ML19344B352
| ML19344B352 | |
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| Site: | 07000292 |
| Issue date: | 10/01/1979 |
| From: | Cutler J, Howald R MONTANA STATE UNIV., BOZEMAN, MT |
| To: | Seyfrit K NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
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| ML19344B340 | List: |
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| IEB-79-19, NUDOCS 8008260703 | |
| Download: ML19344B352 (2) | |
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DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY COLLEGE OF LETTERS & SCIENCE MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY. BOZEMAN 59717 October.1, 1979 Karl VFSeyfrit
- Director, Region IV U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 1000 Arlington, TX 76012
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This is the letter specified in Item 9 of I.E.Bulletin 79-19 for Montana State Un.iversity, license 25-326-06.
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Dr. Howald 'has been keeping a current file of NRC regulations, and bound. volumes of the recent code of federal regulations are main-tained in the University library.
In response to the bull'etin, we have made cop.ies of the parts of the DOT regulations concerning radioa:tive materials for use in' the required training and retraining.
We doanot beli~ eve that. Item 2 is applicable to Montana State
.Un.iversity at.the. present time. since.we are not ma. king.any shipments -
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.of low level. radioactive waste for. burial outside of the state of Montana.
......Dr.-Howald, the.r'adiologica'l. safety officer, is.the-only,indiv--
m idual authorized by our radiation sources committee to supervise the transfer, packaging, and transport of low level radioactive material for burial.
Under our license we h. ave a substantial quantity of off-campus-use of radioisotopes and neutron moisture probes (about.
10 separate projects).
The radiation sources committee is currently identifying all persons with responsibility for transfer, packaging and transport of radioactive material in these projects.
We expect that the complete list, together with written approval instructions and at least one training session.for all these individuals, will be complete by the end of this academic quarter, December.
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training session is scheduled for October 3,1979.
1 Since almost all users of radioactive materials under our license generate some radioactive waste, the periodic training and retraining specified in Item 6.is a substantial job.
We believe that we are cur-I rently providing this training, but we are not currently keeping records of dates, persons trained, and subjects covered.
Since most of the training is done infomally on a one-to-one basis of an individual with his supervisor, a class instructor, or the. radiological safety officer,
. e will never have full records of all the training.
However, we expect w
- that we can have at least one recorded training session for every indiv-idual using radioactive materials by the end of February,1980.
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Karl V. Seyfrit October 1, 1979-Page 2 l
The major item of transfer of low level radioactive waste in our operations is the transfer of material for burial at the disposal mines near Norris, Montana.
The last such transfer was made on August 6, 1979.
The records of this transfer have been audited by the chainnan of the radiation sources committee.
The committee will complete action on what checking procedures will be required for such transfers by the radiological safety officer at its next meeting and before the next such shipment of. radioactive waste for burial.
The. connittee has desig-nated the radiological safety officer as responsible for checking ran-domly selected transfers of radioactive materials by other users under this license.
This procedure is being set up, and the selected checks will start before October 10, 1979.
. r -y,.....~.-Our answers. to. -the :threei questions from-IEsBulletin-79 19' for -
w the 18 month period ending June 30, 1979 are:
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No low level radioactive waste shipments were made for burial'
..in th,i.s. per.iod.to., ei.ther.,.the disposal.mine near Norris or :toi any out of state burial facility.
Thus, the total volume shipped was 0 gallons.
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Similarly, 0 curies of low level radioactive waste were shipped for buria1 in this period.
Approximately 10 gallons and 0.020 curies of radioactive waste were returned to this campus for
' disposal from off-campus use of radi.oisotopes.
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ra.dioisotopes involyed wer.e C-1.4, H-3. and S-35..
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Liquid low level radioactive was'te was cjenerated.
A small amount of this liquid was associated with sufficient solid waste to comp-letely absorb the liquid, and some toluene from
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liquid' scintillation' vials evaporated
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However, cost of the liquid waste was disposed of by decay or through the sewage system, or was held for eventual bur-ialaat the disposal mine near Norris without solidification.
We hope that you will find this set of responses to IE Bulletin 79-19 complete and satisfactory.
Sincerely,
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Dr. J. Cutler i
Chairman, Radiation Sources Committee Dr. R. Howald Radiological Safety Officer JC:smi cc
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