ML19269E068
| ML19269E068 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | 07000008 |
| Issue date: | 04/25/1979 |
| From: | Toy H Battelle Memorial Institute, COLUMBUS LABORATORIES |
| To: | Rouse L NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7906230170 | |
| Download: ML19269E068 (4) | |
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Mr. Leland C. Rouse, Chief Fuel Processing and Fabrication Branch Division of Fuel Cycle and Fbterial Safety Office of Material Safety and Safeguards U.S. Nuclea r Regula tory Commission Washington, D.C.
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Dear Mr. Rouse:
Docket 70 Supplement to License SNM-7 This letter provides supplemental information to the Financial Plan for Decommissioning of the BCL Contaminated Facilities transmitted under cover letter dated, November 22, 1978. Attachment I is enclosed which responds to your request for additional cost and task detail associated with the D&D of BCL's llot Laboratory and Plutonium Laboratory.
Batte11e's Columbus Laboratories, a Division of Battelle Memorial Institute, is a multinational contract research organization which recognizes its obligations in conducting nuclear research under license authorized by the U.S. Nuc1 car Regulatory Commission. This includes responsibility for pro-ceeding in a timely manner with the deconta aination and/or decommissioning (D&D) of the BCL licensed facilities.
We would trust that the supplemental information presented in Attachment I meets your requirements for approval and formal adoption of the plan as a license amendment and condition to License SN'I-7 and Byproduct License No. 34-6854-5.
Should there be unanswered questions, they should not impact the issues raised by IX)E with respect to BCL proceeding with the implementation of a financial plan to accumulate funds from current users of the facility. We would therefore request that you advise DOE (with a copy to us) that the concept is acceptable with NRC.
I will call you Monday to discuss any remaining questions.
Very truly yours, r
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ATTACIIMENT I HOT CELL LABORATORY (JN-1)
Breakdown of Costs Based on 1978 dollars, the estimated costs to decontaminate the Hot Cell Laboratory is $3.5 million.
It is further anticipated that this program will require 3 years to complete.
The following is provided as supplemental informa tion to the NRC.
1.
Program Tasks.
The program is expected to include at a minimum the following subtasks.
(a) Program planning (b) Removal of bulk special nuclear material (SNM)
(c) Decontamination and/or recoval of all equipment and cell liners (d) Decontamination and/or removal of all auxiliary systems (e) Decontamination and/or removal of the contami-nated drain and holding tank system (f) Decontamination of the pool water (g) Decontamination of the interior walls, floors, ceilings, and pool to the level required for uncontrolled use.
(h) Packaging, transportation, and burial of all generated waste (i) Restoration of the building's lighting and ventilation cystems (j) Certification of cotapliance with the appropriate standards. At present, this is assumed to be ANSI N13.12.
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2 Component Cost Breakdown Man-Months Costs, K$
A.
Project Support Costs Program Management 54 210 llealth Physics 108 253 Accountability 36 84 Transpo rta tion 18 42 Quality Assurance 18 42 B.
Purchases and Facility Cos ts Purchases (includes supplies, 1260 transportation, cask rental, waste container, subcontracted, and burial costs)
Facility Operation 720 C.
Subtask a.
Program Planning Included in A Above b.
Removals 6
13 c.
D&D Equipment 144 303 d.
Remo vals 60 126 e.
D&D Drains 60 126 f.
D&D Pool Water 18 38 g.
D&D Interior 48 101 h.
Packaging & Transport 72 152 1.
Res to ra tion 12 25 j.
Certification 12 25 909 Total
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3 PLU10NIUM LABORATORY (JN-4)
Batte11e's Plutonium Laboratory, JN-4. is presently undergoing decontamination to the levels required for unrestricted use.
Certifi-cation of these levels involves compliance with ANSI N13.12 and Attachment A of NUREG-0436 (March,1978).
It is presently anticipated that this program will be completed by January 1,1931.
It should be pointed out that this program involves only decon-tamination, not decommissioning.
Battelle chooses to maintain its nuclear materials license in the event that Battelle, at some future time, would decide to resume contaminating research operations in JN-4.
Battelle realizes that once JN-4 is recontaminated, it would be responsible for submitting a new decontamination plan.
Battelle proposes the following:
1.
To submit a decontamination plan for JN-4 to NRC a t the time JN-4 becomes contaminated beyond existing guidelines for unrestricted use facilities 2.
To review the need for submitting such a plan annually and report the results of this review to the cognizant NRC representatives This approach would allow Battelle sufficient flexibility in its normal operations while providing the NRC with regular updating.
This proposal would go into effect af ter the present program is completed and JN-4 is certified to be decontaminated to the level required for unrestric-ted use under the aforementioned standards.
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