ML20033C435
| ML20033C435 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Wood River Junction |
| Issue date: | 11/13/1981 |
| From: | Bidinger G, Crow W NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
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| NUDOCS 8112030206 | |
| Download: ML20033C435 (2) | |
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70-820 Region I Service List APPLICANT:
United Nuclear Corporation (UNC)
EYShum UNC Recovery Systems Wood Ri=er Junction Rhode Island (WRJ)
SUBJECT:
AMEN 0 MENT APPLICATION DATED SEPTEMBER 10, 1981, TO DELETE OR MODIFY LICENSE CONDITIONS BECAUSE OF DECOMMISSIONING ACTIVITIES, 070008:0A14S I.
Background
On April 29, 1980, UNC notified NRC of its intent to decommission the UNC-WRJ facility. The licensee has terminated scrap processing and has packaged.all lagoon sludge for disposal. The subject amendment application requests deletion of certain monitoring requirements as a result of the deconalssioniniactivity.
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Discussion Condition 22(b) requires monthly analyses of well, lagoon and storage tank analysis for pH; nitrate; fluoride; and, under certain conditions, Cd Hg, Pb, Mo, Zn, and N1. Because the average measured values of the s
trace elements during the last 14 months are well below the EPA's drinking water standards, the licensee requests that the requirement for trace elements analysis be deleted from the license. This can be accomodated by revising Condition;22(b) to read:
22(b). pH, nitrate and fluoride.
Condition 23 requires monthly monitoring of lagoon and storage tank. Because the lagoon system is being decommissioned and process wastes are not being put into the system, the licensee requests deletion of this reqttfrement.
The licensee considers thit requirement to be "no longer relevant."
Condition 23 also requires monthly monitoring of the plant supply well for If the NO -(N) exceeds 10 ppm, the water may pH, nitrete and fluorides.
2 not be used for driaking water. The Ticensee requests deletion of this:
requirement because the monitoring is done by internal requirements. How-ever, to assure the protection of plant employees. for the life of the facility, Condition 23 should be revised to read as follows:
- 23. Month?y." samples shall be taken in the plant well (supply) and analyzed for pH, nitrate and fluoride if the water is used for drinking purposes.
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Condition 24 currently requires the monitoring program for the leak detection system for the storage tank to includo gross alpha and beta, and fluoride and nitrate ions. Because the contents of the tank are known and are the only source of process liquids in the leak detection system, the licensee requests that requirements for analysis be changed to gross alpha and beta, and specific condoctivity. Condition 24 should be revised to read:
- 24. Monthly samples of liquid found in the storage tank leak detection system shall be analyzed for gross alpha and beta and specific conductivity.
The licensee also requests relief from keeping Section 900 current. This section is a demonstration of recovery operations, but is not included as a condition of the license.
The above license conditions were discussed and agreed to by Mr. Aqy and the project manager on October 10, 1981. The Region I project inspector has no objection to this amendment.
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Contlusion and Recommenda' tion _ _
The staff has concluded that monitoring requirements can be modified or deleted. Subject to the conditions specified above, the amendment application should be approved. The staff also concurs with the licensee's position that Section 900 need not be maintained.
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