ML14092A444

Texas Engineering Experiment Station/Texas A&M University System, Nuclear Science Center - Approval of the Nuclear Science Center Senior Reactor Operator and Reactor Operator Requalification Program

ML14092A444
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Site:	05000128
Issue date:	04/10/2014
From:	Geoffrey Wertz Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch
To:	Skoda R Texas A&M Univ
Wertz G
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TAC ME1584
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April 10, 2014 Dr. Radek Skoda, Director Nuclear Science Center Texas Engineering Experiment Station 1095 Nuclear Science Road MS 3575 College Station, TX 77843

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TEXAS ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION/TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, NUCLEAR SCIENCE CENTER - APPROVAL OF THE NUCLEAR SCIENCE CENTER SENIOR REACTOR OPERATOR AND REACTOR OPERATOR REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM (TAC NO. ME1584)

Dear Dr. Skoda:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), has completed its review of the Texas Engineering Experiment Station/Texas A&M University System (TEES/TAMU), Nuclear Science Center (NSC), Senior Reactor Operator and Reactor Operator Requalification Program, Revision 5, as submitted by letter dated February 11, 2014 (a copy is available on the NRCs public Web site at www.nrc.gov under Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML14076A112). The TEES/TAMU NSC Senior Reactor Operator and Reactor Operator Requalification Program were provided in response to the NRC staffs request for additional information, dated January 8, 2014 (ADAMS Accession No.

ML13361A252). Our review concluded that the TEES/TAMU NSC Senior Reactor Operator and Reactor Operator Requalification Program meets the applicable requirements of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 55 Operators Licenses, and is acceptable. We request that you implement your approved program immediately.

If you have any questions regarding this review, please contact me by telephone at 301-415-0893 or by electronic mail at Geoffrey.Wertz@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/Alexander Adams for RA/

Geoffrey A. Wertz, Project Manager Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch Division of Policy and Rulemaking Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-128 cc: See next page

Texas A&M University Docket No. 50-128 cc:

Mayor, City of College Station State Energy Conservation Office P.O. Box Drawer 9960 Comptroller of Public Accounts College Station, TX 77840-3575 P.O. Box 13528 Austin, TX 78711-3528 Governors Budget and Planning Office Technical Advisor P.O. Box 13561 Office of Permitting, Remediation &

Austin, TX 78711 Registration Texas Commission on Environmental Texas A&M University System Quality ATTN: Dr. Dimitris C. Lagoudas P.O. Box 13087, MS 122 Interim Director Austin, TX 78711-3087 Texas Engineering Experiment Station 1095 Nuclear Science Road Test, Research and Training MS 3575 Reactor Newsletter College Station, Texas 77843 202 Nuclear Sciences Center University of Florida ATTN: Jerry Newhouse Gainesville, FL 32611 Assistant Director Nuclear Science Center Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station 1095 Nuclear Science Road MS 3575 College Station, Texas 77843 Radiation Program Officer Bureau of Radiation Control Dept. of State Health Services Division for Regulatory Services 1100 West 49th Street, MC 2828 Austin, TX 78756-3189

ML13361A252). Our review concluded that the TEES/TAMU NSC Senior Reactor Operator and Reactor Operator Requalification Program meets the applicable requirements of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 55 Operators Licenses, and is acceptable. We request that you implement your approved program immediately.

If you have any questions regarding this review, please contact me by telephone at 301-415-0893 or by electronic mail at Geoffrey.Wertz@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/Alexander Adams for RA/

Geoffrey A. Wertz, Project Manager Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch Division of Policy and Rulemaking Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-128 cc: See next page DISTRIBUTION:

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