ML15331A049

University of Missouri at Columbia Review of the Emergency Plan in Support of the License Renewal

ML15331A049
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Site:	University of Missouri-Columbia
Issue date:	12/09/2015
From:	Geoffrey Wertz Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch
To:	Rhonda Butler Univ of Missouri - Columbia
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December 9, 2015 Mr. Ralph Butler, Executive Director University of Missouri-Columbia Research Reactor Center 1513 Research Park Drive Columbia, MO 65211

SUBJECT:

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT COLUMBIA - REVIEW OF THE EMERGENCY PLAN IN SUPPORT OF THE LICENSE RENEWAL (TAC NO. ME1580)

Dear Mr. Butler:

As part of your application for renewal of Facility Operating License No. R-103, dated August 31, 2006 (a redacted version of the application is available on the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRCs) public web site at www.nrc.gov under Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession Nos.: ML062540114 - cover letter; ML092110573 - Safety Analysis Report (SAR), Chapters 1-9; ML092110597 - SAR, Chapters 10-18), as supplemented, for the University of Missouri at Columbia Research Reactor (MURR), the NRC staff performed a review of the MURR Emergency Plan Revision 17, dated October 17, 2014.

We have completed our review of the MURR Emergency Plan, Revision 17, and concluded that it remains compliant with the regulations and guidance below:

• Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 50, Section 50.34, paragraph 50.34(b)(6)(v)

• Regulatory Guide 2.6, Revision 1, Emergency Planning for Research and Test Reactors, issued March 1983 (ADAMS Accession No. ML003740234)

• American National Standards Institute/American Nuclear Society-15.16-2015, Emergency Planning for Research Reactors

• NUREG-0849, Standard Review Plan for the Review and Evaluation of Emergency Plans for Research and Test Reactors, issued October 1983 (ADAMS Accession No.

ML062190191)

• NRC Information Notice 97-34, Deficiencies in Licensee Submittals Regarding Terminology for Radiological Emergency Action Levels in Accordance with the New Part 20, dated June 12, 1997

• NRC Information Notice 92-79, Nonpower Reactor Emergency Response, dated December 1, 1992

R. Butler We request that you continue to implement your approved Emergency Plan. If you have any questions regarding this review, please contact me at (301) 415-0893 or via 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. 50-186 cc: See next page

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University of Missouri-Columbia Docket No. 50-186 cc:

Les Foyto, Associate Director Reactor and Facilities Operations University of Missouri - Columbia Research Reactor Center 1513 Research Park Drive Columbia, MO 65211 Homeland Security Coordinator Missouri Office of Homeland Security P.O. Box 749 Jefferson City, MO 65102 Planner, Dept of Health and Senior Services Section for Environmental Public Health P.O. Box 570 Jefferson City, MO 65102-0570 Deputy Director for Policy Department of Natural Resources 1101 Riverside Drive Fourth Floor East Jefferson City, MO 65101 A-95 Coordinator Division of Planning Office of Administration P.O. Box 809, State Capitol Building Jefferson City, MO 65101 Test, Research, and Training Reactor Newsletter University of Florida 202 Nuclear Sciences Center Gainesville, FL 32611