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Amend 13 to License SNM-860 for Dept of Army,Environ Hygiene Agency,Amending License in Entirety
ML20205H497
Person / Time
Site: 07000867
Issue date: 08/11/1986
From: Glenn J
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:
Shared Package
ML20205H501 List:
References
NUDOCS 8608200096
Download: ML20205H497 (3)


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.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION l

MATERIALS LICENSE Amendment No. 13 l

Pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (Public Law 93 -438), and Title 10, I

y Code of Federal Regulations Chapter 1, Parts 30,31,32,33,34,35,40 and 70, and in reliance on statements and representations f

g heretofore made by the licensee, a license is hereby issued authorizing the licensee to receive, acquire, possess, and transfer byproduct, y

q soured, and special nuclear material designated below; to use such material for the purpose (s) and at the place (s) designated below;to l

5 deliver or transfer such material to persons authorized to receive it in accordance with the regulations of the apphcable Part(s). This l

N license shall be deemed to contain the conditions specified in Section 183 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and is I

subject to all applicable rules, regulations and orders of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission now or hereafter in effect and to any g

conditions specified below.

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I-I Department of the Anny SNH-860 is amended in l

U.S. Army Environmental Hygiene Agency its entirety to read as follows:

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10. Licensed material may be usid atqu.S. Army Environmental Hygiene Agency, Aberdeen E

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11. Licensed material shall be used by, or under the supervision of, E

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Committee, Charles A. Brannon, Chairperson.

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12. A(1) Each sealed source acquired from another person and containing licensed l

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(2) Notwithstanding the periodic leak test required by this condition, any I

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k (3) Except for alpha sources, the periodic leak test required by this condi-g tion does not apply to sealed sources that are stored and not being used.

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any use or transfer to another person unless they have been leak tested

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within 6 months before the date of use or transfer.

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Each sealed source fabricated by the licensee shall be inspected and g

tested for construction defects, leakage, and contamination prior to use p

or transfer as a sealed source".K If the. inspection or test reveals any 5

construction defects or 0.005 microcurie'or: greater of contamination, the i

scurce shall not be Osed or transferred as a sealed. source until it has I

1 been repaired, decontaminated and retested.

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Each sealed source containing licensed material, other than hydrogen 3, p

with a half-life greater than 30 days and in any form other than gas shall be tested for leakage and/or contamination at intervals not to ex-E ceed 6 months except that each source designed for the purpose of emit-

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ting alpha particles shall be tested at intervals not to exceed 3 months.

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The test shall be capableiof < detecting the p)resence of 0.005 microcurie O.

i of radioactive mateiial on theftest sample. The test sample shall be taken from the sealed sou~rce or.from,the, surfaces of.the device in which E

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which one might expect contamination to accumulate.

Records of leak test results shall be kept in. units of:microcuries and maintained for inspec-p tion by the Commission. Records-may be dispos'ed of following Comission p

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If the test required,by Subsection'A.' or C. of this condition reveals the i

presence of 0.005 microcurie or more of removable ~ contamination, the l

licensee shall imediately withdraw the sealed source from use and shall s

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y cause it to be decontaminated and repaired or to be disposed of in accor-g dance with Comission regulations.hA r'eport shall be filed within 5 days of the date the leak test result is known with the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission, Region I, ATTN:

Chief, Nuclear Materials Safety I

and Safeguards Branch, 631 Park Avenue, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania l

19406, describing the equipment involved, the test results, and the cor-g rective action taken.

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13. Sealed sources containing licensed material shall not be opened.

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14. Except as specifically provided otherwise in this license, the licensee shall

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procedures contained in the documents including any enclosures, listed below.

R The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's regulations shall govern unless the state-if ments, representations and procedures in the licensee's application and corre-N:

spondence are more restrictive than the regulations.

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