ML12293A302

T. Alexander Ltr. Approval of Partial Final Site Survey Plan for University of Michigan Ford Nuclear Reactor

ML12293A302
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Site:	University of Michigan
Issue date:	10/25/2012
From:	Tanya Smith NRC/FSME/DWMEP/DURLD/RDB
To:	Alexander T University of Michigan
Theordore Smith
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October 25, 2012 Mr. Terrance G. Alexander, Executive Director Occupational Safety & Environmental Health University of Michigan Campus Safety Services Building 1239 Kipke Drive Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1010

SUBJECT:

APPROVAL OF PARTIAL FINAL SITE SURVEY PLAN FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FORD NUCLEAR REACTOR

Dear Mr. Alexander:

The University of Michigan Ford Nuclear Reactor (FNR) Decommissioning Plan (DP) was approved with a license condition requiring the licensee to submit a Final Status Survey (FSS)

Plan, as revision to the DP, for NRC review and approval prior to performing FSS work.

In an October 23, 2009 meeting between NRC and University of Michigan staff (ML093130526),

a plan was developed for completing the FNR FSS Plan as a revision to the DP. In letters dated April 8, 2011, (ML11119A004), July 12, 2011, (ML11199A009), January 20, 2012 (ML12025A125), February 14, 2012 (ML120950629), June 1, 2012 (ML12157A266), July 13, 2012 (ML12199A018), September 17, 2012 (ML12264A562), and September 18, 2012 (ML12276A199), you requested approval of a partial FSS Plan. Additional site characterization information for the FNR was provided as part of the February 14, 2012 submittal (ML12095A385, ML12095A386, ML12095A383, ML12095A384, ML12095A387, ML12095A381, and ML12095A380).

NRC staff has reviewed your partial FSS Plan submittal and have determined that it adequately addresses staff questions, subject to the following comment: FSS Plan details are still needed for the three subsurface areas: (1) the below-grade foundation drain tile system location outside the FNR on the east side of the building; (2) the FNR foundation cavity beneath the FNR southwest freight door; and (3) the below-grade area former storage ports location on the west side of the building. In order to ensure special situation FSS plans are reviewed by NRC staff, the last sentence of paragraph 4.5.10.6 of the FSS Plan is modified as follows:

Where such special situations are encountered, survey approaches and evaluation methods will be developed on a case by case basis, described in the survey design package and submitted to NRC for approval prior to conducting special situation final status surveys.

Please provide a revised FSS with this new language within 30 days of receipt of this letter.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice for Domestic Licensing Proceedings and Issuance of Orders, a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records component of NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS).

ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

T. Alexander 2 If you have any questions regarding this letter, please contact me at 301-415-6721 or Theodore.Smith@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Theodore B. Smith, Project Manager Reactor Decommissioning Branch Decommissioning and Uranium Recovery Licensing Directorate Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs Docket No.: 50-02 License No.: R-28 cc: University of Michigan -

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T. Alexander 2 If you have any questions regarding this letter, please contact me at 301-415-6721 or Theodore.Smith@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Theodore B. Smith, Project Manager Reactor Decommissioning Branch Decommissioning and Uranium Recovery Licensing Directorate Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs Docket No.: 50-02 License No.: R-28 cc: University of Michigan -

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Mr. Mark L. Driscoll, Radiation Safety Officer Occupational Safety & Environmental Health University of Michigan Campus Safety Services Building 1239 Kipke Drive Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1010 Dr. Mark M. Banaszak Holl, Ph.D., Associate Vice President Office of Vice President for Research, Natural Science and Engineering Fleming Building / Room 4079 503 Thompson Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1340 Mr. Curt W. Smitka, Director Budget & Administration Office of Vice President for Research Fleming Building / Room 4056 503 Thompson Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1340 Mr. Robert B. Blackburn, Manager Ford Nuclear Reactor - Decommissioning Project Phoenix Memorial Laboratory / Room 3034 2301 Bonisteel Boulevard Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2100 Special Assistant to the Governor Office of the Governor Room 1 - State Capitol Lansing, MI 48909 Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Waste and Hazardous Materials Division Hazardous Waste and Radiological Protection Section Nuclear Facilities Unit, 525 West Allegan Street P.O. Box 30241 Lansing, MI 48909-7741 Test, Research, and Training Reactor Newsletter University of Florida 202 Nuclear Sciences Center Gainesville, FL 32611