ML20012B779
| ML20012B779 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | 07000036 |
| Issue date: | 03/05/1990 |
| From: | Mallett B NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Nixon J MISSOURI, STATE OF |
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70- 0039 MAR 0 5.1990
- The Honorable Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon 22nd-District Room 429' State Capitol'
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Dear Senator Nixon:
I am responding to your January 25, 1990 letter, in which you request a copy of Combustion Engineering's (CE) response to the Nuclear Regulatory
-Commission's:(NRC)-December 27, 1989 Letter and-Inspection Report.
CE submitted a res)onse to the NRC on February 7,1990, and a copy is enclosed.
-We are reviewing tie adequacy of the response at this time and will be glad to provide.you a copy of any further correspondence regarding this matter. -
If you have any questions,- please contact me at (708) 790-5612.
Sincerely, Bruce S. Mallett, Ph.D., Chief Nuclear Materials Safety Branch
Enclosure:
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Open' Item #70-36/89004-01'- Posting of storage bins in incinerator area.
The criticality limit sign for the storage bins has b'een changed to limit, storage to contaminated items with no significant uranium.
This will allow more than one item of this type to be stored in each bin.
Items listed in'Section II of the Inspection Report:
1 02'- Review safety of operation of the older dewaxing and sintering furnaces.
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04 ' Prov'ide fire water system to upgrade-fi.re suppression. system.,
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fight ' fires will continue to be limited due to criticality ' safety considerations..
05'- Training. for fire brigade members should be oriented towards hands-on
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fire fighting. The effectiveness of the instruction should be tested.
Hands-on training is conducted in the use of portable fire extinguishers
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08 - Review micronizer-equipment and operation for potential loss of containment of SNH material.
As stated in the Inspection Report, operation of the micronizer has not caused. significant airborne contamination.
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We will continue to monitor airborne concentration,s with both fixed and;1apel air samplers..
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