ML19322D975
| ML19322D975 | |
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| Site: | 02700048, Crane |
| Issue date: | 01/30/1980 |
| From: | Jay Collins NRC - TMI-2 OPERATIONS/SUPPORT TASK FORCE |
| To: | Thompson G, Jeffery Wood WASHINGTON, STATE OF |
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| NUDOCS 8003130322 | |
| Download: ML19322D975 (2) | |
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P00RQUAUTYPAGE NRC/Tl11-80-018 hRR r/f TMI r/f D. Eisenhut R. Tedesco Secretar.r, Department of Social and Health Service; )H. Silve The Honorable G. J. Thompson Olympia, Washington 98504 B. Grimes R;Reid Mr. J. O. Wood' p Kreutzer Director, Washington State Energy Office D. Dilanni 400 E. Union C. Nelson Olympia, Washington 98504 Gentlemen:
This lotter is in reference to the meeting of January ll, 1980, between you, members of your staff, General Public Utilities (R. Arnold, S. Henck, R. McGoey, B. Rusche) and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (R. Weller) on the subject of shipments of solid radioactive waste from Three Mile Island L
Unit 2 to the low level waste burial site in Richland, Washington. The General Public Utilities officials provided you with an overview of the projected Three Mile Island Unit 2 solid radioactive waste generation rates, j
the existing solid waste storage facilities, and the results of the resin liner dewatering study tests..Specifically, you requested that the NRC i
provide you with written approval of the General Public Utilities dewaterin'g i
program for spent resin from Three Mile Island Unit 2.
This letter is in response to your request.
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In response to increased concern by Federal and State regulators of packaged solid radioactive waste over the quantities of free water in packaged waste and the development of criteria limiting those quantities, General Public j
Utilities (GPU). initiated a program to study various liner dewatering tech-niques, determine the parameters which influence liner free water, and quantify the amount of free water which could be expected in a dewatered j
liner upon arrival at the burial site. The NRC/TMI Technical Support Staff l
has followed and evaluated the GPU dewatering program since its inception, i
including review of the'GPU sumnary report to the NRC on liner dewatering, I
a copy of which was forwarded to you in a letter from R. C. Arnold, Senice i
Vice President, Met-Ed dated January 16, 1980. We conclude that the GPU liner dewatering procedure is acceptable and results in a guantity of free l
water (approximately 1.5 gallons in a 145 ft3 liner) which is well below I
current burial site acceptance criteria (i.e., less than 1% free water by volume). We do not believe that the GPU liner dewatering results are likely to improve without significant liner re-design and that the present dewatering procedure represents an optimization of the program. Since the i
small amount of free water (1.5 gallons) is essentially de-tonized water, D 3AL OFFICE >
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The Honorable G. J. Thompson Mr. J. O. Wood it should pose little threat to the health and safety of the public. As has been the practice of the NRC on-site staff, we will continue to provide surveillance of all radioactive waste shipments leaving TMI for Hanford, l
I We hope this has been responsive to your request. If you, or members of your staff have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
4 John T. Collins Deputy Director NRC/TMI Technical Support Staff orrice.
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