ML19208A022

Application for Renewal of License R-59 Authorizing Operation of UTR-10 Reactor for 20 Yrs

ML19208A022
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Site:	University of Iowa
Issue date:	09/05/1979
From:	IOWA STATE UNIV., AMES, IA
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ANNEX A APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF LICENSE R-59 Financial Qualifications A. Annual Statement of Operations The UTR-10 reactor on the Iowa State University Campus is used almost ex-clusively for teaching and research related to the activities of the Department of Nuclear Engineering. Although some contract or service irradiations are performed for others, the revenue derived therefrom is negligible compared to the annual operating budget. Thus the total operating costs for the reactor are provided by the University as summarized below based on information found in the latest published Iowa State University Financial Report (dated June 30, 1978) (copies of this Financial Report are available from the Iowa State University Business Administrative Officer, 125 Beardshear Hall. For conven-ience the relevant pages viz 10, 11, 14, and 18, have been reproduced and appear as an appendix to this section).

Total Educational and General Expenditures $79,665,836.95 Instruction -- All of the University 38,583,816.32 Instruction -- College of Engineering 6,445,205.79 Instruction -- Dept. of Chemical Engineering 597,707.56 and Nuclear Engineering

• Instruction -- Reactor Operations--from department $60,126.00

--indirect 30,448.00

$90,574.00 The figures given above are derived from the ISU Financial Report for the 1977-78 year in the following manner.

The costs to operate the reactor are part of the expenditures,$597,707.56, under the College of Engineering with the title of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering.

• The Department of Chemical Engineering and Nuclear Engineering has been divided into two separate departments with the Department of Nuclear Engineering having the responsibility for managing the operation of the UTR-10 reactor. Future Financial Reports will reflect this change.

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To indicate the source of the funds, which are appropriation of tax funds from the State of Iowa and General University funds, we will track you from page 18 to 14 and then to page 10 and 11.

As indicated on page 18, the total expended by the College of Engineering is $6,445,205,79, This same figure appears near the top of page 14. That amount is part of a larger total, $38,583,816.32, of EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL, General Operating Funds for Instruction.

The $38,583,816.32 appears also on page 10, about in the middle of the page. You will notice that all of this amount is from State and General Funds except for $246,617.00. The $246,617.00 are Federal Appropriations and are not part of the funds used by the College of Engineering. This leaves the entire amount spent to operate the reactor as coming from State and General Funds.

B. Estimated Annual Costs to Operate the Reactor for the Twenty-Year License Renewal Period Estimated annual costs to operate the reactor for fiscal year 1979-80 are as follows Salaries, 'Jages and Fringe Benefits $60,973 Supplies, Maintenance and Miscellaneous 3,361 Indirect Costs (non-departmental funds) 32,580 TOTAL $96,914 Assuming inflation at the rate of 7 percent per annum, the costs for the indicated fiscal years are as shown in Table 1.

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rROJECTED ANNUAL REACTOR OPERATING COST JEAR DEPT. BUDGET INDIRECT TOTAL 1981 $ 68,838 $ 34,860 $ 103,698 1982 73,656 37,301 110,957 1983 78,812 39,912 118,724 1984 84,329 42,706 127,035 1985 90,232 45,695 135,927 1986 96,549 48,893 145,442 1987 103,307 52,316 155,623 1988 110,539 55,978 166,517 1989 118,276 59,897 178,173 1990 126,556 64,089 190,645 1991 135,414 68,576 203,990 1992 144,893 73,376 218,269 1993 155,036 78,512 233,548 1994 165,888 84,008 249,896 1993 177,500 89,889 267,389 1996 189,925 96,181 286,106 1997 203,220 102,913 306,133 1998 217,445 110,117 327,562 1999 232,666 117,825 350,491 2000 248,952 126,073 375,025 Table 1 A-3 C; k $ L',~.

C. The Estimated Costs ,,f Permanently Shutting Down the Reactor At the prcsent time the possibility of shutting down the Iowa State University U1Te10 reactor is not being contemplated. Should such a decision be made in the future the type of shutdown will doubtlessly reflect the plans and circumstances of that time, consequently the cost figures presented be-low will be for the most expensive option, viz. removing all traces of the facility.

The cost figures presented are based on estimates made by reeponsible people and apply to September 1979. No projections are made since these would depend on evolving regulations, on the date, and on the changing economic climate.

(1) Removal and Disposal of Fuel The fuel is owned by DOE and would be sent to a site of their selection.

Barnwell, South Carolina and Richland, Washington are likely sites and equally distant from Ames.

It is assemed that the fuel would be sent in a rented cask (such as HMI-1) by a licensed carrier (such as Tri State) following approved routes.

Fabrication or modification of basket including $ 1,000 provision of spacers for positioning the basket in the BMI-l cask Cask rental for three weeks 3,600 Computer Criticality Analysis (if required) 1,000 Shipment and Disposal 22,400 FUEL DISPOSAL TOTAL $20,000 (2) Reactor Control and Safety System Components The reactor control console, detectors and instrumentation in general will be considered for demonstration and laboratory purposes. If no interest exists, the equipment will be junked locally subject, of course, to regula-tions which may apply.

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(3) Stairs, platforms, guard rails, etc. will be disposed of locally.

(4) Reactor Pedestal The reactor consists primarily of the following materials in the quanti-ties listed:

Concrete (. ordinary-reinforced) 387,500 lbs, Concrete (heavy) 41,400 lbs.

Graphite 24,988 lbs.

Lead 1,766 lbs, Boral 66 lbs.

TOTAL 455,720 lbs.

To facilitate preparing this estimate, it is assumed that all of this material will fall into the category of LSA material and can be shipped and buried according to existing regulations. Any other assumption would involve lower costs. The cost of demolishing the concrete, shipment of all components and ultimate disposal are presented in section (7) below.

(5) Storage Pit and Fuel Handling Equipment The materials involved are listed below:

Concrete (ordinary) 29,835 lbs.

Integral steel 3,715 lbs, Closure plugs - concrete 5,411 lbs.

- steel 1,713 lbs.

Cover plate (steel) 308 lbs.

Cask and lif ting rod (steel) 4,436 lbs.

TOTAL 45,418 lbs, The cost of demolishing the pit concrete, shipping all components to a disposal site and the burial charges are summarized in section (7) below.

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(6) Process Pit The equipment located in this pit include: dump tank, heat exchanger, filter, circulating pump, pipes, valves (including the dump valve), instruments and sensors, and the concrete shield slabs. The estimated weights are:

Aluminum 415 lbs, Steel 507 lbs.

TOTAL 922 lbs, With the exception of the concrete slabs, which will be used to cover the empty and cleaned pit and instruments which can be used elsewhere, the roughly 1000 pounds of material will be treated as LSA material and shipped away.

(7) Demolition of Concrete Only the ordinary concrete in the reactor pedestal and the fuel storage pit will have to be demolished (the various heavy concrete slabs, and plugs can be shipped as they are).

Concrete to be demolished:

Reactor pedestal 387,500 lbs, Storage pit 29,838 lbs, TOTAL 417,335 lbs.

Volume (assuming 155 lbs/f t.3) = 2,692 f t. 3

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(8) Transportation and Burial Total mass to be handled:

Reactor pedestal 455,720 lbs, Storage pit, etc. 45,418 lbs.

Service pit 922 lbs.

TOTAL 502,050 lbs. = 251 tons Loose material has to be contained (i.e. , put in drums or crates), and as each 55 gallon drum could contain about 1100 pounds of concrete as " sand" but as chunks perhaps only 500 pounds, 835 drums will be required to hold the 417,335 pounds of broken concrete. Each drum weighs about 50 pounds so an additional weight of 41,750 will be added to bring the total weight to be transported to about 544,000 pounds (272 tons).

The load that can be carried by a semi trailer will be taken as 30,000 pounds to take into account moving the concentrated loads provided by the cask or shield slabs). The total number of loads will be 19. The cost of transporta-tion and burial will be:

856 drums @ $10 each $ 8,560 19 truck loads @ $10,000/ load 190,000

$198,560 = $200,000 (9) Miscellaneous Costs To provide an allowance for any necessary decontamination, for the re-moval of the coolant inlet and outlet pipes connecting the reactor to the process pit, and for the labor of loading material into drums or crates and the drums , crates, or pieces onto the semi trailers, the sum of $12,000 is included.

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(10) Total Cost Fuel disposal $ 28,000 Concrete demolition 100,000 Transportation and burial 200,000 Miscellaneous 12,000

$340,000 In addition most of the usual operating costs will be incurred so that at least six months of normal expenditures should be expected.

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Estimate of the Annual Cost to Maintain the Shutdown Facilities in a Safe Condition There will be no further costs once the reactor has been demolished and the parts removed and buried.

If for some reason decommissioning is delayed after a specified date, the annual maintenance cost can be taken to be equal to the annual operating cost.

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SUMMARY

OF CURRENT EXPENDITURES DISTRIBUTED BY OB. JECT Salaries.

Schedule Wages &

__ Number Total Renefits General Capital _

l. FDL*CATIONAL AND GENERA!,

A. General Operating Funds

1. Instruction College of Agriculture B-2-a $ 5 615 441 81 4 868 174 30 College of Education 683 418 58 63 858 93 B-2-b 3 841 366 15 3 501 184 59 298 595 41 41 586 15

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p College of Engineering B-2-c 6 445 205 79 6 129 844 19 214 813 31 100 548 29 College of Home Economics B-2-d 3 121 445 66 2 960 373 81 College of Sciences 131 819 81 29 252 04 and Humanities B-2-e 16 584 504 33 15 779 912 33 708 796 90 College of Veterinary 95 795 10 Medicine B-2-f 2 975 852 58 2 753 183 11 178 619 51 44 0;9 46 Subtotal 38 553 816 32 35 992 672 33 2 216 063 52 375 010 47 2- Organized Research B-2-g 6 436 922 98 5 661 774 97 775 148 01

3. Public Service B-2-h 2 840 881 08 2 284 894 39 551 448 03 4 538 (6

4. Academic Support B- 2-1 6 847 451 85 4 491 486 41 2 267 74 8 50 88 216 94

5. Student Services B-2-j 4 768 247 26 3 054 653 99 1 713 593 27

6. Institutional Support. B-2-k 4 421 873 49 3 130 000 47 1 106 302 13 185 570 87 7 Scholarships B-2-1 2 465 724 44 4 469 19 2 461 255 25

8. Operation and Maintenance of Physical Plant B-2-m 12 306 6_57 54 5 687 509 31 6 581 597 56 37 W1 _67

9. Repairs, Replacement and Alterations B-2-n 994 261 99 994 261 99 Total 1:ducatin al and General 79 665 8 % 95 60 307 4h1 06 18 667 '.0 4 26 690 967 63 II. ORC.ANIZED \CT IV I Til:S B-2 q 2 124 353 35 677 048 91 1 418 575 la 28 6N la 111. AUX 11.!ARY LNi]HPHISI:S B-2-r 26 579 199 17 7 294 103 31 IM 741 007 73 5'. GMM 11 IV. STORLS, SERVICI.S AND R EVol.V I N 1 l'N DS P-2-q 26 H05 416 74 5 494 3!.0 44 to 7ns 70 7 71 1 S ls v 09 V. k l' S T R I C1 Lil l i'N DS A. Crant s and Cont rac t s with federal Ar.cncies

!. Instruction Collere of Agritulture H-2-t 451 fu9 67 271 010 07 182 649 60 Co l l e r.e et Filuration B-2-t 20 472 09 2 001 13 18 470 96 Collegi of Engineering ii t 729 6/

College al Home 729 67 ti onon t, s it t 1I7 1JM 64 24 2 6 '. 35 College of Selentes MO 711 49 L2 152 MS an<l Huminfties B-2-t IN2 10 1 71 4 '. I '. 5 15 Co l l e r.. oi Veterin a r y 6 '. 987 9) 7i 16s '.3 M.dicine M-2-t 465 223 39 19 5 '.12 45 60 517 Od 9 Jul Kh

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2. Researsb Ac.rh uttural Expertrent Station B-2-t 3 4h5 Md8 14 1 787 459 13 1 Sn3 655 th vienteg and Humanities I r. 773 s5 Research Institute ti t 1 471 ha6 62 Fngineering Regearch 777 237 71 591 IWI 20 l a .' u9 71 Institute it t 1 20'. 129 29 605 M24 19 511 513 05 i' % .-n 75

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Iowa State University Financial Report June 30, 1978 Schedule it-2-c Schedule B-2-c COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Statement of Current Expenditures Distributed by Object Salaries, Wages &

Total Benefits General C.!p i t a l Aerospace Engineering . . $ 394 721 84 375 341 63 19 380 21 Arc hitec ture . 793 578 52 770 871 31 22 707 21 7 Chenical and Nuclear Engineering 597 707 56 568 086 15 29 621 41 Civil Engineering . . 881 422 24 854 696 74 26 725 50 Electrical Engineering . . . 1 116 102 34 1 079 673 65 36 428 69 Fngineering Science and Mechanics 569 290 58 552 431 63 16 858 95 Equipment . . . . 100 548 29 100 548 29 Freshman Engineering . . . . 521 009 12 509 767 81 11 241 31 Industrial Engineering . 507 593 19 492 491 69 15 101 50 Material Sciences and Engineering --

229 062 53 220 929 00 8 133 53 Mechanical Engineering . 630 363 85 601 748 85 28 615 00 Summer Quarter . . 103 805 73 103 805 73

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1 445 205 79 6 129 844 19 214 813 31 S100 548 29 P00RORMkl Schedule B-2-d Sch.-dule B-2-d COLLEGE OF IIOME ECONOMICS Statement of Current Expenditures Distributed by Object Salaries, Wages &

Total Renetits General Capital Admini s t rat ion $ 40 774 29 40 774 29 Appil.d Art 69) 909 94 673 081 69 20 828 25 Ct l i d Development 606 447 83 572 511 96 33 935 87 Equipment 29 252 04 29 252 0'.

Family Fnvironment 42 3 bl7 04 409 164 59 14 452 45 Fo..d an.1 Nut r i t i on 392 450 39 365 605 42 2n 844 97 liome Ec onom i c s FJucation 208 109 34 192 916 55 15 192 79 Inststutton M a na c ec-e n t 201 148 52 19) 516 60 7 631 92 liwtlies an.f Clothing '. 2 7 178 63 414 245 07 12 933 56 5 .mme r Qua r t e r 9H 557 6'. 98 557 64 Total 3 121 445 66 2 960 173 31 1 11 819 MI S29 252 0'.

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ANNEX B, APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF LICENSE R-59 Environmental Impact Appraisal This report addresses the environmental effects which can be attributed to the operation of the Iowa State University UTR-10 reactor since its initial criticality in October,1959. It also addresses potential future environmental effects.

Operation of the reactor depends primarily on the demands of nuclear engineering classes and graduate research projects. Less than 6000 kWh of energy conversion and 6000 hours0.0694 days <br />1.667 hours <br />0.00992 weeks <br />0.00228 months <br /> total operating time have been recorded since 1959.

(A). Facility, Environmental Effects of Construction ISU's nuclear reactor is housed in the Nuclear Engineering Laboratory which is located on the main campus. Since the reactor was installed af ter the construction of the building, there was no significant af fect on the terrain, vegetation, wildlife, nearby waters or aquatic life due to the installation of the reactor.

There are no exterior conduits, pipelines , electrical or mechanical structures or transmission lines attached to the nuclear reactor facility other than utility service facilities which are similar to those required in other campus f acilities, especially laboratories. Heat dissipation is accomplished by passing city water through a small heat exchanger located in the reactor room process pit.

Make-up water for the cooling system is readily available and is obtain-ed from the distilled water supply located in Sweeney Hall which is an adjacent building. Radioactive gaseous effluents are limited to Ar-41, and there are no radioactive liquid effluents associated with the operation of the ISU UTR-10. Small amounts _ solid and liquid radioactive wastes are generated through the irradiation of samples to be used on campus either for neutron activation analysis or for nuclear engineering experiments, and

( ) Based on a memorandum dated January 28, 1974, from D. Muller to D. Skovholt, " Environmental Considerations Regarding Licensing of Research Reactors...".

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through discharge of spent resins from the primary coolant ion exchange column. These radioactive samples are gathered, packaged and shipped off-site for eventual storage at a Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved site.

The Environmental Health and Safety Department manages all waste disposal efforts. The transportation of this waste is done in accordance with existing NRC-DOT regulations in approved shipping containers.

The sanitary waste systems associated with the nuclear reactor facility are similar to those at other university laboratories.

(B). i' ironmental Effects of Facility Operation The ISU UTR-10 nuclear reactor has a maximum power output of 10 kWt.

The environmental ef fects of thermal ef fluents of this order of magnitude are negligible. The waste heat is rejected to the sanitary sewer through the heat exchanger located in the reactor room.

The room in which the reactor is located is continuously monitored for gamma-ray fields and for radioactive particles in the air during full-power operation. The gamma detectors are mounted on the walls of the reactor room, within 15 feet of the shield. The alarm set point of each monitor is 50 mR/hr. An alarm has never been unexpectedly triggered by a gamma-ray field of this magnitude. The typical reading during reactor operation is in the downscale (< 1 mR/hr) range. The particulate monitor is a portable air monitor which samples the air in the reactor enclosure. Particulates are trapped on a filter which is held in place in front of an end-window Geiger-Muller tube. The alarm set point of this monitor is 1,000 counts /

minute. This alarm has never been triggered due to high concentrations of radioactive particulates in the air. The typical background reading ranges from 20 to 200 counts / minute. All 10 kW air monitoring falls within this range.

A monitor film baoge is located on the north wall in the reactor room, approximately 15 feet from the reactor shield. The film badge is replaced monthly and evaluated by a commercial service. The annual totals for this badge are given in Table B-1. The readings indicate the neutron and beta-gamma fields are essentially at background levels even at close proximity to the reactor.

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In addition to the commercially processed film badge monitor, the Environmental Health and Safety Department's Radiological Services Group collects and analyzes smear surveys at various locations inside the reactor enclosure and in unrestricted areas around the building. Measurement data for the last five years are given in Table B-2. These data clearly show negligible levels of radioactive materials in the Laboratory building.

Concentrations of argon-41 at various locations in the reactor en-closure have been measured with a calibrated detector system while the reactor was operating at 10 kW. The results indicated that average annual releases of Ar-41 do not exceed the concentration limits for unrestricted areas.

Another area of interest is the generation of high and low-level radio-active wastes. The storage or reprocessing of spent fuel elements is not a major concern at the ISU Nuclear Engineering Laboratory because the average 235 annual U depletion is approximately 15 milligrams. During the course of activation analysis experiments and isotope production runs, the reactor generates an average of 8 pounds of low-level radioactive waste annually in-cluding ion-exchange resins. These wastes are collected and shipped to authorized disposal sites in approved containers by the Radiological Services Group.

(C). Environmental Effects of Accidents Accidents ranging from failure of experiments to the largest core damage and fission product release considered possible result in doses of only a small fraction of 10 CFR Part 100 guidelines and are considered negligible

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(D). Unavoidable Effects of Facility Constr"ction and Operation The unavoidable effects of construction and operation involves the taaterials used in construction that cannot be recovered and the fissionable material used in the reactor. No adverse impact on the environment is expected from either of the unavoidable effects.

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(C). Alternatives to Construction and Operation of the Facility There are no suitable or more economical alternatives which can accom-plish both the educational and the research objectives of this facility.

These objectives include the training of students in the operation of nuclear reactors, the production of radioisotopes its use as a source of neutrons for neutron activation analysis, and also its use as a demonstration tool to familiarize the general public with nuclear reactor operations.

(F). Long-Term Ef fects of Facility Construction and Operation The long-term effects of a teaching and research facility such as the ISU Nuclear Engineering Laboratory are considered to be beneficial as a re-sult of the contribution to scientific knowledge and training. This is especially true in view of the relatively low capital costs invo'ved and the minimal impact on the environment associated with a f acility such aa the ISU Nuclear Engineering Laboratoy.

(G). Costs and Benefits of Facility and Alternatives The cost for a facility such as the ISU Nuclear Engineering Laboratory is on the order of $200,000 with very little environmental impact. The benefits include, but are not limited to: training of operating persbanel, conduction of activation analyses, production of short-lived radioisotopes, and education of students and public. Some of these activites could be conducted using particle accelerators or radioactive sources, but these alternatives are at once more costly and less efficient. There is no reasonabic alternative to a nuclear research reactor of the type presently used at the ISU Nuclear Engineering Laboratory for conducting the broad spectrum of activities previously mentioned.

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( ) Located near the north doorway, inside the reactor room, approximate-ly 15 feet from the reactor shield.

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Reports for 11 months showed less than the minimum detectable amount of 10 mrem.

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TABLE B-2 Highest Monthly Smear Survey Results for the Nuclear Engineering Laboratory (All Area Readings are in dpm)(

E7,5 1976 1977 1978 1979(up 7-1)

Area #1( 16 14 41 21 26 Area #2 12 22 43 49 29 Area #3 31 25 43 22 9 Area #4 57 18 18 50 17 Area #5 69 17 31 26 11 (1) Background of 33 dpm was subtracted.

(2) Area #1: East entry to the building.

Area #2: Overhead door entry on south, Area #3: West cntry to the building.

Area #4: Top of reactor shield.

Area #5: Floor near rabbit tube.

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ANNEX C APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF LIf.ENSE R-59 Technical Information Scheduled for Submittal The purpose of this Annex is to summarize all technical information, by title, submitted with the application and to clearly show submittal deadlines for material not available at this time.

ITEM NO. COPIES STATUS Physical Security Plan 6 Submitted with application Emergency Plan 19 Submitted with application Technical Specifications --

Currently under review Safety Analysis Report -- To be submitted by 10-15-79

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