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Amend 1 to SNM-910,authorizing Use & Possession of 350 G U-235 & Pu-238
ML20245B988
Person / Time
Site: 07000920
Issue date: 04/18/1989
From: Rouse L
NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
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ML20245B982 List:
References
NUDOCS 8904260421
Download: ML20245B988 (3)


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l1 source, and special nuclear material designated below; to use such material for the purpose (s) and at the place (s) designated below; to lN g

deliver or transfer such material to persons authorized to receive it in accordance with the regulations of the applicable Part(s). This lE N

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not possess under this license at any one time more than 1 effective kilogram ji i

of special nuclear material as defined in Section 70.4(t) of 10 CFR 70.

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for work with unencapsulated SNM.. Hands,' feet, and. clothing.shall be monitored when l

leaving an area where the material is used.+;Except'by approval of the Director of l

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and/or skin contamination lev ~els are above background.

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g of Licenses for Byproduct, Source, or Special Nuclear Materials," August 1987.

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25. The licensee shall calibrate the radiation monitoring and survey equipment at maximum I

6-month intervals or, if the equipment has not been used during the 6-month period, I

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that the limit stated in the condition below is not exceeded in any one location.

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28. The licensee is hereby exempt from the provisions of 10 CFR 70.24 insofar as this I

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450 grams of special. nuclear material, excluding encapsulated pu-Be neutron sources, l

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