ML19261C716
| ML19261C716 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Framatome ANP Richland |
| Issue date: | 01/22/1979 |
| From: | Crow W, Stevenson R NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7903280292 | |
| Download: ML19261C716 (2) | |
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JAN 2 21979 DOCKET N0.:
70-1257 LICENSEE:
Exxon Nuclear Company (Exxon)
FACILITIES: Richland Fuel Fabrication Facilities Richland, Washington
SUBJECT:
REVIEW 0F LICENSE AMENDMENT APPLICATION DATED JUNE 15, 1978, AND SUPPLEMENTS TRANSMITTED BY LETTERS DATED DECEMBER 12, 1978 AND JANUARY 9,1979 CONCERNING DECOMMISSIONING PLAN, PC N0. 78110A Introduction By letter dated June 16, 1978, Exxon Nuclear Company submitted a plan (dated June 15, 1978) for the future decontamination of the places of use and site authorized by Special Nuclear Material License No. SNM-1227 so that they can be released for unrestricted use. At the request of the NRC, Exxon submitted supplemental information transmitted by the letters dated December 12, 1978 and January 9,1979. One of the enclosures to the December 12 letter is a letter dated December 8, 1978, which commits the parent company, Exxon Corporation, to the financial responsibility for the costs of decontamination and decommissioning.
Decontamination Plan and Costs The decontamination plan concerns the areas within all of the buildings (and the lagoons) on the Richland site in which unencapsulated radioactive materials have been handled pursuant to License No. SNM-1227.
It was assumed in estimating the costs of decommissioning that the facilities and all of the equipment decontaminated for release for unrestricted use would meet the Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety guidelines of November 1976.
Equipment and parts of facilities not meeting the criteria in the guidelines would be packaged, transported and disposed of in accordance with current criteria and requirements for radioactive materials.
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J s The estimated cost for facility and equipment decontaminating and burial is approximately $3,000,000. The staff concluded that the plan and the estimated cost are reasonable and adequate.
Financial Plan The staff has evaluated the Exxon financial commitment and finds that, although it does not contain a financial surety arrangement that would guarantee decommissioning funds, it offers the assurance of an officer of the parent corporation that the parent corporation (Exxon Corporation) will provide the necessary funds for decommissioning. The staff finds that the Exxon Corporation commitment is a very small fraction of the worth of the corporation.
Conclusion Exxon Nuclear Company's plan for the future decontamination of the places of use and site authorized by this license, so that they may be released for unrestricted use, and the financial arrangements to ensure that adequate funds will be available to cover the costs at the time of decommissioning, provide satisfactory assurance that the health and safety of the operating personnel and the public will be protected, and the quality of the environment maintained.
It is recommended that an amendment to Special Nuclear Materials License SNM-1227 be issued to incorporate the decommissioning plan and financial commitment.
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