ML19324A009
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 05/13/1980 |
| From: | Kostmayer P, Lujan M, Udall M HOUSE OF REP. |
| To: | NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
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20515 May 13,1980
Dear Mr. Chairman:
On Wednesday, April 30, the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs acted unanimously to amend the NRC authorization for FY1981 to establish a citizens Advisory Panel for the purpose of consulting and advising the NRC on the decontamination and deconmissioning of the Three Mile Island Unit 2 reactor.
As you know, the idea of the Citizens Panel was first proposed in the report of the Special Task Force of the Three Mile Island Cleanup, which was completed on February 28 of this year.
The report concluded that "without local public understanding and acceptance of the cleanup opera-tion at TMI-2, an orderly and expeditious cleanup will be difficult, if not impossible, to accomplish."
The Task Force further recommended that the ':RC
... establish formal means to obtain input from the public on the overall cleanup plan and the individual steps to be taken before they are made final and are implemented.
This could take the form of a citizens advisory group to contribute to development of the programmatic statement as has been recommended at soveral scoping meetings."
We ft 11y expect that the final version of the legislation will contain a comparabic provision.
In view of the fact that the cleanup operation is proceeding, we urge you to begin the necessary preparations so that the Panel can be established as soon as possible.
The NRC already has the authority to establish advisory panels.
As a first step, the NRC should announce its intention to esrablish the Par,el and the procons by which Panel members will be selected.
The Committee will provide clarification and guide' lines in the legislative report to accompany the bill as approved by the Committee.
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SEC. 105.(s) From the. amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 101, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall use such sums as may be necessary to establish a Three Mile Island Advisory Panel to consult with and make recommendations to the Commission' on matters relating to the decontamination of the Three Mile Island nuclear reactor. Such panel shall consist of not more than 15 members selected by the -
Commission-as follows:
(1) 3 members shall be appointed from among persons representing agencies of State government in the State of Pennsylvania, (2) 3 members shall be appointed.from among persons representing local government authorities in the
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vicinity of the Three Mile Island nuclear reactor, (3) 3 members shall be appointed from among persons representing the independent scientific community, and
- (4) 3 members shall be appointed from among persons representing members of the general public having their principal place of residence in the vicintity of the Three Mile Island nuclear reactor.
The Commission shall consult with the panel concerning all decontamination activities and related activities
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authorized, or carried out, by the Commission with respect to the Three Mile Island nuclear reactor.
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(b) From the: amounts authorized to be appropriated under thic Act, the Advisory Committee en Reacter Safeguards uhall expcnd such sums as may be necessary for purposes of furnishing to the Three Mile Island Advisory Panel technical acvice and assistance requested by the Panel.
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oss> um May 15, 1980 Honorable John F. Ahearne Chairman Nuclear Regulatory commission 1717 H Stroot, N.W.
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Dear Chairman Ahearne:
I am enclosing a copy of a discussion on the possibility of ex-pediting the installation and use of a cryogenic process which may be applicable for the removal of Krypton-85 from t.he dan, aged reactor at Three Mile Island.
It is my understanding that this proposal was offered to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff in March and April but that serious consideration was never afforded it by the staff.
I believe that this proposal merits better consideration than it has received thus far and am t.herefore bringing it to your attention.
Obviously, it is crucial that you have every piece of relevant information before you as you prepare to make a decision on the best method for removing the radioactive gases contained in Three Mile Island Unit 2.
I hope this report proves useful to you and that it will receive a more fair hearing by your staff than it has had up to this time.
I stand ready to be of assistance on this important subject.
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The MITRE Corporation Metrek Division 15 May 1980 W85-069
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Honorable Allen E. Ertel Congressman, 17th District, Pennsylvania 1030 Longworth House Office Building Washington, D. C.
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Subject:
Krypton 85 Removal l
Three Mile Island, PA.
Dear Congresscian:
We appreciate the opportunity to meet with your Staff Assistant, Bob Hall, and to acquaint your of fice with The MITRE proposal to removo Krypton 85 from the Three Mile Island nuclear reactor containment buildin;;.
We are aware of your efforts to inform NRC of feasible alternatives to ventin5 Enclosed is a copy of our letter of April 9,1980 to Richard H. Vol3rner, Director, Division of Engineering, Nuclear Reactor Regulation, ::RC Bethesda Office, outlining The MITRE proposal.
Also, we have enclosed our 1978 and 1979 Annual Reports to acquaint you with the activities of The MITRE Corporation as a Federally Funded Research and Development Center.
Kindly note the references to a project for OTA on radioactive waste disposal on page 15 of the 1979 Report, and environmental projects for EPA on page 23 of the 1978 Report.
tie would appreciate the opportunity to ::eet and discuss with you the Krypton 85 recoval which is of vital concern to your constituents.
Sincerely,
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Milton Lytton Technical Staff Energy Conversion Systens ML:njo Enclosures (3) 1820 Dolley Madiser. Boulevard. McLean. Vir5mia 22102/17?0! St?4000 g,
The MITRE Corporation Mci:eh Divmon April 9, 1980 W83-049 Richard H. Vollmer, Director Division of Engineering Nuclear Reactor Regulation Nuclear Regulatory Com=ission Bethesda Office, Room 542 Washington, D.C.
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Dear Mr. Vollmer:
Confirming my process disclosure to you in our meeting of March 21st and my pricr t2eeting on March 10th with Messrs. Sydney Miner, Mark Greenberg and Jerrold Carter of your staff, I have developed a cryogenic-separation process for the removal of radioactive Krypton 85 i
from the Three Mile Island nuclear reactor contain=ent building.
The process will reduce the esti=mted 57,000 curies radiation content to a total of 5 curies or 2.5 microcuries per SCF vent air.
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The engineering and design details of my process disclosure are shown in:
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" Proposed Process Schematic Diagram for Krypton SS Removal..."
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" Basic Process Scheme, Derivation of Kr85 Reduction Equation and Calculation of TMI Containment Building Reduction" Figure 2:
" Reduction of Krypton 85 Curies Radiation..."
e The basic process scheme is to link a cryogenic air separation plant to the containment building radioactive atmosphere in a closed recycle.
Thecryogenicplantwillseparatetheatmosphereig.toits constituents:
oxygen, nitrogen, argon, and enriched Kr + Kr 3 fraction.
All the constituents, except for this-enriched fraction, will be re-cycled to the containment building.
The Kr + Kr85 fraction will be filled into shielded metal gas cylinders, and the 57,000 curias re-moved for burial in'a remote location.
Depending en removal ef ficiency, the clean-up will require 3.6 to 16.2 days of continuous operation.
The cryogenic separation technology has been kncwn for = ore than 40 years (see M. Ruhe=an, "The Separation of Cases," 2nd Ed., Oxford i
Univ. Press, 1949, p. 228.-236).
The proprietary ;;atentable features
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of my process are (1) use of a normal krypton fresh make-up feed to enable the delicate, complex vapor-liquid equilibria to function at gi
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Richard E. Voll=er April 9, 1980 Page Iwo lov krypton sole te concentrations in the distillation coinens and 85 to cveep out the Kr and (2) a process combination of air separation plant, krypton distillation colu==, and colecular sieve filter bed to recove the radioactive Krypton 85.
A 50 Tocs/ Day oxygen air separation plant will be required.
The entire installation, including modifications to add a ky.i, ton dis-tillation column, molecular sieve filter bed, supplc=entary cryogenic refrigeration, and a centrifugal co= pres'sor, vill cost betvcen $10 to
$20 Million.
A used air separation plant can be obtained on short notice ften Union Carbide (Linde Div.) or Air Products.
~5e fresh
=ake-up gas feed (about 900 liters) can be readily obtained for about S0.70 per liter from three U.S. suppliers:
Union Carbide (Linde Div.),
Air Products, and AIRCO.
Other equipment and installation materials can be purchased ncv or used from a variety of suppliers.
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I schedule vould require 11 months:
procurement, fabrication modificatiens and installation - 9 months; start-up, debuggins and optimization -
1 centh; and renoval of the Kr 5 from the building - 1 month.
8 My credentials for the validity of the proposed process r '
project engineering details are as follows:
e I ployed 1955-1969 vich AIRCO, Inc., second largest cryogenic air separation plant gases manufacturer in U.S.
Engaged in process engineering, design, project engineering, constructicn and capital invest =ent planning for sixteen plants.
Developed AIRCO engineering and design for proposed e
Krypton 85 removal from U.S.S. Savannah nuclear reactor, and installation of krypten recovery units in air separation plants.
The MITRE Corporation would be pleased to offer a proposal to NRC for consulting services to carry out the proposed process and project engineering / management details.
We lock forward to the opportunity to meet with Mr. Harold R. Denton, Director of NRC Nuclear Reactor Regulctien, to discuss our proposal which you indicatad that you vill try to arrange.
Should you want additional i.or:a: ton or clarification, please telephene
=c at (703) S27-7198.
Sincerely, r s
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Milton Lytton Enclosures M1:njo