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Cover Letter TER for Wvnsnsc Off-Site Evaluation
ML18087A666
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Site: West Valley Demonstration Project
Issue date: 04/09/2018
From: Stephen Koenick
Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs
To: Bembia P
New York City, NY, Council On The Environment
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 April 9, 2018 Mr. Paul J. Bembia, Director West Valley Site Management Program New York State Energy Research and Development Authority 9030-B Route 219 West Valley, NY 14171-9500

SUBJECT:

FINAL TECHNICAL EVALUATION OF THE RADIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF AREAS OF INTEREST OFF-SITE FROM THE WESTERN NEW YORK NUCLEAR SERVICE CENTER (DOCKET 50-201, CSF-1)

Dear Mr. Bembia:

By letters dated, August 22, November 18, and December 14, 2016 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System [ADAMS] Accession Nos. ML16293A155 [Pkg.],

ML17006A161 [Pkg.], and ML17006A156 [Pkg.], respectively), the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) submitted its assessment, titled, Radiological Survey and Dose Assessment Report for the Western New York Nuclear Service Center and Off-Site Areas in Follow Up to Aerial Gamma Radiation Survey, Rev. 1. This submittal assesses the associated risk from the radioactivity of five areas located off-site of the Western New York Nuclear Service Center (WNYNSC) that were shown to have above background radioactivity, as identified in the 2014 Aerial Radiological Survey (ADAMS Accession No. ML16293A133). NYSERDA designates these five areas, as Areas 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, in its, Field Sampling and Dose Assessment Plan for the WNYNSC in Follow Up to the Aerial Gamma Radiation Survey Conducted in 2014, Revision 0, dated October 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML16293A140).

On March 12, 2018, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) transmitted its Technical Evaluation Report (TER) of NYSERDAs submittal to NYSERDA and indicated that the TER would be made publicly available sometime after the NRC met with the Seneca Nation of Indians Tribal Council on March 22, 2018. The staff is revising the TER to address NYSERDAs use of non-decay corrected values for certain West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP)

Phase I, Decommissioning Plan (DP), Rev. 2, (ADAMS Accession No. ML100040393) derived concentration guidelines levels (DCGLs), one of six methods that NYSERDA used to estimate dose. This revision did not affect the staffs overall TER conclusions. The revised TER is enclosed (ADAMS Accession No. ML18087A665) and is publicly available in ADAMS.

NRC staffs conclusion is consistent with NYSERDAs conclusion that the expected risk from off-site residual radioactivity in the areas of interest is low. The resulting dose in each area of interest sampled is expected to be less than unrestricted use limits found in Title 10 of the Code

of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 20.1402. The staffs conclusion is based on the review of NYSERDAs submittal and the staffs own independent calculations and analysis.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure, a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records component of NRCs ADAMS. ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Amy Snyder, Senior Project Manager. She can be reached at (301) 415-6822 or Amy.Snyder@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Stephen Koenick, Chief Materials Decommissioning Branch Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and Waste Programs Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket No. 050-00201 License No. CSF-1 cc: w/enclosure:

B. Bower, DOE-WV A. Iglesias, EPA T. Rice, NYSDEC D. Samson, NYSDOH President Gates, SNI

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