ML20045B369
| ML20045B369 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Waltz Mill |
| Issue date: | 06/14/1993 |
| From: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 9306170248 | |
| Download: ML20045B369 (2) | |
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g c.c,e WASHINGTON, D.C. 2055#-0001 SAFETY EVALUATION BY THE OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION SUPPORTING AMENDMENT NO. 6 TO FACILITY LICENSE NO. TR-2 WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION DOCKET NO. 50-22
1.0 INTRODUCTION
By letter dated December 8, 1992, as supplemented on February 8, 1993, the Westinghouse Electric Corporation (the licensee) requested that the retired Westinghouse Test Reactor (WTR) soil basins and remaining residual radioactivity be transferred from License TR-2, Docket 50-22 to license SNM-770, Docket 70-698.
The WTR located near Waltz Mill, Pennsylvania was a test reactor which was converted to a possession only (PO) license on March 25, 1963, and the PO license was extended on April 17, 1974, until November 30, 1993.
Since December 14, 1962, there has been no reactor fuel on the site and the facility has been partially dismantled.
2.0 EVALUATION Subsequent to the fuel element meltdown at the WTR in April 1960, it became necessary to store large quantities of contaminated water prior to processing and removal of the radioactivity. Since it was impossible to obtain tanks having sufficient capacity within a short time, several excavations were made on the site property to create holding basins where this water could be retained.
Three basins designated as No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3 were used for storage of this contaminated water. A description and location of these basins is included in the submittal of December 8,1992 (Accession Number 9212180052). The licensee has determined, from monitoring wells near the soil basins and other adjacent contaminated sources, that there is residual radioactivity in the soil basins. However, the licensee believes that other adjacent sources near the soil basins may be the major possible contributor to this contamination. These sources are under the SNM-770 license.
The Waltz Mill site is one of the sites in the Site Decommissioning Management Plan, which requires that Waltz Mill and other sites which are contaminated be characterized and remediated.
Since the soil basins are adjacent to the largest area of significant soil and groundwater contamination, which are under license SNM-770, it would be more efficient, from an administrative standpoint, for the licensee and the NRC to have the same NRC organization responsible for overseeing the cleanup of this area.
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Also, the licensee is planning to decommission the facilities currently possessed under License TR-2 and to terminate the license.
License SNM-770, however, covers all ongoing site activities involving radioactive materials and it is expected this license will be retained into the indefinite future.
A transfer of the soil basins to License SNM-770 will have no impact on current possession limits, scope of operation or license conditions. The NRC requirements regarding the release of radioactivity from the soil basins will be the same as those in license TR-2 and will apply under license SNM-770.
The transfer from License No. TR-2 to License No. SMN-770 will be implemented concurrently.
Therefore, the staff concluded that the proposed deletion of the soil basins from License No. TR-2 is acceptable.
3.0 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATION
This amendment involves changes in the category of recordkeeping, reporting, and administrative procedures and requirements. Accordingly, this amendment meets the eligibility criteria for categorical exclusion set forth in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(10).
Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b), no environmental impact statement or environmental assessment need be prepared in connection with the L
issuance of this amendment.
4.0 CONCLUSION
The Commission made a proposed determination that the amendment involves no' significant hazards consideration which was published in.the Federal Reaister (58 FR 16232) on March 25, 1993. No public comments were received.
The staff has concluded, based on the considerations discussed above, that:
(1) there is reasonable assurance that the health and safety of the public will not be endangered by operation in the proposed manner, and (2) such activities will be conducted in compliance with the Commission's regulations and the issuance of this amendment will not be inimical to the common defense and security or the health and safety of the public.
Principal Contributor: Theodore S. Michaels Date: June 14,1993 i
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