ML20080M642

Requests Resubmittal of Application for Disposal of Licensed Matl to Include Listed Info.Restrictions for Matl Quantities & Disposal Methods Should Be Proposed as Tech Spec Limits

ML20080M642
Person / Time
Site:	Fort Saint Vrain
Issue date:	02/14/1984
From:	Johnson E PUBLIC SERVICE CO. OF COLORADO
To:	Lee O NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
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NUDOCS 8402210212
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Docket: 50-267 R8 14 see Mr. O. R. Lee, Vice President Electric' Production

>Public Service Company of Colorado P.O. Box 840 Denve", Colorado 80201

Dear Mr. Lee:

We are in receipt of your January 13, 1984, letter (P-84023), but are unable to take the requested action due.to the. incompleteness of the application.

As indicated in your letter,10 CFR Part 20.302 provides a provision for requesting methods of the disposal of licensed material in a manner not otherwise authorized in the regulations. This regulation continues, however; "Each' application should include a description of the licensed material and any other radioactive material involved, including the quantities and kinds of such material and the level of radioactivity involved, and the proposed manner and conditions of disposal. The application should also include an analysis and evaluation of pertinent information as to the nature of the environ-ment... ; and procedures to be observed to minimize the risk of unexpected or hazardous exposures." Since none of this information was provided, we can take no action on your request.

Your letter also makes reference to 10 CFR Part 20.306 (which allows the disposal, without. regard to the radioactivity, of 0.05 microcuries or less of hydrogen-3 or carbon-14, per gram of medium, used for liquid scintillation counting) as the justification for the similiarly restricted disposal of sulphur-35. This regulation, which was published on March 11, 1981, (46 FR 16234), was provided to allow hospitals and medical research institutions greater leeway in disposing of liquid scintillation media and animal carcasses -

containing tracer levels of nydrogen-3 or carbon-14-(the two most commonly used radionuclides in biomedical research). The.0.05 microcurie per gram concentration limit was accepted by the Commission as a level that would cover most biomedical research involving tracer use in animals and also adopted for liquid scintillaiton media, as an administrative simplication.

For further details on this regulation, see the statements of consideration, 48 FR 16230.

If you wish to pursue the disposal of sulphur-35 at the Fort St. Vrain station, we request that you provide an application which, in addition to fulfilling'the requirements'of 10 CFR 20.302(a), complies with the provisions of 10 CFR 50.90 and 10 CFR 170.22. We further request that appropriate restrictions, for the quantities of material involved and the method of disposal, be proposed as Technical Specification limitations to expedite our evaluation of your request.

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Sincerely, Original Signed By.

L H. Johnsoft E. H. Johnson, Chief Reactor Project Branch I cc: See attached list bec distrib. by RIV:

RPB1 Resident Inspector RIV File Section Chief (RPS-A)

J. Gagliardo,DRRP&EP P. Wagner, Proj. Mgr., RPB1 D. Eisenhut, D/DL G. Lainas, DC J. Miller, ORB-3, T. Colburn, ORB-3 J. Taylor, OELD, IE E. Jordan, OELD, IE

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Fcrt St. Vrain cc list C..KfMillen Chairman, Board of County Commissioners Senior Vice President of Weld County, Colorado

Public Service Company Greeley, Colorado 80631 of Colorado

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Regional Representative

Denver, Colorado 80201 Radiation Programs Environmental Protection Agency James B. Graham, Manager 1860 Lincoln Street Licensing and Regulation.

Denver, Colorado' 80203 East Coast Office General Atomic; Company-

-Don Warembourg 2021 K Street, NW, Suite 709 Nuclear Production Manager Washington, DC 20006 Public Service Company of Colorado P. O. Box 368 J. K.; Fuller, Vice President Platteville, Colorado 80651

-Pubite Service Company of' Colorado

. Albert J. Hazle, Director P. 0.LBox'840 Radiation Control Livision Denver,-Colorado.-80201

. Department ~ of liealth 4210 East lith Avenue Denver, Colorado 80220 G.-L.!Plumlee NRC Senior Resident' Inspector Kelly, Stansfield & 0'Donnell

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. Room 900 550 15th Street Denver, Colorado 80202

'Darrell G. Eisenhut, Director

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