ML20198K807

Amend 12 to License R-88,designating Dept Head of Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering Dept as Chairman of Reactor Safeguards Committee in TS H.2

ML20198K807
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Site:	Kansas State University
Issue date:	12/21/1998
From:	Weiss S NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
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ML20198K806	List: ML20198K802 ML20198K807 ML20198K833
References
R-088-A-012, R-88-A-12, NUDOCS 9812310168
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t UNITED STATES s* g NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

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9 . . . . . ,o KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY DOCKET NO. 50-188 AMENDMENT TO FACILITY LICENSE Amendment No.12 License No. R-88

1. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has found that:

A. The application for amendment to Facility License No. R-88 filed by the Kansas State University (the licensee), dated September 25,1998, complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the regulations of the Commission as set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I; 4

B. The facility will operate in conformity with the application, the provisions of the Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission; C. There is reasonable assurance (i) that the activities authorized by the amendment can be conducted without endangering the health and safety of the public, and (ii) that such activities will be conducted in compliance with the regulations of the Commission; D. The issuance of the amendment will not be inimical to the common defense and

! security or to the health and safety of the public; E. The issuance of this amendment is in accordance with 10 CFR Part 51 of the regulations of the Commission and all applicable requirements have been satisfied; and F. Prior notice of this amendment was not required by 10 CFR 2.105 and publication of notice for this amendment is not required by 10 CFR 2.106. I

2. Accordingly, the license is amended by changes to the Technical Specifications as indicated in the enclosure to this license amendment, and paragraph 3.B of Facility License No. R-88 is hereby amended to read as follows:

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(B) Technical Specifications The Technical Specifications contained in Appendix A, as revised through Amendment No.12, are hereby incorporated in the license. The licensee sha!!

cperate the facility in accordance with the Technical Specifications.

3. The license amendment is effective as of the date of issuance.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

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, l @ Na JAA-f Scymour H. Weiss, Director Non-Power Reactors and Decommissioning Project Directorate Division of Reactor Program Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Enclosure:

Appendix A Technical Specification Changes Date of Issuance: December 21, 1998

^i ENCLOSURE TO LICENSE AMENDMENT NO 12 FACILITY LICENSE NO. R-88 DOCKET NO. 50-188 Replace the following page of the Appendix A Technical Specifications with the enclosed page. The revised page is identified ay amendment number and contains a verticalline indicating the area of change.

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a. Surveillance and calibration of reactor operating instrumentation

and control, control rod drives, and area radiation ronitors and air

• particulate monitors, j l b. Reactor start-up, routine operation and reactor shutdown.

c. Emergency and abnorTral conditions, including evacuation, reentry and  ;

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d. Puel loading or unloading.  !

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f. Maintenance op. rations wtuch nay affect core safety.

2. A Kansas State University Reactor Safeguards Committee shall exist to .  ;

review reactor safeguarts. The Conmittee shall be composed as follows:

Mcchanical and Nuclear Engineering Department Head Chairman, eX officio I- l University Radiation Safety Officer Member, ex officio j Staf f Member

• any other university department Member ,

Staff Member

• any other university department Member Staff Member

• Dept. of Mechanical and Nuclear Engg. Member Staff Member

• Dept. of Mechanical and Nuclear Engg. Member l Staf f Member Dept . of Mech. and Nucl . Engg. , '

Reactvr Supervisor Member. ex officio

&mbers of the Conmittee, other than ex officio, will be appointed by the President of the University on reconmendation of the Chairnan of the Conmittee . Any permissive action of the Cormittee requires affirmative vote of the University Radiation Safety Officer as well as najority vote of the members pmsent. Fifty percent or nore of the Conmittee members shall constitute a quorum. The Conmittee Chairman or his designee is authorized to poll Conmittee members, in lieu of a meeting, and such a poll shall constitute Conmittee action subject to the sane requirements as for an actual meeting. The Conmittee shall make an evaluation as to whether contemplated procedures and/or changes in the facility under consideration are : .

a. unreviewed safety questions and/or changes in technical specifications, and therefore require license amendment prior to implenentation, or are l

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