ML20206D181

Amend 12 to License SNM-860 for Dept of Army,Army Environ Hygiene Agency,Amending License in Entirety

ML20206D181
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Site:	07000867
Issue date:	05/20/1986
From:	Jennifer Davis NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
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ML20206D185	List: ML20206D181 ML20206D206
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NUDOCS 8606190668
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PAGES'b j NRC Ftrm 374 g! Wa4 U.S. NUCLE A!! RE!ULATORY COMMISSION MATERIALS LICENSE Amendment No. 12 Pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-43 g Code of Federal Regulations. Chapter I Parts 30. 31,32,33. 34,35,40 and 70, and in reliance on statements and representations ;g' jl' heretofore made by the beensee, a license is hereby issued authorizing the licensee to receise, acquire, possess, and transfer by product.

i 4 source, and special nuclear material designated below; to use such material for the purpose (s) and at the place (s) designated below;to I; 3 deliver or transfer such material to persons authorized to receive it in accordance with the regulations of the applicable Part(st This 4 license shall be deemed to contain the conditions specified in Section 183 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and is I subject to all applicable rules, regulations and orders of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission now or hereafter in effect a conditions specified below.

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In accordance with application dated

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3. License number SNM-860 is amended in j

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of Army Environmental Hygiene Agency its entirety to read as follows:

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4. Expiration date April 30, 1989 4

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6. Byproduet, source, and/or

7. Chemical and/or physical

6. Maximum amount that licensee l

special nuclear material form may possess at any one time under this license k

f jA. Plutonium A. Sealed Pu-Be neutron A. 208 grams k

3 sources j B. Plutonium B. Plated alpha sources B. 500 micrograms y

d C. Plutonium C. Standard solutions C. 500 micrograms

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Authorized use jA.,B.andC.

For use in laboratory experiments and calibration of instruments.

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g Sealed sources are to be used and stored in Monsanto Research Corp.,

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Licensed material may be used at U.S. Army Environmental Hygiene Agency, Aberdeen y

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United States.

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11. Licensed material shall be used by, or under the supervision of, individuals Pt designated by the licensee's Ionizing Radiation Control Committee, CPT Randall J.

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Hill, Chairperson.

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A(1) Each sealed source acquired from another person and containing licensed j

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material, other than hydrogen 3, with a half-life greater than 30 days

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In the absence of a certificate from a transferor q

indicating that a test has been made within 6 months before the transfer, a sealed source received from another person shall not be put into use

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until tested.

h-(2) Notwithstanding the periodic leak test required by this condition, any i

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contains 100 microcuries or less of beta and/or gamma emitting materials it or 10 microcuries or less of alpha emitting material, y1 a

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CONDITIONS (3) Except for alpha sources, the periodic leak test required by this condi-p i

tion does not apply to sealed sources that are stored and not being used.

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The sources excepted from this test shall be tested for leakage before I

any use or transfer to another person unless they have been leak tested l

within 6 months before the date of use or transfer.

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Each sealed source fabricated by the licensee shall be inspected and I

tested for construction defects, leakage, and contamination prior to use I

or transfer as a sealed source.

If the inspection or test reveals any I

construction defects or 0.005 microcurie or greater of contamination, the l

source shall not be used or transferred as a sealed source until it has been repaired, decontaminated and retested, pj y

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Each sealed source containing licensed material, other than hydrogen 3, I

with a half-life greater than 30 days and in any form other than gas Fj I

shall be tested for leakage and/or contamination at intervals not to ex-l ceed 6 months except that each source designed for the purpose of emit-ting alpha particles shall be tested at intervals not to exceed 3 months.

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The test shall be capable of detecting the presence of 0.005 microcurie 1

of radioactive material on the test sample. The test sample shall be I

taken from the sealed source or from the surfaces of the device in which h

the sealed source is permanently or semipermanently mounted or stored on g!

which one might expect contamination to accumulate.

Records of leak test p,

i' results shall be kept in units of microcuries and maintained for inspec-pt*

I tion by the Commission. Records may be disposed of following Commission I

inspection.

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If the test required by Subsection A. or C. of this condition reveals the presence of 0.005 microcurie or more of removable contamination, the g!

licensee shall immediately withdraw the sealed source from use and shall gl cause it to be decontaminated and repaired or to be disposed of in accor-l I

dance with Commission regulations. A report shall be filed within 5 days I

of the date the leak test result is known with the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region I, ATTN:

Chief, Nuclear Materials Safety i

and Safeguards Branch, 631 Park Avenue, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania g!

19406, describing the equipment involved, the test results, and the cor-l I

rective action taken.

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Sealed sources containing licensed material shall not be opened.

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Except as specifically provided otherwise in this license, the licensee shall g

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procedures contained in the documents including any enclosures, listed below.

1 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's regulations shall govern unless the state-l ments, representations and procedures in the licensee's application and corre-spondence are more restrictive than the regulations.

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Application dated March 21, 1983 i

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Letter dated August 4, 1983 I

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Letter dated December 22, 1983 lll D.

Letter dated April 25, 1984 g

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