ML19296C384
| ML19296C384 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Westinghouse |
| Issue date: | 10/09/1979 |
| From: | Reitler E WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY, DIV OF CBS CORP. |
| To: | Rouse L NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| References | |
| 14372, NUDOCS 8002250735 | |
| Download: ML19296C384 (4) | |
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Division of Fuel Cycle & Material Safety OCT 2 51979 > m Washington, D. C.
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Trans:nittal of Information Concerning EnvircrrsnUI Lmpact of Mvanced Waste Treatrent Building Construction, License SNM-1107, Docket 70-1151 Gentler.en:
The Westinghouse Electric Corporation hereby subnits information concerning the environnental inpact of construction of a proposed Advanced Waste Treat-ment Building. The location of this building is shown in Figure 1.3.2.1, page 18, Revision 10, dated 9/3/79 which was previously subnitted in support of a license amendment application for construction and use of an adjacent Waste Storage Building. Construction of the Mvanced Waste Treat: rent Build-ing has now been accelerated to coincide with construction of the Waste Stor-age Building. This decision resulted frcm a conraitrent by Westinghcuse manage-ment to install a uraniu:n recovery process for uraniu:n contained in the ADrJ process aqueous waste stream.
The current uraniu:n raroval process reduces uraniu:n concentrations in the waste stream to about 15 ng U/1. The Mvancal Easte Treatment Prccess will further reduce these concentrations to less than 1 mg U/1. The recovered uranium will be recycled back to the tranufacturing process for incorporation into fuel, thus preserving a natural resource and reducing releases of radio-activity to the environment.
Again, this letter addresses only the construction of the Advanced Waste Treat-ment Building. A detailed description of the uraniu:n recovery process will be subnitted for your review by the end of October.
Construction for both the Advanced Waste Treatment and the Waste Storage Build-ings is scheduled to begin by the first of Never.ber. Therefore, your timely re-view of these requests is appreciated.
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Mr. L. C. Pcuse Page 2 October 9, 1979 If you have any questions, please contact m at the above address or telephone me at (803) 776-2610 E:<t. 395.
Very truly purs, WESTEIGHOUSE ELECTRIC 0]RP.
~v E. K. Peitler, Fellow Engineer Radiological & Environmental Engineering EKP/le Attachrent
a ENCICSURE 'IO TPANSMI' ITAL CF OCICBER 9,1979 SNM-1107, DOC"Gr 70-1151 ALVANCED h7STE TRENCC7r BLTOING CCUSTRL'CrICN PURPOSE Tlw purgse of the Advanced Waste Treat: rent Building is to provide a s*ee for a proposed umnit::n reco
.y process which will be installed in early 1980.
IOCATICN The building location is shcwn on Figure 1.3.2.1, page 18, Revision 10, dated Septarhar 3, 1979. 'Zhis drawing was previously sutraitted in supprt of our application dated Septa ber 3,1979 to construct and use a Waste Storage Building.
EUILDING CONSTPLUTICN The building is a " butler" design which measures approximately 76 ft. long by 24 ft.
wide and will rest on a concrete slab, The interior will be partitioned to enclose specific functions such as control rocn and rest rocns. Heating, ventilation and air conditicning will also be provided as requird.
BUILDING USE The building will ulti;rately contain a process designed to recover uranitmt frem the liquid waste stream discharged frcm the manufacturing plant. Presently, this stream, which contains approxircately 15 mg/l of enriched uranit:n is treated to recover armonia for re-use in the manutacturing process and to precipitate uranium and fluorides (by lime addition) in a calciu:n fluoride tratrix which is stored in on-site lagoons.
Tne uranit:n recovery process will treat the liquid waste stream before the lime n+b-tion step. Recovered uranium will be transferred back to the manufactearing plant for re-use in the ADO process; the " depleted" stream, which will contain less than 1 mg U/1 will then be trc.nsferred to the a:monia recovery and lime addition treatment.
BUILDING USE (COiT.)
Tha proposed uranit:n recovery process will thus represent an envirer.nental improvenant by recovering and re-cycling valuable uranitra which muld otherwise be disrcsed as waste.
EWIFORETAL D'PALT CF CIISTRUCTIOI The envircr:r. ental impact will involve the excavation of an approxirately 2000 ft2 area for the building. Refer to Figure 1.3.2.1 for relative location.
bbst cf this ground has already been Mtd to the existire contami:vited equiprent i
storage area and to the existing access road. The Advanced Waste Treatrent Building i
will be constructed on this cm mited area. The only envirer. mental imract of this con-struction will involve preparation for installatica of the pourd concrete slab. Con-ventional construction techniques will be us d.
The total conmited land area remains well belcw that estimated in the 1975 Westinghouse Environrental Evaluation.
Utility services to this building will include water, steam, electricity, nitrogen, nitric aicd, instrt:ent air and cooling water. No adverse environmental imcact frua these services I
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