B. @ne source not to exceed

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C. Plutonium-238/239 M Plated ip Msburce' C. jwo sources not to exceed

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z 6 0 microcurie total 3 01 D. Cesium-137 M OfEok 69 1 millicurie f .s 'ulated ekeck

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E. Cesium-137 OE. 5.3 millicuries Q rj 5. Sealed source (3M Model No. 4A6A)' 0 F. Cobalt 40 F.

eh F. 50 microcuries G. Americium-241 G. Sealed source G. 0.1 microcurie H. Sodium-22 H. Sealed source H. 5 microcuries

1. Polonium-210 1. Sealed source 1. 0.1 microcurie  !

J. Thallium-204 J. Sealed source J. 30 microcuries K. Neptunium-237 K. Encapsulated K. 0.1 microcurie L. Thorium-230 L. Encapsulated L. 0.1 microcurie M. Plutonium-239 M. Encapsulated M. 0.1 microcurie

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N. Check source N. 10 microcuries O. Carbon-14 O. Check source 100 microcuries

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NRC FORM 374A u.S.NuC@ REIulAToRY COMFISSION PAGE 2 of 4 PAGES Uconee Number f

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! MATERIALS LICENSE' De w Refwence Number l SUPPLEMENTARY SHEET 070 40701 1 j Amendment No. 09 CORRECTED COPY i

6. Byproduct, source, and/or s;w.ial 7. Chemical and/or physical form 8. Maximum amount that licensee mcy l nuclear material possess at any one time under this j . license P. Chlorine-36 P. Liquid check source P. 1 microcuiie

Q. Barium-133 Q. Check source Q. 1 microcurie i

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9. Authorized Use: g REGg i A. Possession incident to the Normance of irradiation experin(eps utilizing the Pu-Be source. For use in laboratory experi and student instructions.

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B. through Q. For use in aboratory experiments, student instruction hnj instrument calibration.

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11. Licensed material shall t$wsed dary e t p a vision of,Terrence P) Toepker, Ph.D., or S. Yerian. @ .

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12. The Radiation Protection Offic6 esponsible for the activities of this licGse is Terrence P. Toepker, Ph.D.

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13. A. Sealed sources and detector cell all te ted ge and/or contamination at intervals not to exceed 6 months or at such oth i if d by the cartificate of registration referred to in 10 CFR 32.210.

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

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

D. Sealed sources need not be leak tsated if:

(i) they contain only hydrogen-3; or (ii) they contain only a radioactive gas; or (iii) the half-life of the isotope is 30 days or less; or

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NRC FORM 374A u.s. NUCLM RETULAToRY CoMMisStoN PAGE 3 of 4 PAGES !

Ucense Number SNM-642 i

MATERIALS LICENSE dat r Re*erence Number 070-00701 l SUPPLEMENTARY SHEET uendment No. 09 CORRECTED COPY (iv) they contain not more than 100 microcuries of beta and/or gamma emittirig material or not I more than 10 microcuries of alpha emitting material; or (v) ' hey are not designed to cmit alpha particles, are in storage, 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 Ior leakage and/or contamination.

E. The leak test shall be capable offet p c5Ag 110 pFesGngof 0.005 microcurie of radioactive material I on the test sample. If the tes(reYeats the presence of 0.005 i J crocurie or more of removable  !

contamination, a report shalbe filed with the U.S. Nuclear R6gplatory Commission in accordance with 10 CFR 30.50(b)(2Q,4nd the source shall be removed imme$ytely from service and decontaminated, repairetf, or disposed of in accordance with,Comn$sion regulations. The report I shall be filed within 5 Jays of the data the leak test result is.linown with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory l Commission, Regigp,'lli, ATTNEChief, Nuclear Materials Safety BrancN801 Warrenville Road, i Lisle, Illinois 605 T-4351. The report's, hall specify the sobree involved /the test results, and corrective action t en. s J J / i O Siih %M a-@@2 h g F. Tests for leakageland/or specifically licensest)by th lstihrf orme'd by the licensje or by other persons ml5siorfoP n Qeement State to Perfotm such services.

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14. Sealed sources or detec cells' ing lido r!s B from source holders by thb cens~e' L ""#@4 n,dSrial W@ sh(IInot @ be @ened or source Y' $ &$n C TL M  %

15. The licensee is authorized to hojd radioactive thdierial with a physi alf-life of less than 65 days for decay-in-storage before disposal @ordi ary trash provided:

A. Radioactive waste to be disposed ir skn h be held for decay a minimum of 10 half-lives.

B. Before disposal as ordinary trash, byproduct material shall be surveyed at the container surface with the appropriate survey meter set on its most sensitive scale and with no interposed shielding to determine that its radioactivity cannot be distinguished from background. All radiation labels shall be removed or obliterated.

C. A record of each disposal permitted under this License Condition shall be retained for three years.

The record must include the date of disposal, the date on which the byproduct material was placed in storage, the radionuclides disposed, the survey instrument used, the background dose rate, the dose rate measured at the surface of each waste container, and the name of the individual who performed the disposal.

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16. 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 shipment by air transport or transported in an aircraft by the licensee except in packages the design of which the NRC has specifically approved for transport of plutonium by air.

17. Except as specifically provided otherwise in this license, the licensee shall conduct its program in accordance with the statements, representations, and procedures contained in the documents, including any enclosures, listed below. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's regulations shall govem unless the statements, representations, and proegdures in the licensee's application and correspondence are more restrictive t thlitregDia56n@ g A. Applications dated July 31,09Y8 and December 29,1988; ah D o  ;

B. Letters dated June 1,1h9, July 17,1983, December 15,1983, Fetpuary 17,1994, August 28, j 1997, February 26, jjj98 and February 16,1999. /

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Terrence P. Toepker, Ph.D.

Radiation Protection Officer Xavier University Dept. of Physics 3800 Victory Parkway Cincinnati, OH 45207

Dear Dr. Toepker:

It has come to our attention that Amendment No. 09 to NRC License No. SNM-642, issued on March 9,1998, contained an error.

Enclosed is a corrected copy reflecting the inclusion of your letter dated February 16,1999, to License Condition No.17. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you.

Sincerely, Michael F. Weber Materials Licensing Branch License No. SNM-642 Docket No. 070-0070t/030-00917

Enclosure:

Corrected copy of Amendment No. 09 l

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s X6 UNIVERSITY IE February 16,1999 o.partment er Physta 3800 Victory Parkway Oncinnati, Ohio 452074 111 George M. McCann Phone 513 745-3626 tax 513 745-207o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region III 801 Warrenville Road Lisle, IL 60532-4351

Dear George:

As a follow up to our telephone conversation today, I am writing to clarify an issue which we seemed to overlook in our discussions and preparations for the renewal of SNM-642 (Expiration date, April 30,2004; Docket No. 070-00701; Reference No. 030-00917).

During our discussion ofleak testing we failed to include any reference to the frequency of calibrating our area survey meter (Bicron Surveyor 200).

We suggest that the meter be calibrated annually. This calibration would be completed just before the beginning of our undergraduate nuclear physics class which starts in January. There is very little use of the meter from May through December.

Following our telephone conversation, this could be corrected with a " corrected copy" of the license.

Thank you for your help in this matter.

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