ML20003H869

Forwards Dismantling & Disposal Plan,AGN-201 Reactor, in Support of Univ Decision to Shut Down,Decommission & Remove Reactor from Mechanical Engineering Lab

ML20003H869
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Site:	05000394
Issue date:	04/30/1981
From:	Adamson R, Andrews D CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIV., SAN LUIS OBISPO
To:	Reid R Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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Docket No. 50-394, License No. R-121 , p.

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California Polytechnic State University holds License No. R-121 to operate an AGb201 training reactor on its campus at San Luis Obispo, California.

The continued use of this reactor in the University programs is no longer justified, so the decision has been made to shut down, decommission, and remove the reactor from the Mechanical Engineering Laboratory.

At this time no other school has expressed an interest in receiving this reactor; however, we have written the attached Dismantling Plan to be general enough to allow transfer of the AGN to another NRC-licensed facility or to the U.S. Department of Energy for disposal without a further modification of the plan.

California Polytechnic State University proposes to remove all radioactive materials (including activated components, if any) from the reactor.and store them at CPSU until suca time as scoe other university is interested in relicensing it, or to dispose of the various non-radioactive components as permitted.

The reactor is still in a potentially operable conditica. All of the U-235 fuel is in the core and the fueled control rods are in storage and available if needed. The control instrumentation is connected and operable.

The enclosed Dismantling Plan discusses the procedures to be used, and the precautions to be employed to protect the health and safety of both the personnel invohed and the general public. Appendix A gives a general description of an AGN-201 reactor. The operational history of the reactor is given in Appendix B.

As explained in Appendix C of the enclosure, the resultant radiation levels frcn the fission products in the fuel will be less than 2 mr per hour at one foot from the unshielded core.

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Mr. Robert W. Reid Page 2 If any further information is desired, please let us know.

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R. W. Mamson and Dale W. Andrews, being first duly suorn on oath, depose and say that they have affixed their signatures to the letter above in their official capacities as Reactor Administrator and Executive Vice President of California Polytechnic State University, respectively; that they have signed this letter in support of the application for amendment of the AGN-201 operating License No. R-121; that in accordance with the provisions of Part 50, Chapter 1, Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, they are attaching this affidavit; that the facts set forth in the within letter are true to their best informatio belief.

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