ML20237E038

Submits Reminder That Amended Facility Operating License R-37 for Massachusetts Inst of Technology Scheduled to Expire on 990808

ML20237E038
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Site:	MIT Nuclear Research Reactor
Issue date:	08/24/1998
From:	Alexander Adams NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	Bernard J MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CAMBRIDGE
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% Appst 24,1998 Dr. John A. Bernard, Director Nuclear Reactor Laboratory Massachusetts Institute of Technology 138 Albany Street Cambridge, MA 02139-4296

SUBJECT:

RENEWAL OF OPERATING LICENSE NO. R-37

Dear Dr. Bernard:

This letter is to remind you that Amended Facility Operating Ucense No. R-37 for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Research Reactor (MITR) is scheduled to expire on August 8,1999, and to provide you guidance for preparing your application for a renewal of the license. Tit /e 10 of the Code of Federe/ Regulations (10 CFR 2.109) allows continued operation under your current license until the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) acts upon an application for renewal provided the application is received at least 30 days prior to the expiration date of your current license.

The NRC considers the renewal of a non-power reactor operating license to be equivalent to reissuing the license. Therefore, renewal is not merely a routine administrative step, but involves in-depth reviews of all documentation related to the facility, an onsite review, and publication in the Federal Register of a notice of your request that provides the opportunity ufor public participation, as well as a notice of the results of our review of your application, j Your renewal application should address the requirements in applicable sections of Tit /e 10 j of the Code of Federe/ Regulations, and should demonstrate that the reactor can continue to

. be operated safely and without adverse impact on the environment or the public. For the ,

review of your renewal application, the NRC staff will consider applicable guidance ' i contained in the NRC Division 2 Regulatory Guides for Research Reactors, NUREG-1537,

" Guidelines for Preparing and Reviewing Applications for the Licensing of Non-Power

. Reactors," and the industry standards in the American Nuclear Society ANS-15 Series for research reactors.

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y In order for us to perform an adequate review, you are requested to include, as part of your application, all of the following documentation, in accordance with 10 CFR 50.33 and

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', E 1. Undated Safety Analvsis Recort (SAR)

- A complete updated edition of your Safety Analysis Report (SAR) is required to be -

U - submitted with your. renewal application. The SAR should include information that

,*at describes the facility and all changes made during the license period; the design bases l l ' and limits on its operation; and a safety analysis of the structures, components and 3 systems to ensure that they will be able to continue to perform their intended t functions. Potential and reasonable accident scenwios and their consequences should g be analyzed using the best current input data and computational techniques, and should

e. a. - be compared, wherever possible, with facility operating experience.

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Furthermore, the SAR should include updated information and analyses on demography, meteorology, geology, seismology, and other natural and unnatural phenomena.

2. Financial Qualifications (10 CFR 50.33(f))

This information must show that you possess or there is reasonable assurance that you will be able to obtain the funds necessary to cover estimated operating costs for the period of the requested license renewal plus the estimated costs of permanently shutting down the facility and either decommissioning it or maintaining it in a safe condition. To facilitate our review, we request that the following information be provided, appropriately certified:

a. The most recently published annual financial statement of the University. Indicate the source of funds utilized to cover costs of operation of the MITR for the renewal period.

b. The estimated annual cost to operate the reactor for the first five years of the requested period of renewal, the underlying assumptions and bases of the estimate, and sources of funds to cover these costs, and

c. The estimated costs of eventually shutting down the reactor and safely disposing of it, a listing of what is included in these costs, the assumptions underlying these estimated costs, the type of shutdown contemplated, and the source of funds to cover these costs.

3. Environmental Reoort (10 CFR Part 51)

Your Environmental Report (ER) shoyld include sufficient operational data, analyses, and discussions to provide a substantial basis for NRC to develop its environmental assessment.

4. Technical Specifications The content and format of Technical Specifications should be developed considering the guidance in ANSI /ANS 15.1-1990, "The Development of Technical Specifications for Research Reactors" and NUREG-1537. Any changes to the current Technical Specifications should be proposed and justified at the timo of tha license renewal application so they can be evaluated during the review. All Technical Specifkations should be justified in your SAR.

5. Ooerator Reaualification Proarun (10 CFR 50.54 (i-1) and 10 CFR Part 55) l A copy of your current and implemented operator requalification program will be reviewed wkh your renewal application to ensure it meets current NRC requirements for non-power reactors. Please submit any changes pu wish to make as part of the renewal application.

Dr. John A. Bernard 3

6. Emeroency Plan (10 CFR 50.54(q) and (r) and 10 CFR 50, Appendix E)

As your emergency plan has been approved by NRC, you need only reference those respective MIT and NRC documents. However,if you wish to modify your emergency plan, any changes should be submitted for NRC review in accordance with the above-cited regulations.

7. Physical Security Plan (10 CFR 73.67)

You have an approved physical security plan on file with NRC which we shall review.

Accordingly, you need only reference the license amendment containing that documentation. However,if you wish to modify your physical security plan, changes should be made in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 50.54(p) or 10 CFR 50.90.

8. Filino of Acolication The requirements for submitting your renewal application and all other formal documentation relating to your license with respect to addressee, notarization, signatory and number of copies are defined in 10 CFR 50.4 and 10 CFR 50.30.

9. Staff Visit As a part of our review of your facility, members of the NRC licensing staff may visit y aur facility. This visit will be coordinated with you following receipt of your application for renewal.

For your further guidance in preparing the proper information to be included in your license renewal application, we are enclosing a copy of a license package recently issued for a non-power reactor facility (North Carolina State University). This includes the staff's Safety Evaluation Report (NUREG-1572) and Environmental Assessment, and the new license for the reactor. Upon completion of our review and a favorable evaluation of your facility, similar documents will be issued in conjunction with renewal of your reactor operating license. The Safety Evaluation Report is provided as an example of the type of findings we must make. Your documentation must provide the technical and descriptive information that will support our issuance of a similar evaluation for your facility.

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

Sincerely, h30 Alexander Adams, Jr., S io roject Manager Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning i Project Directorate

! Division of Reactor Program Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-20

Enclosure:

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. Dr. John A. B rnard 3 6, Emeroency Plan (10 CFR 50.54(q) and (r) and 10 CFR 50, Appendix E)

As your emergency plan has been approved by NRC, you need only reference those respective MIT and NRC documents. However,if you wish to modify your emergency plan, any changes should be submitted for NRC review in accordance with the above-cited regulations.

7. Physical Security Plan (10 CFR 73.67)

You have an approved physical security plan on file with NRC which we shall review.

Accordingly, you need only reference the license amendment containing that documentation. However, if you wish to modify your physical security plan, changes should be made in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 50.54(p) or 10 CFR 50.90.

8. Filina of Anotication The requirements for submitting your renewal application and all other formal documentation relating to your license with respect to addressee, notarization, signatory and nsaber of copies are defined in 10 CFR 50.4 and 10 CFR 50.30.

9. Staff Visit As a part of our review of your facility, members of the NRC licensing staff may visit your facility. This visit will be coordinated with you following receipt of your application for renewal.

For your further guidance in preparing the proper information to be included in your license renewal application, we are enclosing a copy of a license package recently issued for a non-power reactor facility (North Carolina State University). This includes the staff's Safety Evaluation Report (NUREG-1572) and Environmental Assessment, and the new license for the reactor. Upon completion of our review and a favorable evaluation of your facility, similar documents will be issued in conjunction with renewal of your reactor operating license. The Safety Evaluation Report is provided as an example of the type of findings we must make. Your documentation must provide the technical and descriptive information j that will support our issuance of a similar evaluation for your facility. '

.lf you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-1127.

Sincerely, n%e arks", Jr., Senior Project Manager Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning Project Directorate Division of Reactor Program Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-20

Enclosure:

As stated cc w/o enclosure: See next page D(STRIBUTION: (w/o enclosure)

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Dr. John A. Bernord . 3 o 6. Emeroency Plan (10 CFR 50.54(q) and (r) and 10 CFR 50, Appendix E)

As your emergency plan has been approved by NRC, you need only reference those respective MIT and NRC documents. However,if you wish to modify your emergency plan, any changes should be submitted for NRC review in accordance with the above-cited regulations.

7. Phvsical Securitv Plan (10 CFR 73.67) ~

You have an approved physical security plan on file with NRC which we shall review. I Accordingly, you need only reference the license amendment containing that documentation. However, if you wish to modify your physical security plan, changes should be made in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 50.54(p) or 10 CFR 50.90.

8. Filina of Anotication .

The requirements for submitting your renewal application and all other formal documentation relating to your license with respect to addressee, notarization, )

signatory and number of copies are defined in 10 CFR 50.4 and 10 CFR 50.30.

9. Staff Visit As a part of our review of your facility, members of the NRC licensing staff may visit )

your facility. This visit will be coordinated with you following receipt of your  !

application for renewal.

For your further guidance in preparing the proper information to be included in your license renewal application, we are enclosing a copy of a license package recently issued for a non- <

power reactor facility (North Carolina State University). This includes the staff's Safety Evaluation Report (NUREG-1572) and Environmental Assessment, and the new license for the reactor. Upon completion of our review and a favorable evaluation of your facility, '

similar documents will be issued in conjunction with renewal of your reactor operating license. The Safety Evaluation Report is provided as an example of the type of findings we must make. Your documentation must provide the technical and descriptive information that will support our issuance of a similar evaluation for your facility.

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

Sincerely, n%e ams, Jr., Senior Project Manager Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning Project Directorate Division of Reactor Program Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-20

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