ML20211P329
| ML20211P329 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | General Atomics |
| Issue date: | 10/09/1997 |
| From: | Weiss S NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML20211P326 | List: |
| References | |
| R-038-A-034, R-38-A-34, NUDOCS 9710200167 | |
| Download: ML20211P329 (4) | |
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GENERAL ATOMlqS DOCKET NO. 50 89 AMENDMENT TO AMENDED FACILITY LICENSE Amendment No. 34 License No. R-38 1.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commitsion (tne Commission) has found that:
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The application for an amendment to Amended Facility L' cense No. R-38 filed by General Atomics (the licensee), dated September 15,1997, conforms to the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the regulations of the Conimission as stated in Chapter I of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR);
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The facility will operate in conformity with the application, the provisions of the Act, and the rules and regulations of Ihe Commission; C.
There is reasonable assurance that (i) the activities authorized by this amendment can be conducted without endangering the health and safety of the public and (ii) such activities will be conducted in compliance with the regulations of the Commission; 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.
This amendment is issued in accordance with the regulations of the Commission as stated in 10 CFR Part 51, and all applicable requirements have been satisfied; and F.
Prior notice of this amendment was not required by 10 CFR 2.105, and publication of notice for this amendment was not required by 10 CFR 2.106.
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Accordingly, the license is amended by changes to the Technical Specifications as indicated in the enclosure to this license amendment, and paragraph 2.C.(2) of Amended Facility License No. R-38 is hereby amended to read as follows:
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Technical Soecifications The Technical Specifications contained in Appendix A, as revised through Amendment No. 34, are hereby incorporated in the license. The licensee shall operate the facility in accordance with the Technical Specifications.
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This license amendment is effective as of the date of issuance.
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kW Se our H. Weiss, Director Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning Project Directorate Division of Reactor Program Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Enclosure:
Appendix A, Technical Specifications Changes Date of issuance: October 9, 1997
ENCLOSURE TO LICENSE AMENDMENT NO. 34 AMENDED FACILITY LICENSE NO. R-38 DOCKET NO. 50-89 Replace the following page of Appendix A, " Technical Specifications," with the enclosed page. The revised page is ident.fied by amendment number and contains a vertical line indicating the area of change.
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instruments necessary to provide the scrans listed in Table I shall be operable during reactor operation.
5.2.2 During reactor operation, the applicable interlocks shown in Table !! shall be operable.
5.2.3 The following monitoring systems shall be operable during reactor operation or when work is done on or around the reactor core. (For periods of time when maintenance or repair to the radiation monitoring systems is being performed, the intent of thii, specification will be satisfied if the installed system is replaced as needed with alternative or portable ganna-sensitive instruments having their own alarms or which shall be kept under visual observation.):
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An area radiation monitoring system capable of activating the evacuation alars, b.
A continuout ponitoring system for airborne radioactivity having a readout and audible alarm which can be heard in both the reactor and control rooms, c.
The monitoring systems in a. and b. shall be calibrated annually and their set points verified weekly.
5.2.4 The reactor safety systems plus a startup channel shall be verified to be operable at least once each day the reactor is operated, unless the operation extends continuously beyond
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one day, in which case the operability of the reactor safety system need only be verified prior to the extended operation.
5.2.5 If the reactor is capable of achieving enticahty, the reactor power measuring channels shall be calibrated at least quarterly by companng with heat balance.
5.3 Following maintenance or modification of the control or reactor safety sy:tems, the affected system shall be verified to be operable before comencing reactor operation.
6.0 FUEL STORAGE 6.1 All fuel elements or fueled devices shall be stored in a safe geometry (k less than 0.8 under all conditions of f
moderation) 6.2 Irradiated fuel elements and fueled experiments shall be stored in an array which will permit sufficient natural convection cooling by water or air such that the temperature of the fuel element or fueled device will not exceed design values.
6.3 Not more than 19 standard fuel elements or equivalent shall be stored in any one storage weli.
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