ML20211A706

Forwards Status Rept for Ga Tech Research Reactor Decommissioning Program for Month Aug 1997

ML20211A706
Person / Time
Site:	Neely Research Reactor
Issue date:	09/12/1997
From:	Davidson J Neely Research Reactor, ATLANTA, GA
To:	Mendonca M NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
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NUDOCS 9709240336
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2 Attention: Mr. Marvin M. Mendonca, Acting Director Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning Project Directorate

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             - Monthly Status Report for August 1997 Georgia Tech Research Reactor (GTRR) D&D Project -

References:

' l. Georgia Tech Letter dated August 7,1997, Enclosure 2 - Status Report

2. Georgia Tech Research Reactor NRC License No. R-97

3. NRC Docket No. 50-160

Dear Mr. Mendonca:

         - Enclosed for your information is the status report for the Georgia Tech Research Reactor Decommissioning Program for the month of August 1997. If you have any questions on this -

information, please contact me at (404-894-3350) or our project manager, Mr. Bill Miller (404-894-4610).

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                                              - Monthly Status Report - August 1997-

_ A. General The GTRR remains under a sa'e shutdown condition as stated in Enclosure 2 of our letter dated August 7,1997,' The reactor facility is in compliance with its license conditions and current

            . technical specifications (10CFRSO.51(b)).
            - B. Activities for the Month The following activities were performed during the month of August,1997:
             -e.     : Final draft of the P-O-L amendment request was completed on August 4,1997;
            .*      - The P-O-L'amendmentiequest was reviewed and approved by the Nuclear Safeguard :

Committee, August 5,1997;

            /o         The P-0-L amendment request was submitted to USNRC on August 7,1997; e       . An information briefing was presented to the Home Park Community improvement
                     . Association on GTRR decommissioning activities, August 11,1997. (See attached,
                     . Exhibit 1);L -

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Request for termination of the heavy water loan agreement, and request to ship back the .

heavy water inventory, was submitted to DOE on August 14,1997.-(See attached, Exhibit 2);

e. - Draft radiological characterization plan for the decommissioning of the GTRR was :

                     " submitted by NES to Ocorgia Tech, August 20,1997;;

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                     . status of deconunissioning activities and to hold preliminary discussions on the post-    g
                     -- decommissioning use for the containment building, August 21,-1997;

• Ongoing review and comment on the draft site characterization plan.

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            - The following activities are planned: :

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             ~e:       Finalization of the characterization plan. (Through mid September 1997)                      ;
            .. e       Public information/fownhall meeting on September 8,' 1997, t*.        Ship the heavy water back to DOE. (Aiken, S.C.)
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         - Eo-        . Review and respond to the USNRC comments on our P-O-L request, September 1997.            '

Exhibits: Memorandum for Record, August 13,1997, Briefing to the Homepark Community Improvement Association. .  !

              .        Letterdated August 14,1997, from Dr. Nolan E. Hertel to Mr. J. Folk (DOE).

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                                       -                                                                                               Phone (404) 894-4610 Fax (404) 894-8188 August 13,1997 MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD.

FOR: Technical and Safety Review Committee SUBECT: Meeting With the Home Park Community improvement Association - August 11,1997 An information briefing on decommissioning of the Neely Research Reactor was presented to the Home l Park Community improvement Association at 7:00 PM on Monday, August 11,1997. This was I;i l . conjunction with the Association's monthly meeting at the Tenth Street United Methodist Church. The briefing was presented by Bill Mil.ar as part of a general update on campus planning activities. The following pointswere covered:

1. The President of Georgia Tech has made a firm decision to decommission the reactor;

2. The reactor fuel, which was removed before the Olympics, will not be replaced; ,

3. Georgia Tech has applied to the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a Possession Only 1.icense, the first formal step in the decommissioning program;

4. Georgia Tech has retained a professional consulting firm to assist in decommissioning planning;

5. Decommissioning will include removal of all radioactive reactor components within the constainment building. Although a schedule has not been developed, Georgia Tech anticipates the work to remove radioactive components will begin in late 1998, pending approval from the NRC;

6. There are no plans at this time to demolish the conatinment building. The building willlikely be convertod to research and academic use.

Following the briefing there were no questions on the decommissioning program. The information was well received and ended with spontaneous applause from approximately sixty Home Park residents in attendance. There was no press cov3 rage at the meeting and no follow-up appeared in the local media. Submitted: (EW William A. Miller Project Manager cc: Mr. Francisco Trejo, Vice President, NES, Inc. Ms. Tammy Tuley, Georgia Tech Comrnunications A Unit orthe Univmity System orOcorgia An Equal FAucation ami Enytoyment Opportunity Institition

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Dear Mr. Folk:

As per our discussion on August 13,1997, I hereby notify you of the Georgia Tech Neely Nuclear Research Center's need to terminate its heavy water loan agreement with the Department of Energy and return the heavy water in our ( possession. The termination of this loan is being requested since we are decom-missioning our research reactor. We currently have heavy water stored in seven different containers. We have 20,738 lbs of heavy water in a storage tank and another 799 lbs in the purification system, in eddition we also have heavy water stored in five drums: Drum # Contents wt% D,0 Weiaht of D,0(ibs) 18582 SRP Specification D2O 99.60 242 15872 SRP Specification D 2O 99.77 372 18624 SRP Specification D2O 99.78 502 16850 High Purity Collection 92.52 83 16851 Low Purity Collection 17.82 33 One drum (#18624), containing the SRP Specification D2 0, has an unbroken seal. We desire to remove the heavy water from the facility in the immediate future if possible. We will provide you with samples from the storage tank, the purification system, and the unsealed drums as soon as you inform us of the requirements you have on the handling and collevion of such samples. . A Urut of tM Universh Systun of Georg:a An Ecual Education and Emotosment Ocoortundy instduton

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      --{ - f        - August 14,1997-Please advise me of the steps which we must take to terminate the loan agreement and retum the heavy water. We are also interested in the availability of stainless steel drums for shipment of the heavy water. -

4 l thank you for your assistance. '

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