ML20213A644

Forwards Request for Addl Info Re Decommissioning Plan Supporting Application for Authorization to Decommission Facility.Response Requested within 30 Days

ML20213A644
Person / Time
Site:	05000538
Issue date:	04/22/1987
From:	Alexander Adams Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Riley R MEMPHIS STATE UNIV., MEMPHIS, TN
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NUDOCS 8704280129
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April 22, 1987 Docket No. 50-538 Mr. Robert R. Riley. Jr.

Radiation Safety Officer ,

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SUBJECT:

NRC REVIEW OF MEMPHIS STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH REACTOR DECOMMISSIONING PLAN We are continuing our review of the Decommissioning Plan that has been ,

submitted in support of your application for authorization to decommission your research reactor. During our review of your Decomissioning Plan, several questions have arisen for which we require answers. You are requested to document responses to the enclosed questions within 30 days of the date of this letter. Following receipt of the infonnation we will complete our evaluation of your plans for decommissioning. If you have questions regarding this review. Please contact ene at (301) 492-8707.

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Radiation Safety Officer Memphis State University Safety Services Memphis, Tennessee 38152

SUBJECT:

NRC REVIEW 0F MEMPHIS STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH REACTOR DECOMMISSIONING PLAN

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1 We are continuing our review of the Decomissioning Plan that has been 1 submitted in support of your application for authorization to decomission your research reactor. During our review of your Decomissioning Plan, i several questions have arisen for which we require answers. You are requested 1 to document responses to the enclosed questions within 30 days of the date of '

this letter. Following receipt of the information we will complete our  !

evaluation of your plans for decomissioning. If you have questions regarding this review, please contact me at (301) 492-8207.

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Alexander Adams, r , Project Manager Standardization amf Non-Power Reactor Project Directorate Division of Reactor Projects III, IV, Y and Special Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Enclosure:

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Memphis State University Docket No. 50-538 cc: Mayor of the City of Mcmphis City Hall - Poom 700 I?5 North Main Memphis, Tenressee 38103 Tennessee Department of Public Health ATTN: Director, Bureau of Environmental Health Services Cordell Hull Building Nashville, Tennessee 37219 Mr. Richard Dietz Center for Nuclear Studies Memphis State University Memphis, Tennessee 38152 ,

Attorney General Supreme Court Building Nashville, Tennessee 37219 Ms. Kathryn Hookanson Legal Counsel Memphis State University Memphis, Tennessee 38152 O

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EflCLOSURE MEMPHIS STATE UNIVERSJTY-QUESTIONS FOR DECOMMISSIONING A  ;

1. Please provide a diagram that depicts the facility organization for decom-missioning. Show the interface between the Institute for Resource Management (IRM) and Memphis State University (MSU).

2. Please provide background information on IRM and MSU decommissioning staff by submitting resumes.

3. Please discuss the management policies and features of the organizational structure that will ensure that all operations will be carried out under the cc:1 cept of ALARA (As Low As Is Reasonably Achievable).

4. Please describe your industrial safety and hygiene program. What provi-sions have been made for response to industrial accidents?

5. What is the present status of your fuel?

6. Please provide the history of the reactor, if any, before it was placed into operation at MSU.

7. Please submit for review your proposed Technical Specifications for decom-missioning.

8. Please submit for review an Environmental Report that describes the envi-ronmental effects of the decommissioning process. Identify any potential offsite environmental problems that could arise from the dismantling project and describe the means employed to prevent any unacceptable offsite releases.

9. After dismantlement, where will the reactor be stored until the license is terminated?

10. Estimate the occupational exposure that will be received by personnel in the process of dismantling the reactor.

11. Indicate how direct and accurate measurements of surface contamination (in CPM) will be made and converted to DPM/100 square cm. Identify those instru-ments to be used which are sensitive enough to measure in the micro-R/ hour range.

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12. Describe how inaccessible areas (pipes, ducts, drains) will be surveyed for contamination.

13. Indicate the contamination limits which will be employed when disposing of equipment as radioactive waste. Verify that you will comply with the criteria of Regulatory Guide 1.86 as a minimum.

14. Indicate the quantity of solid waste which will be generated and where it will be disposed. Describe the means to be utilized for treating liquid effluents, if any are generated.

15. If the defueled reactor is to be released for unrestricted use, please provide the procedures that will be followed to in'sure that the internal and external reactor components meet the criteria of Regulatory Guide 1.86 and the limit of 5 micro-R/ hour or 10 mrem / year above background at 1 meter from the surface.

16. Please provide your plan for the survey that will submitted to the NRC to support termination of the license.

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