ML20215D512

Amend 9 to License SNM-9 for Dept of Army,Ballistic Research Labs,Amending License in Entirety

ML20215D512
Person / Time
Site:	07000011
Issue date:	10/01/1986
From:	Jennifer Davis NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
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ML20215D515	List: ML20215D512 ML20215D519
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NUDOCS 8610140179
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Nec Form 374 PACE 1

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AS. NUCLEAR REIULAT37.Y COMMISSION MATERIALS LICENSE Amendment No. 09 Pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-438), and Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, Chapter I, Parts 30,31,32,33,34,35,40 and 70, and in reliance on statements and representations heretofore made by the licensee, a license is hereby issued authorizing the licensee to receive, acquire, possess, and transfer byproduct,

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source, and special nuclear material desipated below; to use such material for the purpose (s) and at the place (s) designated below;to

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deliver or transfer such material to pers<.s authorized to receive it in accordance with the regulations of the applicable Part(s). This license shall be deemed to contain the conditions specified in Section 183 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and is E

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

Licensee In accordance with application dated Department of the Army

3. fune 23,ber1986, 1.

cense num Ballistic Research Laboratories SNM-9 is amended in L

U.S. Army Amament Research its entirety to read as follows:

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hay possess at any one time special nuclear material form r

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To be used for research and development as defined in 70.4(j), 10 CFR 70, and for instrument calibration.

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10. Licensed material shall be used only at U.S. Amy Ballistic Research Laboratory, i

Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.

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11. Licensed material shall be used by,; or under the supervision of, individuals F

designated by the Ballistic Research Laboratory's Ionizing Radiation Control E

Committee.

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12. A(1) Any sealed sources or detector cells specified in Item 7.A. shall be tested for L

leakage and/or contamination at intervals not to exceed 6 months. Any source

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or detector cell received from another person which is not accompanied by a t

certificate indicating that a test was performed within 6 months before the t

- transfer shall not be put into use until tested.

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I (2) Any sealed sources specified in Items 7.B. shall be tested for leakage and/or l

contamination at intervals not to exceed three months. Any source received i

from another person which is not accompanied by a certificate indicating that a i

test was performed within three months before the transfer shall not be put I

into use until tested.

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(3) Notwithstanding the periodic leak test required by this condition, any l

licensed sealed source is exempt from such leak tests when the source i

contains 100 microcuries or less of-befarand/or gamma emitting material I

or 10 microcuries or less of alpha *emitt'iig(msterial.

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Any sealed source or detector cell in storage n'd n6t being used need not be tested. When the source or detector cell is removed from storage for use or transfer to another person, it shall be tbsf.ed before use or g

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transfer.

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The test shall/be capab1d of detecting the presence of 0.005 microcurie i

j of radioactive material on the test;sampip.dIff]e contamination, the the test (fiveals the l

presence of' 0.005 microcurie or more of removab source or d'etector cell shall be r.emoved fr'piibservice and%econtaminated, l

repaired, or disposed of in accordanceNij$pdate the/Jeak test result is Coinission resulations. A g

reportshalpbefiledwithin5 days, the i

known with th6 U.S.lNuclear Regulatory 08nunissio'riMRegiorCI, ATTN: Chief, 1

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Prussia, Pen 4sflvania-119,406..Thege9 hal) ' pecify )4f leak test thetestresu(ts,andcorrectiveaction ken Records g

results shall be+kept in uriits of inj&o'curje's'. nd shaDybe maintained for i

inspection by the' Commission. Recordsdriay,be/ disposed.of following i

Commission inspection.

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Tests for leakage and/or contamination shall,be performed by the licensee j

orbyotherpersonsspecifically1.icenssdby"theCommissionoranAree-9 a

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13. Sealed sources or detector cells containing licensed material shall not be i

opened or sources removed from detector cells by the licensee.

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CONDITIONS i

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

conduct its program in accordance with the statements, representations, and i

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

l The Nuclear Regulatory Comission's regulations shall govern unless the state-i ments, representations and procedures in the licensee's application and corre-i spondence are more restrictive than the regulations.

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Letter dated September 19, 1977 C.

Letter dated April 14,il bRREG h/

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Letter dated March 31, 1 i

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Letter dated Septem N

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