ML19249E051
| ML19249E051 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Fort Saint Vrain  |
| Issue date: | 09/12/1979 |
| From: | Seyfrit K NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
| To: | Millen C PUBLIC SERVICE CO. OF COLORADO |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7909260042 | |
| Download: ML19249E051 (1) | |
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Mr. C. K. Millen Senior Vice President P. O. Box 840 Denver, Colorado 80201 Gentleuen:
Enclosed is IE Information Notice No. 79-21, "Transporation and Commerical Burial of Radiosctive Material," which provides information on packaging and disposal of radioactive material.
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IE Information Notice No. 79-21 2.
List of Information Notices Issued in Last Six Months cc:
D. W. Warembourg, Nuclear Production Manager Fort St. Vrain Nuclear Station P. O. Box 363 Platteville, Colorado 80651 L. Brey, Manager, Quality Assurance os sooy> '
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20555 IE Information Notice No. 79-21 September 7, 1979 Page 1 of 2 TRANSPORTATION AND COMMERCTAL BURIAL OF RADICACTIVE MATERIAL On July 10, 197P, 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 vastes to their burial facilitics. The problems causing the Governors' concern may be summarized as contaminated packages; improper loading of packages which results in unneces-sary radiation exposure; packages containing liquids when liquids or free-standing water are not authorized to be buried; Icaking 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 enclosures to this Notice provide information regarding the reg-ulatory requirements for the packaging, transportation and disposal of radioactive material. The requirements for packaging and transport referenced herein are applicable to shipments of all radioactive material.
The enclosed suonary of radioactive waste burial criteria defines the current burial-site license and State requirements on waste form acd 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 requirenents can be found in 49 CFR Parts 170-179 (Oct. 1, 1977). The NRC requirements are in 10 CFR Part /1.
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 requirement, are met, you should coordinate your waste disposal activities with the waste collection companies and/or the vaste burial 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.
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