ML19249E078
| ML19249E078 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | 05000375 |
| Issue date: | 09/10/1979 |
| From: | Engelken R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V) |
| To: | Remley M ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORP. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7909260235 | |
| Download: ML19249E078 (1) | |
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SUITE 202, WALNUT CREEK PLAZ A WALNUT CREEK, CALIFORNIA 94596 September 10, 1979 Docket tio. 50-375 Energy Systems Group Rockwell International Corporation P. O. Box 309 Canoga Park, California 91304 Attention: Dr. M. E. Remley, Manager Health Services and Radiation Safety Gentl emen:
Enclosed is Information flotice flo. 79-21, " Transportation and Comercial Burial of Radioactive Material," which provides information on packaging and disposal of radioactive material.
Sincerely, hq[L R. H. Engelken Director
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6870 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT WASHINGTON, D.C.
20555 September 7, 1979 IE Infonnation Notice No. 79-21 TRANSPORTATION AND COMMERCIAL BURIAL 0F RADI0 ACTIVE fMTERIAL On July 10, 1979, the Governors of the Agreement States of flevada, South Carolina, and Washington notified fiRC 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 contaninated 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; leaking packages; inproper labeling of packages; and improper papenvork for shipnents.
Recently, you should have received either IE Bulletin No. 79-19 or 79-20 on this subj ect. 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 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 enclosed DOT publication, "A Review of the D0T 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 cooy of the burial site license or other burial site documents. The Difi regulatory requiienents can be found in W CTR 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 operators. The sites receiving wastes for burial are operated either by the Nuclear Engineering Co., Inc. (502-426-7160), or Chen-Nuclear Systems, Inc.
(206-827-0711).
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