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MONTHYEARRCF 23-02, Annual Report Cy 2022-update-signed2023-06-0505 June 2023 Annual Report Cy 2022-update-signed RCF 22-01, Calendar Year (Cy) 2021 Operations Report of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Reactor Critical Facility (RCF)2022-02-28028 February 2022 Calendar Year (Cy) 2021 Operations Report of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Reactor Critical Facility (RCF) RCF 21-02, Annual Report Cy 2020-Update-Signed2021-03-31031 March 2021 Annual Report Cy 2020-Update-Signed RCF 21-01, Reactor Critical Facility Cy 2020 Operations Report2021-02-28028 February 2021 Reactor Critical Facility Cy 2020 Operations Report RCF 20-07, Extension Request to Respond to Additional Information Needed for the Application for a License Amendment Re Modification to the Restricted and Exclusion Areas for the Renewed Facility License No. CX-222020-07-0202 July 2020 Extension Request to Respond to Additional Information Needed for the Application for a License Amendment Re Modification to the Restricted and Exclusion Areas for the Renewed Facility License No. CX-22 RCF 20-02, Annual Report Cy 20192020-04-12012 April 2020 Annual Report Cy 2019 RCF 20-01, Supplemental Information Needed for Acceptance of the Application for a License Amendment Re Modification to the Restricted and Exclusion Areas2020-02-20020 February 2020 Supplemental Information Needed for Acceptance of the Application for a License Amendment Re Modification to the Restricted and Exclusion Areas RCF 19-04, Submittal of Omitted Step in the Pre-Startup Procedures Allowed the RCF to Be Operated Without a Required Nuclear Instrument Channel2019-08-22022 August 2019 Submittal of Omitted Step in the Pre-Startup Procedures Allowed the RCF to Be Operated Without a Required Nuclear Instrument Channel RCF 19-03, Rensselaer - Requests a Revision to the RPI Critical Experiments Facility, License CX-22, Technical Specifications2019-07-11011 July 2019 Rensselaer - Requests a Revision to the RPI Critical Experiments Facility, License CX-22, Technical Specifications RCF 18-01, Operations Report for Calendar Year 20172018-03-29029 March 2018 Operations Report for Calendar Year 2017 RCF 17-01, Submittal of 2016 Operations Report2017-04-28028 April 2017 Submittal of 2016 Operations Report RCF 16-01, Operations Report for the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Reactor Critical Facility, NRC License CX-22, Docket Number 50-2252016-04-29029 April 2016 Operations Report for the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Reactor Critical Facility, NRC License CX-22, Docket Number 50-225 RCF 15-01, Submittal of Calendar Year 2014 (CY2014) Operation Report of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Reactor Critical Facility (RCF) to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the RPI Management2015-03-25025 March 2015 Submittal of Calendar Year 2014 (CY2014) Operation Report of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Reactor Critical Facility (RCF) to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the RPI Management RCF 14-01, Operations Report for the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Reactor Critical Facility2014-03-14014 March 2014 Operations Report for the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Reactor Critical Facility RCF 13-01, Operations Report for Cy 20122013-03-14014 March 2013 Operations Report for Cy 2012 RCF 12-01, Operations Report for the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Reactor Critical Facility2012-03-0606 March 2012 Operations Report for the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Reactor Critical Facility RCF 11-01, Letter from Rensselaer Resignation of Timothy H. Trumbull as RPI Reactor Critical Facility Director2011-01-10010 January 2011 Letter from Rensselaer Resignation of Timothy H. Trumbull as RPI Reactor Critical Facility Director RCF 10-03, Response to Request for Additional Information Regarding the Renewal of Facility Operating License2010-10-28028 October 2010 Response to Request for Additional Information Regarding the Renewal of Facility Operating License RCF 10-02, Response to Request for Additional Information Re Renewal of Facility Operating License2010-06-28028 June 2010 Response to Request for Additional Information Re Renewal of Facility Operating License RCF 10-01, Operations Report for the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Reactor Critical Facility2010-02-0101 February 2010 Operations Report for the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Reactor Critical Facility RCF 08-04, Response to Request for Additional Information Regarding Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Renewal Application2008-07-28028 July 2008 Response to Request for Additional Information Regarding Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Renewal Application RCF 08-03, Response to Request for Additional Information Regarding Financial Qualification and the Requalification Program for Renewal of Facility License No. CX-222008-07-21021 July 2008 Response to Request for Additional Information Regarding Financial Qualification and the Requalification Program for Renewal of Facility License No. CX-22 RCF 08-02, Operations Report for the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Reactor Critical Facility2008-02-29029 February 2008 Operations Report for the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Reactor Critical Facility RCF 09-02, Submittal of Operations Report of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Reactor Critical Facility for Calendar Year 20082008-02-13013 February 2008 Submittal of Operations Report of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Reactor Critical Facility for Calendar Year 2008 RCF 07-01, 2006 Operations Report of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Reactor Critical Facility2007-03-0101 March 2007 2006 Operations Report of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Reactor Critical Facility 2023-06-05
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RCF 22-01 Feb 28, 2022 ATTN: Document Control Desk U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Re: Operations Report for the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Reactor Critical Facility, NRC License CX-22, Docket Number 50-225.
To Whom It May Concern:
This document constitutes the calendar year (CY) 2021 Operations Report of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Reactor Critical Facility (RCF) to the USNRC, and to Rensselaer management.
The RCF was operated successfully during CY2021. The facility staff maintained three Senior Reactor Operators with staffing changes planned for the coming year. On January 1st, 2022, Mr.
Peter Kowal will replace Dr. Jason Thompson as the RCF Operations Supervisor. Dr. Jason Thompson will continue as a Senior Reactor Operator at the facility. On October 25th, 2021, Ms.
Ginger Caravalho was appointed as the new Radiation Safety Officer.
A licensing amendment, denoting the revised exclusion zone and restricted zone boundaries of the RCF, was issued on September 28th, 2021. The appropriate changes have been made to the RCF license and technical specifications.
A NRC inspection was performed in October 2021. NRC findings and the RPI response have been reported in other correspondence.
Training and proficiency requirements for all licensed operators have been reviewed and are current. The Technical Specifications, App. A to USNRC License CX-22 require reporting the following operational items:
- 1. Changes to facility design: No changes to the facility were made during CY2021.
- 2. Significant maintenance, repairs or other work performed on RCF systems: None.
- 3. Changes in operating procedures which relate to the safety of RCF operations: None.
- 4. Surveillance checks, tests, and calibrations were conducted and logged as required. The results were satisfactory. On September 11th, 2021, an emergency preparedness drill was conducted at the RCF.
- 5. Changes, tests or experiments requiring authorization from the USNRC under 10CFR50.59 a or b: None
- 6. Calculated integrated thermal power: Approximately 1.92 x 10-2 kw-hr for all of 2021.
- 7. There were no unplanned scrams in the report interval.
- 8. Maintenance operations were carried out and logged with satisfactory results.
- 9. There were no discharges of radioactive effluents.
- 10. Environmental monitor dosimetry is performed at the exclusion area fence (EM1 through EM4), and at the site boundary fence (EM5 and EM6). These results have not been received and RPI will resubmit this report once these results have been received.
- 11. Facility personnel exposures were all less than 10 mrem (the minimum detectable exposure) for the first three quarters of 2021 with the exception of one SRO receiving a dose of 17 mrem in quarter three. Results of the fourth quarter have not been received and RPI will resubmit this report once these results have been received.
Sincerely, Dr. Wei Ji, Facility Director School of Engineering Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute cc:
Dr. Shekhar Garde, Dean, School of Engineering Dr. Suvranu De, Head, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering Dr. Hyun Kang, NSRB Chair Ms. Ginger Caravalho, RPI Radiation Safety Officer Mr. Peter Kowal, Reactor Critical Facility (RCF) Operations Supervisor