ML20137F419
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| Site: | 07000734 |
| Issue date: | 03/27/1997 |
| From: | Weber M NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
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g Pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-438), and Title 10, j
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Code of Federal Regulations Chapter 1, Parts 30,31,32,33,34,35,39,40 and 70, and in reliance on statements and representations heretofore p!
l made by the licensee, a license is hereby issued author. zing the licensee to receive, acquire, possess, and transfer byproduct, source, and special 5!
I nuclear material designated below; to use such rnaterial for the purpose (s) and at the place (s) designated below; to de!lver or transfer such material i
to persons authorized to receive it in accordance with the regulations of the applicable Part(s). This license shall be deemed to contain the conditions specified m Section 183 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and is subject to all applicable rules, regulations and orders of the Nuclear i
Regulatory Commission now or hereafter in effect and to any conditions speciGed below.
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special nuclear material form may possess at any one time jf under this license I
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Uranium A.
Enriched up to 19.99%
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Authorized place of use:
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Authorized use: For use in accordance with statements, representations, and i'
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" License Specifications" dated July 24, 1981, and i
supplenants dated March 16 and December 24, 1982; February 4, November 14, and Il 1
g November 15, 1983; April 10, April 12, June 28, September 4, and September 7, 1984; i'
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December 5, 1985; May 23, September 25, and December 10, 1986; December 21, 1987; i
l March 4, March 9 (2), March 22, Aprji 267: August 22, September 8, and November 2, i
g 1988; May 25 and November 17,g1989; Dune 27,7 1990;jApril 30 and September 27, 1991; i
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"SVA Decommissioning Plan" dated April 1, 1990 (submitted by letter dated March 30, Ei 1990); August 22, 1990 / submitted by letter dated August 23 1990); June 15, 1992; Il July 12andAugust23M994; Group 6Laboratoriesunrestrfckeduserequestdated ii y
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Records of all safety-related reports and~analys.es'shall be rita.'ined as follows:
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retraining, personnel exposures, routine rtdiation and environmental surveys) i shall be retained.for at least 2! years or longer if; required by regulations.
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N (Part II), if double batching,is not credible, the maximum safe batch size shall be 5
no more than 75 percent of the minimum critical mass independent of the degree of gi g
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However, when the Th/U atomic ratio is 1 3.6 and I
g the H/U s 20, the maximum safe batch size may be increased to 790 g contained U-235 g
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SAFETY CONDITIONS E S-5.
The Criticality and Radiation Safety Committee (CRSC), functioning as an ALARA I
Committee, shall meet at least annually to review (1) reports of audits and i
I inspections performed since the last ALARA review and (2) employee exposures and i
I effluent release data to determine (a) if there are any upward trends developing in i
I personnel exposures for identifiable categories of workers, types of operations, or i
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with the ALARA concept, and (c) if equipment for effluent and exposure control is Il I
being properly used, maintained, and inspected.
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yj commencement of operations in any area that has been shutdown for more than 6 months to verify the representativeness of air sampling.
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S-11. The laboratories in which plutonium in a dispersible form may be used shall have Il exhaust ventilation systems separate from other building exhausts and shall provide I;
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S-12. Sealed Plutonium sources shall be subject to the leak testing and actions specified I
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" License Condition for Plutonium Alpha Sources," dated April 1993.
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Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, leiSS, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, il N
Washington, DC 20555, a report whenever there is any new residential development ii I
within 1 mile around the site that constitutes a significant change in parameters i
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1992 and renumbered to S-14 in Amendment 23 dated October 7, 1993). The information i
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S-15. At the end of plant.ife,-tbe licensee shall decontaIninate the site and facilities, g
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if the alarm point fails to activate within approximately 5 seconds, more than once out of four trials.
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S-19. Notwithstanding the statements in Section 4.2.1.4, Part II of the license, no l'
material handling shall be allowed in any area in which the required criticality 4
alarm system is inoperative.
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S-21. Deleted by Amendment 31 dated September 1995. Fuel elements were shipped back to II l
the licensee on October 3, 1988.
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Spect-1 Nuclear Material of Moderate and Low Strategic Significance," dated May E
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