ML20211Q400

Forwards Final Version of Nuclear Science Ctr TS Pending Official Approval from Nrc.Revised TS Simply Incorporates Changes That Were Proposed in Previous Ltrs with Exception of Minor Mod

ML20211Q400
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Issue date:	09/07/1999
From:	Kim C TEXAS A&M UNIV., COLLEGE STATION, TX
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
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i September 07,1999 l U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 99-0209 ATTN: Document Control Desk j Washington,DC 20555

Subject:

Submission of Revised Technical Specification

Reference:

1. Texas A&M University Nuclear Science Center Reactor License R-83

2. Texas A&M University Nuclear Science Center Letter #98-0132 l

3. Texas A&M University Nuclear Science Center Letter #99-0204 i

Dear Sir,

I In accordance with the request from the NRC (Ted Michaels) by phone and subsequent fax on August 11,1999, the NSC is submitting the final version of the Nuclear Science Center's  !

Technical Specification pending an official approval from the NRC.

Please note that the revised Technical Specification simply incorporates the changes that were 4 proposed in the previous letters with the exception of a minor modification. The " bases" of the I Technical Specification 3.6.4 have been slightly modified to incorporate the results of the phone conversation between the NRC (Frank Demeglio and Dan Hughes) and the Nuclear Science Center (Latha Vasudevan, Chan-Hyeong Kim, and Alfred Sanchez) on August 11,1999. Please note that the previous " basis" of Technical Specification 3.6.4 (b) is no longer correct as we used the detailed calculation (see Appendix 1, Safety Evaluation Report) instead of using the previous overly conservative calculation to determine the emergency action levels.

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Page 2 l Consequently, the attached Technical Specification does not include any discussion on the i . emergency action levels, which will be discussed in a future reevaluation of the NSC emergency l plan and procedures. Even though our calculations show that the release of a few thousand l

Curies of xenon does not require classification of an emergency action level, the NSC is planning

' to update the emergency plan and procedures to incorporate an accidental release of Xenon-125.

Sincerely, 0

CharkY Eyeong Kim l Acting Assistant Director

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Enclosures:

(1) Revised Technical Specification xc: 12110/ Central File l Dr. W. D. Reece, Director, NSC Latha Vasudevan, Radiation Safety Officer, NSC Theodore Michaels, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission i

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