ML20217C754
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| Site: | 07000734 |
| Issue date: | 03/25/1998 |
| From: | Weber M NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
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.S 93-4381, and Title 10. Code of I g Pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (Public Law g federal Regulanons. Chapter I. Parts 30,31,32. 33. 34,35,36. 39,40, and 70, and in reliance on statements and representations her l by the licensee, a hcense is hereby issued authori/mg the licensee to receis e, acquire. possess, and transfer by product, source. and special nuclear j p
h material designated below; to use such matenal ror the purposeh) and at the placch) designated below; to dehser or transfer such material to i h persons authorved to recene it in accordance with the regulatmns of the apphcable Parth). This license shall be deemed to contain the conditions i
specified in Section 183 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. as amended, and is subject to all applicable rules, regulations, and orders of the j 9
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Authorized use: For use in accordance with statements, representations, and conditions contained in N
N Part ll " License Specifications" dated July 24,1981, and supplements dated March 16 and N
N December 24,1982; February 4, November 14, and November 15,1983; April 10, April 12, June 28, N
N September 4, and September 7,1984; December 5,1985; May 23, September 25, and December 10, N
N 1986; December 21,1987; March 4, March 9 (2), March 22, April 26, August 22, September 8, and N
N November 2,1988; May 25 and November 17,1989; June 27,1990; April 30 and September 27,1991; N N
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N Decommissioning Plan" dated April 1,1990 (submitted by letter dated March 30,1990); August 22, N
N 1990 (submitted by letter dated August 24,1990); June 15,1992; July 12 and August 23,1994; I
N Group 6 Laboratories unrestricted use request dated August 12,1994; March 1,1995; Group 7 N
N Laboratories unrestricted use request dated December 5,1995; Group 8B Laboratories unrestricted E
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use request dated August 23,1996; October 15,1996, and April 30, and Group 9 Laboratories N
N unrestricted use request dated July 17,1997.
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Records of all safety-related reports and analyses shall be retained as follows:
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Copies of criticality and radiation safety analyses shall be retained for at least 2 years or for 6 I
N months after a project is terminated, whichever is longer.
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Copies of all other safety-related records (e.g., plant alterations and additions, abnormal N
N occurrences associated with radioactivity releases, audits and inspections, instrument calibrations, N
N ALARA findings, training and retraining, personnel exposures, routine radiation and environmental I
N surveys) shall be retained for at least 2 years or longer if required by regulations.
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Notwithstanding the statements in Section 5.4.2 in the License Specification Volume (Part II), if double U
N batching is not credible, the maximum safe batch size shall be no more than 75 percent of the U
N minimum critical mass independent of the degree of water moderation and reflection. However, when i
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the Th/U atomic ratio is 2 3.6 and the H/U s 20, the maximum safe batch size may be increased to 790 N
I g contained U-235 independent of whether double batching is credible.
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The Director QACD, upon recommendation of the appropriate manager within QACD, shall have N
N authority to require immediate termination of activities and/or corrective action in any situation which, in N
N their judgment, could lead to the annecessary exposure of personnel to ionizing radiation, release of N
N radioactive material, loss or damage of property, or non-compliance with the license or a regulation.
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The Criticality and Radiation Safety Committee (CRSC), functioning as an ALARA Committee, shall N
N meet at least annually to review (1) reports of audits and inspections performed since the last ALARA U
N review and (2) employee exposures and effluent release data to determine (a) if there are any upward N
N trends developing in personnel exposures for identifiable categones of workers, types of operations, or N
N effluent releases, (b) if exposures and releases might be lowered in accordance with the ALARA N
ce6 cept, and (c) if equipment for effluent and exposure control is being property used, maintained, and inspected.
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Radiological Work Permits (RWPS) shall be issued for all unplanned or non-routine work with licensed d
1 material not covered by a WA The RWP shall be signed by Health Physics management or a senior 5
1 staff member before related work can commence. A senior staff member shall be a Health Physics d
1 Technician having a minimum of 5 years' exponence in radiation safety An evalustson of the safety 4
1 effectiveness of the permit shall be made upon completion of the work.
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Radiation safety training, appropnate to the employee's needs, shall be gu v all new employees.
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Radiation safety training and indoctrination shall be conducted by the Health Physics Manager or by a a
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a course to an individual who is uniquely qualified to present it.
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Continuous air sampling shall be conducte d in any area where licensed material can become airbome.
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The location of air samplers shall be checked snnually and whenever any process or equipment 4
a changes are made to verify the representativeness of work area air sampling. In addition, the location d
1 of air samplers shall be checked at the commencement of operations in any area that has been d
1 shutdown for more 113..I 6 months to verify the representativeness of air sampling.
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S-11. The laboratories in which plutonium in a dispersible form may be used shall have exhaust ventilation i
1 systems separate from other building exhausts and shall provide dual HEPA filtering of the effluent air.
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S-12. Sealed Plutonium sources shall be subject to the leak testing and actions specified in the attached i
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" License Condition for Leak Testing Sealed Plutonium Sources," dated April 1993.
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Plutonium alpha sources shall be subject to the actions specified in the attached " License Condition for 5 5
1 Plutonium Alpha Sources," dated April 1993.
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1 S-13. Tne licensee shall prepare and submit to the Chief, Licensing Branch, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and 5 i
1 Safeguards, NMSS, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, a report whenever i
1 there is any new residential development within 1 mile around the site tnat constitutes a significant 1
change in parameters that may be affected by the release of radioactive materials into the environment, d
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1 renumbered to S-14 in Amendment 23 dated October 7,1993). The information in License Condition d
1 S-23 was incorporated into License Condition S-9 by adding the date of May 25,1989; License i
U 1l Condition S-9 later became S-1.
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S-15. At the end of plant life, the licensee shall decontaminate the site and facilities, authorized as a place of 5
1 use for special nuclear material, in accordance with the general decommissioning plan submitted by N
3 your letter dated July 25,1986, and its supplement dated October 15,1986, so that these facilities and I
1 grounds can be released for unrestricted use. The corporate commitment that funds will be made I
I available for decommissioning the facility, provided by letter dated September 10,1986, is hereby I
mcorporated as a condition of the license.
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S-17. Deleted by Amendment 37, September 1996. The SVA facility has been decommissioned and E
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S-18. Notwithstanding the statement in Section 4.2.1.4, Part il of the license, the trip levels will be readjusted E
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SG-5.1 Deleted by Amendment 37, September 1996. Not applicable under a possession only license.
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