ML15026A419

Request for Additional Information Physical Security Plan Review for License Renewal

ML15026A419
Person / Time
Site:	Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
Issue date:	02/23/2015
From:	Montgomery C K Research and Test Reactors Branch B
To:	Miller S I US Dept of Defense, Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
Montgomery, Cindy 415-3398
References
TAC ME1587
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OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY RELATED INFORMATION OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY RELATED INFORMATION February 23, 2015

Mr. Stephen I. Miller, Reactor Facility Director Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute Naval Medical Center 8901 Wisconsin Ave.

Bethesda, MD 20889-5603

SUBJECT:

ARMED FORCES RADIOBIOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RE: PHYSICAL SECURITY PLAN REVIEW FOR LICENSE RENEWAL (TAC NO. ME1587)

Dear Mr. Miller:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is continuing its review of your application for the renewal of Facility Operating License No. R-84, dated June 24, 2004, (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML041800067), as supplemented, for the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute (AFRRI) Research Reactor. The license renewal review includes an NRC staff review of the AFRRI Physical Security Plan (PSP) dated June 27, 2001, for compliance with the regulations contained in Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 73 with modifications as outlined in Regulatory Guide 5.59, and site specific commitments found in Confirmatory Action Letter dated October 21, 2003. We completed our review of your PSP, and identified additional information and clarification to questions that arose during our review. Provide responses to the enclosed request for additional information (RAI) within 30 days from the date of this letter. In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 50.30(b), 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.

NOTE: Enclosure Transmitted Herewith Contains Security-Related Information. When Separated from Enclosure, this Document is DECONTROLLED.

OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY RELATED INFORMATION S. MIller - 2 - OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY RELATED INFORMATION If you have any questions, or need additional time to respond to this request, contact me at (301) 415-3398 or by electronic mail at: Cindy.Montgomery@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/ Cindy Montgomery, Project Manager Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch Division of Policy and Rulemaking Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Docket No. 50-170 Enclosure: Request for Additional Information

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Director, Maryland Office of Planning 301 West Preston Street Baltimore, MD 21201 Montgomery County Executive 101 Monroe Street, 2nd Floor Rockville, MD 20850

Environmental Program Manager III Radiological Health Program Air & Radiation Management Adm.

Maryland Dept of the Environment 1800 Washington Blvd.,Suite 750 Baltimore, MD 21230-1724 Director Air & Radiation Management Adm.

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OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY RELATED INFORMATION S. MIller - 2 - OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY RELATED INFORMATION If you have any questions, or need additional time to respond to this request, contact me at (301) 415-3398 or by electronic mail at: Cindy.Montgomery@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, /RA/ Cindy Montgomery, Project Manager Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch Division of Policy and Rulemaking Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Docket No. 50-170

Enclosure:

Request for Additional Information

cc w/o enclosure: See next page

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