ML21270A067

Letter - Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute - Exemption from 10 CFR 55.31(a)(5) and 55.45(b)

ML21270A067
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Site:	Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
Issue date:	10/22/2021
From:	Patrick Boyle NRC/NRR/DANU
To:	Cook A US Dept of Defense, Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
Montgomery C
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A. Cook Mr. Andrew Cook, Interim Reactor Facility Director Radiation Sciences Department Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Building 42 Bethesda, MD 20889-5648

SUBJECT:

ARMED FORCES RADIOBIOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE - EXEMPTION FROM 10 CFR 55.31(a)(5) AND 55.45(b)

Dear Mr. Cook:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has granted the enclosed exemption from Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 55.31, How to apply, paragraph (a)(5) and 10 CFR 55.45(b), ImplementationAdministration, with respect to the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute (AFRRI) Training, Research, Isotopes, General Atomics (TRIGA) reactor.

Specifically, whereas 10 CFR 55.31(a)(5) requires an applicant for an operator or senior operator license to provide evidence that the applicant, as a trainee, has successfully manipulated the controls of either the facility for which the license is sought or a plant-referenced simulator, this exemption allows specific applicants for an AFRRI operator or senior operator license to provide evidence that they, as trainees, have successfully manipulated the controls of the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Neutron Radiography (NRAD)

TRIGA reactor. Additionally, whereas 10 CFR 55.45(b) requires an operating test to be administered in a facility walkthrough and in either the facility, a Commission-approved simulation facility, or a plant-referenced simulator, this exemption allows specific applicants for an AFRRI operator or senior operator license to be administered the portion of the operating test requiring control manipulations at the INL NRAD TRIGA reactor.

This exemption is effective immediately and expires when the training and initial testing of the new applicants specified in the exemption request is completed. October 22, 2021 A copy of the exemption is enclosed and has been forwarded to the Office of the Federal Register for publication. If you have any questions, please contact Cindy Montgomery, Project Manager, at (301) 415-3398, or by email at Cindy.Montgomery@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, Patrick G. Boyle, Project Manager Non-Power Production and Utilization Facility Licensing Branch Division of Advanced Reactors and Non-Power Production and Utilization Facilities Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-170 License No. R-84

Enclosure:

Exemption cc w/o enclosure: See next page Signed by Boyle, Patrick on 10/22/21

Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Docket No. 50-170

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Colonel Mohammad Naeem, Director Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Building 42 Bethesda, MD 20889-5648

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