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| number = ML103220149 | | number = ML103220149 | ||
| issue date = 11/18/2010 | | issue date = 11/18/2010 | ||
| title = University of Wisconsin - Request for Additional Information Regarding the License Renewal for the University of Wisconsin Nuclear Reactor | | title = University of Wisconsin - Request for Additional Information Regarding the License Renewal for the University of Wisconsin Nuclear Reactor | ||
| author name = Wertz G | | author name = Wertz G | ||
| author affiliation = NRC/NRR/DPR/PRTA | | author affiliation = NRC/NRR/DPR/PRTA | ||
| addressee name = Agasie R | | addressee name = Agasie R | ||
| addressee affiliation = Univ of Wisconsin | | addressee affiliation = Univ of Wisconsin | ||
| docket = 05000156 | | docket = 05000156 | ||
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{{#Wiki_filter:November 18, 2010 Mr. Robert J. Agasie Reactor Director Nuclear Reactor Laboratory Room 130 Mechanical Engineering Building 1513 University Avenue Madison, WI 53706-1572 | {{#Wiki_filter:November 18, 2010 Mr. Robert J. Agasie Reactor Director Nuclear Reactor Laboratory Room 130 Mechanical Engineering Building 1513 University Avenue Madison, WI 53706-1572 | ||
==SUBJECT:== | ==SUBJECT:== | ||
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE LICENSE RENEWAL FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN NUCLEAR REACTOR (TAC NO. ME1585) | UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE LICENSE RENEWAL FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN NUCLEAR REACTOR (TAC NO. ME1585) | ||
==Dear Mr. Agasie:== | ==Dear Mr. Agasie:== | ||
We are continuing our review of your application for renewal of Facility Operating License No. R-74, Docket No. 50-156 for the University of Wisconsin. The application was submitted on May 9, 2000, as supplemented by letters dated October 17, 2008; June 16, (two letters); July 8, | We are continuing our review of your application for renewal of Facility Operating License No. R-74, Docket No. 50-156 for the University of Wisconsin. The application was submitted on May 9, 2000, as supplemented by letters dated October 17, 2008; June 16, (two letters); July 8, and August 11, 2010. | ||
During our review of the proposed technical specifications, questions have arisen for which we require additional information and clarification. Please provide a response to the enclosed request for additional information within 30 days of the date on this letter. | During our review of the proposed technical specifications, questions have arisen for which we require additional information and clarification. Please provide a response to the enclosed request for additional information within 30 days of the date on this letter. | ||
In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Section 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, | In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Section 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 security, 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. | |||
Following receipt of the requested information we will continue our evaluation of your application. If you have any questions regarding this review, please contact me at (301)415-0893. Sincerely, | Following receipt of the requested information we will continue our evaluation of your application. If you have any questions regarding this review, please contact me at (301)415-0893. | ||
Sincerely, | |||
/RA/ AAdams for Geoffrey Wertz, Project Manager Research and Test Reactors Projects Branch Division of Policy and Rulemaking Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-156 License No. R-74 | |||
==Enclosure:== | ==Enclosure:== | ||
As stated cc w/encl: See next page | As stated cc w/encl: See next page | ||
ML103220149 NRR-088 OFFICE PRLB: PM PRLB: LA PRLB: PM PRLB: PM NAME GWertz GLappert JQuichocho GWertz (AAdams for) | |||
DATE 11/18/10 11/18/2010 11/18/10 11/18/10 | |||
Test, Research, and Training | University of Wisconsin Docket No. 50-156 cc: | ||
Mayor of Madison City Hall 210 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Room 403 Madison, Wisconsin 53703 Chairman, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin 610 North Whitney Way P.O. Box 7854 Madison, WI 53707-7854 Manager Radiation Protection Section Division of Public Health Dept of Health and Family Services P.O. Box 2659 Madison, WI 53701-2659 Test, Research, and Training Reactor Newsletter University of Florida 202 Nuclear Sciences Center Gainesville, FL 32611 Victor Goretsky Assistant Director & Radiation Safety Officer Department Environmental Health & Safety 530 Environmental Protection And Safety Bldg 30 N Murray St Madison, WI 53715 Eric C Woolstenhulme Idaho National Laboratory P.O. Box 1625, Idaho Falls, ID 83415-3740 | |||
OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FACILITY OPERTING LICENSE NO. R-74 DOCKET NO. 50-156 The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff is continuing the review of your application for renewal of Facility Operating License No. R-74, dated May 9, 2000, as supplemented by letters dated October 17, 2008; June 16, 2010 (two letters); July 8, 2010, and August 11, 2010. During our review of the proposed University of Wisconsin Nuclear Reactor (UWNR) technical specifications (TSs), questions have arisen for which we need additional information and clarification. Please address and provide the requested information to the following: | |||
: 1. Proposed UWNR TS 3.3 contains limits on primary water conductivity but does not contain a limit on pH. NUREG-1537, Chapter 5, Reactor Coolant Systems, Section 5.2, Primary Coolant System, requests applicants to provide coolant quality requirements, including pH. Please explain why a limit on pH is not necessary to limit corrosion of fuel cladding and other materials in the reactor pool; or propose and justify a limit on pH. | : 1. Proposed UWNR TS 3.3 contains limits on primary water conductivity but does not contain a limit on pH. NUREG-1537, Chapter 5, Reactor Coolant Systems, Section 5.2, Primary Coolant System, requests applicants to provide coolant quality requirements, including pH. Please explain why a limit on pH is not necessary to limit corrosion of fuel cladding and other materials in the reactor pool; or propose and justify a limit on pH. | ||
: 2. Proposed UWNR TS 3.2.5 does not contain an interlock to prevent the withdrawal of multiple control elements at the same time. NUREG-1537, Chapter 13, Accident Analysis, Section 13.1.2, Insertion of Excess Reactivity, requests applicants to analyze ramp insertions of reactivity. Please analyze and discuss a reactivity addition event based on the withdrawal of the maximum number of control elements possible in accordance with your TSs. Please discuss the results of the analysis as compared against the safety limit for the reactor.}} | : 2. Proposed UWNR TS 3.2.5 does not contain an interlock to prevent the withdrawal of multiple control elements at the same time. NUREG-1537, Chapter 13, Accident Analysis, Section 13.1.2, Insertion of Excess Reactivity, requests applicants to analyze ramp insertions of reactivity. Please analyze and discuss a reactivity addition event based on the withdrawal of the maximum number of control elements possible in accordance with your TSs. Please discuss the results of the analysis as compared against the safety limit for the reactor. | ||
Enclosure}} | |||
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| ML103220149 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | University of Wisconsin |
| Issue date: | 11/18/2010 |
| From: | Geoffrey Wertz Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch |
| To: | Agasie R Univ of Wisconsin |
| tran L, NRC/NRR/DPR/PRLB 415-4103 | |
| References | |
| TAC ME1585 | |
| Download: ML103220149 (4) | |
Text
November 18, 2010 Mr. Robert J. Agasie Reactor Director Nuclear Reactor Laboratory Room 130 Mechanical Engineering Building 1513 University Avenue Madison, WI 53706-1572
SUBJECT:
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE LICENSE RENEWAL FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN NUCLEAR REACTOR (TAC NO. ME1585)
Dear Mr. Agasie:
We are continuing our review of your application for renewal of Facility Operating License No. R-74, Docket No. 50-156 for the University of Wisconsin. The application was submitted on May 9, 2000, as supplemented by letters dated October 17, 2008; June 16, (two letters); July 8, and August 11, 2010.
During our review of the proposed technical specifications, questions have arisen for which we require additional information and clarification. Please provide a response to the enclosed request for additional information within 30 days of the date on this letter.
In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Section 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 security, 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.
Following receipt of the requested information we will continue our evaluation of your application. If you have any questions regarding this review, please contact me at (301)415-0893.
Sincerely,
/RA/ AAdams for Geoffrey Wertz, Project Manager Research and Test Reactors Projects Branch Division of Policy and Rulemaking Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-156 License No. R-74
Enclosure:
As stated cc w/encl: See next page
ML103220149 NRR-088 OFFICE PRLB: PM PRLB: LA PRLB: PM PRLB: PM NAME GWertz GLappert JQuichocho GWertz (AAdams for)
DATE 11/18/10 11/18/2010 11/18/10 11/18/10
University of Wisconsin Docket No. 50-156 cc:
Mayor of Madison City Hall 210 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Room 403 Madison, Wisconsin 53703 Chairman, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin 610 North Whitney Way P.O. Box 7854 Madison, WI 53707-7854 Manager Radiation Protection Section Division of Public Health Dept of Health and Family Services P.O. Box 2659 Madison, WI 53701-2659 Test, Research, and Training Reactor Newsletter University of Florida 202 Nuclear Sciences Center Gainesville, FL 32611 Victor Goretsky Assistant Director & Radiation Safety Officer Department Environmental Health & Safety 530 Environmental Protection And Safety Bldg 30 N Murray St Madison, WI 53715 Eric C Woolstenhulme Idaho National Laboratory P.O. Box 1625, Idaho Falls, ID 83415-3740
OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FACILITY OPERTING LICENSE NO. R-74 DOCKET NO. 50-156 The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff is continuing the review of your application for renewal of Facility Operating License No. R-74, dated May 9, 2000, as supplemented by letters dated October 17, 2008; June 16, 2010 (two letters); July 8, 2010, and August 11, 2010. During our review of the proposed University of Wisconsin Nuclear Reactor (UWNR) technical specifications (TSs), questions have arisen for which we need additional information and clarification. Please address and provide the requested information to the following:
- 1. Proposed UWNR TS 3.3 contains limits on primary water conductivity but does not contain a limit on pH. NUREG-1537, Chapter 5, Reactor Coolant Systems, Section 5.2, Primary Coolant System, requests applicants to provide coolant quality requirements, including pH. Please explain why a limit on pH is not necessary to limit corrosion of fuel cladding and other materials in the reactor pool; or propose and justify a limit on pH.
- 2. Proposed UWNR TS 3.2.5 does not contain an interlock to prevent the withdrawal of multiple control elements at the same time. NUREG-1537, Chapter 13, Accident Analysis, Section 13.1.2, Insertion of Excess Reactivity, requests applicants to analyze ramp insertions of reactivity. Please analyze and discuss a reactivity addition event based on the withdrawal of the maximum number of control elements possible in accordance with your TSs. Please discuss the results of the analysis as compared against the safety limit for the reactor.
Enclosure