ML19208C359
| ML19208C359 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Peach Bottom  |
| Issue date: | 09/07/1979 |
| From: | Grier B NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Daltroff S PECO ENERGY CO., (FORMERLY PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7909260112 | |
| Download: ML19208C359 (1) | |
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,6 KING OF PRUSSIA. PENNSYLVANI A 1040G Docket Nos. 50-277 SEP7 mg 50-278 Philadelnhia Electric Company ATTN:
Mr. S. L. Daltroff Vice President Electric Production 2301 Market Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19101 Gentlemen:
Enclosed is Information Notice No. 79-21, " Transportation and Commercial Burial of Radioactive Material," which provid' information on packaging and disposal of radioactive material.
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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:
W. T. Ullrich, Station Superintendent Troy B. Conner, Jr., Esquire Eugene J. Bradley, Esquire Raymond L. Hovis, Esquire Michael J. Scibinico, II, Assistant Attorney General gQ9 1916195
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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 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 subj ect.
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 license 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 COT 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 DOT 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 ope *ators. The sites receiving wastes fo burial,-gg. age. p.
the Nuclear Engineering Co., Inc. (502-(206-827-0711).
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