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Texas A&M University - Supplement 3 to License Amendment Request Dated October 14, 2015
	ML16078A392
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Site:	05000128
Issue date:	03/18/2016
From:	McDeavitt S M; Texas A&M Univ
To:	Alexander Adams, Patrick Boyle; Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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NUCLEAR SCIENCE CENTER 1Nuclear Science Cente r 1095NuclearScienceRoad,3575TAMU CollegeStation,TX77843 3575Tel. (979) 845-7551 Dr. Sean M. McDeavitt Director, TEES Nuclear Science Center Texas A&M University Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station 1095 Nuclear Science Road, 3575 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-3575

March 18, 2016 2016-0017 Docket Number 50-128 / License No. R-83

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington DC 20555

SUBJECT:

Supplement 3 to License Amendment Request dated October 14, 2015, Facility License R-83, Docket Number 50-128. (ADAMS Accession No.

ML15287A148)

Attn: Mr. Alexander Adams, Jr., Chief Research and Test Reactors Branch Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Mr. Patrick Boyle, Project Manager Research and Test Reactors Branch Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

The purpose of this letter is to provide supplemental information, ensuring that the TS 5.6 is worded correctly. Specifically in our March 15, 2015 submittal we used "will" in two places of TS 5.6 and via this letter we are replacing "will" with the correct term "shall." This is the third supplement in support of our October 14, 2015 license application (ADAMS Accession No.

ML15287A148). In the March 15, 2015 letter TEES proposed an additional change to TS Section 5.6. This current submission (supplement 3) supersedes the proposed TS 5.6 contained in our letters of March 3, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML16063A264) and March 15, 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML 16075A409). The enhancement made to the TS clarifies the limits regarding the amount of special nuclear material (SNM) that can be placed in the NSC Fuel Storage Vault. While the enhancement clarifies the limits, we used the term "will" and are now recommending the used of the term "shall" which is defined in the TS,

Should you have any questions regarding the information provided in this submittal, please contact me or Mr. Jerry Newhouse at (979) 845-7551 or via email at mcdeavitt@tamu.edu or newhouse@tamu.edu.

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Mr. William Dean, Office Director United States Nuclear Reactor Commission Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Mr. Michael Young, President Texas A&M University 1246 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-1246 Dr. M. Katherine Banks, Vice Chancellor and Dean Dwight Look College of Engineering 3126 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-3126

Dr. Dimitris Lagoudas, Deputy Director Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station 3470 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-3577

Dr. Costas Georghiades, Associate Agency Director Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station 3470 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-3577

Dr. Yassin Hassan, Department Head Nuclear Engineering Texas A&M University Nuclear Engineering Department 3133 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-3133

Dr. John Hardy Reactor Safety Board Chairman Texas A&M University 3255 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-3255

Dr. Latha Vasudevan Radiological Safety Officer Texas A&M University Environmental Health and Safety

1111 Research Parkway College Station, TX 77843-4472

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

Governor's Budget and Policy Office P.O. Box 12428 Austin, TX, 78711-2428 Radiation Program Officer Bureau of Radiation Control

Dept. of State Health Services

Division for Regulatory Services 1100 West 49 th St., 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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Gainesville, FL 32611-8300 Mr. Jerry Newhouse, NSC Assistant Director Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station 3575 TAMU

College Station, TX 77843-3575 Mr. Scott Miller, NSC Manager of Reactor Operations Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station 3575 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-3575

Mr. Jeremy Osborn AGN-201M Reactor Supervisor Texas A&M University

Nuclear Engineering Department 3133 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-3133

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Enclosure:

Proposed Technical Specification Change The following replacement Technical Specification change is recommended to support this LAR:

5.6 Fuel Storage

Applicability

This specification applies to the storage of reactor fuel at times when it is not in the reactor core.

This includes the combined 235U fissile mass of no more than 0.7 kilograms, byproduct material, and the 239PuBe neutron start-up source with a 239Pu fissile mass of no more than 20 grams from the TAMU AGN-201M reactor. Further, there shall be no introduction of any additional SNM while the AGN-201M fuel and PuBe source are stored in the fuel storage vault that would exceed the current licensing basis as described in the SAR.

Objective The objective is to ensure that fuel that is being stored will not become critical and will not reach an unsafe temperature.

Specification

1. All fuel elements and fueled devices shall be stored in a geometrical array for which the k-effective is less than 0.8 for all conditions of moderation and reflection.

2. Irradiated fuel elements and fueled devices shall be stored in an array, which will permit sufficient natural convection cooling by water or air such that the fuel element or fueled device temperature will not exceed design values.

3. Possession of the AGN-201M fuel, byproduct material, and neutron start-up source is restricted to receipt, possession, but not use in the operation of the NSC reactor.

Specification 2, above, is not applicable to these materials.

4. There shall be no introduction of any additional SNM while the AGN-201 SNM are stored in the fuel storage vault.

Basis The limits imposed by Specifications 5.6.1, 5.6.2, 5.6.3, and 5.6.4 are conservative and ensure safe storage.