ML19249E044
| ML19249E044 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Cooper  |
| Issue date: | 09/12/1979 |
| From: | Seyfrit K NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
| To: | Pilant J NEBRASKA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7909260035 | |
| Download: ML19249E044 (1) | |
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50-298 Nebraska Public Power District ATTN:
J. M. Pilant, Director Licensing & Quality Assurance Post Office Box 499 Columbus, Nebraska 68601 Gentlemen:
Enclosed is IE Information Notice No. 79-21, "Transporation and Co:nerical Burial of Radioactive Material," which provides information on packaging and disposal of radioactive caterial.
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Enclosures:
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IE Information Notice No. 79-21 2.
List of Information Notices Issued in Last Six Mor.ths cc:
L. C. Lessor, Superintendent Ceoper Nuclear Station Post Office Box 98 Brownville, Nebra kr.
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF INSPECTION AED ENFORCEMENT WASHINGTON, D.C.
20555 IE Information Notice No. 79-21 September 7,1979 Page 1 of 2 TRANSPORTATION AND COMMERCIAL BURIAL OF RADI0 ACTIVE MATERIAL On July 10, 1979, the Governors of the Agree.nent States of Nevada, South Carolina, and Washington notified NRC Chairman Hendrie of the serious and repeated disregard for the rules governing the shipments of lou-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 unnece--
sary radiation exposure; packages containing liquids when liquids or free-stand.ng water are not authorized to be buried; leaking packages; improper labelirg 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 enclosures to this Notice provide iuformation regarding the reg-ulatory requirements for the packaging, traucportation and disposal of radioactive material. The requirements for packaging and transport referenced herein are applicable to shipments of all radioactive material.
The enclosed summary of radioactive vasce 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 enclosed DOT publication, "A Review of the DOT Regulations for Transportation of Radioactive Materials."
The enclosures 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 DOT requirements for packaging and transportation, and the waste packaged for eventual disposal at any of the three operating vaste-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 bu-ial site operators. The sites receiving wastes for burial are operated either by the Nuclear Engineering Co., Inc. (502-426-7160), or Chem-Nuclear Systems, Inc.
(206-827-0711).
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