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need only state that all requirements of the license and technical specifications
remain in effect and that the reactor will not be operated again.
For other changes to the facility license and technical specifications, the major
issue is ensuring that license and technical specifications requirements proposed for
elimination or relaxation arejustified. For example, the license mayr propose
elimination of the requirement for periodic power calibration on the grounds that
the reactor will never operate again and porer calibration would be meaningless
under these draumstances.
Work is allowed to characterize the facility for developing the DP. Proposed
characterization activities may be described in the possession-only safety analysis
and limited by technical specifications. Dismantling a reactor is not permitted by a
possession-only license amendment, so the reactor facility described in the
possession-only safety analysis should be similar to the operating reactor facility,
and the SAR should be referred to as much as possible. However, many of the
components, instruments, and systems need not remain operable in the facility.
Therefore, the possession-only safety analysis should state which of the systems
covered by the SAR will remain operable and which will be modified or
deactivated.
The possession-only safety analysis should address potential accidents and
provisions for limiting their consequences, if necessary. However, the acceptable
accident scenarios for a possession-only safety analysis should be limited to ones
credible for a shutdown reactor and for the residual radioactive material To be
found acceptable, postulated accidents sfiould not subject the public or the workers
to undue radiological exposure and should not exceed applicable regulatory limits
(see Chapter 13 of this review plan).
This discussion also applies to a shutdown reactor with fuel on site. Credible
accidents that involve the release of fission products from the fuel should be
anablzed. Radiological exposure from these accidents should meet the guidelines
in Chapter 13 of this review plan
The experience and qualifications of the personnel required to manage a
permanntly shutdown reactor may be different from those required during the
operating life of the reactor. The possession-only safety analysis should discuss
the proposed changes in staff characteristics and other administrative requirements.
The reviewer should refer to the appropriate chapters of this review plan for
specific guidance on reviewing such topics as radiation safety and accident
analysis.
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