ML19274C766
| ML19274C766 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Wood River Junction |
| Issue date: | 10/06/1978 |
| From: | Stevenson R NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| To: | Rouse L NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7811170302 | |
| Download: ML19274C766 (2) | |
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1 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION j
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20555 i
OCT 0 61978 Dockat No.70-820 MEM0PANDUM FOR: Leland C. Rouse, Chief Fuel Processing and Fabrication Branch FROM:
Robert L. Stevenson Fuel Processing and Fabrication Branch
SUBJECT:
TELECONS ON OCTOBER 2 WITH MR. DALE SCHULTZ AND ON OCTOBER 3,1978, WITH MR. FRANK CRONIN, UNITED NUCLEAR CORPORATION, WOOD RIVER JUNCTION, RI, RE AMENDMENT APPLICATION FOR URANIUM REC 0VERY FROM SOLID WASTES The subject telephone conversations concerned the application of March 22, 1978, as supplemented May 10 and 12,1978.
.Mr. Schultz, Manager of Compliance at the Wood River plant, was called to request clarification and additional supporting infomation. The information requested relates primarily to the process safety and fire safety of the proposed recovery operation. The information requested on October 2 is listed as Items 1-4 in the attachment.
The application was discussed with Mr. J. Roth, I&E Region I principal inspector of the plant, in a telecon on the morning of October 3; and he requested the clarification listed as Item 5 in the attachment.
The five items in the attachment were explained to "r. Cronin on October 3, and he expects to mail us the additional infomation by November 13, 1978. Based on the conversation with Mr. Cronin, the recovery process and its safety bases will be described without a proprietary classification.
Further, relevant to Item 2, the reference to on-site burial as landfill has been deleted from the application, as will be clear whc, the " effective" page list is supplied.
Robert L. Stevenson Fuel Processing & Fabrication Branch
Enclosure:
Questions and Comments on Amendment Application dtd 3/22/78 as Supplemented 5/10-12/78, Docket No.70-820 781117030.2 d--
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QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS ON AMENDMENT APPLICATION DATED MARCH 22, 1978, AS SUPPLEMENTED MAY 10 AND 12,1978, DOCKET 70-820 1.
Please provide new pages for the list of " effective pages" as needed to incorporate and identify the pages of the amendment application.
2.
It is not clear whether page 6, dated March 22, 1978, part 407.2.3, concerning liquid effluent controls is still part of the application.
If on-site burial as landfill of solids bearing 5 0.5 ppm U-235 is desired, justification for such practice should be provided in terms of radioactivity levels and environmental effects.
3.
Page 's of the attachment to the letter of March 22, 1978, requests withholding of the description of the process as proprietary information.
Either (a) that request should be withdrawn and the process details supplied as needed to demonstrate safety (see Item 4) or (b) the process and safety information should be supplied as a separate proprietary part of the application and a supporting affidavit provided justifying the withholding of the infonnation in accordance with 10 CFR 2.790.
4.
The question of the safety of the recovery process from fires or violent chemical reactions has not been satisfactorily addressed.
The safety demonstration should include descriptions of (a) the solvent properties and the corresponding measures to prevent fires and for firefighting and (b) measures taken to avoid hazardous nitration or other reactions.
5.
Item 6 of Part 407.1 submitted with the letter of May 12, 1978, (CEB: 78-89) fails to identify what the specific action point or set shall be. A single action point or set should be defined based on the 25 microcurie / week release limit or individual stack limits so that it is clear when corrective action is required.