ML19253A766
| ML19253A766 | |
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| Site: | 05000083 |
| Issue date: | 08/10/1979 |
| From: | James O'Reilly NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | Ohanian M FLORIDA, UNIV. OF, GAINESVILLE, FL |
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| NUDOCS 7909110197 | |
| Download: ML19253A766 (1) | |
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m EI In Reply Refer To:
RII:JTO 50-83 University of Florida Attn:
M. J. Ohanian, Chairman College )f Engineer 202 Nuclear Sciences Center Gainesville, 71orida 32611 Gentleiene Enclosed is IE Bulletin No. 79-19, which requires action by you vith regard to your reactor facility (ies) with an operating license.
Should you have questions regarding this Bulletin or the actions required of you, please contact th!s office.
Sincerely, S
k Q James P. O'Reilly Director Enc 1csures:
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6820 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND EhTORCEMEhT WASHINGTON, D.C.
20555 August 10, 1979 IE Bulletin No. 79-19 PACKAGING OF LOV-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE FOR TRANS Dcctription of Circumstances:
Low-level radioactive waste is that vaste which can be transferred and shippe to one of three waste burial facilities which are located in and licensed by On July 10, the Agreement States of Nevada, South Carolina, and Washington.
1979, the Governors of the three states notified NRC Chairman Hendrie of th serious and repeated disregard for rules governing the shipments of low-level radioactive vastes to these burial facilities.
Examples of violations of Agreement State, DOT and NRC rules follow:
Improperly packaged uranium fines igniting packaged liquid scintillation v in combustible vaste is believed to have caused a fire and destru 14, 1979.
truck at the Beatty, Nevada burial facility on May On July 2, 1979, three of twelve steel containers shipped to the Beatty buria The material was facility were found to be leaking radioactive material.
described on the bill of lading as being a solid inorganic salt (evaporatorThe concentrates solidified with urea formaldehyde) from a reactor facility.
Governor of the State of Nevada ordered the drums to be shipped out of the state and the burial facility was temporarily closed.
On July 30, the first shipment into the reopened Beatty facility contained The radioactive contents were sand filters free liquid in " solid" material.
used at an insitu leaching process at a uranium mill.
Forty-three shipments with sixty-three deficiencies were observed during th package inspection program between April 10 and July 5, 1979, by the Ag The shipments State of South Carolina, at the Barnwell, S.C. burial facility.
were from reactor, medical, industrial and military facilities.
the Federal Higpdgiggsigog" sued a Notice of On June 28, 1979 Violation to a reactor facility p ; DUPLICATE DOCUMENT tien resulting from improper clos q., r,,,
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