ML19344B353
| ML19344B353 | |
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| Site: | 07000292 |
| Issue date: | 11/01/1979 |
| 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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| IEB-79-19, NUDOCS 8008260706 | |
| Download: ML19344B353 (2) | |
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DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY COLLEGE OF LETTERS & SCIENCE MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY. BOZEMAN 59717 November 1,1979 Karl V. Seyfrit Director, Region IV
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.This is the letter-specified in Item 9 of I.E.Bulletin 79-19
. sfor Montana. State. Uni.versity,. Jicanses 25-326-06, and SNM-284.
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 bulletin, we have made copies of the parts of the DOT regula.tions concerning radioactive materials for.use in the required training and retraining.
We do not believe that Item 2 is applicable to Montana State Uniirersity at the present-time since we are~not making any shipments-of low level radioactive waste for burial outside of the state of Montana.
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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 have 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.
The first training session is scheduled for October 3,1979.
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-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 infonnally on a one-to-one basis of an individual with i
his supervisor, a class instructor, or the radiological safety officer,
-we' will_ never have full records of all the training.
However, we expect 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. S;yfrit Octob:r 1, 1979 Page 2 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 chairman 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 comittee 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.
. Oure answers ~to;the three -questions from'IE-Bulletin 79-19 for' ^
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the 18 month period ending June 30, 1979 are:
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No low level radioa'ctive waste shipments were made for burial in this period to-either the disposal mine near Norris or'to
.any out of state burial. facility.
Thus, the total volume shipped was 0 gallons.
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Similarly, O curies of low level radioactive waste were shipped for burial in this period.
Approximately 10 gallons and 0.020 curies of radioactive waste were returned to this campus for di'spos' l from off-campus use of radioisotopes.
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radioisoto.. pes -invo.lved were. ' C-14, H...3 and S-3.5..
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A smal1 amount of this liquid was associated with sufficient solid
' waste to completely absorb the' liquid, and some toluene from liqui <! scintillation vials 'evaporatedtle'aving sol'id waste:
-a-However, most of the liquid waste was disposed of by decay or. through the sewage system, or was held for eventual bur-ial.at the disposal mine near Norris without. solidification.
We hope that you w'ill find' this set of responses to IE Bulletin 79-19 complete and satisfactory.
Sincerely, ibt V Dr. J. Cutler Chairman, Radiation Sources Committee Dr. R. Howald Radiological Safety Officer JC:smi CC 4
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