ML20211G059

Forwards Significant Hazards Consideration Analysis & Environ Evaluation as Supplemental Info for License Amend Request Re Request for Name Change of Plum Brook Reactor

ML20211G059
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Site:	Plum Brook
Issue date:	08/10/1999
From:	Furnas R, Pfanner H NATIONAL AERONAUTICS & SPACE ADMINISTRATION
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
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NUDOCS 9908310141
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. National Aeronautics and Space Administration John H. Glenn Research Center Lewis Field -

Plum Brook Station Sandusky.OH 44870 7030 August 10,1999 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attn. Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555

Subject:

ANALYSIS OF NO SIGNIFICANT HAZARDS CONSIDERATION FOR THE NAME CHANGE AMENDMENT OF THE PLUM BROOK REACTOR FACILITY LICENSE NO. TR-3 DOCKET 50-30 1 This letter is to supplement the previous amendment request dated March 25,1999.

The Significant Hazards Consideration Analysis and Environmental Evaluation were omitted from the previous submittal and are provided here for completeness. This supplemental information is for clarification and completeness and does not expand the scope of the original amendment request.

Please feel free to contact me at (419) 621-3206 should you have any questions regarding the above information.

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ANALYSIS OF NO SIGNIFICANT HAZARDS CONSIDERATION FOR THE NAME CHANGE AMENDMENT OF THE PLUM BROOK REACTOR FACILITY LICENSE NUMBER TR-3 DOCKET 50-30 1

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REFERENCE 10 CFR 50.91(a)

I The proposed change of the requested amendment has been evaluated against the standards of 10 CFR 50.92(c) and it has been determined that there are no significant hazards associated in the licensed activities that would result from the proposed  !

amendment.

1) Would not involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated.

The proposed amendment will change the name of the Licensee for the Plum Brook Reactor Facility (PBRF) TR-3 license, a possession only license, from Lewis Research Center (LeRC) to the Glenn Research Center (GRC). The amendment request is necessary because NASA has changed the name of the Lewis Research Center to the Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field under legislative action and signed into law (sec. l 434, P.L.105-276,112 Stat. 2461) on October 21,1998. The effective date of this name change was March 1,1999. NASA, GRC will retain the PBRF license and the responsibility to continue maintaining the PBRF Reactor Facility in a safe protected i storage mode under the current TR-3 possess-but-not-operate license. In addition, the current plans to provide a PBRF decommissioning plan to the NRC by the end of CY 1999 and the eventual decommissioning by the end of CY 2007 have not changed.

There will be no change in the funding status of the GRC in either maintaining the PBRF facility in the safe protected storage mode or the eventual decommissioning.

NASA, as a government agency, remains responsible for the continuing funding of both activities.

In addition, there will be no change in the personnel who are responsible for maintaining the present TR-3 license or in developing the PBRF Decommissioning Plan. '

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3 The proposed amendment does not require any physical change to the PBRF Facility, changes to the Technical Specifications or procedures under the PBRF TR-3 License other than the name change from LeRC to GRC. The proposed change does not increase the probability of any accident or increased risk to the public safety.

Therefore, the proposed amendment does not involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident condition previously evaluated.

2)' W uld not create the possibility of a new or different kind ofaccidentfrom any accident previously evaluated.

The proposed amendment does not modify the PBRF facility configuration or licensed

- activities. Therefore, no additional accident conditions are introduced.

Therefore, the proposed amendment does not involve a significant increase in the

- probability or consequence of an accident.

3) Would not involve a significant reduction in a margin ofsafety.

This amendment is required because of the name change from LeRC to GRC. NASA will continue to be financially responsible to maintain the PBRF Facility under the existing TR-3 License.

Furthermore, the GRC personnel for the eventual PBRF decommissioning and contract support personnel reporting to GRC will continue to be technically qualified to -

maintain the PBRF under the safe protected storage mode. There has been no effective change in the personnel who will be responsible to implement the eventual

- decommissioning effort that will be required under the future PBRF Decommissioning Plan.

Plum Brook's existing qualified contractors remained in place following the name change. The requested amendment does not involve any changes in the performance of current licensed activities and these activities will continue in their current form without changes or interruptions of any kind.

The proposed amendment does not alter any margin of safety because it does not involve any changes in the PBRF Facility or licensed activities under the TR-3 License.

All activities will continue in the current form without changes or interruptions of any kind as a result of the name change.

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• Ther'efore, the proposed amendment does not involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety.

4) ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION NASA has determined that the proposed amendment to change the name from NASA Lewis Research Center to NASA Glenn Research Center is an administrative change.

Accordingly, the proposed changes meet the eligibility criterion for categorical exclusion set forth in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(10). Therefore pursuant to 10 CRF 51.22(b), an environmental assessment of the proposed change is not required.  !

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