ML20236X449

Forwards Request for Addl Info & Clarification Re 870806 Application for Amend to License R-97.Response Requested within 45 Days

ML20236X449
Person / Time
Site:	Neely Research Reactor
Issue date:	12/07/1987
From:	Alexander Adams Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Karam R Neely Research Reactor, ATLANTA, GA
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NUDOCS 8712090205
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Docket No,' 50-160 Dr. R. A. Karam, Director Neely Nuclear Research Center Georgia. Institute of Technology

-900 Atlantic Drive

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SUBJECT:

NRC REVIEW 0F LICENSE AMENDMENT APPLICATION We are continuing our review of your application for an amendment to Facility License No. R-97 submitted by~ letter dated August 6,.1987. During our review of the information you had submitted, questions have arisen for which we

-require additional information and clarification.. Please provide responses to the enclosed Request for Additional Information within 45 days of the date of this letter. 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) 492-8207.

The reporting and/or recordkeeping requirements contained in this letter

-affect fewer than-. ten respondents; therefore, OMB clearance is not required under P. L.95-511.

Sincerely, original signed by Alexander Adams, Jr., Project Manager Standardization and Non-Power r

Reactor Project Directorate Division of Reactor Projects III, IV, Y and Special Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

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SUBJECT:

NRC REVIEW OF LICENSE AMENDMENT APPLICATION We are continuing our review of your application for an amendment to Facility License No. R-97 submitted by letter dated August 6, 1987. During our review of the information you had submitted, questions have arisen for which we require additional information and clarification. Please provide responses to the enclosed Request for Additional Information within 45 days of the date of this letter. 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) 492-8207.

The reporting and/or recordkeeping requirements contained in this letter affect fewer than ten respondents; therefore, OMB clearance is not required under P. L. 95-51]. -

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, o Alexander Adams, Jr., Pro et Manager Standardization and Non-Power Reactor Project Directorate Division of Reactor Projects III, IV, V and Special Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

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e REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION l

1. In your request for amendm a t to Technical Specification 3.6.e you state that any gas will be acceptable as a cover gas in the sweep system.

Please list the specific gases for which you seek approval. Please discuss the chemical interaction between the proposed cover gases and the heavy water. Please discuss the radiological effects of activation of the proposed cover gases. Will the proposed gases affect the operation and performance of the recombiner system? Will the proposed gases affect the ability to confirm the Technical Specifications requirement that the D concentration in the cover gas sweep system is less than 2% by volume?

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2. American National ftandard ANSI /ANS-15.1-1982, "The Development of Technical Specifications for Research Reactors" (ANS-15.1) is used by the NRC in the evaluation of research reactor Technical Specifications.

Section 6.1 of ANS-15.1 states that the review and audit function of the organization should report directly to level 1 management. In your proposed organization, the review and audit function reports to level 2 management. Please justify this departure from ANS-15.1.

3. You state that the President of the Georgia Institute of Technology conducted an evaluation that determined that reorganization of the Georgia Tech Research Reactor will contribute directly to better nuclear safeguards conditions and more effective program management. Please provide the bases for the conclusions reached in this study.

4. Please provide a resume for the new Chairman of the Nuclear Safeguards Comittee and Radiation Safety Officer, Dr. Bernd Kahn.

5. What authority and responsibility does the Radiation Safety Officer have over the operation of the Nealy Nuclear Research Center?

What is the' minimum number of members that will be appointed to the 6.

Nuclear Safeguards Comittee? Please see Section 6.2.1 of ANS-15.1 and state this number in the Technical Specifications.

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7. Section 6.2.2(2) of ANS-15.1 states that the operating staff members on a Nuclear Safeguards Comittee should not constitute a majority of a quorum.

Please state in the technical specifications the limitations placed on the i participation of the operating staff in a quorum. l

8. Section 6.2.3 and 6.2.4 of ANS-15.1 outline the review and audit functions desired in a Nuclear Safeguards Comittee. Please justify the missing functions of your comittee in view of ANS-15.1.

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9. 10 CFR 70.303 states the requirements for disposal of radioactive materials by release into sanitary sewerage systems. Please explain how you intend to meet 10 CFR 20.303(b)(1) which limits the daily average concentration of licensed materials that can be re M sed. Your proposed Technical Specification 3.5.a.5 could result in a release in two parts that exceeds 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> in duration.

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