ML20024J225
| ML20024J225 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | 05000147, 05000060, 05000129, 05000141, 05000216, 05000084, Vanowen, 05000098, 05000043, 05000058, 05000064, 05000114, 05000122, 05000154, 05000202 |
| Issue date: | 09/27/1994 |
| From: | Radcliffe W NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| To: | Johnson T NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9410120315 | |
| Download: ML20024J225 (3) | |
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WASHINGTON. D.C. 2055fWX01 September 27, 1994 MEMORANDUM T0:
Timothy C. Johnson, leader Materials Decommissioning Section, LLDP/NMSS William H. Radcliffe, Jr.
EnvironmentalEngineer(Intern),NMSSgs FROM:
SUBJECT:
0AK RIDGE INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND EDUCATION SURVEY OF TERMINATED NON-POWER REACTOR LICENSES:
0FFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION RECOMMENDATIONS (See attachment for docket numbers)
The " Updated Report on Site Decommissioning Management Flan" (SDMP),
SECY-91-096, required the review of docket files associated with terminated Non-Power Reactor (NPR) licenses to ensure that no contamination in excess of the current U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) unrestricted release guidelines exists at the previously licensed facilities.
In a report dated June 18, 1991, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (0 RISE, formerly ORAU) forwarded the results of their review of 60 terminated NPR licenses.
Their review indicated that the docket files associated with 30 of the licenses did not contain sufficient information to support unrestricted release.
Further review of these licenses by the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) at the NRC, documented in a report dated July 31, 1992, halved this number.
In the absence of complete information, the following conditions, taken from the July 31, 1992, NRR review, would be sufficient to conclude that the operations associated with a terminated license would pose no hazard for future site occupants:
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The former site has been completely demolished.
Either a field, parking lot, or completely new structure currently exists at the old NPR site, j
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The building housing the reactor still exists, but the building has been remodeled to the extent that there is nothing left of the reactor facility to survey, 3)
This site is currently used for some other purpose involving radioactive material, or 4)
The reactor authorized was either an AGN-201, AGN-211, or L-77 type research reactor.
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Facility License No.
Name Remarks 50-43/R-ll U.S. Navy Postgraduate The reactor was an AGN-201, operated at 0.1 School watt over 20 years ago.
50-94/R-40 &
Rockwell International The reactors were an L-77 and a critical 50-147/CX-17 Corp.
facility which operated at 10 watts and 200 l
watts over 20 years ago.
50-58/R-22 Oklahoma State University The reactor was an AGN-201, operated at 0.1 watt over 20 years ago.
50-60/R-27 U.S. Navy Hospital, The reactor was an AGN-201, operated at 0.1 Bethesda watt over 20 years ago, and the site is now a parking garage.
50-64/R-24 University of Akron The reactor was an AGN-201, operated at 0.1 watt over 20 years ago, and the site was extensively renovated.
50-84/R-30 University of California, The reactor was an AGN-201, operated at 0.1 Berkeley watt over 20 years ago.
50-98/R-43 University of Delaware The reactor was an AGN-201, operated at 0.1 watt over 20 years ago.
50-ll4/R-54 William Rice University The reactor was an AGN-211, operated at 10 watts almost 30 years ago.
50-122/R-55 University of Wyoming The reactor was an L-77, operated at 10 watts 20 years ago.
50-129/R-58 West Virginia University The reactor was an AGN-211, operated at 75 watts over 20 years ago.
50-141/R-60 Leland Stanford Junior The facility has been completely demolished Univ.
and a new building was constructed at the old site.
Survey data taken during demolition was provided by Stanford.
50-154/CX-18 Martin Marietta The facility never reached criticality, was Corporation demolished, and Region I inspected the field where the site used to be located (See NRC Inquiry Report No. 40-3296/82-01) 50-202/R-91 University of Nevada The reactor was an L-77, operated at 10 watts 20 years ago, the facility was demolished, and the site is currently a parking lot.
50-216/R-107 Polytechnic Institute of The reactor was an AGN-201, operated at 0.1 New York watt over 20 years ago, and the building was completely removed.
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T.C. Johnson i Using the above reasoning, NRR staff concluded in their review that 15 other formerly licensed sites may be removed from further consideration. Attached is a table listing each site and briefly stating the reasoning behind the
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suggested removal.
i Based upon the results of the NRR review, I would conclude that the concerns l
originally raised by ORISE have been addressed, and residual contamination at l
these sites is below current NRC guidelines. This information should be placed in the docket files associated with the terminated licenses to avert any future duplication of effort.
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