ML19296C785
| ML19296C785 | |
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| Issue date: | 01/31/1980 |
| From: | Riner W NRC OFFICE OF STATE PROGRAMS (OSP) |
| To: | Kerr G DUKE UNIV., DURHAM, NC |
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Dr. William Briner, Chairman Cor:rnittee on Government Relations Society of flutlear Medicine Duke University Medical Center P.O. Box 3304 Durham, Ne th Carolina 27710
Dear Dr. Briner:
Packaging, transport and disposal of low-level radioactive waste has been the subject of heightened concern and discussion by Federal and State governments and the private sector in recent months.
A number of steps have been taken to improve safety from the point of waste origin to the point of final disposal.
however, there remains a number of operational problems; the resolution of which could lead to further safety improvements and efficiency.
The State of f4evada has proposed a meeting to identify and seek practical solutions to problems which waste generators, transporters, collectors, disposal site operators, and regulatory agencies might be experiencing.
The Nuclear Regulatory Cormiission (fiRC) Supports the State in this effort and has agreed to assist in the meeting.
The meeting is scheduled to take place at the Hyatt-Lake Tahoe at incline Village, Nevada on February 20 and 21,1980.
You are invited to partici-pate, along with others who are involved in the many facets of low-level waste management.
Attached is a list of problem areas.
You will be requested at the meeting to identify specific issues falling within these problem areas and to propose solutions if you have them.
Sleeping rooms have been blocked for the nights February 19, 20 and 21 with departure on February 22.
Call the hotel directly to make ycur reservation (702) 831-1111.
(Singles are $30, doubles $34. )
Identi fy yourself as being with the NRC group.
The rooms will be released on February 4.
Please call before then to reserve a room at the group rate.
Bus service is available hourly from the Reno airport through CTS Service.
Make reservations by writing to them indicating your airline, flight num-ber and arrival time:
Jim Hobbs, CTS, P.O. Box 3254, incline Village, Nevada 89450.
You will be met in the baggage area.
When you arrive at 8002280 3
- s Dr. L'illiam Briner January 31, 1980 the hotel, make return arrangements with the concierge.
If you have any questions, please call Elizabeth McCarthy on my staff (301) 492-7794.
I would appreciata your acknowledging participation by phoning Ms. McCarthy prior to February 10.
We look forward to a productive neeting.
Sincerely, G. Wayne Kerr Acting Director Office of State Programs
Enclosures:
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Problem Areas 2.
Preliminary Agenda
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_ LOW-LEVEL WASTE DISPOSAL MEETING
.a Fsbruary 20 - 9:00 am - 12:00 noon Introduction - Ralph DiSibio Department of Human Resources, Nevada Welcome Governor Robert List Nevada State Experience Nevada South Carolina Washington Burial Ground Operators' Experience NECO
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Chem-Nucl ea r Federal Government Presentation NRC DOT DOE Lunch 12:00 noon - 1:30 om Afternoon Session 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm Waste Generators' Experience Industrial Medical Utility Institutional Carriers and Brokers Tri-States Thomas Gray Associates February 21 Morning 9:00 an - 12:00 noon Discussion by participants Lunch 12:00 noon - 1:30 pm Afternoon 1 : 30 pm - 3 : 00 om Discussion by participants 3:00 cm - 5:00 om Development of Conclusions and Recommendations
s PROBLEM AREAS 1.
Problems in packaging waste for shipment at the generator site.
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Problems of package deterioration during storage at the generator or collector sites.
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Problems experienced during transport.
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Problems experienced at waste disposal site receiving stations.
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Problems with record keeping regarding origin of wastes, adequacy of packing, interim storage, shipping, and receipt at disposal site.
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Problems in coordinating enforcement and corrective action where deficiencies are found.
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Problems in dissemination of information and follow-up to correct bad practices.
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PARTICIPANTS The:nas Gray Gerry Hill Thomas Gray Associates Southern States Energy Board 815 N. Main Street One Exchange Place Orange, Califsrnia 92668 Suite 1230 Atlanta, Georgia 30338 Charles H. Mayer TriStates Lee Santmann, Director P.O.~ Box 113 Materials Transportation Bureau Joplin, Missouri 64801 U.S. Department of Transoortation 2l00 Second Street, S.W.
Cal Brantley Washington, D.C.
20590 New England Nuclear 549 Albany Street Dr. Barry Koh Boston, Massachusetts 02118 Hittman Nuclear & Development Corp.
9190 Red Branch Road General Mahlon E. Gates Columbia, MD 21045 Manager U.S. Department of Eneray Holmes Brown Nevada Operations Office Energy Project P.O. Box 14100 National Governors ' Association Las Vegas, Nevada 89114 400 N. Capitol Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
20001 Bruce Church, Chief Radiatica Operations Edmund C. Tarnuzzer U.S. Department of Energy Yankee Atomic Company Nevada Operations Office 20 Turnpike Road P.O. Box 14100 Westboro, Massachusetts 01581 Las Vegas, Nevada 81994 James N. McLeod Al Neumann Senior Licensing Engineer Transportation Officer Southern Company Services U.S. Department of Energy P.O. Box 2625 Nevada Goerations Office Birmingham, AL 35210 P.O. Box 14100 Las Vegas, Nevada 81994 Leland Cooley Radiation Safety Officer Edgar D. Bailey, Administrator University of Maryland Radiation Control Branch at Baltimore Texas Department of Health 660 W. Redwood Street 1100 West 49th Street Baltimore, Maryland 21201 Austin, Texas 78756 Bart Weller Robert Nelson, Chief National Conference of Waste Isolation State Legislature U.S. Department of Energy Suite 2300 Nevada Operations Office Executive Tower Inn P.O. Box 14100 1405 Curtis Street Las Vegas, Nevada 81994 Denver, Colorado 80202
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b Ms. Mary Whitman Don Clawsen Western Interstate Legislative Relations Energy Board Wash. State Energy Office 2500 Stapleton Plaza 400 E. Union 3333 Quebec Street Olympia, WA 9f504 Denver, Colorado 80207 R. William Da mitzel Thomas S. Baer General Electric Company Vice President Vallecitos Road Nuclear Engineering Company, Inc.
P.O. Box 460 9200 Shelbyvill Road Pleasanton, CA 94566 Suite 526 P.O. Box 7246 Senator Joe Neal Louisville, Kentucky 40207 304 Lance Ave.
N. Las Vegas, NV 89030 Vernon Appl 3 Nuclear Engineering Company, Inc.
Senator Lawrence Jacobsen P.O. Box 638 P.O. Box 367 Richland, Washington 99352 Minden, NV 89423 Senator R. Ted Bottiger Assemblyman Tod Bedrosian Washington State 181 Waqon Wheel Circle 405 Public Lands Building Reno, NV 89503 Olympia, Washington 98504 Assemblyman Paul Prengoman Jack Wood 1510 Model Way Director Reno, NV 89502 Washington State Energy Office 400 E. Union Sam Holmann Olympia, Washington 98504 Legislative Counsel Bureau Office of Research William Prince Legislative Building Special Assistant Carson City, NV 89710' for Policy Development Office of the Governor Fred A. Mettler, M.D.
P.O. Box 11450 Dept. of Radiology Columbia, South Carolina 29211 University of New Mexico 900 Camino de Salud. NE David Reid Albuquerque, NM 87131 Executive Assi tant to the Goveraor Dr. Ralph DiSibio, Director P.O. Box 11450 Dept. of Human Resources Columbia, South Carolina 29211 Room 600 Kinkead Bldg.
500 East King Street Gerald Rhode Carson City, NV 89710 Niagra Mohawk Power Co.
300 Erie Blvd. West Herbert E. Book, Chief Syracuse, NY 13202 Office of Inspection and Enforcement Herb Oakley Fuel Facility & Mater:als Chem-Nuclear Systems Safety Branch P.O. Box 726 Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Barnwell, SC 29812 Reaion V 1990 N. Cali fornia Blvd.,
Suite 202 Walnut Creek, California 94596
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Robert Engelken, Director Nuclear Regulatory Commission,' Req. V Office of Inspection & Enforcement 1990 fl. California Boulevard, Suite 202 Walnut Creek, California 94596 Lidia Roche-Farmer Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safequards Nuclear Regulatory Commission Richard Cunningham Director Office of Nuclear Material Safety & Safeguards Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety fluclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 Emmanuel Gordon Atomic Industrial Forum 7101 Wisconsin Ave Bethesda, MD 20014 Steve Carpenter Site Manager fiu lear Engineering Co.
Beatty, tievada 89003 Heyward Shealey Chief Bureau of Radiological Health S.C. Dept. of Health & Environmental Control 137 J. Marion Sims Building Columbia, South Carolina 29201 Elizabeth McCarthy Office of State Programs Nuclear Regulatory Commission Al Grella Office of Inspection & Enforcement Nuclear Regulatory Commission Jim Hanchett Office of Public Affairs Region V fluclear Regulatory Commission 1990 N. California Boulevard, Suite 202 Walnut Creek, CA 94596
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