ML20055C940
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| Site: | Erwin, 07000754, 07000008, 07000364, Framatome ANP Richland, 07001193, 07000025, 07001143 |
| Issue date: | 05/07/1990 |
| From: | Rathbun D NRC OFFICE OF GOVERNMENTAL & PUBLIC AFFAIRS (GPA) |
| To: | Alvarez R SENATE, GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS |
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| CCS, NUDOCS 9007020115 | |
| Download: ML20055C940 (6) | |
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May 7, 1990 Mr.' Robert Alvarez Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate Washington, D.C.
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Dear Bob:
I apologize for the lengthy delay in responding to your questions regarcing the decomissioning of plutonium facilities. The responses look rather longer to formulate than either Bob Bernero or I anticipated.
I understand that you have received the documents you requestel concerning the West Chicago thorium mill tailings site.
Again, I am sorry for the delay.
If you need any additional information, please contact me.
Sincerely, Dennis K. Rathbun, Director Congressional Affairs Office of Governmental and-Public Affairs
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.6 PLUTONIUM FACillTITES OUEST10N 1.
How many plutonium or transuranic contaminated sites were or are now under NRC license?
ANSVER.
The processors of plutonium for nuclear fuel or source fabrication and the processors of irradiated fuel containing plutonium and other transuranics are the facilities likely to require significant decontamination.
Fourteen facilities are named in the enclosed lists. The first list identifies the four facilities currently under license where the plutonium facilities have already been decommissioned.
The second list identifies the other four plutonium facilities currently under license; at each of these, decommissioning of the plutonium facility is in process. The third list names the six formerly licensed facilities.
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CURRENT LICENSES WITH ALREADY DECOMMISSIONED PLUT0NIUM FACILITIES Dates are of initial Pu authorization..
License Docket Licensee Number Number i
Advanced Nuclear FuelsSNti-1227 70-1?57 Currently LEU Conversion (UF 6-Corp.
(12/14/70) to UO ); Fabrication & Scrap '
Richland, WA Recov$ry; Commercial LWR Fuel.
Former Pu Fuel Fab (R&D) facility decomissioned Battelle Memorial SNM-7 70-8 R&D; Hot Cell R&D; Pu facility Division (10-14-65) decomissioned Columbus, OH General Electric SNM-960 70-754 Pu facility has been decomissioned; Vallecitos, CA (9-14-66)
Hot Cell R&D SNM-206 70-204 (former license terminated (5-27-58) with issuance of SNM-960)
Rocketdyne Division SNM-21 70-25 Hot Cell operation recently terminated.
(formerly Atomics (9-22-67)
Facility was equipped to do pilot International) plant scale fabrication; then Canoga Park, CA limited by license and quantity of authorized Pu to R&D activities.
Former Pu Fuel Fab (R&D) facility decomissioned
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CURRENT LICENSES WHERE PLUT0NIUM FACILITIES ARE BEING DECOMMISSIONED Dates are of initial Pu authorization.
License Docket Licensee
- Number, Number Babcock & Wilcox SNM-414 70-364 Pu facility being decommissioned Parks Township, PA (12-2-60)
Nuclear Reactor Service Operations Cimarron Corp.
SNM-1174 70-1193 Pu facility being decommissioned Crescent City, OK (4-2-70) and final surveys being conducted Nuclear Fuel Services SNM-124 70-143 HEU Conversion & scrap Recovery Erwin, TN (7-27-65)
Naval Reactor Fuel; LEU Scrap Recovery; Former Pu Fuel Fab (R&D)
Pu facility being decommissioned Westinghouse SNM-1120 70-1143 Pu facility being decommissioned Cheswick, PA (5-16-69)
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FORMERLY LICENSED PLllTONIUM PROCESSING FACILITITES Dates are of initial Pu authorization License Docket Licensee Number Number Babcock & Wilcox SNM-778 70-824 Pu Fuel Fab (R&D)
Lynchburg, VA.
(12-22-64)
Battelle Northwest SNM-942 70-984 Pu Fuel Fab (R&D)
Lab (10-14-65)
Richland, WA Gulf United Nuclear SNM-871 70-903 Pu'FuelFab(P&D)
Pawling, NY (4-2-65)
Mcdonald Douglas Corp.SNM-1059 70-1116 Source fabrication Richland, WA (8-9-67) activities Monsanto Research SNM-S67 70-572 Source fabrication Corp.
(2-7-62) activities Dayton, Ohio New York State SNM-1138 70-1156 Storage only. DOE's West Atomic and Space (5-26-69)
Valley Demonstration Project Development Authority is currently decontaminating West Valley.NY the facilities.
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What_are the residual radioactivity criteria being used in the decommissioning of plutonium faci;i+ies?
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Most of the residual activity concerns in decommissioning of plutonium facilities relate to decontamination of interior surfaces in buildings; for these, the criteria being used are the limits in the " Guidelines for Decontamination of Facilities and Equipment Prior to Release for Unrestricted Use or Termination of Licenses for Byproduct, Source or Special Nuclear Material," July 1982. A copy of these
' Guidelines.is enclosed. The Guidelines have been reissued from time to time, with minor editorial changes.
For residual plutonium in soil, we use 25 pCi/g, which was 2
developed at an equivalent to the 0.2 microcurie /m screening level in EPA's draft guidance for cleanup of accidental releases of transuranics (plutoniuu) to the environment (42 FR 60956, November 30,1977). A copy of this Federal Register notice is enclosed.
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