IR 05000059/2013201

IR 05000059-13-201, March 18-21, 2013, Texas A&M Agn 201 Reactor - NRC Routine Inspection Report

ML13091A402
Person / Time
Site:	Texas A&M University
Issue date:	04/15/2013
From:	Bowman G T Research and Test Reactors Branch B
To:	Hassan Y Texas A&M Univ
morlang, g
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April 15, 2013

Dr. Yassin Hassan Head of Nuclear Engineering Texas A&M University Zachry Bldg. Room 337 College Station, TX 77843-3133

SUBJECT: TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY - NRC ROUTINE INSPECTION REPORT NO.

50-059/2013-201

Dear Dr. Hassan:

From March 18-21, 2013, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission)

completed an inspection at your Texas A&M University AGN-201M Research Reactor facility (Inspection Report No. 50-059/2013-201). The enclosed inspection report documents the inspection results, which were discussed on March 21, 2013, with you and C. Crouch, the Reactor Supervisor.

The inspection examined activities conducted under your license related to safety and compliance with the Commission's rules and regulations and with the conditions of your license.

The inspector reviewed selected procedures and records, observation of activities, and interviews with personnel. Based on the results of this inspection, no findings of significance were identified. No response to this letter is required.

In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Section 2.390, "Public inspections, exemptions, and requests for withholding," a copy of this letter, its enclosure, and your response (if any) will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the NRC's document system (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS)). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Should you have any questions concerning this inspection, please contact Mike Morlang at (301) 415-4092 or by electronic mail at gary.morlang@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,/RA/ Gregory T. Bowman, Chief Research and Test Reactors Oversight Branch

Division of Policy and Rulemaking Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No.50-059 License No. R-023

Enclosure:

NRC Inspection Report No. 50-059/2013-201 cc w/encl: See next page Texas A&M University Docket No. 50-59

cc: Mayor, City of College Station P.O. Box Drawer 9960 College Station, TX 77840-3575

Governor's Budget and Planning Office P.O. Box 13561 Austin, TX 78711

Christopher Crouch, AGN-201M Reactor Supervisor Texas A&M University Nuclear Engineering 129 Zachry Engineering Center

3133 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-3133 Radiation Program Officer Bureau of Radiation Control Dept. Of State Health Services

Division for Regulatory Services 1100 West 49 th Street, MC 2828 Austin, TX 78756-3189

Technical Advisor Office of Permitting, Remediation & Registration Texas Commission on Environmental Quality P.O. Box 13087, MS 122 Austin, TX 78711-3087

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