ML19248D033
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g U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY CCMMISSICN OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT Region I y
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078-154-A - Part I of 2 L
Subfect: Radioactive Material in Uncontrolled Location, Norton, Massachuset?_s 2
investigatien at:
Nor:en and Attieboro, Massachusetts Investiga. tion ccnducted: Novemcer 11, 23-30; Cecemcer 1, 7,. 3, 21, 1973; January 9-12, 1978 investigators:
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Investica-icn on 'icvemcer 5.~23-30: Cec $r5er 1. 7. 3, 2T,1973: 'anuarv 9-12, 1979 +;ecer :4c. 073-i M. Par-2)
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- nvestiga icn of an allega:icn by Mr. v,en.n sul._. van,
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Cnartiev irec< Lane, A::lecere, 'Massachuse::3, :na:, exas.nstruments,
cf A::l'eber: (T:) cessibly had ciscar ec racicac:1ve r.ateria a: a
- riva a landfill area in Nor en, Massacnuset s wnera ne had deta'.,e.
radicactivity.at varicus iccanicns.
Results:
Et was determined t5at M AC Nuclear, Inc., Attlec_ere, Marrachuset s, u
wnica merged with TI in 1959, had used the aforementioned landfill area to discard trash and other material, including burned :f rconium ashes, asscciaje.
with nuclear fuel ccerations conducted at the TI rac111ty r cm abou,1: 0 7..
1:u Based en NRC's review of TI's nuclear c;:erations at that location and de analyses of the radicactive material fcund at the Nerten tandfill area, i
is acssible that TI was the majer source of that materi:1.
C:her :: css 1ci e so - =s o f 'ha radicactive material could not be detamined cecause er... e lihited accEnk of rad': active abysical evidence found at the Norton site.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS I. BACXGROUND A.
Reason for Investigation i
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Identification of Organi:stions Ccntacted E
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SUMMARY
OF FINDING 3 A.
Allegations and Investigatien Findings i
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Ccnclusiens I,
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Introduction 3.
Sccce of Investigation C.
Individuals Directly Interviewed and/cr Centactad Curing the NRC Invertigation O_
Scecifications of Allegations E'.
Allegations and Investigation Findings F.
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BACXGROUND A.
Reason for Investication On Septem er 22, 1978, Mr_ John Sullivan, 33 Chartley Brock Lane, Attleboro, Massachusetts, telephenically contac:sc the Nuclear Regulatory Ccamissien, Regicn I office (NRC:I) and reported that he had visited a private lancfill area in Nort:n, Massachusetts, wnica contained discarded. industrial ecui: ment.
He said that several of the. itar.s whien he ecserved at the s.ita indicated -hat :ney had been discarded by Texas Instruments, Inc.. (TI), cf Attleccro, Massachuse::s and :na he believed that the-discardec TI itams.
might: pcssi'aly be radicactive.
On Oc::ber-lE,1973, Mr. Sullivan-telegncnically c ntacted NRC:I-and reportad tnat he visitad the aforementioned landfill area en Oct:ber 5,1978 and, using a beta-garna survey meter, found several items wnich emitted varying amcunts of radiatien.
Cn Oct:bar 18, 1978,_ NRC:I received a lettar fr:m Mr. Sullivan in wnich ne requested an investiga:icn of the landfill area and furnished adcit!cnal information regardir.g his ccservaticn of radiation readings en specific. items discarded there.
Cn Novemcer 14, 1971, Mr. Sullivan was interviewed by NRC:I inspectors at his school adcress in Florida.
During the intarview, he said that he saw the names " Texas Instruments",
" Metals and Centrol" and *Engelhard" en scme of the items which he observed during his visits to the aferementioned landfill area.
He alsa said that he does not sus:ect any other ccmcany, besides TI, of dumoing radicactive matarial at the above landfill area.
He also identified fifteen other locaticns, scme in Acrten and scme in Attlecore, Massachusetts, wrere he. sus:ectad radioactive matarial had ceen discarded.
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Identi#ication of Orcanizaticns Centacted 1.
Patsy Cavalieri anc Scn, 279 Elm Street, Attlebcre, Massachusetts This is a general c:ntrac:Or c:ncern whose coerations incluce railroad c:nstruction.
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CeAngelis Railroad Ccnstructicn, 3 Irving Street, Worcestar, Massachusetts This is a general centractor ccncern whcse coerations incluce railroad construction.
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Dorrance Construction Ccmpany, Norten, Massachusetts This is a general centractor cancern whose operations include excavation and read construction.
4-Engelhard. Industries Division, Engelhard Minerals & Chemicals Corporation, Rcuta 152, Plainville, Massachusetts This ccmcany's ccerations include the processing of chemicals and precicus metals.
E-Texas Instruments inc:r;craud, At-leccro, 'dassachu.setts Tais c mpany's ccerations include the processing of precicus metal s.
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West:::: Constructica Corecraticn,135 East Washing::n Street, Nor-n Attlecore,. Massachusetts This is a general c:ntracter c:ncern wncse acera:icns include
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SUMMARY
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A11ecations and Investication Findinas 4
The allegations recorted by Mr. John Sullivan regarding the sus-pected presence of radioactive material at various locations in tne Nort:n-Attleocro area were investigatad.
These allegations and the investigaticn findings are detailed in NRC:I Investiga:icn Repor No 078-151, dated March 1, 1979.
Included in tnar recor; are the results of numerous radiological surieys of the suscected locaticns reported by Mr. Sullivan and ne results of the analyses of ne radioactive material found at too of.nese loca:icns during the course: of the. investigation.
Concurrent with the aforementioned investigaticn efforts, NRC:I inspectors investigated tna allegatien made by Mr. Sullivan re-garding the possible scurca of the radioactive material which he recortadly detac:ad at the privata landfi1T arer., located a 58 Union Rcad, Nort:n, Massachusetts, during his visits there.
This NRC:I. investigation incluced an en-sita visual examina:icn of tne f tams discarced at that location.
Interviews with individuals residing-in that general area and individuals presently or for rerly emulayed-by TI, including centractor perscnnel,. and a representative of Engelhard Industries Divisien, Engelhard Minerals & Chemicals Corporatten, Plainville, Massachusetts, were also c:ncucted during thir investigatien.
NRC1E inspectors observed at the Nort:n landfill site scme of de items wnich Mr. Sullivan described as bearing -he names " Texas Instruments" and " Metals and Cen:mi".
One item was ccserved to have the cartially colitarated words "Engelhard Incustries, Inc.
Iriingt:n... Newark, New. Jersey" printad therecn.
Infer aticn was develcced through intariiews wi:n 7: :erscnnel and ct er individuals regarding :ne racicactive waste :is:csal, trasn removal, and constructicn activities whicn were c ncuc:ad at tne T!
facility in Attleccro during the period if time in question.
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i It was verified that TI had dumped various items at the private landT111 area in Norton where Mr. Sullivan had detected radioactivity.
I However, the investigation failed to substantiate that TI had a
dlscarded the radicactive material which was found at the above site.
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ine alTecation tha TT xar suspected of discarding industrial j
equipment at the Norten landfill area (Snpack pr:terty)~ 5as been verified through interviews with T1 personnel anc other-indivi dual s.
It was also determined that M&C Nuclear, Inc., Attle-
"cro, Massachusetts, which merged with TL in 1959, had used the
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including hurned :irconium asner, associatad with nuclede fuel operations conducted at the TT facility frem about 1957 to 1966.
3ased on NRC's review of TI's nuclear acerations at that location and the analyses of tne radioactive material found at the Norton i
landfill area, it is possible tha' TT was the major source of that material.
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could. not be datarmined becausa of the limited amount of radio-activer physical evidence fcund at tne Norton site.
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Cn Sectamcer 22, 1978, Mr. H. W. Crecker, Chief, Fuel Facility Projects Section of the NRC Region I Offica (NRC:I) received a talepnene call from Mr. Jenn Sullivan, 33 Char: ley Breck Lane, Attleboro, Massachusetts.
Mr. Sullivan recortad than he had visited a. privata landfill area on Unicn Read near the border of Nort:n and Attlebero, Massachusetts wnich ccntained discarded industrial equipment. Mr. Sullivan s ated da: he hac ccserved several items at-de sita :na: indica::d they had been discarded by i
Texas Instruments, Inc. (TI) of Attlecuo, Massachusetts.
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Sullivan further sta. tad that no materials nad been discesed of at this-Iccation within the last several years. Mcwever, sinca TI dces-have an NRC license to use r?.dicactive materials, Mr. Sullivan believed it was cessible tha: the discarded TI itams mign: be radicactive. Mr Crocker inform ed Mr. Sullivan that the TI clant is involved in large metallurgical ccerations and that cnly a small part of TI's work involves radioactive matarials: Mr. Crocker told Mr, Sullivan tha NRC:I was not avare vf any radicactive material being discarded at this sita and :na: NRC:I. would look at this landfill area in etnjunction wit's the. next inspection at TI.
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Sullivan was satisfied with this ccurst of action, and indicated he was. returning to college in :lorida t'.e next week, but that NRC:r cculd ccntact him thrcugn his Marac.1usetts address.
Cn October 16, 1973, Mr. Sullivan called Mr. Crccker #rcm Ficrica and reccrtad dat ne had gene to de afere. mentioned landfill area on Oct:be-S,1973, and using a Civil Cefense, beta-gar =a, sur/ey metar fcund the fcilcwing:
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A black bcwl wi d yellcw residue wnich -=ad 3 mR/hr.
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A tuce attached to a brick-if ned even wnich read 2 mR/hr.
Several other items were 2-3 b5es tne backgrcund radiaticn 3.
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On Octcber 18, 1978, NRC:I received a letter frem Mr. Sullivan.
This letter requested an NRC investigation of the landfill site.
Included was a sketch of tre site and the r:uta Mr. Sullivan used in his sur/ey of Cctober 7 and 8 during which he obser/ed radiation 4
readings on er near the di.scarded equi: ment of up to 3 mR/hr.
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On November 14, 1973, during an intarview with Mr. Sullivan, at his school address in Florida, NRC:1 inspec: Ors were infor ed by Mr.
Sullivan that there were abcut a dozen other :lacas within an area accreximataly cne-square mile, scme lccatac in Nort:n and scme in Attleboro, which he suscectad of having racicactive matarial.
The reascnr given were their remotaness anc evidence of industriai wasta which Mr. Sullivan had seen at those locations.
Mr. Sullivan described thesa Iccations as being " older" than the Nor*:n sita and he-said. tnat the-industrial waste censistad of solid, licuid and metal material. Mr. Sullivan statad -hat he had written a lettar to Mr Cr cker of NRC:I and had included tacs of 'nese additicnal iccations.
Mr. Sullivan had not yet mailed :ne let :r.
At the c:nclusien of 2:e intarview, Mr. Sullivan furnisbec.ne hand-drawn maps of the adcitional locaticns to the NRC instec: Ort but retained tne. letter, which he stated he would m. ail to Mr. Crocker.
Tne final number of sites indicated as "suscect" at nis time by Mr.
SuTiivan was fiftaen (15).
L Sccce of' Investiga:icn Thir investigation was initiatad on November la,1973 and included an on-sita visual examinati n of items discarded at the Nor;:n landfill sita in an effort to determine tne scurce cf any identifiaale itams that c uld be relatad to NRC-licensed activities.
Interviews were conducted with Mr. Jonn Sullivan and other ;erscns resicinc in the general vicinity of the Nort:n landfill si a cencerning their kncwlege of any refusa discesal activities at tha si e.
Inter-views were c:ncucted with presan anc f:r er.T ;erscnnel and con-trac:cr cerscnnel witn regard to radicactive wasta cis:csal Ocera-tiens, c:nstracticn activities, off-site hauling of trasn Or ::her material fr:m the TI site and the discosal of any TI material at tne Nort:n landfill site.
A representative of Engelnard Industries Civisien cf Engelhard Minerals & Chemicals Cor oration, Reute 152, Plainville, 9assachuse:::
was interviewed regarcing tne dec:ntaminaticn and radicactive wasta discosal ocerations asscciated with the for er oceraticns Of 0.E.
Makepiece Division of Engelhard Industries at the above lccatien in Plainville.
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Individuals Directly Interviewed and/cr Centacted Curina the NRC Investicaticn Patsy Cavalieri and Son, 279 Elm Street, Attleboro, Massachusetts Mr. Anthcny Cavalieri, President
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t CeAncelis Railrcad Ccnstruction, 9 Irvine Street, Worcester, Massacnuset:s_
Mr. Andy CeAngelis, President Mr Jcey CeAngelis, Estimator i
Ocrrance Ccnstructicn Cemcany, Norten. Massachusetts Mr. Melvin Corrance, President Encelhard indu tries Division. Encelhard Minerals & Chemicais Corcoratien. Reute i52. ?lainvliie. Massacnuset:s Mr. George H. Scott, Jr., General Manager Texas Instruments Incorecrated P.O. Scx E474, Callas, Texas Mr George L. Williams, Assistant Vice President Mr. Rcbert D. Murrill, Assistant Ccunsel Texas instruments Incer: crated, Attleboro, Massachusetts Mr William I. George, Assistant Vice ?residen:
Mr. Fred Sherman, Pr ject Manager Mr. Jcnn A. Haug, Patant Counsel Mr. Calvin Hcccer, Marager, Nuclear Safety "r. Rcber: Gcnzales, Security Administra:ce Mr. Francis F. Gcusie, Precicus Me:2is Cecar: ment Mr. Xannet.1 McLecd, 3rcunds Fereman Mr. Alfred Acancic, secunds Keecer Mr. Raymcnd 3regan, "afntenance Divisien Mr. William Sird, Former Vault Custedian Mr. Anthcny F. Ferreira, Facility Engineer Mr. Clec Fcrcier, Grcup Safety Engineer
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-l Other Indivicu-1s Mr. Jenn Sullivan, tamecrarily residing at 528 West Pine Rcad, Melbourna Village, Florida Mrs William R Rollinsen, Directer of Attlebcro Office of Civil Cefense Mr. Cavid Ccatka, Director of Conservatien, Tcwn of Nor en,-
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Mr_ Fred. Huff,131 Pike Avenue, Attlecere, Massachusetts Mr. Jesse: Earls, Ad3 Pike Avenue, Attlebero, Massachusetts Mr. Harold Wetherall, 3 Union Rcad, Chartley, Massachusetts Mr. Gerard Galinas, 23 Cakdaia Avenue, Attlebcro, Massachusetts Individual A (identity wit::neld by request)
Individual 3 (identity withnald by recuest) i individual C (identity withne:d by request)
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Scecificatiens of Allecations The: informaticn which Mr. John Sullivan recorted to NRC:r'an Sectam-ber 22,1973,. includad the allegatiens that TI had discarded scme items at i private landfill area in Norten, Massachusetts and har ha believed it was ;assible that the discarded TI itams mich be radicactive.
This landfill area is icca:ad at 5a Union Rcad, Norten, Massachusetts and is cwned by Mr. and Mrs. Isaccre Shcack.
The information which Mr. Sullivan recortad : NRC:I cn Cc ccer 15, 1978 included the allegaticn that during his visit tc the aferemen-tiened landfill area en Cctcber 5,1978, certain itams which he saw
- ners were fcund tc ce radicactive, as de:armined by the radiaticn cetecticn equipment wnich he was usinc cn that cccasien.
Curinc the intarview with Mr. Sullivan en Novemcer 14, 1978, he said :5a:
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'Taxas Instruc ents,* Metals and Control" and "Engel ha rd" en some of the items which he observed during his visits to the aforementioned landfill site.
He said that he aisc saw what he described ac " reds" at the Ner:cn sita and that it was these items which made him suspect that II was dumping " things" 99
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He also said that he does not suspect any other ccmpany, besides TI, of dumping radioactive material at the aforemen-tiened landfill area.
Curing the interview with Mr. Sullivan on November 14, 1978, he also identified fifteen other 1ccations, scme in No. ten and seme in Attleboro, wnich he suspected of having radioactive material discarded there.
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All ecation It:was alleged that radicactive material had-been dis-posed of at i privata lancfill area (Sheack procerty) in Norten, Massachusetts and at fifteen other locaticns, seme located in Nor:en and scme in Attlecore, Massachusetts.
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Findiner As previcusly noted in Paragracn I!.A, this allegation was investigated and the investigaticn fi.ndings are detailed. in NRC:I Investigation Recor: No. 078-154, dated March 1,1979.
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ATTecatica No. 2 (a)~ AITecatien It was alleged that T! had discarded industrial ecuf pnent at a private landfill area in Norten, Massachusetts (Sheack procerty) and that the discarded TI icams might possibly be radicactive.
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10 Interview of Jchn Sullivan, temcorarilv residina at E28 West pine Rcad, Meiccurne V1ilage,. lorica, on Novemcer i4, 1973.
Mr. Sullivan furnisnea tne foiicwing informa:1on to NRC Inspectors J. Roth and i
l R. E. Shepherd:. Mr. Sullivan said that he has lived in Attleboro, Massachusetts, for abcut 3 years and his parents' heme is in close proximity to the Drivata dump site in Norton which is cwned by Mr.
and Mrs. I. Shpack.
He said that he is majoring in geclegy studies at callege and has fer a long time been c ncerned abcut the enviren-mental aspects of the watar at the wetlands and the general environ-mental protecticn of the area in his neigncernecd in Attleboro.
He: said that during tne Wintar of 1977, he read in a local newscacer, the Nar-aganset Times, abcut an accident involving "a truck frem Texas Instmments (TI) which was cartring fuel reds _" He said that this was the first time that he asscciated his environmental interests with TI and that ucen reacing the newsclip accut the accidenc, he knew that they were making nuclear fuel at tne TI facility in Attletcre.
He said that he visited the Norten dumo sita en a number of occasions and did scme research en TI's cceratiens by reviewing dccuments at the Public Cccument Recm (?CR) in Washingt:n, D. C., wnere he stepped enreuta to college in Florica.
Mr Sullivan shewed the inscectors a ;not:gracn which he said he had taken at the Norten dump site en October 7,1978.
In the pnot grach there acceared to be a lot of debris or junked items including i numcer of black cylindrical plestic canisters, measuring abcut 1 inch in diameter and 2 incnes in length, which he said had the name " Texas Instruments" printed en them.
He said that he also saw wnat he described as " reds" at the Norten sita and that it was these itams wnich made him suspect :nat TI was dumcing ' things ' at the sita.
He said that curing his visits Oc the Nort:n sita en other cc asicns he fcund a ciece of sheet metal, measuring abcut 3 inches scuare, which was mcunted en a :isce of wecd anc wnich hac tne words Metais and Centrol' written :n :ne metal.
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wnile he was at the Norten sita he also saw scme metallic plates, measuring abcut 2 feet by 3 feet and accreximately 1/15 inch thick which he thcught might be HFIR (High Flux Isctcpe Reactor) plates and wnich he was able to cut with a pair of tin snips.
He said that based en his review of records at the ?CR, ccncerning TI operations, he believec that TI was prcducing MFIR plates.
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i 11 Mr. Sullivan said that he also saw at the Norton dump site scme discarded wceden boxes, measuring abcut 12 feet long and 3 inches by 4 inches en the sides, which had the name Texas Instruments stenciled on the boxes.
He said that when he was at the Norten dump site he spoke with Mrs. Shpack, the owner of the property, and she talc him that Texas Instruments and other ccmpanies dumped their trash removals en that sita..
Mr. Sullivan said that he had also visitad the Norton dump sita in July 1978 and had made accrcximately 6 visits there. He said that he also saw the name Engelhard en scme of the items dumced there.
Mr. Sullivan said :nat he dces not suspect any other ccmcany, besides TI, of dumping radicactive material at the Nortan sita.
He said that there is no one, other than himself, wna has excressed suspicion abcut radicactive matarial being cumped at tne Norton site and that no one, other than himself, has excressed any cpinion that such material came frcm TI.
He saic that he never saw, nor kncws anycne who saw, the radicactive matarial being cumped there.
Visual examinatien of the Norton dume sica en Novemcer 29,197S.
NRC inspector R. E. Shepnerc maca a visuai examination of :ne Norton dump site and observed the follcwing itams scattered among the-trash wnich had been dumped there:
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A metal plata, acproximately 3 inches scuare, wnich was attached to a banded wceden crate wnich measured abcut i feer scuare.
The metal plata included the words " Metals Co., Attlebcro, Massachusetts, NICOSEAL CO.'
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A 3-sided metai itam, in t5e fcrm of a duct, 2 sides of wnich measured abcut 4 feet scuare with a 3rd side measurinc abcur a feet by i fcct, wnich had the words
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A wceden bcard, measuring abcut 6 feet icng, 3 1/2 feet wite and 1 inch thick, wnich bcre One wcrds " Texas Instruments, Inc., Metals and Centrcis Divisien, 3a Forest Street, Attleboro, Massachusetts."
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A large number of plastic items, measuring abcut : ches by 1 3/4 inches and 1/4 inch thick, with the words "XLIXCN, Metals and Controls Inc., Corporata Divisien of Texas Instruments, Attleboro, Massachusetts, Made in U. S. A."
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A large number of plastic containers, measuring abcut 1 1/2 inches long and 1 inch in diameter, with the words " Texas Instruments, Attleboro, Massachusetts,1015C SER.1, MV, 65T1-i 1-l printed thereon.
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The tcp frem a 55 gallen drum, with the partially cbliterated words "Engelhard Industries, Inc. Irvington... Newark, New Jersey" printed thereon.
Interview of Mr. Fred Huff,181 Pike Avenue. Attlebero Massachusetts, en Ncvemcer 29, 1973.
Mr. nuf" furnisnec :ne fciicwing nformanien
- NRC inscector R. E. Shecherd: Mr. Huff said that it is a wild guess on his part that the radicactive material wnich was. f:unc at the Norten cumo sita (Shpack precerty) came from scmewners locally and that he did not knew wnc dumced the material there.
Curing the interview with Mr. Huff, he flagged dcwn a passing car driven by his neighbor, Mr. Jesse Earls,163 Pike Avenue, Attleccro, Massachusetts, wncm he invited Oc participata in the interview.
Interview of Mr. Jesse Earis,163 Dike Avenue, Attlebero Massachusetts, en Novemcer 29, 1973.
During :ne intarview w1:n Mr. ; rec -uff, Mr.
Earts furnisnec :ne follcwing information:
He said that he has resided at the above address for abcut 5 years.
He said that Taxas Instruments (TI) trash trucks pass by his hcuse almost every day and that he saw them go-to the Attleboro Landfill Corporaticn dumo sita at least a ecuale of times when he also had gene there.
He said that he did not knew wnc dum ed the radicactive material at the Norton dumo site.
Interview of Individual A, wnc recuested that his name be keeo confidential.
Incivicuai A furnisnec :ne foiicwing infccmaticn to NRC Inscec:cr R. E. She; herd en November 30, 1978.
He said tha Fred Fcntaine and Gecrge, whcsa last name he could not recall but wnca he described as retired fran Metais and Centrois, dumced trash every day a :ne Shpack dume site in Norten since Septemcc.r 1946.
He said that 2 other Metais and Centrols empicyees, Al Amancio 2nd Jce Carr, aise dumped there and drove in a 1958 Chevrolet black stake truck which was used strictly for the Nuclear Division of Metals and Centrols.
He said that Mr. Carr did not drive the truck but served as a "cc-pilc " for Mr. Amancic and that they came with the truck to the Norton dumo mcst of the time, wnereas Mr. Fontaine and Gecrce (last name not recalled) wculd substitute for them at Other times!
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13 He said that in 1958 scme trash was dumced at the Attleborc Landfill Corporation (ALC) dump site and that the trash included a sign which read " Metals and Controls, Nuclear Division, Contaminated Seyond This Point." He said that the incident regarding the sign was brcught to the attention of Metals and Centrcls with a reques that such trash be taken elsewhere in the future.
He said that he deer not knew who dumced the radicactive material at the Norten demo site (Shcack prccerty) and said that cnly "Attletcrc peccie" dumced at :nat site.
He said that Gaucer and Scyer Ccmcany has been hauling Texas Instru-ments (T!'s) rucbisn for accu: 2 years and tha T! hauled :neir cwn rubbish pricr-to that.
He: said that One bank (sicce) en the north side of the ALC contains abcut 3 feet cf Icam which came fr:m the TI sita and was initially taken Oc a gravel pi cn Harvey Street, Norton, Massacnusetts, anc later taken to the ALC Iccaticn mentioned abcve.
He said tha: this gravel pit is cwned by Corrance Ccnstruction Ccmcany wnich de,
excavation work for TI.
Interview ef.Mr. Marcld Wetherall, 3 Unicn Road, Chartley, Massachusetts.
en Novem er 30, 197c.
Mr. netnerall furnisnec tne faticwing infcrma-tien to NRC Inspec:cr R. E Shecherd: With recard to the radicactive matariaT which was dumced at the privata duce (Sheack crccerty) in Norten, Mr. Wetherall said that he thinks that the material may have ccme frcm Texas Instruments (TI) cr trcm inemascn Chemical Ccmcany wnica was fcrmerly lccated in Seekenk cr Attletcrc, Massachu-setts.
He said that Themesen Chemical had a fire arcund 1962 cr 1963 and moved cut, :cssibly to Free:cwn, Massachuse:03, and may new be ccerating under anctner name.
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has owned this property for about 25 years.
He said that he scid an easement tn Massachusetts Electric Ccmcany whereby they are i
permitted to run their pcwer lines threugn the precerty.
The City of Attlebore had previcusly oceratad the cumcing area new kncwn as the Attleboro Landfill Carperation (ALC). He said that it was "lecal stuff" that was dumced at the Shcack dumo sita.
He said that: he kncws that TI dumced material at tne Sheack dumo and that this. kncwledge is crebably basad on his conversaticn with Mr.
Shpack. _ Mr. Wetnerall said that he does not knew if Themosen Chemical dumped anything at tne Sheack dumo.
Mr. Wetherall said that he believes':har in the 1950's he saw TI
.i trucks dumcing at the Shcack dumo sita.
He said that he dces not recall the type of trucks which he saw.
He said that he also saw TI trucks dumo at the ALC site wnen it was being cperstad by the City of Attlecere.
Interview cf Mr..: red Sherman Project uanacer. Texas Instruments LT I ). A::leccro. Massacnuset:3. on Cecemcer i, 1975.
Mr. 5cerman furnisnec. tne felicwing informaticn Oc NRC Inscec:cr R. E. Shecherd:
He said that TT was kncwn as Metals and Centrols frem abcut 191a to 1958 at which time they became kncwn as Metals and Centrols Divisien of TI. Arcund 1965 they drepted the words Metals and Centrols from tneir name.
He said that patsy Cavalieri and Sen,. 279 ilm Street, Attleboro, Massachusetts, c:nstruc:ad a railr ad s:ur at TI around 1965. Mr. Sherman said that he checked with T!'s ac::untability secticn and :ninks tna: the rec rds (regarding the railroad stur) were destroyed.
ine railr ad s:ur was cut in after 'fetals and Centrols had c:moletad a nuclear fuel fabrica:icn jcb.
He said that Cavalieri C: meany wculd knew more accu tne details of the raiircad s:ur c:nstructicn and wnether er not any di;cing was necessary in ::nnecticn wita :na: fcc.
He said tha: the II emcicyee wnc sucervisec :ne railroad s ur jcc for T is Ai Srign: wne is no lenger amployed enere.
Mr. Bright was employed in the Plan:
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Mr. Sheman said that he did not know if it (the railroad spur construction) was a totally c:ntracted job.
He said that Al Bright new works for C. E. Maguire Inc., 31 Canal Street, Providence, R. I.
Later, en this date, Mr. Sherman j
showed R. Shepherd an engineer's drawing, dated February 23, 1966, for the railrcad spur job R. Shepherd examined the engineering drawing of the railroad s;ur project, which included an elevaticn scale drawing.
It wculd appear from an examination of One drawing that the jcb recuired a builduo cf ma arial to lay the railroad bed, rather-than an excavaticn of material, from a point near the c:rner of Building 10 :: the i
point wnere de railroad s;ur c nnected with tre. existing rail' read track The only excavation necessary for the railroad bed acceared to be from a point beginning at accreximately one-tnird of de lengt.'r of Suilding 10, en ene scuthwest side of the building, and extending alongside the building (in a northwes direction) t: ward the end of the building. Mr. Shenan said that the aved read which was constructed on the scuth sice of Suildinc 10 and wnich intar:ects the railroad spur, was built by Narraganset Im revement, Providence, R.
I., and that, based on an aerial phot:gra:n of the II site which Mr. Sheman shcwed to R. Shecherd, the read c:nstructicn was dene about tne same time as the railrcad spur jcb.
Mrs Sherman suggested that BilT Sib and Frank Gcusie, who are presently employed at TI, might cssibly have informaticn regarding trash removal cperaticns at the TI sita.
Interview of Mr. Francis F. Gcusie. Precicus v tais Cecarrent, Texas e
Instruments (tit, en Cecemcer 1.
1973.
Mr. Gcusle furnisnec :ne folicwing infor :a:1cn to NRC Insrect:r R. E. Shecnerd in the cresenca of Mr. Fred She man of TI:
Mr. Gcusie said that anythinc that came from M&C Nuclear Division and whicn was du=ed at the Ncr:On demo (Shoack property) was " clean." He ex lained " clean" t mean that it had been t"creughly screened by Healt :hysics :ers nnel.
He said that from abcut 1957 cr 1953 until the pnase cut time (cf Suilding 10) ar und 1965, they burned centaminated cicthinc and zire chips cu: side in a fur ace en the scuth side of Suildinc 5.
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He said that they cid not burn uranium and that any ash frcm the burning cperation was shi :ed cut to a U. S. Gcverr. ment burial site.
He said that Cleo Forcier was the Health Physics technician in charge of screening the material taken frca TI f:r dumping F
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- 10. He said that he did this until abcut 1968 and that there were 4 other men who were involved in the trash removal operation and i
whom he named as folicws:
Fred Fcntaine, whcm :.a described as retired and living in a trailer park in North Attleboro; Al Anancio, i
who still works at TI; Kenny McLacd, who, he said, was the foreman and wno still works at TI; Frank Liberace. wnca he cescribed as retired.
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Mr. Gausie said that all of the trash that was taken to the Shcack dumo sita was taken thers aftar the phase cut (cf 5uilding 10). He said that tney.had Z duma trucks and that it was usually cne man using the truck at any one time.
He said tnat if he had any dcuct abcut: anytning being leaded cnto the truck for demoing he wcuid have Clec Forcier cneck it cat, that is, anything nat they picked up when claaning cut the. " yard," which he described as a fenced-in area around Building 5.
Mr. Gcusie said that tnere were times when he delivered dirt to the Sheack dumo sita but that it was not dirt taken from ne yard.
He said that there was no excavaticn dcne in the yard area.
He said that he brcugnt abcut.11 cads of dir to the Shpack dump site.
Mr. Gcusie was reinterviewed en January 9,1979, by NRC Inscec crs R. E'. Shepnerd and R. H. Smith in the presence of TI recresentatives i
F. Sherman and J. A. Haug, TI's Attleboro Patent Ccunsel. Mr.
Gcusie and the above indivicuals visited the fencad-in area around Building 5 and he cointed cut the accreximata lccations where he said that he burned ccntaminated clothing, including work shces, in an cutside incinerator, and where he burned : ire (:irecniu.1) cnics at another location within the fenced-in area, inis sacand area was estimated to be accroximately 3CC feet away frem the incinerator location.
He said tnat he also burned same wcccen skids with the Zire enips.
He said tnat the dirt wnica he tack to the Ncr cn cuma sita, as crevicusly recorted by him Oc R. E. Shecherd cn Cece=cer 1,1973, censistad of the ashes fran the burned zire cni;s and fr:m the weccen skids mentioned acove.
Inter /iew cf Individual 3. who recuested that his name be kect confidential.
Incivicual 5 furnisnec :ne fciicwing informacicn c NRC Inspecccr R. E. Shecherd en Cecember 7,1973.
He said that he werked at Texas Instruments (TI) as a private censultant and/cr as a recre-sentative fcr a private ccccany which did work fcr II at varicus fi ", h
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Curing this time he had cc asion to visit T1 approximately 20 to 25 times, abcut 30 minutes to 2 hcurs 4
each time.. Cn no occasien had he. visited any area where radioactive material was handled nor was there any c:ntaminated material in those areas which he visited.
Individual 3 said that while he was at TI he kncws that they used local dumping grounds and has seen a TI truck at the Nort:n landfill area (Shoack precerty).
He said that it was a pickua truck, cossibly blue, with Texas Instrument's name and a mac of Taxas en the driver's dec r..
He said that he. saw :ne truck tnere a c:uole of times curing 1975 anc 1976.
He said :na: he did no: knew who was criving tne truck or hcw many pecole were in the truck.
He said that he did not actually see tne peccle in the truck dumo anything at the Tandfill area nor did he see them pick up anything.
He said that he was just driving by the dumo en these occasions.
While he was at TI during 1975 and 1975 he saw ocen TI trucks ~taking dirt and/or trash frem the TI sita abcut 3 or a times but he d:es not knew where the trucks nck t'ie dirt or trash and he is not positive as to wnether it was dir:. and/cr trash in the trucks, because of the lacse of time between then and new.
He said that he never saw II dumo anything at the Nor:On site which he knews or believes to be-radioactive or contaminated material and no one has ever told him that : hey saw this haccen.
He said that when he picked uo and read the NRC's press release abcut the radicactive material found at the Nort:n landfill area, for seme reascn the name TI immediately came to his mind, cernacs because he saw TI trucks there, as mentioned abcve, and because he did not think that TI's Health Physics (HP) pr: gram was 'all that gced.*
In this regard he said tna he had no definitive reascn to say that TI's HP pr: gram was not gccc excect # r hi: pas conversaticns with T! pecole and because he kncws that TI called in a ::nsui:an to discuss advising TI cn :ne HP as:ects of se::ing ut a hc: s hec;'
wnich indica:ac :: him tha: they (TI) cannot be "ali tha ;;cc" in the HP area.
With regard Oc :ne TI peccie with whcm he hac s:cken, he said that ne did not recall their names, jcb respcnsibilities er the areas where they worked at II.
Interview c' Mr. Georce L. Williams, Assistant Vice : resident, Texas Instruments (II), Caiias, Texas, en Cecerter 7 anc 5, is75.
Mr.
W1iilams was interviewec at tne II facliity isn Attleccro, vassachuset and furnished the felicwing informati:n :: NRC Ins:ector R. E.
Shecherd in the presence of TI representatives F. Sherman and R. C.
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He said that Metals and Centrols Corporatien is the corporation which initially made fuel plates at the TI facility en a very small scale.
As the activity grew in size, M&C Nuclear Incorporated became a wholly-cwned subsidiary of Metals and Controls Cer;cratien ar:und 1957.
Mr. Williams was president and General Manager of the fuel fabricat en d
operatien of M&C Nuclear, Incer; crated frem 1958 to abcut 1967.
Metals and Controls Cor: oration had nothing to do with the nuclear fuel operaticn when M&C Nuclear, Inc rporatad came into existence.
He said that Metals and Centrair Corporation, ::gether with M&C Nuclear, Incer; crated merged with TI in 1959 and Suilding 10 was phased cut of the nuclear fuel activity in 1966.
Interview of Mr. Kenneth McLacd Grounds Foreman. Texas Instruments
( TI). Attieocro. Massacnuse::s, en Cecemcer 7.1973.
Mr. McLacc furnisnec :ne feiicwing inTormation Oc NRC. Inspec:Or R. E. Shepherd, in the presence of TI representatives F. Sherman, G. L. Williams, and R. D. Murrill:
Mr. McLacd said that he had no kncwledge of any burning activity en the TI site and that ne had no kncwledge of any soil or dirt being removed fr m the TI site.
He said that he wcule not be involved in anytning like that. He said that he was the foreman of the truck crivers who tcck trash frem the TI site and that he was referring here only to Buildings 1, 2, 3, and 4 He said. that he had no respcnsibility for any of the wasta or trash removal frem 5uilding 10.
He said that the drivers wne were working for him were Fred Fcntaine, George (whcsa last name.he c uld not recall),and Frank Liberace (new retired).
Mr. McLeod said that Frank Gcusie same on the grounds as a garden laborer and had netning to do with the removal of trash fr:m the site. He aisc said taa Mr. Gcusie wculd not be invcived in removing
.any dirt fr m the site.
He said that TI always saved all the dir; that they could.
With regard : :ne railroad s:ur ::nstruction arounc 1965, he said that he saw the s ar being built anc recalled that ney :ut in a railroad bed wita stones or rocks and that they had :: mcve scme dir; aside.
He said that he did not knew hcw desc the railroad bed was or what they did with the dirt which was ;ushed aside when creparing the bed.
He said that he did not see any of the dir being moved frca the railroad bed lccati n.
He said that he never saw anycne, who worked in the nuclear fuel activity, burning anything cutside.
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Mr. McLeod said that Mr. Gcusie worked under his super /ision.
He said that frem abcut 1957 until 1966, "they" (TI) had cne dump truck.
The trucks wculd go offsite with trash frem St.ildings 1, 3, and 4 and the trash would go to the Norten dump (Shpack procerty) frcm about 1957 until abcut 1972 wnen TI got a c mpactor and dumosters.
1 He-said that he very seidem, abcut 3 or 4 times a year, drove any trasit to the Norten dump.
He said that Fred Fontaine tack trash to the dump the most often, abcut twice a day, and that later en, George (last name not recalled) tcok :ne most trips to the dumc.
He said that Frank Gcusie very seldem (abcut 3 cr i times a year) t ok trash to the Norten dumo.
He said that 'ce Car came to work for him (Mr. McLecd) around ' he same time that Mr. Gcusie did and t
that Mr Carr did the same kind of work dat Mr. Gcusia did.
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said. that Mr. Carr did !andscaping work such as pruning shrubs.. He said that he did not tnink that Mr. Carr hauled any trash to the Norten duma.
He said that Mr. Carr was empicyed in the. uclear i
division but tnat he did not knew in wnar cacacity_ He said that Mr Car ~ worked in the nuclear activity pricr to c: ming to werx for himi He said that he dces nor knew hcw-icng he (Carr) worked fcr Metals and Centrols and said that-he did not knew if Mr. Car
- is still emolayed at TI.
Mr_ McLeod said that was unaware that a sign bearing the words "M&C Nuclear Divisien,. Centaminated Eeyond This Point, recer edly had been dumced at de Attleboro Landfill Ccrpcratien dump site.
He said. that he had no kncwledge of any onsita burial area of material at the TT sita..
Interview of' Mr. Alfred Amancio. Greunds Keecer, Texas Instrments.
Attleccrc, Massacnusetts. on Cecemcer 7.1978.
Mr. Amancio furnisned ne foiicwing infer aticn to NRC Inscec Or R. E. Shecnerd in the presence of TI recresen:2 ives F. Sher-'an, 3. L. Williams, and R.
D. Murrill: Mr. Amancio's present superviscr is Mr. Xenneth VcLacd.
His former sucerviser was Mr. Ray 3r:gan wne is still emcloyed at Texas Instrments (TI). When Mr. Amancio werked for V&C Nuclear (under Mr. Bregan's sucer/isien), Mr. McLacd wcrked for Met T s and Controls (the-ncn-nuclear cperaticn).
(Mr. Fred Sher--En mentiened during this interview that the nuclear PJel cceratien in Building 10 began arounc 1956 cr 1957 and lasted until deut 1966.)
Mr.
Amancio said that he made 3 cr a trips each day to the Norten dume (Shpack pr:certy) tc dumo trash censisting mcstly of ;acer, car:bcard, and prcbably scme piping.
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The truck had the words "M&C Nuclear" on the side of the dcor.
He said that he went l
to work for Mr. McLeod around 1960 or 1961.
He said that the only steady man that he (Amancio) had helping him load the truck was Jce Carr.
Mr.. Amancio said that he dces not recall that Mr. Carr ever i
drove the truck. He-said that ha cannot recall hauling any dirt off the TI site.
Regarding the railroad spur construction around 1965, ha said that he dces not knew if any excavation waa necessary f a order to maka the spur.
H6 said that he did not knew cr could not: recall seeing any dirt being removed from the TI site.
Mr Amancio said. that he recalled that he burned zire- (:ircenium) chips in an area which was cccesita Suilding IT in the present i
visitor parking lot for Building 12. He said that he burned the
- fr: chips, and cnly ire chics, ence er twice a week fr n abcut 1956 cr 1957 until abcut 1960.
He said tha Jce Carr hei;ed him burn the : ire chips wnich, he said, came from Building 10.
He said that; he never burned any contaminated material and never saw anycne burn such material.
He said that tnis was the enly burning cceraticn which he kncws abcur. He said that everytning else went to :ne Norten dump site.
Mr. Amancio said that Tcoy Knoll (phenetic) had charge of the_ M&C grounds until his retirement and tnat Mr. Knoll had nothing to do with tne nuclear activity.
He said that he dces not knew anything abcut any trash removal frem ~I prior to 1956 or 1957 wnen he was transferred to M&C Nuclear fr m the precicus metais refinery.
He said that he never saw anycne scan or survey the trash whicn he hauled to the Nor:cn dumo.
He said.tha Fred Fcntaine and ancther man picked uc trash frem M&C anc that this trasn hac nothing ta dc with the nuclear operaticns in Building 10.
He said tra: he never entered the centamina:ad area of Euilding 10 and never hauled or cck anytning away frem Suilding 10 as trasn.
He saic :nat Frank Gcusie never werkad for him and that if there was any burning Operation anywhere en :ne sita, excact wrere he said that he (?r.ancio' burned zire chips, then he is not aware of it.
He saic tha Jce Carr did not drive any trucks off site.
He said that Mr. Liberace worked for Mr. McLecd and that Mr. Liberace drove the rubbish packer dcwn to the Attleboro Landfill Cercera icn dump site but did not go with trash to the city dump.
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to work at TI about 12 years ago, long after the phase cut cf Building 10 and that Mr. Liberace picked up trash frem all Cver the site, including Building 10 after the close cut (phase cut) of that building.
Mr. Nnancic was shcwn a diagram of the TI site by R. Shecherd and he incicated en the diagram the accroximate area where he burned
.irc chips, as mentioned above.
Inter tiew cf Mr. Ravmend Brocan, Maintanance Civisien. Texas Insmments.
(TI), Attleccro, Massacnusetts, on Cecemcer 6. i H3.
Mr. aregan furnisnec :ne fciicwing infci naticn to EC Inscector R. E. ShecceM in tne presence of TI recresentative Recert D. Mur-ill: Mr. 3regan said that in July 1957, he changed jcbs frem Metals and Centrols to M&C Nuclear and taar he worked in that role in Suilding 10 frem July 1957 :nreugh 1954 He said thar 96 per cent of his duties in the maintenance area and that he had no manufacaring weret
.escensibilities in the fuel fabrication area.
Tne other 5 cer cenr of his duties censisted of a manufacturing responsibiitty with regard to handling finished fuel plates up througn the final assemoly proces s He said that, by reascn of his jcb rescensibilities in tne maintenance operation, he had cc asien to be in a centaminated area en a daily basis.
He said that all of the protective clothing, such as shoe covers, were put into 55-gallen bar sis and sent to a laundry in Connecticut and transper:ed there, and raturned to 'I, by a T! truck cr by cc:nnon carrier.
He said that scme shca :: vers were cisposable and that these wnich were not dis:csable were wasned, and that the water that was used for washing them was saved.
Tne barrels of water which were accumulated fmm the washing oceration were shicted :: Cak Ridge, Tennessee.
He said that a salvage area was set uc in Euilding 5, around lata 1953 cr 1959, to evaccrata tie water and collect :he sludge.
Mr. Br:gan said that he had nc kncwledge of any radicactive material or centaminat-d clothing geing frca TI :: the Nera n dump (Sheack crecerty).
With regard to any burning cperation en the TI site, he said that the cnly thing tnat they burned was zire chips in a gravel pit and that tney had joint excercises or training sessions with the Attleborc Fire Decartment and the Fireman's Insurance Asscciatien, botn of whcm participated in fire-extinguishing drills during the rire-burning cceraticn.
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Mr. 3regan was shown a diagram of the TI site by R. 5. Shecherd and Mr. 3regan indicated en the drawing the acproximate area where the rire burning cperation cccurred.
Tnis area is situated at a point on the diagram acproximately mkway between Buildings 11 and 12.
Mr. 3regan said that they ceased burning rire in that area, but that he could not r= call when they did so,. and that they moved de zire burning ocention to an area en the scutheast side of Suilding 5.
Mr 3regan also indicated the appr0ximata lccation of this area cn the diagram shcwn to him by R. Shecherd.
Mr. Br gan said. -hat he did not knew who did the burning (of zirc) at tne first iccation menticned abcve.
With regard de second location,. he said.nat he did not knew if Arthur Hansen, wno left the ccmcany in 1960 cr 1961 and who designed the water evacant:r in-BuiTding 5,. did any of the burning of :irc cutside: at. ne sec:nd i
lccatien He said dat Jeff Gelinas, who is new retired, did scme of the burning it :nir second location.
Mr. Br gan said dat as far as he kncws, only tire was burned cutsice.
He said that wnen they installed the evaccrator unit in Building 5, all of the water was evacoratad inere and that they shi ped cut the sludge to an accreved burial place, the 1cca:icn of which he did not knew Mr.
3rogan said tnat he had working uncer his suceriision Al Amancio who was responsible for grounds-keecing and fer hauling trash in the M&C truck, which later was designated as the TI truck, to the Norten Landfill (Shcack precerty).
He said that in 1957 -hey ser up a ccmpletely sacarata gr0unds maintenance cceraticn and dar Mr.
Amancio was rescensible for the grounds having to de with the nuclear cceratien. He said that Mr. McLecc was rescensible f:r all other grounds.
Mr. Amancio had this jcc frem 1957 a abcut 1963 and recorted to Mr. Br gan curing this :ericd.
After 1963 Mr.
Amancio recorted 50 Mr. McLecd.
Mr. 3r:gan said that he (3r:gan)
' lost" tne rescensibility in accccximately 1963 and 1964 but got it back again around 1964 He said da: Vr. McLecd was rescensible for maintenance werk related o One nuclear aceratien in 1963 until the pnase cut ( f Suilding 10) in 1966.
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picked uc Only trash fr:m the ci.ean area of Building 10.
He said that he is not sure of wnat Mr. Amancf o's pick-up area was when Mr.
Amancic began to report te Mr. McLecd in 1962 cr 1363.
Mr. 3regan said that they bougn: a ecmcacter arcund 1963 cr 1964 and dat abcut 95 ;er cent of all r;bbish that left the site left in the ccccacter truck.
Those wno creve the ccccac:cr track were Al Amancio, Frank Liberace, and Fred Fcntaine.
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He said that he does not knew if Mr. Carr drove the ccmpactor truck.
He said that anything that came cut of Suilding 10 and went into the ccmpactor was clean in that it wculd ccme frem j
a clean area.
He said that if there was any questien abcut an itam being contaminated, Health Physics persennel would always be involved in checking it and that nothing wculd leave the sita withcut Health Physics acpreval.
He said that Cleo Fortier was a Health ?hysics Technician and reported to Peter Leysen,. the Health Physics Officar, during a pericd scmetime '.meen 1957 and 1966.
Mr. Lcysen was succeeded by Peter Cuff wno was la:ar succeeded by Norman Weiss who is still empicyed at TI.
Mr. 3r gart said that he dces not recalT seeing any dire er ear-h being removed fr:m the TI sita. With regard to the railroad spur that was built around 1965, he said that the whole railroad scur area.was 1ccated in a-generally swamey area and that he recalls that his colleague, Al Bright, wna was the Facilities Engineer en the jcb, T:entiened to him that they ran into scme peat begs cr ceat pcckets. He said that Mr. 3right left TI in 1970 to take ano:ner icb..
Mr. Br gan said that many times he saw Health Physics cerscnnel checking for contaminaticn (for examole, taking smears) en cutgoing trucks which were taking "stuft" frem the centaminated area cf Building-10 He said that he never saw them (Health Physics persennel) do the same thing with trucks going to the Norten dumo sita.
Mr. 3r gan said that they had wnat they called a "steckace" which was a parking (storage) area for contaminated wasta going o an aporoved burial sita.
The s:cckade included 55-gallen drums and centaminated debris in containers and it had a 6-fcot hign cedar fenca around it.
Mr. Sregan was shcwn a diagram of the T! site by R. Shepnerd and he indica:ad on the diagram the a;creximate loca:icn cf te s:cckade which accears to have been !ccated cccasita the scuth side of Building 10 in an area wnich is new a pavec parting area.
Mr. Sregan was re-intarviewed en January 9,1979 by NRC Inscectors R. E. Shepherd and R. H. Smith in the ;resanca of Mr. Fred Sherman and Mr. Jchn A. Haug, TI's Attleboro Paten: Ccunsel.
Mr. 3regan furnished tne fcilcwing additional infer ation:
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24 was approximately scmetime between 1959 and 1962 wnen the : ire-burning operation was moved frem the previcusly noted area (in the general vicini+y of Buildings 11 and 12) tc the area en the scutheast side of Suilding 5.
He acccmpanied Messrs. Shepherd and Smith to the latter area and pointed cut the approximata area where the 7inc-burning operation teck place.
Tnis area. was cbsarted to be approximately 300 feet away from.he scutheast side of Suilding 5.
With regard to the protactive clothing wnich was sent to a laundry in Ccnnecticut, as previcusIy mentioned by Mr. Er:gan, he said that it wculd have been semecne working in the shipoing and receiving depar*=ent wno was res:cnsible for that oceratien.. He said tha:
Cwignt Pattan was rescensible for sni;oing and receiving and that there ars a number of pecple still working at TI wna wculd have had these; responsibilities at that. time.
i Interview of W. Gerard (Jeffl Selinas. 43 Cakdale Avenue, At-leboro.
Massacnusetts, en Januarv 9, 1979.
M.r. 'ieilnas furnisnec :ne folicwinc inTcenaticn to l4RC Inscectors R. E. Shecherd and R. H.
Smith: Se said that fr:m abcut 1963 to 1967, he was emolcyed at Texas Instr =ents (TI), which was then kncwn as Metals and Centrols, and his position was sucervisor of the wasta area Or scrac reclamaticn area which was a fenced-in area near Building 5.
He said that an incinerater was Tecated curside Building 5, in a lean-to structure with a stack, adjoining Suilding 5.
He said that they burned icw level centaminated paper, c:ntaining natural uranium, in the incin-erator Tney also burned scmo cardbcard, but did not burn any clothing er metal.
The material which was burned came fran work bencnes in Building 10.
He said that the c:ntaminated material wnich was burned was of 00 lcw an enrichment to be sent :: Cak Ridge, Tennessee.
Those who bur ed the centaminated material included himself, Jce Carr, : rank Gcusie, and Ray LaChance.
He said that Gecrge 2eard was res:cnsible fer shiccing ' stuff" (0:ntam-inated wasta) to Cak Ridge.
He said tnat Ray LaChance lives in Plainville and tha-Jce Carr lived in Ncr*0n.
He said nat the ash frem the incinera:cr was sniccec ta Cak Ridge.
He said :ha: :ne centracter who did the decentaminaticn jco at Building 10, after the phase cut, was Sill Cunlap who is new deceased.
The "decon
jcb at Building 10 invcived steam cleaning and painting of the area.
The watar frcm :he steam was brcught to Mr. Gelinas to be evaporated in Building 5, after which the sludge was :ut into sealed drums anc sent to Cak Ridge.
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3d that the distance frem the incinerator to the area where zirceniu. :._, curned was abcut 300 feet.
The incinerator was en a cement slab measaring abcut 20 feet square.
He said that i
they had to wear protective clothing inside-the fenced area where they burned the :irconium and the centaminated material (in the incinerater) at secarata locaticns.
They also had to ;ut en protective clothing to burn the :irc:nium. The rire:nium chips which were burned inside the fenced-in area were brougn there by fcrk lift trucki He said that the protective clothing was worn in the :ircenium-burning area only as a precaution and that they washed dcwn the fork lift truck every so cften.
Mr. Gelinas : aid that to tne best of his kncwledge, Cleo (Fercier) never found any c:ntaminatien in the. area. whers tne :ircenium was burned.
He said that no dir; was ever removed frem the fenced-in area.
Canny L: pes and Gecrge GTancay (phenetic), who are new deceased, used to haul trash fr:rr the. TI site. Mr. Gelinas said that he had no kncwledge of any dirt having-been renoved from the TI sita. With regard to the railroad spur which was c:nstructed in the general vicinity of the fenced-in area around Euilding 5, Mr. Gelinas said that they had to build uo the area (i.e. usa land fill) fer the railroad bed in order to build the spur _ He said that he has no kncwledge of any excavatien work performed in cannection with the railrcad scur c nstruction.
He said that there was never any burning dcne curside the fencad-in area,. mentioned abcve, except for an area near Building 12 where burning of : ire:nium was dcne after tnis type of burning oceration was transferred frem the Suilding 5 area to the Suilding 12 area areund 1965 cr 1966.
The area in questien is situated near er in the parking lot in the vicinity of Suilding 12.
With regard to the matarial burned in the incinerat:r, as menticned above, it was brcugn there in 55-gallen drums.
Intar/iew of Mr. William Bird, an erclavee of Texas Instruments (TI),
Attleccro. Massacrusetts, en January 3.
is79.
.Mr. aire furnisnec tne foiicwing information to NRC Inscec: rs R. E. Shecherd anc R.
H. Smith in the presence of Mr. Fred Sherman and Mr. Jchn A. Haug:
Mr. Bird said tnat he was employed as a vault custodian in Builcing 10 frem abcut 1957 until the phase cut of that building in 1965.
His jcb respcnsibilities included the ;ackaging of contaminated material, usually solid chips, which wculd be put in a solution and 6 U
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The centainers were then taken from the site by an AEC appointed carrier.
He said that he had no knowledge of anything having been taken frem the TI site to the Shpack curao site in Norten.
He said that Jeff Gelinas was the foreman of the scrap area (with regard to the scrap taken frem Building 10) and that Joe Carr and Frank Gcusie worked for Mr.
Gelinas.
Mr. Bird said that the only burning of matarial Ona he kncws abcut is the burning of zir chics in an caen area in back cf Euilding 5, possibly a hollcwed cut area, and that those wno burned the rirc chips included himself, and Messrs. Gelinas, Carr, and Gcusie. He said tna he did not see any incinerat:r or furnace in that. area wnila he was tnere.
He said : tat they burned :ir chips abcut once per month wnile Building 10 was involved in the nuclear fuel cceratien.
He said that he is not sure, but thinks, that they shipped cut tne circ:nium ashes in barrelt and that. these barrels did not have radicactive matarial stickers en them.
He said that they used shovels to put the rire ashes in the barrels.
He :sid that this was tne cnly burning area that he kncws abcut.
He said that he had no kncwledge of any dirt having been removed frem the TI site.
Regarding the construction cf the railroad scur at the TI sita around 196E, he said that he dces not recall that they had :
do any digging but he recalled that One jcc had more to do with leveling off the area for the railroad bed.
Enterview of Mr. Anthony Cavalieri. President. Patsy Cavalieri and Sen.
279 Elm street. Attiecoro, Massacnusetts, en January 9, i979.
Mr. Cavailer, turnisnec :ne icilcwing information Oc NRC inscectors R. E_ Shecnerd and R. H. Smith:
He said that his ccmcany did not c:nstruct the railread spur at the Texas Instrument (TI) facility.
He suggestad that the West::t Constructicn Com:any, which has dcne constructicn work at T!. might have infcrmatien regarding the railrcad scur project.
Interview of Mr. a dy CeAngelis
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Construc:1:n 9 Irving street. 4creas:ar, wassacnuse: 2. cn January 10, 1979.
(Mr. CeAngelis was initially centactac cy :aiecnone cy R. i. Snecnerd on January 9 and arrangements were made :: intariiew him at a jcb site in McIlisten, Massachusetts, en January 'O.)
Mr.
CeAngelis furnished the fc11cwing infccmatien to NRC Inscectors R.
E. Shephced and R. H. Smith:
He said that arcunc 1975, he remcved a section of railrcad track at the Texas Instruments (TI) site and 59n
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He said that the section of track was ever 200 feet long and was abcut l
the length of Suilding a which is situated alcngside the area from which the track was rencved.
He said that he did not have to remove any dirt or material in c nnection with that jcb.
He said that he did not knew the exact dates when this work was dene.
He said that the work done by his ccmcany involved only tne remcval of the railrcad. ties and track. He said that semeene stole abcut 5 or 6 of the railroad ties and he then t:ck the remaining ties (acercxi-mataly 200) a his s:crage yard wnich is 1ccatad at 1187 Miliburj Street, Worcastar, Massachusetts.
He said
- hat his ccmcany did not handle the c:nstructicn of tre railr:ad s;ur which was c:nstructac ar TI arcund 1965. He said. that the only railroad track which he constructed fcr T! was a 3C0 foot section of track wnich his ccmcany, as the. prime centract:r for TI, c:nstmc:ad during the Surrmer of T978. This was an extansien to an existina railroad s:ur. He said that Narraganset Ccmpany was alsc doing work at II wnen his cemeany was laying the section of track, mentioned above, and that scme other ccmcany was putting in a drain uncer the track.
He said that when his ccmcany laid the 3C0 feet of railroad track, he remcved abcut 3 truck loads of aschalt which he t ck to the Narraganset Comcany's private duma in Attlatcre.
He said that Bruce, whose last name he c:uld not recall but who is a superintendent for the Narraganset Cemeany, told him to take it there.
Mr. CeAngelis said that when he was laying the secticn of track in 1978, they ran into
- a. steel pipe, measuring abcut 12 inches in diameter and abcut 20 feet long, which had abcut ene inch of dirt around the inside circumferance.
He said that the "TI pecole" Old him to remove the pipe and he ::ck it to his ccmrany's s:Orage yard in Wercastar.
Mr. CeAngelis said that ne saw c:ner centrac: Ors remcving truck Icacs of cirt frem the TI. sita but he dces not recall wnc they were or wners Oney ::ck it.
He said that his : mcany has rec:rds anc
- hotcgraphs Of :ne 2 jcos, menticned accve, wnich were dcne at tna TI sita and wnich whcuid be availaole :: the inscect:rs at nis place Of business in Worcester.
Messrs. Shecnere anc Imith inf:r ed Mr. CeAngelis that they wculd visit tne s:crage yard in Wercestar where the railroad ties 6.0 steel pipe are presently s:Ored and he said that he wculd arrange to have s:mecne there to shcw these itams to the ins:ec crs upon their arrival at the storace vard later en this same date (January 10).
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10, 1979. Mr. J. CeAngeils furnisnec '.ne folicwing informat1cn to l
NRC Inspectors R. E. Shepherd and R. H. Smith:
He said that the i
DeAngelis Ccmpany, working as a subcentr.ctor for Weste t: Constructicn
-j Corporation, removed 1. section of railroad track cutside Building 4 at the Texas Instruments (TI) facility in 1977.
In doing this feo, the CeAngelis Cemeany remcved the steel rails and wceden ties and brcught the ties to the CeAngelis Cemeany's s:Orage yard in Wotcaster, Massachusetts, wnere they are presently st red.
Curing JuTy and Augus: 1973, the CeAngelis Cemeany, working as a prime. centract:r fer TI, laid a section of railroad track wnich became an ex ansion to an existing railrcad spur at the TI site.
In doing this jco, the CeAngelis Company did seme excavation work i
to prepare the-railrcad bed and had to recove 4 buried steel plates and a secticn of stael pipe.
The stael cla:es. ranged in thickness i
fran 1/4 inch to 2 inches and measured accut 4 feet wide and 5 feet icng.
The stael pice measured abeut 20 feet icng and 12 incnes in diameter. The stael platas and pipe were also removed fr n the TI sita and taken to the CeAngelis C:mpany's storage yard in Worcester, Massachusetts.
The inspectors visited the stcrage yard en January 10, 1979 and observed the railrcad ties, steel plates, and stael pipe menticned above.
The s crage yard is enciesed by a chain-link fenca with gatas. which are lockec.
Mr. J. CeAngelis shewed the inscectors photographs of the railroad jcb sitas at TI wnich were taken by him when the CeAngelis Com:any worked On these two jcbs in 1977 and 1973.
He also had rec:rds regarding the varicus types of work involved in c:nstructing the railroad spur in 1978 and these rec rds shcwed that it was necessary Oc dig up a secticn of asphalt anc dir; to prepare tne railr:ad bed.
The records shcwed that the dirt was remcvec cn Augus: 12, 1973 but de not indicate wnere it was remcved to.
Interview cf Mr. Charles H. Whit =cre, Jr.
?roject vanacer and Safety Director, Westcott Construction Ccr:cra:1cn. i35 Eas Wasninc :n 5:reet, Ncr:n A::leccro. Massacnusetts, en January 10, 1979.
Mr. Whitmcre was interviewec Dy NRC inspec: Ors R. E. Snepner: and R. H. Smith regarding any kncwledge that he might have abcut the railrcad spur constructed at the Texas Instruments (TI) facility around 1965.
He said that he wculd review his ccmpany's records but believed tha:
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29 the Westcott Ccnstructicn Corporaticn may have been the prime contractor for that jcb and that the A. A. Accarc Company, Franklin, Massachusetts, was the subcentrac cr.
He said that he would have mort definita information after reviewing his records and wculd 1
have this information available on January 11.
fir Whitmcre was reinterviewed en January 11 and he said that his ccmpany was act involved in the c nstructicn of the railroad scur as previcusly recor:ed, althcugn his c: meany has dcne c:nstructicn work at the TI facility.
He said that he has no kncwledge of any dirr or-debris having been remcved frem Texas Instruments (TI) by his c:m;any, eitner as a prime centrac:Or or threugn a succontract:r, with the excaction of the excavation for the fcundaticn for the acdition to Building-4, wnich was dcne during June, July, and Augustr1976.
He said har t.49 excavatad material was put into Corranco Cemeany trucks and that the West:stt Cem:: arm had hired Dorrance to co :na: *crt.
He said tha: thi s matarial was taken by Corrance Cemeany :: the Attletcro lai:dfili Ccrporaticn dumo and to another Corrance-cwned site in the Ncr: n-Attlebarc area.
Joint Interview of Individual C, who recuested that his name be kect conficentiai anc Mr. Antncnv ?. Ferreira. Fac111:y Encineer, Texas Instruments ( TI), en January li.1979.
Inc1vicual C anc Mr. Ferreira furnisnec :ne foiicwing infer.a:1cn Oc NRC Inspectcrs R. E. Shecnerd and R. H. Smith in :ne presence of TI recresentatives F. Sherman and J. A. Haug:
Sotn Individual C and Mr. Ferreira said that the Cavalieri Cemeany installed the railrcad s ur at the TI sita in T965. When informed that the inspectors 5:cke with Mr. Antncny Cavalieri (of Patsy Cavalieri i Sen) and were ta'd by him that his ccmcany did not build the railr:ad scur, they irdicated tha: the railrcad scur was built by Mr. Cavalieri's father and tha: the Cavalieri C: meany constructed the railroad track and that Cerrance Excava:icn Ocmeany did the grading work for the railroad bed.
Mr. Ferreira said that he saw the wcrk being dcne en the railrcad spur construction by both the Cavalieri and Corranca Cce anies.
He said that the Corrance Comcany had :: do scme ex avation work en the ncrth end of the constructicn area wnere a section of the track e.
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He said that the whole railrcad spur jcb (excluding the work dcne later by the DeAngalis Ccmpany) was done in the middle of 1965.
Individual C i
said that the Accaro Ccmpany, Franklin, Massachusetts, had nothing to do with the construction of the railroad scur.
(The name of this comoany was mentioned by R. E. Shecherd as possibly being the subcentrac:cr en the railroad spur constructicn, basec cn informa:icn furnished to R. E. Shepherd by Mr. Charles Whitmore, of Westect:
Constructicn Cer; oration, en January 10,1979).
Mr. Fernira said that the Con ance C:mcany brougnt in " fill" to grade One track near the juncticn wnere the s:ur c nnectad :: the main track. He also said that neither the Corrance C mcany nce the i
Cavalieri C =pany ::ck anytning off the TI sita in c:nnection with the ra.ilroad s;ur-constructicn.
Indfvidual C said th'at when the CeAngelis C: meany installed a
' ailroad scur last year (as an add-cn to the existing spur), the CeAngelis Cemeany removcd frem the TI sita an area of aschalt, measuring abcu 20 feet wide,100 feet icng, and abcu: 2 inches thick, but Ind.ivicual C did not knew wnere tais matarial was taken after Teaving ;he TI site.
Individual C said that Mr. Ce3ngelis asked. whers he could demo the aschal: and was told that he (Mr.
CeAngelis) could dumo it in the Attlebero Landfill dumo site.
Individual C said that there was a steam oice which Mr. CeAngelis had to remove when c:nstructing the railroad s ur in 1978.
He said that this was originally a steam pi:e ccing frem Building 5 to Building 10. i.e. it was a steam intake pipe in c Builcing 10 frem Building 5.
With regard to the read coastructed near the scuth sice of Euilding 10,Mr. Ferreira said tha: One Narragansat Ccmcany anc :ne Ccrrance Cemeany were the two prime c:ntractors #:r the read c nstructi n wert ;erformed around the TI si:a.
Individual C said tnat Building 12 was. buil curing 1967 and 1968 and that a small cement walk, measuring abcut 4 :: 6 inches deec, abcut 10 feet wide, and abcut 3C0 feet icnc, and connecting parking lot "0" with Building 12, was built ever an ensite dumctng area which measured abcut 300 feet in diameter.
Individual C said that he did not nave any idea as to the de :h of the dumcing area er as
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He also said that he did not knew how long the dumping area was used and he did not see anyone dump anything in that area.
Individual C also said that he never saw anything taken frem TI procerty in c:nnecticn with the construction of Building 12 and the cement walkway mentiened abcve.
Mr. Ferreira said that "they" burned scme : ire:nium scraps in 55-gallen drums in the abcve-mentiened dumcing area bu: that this was dcne simoly for fire-extinguishing instruction :ur:cses.
He said that this is the cnly area wnere he (Ferreira)- saw anycne burn anything cn the TI site.
R. E. Shecherd shcwed Mr. Ferreira a diagram of the TI facility and ;cintad :: an area en the diagram wnien was an area wnere Mr. A. Amancio saic : a he nad burned irc:nium. Mr. Ferreira said tna the placa wnere he (Ferreira) saw zirconium be1ng burned, solely for fire instructicn pur:cses, was in the same general vicinity as that wn:ch was recortad by Mr.
Anancia as the area wnere he (Amancio) burned :irt nium.
Interview of Mr. Cleo Forcier, Grouc Safety Ernineer, Texas Instruments.
A: lecoro. Massacnusetts, on Januarv li, 1979.
Mr. Forcier furn1snec
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H. Smith:
He said that he has been working a: the Texas Ins:ruments (TI) sita in-Attlebore for 22 rears and was emolcyed as a Healtn Physics (HP) inspector during the period that Building 10 was in operation with regard to nucle ar fuel oceraticns.
He said that, to the bes of his kncwledge, ma.arial such as pacer t:wels and rags, which came frem Suilding 10, ', ere taken :: the incinerat:r, wnich was Iccated in a car:cr:-ty;( structure adjoining Suilding 5, without having a radiatica survey performed on such matarial.
The ecole wno used the incinerator were r:tactive cic:hinc. includinc gloves, discosacia sace c: vers, and film bacges.
He saic :ta: Jce' Carr and 'eff Gelinas did scme of :ne burning in ne incinera: r and tha: :ne asnes wers put in 55-gallen crums wnica were then brought back into Euilding 10.
He said :na-he :er# rmed pericdic radiaticn surveys of Suilcing 5 and the general area wnere :ne burning in :ne incinera:Or was dcne.
With regard to an ensita durcing area located be: ween Buildings 11 and 12, he said that this dumo area certained stacks and duct werk fr:m Euilding 10, after the pnase cut cf Euilding IC.
All of the scrap frcm Building 10, after it (:ne scra:) was decentaminated was sold to " Miller", a scrap dealer in Attleboro, whcm he could not 0_
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Mr. For':ier said that he (Forcier) and his associates at Metals and Centro 7s did the "decon" jeb of Suilding 10, using soap and water, and muriatic solutien, if necessary.
He said that everything was sur/syed for centamination before it left the building. He said that no liquid waste was put into the ensite i
dumping area He said that he never saw, nor had any cc:asien to suciey, any truck containing trash going to any lccai dumo.
He said that rive nium was burnec in cniv ene area en tne TI sita and dat this was in the fencad-in area n' ear Building 5, at a "gced distance" from Suilding 5.
The only burning areas that he kncws abcut are the incinerator burning area ?nd the irc:nium burning area mentioned accve.
He said nat ncne Of the ccmcany's *:mck drivers ever asked him Oc sur/ey anything that they were going to transcort scmewnere.
He said dat he has no kncwledge of any dir*,
debris, er rocks having been taken frem the TI sita.
He. said that he c:uld not racall wnat was dcne with.the residue frem the steam-cleaning 'dec:n" jeo of Suilding 10.
He said that Charles Enthwistle (;nenetic) par-ici:atad in tne "decen" jeb and that Enthwistle is still emolcyed at T!.
Mr. Forcier did de radiation surveys with regard to the "dec:n" jcb but he did not do the actual steam-cieaning and dces not knew wna did the steam-cleaning jcb. He did not knew if Cunlap, a name menticned by R.
Shepherd,. did the steam-cleaning jcb.
Mr. Forcier said that he dces not knew if any c:ntaminated material was put into the ensita duccing area menticned abcve.
Mso, he said tha+ he d?es not knew wny any material was ut into tne ensita dumaing area nor dces he knew wne was res:ensible f:r ;utting anything into this area.
He said that he had no kncwles 'e cf a water eva:cration aceration in Buildinc 5.
He said that'he has no kncwledge Of wnat was dcne with 2e :ircenium asnes fr:m the burn oc area, in the vicinity of Suilding 5, menticned abcve.
He said tha:~
he has no kncwledge of any sign er sign ;cs: used at the site anc wnic.h had words to de effect "Radicactive 'datariai, No Treseassing Beycnd This Point.' He sai that tre :;nsita cum:ing area was a hole, accu: 15-20 feet deep wnich was c:vered with accu: 10 fee:.cf dirt.
Interview of Mr. Melvin Corrance, President. Cer ance Ccnstruction Ccmcany, Wer on, Massacnusetts, en January 12, 1979.
Mr. Corrance furnisnec tne foiicwing infor a:1:n Oc MC Inscectors R. E. Shecherd and R. H. Smith: With regard to tne construction of the railroad 1, O L 1E3 r
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33 spur at Texas Instrements (TI) in Attleboro, Massachusetts, which was constructed arctnd 1965, he taid that his ccmcany removed approximately 200 loads of peat frem the c:nstruction area and teck it to Mr. Ecrrance's privately cwned dumping area en Harvey Street, Norton, Massachusetts. He said that his ccmcany did not dump anything at the Shpack dumcing sita in Norten wnich his comoany removed from either TI precerty or from Engelhard Industries precer:y in plainville, Massachusetts.
He said that his ccmcany brought scme cid hcuses to the Shcack dumcing site to be burned there but :nat these hcuses did not ccma f em TI cr Engelhard Industries procer y.
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Cenclusions The conclusiens related to ATlegation No.1 and the investiga:icn-findings associated therewith are discussed in NRC:I Investiga:icn Report No. 075-154, dated March 1,1979.
With regard to Allegaticn No. 2, it has been verified thr:ugn visual examinatien cf ne Nort:n landfill area (Sheack pre:erty) that certain items discarded there bore the names " Texas Instruments" and " Metals and Controls". None of these items wer fcund to c:ntain radicactive material or radicactive contamin_ tion as determined by tha rucicic 3 cal surveys wnich were c:nducted at the abcVe site i
and detailed in NRC:I Investigation Re:cr No. 078-154 Et s been determined through interviews with TI personnel and atner indivicuals that this c:moany, ccerating under the name Texas Instruments, "etals and Centrois Carecra:icn and/or M&C Nuclear Cor: crated, has emolcyed varicus members of its maintenance force to haul trash fern the TI facility in Attlebcro :: the Ncr::n landfill area (Sheack precerty) en a frecuent basis over a numcer of years.
Cne TI empicyee wnc was involved in TI's trasa :is:csal ccerations stated tnat he hauled twc icads of dirt, c:nsis:ing of ashes from burned :ir::nium chi:s and wcccen skids, # rem the TI facility to One Ncr::n landfill area.
ine in crmaticn develocec thrcugh the intereiews witn TI :ersennel and Otner individuals failed to substantiate that the T! items ciscarded at the Ncr cn landfill area were radicactive.
It was also determined that MIC"NUcl ear, !nc., Attlebore, Massachusetts,
wnich merged si:n TI in 1959, had used the aforementicned landfill area to discard t ash and other material, including burned :f rconium ashes, asscciated wi:h nuclear fuel ccerations conducted at the TI facility fr:m about 1957
- 1956.
Based on NRC's review of TI's nuclear 0;erations a: thar lecatien and the analyses of the radicactive material f:und at the Nort:n landf'll. area,
it is pessible that TI was the major source of that material.
Other pcssible scurces of the radicactive ma:erial cculd no: 5e determined because of the limited amoun: of radicactive physical evidence fcund at the Norton site.
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