ML16272A493

Texas A&M University - Fee Exemption Request for Review and Approval for a Model 9979 Type AF Shipping Package

ML16272A493
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Site:	Texas A&M University
Issue date:	09/28/2016
From:	Mcdeavitt S Texas A&M Univ
To:	Maureen Wylie Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, NRC/OCFO
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2016-0049
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NUCLEAR SCIENCE CENTER Dr. Sean M. McDeavitt Director, TEES Nuclear Science Center Texas A&M University Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station 1095 Nuclear Science Road, 3575 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-3575 September 28, 2016 2016-0049 Docket Number 50-59 / License No. R-23 Ms. Maureen Wylie Chief Financial Officer U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001

Subject:

Fee Exemption Request for Review and Approval for a Model 9979 Type AF Shipping Package By letter dated May 3, 2016, Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) submitted a safety analysis report on behalf of Texas A&M University (TAMU) to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for review and approval for a Model 9979 Type AF Shipping Package. TAMU is currently working toward relocating its AGN-201M reactor and special nuclear material (SNM) currently housed in the Zachry Engineering Center at TAMU to a temporary storage location at the TEES Nuclear Science Center (NSC). The NSC currently maintains and operates a 1 MW TRIGA reactor.

The shipping package will be used to assure safe storage, transportation and handling of the TAMU AGN-201M SNM. To assure safe handling and transportation of the AGN-201M SNM on public roadways, it requires the SNM to be packaged and transported in Type AF packages authorized by the NRC for which the AGN-201M SNM is authorized contents. The 9979 Type AF package has been identified and selected for this purpose.

This letter, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulation (CFR) Section 171.9, is requesting a fee waiver pursuant to 10 CFR 171.11 for the NRC review and approval of a Certificated of Compliance for the Model 9979 Type AF Shipping Package. The package will be used only for the transportation of the TAMU AGN-201M SNM.

The TAMU AGN-201M reactor is a state-owned research reactor used primarily for educational training and academic research purposes. The AGN-201M reactor has been licensed by the NRC under section 104c. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2134(c)) for operation and its licensed thermal power level is 5 watts.

Therefore, TAMU requests that the NRC's recent review and approval actions regarding the Model 9979 Type AF Shipping Package be granted a fee waiver pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 171.11.(a)(2). The TAMU AGN-201M reactor meets the exemption requirement in 10 CFR 171.11.(a)(2), in that it is State-owned research reactors used primarily for educational training and academic research purposes. For purposes of this exemption, the term research reactor means a nuclear reactor that; (i) is licensed by the NRC under section 104c of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2134(c)) for operation at a thermal power level of 10 MW or less. Subparagraph (ii) of this section pertains only to research reactors licensed to operate at a thermal power level exceeding 1 MW and is therefore not applicable to the AGN-201M.

Nuclear Science Center 1095 Nuclear Science Road, 3575 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-3575 1 Tel. (979) 845-7551

Oath of Affirmation I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge.

Sincerely, Sean M. McDeavitt, PhD Director, TEES Nuclear Science Center Submitted with Level 2 Delegate Authorization from Dr. Yassin Hassan in letter dated February 8, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No. ML16043A048)

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Mr. William Dean, Office Director United States Nuclear Reactor Commission Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Mr. Michael Young, President Texas A&M University 1246 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-1246 Dr. M. Katherine Banks, Vice Chancellor and Dean Dwight Look College of Engineering 3126 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-3126 Dr. Yassin Hassan, Department Head Nuclear Engineering Texas A&M University Nuclear Engineering Department 3133 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-3133 Dr. John Hardy Reactor Safety Board Chairman Texas A&M University 3255 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-3255 Dr. Latha Vasudevan Radiological Safety Officer Texas A&M University Environmental Health and Safety 1111 Research Parkway College Station, TX 77843-4472 Mr. Jerry Newhouse, NSC Assistant Director Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station 3575 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-3575 Mr. Scott Miller, NSC Manager of Reactor Operations Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station 3575 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-3575 Mr. Jeremy Osborn AGN-201M Reactor Supervisor Texas A&M University Nuclear Engineering Department 3133 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-3133 Nuclear Science Center 1095 Nuclear Science Road, 3575 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-3575 3 Tel. (979) 845-7551