ML20057D250
| ML20057D250 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 03/12/2020 |
| From: | Stephen Koenick Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs |
| To: | Dauberger J UniTech Services Group |
| Dembek S | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20057D248 | List: |
| References | |
| RIS-16-011 | |
| Download: ML20057D250 (3) | |
See also: RIS 2016-11
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March 12, 2020
Ms. Jo Ann Dauberger
ORSC Technical Sales & Service Manager
2323 Zirconium Road
Oak Ridge, TN 37830
SUBJECT:
UNITECH SERVICES GROUPS EMAIL CONCERNING TN BSFR
PROCESSING AND REGULATORY ISSUE SUMMARY (RIS) 2016-11,
REQUESTS TO DISPOSE OF VERY LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE
PURSUANT TO 10 CFR 20.2002
Dear Ms. Dauberger:
I am responding to your February 14, 2020, email, TN [Tennessee] BSFR [Bulk Survey for
Release] Processing (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System [ADAMS]
Accession No. ML20057D249). In your email, you requested that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) send a letter to UniTech Services Group that is similar to the letter that the
NRC sent to Waste Control Specialists on September 16, 2019, (ADAMS Accession No.
ML19210B090). You stated that [m]any power plants believe that the TN BSFR program is not
approved by the NRC.
The transfer of low-level waste from a power plant to UniTech Services Group is permissible
under 10 CFR 20.2001(a), as long as it meets all applicable requirements of your Tennessee
license. The issue to which your email refers, regarding RIS 2016-11 and EA-18-137, concerns
NRC licensees that propose to dispose of very low-level radioactive waste in an unlicensed
facility in accordance with 10 CFR 20.2002.
Please feel free to share this letter with any of your power plant customers with questions about
the permissible transfer of licensed material to UniTech Services Group for processing and
subsequent disposal. If you have any questions, please contact Stephen Dembek at
stephen.dembek@nrc.gov or 301-415-2342.
J. Dauberger
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In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure, a
copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public
Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records component of NRCs ADAMS. The
ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.
Sincerely,
Stephen Koenick, Chief
Low-Level Waste and Projects Branch
Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery
and Waste Programs
Office of Nuclear Material Safety
and Safeguards
J. Dauberger
3
SUBJECT:
UNITECH SERVICES GROUPS EMAIL CONCERNING TN BSFR
PROCESSING AND REGULATORY ISSUE SUMMARY (RIS) 2016-11,
REQUESTS TO DISPOSE OF VERY LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE
PURSUANT TO 10 CFR 20.2002 DATE: March 12, 2020
ADAMS Package Accession No.:ML20057D250
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