ML20054C734
| ML20054C734 | |
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| Issue date: | 03/23/1982 |
| From: | Johnson T NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| To: | Browning R NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
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| REF-WM-3 NUDOCS 8204210576 | |
| Download: ML20054C734 (7) | |
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c6fj~l275 Enclosed is a copy of ray trip. report of the.Radwaste. Workshop sponsored by the Electric Power Research Institute.(EPRI) and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Radwaste Comittee held in Augusta, GA on February 8,1(82.
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j EPRI/ASME RADWASTE WORKSHOP PURPOSE:
The purpose of this meeting was to present a discussion of 10 CFR 61 Waste Form and Classification Requirements and to respond to utility questions DATE/ PLACE:
February 8,1982, Augusta, GA ATTENDEES:
See attached list (Enclosure 1)
DISCUSSION:
The EPRI/ASME Radwaste Workshop is an annual meeting which is a forum in which utility and architect / engineer personnel can discuss individual facility operating experiences.
This meeting is attended by plant personnel and engineers who are responsible for the design and actual operation of radwaste equipment. NRC and vendor personnel have traditionally been excluded from these meetings. shows the agenda for the workshop.
The purpose of my attendance was to present a discussion of the proposed low-level waste regulation,10 CFR 61, oriented to the waste form and waste classification requirements.
Following the presentation, the meeting attendees met in discussion groups to prepare questions which I responded to.
The questions presented involved a wide range of problems. These questions reflected some basic misunderstandings with the proposed rule and a general frustration with waste regulation. Obviously, NRC staff should continue to discuss this rule with utility personnel in order to assure that our intent is understood.
The.following is a summary of the workshop questions:
1.
Deminimis Levels.
I responded that the NRC staff policy expressed in the proposed rule notice had not changed. The NRC staff was working to establish deminimis levels for several waste streams on a case-by-case basis.
2.
Chelating Agents.
I explained our concerns with chelating agents and our intent to review the proposed disposal of wastes containing greater than 0.1 percent by weight chelating agents.
I was also asked the basis for the 0.1 percent limit and I stated that this level was based on the
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amount of iron available in a 55 gallon drum to complex with uncomplexed chelates.
3.
TRU Limits.
I indicated that the 10 nCi/gm TRU limit was being recon-sidered in response to comments requesting that the limit be increased to 100 nCi/gm.
I also stated that I was uncertain what the value in the l
final rule would be.
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Impact on State License Conditions.
I indicated that the Agreement States are required to have license conditions which are compatible with NRC l
requirements.
However, the license conditions are not required to be l
iden tical.
I indicated that I could not predict how state license J
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conditions would change in the future, but I believed that 10 CFR 61 would be the basis for a consistent framework of requirements not inconsistencies.
5.
High Integrity Containers (HIC's).
The packaging of powdered form materials in HIC was raised.
I indicated that NRC staff was evaluating this question in terms of occupational health effects in the event that an HIC ruptures during' handling operations.
Powdered form materials which pose an occupational hazard would require solidification.
6.
Implementation of the Waste Classification System.
The attendees were concerned regarding the procedures needed to demonstrate compliance.
I discussed the approaches in the draft Branch Technical Position (BTP) on Waste Classification and indicated that it would be ready for comment within several weeks.
7.
Deformation of Stable Wastes.
I indicated that the 5 percent limit was being reconsidered and that its intent was not to eliminate bitumen or.
polymeric binders as acceptable solidification agents.
8.
Implementation of the Waste Form BTP.
I indicated that the testing identified in the waste form BTP was intended to be implemented in qualifying solidification system process control programs.
Routine testing of individual wastes was not intended.
I stated that this would be clarified in the BTP revision.
In other discussions I talked to R. McKeon at Oyster Creek (0Y). 0Y has been the largest power plant trash generator in the nation.
McKeon indicated that a volume minimization program had been established and that significant reductions have resulted.
Previously OY had been shipping a truckload of trash to Hanford every two weeks at a cost of $50,000.
The volume minimization program has reduced these shipments to one every six weeks.
The approaches taken at OY have included waste segregation, training, and strict supervision.
McKeon felt that the present trash volumes could be reduced an additional 50 percent if further administrative controls are implemented.
CONCLUSIONS:
Serious misunderstandings regarding the proposed 10 CFR 61 continue to exist especially at the operator levels.
This can only be alleviated by better communications with utilities and engineering firm,s.
j ASME 'EPRI RADWA3TE WORKSHOP DT5 NSLTGT lEADhtt ASSIGNMENTS AUGUSTA, GEORGlA FEBRUARY 8-9, 1982 1st DISCUSSION 2nd DISCUSSION 3rd DISCUSSION AMENDEE SESSION SESSION SESSION Burton V. Coplan Touhy Walden Testa George Warriner Walden Touhy Vaught Richard M. Smith Nelson Walden Clement S. N. Kim Showalter Showalter Testa David R. Pratt Testa Vaught Showalter Peter C. Kwaschyn McKeon Vaught Walden Thomas A. Kriesel Clement Walden Showalter Peter T. Crinigan Vaught Walden Walden Lawrence L. Nolan Touhy Touhy McKeon Mark S. Strum Walden Nelson Testa John T. McCarthy Nelson Nelson Vaught Paul Springer Showalter Nelson McKeon' Douglas Hornstra Testa Showalter Touhy John Richmond McKeon Showalter Nelson Juan J. Marianyi Clement Nelson Touhy Ed Hartwig Vaught Nelson Touhy Sam C. Hart, Jr.
Touhy Nelson Clement M. D. Naughton Walden Walden McKeon M. C. Hensley Nelson Touhy Testa J. P. Donohue Showalter Touhy Clement Corriene S. Pohl Testa Testa Walden Thomas P. Hillmer McKeon Testa Showalter Michael Thomas Clement Showalter Walden T. J. Wall Vaught Clement Showalter R. M. Propst Touhy Showalter Vaught Steven R. Lueders Walden Showalter
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iJ ASME/EPRI RA0 WASTE WORKSHOP DISCUSSION LL.ADiiR ASSIGNMENTS.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA FEBRUARY 8-9, 1982 ATTENDEE 1st DISCUSSION.
2nd DISCUSSION 3rd DISCUSSION SESSION SESSION SESSION John Etheridge Touhy Nelson Testa Charles W. McIlwain, Jr.
Walden Testa Vaught Bruce Wilson Nelson Showalter McKeon John Neville
~Showalter h1 den Vaught Robert W. Peters Testa Vaught Touhy Raymond A. Tripodi McKeon Vaught Nelson Wayne Carr Clement Clement Touhy Benjamin Sklar Vaught Clement Nelson Karola Besel Touhy Testa McKeon Tony Graham Walden McKeon Testa Ken Fennel Nelson Testa Clement David Wilson Showalter Testa Testa Rich Tosetti Testa' Touhy Nalden Tim Polidoroff McKeon Touhy Showalter Luke Wulcher Clement Vaught Walden Norbert Dernbach Baught Vaught Showalter Rolf Widell Touhy McKeon Clement Wilson MacAuthur Walden Clement McKeon William Nevelos Nelson McKeon Vaught J. Rusty Proffitt Showalter McKeon McKean Jeff Boyer Testa Walden Nelson Gary Moffatt McKeon Walden Touhy David Duran Clement McKeon Nelson Ernest Thorton.
Vaught McKeon Touhy Russel Oako Touhy Clement Vaught Barry Garber Walden Vaught Clement Bili. Fannon Nelson Clement Testa 1
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1st DISCUSSION 2nd DISCUSSION 3rd DISCUSSION ATTENDEE SESSION SESSION SESSION D. Stuart Kammer Showalter Clement Clement Jimmy W. Leonard Testa Showalter Touhy James L. Taylor, Jr.
McKeon Showalter Nelson Bill W. Rogers Clement Nelson Nelson Bill MacCready Vaught Nelson Nelson Bill Ritchie Touhy Vaught Testa Maxey F. Cassada Walden Touhy Vaught John F. Schmitt Nelson Vaught Clement Mark Hoover Showalter Vaught Vaught David J. Feingold Testa Testa Walden Scott E. Bradley McKeon Testa Showalter P. Wayne Hagan Clement Showalter Walden F. M. Krohn Vaught Showalter Showalter Jene Vance Touhy Clement McKeon Paul Deltete Walden Clement Testa Carl F. Blackmon, Jr.
Nelson Touhy Clement Frank Tulipano Showalter Touhy Testa Tommy L. Willis Testa McKeon Nelson Alan Mackie McKeon McKeon Touhy Paul J. Mayo Clement Testa Nelson Herschel W. Godbee Vaught Testa Touhy Arlene H. Kibbey Touhy Touhy Clement Bruce G. Cummings Walden Nelson McKeon Dr. Harry Lawroski Nelson Walden Vaught Edward L. Hansen Showalter Walden McKeon Randall W. Marshall Testa Clement Showalter Gerald L. Baker McKeon Clement Walden Tom Baker Clement McKeon Showalter Bill Frazer Vaught McKeon Walden Mary Kelleher Paris Clement Walden Showalter
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