ML20006A533
| ML20006A533 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 01/17/1990 |
| From: | Sjoblom G NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| To: | Bangart R NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| References | |
| REF-PROJ-M-32 NUDOCS 9001290076 | |
| Download: ML20006A533 (1) | |
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j W 1'l 1990
. MEMORANDUM FOR:
Richard L. Bangart, Director h
e Division of Low Lcvel Waste Management and Decommissioning FROM:
Glen L. Sjoblom, Deputy Director Division of industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety
SUBJECT:
WEST VALLEY BURIAL GROUND On January 11, 1990, we received the enclosed Department of Energy (DOE) memorandum concerning the West Valley Demonstration Project. The memorandum addresses the status of the (so. called) NRC. licensed disposal area at West Valley, which is where leached hulls and other reprocessing wastes were buried during the years when the reprocessing plant operated. There are several fairly well-known problems with this disposal area that have long concerned the NRC staff and others involved in West Valley. The main prnblems are erosion in the gullies near the disposal area and accumulation of water in the individual burial holes. A symptom of the latter problem has been intermittent leaking of reprocessing solvent from buried tanks into some of the nearby monitoring wells. A recent recurrence cf this leakage has prompted the DOE West Valley Project Office to propose near-term remedial action.
DOE has already decided to build an interception trench between the disposal area and the nearest gully. They also plan to press New York State to begin longer. term remedial action, such as disinterring the remaining solvent tanks. Attachnent 2 of the enclosure lists the options DOE is considering for getting the remedial work started. One of the options would involve licensing action by NRC.
Even if NRC action turns out not to be required, the course chosen by DOE will probably affect the condition of the West Vallcy site in important ways.
I suggest that we meet as soon as possible to discuss the technical, legal, and licensing implications of these developments.
Your staff will already have received the DOE memorandum through the normal West Valley distribution channels.
D H SigD WJ Glen L. Sjoblom, Deputy Director Division of Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety
Enclosure:
DOE memorandum of January 2,1990 from W. W. Bixby to J. E. Solecki cc:
J. Wolf 0GC T. Nicholson, RES l
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