ML19254E611
| ML19254E611 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | 07000033 |
| Issue date: | 09/07/1979 |
| From: | Sherman F TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INC. |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7911010576 | |
| Download: ML19254E611 (3) | |
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h TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED METALLURGICAL MATERIALS OlVISloN September 7, 1979 Director U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region I 631 Park Avenue King of Prussit, PA 19406
Reference:
SNM-23, Docket 70-33 and I.E.
Bulletin No. 79-19 Gentlemen:
This letter is the Texas Instruments Incorporated HFIR Project (TI) response to Items 1-9 of Enclosure 1 in the referenced I.E.
Bulletin.
Our response, plan of action, and schedules correspond to your expected actions as follows:
1.
TI maintains a current version of 10 CFR, by subscription to an updating service, and has ordered one copy of 49 CFR 100-199.
2.
TI maintains a copy of appropriate burial contractor requirements and burial contractor Radioactive Material License and Conditions as imposed by the appropriate Agreement States used for burials.
3.
The HFIR Project Manager of Nuclear Safety and Manager of Nuclear Materials is responsible for the safe transfer and packing of low-level radioactive waste.
The burial contractor is (by contract) responsible for the safe transport of low-level radioactive waste shipments.
4.
HFIR Project Management-Approved detailed instructions and operating procedures are required to be observed by all personnel involved in the transfer and packaging of low level radioactive waste.
The instructions and procedures specify the required physical form and containment integrity of low-level radioactive waste.
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Personnel involved in the transfer and packaging of radio-active material are the same persons generating waste for 6.
burial.
Such persons are trained via detailed written operating procedures / instructions, in DOT /NRC regulatory requirements, waste burial license requirements, and required physical form of waste (only U 038 is processed at TI).
Such training is provided by detailed written instructions for transfer and packaging of low-level radioactive waste and a record of training dates, persons receiving training, and subject material are maintained on the packaging procedures instructions for future inspections by NRC personnel.
Minimizing the volume of low-level radioactive waste is the responsibility of HFIR Project Management.
7.
TI maintains a nac=gement-controlled audit of transfer and packaging activities (burial contractor transports) to provide assurance that personnel, instructions, and procedures are functioning to ensure safety and compliance with regulatory requirements.
8.
The management-controlled audit referenced in Item 7 above was performed and will continue on a minimum of seven month frequency basis during regular production periods.
9.
Items 1 through 8 above provide our plan of action and schedule of activities.
Information relative to low-level radioactive waste ship-ments during 1978 and the first six months of 1979 are:
A.
Nine (9) low-level radioactive waste transfers totaling 325.4 cubic feet were transported from our facility for burial by a licensed waste burial firm.
B.
Major isotopes disposed were:
226 a.
Approx. 1.4 x 10-3 Ci RaSO4 encapsulated and shielded check source, b.
Approx. 21.1 x 10-3 Ci U(93 w/o)3 8 as 0
contaminated waste.
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Low.1.evel radioactive mop water waste is evaporated to " dry crust" for burial.
Respectfully submitted, FL. L a F.
L. Sherman Manager, HFIR Project ick cc:
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Div. of Fuel Facility and Materials Inspection Washington, D.C.
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