ML20245H351

Amend 3 to License SNM-362,authorizing Possession Limits of 56,000 Ci Co-60 in Individual Irradiators

ML20245H351
Person / Time
Site:	07000398
Issue date:	06/21/1989
From:	Rouse L NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
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ML20245H341	List: ML20245H338 ML20245H351 ML20245H359
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j Pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (Public Law 93 Code of Federal Regulations, Chapter I, Parts 30,31,32,33,34,35,40 and 70, and in reliance on statements and representations !

d ' heretofore made by the licensee, a license is hereby issued authorizing the licensee to receive, acquire, poss 1 source, and special nuclear material designated below; to use such material for the purpose (s) and at the place (s) designated below; to  !

deliver or transfer such material to persons authorized to receive it in accordance with the regulations of the replicable Part(s). This t license shall be deemed to contain the conditions specified in Section 183 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and is subject to all applicable rules, regulations and orders of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission now or hereafter in effect and to any

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i U.S. Department of Commerce SNM-362, l5t i,

3. License number National Institute of Standards Amendment No. 3 and Technology C Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899

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4' Expiration 'date April 30, 1990 '

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(source material) ,t' D Fo H. Thorium (source material) H. Any H. 69 kilograms I,C

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- MATERIALS LICENSE SNM-362 Amendment No. 3' Docket or Referena number SUPPLEMENTARY SHEET 70-398 JUN 211989 L.- Pob10 L. Sealed sources L. 20 curies M. _ Am-241 M. Sealed sources- M. 40 curies  ;

N.- Cf-252 N. Sealed sources N. 10 curies

0.  : S r-90 0. Sealed sources 0. 3 curies P. Co-60 P. Irradiators P. 56,000 curies /

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material Not to exceed i s /,, 4 curies for each

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X,.;Tc-99 20 curies s '

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.D;Au-198 300 curies Cs-137 20 e4 py/ s M curies  ;

P Am-241 0.025 curies i

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1 h Am-243 0.025 curies i Cm-242 0.025 curies k Cm-244 0.025 curies l

Cf-252 0.025 curies {

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. material samples or 9 containers j T.** Irradiated Fuel 1 T. Four pellets T. 0.25 grams of U-235 J l 9. Authorized use: For use in accordance with statements, representations, k i

and conditions of Part 1 of the licensee's application dated September 21, '

1984, and supplements dated February 5 and May 16, 1985; October 31, 1988; 1 and May 25, 1989. -

l 10. Authorized place of use: The licensee's existing facilities in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

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11. The licensee is authorized to manufacture calibration or reference sources I  ;

containing plutonium for distribution to persons generally licensed under 8 i

10 CFR 70.19 in accordance with the specifications of 10 CFR 70.39, and I q

the procedures described in the licensce's application dated September 21, l 1 1984. l p

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12. This license does not authorize the insertion of the licensed material I into any nuclear reactor.

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13. Notwithstanding Section 2.5 of the tpolication, the minimum academic l

, qualifications for the Chief.of Health Physics shall be a B.S. degree in I a science or engineering field. ~

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14. The licensee shall, comply with provisions of the eni:losed " License i Condition for Leak Testing Sealed Source Which Contains Alpha and/or 1

Beta Gamma Emitters." l "K -

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i 15. Release of facilities and equipment from the> plant site or to unrestricted I )

i t areas onsite.shall be in accordance withitha enclosed " Guidelines for R i Decontamination of Facilities and Equipment: Prior to Release for 2

I l j Unrestricted Use or Termination of Licenses for Byproduct, Source, or p l l Special Nuclear Material. dated August;1987. p j

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s -, <li 3 l 16. Thelicenseehsherebyexemptedfromb,heprovisionsof10CFR70.24 lN' !

I insofar as this_ exemption applies to! materials held under this license.

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17. The licensee shall maintain and execute the response measures of his n l Radiological Contingency Plan submitted toithe Commission on September 3, I i 1982. The licenssa shall also prepare ~and maintainsimplementing I I procedures for his R6diological Contingency Plan g The licensee shall 1

make no change in his4 Radiological Contingency Pian that would decrease l I g the response effectiveness!cf the Plan without prior Commission approval y l ds evidenced by a license a:nendnent'." The licensee may make changes to his ;t p Radiological Contingency Plan without prior Commission approval if the i t changes do not decrease the response effectiveness of the Plan. The R

licensee shall furnish the Chief, Fuel Cycle Safety Branch, Division of l i ,

Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety, NMSS, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory y l Commission Washington, DC 20555 a report containing a description of it i

, each change within 6 months after the change is made. f. l 0  ;

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$ Date: JUN 21 % By: Leland C. Rouse t '

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