ML20210J997

License SNM-1965 for Andrews Univ,Authorizing Use of 80 G Pu-239 in Neutron Howitzer for Lab Experiments & Student Instruction

ML20210J997
Person / Time
Site:	07003038
Issue date:	08/13/1986
From:	Whiston P NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
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Pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-438), and Title 10, g

Code of Federal Regulations, Chapter I, Parts 30,31,32,33,34,35,40 and 70, and in reliance on statements and representations y

g heretofore made by the licensee, a license is hereby issued authorizing the licensee to receive, acquire, possess, and transfer byproduct, y

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N deliver or transfer such material to persons authorized to receive it in accordance with the regulations of the applicable Part(s). This i

N 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 N

conditions specified below.

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S. Clark Rowland, Ph.D., Peter Wong, Ph.D., or George W. Mutch, Ph.D.

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The test shall be capable of detecting the presence of 0.005 microcurie of radioactive material on the test sample.

If the test reveals the presence of 0.005 microcurie or more of removable contamination, the source shall be removed from service and decontaminated, repaired, or disposed of in accordance with j

Comission regulations. A report shall be filed within 5 days of the date the i

leak test result is known with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission, I

Region III, 799 Roosevelt Road, Glen Ellyn, Illinois 60137, ATTN:

Chief, I

Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards Branch.

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source involved, the test results, and corrective action taken. Records of leak i

test results shall be kept in units of microcuries and shall be maintained for i

inspection by the Comission. (RecoFdsUnay.be disposed of following Commission I

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16. Except for plutonium contained in a^medi2al ddvice designed for individual human p

application, no plutonium, regardless of form, shall be delivered to a carrier h

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transport of plutonium by air.

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conduct its program in accordance with the statements, representations, and l

procedures contained in the documents including any enclosures, listed below, i

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's regulations shall govern unless the statements, I

representations and procedures in the licensee's application and correspondence are I

more restrictive than the regulations.

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