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Health & Sa f e t y Depart m en t

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Dept. 11305 1000 E. Univel'li ty Ave_

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Regulated Materials Management Center

Dep t _ 4/UIJ 1000 E. University Ave.

Laramie. WY 8101 1 (307) 766-3696

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WWW.uwyo.edu/ehs

May 1,2012

License No: 49-09955 Docket no: 030-01176

United States Nuc kar Rcgu JalOl)' Com mission I{egion IV Oflicr.: 1600 J:ast [,amar Boulevard A rli ngton. T X 76011-4511

ATTN: [ ,iccilsing Ass istant

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DNMS

As di scussed ill a telephone conversation with Roherlo Torres on April 17, 2012, the Un ivers ity of Wyom ing (UW) w ill req uire an amendment to its broad -scope byprodu ct ma terials license in order to replace the Radiation Safet~ Commiul.: l.: (RSC) Chair.

Sl.:ct ion I I.B. o f N RC License 49-09955-10 (Aml.:fI(hni::nl 44) states that. "Licensed material sha ll he lIsed hy. or under the supervision of indiv idua ls designated in writi ng by the Un ivers ity of Wyom ing's Radiation Safery Committee. Derek Sm ith. Ph.D .. Cha irperson."

At the RSC meet ing hel d December 8, 2011. Dr. Kenneth S ims of the Department of Geo logy and (ieophys ics aecepTcd the eOlll miuee nomi nation to replace Dr. Derek Sm ith. who was stepping down (lS Cha ir at the end of the fisca l year (June 2012).!\t th e J\pril }. 2012 meetiug thl.: RSC discllssed FY 2012-1} appointments with Mark Co lli ns. Interim Vice Pres ident/or UW Admi nistrat ion. Mr. Collins form(lily appo inted Dr. S ims in a leiter dated May I. 2012. 10 take effect in July 2012 .

Dr. Sims has been an authorized user o f rad io nuc lides at the Uni ve rsity of Wyoming since he joined the Geology tae ul ty in 2009. I Ie was appointed to the Radi at ion S(l/cty Comm ittee in June 2011 a nd served on the Radiation Safety Progmm Annual Rev iew suhcomm ittce ill Fcbnmry 2012. Enclosed are eopics ofrhe appo intment (llld the premier page o f Ken Sims' qnalif'ica!ions. Hi$ (;o :~lplete cUi,iCt, jeii"ll viLae can he fo und al: hl1 p:ll faculh .gg. lJ \\\ o .edu/bi m ... 7/ K S Atild CV 1: ., 1: I O-.-!JoabstLpd f

Sincerely.

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enc losures:

Leiter from Inte ri m VP Mark Col lins appoi nti ng Dr. SIIllS as RSC Chair Qual itieations or I)r. Kt:nneth Sinl s. Geo logy and (,eophysit:s Depanmen t

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for scrving (Ill [IllS C(lllllnil1cc and assisting. \\ 'ilh this ess~'ll li,l1 (tlnclioll ,

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Mark Cl,lI ins II1 I1.:n111 V ice I' n:sitknl. Admin is(fal i l)l1

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Kenneth W. W. Sims Telephone: Email: ks ims7((l)uwyo.cuu Dcpartmo.:nt of Gcology and Geophysics

Univers ity of Wyom ing we hsite: lilt 1'://gcoI41:':Y' II w ytu'd II!'! (I-ken wwsims Laram ic, WY 82071

EUUl:ATlON Ph.D .. Department ofGcology and Gcophy.~ ics . University ofCa li fomia. Bo.:rkeky, 1995 Thesis Adv isor: Donald .r. DePaolo

M.Sc.. Inst itute of Mctcorit ics, Department of Geology . Un iversity of New Mex ico. 1989 Thesis Adv isors: Klaus Keil. Horton Newsom

R.A .. Colorado College, Cum La ude, with HonOl's in (ieology. 1986

PROFESSIONAL EXI'ERIENl:E University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming A.~"oc i at(' Pr(lfe.~sor, Dep:lrlment of Geology and Geophysics (200C.Lprcscnt)

Woods Iiole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole. Massacllusctls Associate Sc ientist w ith Tcnurc, Dcpartmcnt of Gcology and Gcophysics (2007- 2009) Assoc ialc Scient ist, Departlllcnt of Geology and Geophysics (2002-2007) Assistant Scicntis\. Dcpartlllcnt of Gcology ami Geophysics (1997- 2002)

Institut Universitaire Europcen de 101 Mer (IUEM), 8rest. Fnmce Visiting CN RS f-cllow (2002)

I.os Alamos National Laborator y, Los Alamos, New Mexico Guest Sc ientist. Isotope and Nuclear Chemistry Group ( 1996- 2005)

A WARUS and .'EI.I.OWSH II'S Mcll oll Illdq.Jemicnt Study A wards, Woods Iio le Oceanographic Inst itut ion ( 19()4); 200 I ; 2006; 2008) Postdoet(lral Scholar f-dlow, Wm)ds Iiole Oce:lIlographic Institut ion (1995 19lJ7) IGPP Graduale Study Grall!, Inst itute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, LJC, Berkeley ( 199 1-1995) Outstanding Graduate Stude nt Instructor. Un iversity of California, Berkclcy ( I YY2) Estwing Outstand ing Senior. Colorado Colkge (19X6) Getty O il Fellowship. Colorado College (1984- 1985)

RESEARClllNTERESTS Application of U-series disequ il ibria, rad i(lgen ic isotopc geocheillistry. !IIajur- anll !r:lCe- elc,lleilt geochern islrY and the principles of physics and chemisfrY to a variety of fundame nt:ll problems in Earth and planetary sc ienccs. including : accret ionary and core-formmion history and processes in plancts; thc orig in :md evol ution 01" the E"rth's niantic and continental crust; the generat ion and transport of hasaltic magmas; the cvo lu tion of volca ni c systems: rad iometric methods for dat ing ig llcous alld sedililentary rocks; and . isotope hydrology.

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NRC FORM 532 (1-2Q1 2)

u. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

DATE

05103/2012

NAME AND ADDRESS OF APPLICANT AND/OR LICENSEE LICENSE NUMBER

49-09955 - 10 Uili v. of Wyoming. Ellv ir. Hea lth & Safety. Dept. 4305 ATTN: Jim r. Herrold. Radialion Safety Otlicer Wyoming Hall

MAll CONTROl NUMBER

577470

1000 E Uni versity A vcn uc Lmun ie, Wyom ing 8207 1

LICENSING AND/OR TECHNICAL REVrE'NER

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This is to acknowledge the receipt of your:

[{j LETTER andlor [l APPLICATION DATED: OSlO 1/20 12

The initial processing, which included an administrative review, has been performed.

III AMENDMENT U TERMINATION 0 NEW LICENSE U RENEWAL

[(] There were no administrative omissions identified during our initial review.

o This is to acknowledge receipt of your application for renewal of the material(s) license identified above. Your application is deemed timely filed, and accordingly, the license will not expire until final action has been taken by this office_

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