ML19263E965
| ML19263E965 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | 05000262 |
| Issue date: | 08/10/1979 |
| From: | Seyfrit K NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
| To: | Mcclurg L Brigham Young University, PROVO, UT |
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| NUDOCS 7908160059 | |
| Download: ML19263E965 (1) | |
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August 10, 1979 In Reply Refer To:
Docket No. 50-262 Erigham Young University ATTN:
Dr. Lynn McClurg Assistant to the Dean College of Physical and Matheciatical Science Provo, Utah 84602 Gentlemen:
Enclosed is IE Bulletin No. 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 tnis office.
Sincerely,
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Director
Enclosures:
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List of Bulletins Issued in Last Six Months 79 0816 o 09Cr
llN I TI.1) STA'lES NL'Cl.EAlt I?EGULAToltY Cut!!!!SSION OITICE Ol' INSI'ECTION AND ENI'0!(CEMENT WASil l N GTON, 11. C 20W>
IE Itulletin No. 19-19 Date.
August 10, 19/9 Page 1 of 3 PACKA5! NG 'W !.OW-LEVI.L MD10 ACTIVE WASTE l'Olt Ti(ANSP01<T AND lilHtI AI.
Descrip.f(n of Circumstances:
1.ow-le el rnlioactive waste in that wante which can he transferred and shipped to one of three waste tmrial f acilitien which are locat ed in and lic ensed by thr Agreement Staten of Nevada, South Carolina, and Wanhington.
On July 10, 1979, the Governors of the three ntaten notif ied NitC Chairman Ih ndrie of the serious a:ul repeat ed dinregard f or rulen governing the shipment u of low-level radioactive wanten to these burial facilities.
Exarnplen of violationn of Agreement State, DOT and NI(C ruten follow:
Improperly packaged uranium Iines igniting packaged li<pild scintillation vials in combustible wante is believed to have canned a f i re and dent ruction of a t ruck at the !!ea t t y, Nevada hu ria l faci 1ity on llay 14, 1919.
On July 2, 1979, three of twelve steel containern shipped to the Itcatty burial facility were fount to be leaking radioact ive mat erial.
The material wan described on t he hill of lading an being a solid inorganic salt (evaporator concent rat e:. nolidi f f ed wit h nrea f or ma litchyde) from a reart or facilit y.
The Governor of the State of Nevada ordered the drums to be t. hipped amt of t he state and the burial facility wan temporarily cloned.
On July 30, the firnt shipment into the reopened iteat t y f acility cont ained iree 1ispild in "nolid" mat eria!.
The radioactive <ontentn were nand iiltern a uraniinn mi l l,
nned at an innitu leaching procen. at l'o r t y-t h re e t.hipments with nixty-three deficiencies were ohnerved during the package inspection program between April 10 and July 5, 19/9, by the Agreement State of South Carolina, at the lia r nwel l, Sout h Ca rol ina burial facility.
The shipments were from reactor, medical, indust r ial and milit a ry f acilit ies.
On June 28, 1979, the 1ederal liinhway Adminint rat ion innued a Not ice of Violation to a reactor facility proposing a $10,000 fine for truck contamina-tion resulting from improper clonures on 55 gallon drums of LSA material and for improper loading of the driunn on the veld c le.
These are a few examplen of shipments o
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facilitien which did not iully meet NitC which were developed to protect the hva DUPLICATE DOCUMENT Governors of the three States with licci that i f the situat ion is not rectified, Entire document previousl.y would deny use of the three burial site.-
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