ML19256B632
| ML19256B632 | |
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| Site: | 05000148 |
| Issue date: | 08/10/1979 |
| From: | Seyfrit K NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
| To: | Kraft D KANSAS, UNIV. OF, LAWRENCE, KS |
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| NUDOCS 7908160091 | |
| Download: ML19256B632 (1) | |
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August 10, 1979 In heply Refer To:
Docket !:o. 50-148 University of Kansas ATTil:
Dr. David Kraft, Dean School of Engineering Lawrence, Kansas 66044 Centlemen:
Enclosed is IE Bulletin t;o. 79-19, which requires action by you with regard to your reactor facility with an operating license.
Should you have questions regarding this Bulletin or the actions required of you, please contact this office.
Sincerely, r.
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IE Bulletin ?;o. 79-19 2.
List of Bulletins Issued in Last Six Montha ggS160 b
UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT WASifINGTON, D.C.
20555 IE Bulletin No. 79-19 Date:
August 10, 1979 Page 1 of 3 PACKA i"~ E LOW-f.E'T.L RADIOAC TIVE WASTE FOR TRANSPORT AND BURI AL Descr;
.on of Circumstar.ces:
Low-lecel radioactive waste is that waste which can be transferred and shipped to one ;f tnree waste burial facilities which are located in and licensed by the Agreement States of Nevada, South Carolina, and Washington.
On July 10, 1979, the Governors of the three states aotified NRC Chairman llendrie of the serious and repeated disregard for rules goo rning the shipments of low-level radioactive wastes to these burial facilities.
Examples of violations of Agreement St. ate, DOT and NRC rules follow:
Improperly packaged uranium fines igniting packaged liquid scintillation vials in combustible waste is believed to have caused a fire and destruction of a truck at the Beatty, Nevada burial facility on May 14, 1979.
On July 2, 1979, three of twelve steel containers shipped to the Beatty burial facility wore found to be leaking radioactive material.
The material war.
described on the bill of lading as being a solid inorganic salt (evapo ra t o r concentrates solidified with urea formaldehyde) from a reactor facility.
The Governor of the State of Nevada ordered the drums to be shipped out of the
- t. tate and the burial f acility was temporarily closed.
On July 30, the first shipment into the reopened Beatty facility contained free liquiG in " solid" material.
The radioactive contents were sand filters used at an insitu leaching process at a uranium mill.
Forty-three shipme nts with sixty-three deficiencies were observed during the package inspection program between April 10 and July 5, 1979, by the Agreement State of South Carolina, at the Barnwell, South Carolina burial facility.
The shipments were from reactor, medical, industrial and military facilities.
5 On June 25, 1979, the Federal Highway Administralien issued a Notice 4 Violation to a reactor facility proposing a $10,000 fine for truck contamina-
- t. i o n resulting from improper closures on 55 gallon drums of I.SA material and for improper loading of the drums on the vehicle These are a few examples of shipments facilities which did not fully meet N DUPLICATE DOCUMENT which were developed to protect the h Governors of the three States with li' Entire document previously that if the situation is not rectifig entered into system under:
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