ML20206D181

Amend 12 to License SNM-860 for Dept of Army,Army Environ Hygiene Agency,Amending License in Entirety

ML20206D181
Person / Time
Site:	07000867
Issue date:	05/20/1986
From:	Jennifer Davis NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
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ML20206D185	List: ML20206D181 ML20206D206
References
NUDOCS 8606190668
Download: ML20206D181 (3)

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4 source, and special nuclear material designated below; to use such material for the purpose (s) and at the place (s) designated below;to I; 3 deliver or transfer such material to persons authorized to receive it in accordance with the regulations of the applicable Part(st This 4 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 a conditions specified below.

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Licensee 6, In accordance with application dated ?4 l'y l- Department of the Army March 18, 1986,

3. License number SNM-860 is amended in fj 4 of Army Environmental Hygiene Agency its entirety to read as follows:  ; ';

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1 2. Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland 21010 l5

4! 4. Expiration date April 30, 1989 4 10' 1 5. Docket or g j Reference No. 070-00867 4; 1 6. Byproduet, source, and/or 7. Chemical and/or physical 6. Maximum amount that licensee l special nuclear material form may possess at any one time lfP

f under this license k jA. Plutonium A. Sealed Pu-Be neutron A. 208 grams k 3 sources  ! ,,

j B. Plutonium B. Plated alpha sources B. 500 micrograms y d C. Plutonium C. Standard solutions C. 500 micrograms 'pt P ;6 j9. Authorized use >'

jA.,B.andC. For use in laboratory experiments and calibration of instruments. [

g Sealed sources are to be used and stored in Monsanto Research Corp., p; 11 shielded containers. p; A

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10. Licensed material may be used at U.S. Army Environmental Hygiene Agency, Aberdeen fy y Proving Ground, Maryland and at temporary job sites of the licensee anywhere in the i;p j United States. p FI

11. Licensed material shall be used by, or under the supervision of, individuals Pt J{[ designated by the licensee's Ionizing Radiation Control Committee, CPT Randall J.

Hill, Chairperson.

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A(1) Each sealed source acquired from another person and containing licensed j

{;12. material, other than hydrogen 3, with a half-life greater than 30 days ,

/ and in any form other than gas shall be tested for contamination and/or lp?

f leakage before use. In the absence of a certificate from a transferor .;

q indicating that a test has been made within 6 months before the transfer,  ;

a sealed source received from another person shall not be put into use  !,

[ until tested.

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(2) Notwithstanding the periodic leak test required by this condition, any i y licensed sealed source is exempt from such leak tests when the source 1 contains 100 microcuries or less of beta and/or gamma emitting materials it a or 10 microcuries or less of alpha emitting material, y1 m

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(3) Except for alpha sources, the periodic leak test required by this condi- p

! tion does not apply to sealed sources that are stored and not being used. bl i

i The sources excepted from this test shall be tested for leakage before I any use or transfer to another person unless they have been leak tested l within 6 months before the date of use or transfer.

l B. Each sealed source fabricated by the licensee shall be inspected and I tested for construction defects, leakage, and contamination prior to use I or transfer as a sealed source. If the inspection or test reveals any I construction defects or 0.005 microcurie or greater of contamination, the l source shall not be used or transferred as a sealed source until it has  ;

y been repaired, decontaminated and retested, pj I C. Each sealed source containing licensed material, other than hydrogen 3, h I with a half-life greater than 30 days and in any form other than gas Fj I shall be tested for leakage and/or contamination at intervals not to ex-ceed 6 months except that each source designed for the purpose of emit-l ting alpha particles shall be tested at intervals not to exceed 3 months.

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I 0. The test shall be capable of detecting the presence of 0.005 microcurie 1 of radioactive material on the test sample. The test sample shall be I taken from the sealed source or from the surfaces of the device in which '

the sealed source is permanently or semipermanently mounted or stored on h

g! which one might expect contamination to accumulate. Records of leak test p, i' results shall be kept in units of microcuries and maintained for inspec- pt I tion by the Commission. Records may be disposed of following Commission I inspection.

Il E. If the test required by Subsection A. or C. of this condition reveals the f' presence of 0.005 microcurie or more of removable contamination, the '

g! licensee shall immediately withdraw the sealed source from use and shall gl l cause it to be decontaminated and repaired or to be disposed of in accor-I dance with Commission regulations. A report shall be filed within 5 days I of the date the leak test result is known with the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region I, ATTN: Chief, Nuclear Materials Safety i and Safeguards Branch, 631 Park Avenue, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania

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

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lj(Continued) CONDITIONS Mj l ht I g g 14. Except as specifically provided otherwise in this license, the licensee shall I conduct its progran in accordance with the statements, representations, and pl procedures contained in the documents including any enclosures, listed below. >

I 1 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's regulations shall govern unless the state-  !

ments, representations and procedures in the licensee's application and corre-l spondence are more restrictive than the regulations.

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