ML20237G592

Forwards Request for Addl Info Based on Review of 870522 Application for possession-only Amend to License R-109. Response Requested within 30 Days of Ltr Date

ML20237G592
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Site:	05000262
Issue date:	08/26/1987
From:	Alexander Adams Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Stohlton J Brigham Young University, PROVO, UT
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Docket No. 50-262 August 26, 1987 Dr. John B. Stohlton Executive Vice President Brigham Young University Prov,0, Utah 84602

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SUBJECT:

NRC REVIEW 0F BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY POSSESSION-0NLY AMENDMENT

3. APPLICATION Wo Ire continuing our review of your application for a " Possession-Only" amendment to your research reactor license. During our review of the information you had submitted, several questions have arisen for which we require additional information and clarification. These questions are based on your application of May 22, 1987. Please provide responses to the enclosed questions within 30 days of the date of this letter. Following receipt of the information we will continue our evaluation of your amendment equest. If you have 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, OVB clearance is not required I under P.L.95-511.

Sincerely, Original signed by Alexander Adams, Jr., Project Manager Standardization and Non-Power Reactor Project Directorate Division of Reactor Projects III, IV, V and Special Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Projects

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SUBJECT:

NRC REVIEW OF BRIGHAN YOUNG UNIVERSITY POSSESSION-0NLY AMENDMENT

. APPLICATION We are continuing our review of your application for a " Possession-Only" amendrrent to your research reactor license. During our review of the it. formation you had submitted, several questions have arisen for which we require additional information and clarification. These questions are based on your application of May 22, 1987. Please provide responses to the enclosed questions within 30 days of the date of this letter. Following receipt of the information we will continue our evaluation of your amendment request. If you have cuestions regarding this review, please contact me at (301)492-8207.

The reporting and/or recordkeeping requirements contained in this letter i affect fewer than ten respondents; therefore, OMB clearance is not required i under P.L.95-511.

Sincerely.

Alexander Adams, Jr., ject Manager Standardization and Non-Power

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

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BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL 1NFORMATION

1. Please describe the present radiological status of the reactor. Include measured radiation field dose rates and . contamination levels.

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2. What effect will draining the shield water have on radiation fields due to the storage of the plutonium-beryllium source in the reactor?

3. Justify the substitution of TLD dosimeters for the reactor building radiation and air particulate monitor.

4. Please resubmit your proposed Technical Specifications in the format of ANSI /ANS-15.1-1982, "The Development of Technical Specifications for Research Reactors." Transfer the specifications found in sections 3.C.

and 3.D. of Facility License No. R-109 to the Technical Specifications.

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