ML14092A444

Texas Engineering Experiment Station/Texas A&M University System, Nuclear Science Center - Approval of the Nuclear Science Center Senior Reactor Operator and Reactor Operator Requalification Program (TAC No. ME1584)

ML14092A444
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Site:	05000128
Issue date:	04/10/2014
From:	Wertz G A Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch
To:	Skoda R Texas A&M Univ
Wertz G A
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TAC ME1584
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April 10, 2014

Dr. Radek Skoda, Director Nuclear Science Center Texas Engineering Experiment Station 1095 Nuclear Science Road MS 3575 College Station, TX 77843

SUBJECT: TEXAS ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION/TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, NUCLEAR SCIENCE CENTER - APPROVAL OF THE NUCLEAR SCIENCE CENTER SENIOR REACTOR OPERATOR AND REACTOR OPERATOR REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM (TAC NO. ME1584)

Dear Dr. Skoda: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), has completed its review of the Texas Engineering Experiment Station/Texas A&M University System (TEES/TAMU), Nuclear Science Center (NSC), Senior Reactor Operator and Reactor Operator Requalification Program, Revision 5, as submitted by letter dated February 11, 2014 (a copy is available on the NRC's public Web site at www.nrc.gov under Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML14076A112). The TEES/TAMU NSC Senior Reactor Operator and Reactor Operator Requalification Program were provided in response to the NRC staff's request for additional information, dated January 8, 2014 (ADAMS Accession No.

ML13361A252). Our review concluded that the TEES/TAMU NSC Senior Reactor Operator and Reactor Operator Requalification Program meets the applicable requirements of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 55 "Operators' Licenses," and is acceptable. We request that you implement your approved program immediately.

If you have any questions regarding this review, please contact me by telephone at 301-415-0893 or by electronic mail at Geoffrey.Wertz@nrc.gov. Sincerely, /Alexander Adams for RA/ Geoffrey A. Wertz, Project Manager Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch Division of Policy and Rulemaking Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-128 cc: See next page Texas A&M University Docket No. 50-128 cc:

Mayor, City of College Station P.O. Box Drawer 9960 College Station, TX 77840-3575 Governor's Budget and Planning Office P.O. Box 13561 Austin, TX 78711 Texas A&M University System ATTN: Dr. Dimitris C. Lagoudas Interim Director Texas Engineering Experiment Station 1095 Nuclear Science Road MS 3575 College Station, Texas 77843

ATTN: Jerry Newhouse Assistant Director Nuclear Science Center Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station 1095 Nuclear Science Road MS 3575 College Station, Texas 77843 Radiation Program Officer Bureau of Radiation Control Dept. of State Health Services Division for Regulatory Services 1100 West 49th Street, MC 2828 Austin, TX 78756-3189 State Energy Conservation Office Comptroller of Public Accounts P.O. Box 13528 Austin, TX 78711-3528 Technical Advisor Office of Permitting, Remediation &

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Test, Research and Training Reactor Newsletter 202 Nuclear Sciences Center University of Florida Gainesville, FL 32611 Dr. Radek Skoda, Director Nuclear Science Center Texas Engineering Experiment Station 1095 Nuclear Science Road MS 3575 College Station, TX 77843

SUBJECT: TEXAS ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION/TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, NUCLEAR SCIENCE CENTER - APPROVAL OF THE NUCLEAR SCIENCE CENTER SENIOR REACTOR OPERATOR AND REACTOR OPERATOR REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM (TAC NO. ME1584)

Dear Dr. Skoda: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), has completed its review of the Texas Engineering Experiment Station/Texas A&M University System (TEES/TAMU), Nuclear Science Center (NSC), Senior Reactor Operator and Reactor Operator Requalification Program, Revision 5, as submitted by letter dated February 11, 2014 (a copy is available on the NRC's public Web site at www.nrc.gov under Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML14076A112). The TEES/TAMU NSC Senior Reactor Operator and Reactor Operator Requalification Program were provided in response to the NRC staff's request for additional information, dated January 8, 2014 (ADAMS Accession No.

ML13361A252). Our review concluded that the TEES/TAMU NSC Senior Reactor Operator and Reactor Operator Requalification Program meets the applicable requirements of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 55 "Operators' Licenses," and is acceptable. We request that you implement your approved program immediately.

If you have any questions regarding this review, please contact me by telephone at 301-415-0893 or by electronic mail at Geoffrey.Wertz@nrc.gov. Sincerely,

/Alexander Adams for RA/ Geoffrey A. Wertz, Project Manager Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch Division of Policy and Rulemaking Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-128 cc: See next page

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