ML20205A179

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Amend 37 to License R-67,authorizing Increase in Number of Fueled in-core,thermionic,direct Conversion Devices Which May Be Irradiated Simultaneously from Two to Seven
ML20205A179
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Site: General Atomics
Issue date: 03/19/1987
From: Berkow H
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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ML20205A132 List:
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R-067-A-037, R-67-A-37, NUDOCS 8703270395
Download: ML20205A179 (5)


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t . . . . . .o GA TECHNOLOGIES, INC DOCKET NO. 50-163 AMENDMENT TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE Amendment No. 37 License No. R-67

1. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Comission) has found that:

A. The application for amendment to Facility Operating License No. R-67, filed by GA Technologies, Inc. (the licensee), dated November 14, 1986, complies with the standards and re Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act)quirements

, and the Comission's of the Atomic regulations as set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I; B. The facility will operate in conformity with the amended license, the provisions of the Act, and the rules and regulations of the Comission; C. There is reasonable assurance: (i) that the activities authorized by this amendment can be conducted without endangering the health and safety of the public, and (ii) that such activities will be conducted in compliance with the Comission's regulations; D. The issuance of this amendment will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public; E. The issuance of this amendment is in accordance with 10 CFR Part 51 of the Commission's regulations and all applicable requirements have been satisfied; and F. Publication of notice of this amendment is not required since it does not involve a significant hazards consideration nor amendment of a license of the type described in 10 CFR Section 2.106(a)(2).

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2. Accordingly, paragraph 2.C.I. of License No. P-67 is hereby amended tc read as follows:
1. Maximum Power Level GA Techrologies may operate the reactor at pcwer levels not in excess of 1500 kilowatts (thermal) and, in the _ pulsing mode, with reactivity insertions not to exceed 5.50$.
3. Accordingly, the license is amended by changes to the Technical Specifications as indicated in the attachment to this license amendment, and paragraph 2.C.2. of License No. R-67 is hereby amended to read as follows:
2. Technical Specifications The Technical Specifications contained in Appendix A, as revised through Amendment No. 37, are hereby incorporated in the license.

The licensee shall operate the facility in accordance with the Technical Specifications.

4 This license amendment is effective as of its date of issuance.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMPISSION erbert N. Berkow, Director Standardization and Special Projects Directorate Division of PWR Licensing-B Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Attachment:

Appendix A Technical Specifications Changes Date of Issuance: March 19, 1987

4 ATTACHMENT TO LICEFSE AMENDMENT NO. 37

- FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. R-67 DOCKET NO. 50-163 4

Revised Appendix A Technical Specifications are as follcws:

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8.2 The Criticality Safeguards' Committee shall be composed of not less than four qualified persons who are not directly involved in the TRIGA Reactor Program and who are selected by the Vice-

- President, or his designated alternate, identified in Section 8.1.

Overall qualifications of the members of the Criticality Safeguards Committee shall be at least equal to those in effect at.the time of issuance of these specifications.

8.3 The operations of the Criticality Safeguards Co=mittee shall be in accordance with a written charter, including provisions for:

(a) Meeting frequency (b) Voting rules (c) Quorums (d) Submission of mincrity reports (e) Hethod of submission and content of presenpacions,to the Com=ittee (f) Use of subcom=ittees (g) Review, approval and dissemination of cinutes.

S.4 Write == Instructions shall be in effact for:

(a) Testing and calibration of reactor operating instrumenta-tion and control, control rod drives, and area radiation

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monitors and air particulate monitors.

(b) Reactor startup, routine operation cnd reactor shutdoun.

(c) Emergency and abnormal conditiens includin3 evacuation, reentry, and recovery.

(d) Fuel loading or unloading.

(e) Control rod removal or replacecent.

(f) lbintenance of the reactor, control rod drives and reactor safety and interlock-systems.

9.0 REACTOR OPERATIOMS 9.1 Maximum Operating Power Level 9.1.1 The operating power level of the reactor shall not be intentionall operations (ySpecification see raised above 9.2). 1500 kilowatts except for pulsing Amendment No. 28, 37 i

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10.2.4 Fueled experiments which are not covered.elsewhere in these Technical Specifications, shall be controlled such that the. total inventory of iodine isotopes 131 through 135 in iesch experiment is no greatei chan 1.5' curies.

10.2.5 An-in-core electrically heated furnace may be used'in conjunction with the irradiati.on of caterials with the fellowing limitations:

(a) Experiments involving fissionable caterial:

(1) The total fissions produced during_ steady state 16 or transient operations shall not exceed 2 x 10 for =aterials containing fissionable caterial subjected to a burn-up of less than 1%, or 2 x 10 15 fissions for caterials containing fissionable cater.ials subjected to a burn-up of 1% or greater.

(2) Ihe helium purge from the furnace shali (1) vent through a liquid nitrogen cooled charcoal trap, and (ii)have a ra'te within the range of approxi=stely 0.2 and 10.0 liters per minute.

(3) The furnace tpaperature shall not exceed 20000C.

(4) Experi=ent safety systems to provide the following scrams shall be operable:

(i) internal furnace pressure less than 11 psig, and (ii) set' points 10% above and. below the operating current setting for the furnace.

(b) Experiments involving solely non-fissionable material:

(1) Experiment safety syste=s to provide the following scrams shall be operable:

(i) internal furnace pressure less than 11 psig, and (ii) set points 10% above and below the operating current setting for the furnace.

10.2.6 Direct conversion devices shall be irradiated only under the following conditions:

(a) The number of devices which may be irradiated simultaneously shall not exceed seven. f (b) The U-235 contained in an individual device shall not exceed 100 grams.

(c) The device shall be contained within a sealed primary containment which in turn is contained within a secondary containment which may have provisions for purging opera-tions. The static overpressure in secondary containment shall not exceed 1 psi.

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