ML19208B526
| ML19208B526 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 05/11/1979 |
| From: | Rich Smith NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| To: | Martin J NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| References | |
| REF-WM-11 NUDOCS 7909200505 | |
| Download: ML19208B526 (3) | |
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-l ME!!ORN!DUM FOR: John B. Martin, Director Division of Haste l'.anagement l
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R. Dale Smith, Acting Chief Low-Level Maste Licensing Branch D
SUBJECT:
TRIP REPORT GIS 16O < j ll,1 [
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April 17,1979 l
Place:
Carey Salt Mine; Lyons, Kansas
Purpose:
To see what was entailed in using the mine as a LLH retrievable storage or disposal facility.
I Attendees:
D. flingst, R. D. Smith, J. Kendig(SP), Gerry Allen and i
liarry Borchart (Kansas SDitE), F. Beirele and J. Harvey (Southwest Nuclear).
l It was apparent that Southwest fluclear's plans have Summary:
not yet gotten past the concept stage and that no engineering or operational planning has been done for the' proposed facility.
972326 Date:
April 18,1979 Place:
Kansas State Departnent Health and Environment; Topska, Kansa:
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Purpose:
To discuss the Southwest Iluclear Application to use the Carey Salt !!ine at Lyons, Kansas as a retrievable I
storage or disposal facility.
Attendees:
B. itingst, P.. D. Snith, J. Kendig, G. Allen,11. Borchart Su. ra ry:
The State has requested ?iRC technical assistance in support of their licensing actien.
It was acr,arent that a license for the site would have to include at least.a permit from the !!ine Safety and Health Administraticr.
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John B. Martin MAY !! ;yg making this a three-way licensing action.
If'the facility were to be used for retrievable storage, NRC would need to issue a license due to the large inventory of waste stored exceeding the SMM limits in Part 150.
If the applicants continue the application for a retrievable storage facility, the State of Kansas will suspend work on the application until the applicant has also applied for a license from the NRC.
This is to avoid duplication of effort since an NRC license will eventually be required by the facility.
The applicant has been referring to the proposed operations as ":torage" rather than disposal, since
, disposal would require that the facility be owned by the State or the Federai government. The state of Kansas is prohibited by law frcm owning such land;
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however, the Kansas legislature has passed a bill allowing the State to take title to the land in order that a disposal facility could be legally accepted.
If this kill is not vet:ed, the applicant is expected to change the facility from retrievable storage to a disposal facility.
In this case, the NRC would not have a licensing role unless Part 150 SMM limits were exceeded for material in possession, For a disposal licensing case, the NRC would cerely assist Kansas in completing the licensing action. This assistance will include providing an Envircr...er.tal Assessment of the project' performing health and safety reviews, acting as a liaison to the Washington office of the MSHA. The URC will obtain a contractor to do the technical support for the Assessment. The NRC must obtain from the applicant operational procedures in sufficient detail to begin work on the Assessment before going out for bids on the contract, The State may do a portion of the Assessment itself, but the Depart ent of Health and Environment must check on the availability of resources to determine which portions the State can do. The Environr. ental Assessment preparation will likely include public meetings in Kansas.
Preparation of the Assessment was estimated to take until the sun er of 1980. The Assessment will include financial assurance questions and a feasibility study as a part of the Assessment.
The State will also check on the financial status of the applicant if the State is to beccme lar.dlord for the site.
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i John B. !!artin 3-l The State people indicated that they would not allow liquids or soluble.astes into the mine and indicated i
that the land ownership bill that was passed would mandate a 30c/cu. ft. charge to a State trust fund for any waste placed in the mine.
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the following three items:
(1) A draft ilemorandum of Understanding between the State and ?!RC cutlining the roles that IRC, f:SHA, r
and the State will play in this effort.
I (2) A draft Statement of I-!ork for the preparation of the Environasntal Assessment, outlining which portions of the environmental review imC will perform.
(3) An outline of what will be needed in the operational procedures before the Environmental Assessment i
could proceed.
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