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Category:Letter type:RCF
MONTHYEARRCF 23-02, Annual Report Cy 2022-update-signed2023-06-0505 June 2023
Annual Report Cy 2022-update-signed
RCF 22-01, Calendar Year (Cy) 2021 Operations Report of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Reactor Critical Facility (RCF)2022-02-28028 February 2022
Calendar Year (Cy) 2021 Operations Report of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Reactor Critical Facility (RCF)
RCF 21-02, Annual Report Cy 2020-Update-Signed2021-03-31031 March 2021
Annual Report Cy 2020-Update-Signed
RCF 21-01, Reactor Critical Facility Cy 2020 Operations Report2021-02-28028 February 2021
Reactor Critical Facility Cy 2020 Operations Report
RCF 20-07, Extension Request to Respond to Additional Information Needed for the Application for a License Amendment Re Modification to the Restricted and Exclusion Areas for the Renewed Facility License No. CX-222020-07-0202 July 2020
Extension Request to Respond to Additional Information Needed for the Application for a License Amendment Re Modification to the Restricted and Exclusion Areas for the Renewed Facility License No. CX-22
RCF 20-02, Annual Report Cy 20192020-04-12012 April 2020
Annual Report Cy 2019
RCF 20-01, Supplemental Information Needed for Acceptance of the Application for a License Amendment Re Modification to the Restricted and Exclusion Areas2020-02-20020 February 2020
Supplemental Information Needed for Acceptance of the Application for a License Amendment Re Modification to the Restricted and Exclusion Areas
RCF 19-04, Submittal of Omitted Step in the Pre-Startup Procedures Allowed the RCF to Be Operated Without a Required Nuclear Instrument Channel2019-08-22022 August 2019
Submittal of Omitted Step in the Pre-Startup Procedures Allowed the RCF to Be Operated Without a Required Nuclear Instrument Channel
RCF 19-03, Rensselaer - Requests a Revision to the RPI Critical Experiments Facility, License CX-22, Technical Specifications2019-07-11011 July 2019
Rensselaer - Requests a Revision to the RPI Critical Experiments Facility, License CX-22, Technical Specifications
RCF 18-01, Operations Report for Calendar Year 20172018-03-29029 March 2018
Operations Report for Calendar Year 2017
RCF 17-01, Submittal of 2016 Operations Report2017-04-28028 April 2017
Submittal of 2016 Operations Report
RCF 16-01, Operations Report for the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Reactor Critical Facility, NRC License CX-22, Docket Number 50-2252016-04-29029 April 2016
Operations Report for the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Reactor Critical Facility, NRC License CX-22, Docket Number 50-225
RCF 15-01, Submittal of Calendar Year 2014 (CY2014) Operation Report of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Reactor Critical Facility (RCF) to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the RPI Management2015-03-25025 March 2015
Submittal of Calendar Year 2014 (CY2014) Operation Report of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Reactor Critical Facility (RCF) to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the RPI Management
RCF 14-01, Operations Report for the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Reactor Critical Facility2014-03-14014 March 2014
Operations Report for the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Reactor Critical Facility
RCF 13-01, Operations Report for Cy 20122013-03-14014 March 2013
Operations Report for Cy 2012
RCF 12-01, Operations Report for the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Reactor Critical Facility2012-03-0606 March 2012
Operations Report for the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Reactor Critical Facility
RCF 11-01, Letter from Rensselaer Resignation of Timothy H. Trumbull as RPI Reactor Critical Facility Director2011-01-10010 January 2011
Letter from Rensselaer Resignation of Timothy H. Trumbull as RPI Reactor Critical Facility Director
RCF 10-03, Response to Request for Additional Information Regarding the Renewal of Facility Operating License2010-10-28028 October 2010
Response to Request for Additional Information Regarding the Renewal of Facility Operating License
RCF 10-02, Response to Request for Additional Information Re Renewal of Facility Operating License2010-06-28028 June 2010
Response to Request for Additional Information Re Renewal of Facility Operating License
RCF 10-01, Operations Report for the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Reactor Critical Facility2010-02-0101 February 2010
Operations Report for the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Reactor Critical Facility
RCF 08-04, Response to Request for Additional Information Regarding Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Renewal Application2008-07-28028 July 2008
Response to Request for Additional Information Regarding Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Renewal Application
RCF 08-03, Response to Request for Additional Information Regarding Financial Qualification and the Requalification Program for Renewal of Facility License No. CX-222008-07-21021 July 2008
Response to Request for Additional Information Regarding Financial Qualification and the Requalification Program for Renewal of Facility License No. CX-22
RCF 08-02, Operations Report for the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Reactor Critical Facility2008-02-29029 February 2008
Operations Report for the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Reactor Critical Facility
RCF 09-02, Submittal of Operations Report of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Reactor Critical Facility for Calendar Year 20082008-02-13013 February 2008
Submittal of Operations Report of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Reactor Critical Facility for Calendar Year 2008
RCF 07-01, 2006 Operations Report of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Reactor Critical Facility2007-03-0101 March 2007
2006 Operations Report of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Reactor Critical Facility
2023-06-05
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RCF 20-02 April 12, 2020 ATTN: Document Control Desk U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Re: Operations Report for the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Reactor Critical Facility, NRC License CX-22, Docket Number 50-225.
To Whom It May Concern:
This document constitutes the calendar year (CY) 2019 Operations Report of the RPI RCF to the USNRC, and to Rensselaer management.
The Reactor Critical Facility (RCF) operated successfully during calendar year 2019. The facility staff maintained five Senior Reactor Operators. At the beginning of CY20, the Operations Supervisor, Mr. Glenn Winters, retired. Dr. Jason Thompson has since been appointed to the position.
The facility supported 29 Boy Scouts of America earlier in during the calendar year, provided tour of the RCF a part of their requirements to obtain a Nuclear Merit Badge.
The staff performed measurements on the 332-pin core configuration in support of training, surveillances, and proficiency requirements.
An NRC inspection was performed in August 2019. NRC noted a Level 4 violation where an operator neglected to remove a signal test cable during the Pre-Startup Procedures, leading to operation of the reactor with an inoperable power range monitor. The Pre-Startup Procedures have been modified to include the addition of a tag on the control rod shim switch indicates that the test cable I till connected, and the shim switch should not be used.
RPI and the NRC are currently in the process of understanding and addressing an item involving the movement of the fences around the RCF denoting the exclusion zone and restricted zone boundaries.
Training and proficiency requirements for all licensed operators have been reviewed and are current.
The Technical Specifications, App. A to USNRC License CX-22 require reporting the following operational items:
- 1. Changes to facility design: No changes to the facility were made during CY2019. The previously mentioned changes to the location of the fences occurred in CY2015.
- 2. Significant maintenance, repairs or other work performed on RCF systems: One piece of foreign material (a machine bolt) was retrieved from the core.
- 3. Changes in operating procedures which relate to the safety of RCF operations: A Test signal cable attached tag meant to inform the Operator that the linear and log power channels are disconnected from the detector and attached to a test cable has been added to Pre-startup Procedures.
- 4. Surveillance checks, tests, and calibrations were conducted and logged as required. The results were satisfactory. On June 26, 2019 an emergency preparedness drill was conducted at the RCF.
- 5. Changes, tests or experiments requiring authorization from the USNRC under 10CFR50.59 a or b: None
- 6. Calculated integrated thermal power: Approximately 11.07 x 10-3 kw-hr for all of 2019.
- 7. There were no unplanned scrams in the report interval.
- 8. Maintenance operations were carried out and logged with satisfactory results.
- 9. There were no discharges of radioactive effluents.
- 10. Environmental monitor dosimetry is performed at the exclusion area fence (EM1 through EM4), and at the site boundary fence (EM5 and EM6). The environmental monitoring results are reported without background subtraction, and the accumulated dose to an off-site control monitor is reported separately. The sum of the quarterly control readings from 2019 was 127 mrem. The sums of the gross readings and net dose results for 2019 are:
Gross [mrem] Net [mrem]
EM1 114 0 EM2 135 0 EM3 108 0 EM4 104 0 EM5 106 0 EM6 122 0
- 11. Collective exposure to facility personnel were 11 mrem for CY19.
Sincerely, Wei Ji Dr. Wei Ji, Facility Director School of Engineering Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
cc:
Dr. Shekhar Garde, Dean, School of Engineering Dr. Suvranu De, Head, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering Ms. Annette Chism, Director, Environmental, Health, Safety and Risk Management Dr. Hyun Kang, NSRB Chair Dr. Jason Thompson, Reactor Critical Facility (RCF) Operations Supervisor