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| | title = University of Missouri at Columbia; Request for Additional Information Updated Financial Information for Renewal of Facility Operating License No. R-103 for the University of Missouri at Columbia Research Reactor (Tac No. Me1580) | | | title = University of Missouri at Columbia; Request for Additional Information Updated Financial Information for Renewal of Facility Operating License No. R-103 for the University of Missouri at Columbia Research Reactor (Tac No. Me1580) |
| | author name = Wertz G A | | | author name = Wertz G |
| | author affiliation = NRC/NRR/DPR/PRTB | | | author affiliation = NRC/NRR/DPR/PRTB |
| | addressee name = Butler R | | | addressee name = Butler R |
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| | license number = R-103 | | | license number = R-103 |
| | contact person = Wertz G A | | | contact person = Wertz G |
| | case reference number = TAC ME1580 | | | case reference number = TAC ME1580 |
| | document type = Letter, Request for Additional Information (RAI) | | | document type = Letter, Request for Additional Information (RAI) |
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| {{#Wiki_filter: | | {{#Wiki_filter:February 8, 2016 Mr. Ralph Butler, Executive Director University of Missouri-Columbia Research Reactor Center 1513 Research Park Drive Columbia, MO 65211 |
| February 8, 2016 Mr. Ralph Butler, Executive Director University of Missouri-Columbia Research Reactor Center 1513 Research Park Drive Columbia, MO 65211 | |
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| SUBJECT: UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT COLUMBIA - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RE: UPDATED FINANCIAL INFORMATION FOR RENEWAL OF FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. R-103 FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT COLUMBIA RESEARCH REACTOR (TAC NO. ME1580) | | ==SUBJECT:== |
| Dear Mr. Butler: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is continuing its review of your application for the renewal of Facility Operating License No. R-103, dated August 31, 2006 (redacted versions of the application and supplement are available on the NRC's public web site at www.nrc.gov under Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession Nos.: ML062540114 - cover letter; ML092110573 - Safety Analysis Report (SAR), Chapters 1-9; ML092110597 - SAR, Chapters 10-18), for the University of Missouri - Columbia Research Reactor and supplemented, in part, by your letter dated March 12, 2013 (ADAMS Accession No.
| | UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT COLUMBIA - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RE: UPDATED FINANCIAL INFORMATION FOR RENEWAL OF FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. R-103 FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT COLUMBIA RESEARCH REACTOR (TAC NO. ME1580) |
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| During the course of our review, some of the information provided by your submittal has become outdated and needs to reflect the current financial status of your facility. Please provide responses to the enclosed request for additional information within 30 days of the date of this letter.
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| In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 50.30(b), "Oath or affirmation," you must execute your response in a signed original document under oath or affirmation. Your response must be submitted in accordance with 10 CFR 50.4, "Written communications." Information included in your response that is considered sensitive or proprietary, that you seek to have withheld from the public, must be marked in accordance with 10 CFR 2.390, "Public inspections, exemptions, requests for withholding." Any information related to security should be submitted in accordance with 10 CFR 73.21, "Protection of Safeguards Information: Performance Requirements." Following receipt of the additional information, we will continue our evaluation of your renewal request. | | The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is continuing its review of your application for the renewal of Facility Operating License No. R-103, dated August 31, 2006 (redacted versions of the application and supplement are available on the NRCs public web site at www.nrc.gov under Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession Nos.: |
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| | ML062540114 - cover letter; ML092110573 - Safety Analysis Report (SAR), Chapters 1-9; ML092110597 - SAR, Chapters 10-18), for the University of Missouri - Columbia Research Reactor and supplemented, in part, by your letter dated March 12, 2013 (ADAMS Accession No. ML13079A214). |
| If you need additional time to complete this request, or have any questions regarding this review, please contact me at (301) 415-0893, or by electronic mail at Geoffrey.Wertz@nrc.gov. Sincerely,
| | During the course of our review, some of the information provided by your submittal has become outdated and needs to reflect the current financial status of your facility. Please provide responses to the enclosed request for additional information within 30 days of the date of this letter. |
| /RA Alexander Adams for/
| | In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 50.30(b), Oath or affirmation, you must execute your response in a signed original document under oath or affirmation. Your response must be submitted in accordance with 10 CFR 50.4, Written communications. Information included in your response that is considered sensitive or proprietary, that you seek to have withheld from the public, must be marked in accordance with 10 CFR 2.390, Public inspections, exemptions, requests for withholding. Any information related to security should be submitted in accordance with 10 CFR 73.21, Protection of Safeguards Information: Performance Requirements. Following receipt of the additional information, we will continue our evaluation of your renewal request. |
| Geoffrey A. Wertz, Project Manager Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch Division of Policy and Rulemaking Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-186
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| | R. Butler If you need additional time to complete this request, or have any questions regarding this review, please contact me at (301) 415-0893, or by electronic mail at Geoffrey.Wertz@nrc.gov. |
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| | /RA Alexander Adams for/ |
| | Geoffrey A. Wertz, Project Manager Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch Division of Policy and Rulemaking Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-186 |
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| Les Foyto, Associate Director Reactor and Facilities Operations University of Missouri - Columbia Research Reactor Center 1513 Research Park Drive Columbia, MO 65211
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| | Les Foyto, Associate Director Reactor and Facilities Operations University of Missouri - Columbia Research Reactor Center 1513 Research Park Drive Columbia, MO 65211 Homeland Security Coordinator Missouri Office of Homeland Security P.O. Box 749 Jefferson City, MO 65102 Planner, Department of Health and Senior Services Section for Environmental Public Health P.O. Box 570 Jefferson City, MO 65102 Deputy Director for Policy Department of Natural Resources 1101 Riverside Drive Fourth Floor East Jefferson City, MO 65101 A-95 Coordinator Division of Planning Office of Administration P.O. Box 809, State Capitol Building Jefferson City, MO 65101 Test, Research, and Training Reactor Newsletter University of Florida 202 Nuclear Sciences Center Gainesville, FL 32611 |
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| | ML16028A255 *concurrence via email NRR-106 OFFICE DPR/PRLB/PM* DPR/PRLB/LA* DPR/PRLB/BC DPR/PRLB/PM GWertz NAME GWertz NParker AAdams |
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| | DATE 1/28/16 1/28/16 2/8/16 2/8/16 OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION UPDATED FINANCIAL QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE RENEWED LICENSE FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA RESEARCH REACTOR LICENSE NO. R-103; DOCKET NO. 50-186 As required by Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Section 50.33(f)(2), |
| | | [a]pplicants to renew or extend the term of an operating license for a nonpower reactor shall include the financial information that is required in an application for an initial license. To comply with this requirement, you provided updated financial information by letter dated March 12, 2013 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML13079A214), for the University of Missouri-Columbia (MU, the applicant) application (the application) for a renewed facility operating license for the University of Missouri-Columbia Research Reactor (MURR). In some cases, the responses provided in the March 12, 2013, letter may not have changed (e.g., Requests for Additional Information (RAIs) 4.(b) and 4.(c)). |
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| | In that case, please indicate in your response no change, no additional information is necessary, and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff will consider your response provided in the March 12, 2013, submittal to remain current. |
| | | : 1. NRC staff will analyze the financial statements for the current year, which are required by 10 CFR 50.71(b), to determine if the applicant is financially qualified to operate the MURR. Since MUs financial statements included with the application are out of date, please provide a copy of the latest financial statements for the NRC staffs review. |
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| | : 2. Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.33(f)(2), [t]he applicant shall submit estimates for total annual operating costs for each of the first five years of operations of the facility. Since the information included in the application is now out of date, please provide the following additional information: |
| If you need additional time to complete this request, or have any questions regarding this review, please contact me at (301) 415-0893, or by electronic mail at Geoffrey.Wertz@nrc.gov. Sincerely,
| | : a. Projected operating costs of the MURR for each of the fiscal years (FY) 2016 thru FY 2020 (the first five year period after the projected license renewal). |
| /RA Alexander Adams for/
| | : b. MUs source(s) of funding to cover the operating costs for the above FYs. |
| Geoffrey A. Wertz, Project Manager Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch Division of Policy and Rulemaking Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-186
| | : 3. The application references a decommissioning cost estimate for the MURR that was developed using NUREG/CR-1756, Technology, Safety and Costs of Decommissioning Reference Research and Test Reactors. The application states that the decommissioning cost estimate was $47.3 million in 2009 dollars, including safe storage (SAFSTOR) costs, and a 25 percent contingency factor. The NRC staff needs the following additional information to complete its review of the MURR decommissioning cost estimate: |
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| | : a. A current decommissioning cost estimate in 2016 dollars for the MURR to meet the NRCs radiological release criteria for decommissioning the facility for unrestricted use, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.75(d)(2). Accordingly, describe the basis for how the cost estimate was developed (if NUREG/CR-1756 is still the basis for the decommissioning cost estimate, please so state). |
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| | : b. A summary of total decommissioning costs by labor, waste disposal, other items (such as energy, equipment, and supplies) in current dollars, and a 25 percent contingency factor. |
| | | : c. Provide an update of the total and annual MURR SAFSTOR costs provided in your March 12, 2013, response to RAI No. 3.(c) to current dollars as well as the supporting bases for the costs associated with the SAFSTOR option. Also, please provide a numerical example showing how the SAFSTOR costs will be escalated each year. |
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| | : d. Provide a numerical example showing how the 2016 cost estimate will be updated periodically in the future. |
| | | : 4. The application indicates that MU plans to use a statement of intent (SOI) as the method to provide decommissioning funding assurance, as provided for by 10 CFR 50.75(e)(1)(iv). Where the applicant intends to use a SOI, the NRC staff must find that the applicant is a Federal, State, or local government licensee. To make this finding, the applicant must state that it is a State government organization and that the decommissioning funding obligations of the applicant are backed by the State government, and also provide corroborating documentation. Further, the applicant must provide documentation verifying that the signator of the SOI is authorized to execute said document that binds the University. This document may be a governing body resolution, management directives, or other form that provides an equivalent level of assurance. As the application does not include all of the above information, please submit the following: |
| ADAMS Accession No: ML16028A255 *concurrence via email NRR-106 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY OFFICE DPR/PRLB/PM* DPR/PRLB/LA* DPR/PRLB/BC DPR/PRLB/PM NAME GWertz NParker AAdams GWertz /AAdams for/ DATE 1/28/16 1/28/16 2/8/16 2/8/16 Enclosure OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION UPDATED FINANCIAL QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE RENEWED LICENSE FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA RESEARCH REACTOR LICENSE NO. R-103; DOCKET NO. 50-186 As required by Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Section 50.33(f)(2), "[a]pplicants to renew or extend the term of an operating license for a nonpower reactor shall include the financial information that is required in an application for an initial license." To comply with this requirement, you provided updated financial information by letter dated March 12, 2013 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML13079A214), for the University of Missouri-Columbia (MU, the applicant) application (the application) for a renewed facility operating license for the University of Missouri-Columbia Research Reactor (MURR). In some cases, the responses provided in the March 12, 2013, letter may not have changed (e.g., Requests for Additional Information (RAIs) 4.(b) and 4.(c)). In that case, please indicate in your response "no change, no additional information is necessary," and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff will consider your response provided in the March 12, 2013, submittal to remain current.
| | : a. An updated SOI which includes the current (2016 dollars) cost estimate for decommissioning, a statement that funds for decommissioning will be obtained when necessary, and the signators oath or affirmation attesting to the information. |
| | | : b. Documentation that corroborates the statement in the application that MU is a State agency and a State of Missouri government licensee under 10 CFR 50.75(e)(2)(iv). |
| 1. NRC staff will analyze the financial statements for the current year, which are required by 10 CFR 50.71(b), to determine if the applicant is financially qualified to operate the MURR. Since MU's financial statements included with the application are out of date, please provide a copy of the latest financial statements for the NRC staff's review. | | : c. A statement as to whether the decommissioning funding obligations for the MURR are backed by the State of Missouri government. The application must also present documentation that corroborates this statement. For example, the documentation may be a copy of or complete citation to a state statute that expressly provides that the obligations, or at least the decommissioning funding obligations, of the applicant are backed or supported by the full faith and credit of the State of Missouri, or an opinion of the applicants General Counsel with citations to statutes, regulations, and/or case law that the obligations, or at least those with respect to the decommissioning funding of the applicant are obligations backed or supported by the full faith and credit of the State of Missouri. |
| 2. Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.33(f)(2), "[t]he applicant shall submit estimates for total annual operating costs for each of the first five years of operations of the facility." Since the information included in the application is now out of date, please provide the following additional information: a. Projected operating costs of the MURR for each of the fiscal years (FY) 2016 thru FY 2020 (the first five year period after the projected license renewal). b. MU's source(s) of funding to cover the operating costs for the above FYs. | | : d. Documentation verifying that the signator of the SOI is authorized to execute such a document that binds the applicant financially. For example, provide a copy of MUs governing board or equivalent resolution that shows that the signator of the SOI has been authorized by MU to bind MU financially, at least with respect to funding the decommissioning of the MURR, or provide a copy of an official MU delegation of authority showing that the signator of the SOI is authorized to bind MU financially, at least with respect to funding the decommissioning of the MURR.}} |
| 3. The application references a decommissioning cost estimate for the MURR that was developed using NUREG/CR-1756, "Technology, Safety and Costs of Decommissioning Reference Research and Test Reactors." The application states that the decommissioning cost estimate was $47.3 million in 2009 dollars, including safe storage (SAFSTOR) costs, and a 25 percent contingency factor. The NRC staff needs the following additional information to complete its review of the MURR decommissioning cost estimate: | |
| - 2 - a. A current decommissioning cost estimate in 2016 dollars for the MURR to meet the NRC's radiological release criteria for decommissioning the facility for unrestricted use, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.75(d)(2). Accordingly, describe the basis for how the cost estimate was developed (if NUREG/CR-1756 is still the basis for the decommissioning cost estimate, please so state). b. A summary of total decommissioning costs by labor, waste disposal, other items (such as energy, equipment, and supplies) in current dollars, and a 25 percent contingency factor. c. Provide an update of the total and annual MURR SAFSTOR costs provided in your March 12, 2013, response to RAI No. 3.(c) to current dollars as well as the supporting bases for the costs associated with the SAFSTOR option. Also, please provide a numerical example showing how the SAFSTOR costs will be escalated each year. d. Provide a numerical example showing how the 2016 cost estimate will be updated periodically in the future.
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| 4. The application indicates that MU plans to use a statement of intent (SOI) as the method to provide decommissioning funding assurance, as provided for by 10 CFR 50.75(e)(1)(iv). Where the applicant intends to use a SOI, the NRC staff must find that the applicant "is a Federal, State, or local government licensee." To make this finding, the applicant must state that it is a State government organization and that the decommissioning funding obligations of the applicant are backed by the State government, and also provide corroborating documentation. Further, the applicant must provide documentation verifying that the signator of the SOI is authorized to execute said document that binds the University. This document may be a governing body resolution, management directives, or other form that provides an equivalent level of assurance. As the application does not include all of the above information, please submit the following: a. An updated SOI which includes the current (2016 dollars) cost estimate for decommissioning, a statement that funds for decommissioning will be obtained when necessary, and the signator's oath or affirmation attesting to the information. b. Documentation that corroborates the statement in the application that MU is a State agency and a State of Missouri government licensee under 10 CFR 50.75(e)(2)(iv). | |
| - 3 - c. A statement as to whether the decommissioning funding obligations for the MURR are backed by the State of Missouri government. The application must also present documentation that corroborates this statement. For example, the documentation may be a copy of or complete citation to a state statute that expressly provides that the obligations, or at least the decommissioning funding obligations, of the applicant are backed or supported by the full faith and credit of the State of Missouri, or an opinion of the applicant's General Counsel with citations to statutes, regulations, and/or case law that the obligations, or at least those with respect to the decommissioning funding of the applicant are obligations backed or supported by the full faith and credit of the State of Missouri. d. Documentation verifying that the signator of the SOI is authorized to execute such a document that binds the applicant financially. For example, provide a copy of MU's governing board or equivalent resolution that shows that the signator of the SOI has been authorized by MU to bind MU financially, at least with respect to funding the decommissioning of the MURR, or provide a copy of an official MU delegation of authority showing that the signator of the SOI is authorized to bind MU financially, at least with respect to funding the decommissioning of the MURR.
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MONTHYEARML0917402832009-07-10010 July 2009 University of Missouri at Columbia - Request for Additional Information License Renewal Project stage: RAI ML13079A2162013-02-28028 February 2013 Letter from Kelly Mescher the Court in Sherman V. the Curators of the University of Missouri Project stage: Other ML13079A2152013-03-0505 March 2013 Statement of Intent Project stage: Other ML13079A2172013-03-12012 March 2013 Letter from Ralph A. Butler Enclosed with University of Missouri-Columbia Research Reactor'S Responses to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission'S (NRC) Request for Additional Information, Dated February 11, 2013, Regarding Our Renewal Requ Project stage: Request ML13079A2142013-03-12012 March 2013 Written Communication as Specified by 10 CFR 50.4(b)(1) Regarding the Response to the University of Missouri at Columbia - Request for Additional Information Updated Financial Information for License Renewal (TAC No. ME1580), Dated 02/11/20 Project stage: Request ML13079A2182013-03-12012 March 2013 University of Missouri System 2012 Financial Report Project stage: Other ML14324A7072014-12-0303 December 2014 Request for Additional Information Regarding the MURR License Renewal Review (Updated Info 11/19/2014) Project stage: RAI ML15034A4732015-01-28028 January 2015 University of Missouri-Columbia Research Reactor Response to NRC Request for Additional Information Re License Renewal Application Project stage: Response to RAI ML15034A4742015-01-28028 January 2015 Written Communication as Specified by 10 CFR 50.4(b)(1) Regarding the Response to the University of Missouri at Columbia - Request for Additional Information Regarding the Renewal of Facility Operating License No. R-103 for the University o Project stage: Request ML15049A0392015-02-12012 February 2015 University of Missouri-Columbia - Response to Request for Additional Information Regarding the Renewal of Facility Operating License No. R- 103 Dated December.3, 2014 Project stage: Response to RAI ML15051A0042015-02-20020 February 2015 University of Missouri at Columbia, Request for Withholding Information from Public Disclosure Project stage: Withholding Request Acceptance ML15098A6482015-04-17017 April 2015 University of Missouri at Columbia - Request for Additional Information Regarding the Renewal of Facility Operating License No. R-103 for the University of Missouri at Columbia Research Reactor Project stage: RAI ML15154B8122015-07-21021 July 2015 University of Missouri at Columbia Acknowledgement of the Imposition of an Administrative Limit for the Quantity of Iodine Processed in the Iodine Processing Laboratory Hot Cells for Facility Operating License No. R 103 Project stage: Other ML15224B3092015-09-14014 September 2015 University of Missouri at Columbia - Request for Additional Information Regarding, Physical Security Plan Review for Renewal of Facility Operating License No. R-103 for the University of Missouri at Columbia Research Reactor Project stage: RAI ML15260A4392015-09-15015 September 2015 University of Missouri-Columbia - Request for a Copy of the Emergency Plan in Support of the Renewal of Amended Facility License No. R-103 Project stage: Request ML15275A3142015-10-0101 October 2015 University of Missouri, Columbia - Responses to NRC Request for Additional Information, Dated April 17, 2015, Regarding Renewal Request for Amended Facility Operating License Project stage: Response to RAI ML15350A0882015-10-0606 October 2015 State of Missouri, Federal Assistance Clearinghouse Letter NRC Request for Additional Info Regarding the Physical Security Plan Review for Renewal of Facility Operating License No.R-103 for the Univ. of Missouri at Columbia Research Reactor Project stage: Request ML15280A3142015-10-28028 October 2015 University of Missouri at Columbia Research Reactor Request for Additional Information Regarding the Proposed Technical Specifications for the Murr License Renewal Review Project stage: RAI ML15344A0232015-12-0202 December 2015 University of Missouri(Um) at Columbia - Response to Request for Additional Information Regarding Physical Security Plan Review for Renewal of Facility Operating License No. R-103 for the Um at Columbia Research Reactor Project stage: Response to RAI ML15331A0492015-12-0909 December 2015 University of Missouri at Columbia Review of the Emergency Plan in Support of the License Renewal Project stage: Approval ML15337A1752015-12-17017 December 2015 University of Missouri at Columbia Clarifications Needed to NRC Staff Request for Additional Information Regarding the Renewal of Facility Operating License No. R-103 for the University of Missouri at Columbia Research Reactor Project stage: RAI ML16028A2552016-02-0808 February 2016 University of Missouri at Columbia; Request for Additional Information Updated Financial Information for Renewal of Facility Operating License No. R-103 for the University of Missouri at Columbia Research Reactor (Tac No. Me1580) Project stage: RAI ML16103A5302016-04-0808 April 2016 Univ. of Missouri, Columbia - Transmittal of Responses to NRC Request for Additional Information Dated February 8, 2016 Regarding Renewal Request for Amendment Project stage: Response to RAI ML16110A1642016-04-15015 April 2016 University of Missouri - Columbia Research Reactor, Response to Request for Additional Information on License Renewal Amendment Request Project stage: Response to RAI ML16155A1322016-05-31031 May 2016 University of Missouri-Columbia Research Reactor'S Responses to the NRC Request for Additional Information, Dated October 28, 2015, Regarding Our Renewal Request for Amended Facility Operating License No. R-103 Project stage: Request ML16209A2362016-07-25025 July 2016 University of Missouri, Response to Request for Additional Information Regarding the Proposed Technical Specifications for the License Renewal Project stage: Response to RAI ML16215A4152016-08-0202 August 2016 MURR Hazards Summary Report - Addendums 1-5 Redacted, in Support of an Application for a Research Reactor Project stage: Request ML16216A1222016-08-24024 August 2016 University of Missouri at Columbia - Request for Additional Information Financial Information for Renewal of Facility Operating License No. R-103 for the University of Missouri at Columbia Research Reactor Project stage: RAI ML16239A4252016-09-0707 September 2016 University of Missouri at Columbia - Request for Additional Information Regarding the Proposed Technical Specifications for the Renewal of Facility Operating License No. R-103 for the University of Missouri at Columbia Research Reactor Project stage: RAI ML16313A5172016-11-0707 November 2016 University If Missouri, Response to NRC Request for RAI, Dated September 7, 2016 Regarding License Renewal Amendment Project stage: Request ML16321A4552016-11-15015 November 2016 Written Communication as Specified by 10 CPR 73.4 Regarding Changes to the University of Missouri-Columbia Research Reactor Physical Security Plan That Was Previously Submitted in Response to University of Missouri at Columbia - Request for Project stage: Request ML16321A4852016-11-15015 November 2016 University of Missouri-Columbia Research Reactor - Response to Request for Additional Information Regarding License Renewal Request Project stage: Response to RAI ML15289A0142016-11-18018 November 2016 FRN: General Notice: Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact RE: Renewal of Facility Operating License No. R-103, University of Missouri at Columbia Project stage: Request ML15289A0122016-11-18018 November 2016 University of Missouri at Columbia - Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact Regarding Renewal of Facility Operating License No. R-103 for the University of Missouri at Columbia Research Reactor Project stage: Other ML16350A4242016-12-14014 December 2016 Written Communication as Specified by 10 CFR 50.4(b)(1) Regarding Responses to the University of Missouri at Columbia - Request for Additional Information Regarding the Proposed Technical Specifications for the Renewal of Facility Operating Project stage: Request ML16124A8872017-01-0404 January 2017 the University of Missouri Columbia Safety Evaluation Report for the Renewal of the Facility Operating License for the Nuclear Research Reactor Project stage: Approval 2015-07-21
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Columbia - Submittal of Annual Operating Report Technical Specification 6.6.e IR 05000186/20232022023-12-12012 December 2023 the Curators of the University of Missouri - U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Safety Inspection Report No. 05000186/2023202 ML23198A0232023-08-29029 August 2023 Examination Result Letter No. 50-186/OL-23-02, University of Missouri-Columbia ML23198A0222023-08-29029 August 2023 Examination Report Letter No. 50-186/OL-23-02, University of Missouri - Columbia ML23221A1172023-08-0303 August 2023 Written Communication as Specified by 10 CFR 50.4(b)(4) Regarding the Submittal of the Physical Security Plan for the University of Missouri Research Reactor as a Part of the Process to Renew Amended Facility Operating License R-103 ML23213A0592023-08-0101 August 2023 Written Communication as Specified by University of Missouri Research Reactor Technical Specification 6.6.2(d) Regarding a Permanent Change in the Facility Organization Involving the Executive Director IR 05000186/20232012023-07-31031 July 2023 the Curators of the University of Missouri U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Safety Inspection Report No. 05000186/2023201 ML23186A2132023-07-31031 July 2023 Examination Confirmation Letter No. 50-186/OL-23-03, University of Missouri - Columbia ML23124A0422023-05-0808 May 2023 Examination Confirmation Letter 50-186/OL-23-02, University of Missouri - Columbia ML23103A0742023-04-10010 April 2023 University of Missouri, Columbia Research Reactor, Shipment of Radioactive Material Shipment Identifier MURR 23-01 Highway Route Controlled Quantity ML23024A2772023-04-0707 April 2023 Cover Letter for the Security Inspection Report for the University of Missouri (Public) - October 2022 ML23087A1132023-03-29029 March 2023 Examination Report No. 50-186/OL-23-01, University of Missouri-Columbia ML23087A1142023-03-29029 March 2023 Examination Results Letter No. 50-186/OL-23-01, University of Missouri - Columbia ML23089A3162023-03-29029 March 2023 Letter Notifying Univ. of Missouri That Us Dept. of Energy Funding Will Not Be Available in Fiscal Year 2023 to Complete the Conversion of MURR to LEU Fuel ML23055B1372023-02-24024 February 2023 Submittal of Annual Operating Report for the University of Missouri-Columbia Research Reactor as Required by MURR Technical Specification 6.6.e IR 05000186/20222022023-02-23023 February 2023 the Curators of the University of Missouri - U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Routine Inspection Report No. 05000186/2022202 - Cover Letter and Enclosure ML23031A0132023-02-14014 February 2023 Examination Confirmation Letter No. 50-186/OL-23-01, University of Missouri-Columbia ML23017A2072023-01-13013 January 2023 Written Communication as Required by University of Missouri Research Reactor Technical Specification 6.6.c(3) Regarding a Deviation from Technical Specification 6.1.f ML22349A0422022-12-0808 December 2022 Written Communication as Specified in 10 CFR 50.54(b)(5) Regarding Changes to the University of Missouri-Columbia Research Reactor Facility Emergency Plan Without Prior Commission Approval Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.54(q)(3) ML22314A2102022-11-0909 November 2022 Written Communication as Required by Technical Specification 6.6.d(2), Other Reports, Regarding a Change in University of Missouri-Columbia Research Reactor Organization Involving the Reactor Facility Director ML22304A0042022-10-27027 October 2022 University of Missouri - 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U.S. Nuclear Commission Routine Inspection Report No. 05000186/2021202 IR 05000186/20212012021-05-27027 May 2021 University of Missouri-Columbia U. 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February 8, 2016 Mr. Ralph Butler, Executive Director University of Missouri-Columbia Research Reactor Center 1513 Research Park Drive Columbia, MO 65211
SUBJECT:
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT COLUMBIA - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RE: UPDATED FINANCIAL INFORMATION FOR RENEWAL OF FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. R-103 FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT COLUMBIA RESEARCH REACTOR (TAC NO. ME1580)
Dear Mr. Butler:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is continuing its review of your application for the renewal of Facility Operating License No. R-103, dated August 31, 2006 (redacted versions of the application and supplement are available on the NRCs public web site at www.nrc.gov under Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession Nos.:
ML062540114 - cover letter; ML092110573 - Safety Analysis Report (SAR), Chapters 1-9; ML092110597 - SAR, Chapters 10-18), for the University of Missouri - Columbia Research Reactor and supplemented, in part, by your letter dated March 12, 2013 (ADAMS Accession No. ML13079A214).
During the course of our review, some of the information provided by your submittal has become outdated and needs to reflect the current financial status of your facility. Please provide responses to the enclosed request for additional information within 30 days of the date of this letter.
In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 50.30(b), Oath or affirmation, you must execute your response in a signed original document under oath or affirmation. Your response must be submitted in accordance with 10 CFR 50.4, Written communications. Information included in your response that is considered sensitive or proprietary, that you seek to have withheld from the public, must be marked in accordance with 10 CFR 2.390, Public inspections, exemptions, requests for withholding. Any information related to security should be submitted in accordance with 10 CFR 73.21, Protection of Safeguards Information: Performance Requirements. Following receipt of the additional information, we will continue our evaluation of your renewal request.
R. Butler If you need additional time to complete this request, or have any questions regarding this review, please contact me at (301) 415-0893, or by electronic mail at Geoffrey.Wertz@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
/RA Alexander Adams for/
Geoffrey A. Wertz, Project Manager Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch Division of Policy and Rulemaking Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-186
Enclosure:
As stated cc: See next page
University of Missouri-Columbia Docket No. 50-186 cc:
Les Foyto, Associate Director Reactor and Facilities Operations University of Missouri - Columbia Research Reactor Center 1513 Research Park Drive Columbia, MO 65211 Homeland Security Coordinator Missouri Office of Homeland Security P.O. Box 749 Jefferson City, MO 65102 Planner, Department of Health and Senior Services Section for Environmental Public Health P.O. Box 570 Jefferson City, MO 65102 Deputy Director for Policy Department of Natural Resources 1101 Riverside Drive Fourth Floor East Jefferson City, MO 65101 A-95 Coordinator Division of Planning Office of Administration P.O. Box 809, State Capitol Building Jefferson City, MO 65101 Test, Research, and Training Reactor Newsletter University of Florida 202 Nuclear Sciences Center Gainesville, FL 32611
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DATE 1/28/16 1/28/16 2/8/16 2/8/16 OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION UPDATED FINANCIAL QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE RENEWED LICENSE FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA RESEARCH REACTOR LICENSE NO. R-103; DOCKET NO. 50-186 As required by Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Section 50.33(f)(2),
[a]pplicants to renew or extend the term of an operating license for a nonpower reactor shall include the financial information that is required in an application for an initial license. To comply with this requirement, you provided updated financial information by letter dated March 12, 2013 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML13079A214), for the University of Missouri-Columbia (MU, the applicant) application (the application) for a renewed facility operating license for the University of Missouri-Columbia Research Reactor (MURR). In some cases, the responses provided in the March 12, 2013, letter may not have changed (e.g., Requests for Additional Information (RAIs) 4.(b) and 4.(c)).
In that case, please indicate in your response no change, no additional information is necessary, and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff will consider your response provided in the March 12, 2013, submittal to remain current.
- 1. NRC staff will analyze the financial statements for the current year, which are required by 10 CFR 50.71(b), to determine if the applicant is financially qualified to operate the MURR. Since MUs financial statements included with the application are out of date, please provide a copy of the latest financial statements for the NRC staffs review.
- 2. Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.33(f)(2), [t]he applicant shall submit estimates for total annual operating costs for each of the first five years of operations of the facility. Since the information included in the application is now out of date, please provide the following additional information:
- a. Projected operating costs of the MURR for each of the fiscal years (FY) 2016 thru FY 2020 (the first five year period after the projected license renewal).
- b. MUs source(s) of funding to cover the operating costs for the above FYs.
- 3. The application references a decommissioning cost estimate for the MURR that was developed using NUREG/CR-1756, Technology, Safety and Costs of Decommissioning Reference Research and Test Reactors. The application states that the decommissioning cost estimate was $47.3 million in 2009 dollars, including safe storage (SAFSTOR) costs, and a 25 percent contingency factor. The NRC staff needs the following additional information to complete its review of the MURR decommissioning cost estimate:
Enclosure
- a. A current decommissioning cost estimate in 2016 dollars for the MURR to meet the NRCs radiological release criteria for decommissioning the facility for unrestricted use, pursuant to 10 CFR 50.75(d)(2). Accordingly, describe the basis for how the cost estimate was developed (if NUREG/CR-1756 is still the basis for the decommissioning cost estimate, please so state).
- b. A summary of total decommissioning costs by labor, waste disposal, other items (such as energy, equipment, and supplies) in current dollars, and a 25 percent contingency factor.
- c. Provide an update of the total and annual MURR SAFSTOR costs provided in your March 12, 2013, response to RAI No. 3.(c) to current dollars as well as the supporting bases for the costs associated with the SAFSTOR option. Also, please provide a numerical example showing how the SAFSTOR costs will be escalated each year.
- d. Provide a numerical example showing how the 2016 cost estimate will be updated periodically in the future.
- 4. The application indicates that MU plans to use a statement of intent (SOI) as the method to provide decommissioning funding assurance, as provided for by 10 CFR 50.75(e)(1)(iv). Where the applicant intends to use a SOI, the NRC staff must find that the applicant is a Federal, State, or local government licensee. To make this finding, the applicant must state that it is a State government organization and that the decommissioning funding obligations of the applicant are backed by the State government, and also provide corroborating documentation. Further, the applicant must provide documentation verifying that the signator of the SOI is authorized to execute said document that binds the University. This document may be a governing body resolution, management directives, or other form that provides an equivalent level of assurance. As the application does not include all of the above information, please submit the following:
- a. An updated SOI which includes the current (2016 dollars) cost estimate for decommissioning, a statement that funds for decommissioning will be obtained when necessary, and the signators oath or affirmation attesting to the information.
- b. Documentation that corroborates the statement in the application that MU is a State agency and a State of Missouri government licensee under 10 CFR 50.75(e)(2)(iv).
- c. A statement as to whether the decommissioning funding obligations for the MURR are backed by the State of Missouri government. The application must also present documentation that corroborates this statement. For example, the documentation may be a copy of or complete citation to a state statute that expressly provides that the obligations, or at least the decommissioning funding obligations, of the applicant are backed or supported by the full faith and credit of the State of Missouri, or an opinion of the applicants General Counsel with citations to statutes, regulations, and/or case law that the obligations, or at least those with respect to the decommissioning funding of the applicant are obligations backed or supported by the full faith and credit of the State of Missouri.
- d. Documentation verifying that the signator of the SOI is authorized to execute such a document that binds the applicant financially. For example, provide a copy of MUs governing board or equivalent resolution that shows that the signator of the SOI has been authorized by MU to bind MU financially, at least with respect to funding the decommissioning of the MURR, or provide a copy of an official MU delegation of authority showing that the signator of the SOI is authorized to bind MU financially, at least with respect to funding the decommissioning of the MURR.