ML19249E081
| ML19249E081 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | General Atomics |
| Issue date: | 09/10/1979 |
| From: | Engelken R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V) |
| To: | Wellhouser H GENERAL ATOMICS (FORMERLY GA TECHNOLOGIES, INC./GENER |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7909260248 | |
| Download: ML19249E081 (1) | |
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,o WALNUT CREEK, CAttFORNIA 9459G September 10, 1979 Docket Nos. SI)-163 5]-89 General Atomic Company P. O. Box 81608 San Diego, California 92138 Attention:
H. N. Wellhouser, Manager Nuclear Material Control Division Gentlemen:
Enclosed is Information Notice No. 79-21, " Transportation and Commercial Buria! of Radioactive Material," which provides information on packaging and disposal of radioactive material.
Sincerely, l
Am 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 Information Notice No. 79-21 TRANSPORTATION AND COMMERCIAL BURIAL 0F 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 unneces-sary 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 shipnents.
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 radioactis material. Thc 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 trarsportation is in the enclosed 00T 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 licerse 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 71.
To conduct your waste disposal operations properly you must comply with NRC and D0T requirements for packaging and transportation, and the waste packaged for eventual disposal at any of the three o; trating waste-burial sites must be in a form authorized in the particular burial site license and 3 tate 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 buiial are operated either by the Nuclear Engineering Co., Inc. (502-426-7160), or Chen-Nuclear Systems, Inc.
(206-827-0711).
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