ML20214B375

License 37-17019-01 for Intl Petroleum Svc Co,Authorizing Use of 1 Ci Cs-137 & 3 Ci Am-241 in Well Logging

ML20214B375
Person / Time
Issue date:	06/21/1976
From:	NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
To:
Shared Package
ML20214B064	List: ML20214B375
References
37-17019-01, 37-17019-1, 81581, NUDOCS 8611200439
Download: ML20214B375 (3)

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• f'" +,8" U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION, E*K" I "I 3I'dKC' i MATERIALS LICENSE Pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-438). and Title 10. Code of Federal Regulations. Chapter 1. Parts 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36. 40 and 70, and in reliance on I st:tements and representations heretofore made by the licensee. a license is hereby issued authorizing the licensee to

r1ceive, acquire, possess, and transfer byproduct, source, and special nuclear material designated below; to use such mrterial for the purpose (s) and at the place (s) designated below; to deliver or transfer such material to persons authorized

. ta receive it in accordance with the regulations of the applicable Part(sh and to import such byproduct and . source

! material. This license shall be deemed to contain the conditions specified in Section 183 of the Atomic Energy Act of 19.11 es amended, and is subject to all applicable rules, regulations and orders of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission now or h2reafter in effect and to any conditions specified below.

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Licensee

1. International Petroleum Service Company

3. License number 37-17019-01

2. Box 547 ,

Sheffield, Pennsylvania 16347 4. Expiration date June 30, 1981  !

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5. Reference No.

6. Byproduct, source, and/or 7. Chemical and/or physical 8. Maximum amount that licensee !

special nuclear material ,. form may possess at any one time under this license j A. Cesium 137 A. Sealed source A. I source not to (Gamma Industries exceed 1 curie I Model VD(HP) or  !

Nuclear Environ- ,f mental Engineering, Inc. Model CSV)  !

B. Americium 241 B. Sealed source B. I source not to (Nuclear Environ- exceed 3 curies mental Engineering, Inc. Model NEEI-AmBe-71-1) '

9. Authorized use A. and B. Well logging.

For the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commiuion i Date - JUN 21197.6 by Radioisotopes Licensing Branen Devision of Materials and Fuel Cycle Facehty Licensing wash nsion. O c. 20sss 8611200439 860826 J

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34-24743-o1

i o U. S. NUCLEAR REGULAl'ORY COMMISsiuN rage 2 of_3_roges g MATERIAIS LICENSE Supplementary Sheet license Number 37-17019-01

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CONDITIONS

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10. Licensed material may be used at the facilities of the licensee located at Sheffield, Pennsylvania, and at ter.porary job sites of the licensee anywhere in the United States where the Nuclear Regulatory Commission maintains jurisdiction for regulating the use'of licensed material. o

11. The licensee shall comply with the provisions of Title 10, Chapter 1 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 19, " Notices, Instructions and Reports to Workers; Inspections" and Part 20, " Standards for Protection Against Radiat. ion." '

12. Licensed material shall be used by, or under the supervision of, Kenneth E.

Covell. .

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13. A(1) Each scaled source containing licensed material, other than Hydrogen 3, ,

with a half-life greater than thirty days and in any form other than gas shall be tested for leakage and/or contamination at , intervals not to exceed six months. In the absence of a certificate ' from a transferor indicating that a test has been made within six months prior to the trans- ,

fer, a sealed source received from another person shall not be put into use until tested. ,,

I (2) The periodic leak test required by this condition does not apply to scaled sources that are stored and not being used. The sources excepted from this test shall be tested for leakage prior to any use or transfer to another person unless they have been leak tested within six months prior to the date of use or transfer. .

B. If the test reveals the presence of 0.005 microcurie or more of removable contamination, the licensee shall immediately withdraw the scaled source '

from use and shall cause it to be decontaminated and repaired or to be disposed of in accordance with Commission regulations. A report shall be filed within 5 days of the test with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region I, Office of Inspection and Enforcement, 631 Park Avenue, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406, describing the equipment involved, the test .

results, and the corrective action taken.

f For the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Date _Il_lN 9 1 1978 by' Radioisotopes Licensing Branch Dmsson of Materials and Fuel Cycle Facihty Licensing Washengton. D. C. 20555

I ^ U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COhiMISSION Page 3 of 3 tages

1. MATERIALS LICENSE Supplementary ' Sheet license Number 37-17019-01

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33. (continued) ,

C. If the test reveals the presence of 0.005 microcurie or more of removable contamination, the licensee shall immediately withdraw the sealed source from use and shall cause it to be decontaminated and repaired or to be disposed of in accordance with Commission regulations. A report shall be filed within 5 days of the test with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region I, Office of Inspection and Enforcement, 631 Park Avenue, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406, describing the equipment involved, the test results, and the corrective action taken.

D. Tests for leakage and/or contamination shall be performed by the licensee or by other persons specifically authorized by the Commission or an Agreement State to perform such services.

,14. Scaled sources containing licensed material shall not be opened.

15. The licensee shall report in writing within 30 days to the nearest U. S. NRC Office of Inspection and Enforcement the loss or abandonment down-hole of any sealed source containing licensed material. The report shall include information j regarding isotope, amount, location, depth, method of immobilization, sealing, placarding, and notations to be placed in public records.

16. The licensee may transport licensed material or deliver licensed material to a carrier for transport, in accordance with the provisions -)f Section 71.5,

] Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 71, " Packaging of Radioactive 3

Material For Transport".

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17. Except as specifically provided otherwise by this license, the licensee shall l possess and use licensed material described in Items 6, 7, and 8 of this license in accordance with statements, representations, and procedures con-

.! tained in application dated May 4, 1976.

l For the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Date JtlN 911976 by' Radioisotopes Licensing Branch Onnsion of Materials and Fuel Cycle Facihty Licensing Washengton. D. C. 7o555 3

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