ML20216G858

Forwards Request for Addl Info Re Review of Amend Request for License R-66,submitted on 980226.Responses Requested to Be Provided within 60 Days of Date of Ltr

ML20216G858
Person / Time
Site:	University of Virginia
Issue date:	03/11/1998
From:	Alexander Adams NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	Mulder R VIRGINIA, UNIV. OF, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA
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TAC-MA1069, NUDOCS 9803200111
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e March 11, 1998 Dr. Robert U. Mulder, Director University of Virginia Reactor Facility Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 22903-2442

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (TAC NO. MA1069)

Dear Dr. Mulder:

We are continuing our review of your amendment request for Amended Facility Operating License No. R-66 for the University of Virginia Research Reactor which you submitted on February 26,1998. During our review of your amendment request, questions have arisen for which we require additionalinformation and clarification. Please provide responses to the enclosed request for additionalinformation within 30 days of the date of this letter. In

'accordance with 10 CFR Part 50.30(b), your response must be executed in a signed

. original under oath or affirmation. Following receipt of the additional information, we will continue our evaluation of your amendment request.

If you have any questions regarding this review, please contact me at (301).415-1127.

Sincerely, ORIGINAL SIGNE.D BY:

Alexander Adams, Jr., Senior Project Manager Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning Project Directorate Division of Reactor Program Management j Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-62

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SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (TAC NO. MA1069)

Dear Dr. Mulder:

We are continuing our review of your amendment request for Amended Facility Operating License No. R-66 for the University of Virginia Research Reactor which you submitted on February 26,1998. During our review of your amendment request, questions have arisen for which we require additionalinformation and clarification. Please provide responses to the enclosed request for additionalinformation within 30 days of the date of this letter. In accordance with 10 CFR Part 50.30(b), your response must be executed in a signed original under oath or affirmation. Following receipt of the additionalinformation, we will continue our evaluation of your amendment request.

If you have any questions regarding this review, please contact me at (301) 415-1127.

Sincerely, GMb -

Alexander Adams, Jr., Senio oject Manager Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning Project Directorate Division of Reactor Program Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-62

Enclosure:

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Department of Environmental Quality Office of Grants i Management / Intergovernmental f Affairs 629 East Main Street, Sixth Floor j Richmond, Virginia 23219 Mr. Preston Farrar Nuclear Reactor Facility School of Engineering  ;

and Applied Science University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 Dr. Ronald D. Flack, Jr., Chairman j Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 1

Dr. William Vernetson l Director of Nuclear Facilities Department of Nuclear Engineering Sciences University of Florida 202 Nuclear Sciences Center Gainesville, Florida 32611 Dr. Rolan E. Hertel, Director Neely Nuclear Research Center j Georgia institute of Technology i 900 Atlantic Drive, N.W.

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Mr. Pedro B. Perez, Associate Director l Nuclear Reactor Program )l North Carolina State University P. O. Box 7909 Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7909 l Office of the Attorney General 101 North 8th Street Richmond, Virginia 23219 Bureau of Radiological Health l Division of Health Hazards Control 109 Governor Street, Room 916 Richmond, Virginia 23219  ;

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1 ENCLOSURE REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA RESEARCH REACTOR OOCKET NO. 50-62

1. Please provide additional detail to justify your requested organizational changes. Why will the requested changes result in no reduction in the attention given by the University-to safe and regulatory-compliant facility operation? Please exclain the elimination of the Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science from the organizational structure-and the replacement of the Associate Provost for Research with the Vice Provost for Research.

2. Technical Specifications (TSs) 6.1.1 and 6.2.1 both refer to the Chair of the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering but have not been proposed for amendment. Please' explain.

3. Please consider updating TS 6.7 to reflect the transfer of NRC responsibility for the non-power reactor inspection program from Region ll to the Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning Project Directorate at Headquarters. Notification of and submission of reports to Region 11 is no longer required.

4. Do your proposed administrative changes affect the license or decommissioning order for the CAVALIER Research Reactoi? If so, please submit an application for amendment of the CAVALIER license.

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