ML20235K678

Requests That Licensee Review Requirements for SNM & Provide Adequate Justification for Lowest Acceptable Quantity for Facility as Defined.Response Requested within 30 Days of Ltr Date

ML20235K678
Person / Time
Site:	MIT Nuclear Research Reactor
Issue date:	08/29/1975
From:	Lear G Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CAMBRIDGE
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NUDOCS 8902270202
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UNITED STATES '2 NUCLE AR REGULATORY COMMISSION W ASHINGTON, D. C. 20555 i ) Docket No. 50-20.

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AUG 2 91975 Massachusetts Institute of Technology ATTN: Mr. Lincoln Clark, Jr..

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138 Albany Street Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Centlemen:

RE:

' MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH REACTOR Your utilization facility license authorizes you to possess special nuclear material (SNM) of a type and amount that exceeds the " threshold" quantity defined by 10 CFR Part 73, 573.1(b) (copy enclosed). It is our objective that the amount of SNM that facility licensees are authorized to possess and the amount that they actually possess be consistent and furthermore ,

that these amounts be reduced to the " lowest acceptable quantity". This

" lowest acceptable quantity" is defined as the amount necessary to sustain' current operations and those projected for the immediate future, i.e.,

12 months.

Therefore, we request that you review your requirements for SNM and provide adequate justification for the " lowest acceptable quantity" for your facility

( \ as defined above. If the amount of SNM currently authorized by your license is greater than the " lowest acceptable quantity" f or your f acility, then you should submit a request for a license amendment to reduce the authorized amount to that quantity. We ask that your response to this request, including an application for a license amendment, if appropriate, be submitted within 30 days from the date of this letter.

This request for generic information was approved by GAO under a blanket clearance number B-180225 (R0072); this clearance expires July 31, 1977.

Sincerely, George Lear, Chief 8

Operating Reactors Branch #3 Division of Reactor Licensing l

Enclosure:

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