ML19208C342
| ML19208C342 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | MIT Nuclear Research Reactor |
| Issue date: | 09/07/1979 |
| From: | Grier B NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Lisa Clark MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CAMBRIDGE |
| References | |
| IEIN-79-21, NUDOCS 7909260089 | |
| Download: ML19208C342 (1) | |
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K!NG OF PRUSSIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19406 Docket No. 50-20 SEP 7 1373 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Research Reactor ATTN: Mr. Lincoln Clark, Jr.
Director of Reactor Operations 138 Albany Street Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Gentlemen:
Enclosed is Information Notice No. 79-21, " Transportation and Commercial Burial of Radioactive Materia.1," which provides information on packaging and disposal of radioactive material.
Sincerely, m
Boyce H. Grier
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Enclosures:
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IE Information Notice No. 79-21 2.
List of IE Information Notices Issued in the Last Six Months cc w/encis:
Dr. O. K. Harling, Director of the Reactor Laboratory S909260071 P012 159
ENCLOSURE 1 Accession No:
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6870 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF INSFECTION AND ENFORCEMENT WASHINGTON, D.C.
20555 IE Information Notice No. 79-21 Date:
September 7, 1979 Page 1 of 2 TRANSPORTATION AND COMMERCIAL BURIAL OF RADI0 ACTIVE MATERIAL f
On July 10, 1979, the Governors of the Agreement States of Nevada, South Carolina, and Washington notified NRC Chairman Hendrie of the serious and repeated disregard for the rules governing the shipments of low-level radioactive wastes to their burial facilities. The problems causing the Governors' concern may be summarized as contaminated packages; improper loading of packages which results in unnecessary radiation exposure; packages containing liquids when liquids or free-standing water are not authorized to be buried; leaking packages; improper labeling of packages; and improper paperwork for shipments.
Recently. you should have received either IE Bulletin No. 79-19 or 79-20 on this subject. The attachments to this Notice provide information regarding the regulatory requirements for the packaging, transportation and disposal of radio-active material. The requirements for packaging and transport referenced herein are applicable to shipments of all radioactive material.
The enclosed sumary of radioactive waste burial criteria defines the current burial-site
- cense and State requirements on waste form and packaging.
A summary of the requirements for transportation is in the attached D0T publication, "A Review of the D0T Regulations for Transportation of Radioactive Materials."
The attachments are intended only as a convenient reference; they are neither a substitute for the actual regulations nor a copy of the burial site license or other burial site documents.
The DOT regulatory requirements can be found in 49 CFR Parts 170-179 (Oct. 1, 1977).
The NRC requirements are in 10 CFR Part 71.
To conduct your waste disposal operations properly you must comply with NRC and D0T requirements for packaging and transportation, and the waste packaged for eventual disposal at any of the three operating waste-burial sites must be in a form authorized in the particular burial-site license and State requirements.
To assure that the latter requirements are met, you should coordinate your waste disposal activities with the waste collection companies and/or the waste burial site operators.
The sites receiving w tes for bur _ial are operated either by the Nuclear Engineering Co., Inc. (502 (206-827-0711).
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