ML20246H387
| ML20246H387 | |
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| Site: | 07000025 |
| Issue date: | 03/08/1989 |
| From: | Rouse L NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
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! , MATERIALS LICENSE y l Pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-438), arid Title 10, l
l g Code of Federal Regulations, Chapter I, Parts 30,31,32,33,34,35,40 and 70, and in reliance on statements and representations y ,
l g heretofore made by the licensee, a license is hereby issued authorizing the licensee to receive, acquire, possess, and transfer byproduct, i 4 source, and special nuclear material designated below; to use such material for the purpose (s) and at the place (s) designated below;to
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l N deliver or transfer such material to persons authorized to receive it in accordance with the regulations of the applicable Part(s). This -l license shall be deemed to contain the conditions specified in Section 183 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and is N g subject to all applicable rules, regulations and orders of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission now or hereafter in effect and to any I !
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$ 6. Byproduct, source, and/or J;, 7. Chemical and/or physical V8. Maximum amount that licensee 5 l
I special nuclear material N,. form $may possess at any one time I !
N C5. ,[ ! "inder thislicense I 4@ N f) y I i lg Uraniumenriche[in W'iA\;'Anyenr.ichmento4 A. Af') 5 kilograms U-235*
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Ucanse number MATERIALS LICENSE- SNM-21, Amendment No. 2 ,
SUPPLEMENTARY SHEET 70-25 MAR- 0 81989 C. Pu (principally Pu-239)- C. .Sealedsouices- C. 1.0 kilograms total (as Pu-Be sources) .Pu in any authorized '
building at the SSFL site in accordance wit !
NRC approved radiation safety criteria.
- 9. Authorized use: For use in accordance with statements, representations, and conditions contained in Part I of the licensee's application dated August 20, 1982, and supplements dated October 29 and December 17, 1982; March 2, March 7, May 29, and June 12, 1984; September 22, 1987; December 19, 1988; and January 26, 1989.
10.' Authorized place of use: Buildir 0da terfabthorizedbuildingsatthe licensee's. Santa.Susana Field 4aboratory in Chatswo'eth7 California, as described in 'l the referenced applicati' on'and supplements and as specif,f' e d in Conditions 8.8.2 and 8.C. Notwithstanding the' statements in Section 1.2, the Cinoga Park facilities and ;
Building 055 at the SSE % site are not authorized 9 as places',o3,use under this
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- 11. Notwithstanding Sec( t n 1.5(ifaxPu shall be handlehonly for'the purpose of i decladding, removal' f bonding materia) . exami tion /andrepackaging.
- 12. Notwithstanding t statement jry ecti 7, t i nufacturd f fuel element ;
assembliesandrelatedactivitiespre_ riot 2ahthopizetbythislice1se.
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'13. The minimum qualiffcationsFfor the?CFifEi]ftiy(N Safeguards'sAdvisor on the Fuels Committee sha11(b'e,a'B!$v %)telsiin' one oEthe p$[sical sciences and a experienc61n ostside eiH to ' criticality safety analyses.
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- 14. All personnel, priorita wunsupe&mW rvised, work fthW co spd > 1 nuclear materials, shall receive formal trainingfin nuclea'F criticality and/or radf(tion safety. The effectiveness of the tra i g program'sh'af f be measurepb) written examination.
- 15. Copies of nuclear safety analyses, criticality studie and other reports prepared by the Criticality Safeguards Coordidatot,orJGriticality Safegeards Advisor regarding radiation or nuclear criticality safety ishal fbe maintained for a period of at least 2 years or for 6 months after a project is terminated, whichever is longer.
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- 16. Process designs shall incorporate sufficient factors of safety to require at least two unlikely, independent, and concurrent changes in process conditions before a j
criticality accident is possible.
l 17. Notwithstanding the use of alternative methods of calculation specified in Section 4.2.1 of Part I of the license application, only methods of analysis for calculating nuclear criticality safety parameters, satisfactorily demonstrated to the Commission and approved by it, shall be used in the evaluation of nuclear criticality safety.
l 10. The licensee shall check the director of air flow in the het cell facility each l
- month. When adverse air flows are detected, corrective acf. ion shall be taken and I documented. -
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- 19. The licensee shall comply with the following regarding in plant airborne sampling and monitoring: hl
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- a. Notwithstanding the statement in Section 3.2.4.2(1) of the application, the breathing [ l zone air, in work areas where the'dispersible form of radioactive material is L handled, shall be sampled for airborne radioactive material during the normal L operations.
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- b. 'The fixed air samplers shall be checked annually and whenever any process or equipment t changes are made to verify that the airborne concentration of radioactivity collected ;
at these locations are representative of,the., air being breathed by workers. In -
addition, prior to the commencement of ope' ration in an area that has been shutdown
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for more than 6 months, the location *of air iampionf shall be checked to verify the c representativenessoftheaifsampling.
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- a. Employees working in;the area where there is unencapsulated Pu>shall submit urine -
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- b. Ifanemployeehas['beenexposedptogreatePi.han402MPC-hoursofplutoniumina E !
consecutive 7-day period, or if:upinalysis showsiO~.2 dpm of Pu per day, then fecal ; j analysis shall be, performed to evaluate _ exposure / fIf fecal analysis indicates a ,
significant exposure (f) to #p<lutonium,7]then tj ,g p r;g hT yegin vijolung'cou'nting 4 shall talso
- c. If in-vivo lung counting findi' cates'an 31hdividual'has.'afMPLB,th,eemployeeshallbe t immediately removed j 3
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Thelicenseeshallcompiy,Withthefollowingregarding\thesurfacecontamination:
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- a. Prior to exiting a restricted area, all individuals must monitor hands, head, l personal clothing, and shoes for radiation contamination. ;
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- b. The licensee shall not allow an individual whose skin, personal clothing, or shoes &
are found contaminated above background levels to exit a restricted area without E prior approval of the Radiation and Nuclear Safety Unit. t 1
- 22. The licensee shall conduct leak testing of the encapsulated plutonium in ;
accordance with Annex A, " License Condition for Leak Testing Sealed Plutonium E Sources," dated November 1979.
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- 23. Release of equipment and packages from the plant site or to unrestricted areas [
onsite shall be in accordance with Annex B, " Guidelines for Decontamination of ;
Facilities and Equipment Prior to Release for Unrestricted Use or Termination of t
- Licenses for Byproduct, Source, or Special Nuclear Material," dated August 1987. E
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g MAR 0 81989 l t 24. The licensee shall maintain and execute the response measures of his Radiological N Contingency Plan dated July 25, 1988, (submitted by letter dated July 26, 1988). The l licensee shall also prepare and maintain implementing procedures for his Radiological g Contingency Plan. The licensee shall make no change in his Radiological Contingency Plan that would decrease the response effectiveness of the Plan without prior l a
Commission approval as evidenced by a license amendment. The licensee may make N changestohisRadiologicalContingencyPlanwithoutpriorCommissionap changes do not decrease the response effectiveness of the Plan. The licensee shall l furnish a description of each change within 6 months after the change is made to j the Chiaf, Fuel Cycle Safety Branch, Division of Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety (
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- 25. At the end of plant life, th5 licensee shall decontaminate the facility and site in accordance with the general decommissioning plan submitted in the enclosures to letter ly dated March 15, 1978, so*that these facilities and grounds ^can be released for y unrestricted use. Theifinancial plan, to assure that funds;w,ill be available for W i
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