ML20205H497

Amend 13 to License SNM-860 for Dept of Army,Environ Hygiene Agency,Amending License in Entirety

ML20205H497
Person / Time
Site:	07000867
Issue date:	08/11/1986
From:	Glenn J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
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ML20205H501	List: ML20205H497 ML20205H504
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NUDOCS 8608200096
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.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION PAGE OF 3 pacts l MATERIALS LICENSE Amendment No. 13 l

Pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (Public Law 93 -438), and Title 10, I y Code of Federal Regulations Chapter 1, Parts 30,31,32,33,34,35,40 and 70, and in reliance on statements and representations g heretofore made by the licensee, a license is hereby issued authorizing the licensee to receive, acquire, possess, and transfer byproduct, f

y q soured, and special nuclear material designated below; to use such material for the purpose (s) and at the place (s) designated below;to l 5

N deliver or transfer such material to persons authorized to receive it in accordance with the regulations of the apphcable Part(s). This l license shall be deemed to contain the conditions specified in Section 183 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and is I subject to all applicable rules, regulations and orders of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission now or hereafter in effect and to any g conditions specified below.

g I I Ucense l In accordance with application dated N q June 30 1986 I I- Department of the Anny 3. ucense nu,mber I SNH-860 is amended in l l U.S. Army Environmental Hygiene Agency its entirety to read as follows: y N

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p i 6. Byproduct, source,and/or a 7. Chemical and/or physical 8. Maximum amount that licensee R I special nuclear material s form may possess at any one time i

[  ; , under this license l A. Plutonium l NhSha'jedPu-Be; neutron A. 208; grams

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y l B. Plutonium <[ B.tPlated alpha sour (ce's: B. 5007ditcrograms y C. Plutonium A C. :Stahdard ^ solutions / ? ' C. 500: micrograms l u: C a% W ,- 5 p

g l 9. Authorized use v. 4p , v,y a t i ; , i (\g W ,' Wi; . i r s' y E I

q . 4 y A., B. and C. For use i,n laboratoi%expepimen> ts and)calibf at' ion o.f instruments. E q Sealed sources arUto%e-use'd and"s' tor %dlin Monsantoy Research Corp., h N shielded containeis. b- 3 g* C9 3 N

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-A w y l 10. Licensed material may be usid atqu.S. Army Environmental Hygiene Agency, Aberdeen E q Proving Ground, Maryland and at temporary,,jobisites

of the licensee anywhere in the h United States.

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N I 11. Licensed material shall be used by, or under the supervision of, E l individuals designated by the licensee's Ionizing Radiation Control El y Committee, Charles A. Brannon, Chairperson.

l l 12. A(1) Each sealed source acquired from another person and containing licensed l 1 material, otther than hydrogen 3, with a half-life greater than 30 days u

, i and in any form other than gas shall be tested for contamination and/or i l leakage before use. In the absence of a certificate from a transferor i l indicating that a test has been made within 6 months before the transfer, N y a sealed source received from another person shall not be put into use l g until tested. p I E i (2) Notwithstanding the periodic leak test required by this condition, any I l licensed sealed source is exempt from such leak tests when the source I contains 100 microcuries or less of beta and/or gamma emitting materials E l or 10 microcuries or less of alpha emitting material.

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k (3) Except for alpha sources, the periodic leak test required by this condi- g tion does not apply to sealed sources that are stored and not being used. >

The sources excepted from this test shall be tested for leakage before k any use or transfer to another person unless they have been leak tested > I within 6 months before the date of use or transfer.

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B. Each sealed source fabricated by the licensee shall be inspected and g tested for construction defects, leakage, and contamination prior to use p or transfer as a sealed source".K If the . inspection or test reveals any 5 construction defects or 0.005 microcurie'or: greater of contamination, the i scurce shall not be Osed or transferred as a sealed. source until it has I 1 been repaired, decontaminated and retested. ,

l f E C. Each sealed source containing licensed material, other than hydrogen 3, p with a half-life greater than 30 days and in any form other than gas >. )

shall be tested for leakage and/or contamination at intervals not to ex- E ceed 6 months except that each source designed for the purpose of emit-ting alpha particles shall be tested at intervals not to exceed 3 months. [

p g . , r , ;H p O. i The test shall mateiial of radioactive be capableiof < detecting on theftest sample.the Thep)resence test sample of 0.005 microcurie shall be >:

taken from the sealed sou~rce or.from ,the, surfaces of.the device in which E i

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the sealed ' source is permanently or semipermanently mount'ed or stored on h which one might expect contamination to accumulate. Records of leak test results shall be kept in. units of:microcuries and maintained for inspec- l p

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l E. If the test required,by Subsection'A.' or C. of this condition reveals the i I presence of 0.005 microcurie or more of removable ~ contamination, the licensee shall imediately withdraw the sealed source from use and shall l l s ~

y cause it to be decontaminated and repaired or to be disposed of in accor- g dance with Comission regulations.hA r'eport shall be filed within 5 days >

of the date the leak test result is known with the U. S. Nuclear >

Regulatory Comission, Region I, ATTN: Chief, Nuclear Materials Safety I and Safeguards Branch, 631 Park Avenue, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406, describing the equipment involved, the test results, and the cor- lg l l

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13. Sealed sources containing licensed material shall not be opened.

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14. Except as specifically provided otherwise in this license, the licensee shall (

conduct its program in accordance with the statements, representations, ar.d k procedures contained in the documents including any enclosures, listed below. R The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's regulations shall govern unless the state- if ments, representations and procedures in the licensee's application and corre- N:

spondence are more restrictive than the regulations. (

R A. Application dated March 21, 1983 p B. Letter dated August 4,1983 ti P' r,.,

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C. Letter dated December 22['1983 E D. Letter dated April 25, 1984 V E E. Letter dated June 14, 1984 lg F. Letter dated February 14, 1985 G. Letter dated March 18, 1986 g H. Letter dated June 30, 1986 >-

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