ML19208C354
| ML19208C354 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Oyster Creek |
| Issue date: | 09/07/1979 |
| From: | Grier B NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Finfrock I JERSEY CENTRAL POWER & LIGHT CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7909260104 | |
| Download: ML19208C354 (1) | |
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UNITED STATES 8j',.<g,g NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
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Mr. Ivan R. Finfrock, Jr.
Vice President Madison Avenue at Punch Bowl Road Morristown, New Jersey 07960 Gentlemen:
Enclosed is Information Notice No. 79-21, " Transportation and Ccmmercial Burial of Radioactive Material," which provides information on packaging and disposal of radioactive material.
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n cyce H. Grier
" Director
Enclosures:
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IE Information Notice No. 79-21 2.
List of IE information Notices Issued in Last Six Months cc w/encls:
J. T. Carroll, Station Superintendent A. Z. Roisman, Natural Resources Defense Council 190926 0lof 10\\610
ENCLOSURE 1 Accession No:
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF INSPECTION 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 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 t.anecessary 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, yot should have received either IE Bulletin No. 79-19 or 79-20 on this subject. The attachments to this Notice provide information regarding tne 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 summary of radioactive waste burial criteria defines the current burial-site license and State requirements on waste form and packaging.
A summary of the requirements for transportation is in the attached DOT 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 wastes for burial are operated either by the Nuclear Engineering Co., Inc. (502 "'MM%2rg"!% & me
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