ML20248B489

Amend 13 to License SNM-33 for C-E,authorizing Use of 8,000 Kg Contained U-235,350 G U W/Any U-235 enrichment,50,000 Kg U & Thorium & 40 Mci Co-60 Sealed Sources for Uses Indicated

ML20248B489
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Site:	07000036
Issue date:	07/28/1989
From:	Rouse L NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
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MATERIALS UCENSE Pursuant to.the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-438), and Title 10, I

Code of Federal Regulations, Chapter I, Parts 30,31,32,33,34,35,40 and 70, and in reliance on statements and representations l

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heretofore made by the licensee, a license is hereby issued authorizing the licensee to receive, acquire, possess, and transfer byproduct, g

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

deliver or transfer'such material to persons authorized to receive it in accordance with the regulations of the applicable Part(s). This 1

license shall be deemed to contain the conditions specified in Section 183 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and is il

. subject to all applicable rules, regulations and orders of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission now or hereafter in effect and to any lI I

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Authorized use:

conditions contained in Part I bf the-licensesjs renewal application dated 3

February 26, 1982, and supplements da'ted Ju19 21, 1982; February 21, 1983; I

May 31, 1984; April 29, June 6, and October 11, 1988; and February 10, and 1

March 22, 1989; and letters dated February 29, 1984, January 20, 1986, and l

March 30, 1987.

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10. Authorized place of use:

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as described in the referenced license renewal application.

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11. Quarterly inspections by the Supervisor, NLS&A, or his representative shall be I

preplanned and shall be d)cumented.

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12. A written report shall be made by the NLS&A Superviso l8 I

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release data to determine:

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13. The licensee shall leak' test sealed sources in accordance with the R

Condition For Leak Testing Sealed Byproduct Material Sources?

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14. Release of equipment and material-from the plant siteLor to clean areas onsite shall be in accordance with the enclosed '.'Guidefines for Decontamination o f

Equipment Prior to Release for Unrestricted Use or Termination of Licenses for R

Byproduct, Source,' or Special Nuclear Material," dated August 1987.

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and scrap materials containing. uranium enriched in' U-235 and/or source material by

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incineration.

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16. Within 60 days of the date of this' license renewal,.the licensee shall submit to the 51 NRC a description of a proposed monitoring program to determine the quantity and l

environmental effects of radioactivity on' spent limestone rock used as onsite fill iy matorial and to determine 1the environmental effects of, outdoor storage of the alpha-ln contaminated material.

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the background of fresh rock shall not be used for landfill. Rock with beta contami

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a plan, including schedule, for the disposal of alpha-contaminated spent limestone rock.

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19. The licensee shall decontaminate the two evaporation ponds such thct the avera N

residual contamination in each pond does not exceed the appropriate limit of eitherja 250 picocuries of insoluble uranium or 100 picocuries of soluble uranium per dry gra

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The Tc-99 concentrations in a composite sample for each pond shall be i

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If the radioactivity in plant gaseous effluents exceeds 150 pCi per calendar D

quarter, the licensee shall, within 30 days, prepare and submit to the k

Commission a report which identifies the cause for exceeding the limit and r

de corrective actions to be taken by the licensee to reduce the release rates.

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'i the parameters important to a dose assessment change, a report shall be I

submitted within 30 days which describes the changes in parameters and includes y

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In the event that the calculated dose?to'any member of the public in any

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190.10, the licensee shall,take immediate step'sfto reduce emissions so as io I

comply with 40 CFR 190.10.

As provided in 40 CFR 190.11, the licensee mau I

petition the Nuclear < Regulatory Commission for a variance from the requirements I

of 40 CFR 190.10. J 1f a petition for a variance is anticipated the licensec shall l

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21. The licensee sha111 maintain and ' execute the responss;measuresfof his Radiological I

Contingency Plan submitted to, the: Commission by letter dated facember 28, 1987._ The i-l licensee shall also1 maintain implementing procedures for his Radiological Contingency E

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Plan as necessary;to implement:thefian. ~ The;1ic.ensee shall make no change in his Radiological Contingency; Plan that-would decreaseithe response effectiveness of the f;,

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I, licensee.aay nake changes?to his Radiological Contingency Plan without prior I

Commission approvalrif the changes doinot! decrease the respons'e effectiveness of the l

Plan.

The licensee ~sh'all furnish the Chief', Fuel Cycle Safety Brancn, Division of j

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Industrial and Medicalc Nuclear Safety., NMSS; U..SJ N.s.iear? Regulatory Commission, l

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Washington, DC 20555, 'a; report containing'a. description of'each change within l

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22. At the end of the plant life, the. licensee shall2decontamia te the facilities and

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I site in accordance with the general; decommissioning plan suomitted in the enclosure

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to the letter dated January 12, 1979, so that these facilities and grounds can be released to unrestricted use.

The financial commitment to assure that funds will be C

available for decommissioning in the letter dated March 8, 1979, is hereby p

incorporated as a condition of the license.

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23. The licensee shall continue the soil sampling program for the spent limestone fill

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areas, as described in the letter dated February 29, 1984, until discontinuance is I

authorized ty the Commission.

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24. The monitoring program for the spod limestone shall includa:

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Continuous air sampling at the center of, and approximately 1 meter above, the l

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uncovered spent limestone piles for a minimum 2 year period.

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30. In addition to the controis-in Section Ifof, the enclosure to tt'e letter dated I

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March 30, 1987, shall be either sekled; in sealed overpacks, or in sealed vehicles,UF \\ cylinders l

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31. Notwithstanding the st'atement in Section.4.2.3 of the application, the 3

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specifically authorized by# the license.

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32. Nuclear criticality safety evaluations ~ perfomed by the licensee in accordance with sp 4

Section 2.7, Part I of the application, shall be based on assumptions of optimum g

moderation and reflection of individual safe units and of arrays.

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I by a Nuclear Criticality Specialist shall be independently reviewd and approved by an individual having, as a minimum, the qualifications of a Nuclear Criticality y

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the pellet pressing operating to safe mass units as specified in Table 4.2.4, Part I of the application.

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