ML20050G626

FOIA Request for Four Categories of Documents Re Disposal of Radwaste by Atomic Energy Project at Ucla

ML20050G626
Person / Time
Site:	05000142
Issue date:	01/04/1982
From:	Nelson R LOS ANGELES FEDERATION OF SCIENTISTS
To:	NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM)
References
FOIA-82-10 NUDOCS 8204140067
Download: ML20050G626 (2)

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t O O Ios Angeles Federation of Scientists P.O. Box 67941 Ios Angeles, CA 90067 (213)354-6893 Januar/ 4, 1982 Director Office of Administration U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission FREEDOM OF INFORM'AT.70N Vashington, D.C. 20555 ACI REQUESI RE: FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST (II) /~d M "/)-/O 04fdI-/542 Centleperson:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552, and ths NRC's Regulations as to Public Records,10 CFR Part 9, the Los Angeles Federation of Scientists herewith requests that it be provided the following documents or categories of documents:

(1) records indicating how, where, when, and what radioactive wastes were disposed of by the Atomic Energy Project at UCIA, operated for the USAEC beginning in the 1940s and continuing to this day, under succeeding names (Iaboratory of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Biology, Iaboratory of Biomedical and Environmental Sciences). By how disposed we mean disposal method (i.e.

soil burial, sea disposal): by where we mean precise location of the disposal sites by when we mean the period of time during which said disposal took placer and by what radwastes we mean for each method, location, and time period, which isotopes, in what quantities, were disoposed of as waste in what forms (e.g.

lab animals, leaking sources, etc.) These records to include all available records from the inception of the Atomic Energy Project.

(2) records providing the information requested in (1) above except relating to the Atomics International facilities in Southern California, likewise beginning at their inception.

(3) records providing the information requested in (1) above, except for UCIA facilities other than the Atomic Energy Project or its successors.

(4) all records besides those identified in (1), (2) and (3) above which detail how and where radioactive wastes generated in Southern California from 1940-1968 were disposed of. This to include hospitals, universities, l research centers, private industry,.and nuclear reactor and nuclear weapons l facilities. As commercial lard-hised disposal sites did not open until 1962, we are particularly interested in information about how and where radwaste was disposed of prior to that time, particularly those wastes generated in Southern California that ray have been disposed of in Southern California.

i As per 10 CFR 9.14a, we request the search ani copying fees be waived.

Informtion obtained from the materials will, after analysis by scientists volunteering their time in the public interest, be released in the form of a publicly available study of radwaste policy, with a special focus on Southern California experience. Any informtion that can help determine whether any l locally generated radwaste was buried at the Veterans Administration facility

! in West Los Angeles prior to 1960 wi13 be provided the public in the form of l comments on a Draft Environmental Statement considering conversion of the interest will be served by the availability of 820714'0077" 3 EIE0$ 04 ir public assurance if warranted or official action PDR FOIA NELSON 82-iO PDR

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We request that any classified documents identified in your search be sent for de-classification review, that such review be expedited, ani .

where possible, de-classification occur and those doeur.ents be provided to us. l 1

We request that any documents determined to be available in the Public Docurent Room be provided directly rather than referring us to the PDR.*

We do this because (1) there is no LPDR in our area for these documents, (2) the documents go lack to the forties and fifties, thus some records normally expected to be in the PDR are likely to be missing there, and (3) the Draft Environmental Statement for which our comments are to be made requires such comments in a matter of a few weeks, necessitating reduction-of all possible delays.

In order to expedite matters, a copy of this request has been provided to NRC Region V. A similar request is being addressed to D02 for those documents which it may possess that may not be in NRC files.

We look forward to your early response.

Si$erely,/ li l

RobertNelcon,Ph.& D.

Co-Chairperson Los An6eles, Federation of Scientists cc NRC Region V HQ