ML20127F144

Decommissioning Plan

ML20127F144
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Site:	05000172
Issue date:	04/12/1971
From:	LOCKHEED AIRCRAFT CORP.
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DECOPXISSIONIF'- PLAN .

A. C,*E':TIVE _

~r.e overall. objective is to recters the Radiation Effects I.eactor

1. l FR) site to such a Icw radistict environment ths.t r.=vei* lance _

quirements' will be grectly recc:e1 or eliminated sti ths.: part ,

= all of the 10,000 acre laborst:ry site may.be re*_etsed for j

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. respect to-regulatory contrc*.. the stated obje::ive vill be accomplished in two phases.

Phase I. Deccmmission IIR Phase II. Dispose of I- . product Materiaf f Upon completion of Phase I, Lockt. sed will request to:nication of Tacility License R-86 with simulta..sous issuance of a state by-produ'et material license, therebir ,:.nitiating transfer of regulatory ,

- centrol from the Atomic Energy Ccc-ission to the Es.diological  :.

Zealth- Service of the Georgia I4p.rtment of Public Health. ,

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'E00MMISSIOl;ING OF RER 1

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s-ackheed proposes that the RER be considered deco _issioned when a

the following criteria are mets o

1. All reactor fuel transferred to a licensed receiver and .

shipped from the-site. ,

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C. PRESENT STATUS OF RER The fuel has been removed from the reactor and trar.sferred to fuel

• l~ element storage racks in the ste age pool.

The upper closure, the shield ta:Jes, and the internal co=fonents '

have been removed from the reactor pressure vessel and transferred to storsge in the storage pool cr on the reactor building floor. f l ,

All of these components have been removed in the same manner in i.

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• / MCOMMISSIONING PI I Page 2 which they have been removed in the past for stantenance purposes.

and in accordance with procedures approved by the Procedure Review Comittee. In a.idition, all drives have been recoved frce the upper closure. Tr.e regulating rod has been detached from the drive

- and is stored in -he storage pool.

All other RER sys eas remain intact.

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_D. DISPOSAL OF COP 97;Eh"fS Authority to dis;cse of the reacter fuel is con 11ned in the existing license. . Lockheed will dispose of.the entire f a1 inventory, cor.- l sisting of 94 fuel elements and the fuel sectiens of 13 control rods.

Lockheed presen-17 has in its possession 13 cer.rol red drives which constitute all drives which were initially interied for use in the Radiation Effec s Reactor, the Critical Experi ent Resctor (CER), and '

- the Shield Develc;eent Reactor (SDR).

The CER was opera.ted prior to 1961 under D0D suthori:ation but has not operated since, and was never licensed for :;eration by the Atomic ,_

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mission. The SDR was never assembled and was never licecsed for operation.. ,

Lockheed has in its possession the component parte of the CER, sad 7 some of the ce=;cr.ent parts of the SDR.

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- Lockheed vill dispose of the entire inventory cf control rod drives.ig .

transfer to a licensed com:nercial rs.dioactive vi.ste disposal fire in 4 - accordance with applicable AEC/ DOT regulatiour. - .

The drives will be partially disassembled in ; reparation for ship::ient, .

but there will.te no cutting or terching invcived.

The mavimum dose rate measured at contact at a:7 portion of the drivec ,'

is 100 cr/h r. 7:e disassembly woric vill involve average dose rates of I

approximately 3 :::-/hr. - .

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l l During the pericd of operation of the RER, there has been no detectahle L

release of fissi:n products. Since shutdown cf the RER, the concen- -

l tration of radit. ion material in the primary ecclant and in the stcrage and reactor pocls has consistently been less :han 5.0 x lo-7 microcuries .

per al gross beta-gamm. Because of the low levels of activity present, .

there is not erpected to be significant smearatie contamination on any i

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l of the reactor. ,

l ; '- All handling of components will be in accordance with the Radiological Control Plan, Se: tion E. .

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E. RADIOLOGICAL CONTROL PLAN ,

Radiological Safety responsibility will remain with Lockheed-Ge:rg'.a ~

Company Personnel and safe prac-ices will be maintained at all -i=es during decommissioning work. ?.adiological safety will be governed i;.-

the "LGNL Safety knual," reviced January 1966; 'Lockheed Phr.sitzent Directive" J-17, dated December,1970; the " United States Atomi:

Energy Commission Rules and Rec.tlations Title 1*, Part 20." and the l " Rules and Regulations for Radicactive Materials. Chapter 270-i-IO. -

Georgia Department of Public Eee.lth."

Radiological Safety Procedures and Practices, ar.d the LGNL Safety Manual, which were utilized in the normal conduct of the facility as

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an " operating plant" are considered satisfactory for decommissi:ning work.

The Lockheed-Georgia Compan; Radiological Safety Officer is resp:nsi-

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I ble for administering the Radiological Safety Controls Plan within the 31mits and practices as stated in the above listed documents.

S- The Luckheed-Georgia Company Isotopes Committee provides surveillance over all activities within the Company associated with radiatien hazards.

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. F.. ABfBE9PR&T."E ORC.'L"I'" TIN Fa "NN -

Decommissioning of the PER will be accomplished within the fra.=evork already established by the current Technical Specifications of License

- R-86. Any restrictions imposed as a result of this request shall be supplementary to, but shall not supersede, the requirements of the

- Technical Specifications.

.- Lockheed shall be responsible for all activities within the site

!, boundary and shall be responsible for the health and safety of all ,

l, ) persons engaged in these activities, and for the health and safety jy of the general public as it is affected by these activities.

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• G.- DISPOSITION OF PACILITY AND PROPERTY

! 1, , Plans for final disposition of the facility and the property o:cupied

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- by the facility are not complete. A sampling program aimed at 7[

determining the extent of activation of the soil, structurni c:rpo-1, ' - .

nents, and auxiliary reactor. systems has been underway since Cctober,

.i-1970. Since some areas are inaccessible at this time, it is r.:t

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feasible to complete this program until the reactor fuel and reactor

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components are removed from the site. In any event, further

,2 disposition of property and activated materials will be coordinated ,

with the appropriate regulatory agency.

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DISPOSAL OF REACTOR COMPCFDITS' e

Lockheed will dispose of the following reactcr components by transfer to a licensed commercial waste disposal firm in a:::rdance with applicable ABC/JXM' regulations.

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RADIATION LEVEL

• Inner Tank 3R/kR Flow Baffles (12) 135 R/HR Grid and Scram Dam 500 R/kR Hold-Down Plates 3) (per Assembly _15 RAER ~.

' Dung Puel Elements 6 R/hR Regulating Rods (2) 120 R/IR

,; , Separable Guides Attached 1.2 R/hR to Upper Closure .

• Reported dose rates were measured in air, at contact

.[ (within 2"), and represent the emun radiation 2

level observed to emanate from any portion of the component.

Sections E and F of the Decommissioning Plan, Enclosure (a) shall apply to

-.. handling of the components listed above.

.The components have been removed from the reactor as stated in Section C of the Decommissioning Plan.

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[ There have been no destructive or irreversible ~ actions taken in the removal i *I of the components from the reactor, and there will be no cutting or torching involved in the preparation of the listed components for shipment.-

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The components are of such a size that they can be acconnodated by licensed -

ahipping containers currently in the inventory of licensed radioactive waste disposal agencies.

Methods and/or procedures for handling compcnents shall be re eved by, and shall require the approval of the Procedure ~.eview Conmittee.

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