ML16078A392

Texas A&M University - Supplement 3 to License Amendment Request Dated October 14, 2015

ML16078A392
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Site:	05000128
Issue date:	03/18/2016
From:	Mcdeavitt S Texas A&M Univ
To:	Alexander Adams, Patrick Boyle Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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NUCLEAR SCIENCE CENTER Dr. Sean M. McDeavitt Director, TEES Nuclear Science Center Texas A&M University Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station 1095 Nuclear Science Road, 3575 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-3575 March 18, 2016 2016-0017 Docket Number 50-128 / License No. R-83 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington DC 20555

SUBJECT:

Supplement 3 to License Amendment Request dated October 14, 2015, Facility License R-83, Docket Number 50-128. (ADAMS Accession No. ML15287A148)

Attn: Mr. Alexander Adams, Jr., Chief Research and Test Reactors Branch Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Mr. Patrick Boyle, Project Manager Research and Test Reactors Branch Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation The purpose of this letter is to provide supplemental information, ensuring that the TS 5.6 is worded correctly. Specifically in our March 15, 2015 submittal we used will in two places of TS 5.6 and via this letter we are replacing will with the correct term shall. This is the third supplement in support of our October 14, 2015 license application (ADAMS Accession No. ML15287A148). In the March 15, 2015 letter TEES proposed an additional change to TS Section 5.6. This current submission (supplement 3) supersedes the proposed TS 5.6 contained in our letters of March 3, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML16063A264) and March 15, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML16075A409). The enhancement made to the TS clarifies the limits regarding the amount of special nuclear material (SNM) that can be placed in the NSC Fuel Storage Vault. While the enhancement clarifies the limits, we used the term will and are now recommending the used of the term shall which is defined in the TS, Should you have any questions regarding the information provided in this submittal, please contact me or Mr. Jerry Newhouse at (979) 845-7551 or via email at mcdeavitt@tamu.edu or newhouse@tamu.edu.

Nuclear Science Center 1095 Nuclear Science Road, 3575 TAMU College Station, TX 778433575 1 Tel. (979) 845-7551

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Mr. William Dean, Office Director Mayor, City of College Station United States Nuclear Reactor Commission P.O. Box Drawer 9960 Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation College Station, TX 77840-3575 Mr. Michael Young, President Governors Budget and Policy Office Texas A&M University 1246 TAMU P.O. Box 12428 College Station, TX 77843-1246 Austin, TX, 78711-2428 Dr. M. Katherine Banks, Vice Chancellor Radiation Program Officer and Dean Bureau of Radiation Control Dwight Look College of Engineering Dept. of State Health Services 3126 TAMU Division for Regulatory Services College Station, TX 77843-3126 1100 West 49th St., MC 2828 Austin, TX 78756-3189 Dr. Dimitris Lagoudas, Deputy Director Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station Technical Advisor 3470 TAMU Office of Permitting, Remediation &

College Station, TX 77843-3577 Registration Texas Commission on Environmental Dr. Costas Georghiades, Associate Agency Quality Director P.O. Box 13087, MS 122 Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station Austin, TX 78711-3087 3470 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-3577 Test, Research and Training Reactor Newsletter Dr. Yassin Hassan, Department Head P.O. Box 118300 Nuclear Engineering University of Florida Texas A&M University Gainesville, FL 32611-8300 Nuclear Engineering Department 3133 TAMU Mr. Jerry Newhouse, College Station, TX 77843-3133 NSC Assistant Director Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station Dr. John Hardy 3575 TAMU Reactor Safety Board Chairman Texas A&M College Station, TX 77843-3575 University 3255 TAMU Mr. Scott Miller, College Station, TX 77843-3255 NSC Manager of Reactor Operations Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station Dr. Latha Vasudevan 3575 TAMU Radiological Safety Officer College Station, TX 77843-3575 Texas A&M University Environmental Health and Safety Mr. Jeremy Osborn 1111 Research Parkway AGN-201M Reactor Supervisor College Station, TX 77843-4472 Texas A&M University Nuclear Engineering Department 3133 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-3133 Nuclear Science Center 1095 Nuclear Science Road, 3575 TAMU College Station, TX 778433575 3 Tel. (979) 845-7551

Enclosure:

Proposed Technical Specification Change The following replacement Technical Specification change is recommended to support this LAR:

5.6 Fuel Storage Applicability This specification applies to the storage of reactor fuel at times when it is not in the reactor core.

This includes the combined 235U fissile mass of no more than 0.7 kilograms, byproduct material, and the 239PuBe neutron start-up source with a 239Pu fissile mass of no more than 20 grams from the TAMU AGN-201M reactor. Further, there shall be no introduction of any additional SNM while the AGN-201M fuel and PuBe source are stored in the fuel storage vault that would exceed the current licensing basis as described in the SAR.

Objective The objective is to ensure that fuel that is being stored will not become critical and will not reach an unsafe temperature.

Specification

1. All fuel elements and fueled devices shall be stored in a geometrical array for which the k-effective is less than 0.8 for all conditions of moderation and reflection.

2. Irradiated fuel elements and fueled devices shall be stored in an array, which will permit sufficient natural convection cooling by water or air such that the fuel element or fueled device temperature will not exceed design values.

3. Possession of the AGN-201M fuel, byproduct material, and neutron start-up source is restricted to receipt, possession, but not use in the operation of the NSC reactor.

Specification 2, above, is not applicable to these materials.

4. There shall be no introduction of any additional SNM while the AGN-201 SNM are stored in the fuel storage vault.

Basis The limits imposed by Specifications 5.6.1, 5.6.2, 5.6.3, and 5.6.4 are conservative and ensure safe storage.

Nuclear Science Center 1095 Nuclear Science Road, 3575 TAMU College Station, TX 778433575 4 Tel. (979) 845-7551

NUCLEAR SCIENCE CENTER Dr. Sean M. McDeavitt Director, TEES Nuclear Science Center Texas A&M University Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station 1095 Nuclear Science Road, 3575 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-3575 March 18, 2016 2016-0017 Docket Number 50-128 / License No. R-83 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington DC 20555

SUBJECT:

Supplement 3 to License Amendment Request dated October 14, 2015, Facility License R-83, Docket Number 50-128. (ADAMS Accession No. ML15287A148)

Attn: Mr. Alexander Adams, Jr., Chief Research and Test Reactors Branch Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Mr. Patrick Boyle, Project Manager Research and Test Reactors Branch Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation The purpose of this letter is to provide supplemental information, ensuring that the TS 5.6 is worded correctly. Specifically in our March 15, 2015 submittal we used will in two places of TS 5.6 and via this letter we are replacing will with the correct term shall. This is the third supplement in support of our October 14, 2015 license application (ADAMS Accession No. ML15287A148). In the March 15, 2015 letter TEES proposed an additional change to TS Section 5.6. This current submission (supplement 3) supersedes the proposed TS 5.6 contained in our letters of March 3, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML16063A264) and March 15, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML16075A409). The enhancement made to the TS clarifies the limits regarding the amount of special nuclear material (SNM) that can be placed in the NSC Fuel Storage Vault. While the enhancement clarifies the limits, we used the term will and are now recommending the used of the term shall which is defined in the TS, Should you have any questions regarding the information provided in this submittal, please contact me or Mr. Jerry Newhouse at (979) 845-7551 or via email at mcdeavitt@tamu.edu or newhouse@tamu.edu.

Nuclear Science Center 1095 Nuclear Science Road, 3575 TAMU College Station, TX 778433575 1 Tel. (979) 845-7551

cc:

Mr. William Dean, Office Director Mayor, City of College Station United States Nuclear Reactor Commission P.O. Box Drawer 9960 Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation College Station, TX 77840-3575 Mr. Michael Young, President Governors Budget and Policy Office Texas A&M University 1246 TAMU P.O. Box 12428 College Station, TX 77843-1246 Austin, TX, 78711-2428 Dr. M. Katherine Banks, Vice Chancellor Radiation Program Officer and Dean Bureau of Radiation Control Dwight Look College of Engineering Dept. of State Health Services 3126 TAMU Division for Regulatory Services College Station, TX 77843-3126 1100 West 49th St., MC 2828 Austin, TX 78756-3189 Dr. Dimitris Lagoudas, Deputy Director Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station Technical Advisor 3470 TAMU Office of Permitting, Remediation &

College Station, TX 77843-3577 Registration Texas Commission on Environmental Dr. Costas Georghiades, Associate Agency Quality Director P.O. Box 13087, MS 122 Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station Austin, TX 78711-3087 3470 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-3577 Test, Research and Training Reactor Newsletter Dr. Yassin Hassan, Department Head P.O. Box 118300 Nuclear Engineering University of Florida Texas A&M University Gainesville, FL 32611-8300 Nuclear Engineering Department 3133 TAMU Mr. Jerry Newhouse, College Station, TX 77843-3133 NSC Assistant Director Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station Dr. John Hardy 3575 TAMU Reactor Safety Board Chairman Texas A&M College Station, TX 77843-3575 University 3255 TAMU Mr. Scott Miller, College Station, TX 77843-3255 NSC Manager of Reactor Operations Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station Dr. Latha Vasudevan 3575 TAMU Radiological Safety Officer College Station, TX 77843-3575 Texas A&M University Environmental Health and Safety Mr. Jeremy Osborn 1111 Research Parkway AGN-201M Reactor Supervisor College Station, TX 77843-4472 Texas A&M University Nuclear Engineering Department 3133 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-3133 Nuclear Science Center 1095 Nuclear Science Road, 3575 TAMU College Station, TX 778433575 3 Tel. (979) 845-7551

Enclosure:

Proposed Technical Specification Change The following replacement Technical Specification change is recommended to support this LAR:

5.6 Fuel Storage Applicability This specification applies to the storage of reactor fuel at times when it is not in the reactor core.

This includes the combined 235U fissile mass of no more than 0.7 kilograms, byproduct material, and the 239PuBe neutron start-up source with a 239Pu fissile mass of no more than 20 grams from the TAMU AGN-201M reactor. Further, there shall be no introduction of any additional SNM while the AGN-201M fuel and PuBe source are stored in the fuel storage vault that would exceed the current licensing basis as described in the SAR.

Objective The objective is to ensure that fuel that is being stored will not become critical and will not reach an unsafe temperature.

Specification

1. All fuel elements and fueled devices shall be stored in a geometrical array for which the k-effective is less than 0.8 for all conditions of moderation and reflection.

2. Irradiated fuel elements and fueled devices shall be stored in an array, which will permit sufficient natural convection cooling by water or air such that the fuel element or fueled device temperature will not exceed design values.

3. Possession of the AGN-201M fuel, byproduct material, and neutron start-up source is restricted to receipt, possession, but not use in the operation of the NSC reactor.

Specification 2, above, is not applicable to these materials.

4. There shall be no introduction of any additional SNM while the AGN-201 SNM are stored in the fuel storage vault.

Basis The limits imposed by Specifications 5.6.1, 5.6.2, 5.6.3, and 5.6.4 are conservative and ensure safe storage.

Nuclear Science Center 1095 Nuclear Science Road, 3575 TAMU College Station, TX 778433575 4 Tel. (979) 845-7551