ML25031A428
| ML25031A428 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Purdue University |
| Issue date: | 02/06/2025 |
| From: | Cindy Montgomery NRC/NRR/DANU/UNPL |
| To: | Soon Kim Purdue University Research Reactor |
| Montgomery C | |
| References | |
| EPID L-2024-NLO-0000, EA-NRR-2025-0013 | |
| Download: ML25031A428 (1) | |
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Dr. Seungjin Kim, Director Purdue University Radiation Laboratory School of Nuclear Engineering 516 Northwestern Avenue West Lafayette, IN 47906
SUBJECT:
PURDUE UNIVERSITY - ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT NO. 17 TO RENEWED FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. R-87, FOR THE PURDUE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH REACTOR TO CONFORM IT WITH ORDER EA-NRR-2025-0013 (EPID NO. L-2024-NLO-0000)
Dear Dr. Kim:
By order dated February 6, 2025 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Package Accession No. ML24354A200), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) modified Renewed Facility Operating License No. R-87 for the Purdue University Research Reactor such that it has no fixed term. Accordingly, the NRC is issuing the enclosed Amendment No. 17 to Renewed Facility Operating License No. R-87 to reflect that modification.
If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-3398 or via email at Cindy.Montgomery@nrc.gov.
Sincerely, Cindy Montgomery, 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. 50-182 License No. R-87
Enclosure:
Amendment No. 17 to Renewed Facility Operating License No. R-87 cc w/enclosure: GovDelivery Subscribers February 6, 2025 Hardesty, Duane signing on behalf of Montgomery, Cynthia on 02/06/25
ML25031A428 NRR-058 OFFICE NRR/DANU/UNPL/PM NRR/DANU/UNPL/LA OGC/NLO NRR/DANU/UNPL/BC NAME CMontgomery (AMiller for)
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DATE 2/6/2025
Enclosure LICENSE AMENDMENT NO. 17 RENEWED FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. R-87 DOCKET NO. 50-182 PURDUE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH REACTOR Replace the following page of Renewed Facility Operating License No. R-87 with the revised page. The revised page is identified by amendment number and contains a marginal line indicating the area of change.
Renewed Facility Operating License No. R-87 Remove Insert 3
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Amendment No. 17 February 6, 2025 C. This license shall be deemed to contain and is subject to the conditions specified in in 10 CFR Parts 20, 30, 50, 51, 55, 70, and 73 of the Commissions regulations; is subject to all applicable provisions of the Act and to the rules, regulations and, orders of the Commission now or hereafter in effect and is subject to the additional conditions specified or incorporated below:
1.
Maximum Power Level The licensee is authorized to operate the facility at steady-state power levels not in excess of 12 kilowatts (thermal).
2.
Technical Specifications The Technical Specifications contained in Appendix A, as revised by Amendment No. 16, are, hereby, incorporated in the license. The licensee shall operate the facility in accordance with the Technical Specifications.
3.
Physical Security Plan The licensee shall fully implement and maintain in effect all provisions of the Commission-approved physical security plan, including all amendments and revisions made pursuant to the authority of 10 CFR 50.90 and 10 CFR 50.54(p). This approved physical security plan, which contains information withheld from public disclosure under 10 CFR 73.21, Protection of Safeguards Information: Performance Requirements, is entitled The Purdue University Reactor-1 Physical Security Plan, and is dated March 2016.
4.
Reactor Protection and Control Systems Purdue University shall perform verification and validation testing, factory acceptance testing, and site acceptance testing described in the application for license amendment dated February 27, 2017, as supplemented by letters dated December 18, 2017, and March 2, 2019, on the reactor protection and control systems. The test results and any action taken to correct deficiencies shall be reviewed by the Purdue University Committee on Reactor Operations and reviewed and approved by the Facility Director prior to resuming operation of the reactor.
D. This license is effective as of the date of its issuance and has no fixed term.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
/RA/
William M. Dean, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Attachment:
Appendix A, Technical Specifications Date of Issuance: October 31, 2016