ML19259C793
| ML19259C793 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | 07001113 |
| Issue date: | 06/05/1979 |
| From: | Stevenson R NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
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| NUDOCS 7908150180 | |
| Download: ML19259C793 (2) | |
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UNITED STATES 2
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,; C WASHINGTON, D. C. 20555 S
p JUN 0 51979 DOCKET N0.:
70-1113 LICENSEE:
General Electric Company (GE)
FACILITY:
Wilmington Fuel Fabrication Facility Wilmington, North Caro'ina
SUBJECT:
REVIEW 0F LICENSE AMENDMENT APPLICATION DATED JULY 14, 1978, AND SUPPLEMENT TRANSMITTED BY LETTER DATED MAY 14, 1979 CONCERNING DECOMMISSIONING PLAN, PC NO. 78109A Introduction By letter dated July 14, 1978, General Electric Company (GE) submitted a plan for the future decontamination of the places of use and site authorized by Special Nuclear Material License No. SNM-1097 so that they can be released for unrestricted use.
In the letter to GE dat>d October 13, 1978, following review of the plan, the NRC noted that additional details of the plan should be provic'd by GE after completion of the ongoing study of fuel fabrication plant decommissioning, about the end of 1979. GE was also requested to provide a statement from a corporate officer committing GE to provision of the necessary funds. The commitment was made in GE's letter of May 14, 1979.
Decontamination P?an and Costs The decontamination plan concerns the areas within and outside of the buildings at the Wilmington site where unencapsulated radioactive materials Mve been handled pursuant to License SNM-1097.
It was assumed in estimating the costs of deccamissioning that the facilities and all of the equipment decontaminated for release for unrestricted use would meet present radiological limits but that the NRC would have established a de minimus quantity for materials. Equipment and parts of facilities not meeting the criteria for unrestricted use WoJld be packaged, trans-ported and disposed of in accordance with current criteria and require-ments for radioactive materials. Experience in decontaminating a smaller low-enriched uranium fuel fabrication plant in 1969 at San Jose, Califcrnia, was used by GE in estimating the cost for decontaminating the Wilmington site. Tha total estimated cost for the Wilmington site was estimated to be mproximately $11,500,000. The staff concluded that the estimated cost it reasonable but that additicnal details to support the plan should be provided as supplemental information following completion of the decomissioning study in which GE is new participating.
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_2-Financial Plan The staff has evaluated the GE financial commitment and finds that, although it does not contain a financial surety arrangement that would guarantee decommissioning funds, it offers tne assurance of an officer of GE that GE will provide the necessary funds for deccmmissioning. The GE connitment is a very small fraction of the worth of the company.
Conclusion GE's plan for the future decontamination of the places of use and site authorized by license SNM-1097, so that they may be released for un-restricted use, and the financial arrangements to ensure that adequate
,. funds will be available to cover the cos:s at the te of decomissioning, provide assurance that the health and safety of the perating personnel and the public will be protected, and tha quality o1 the environment maintained.
It is reconrended that an amendment to ",pecial Nuclear Material Licens
'SNM-1097 be issued to incorporate the d. commissioning plan cnd financial comitmen t.
The amendment should incluie a request that GE provide additional details to support the estir ted cost of decommissioning, based on the outcome of the study
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'e progress, of the decommissioning of plants for the fabrication of light water reactor fuel. The additicnal "J t:
..information should be provided to NRC by July 1,1980.
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Robert L. Stevenson Uranium Fuel Fabrication Section Fuel Prccessing & Fabrication Branch Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety (Ad Approved by:
W. I. Crow, Section Leader
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