ML19327B319

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Discusses Categorical Exclusion for Request & Suppl to Allow Storage of Transuranic Waste in New Location & Disconnection of Criticality Detection Sys Under Prescribed Conditins
ML19327B319
Person / Time
Site: Framatome ANP Richland
Issue date: 10/17/1989
From: Rouse L
NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
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NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
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NUDOCS 8910300172
Download: ML19327B319 (1)


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SUBJECT:

CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION FOR REQUEST DATED MAY 31, 1989, AND SUPPLEMENT DATED SEPTEMBER 21, 1989 c

, By letter dated May 31, 1989, and supplement dated September 21, 1989', ANF U

- requested an amendment to License No. SNM.1227 to allow storage of transuranic

. waste in.a new location and' disconnection of the criticality detection system under prescribed conditions. ' The transuranic waste is stored in. drums. The-

.1 exhaust from the storage, area is filtered prior to' release. The criticality E

detection system must be taken out of service periodically to perform preventive

maintenance. ' The movement or processing of fissile material is. halted for. the n

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. duration of the outage. With those precautions, there is no increase in the.

potential for or~ consequences from radiological accidents. Neither the storage

.of the'. waste nor taking the alarm system out of. service for maintenance will adversely'effect the public health and safety or the environment. Accordingly, "pursuantto'10CFR51.22(c)(11),neitheranEnvironmentalAssescmentnoran Environmental Impact Statement is warranted for the' proposed action.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

%$001 Signed By-Leland C. Rouse, Chief.

Fuel Cycle Safety Branch Division of Industrial and j,

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