ML20127H101
| ML20127H101 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | West Valley Demonstration Project |
| Issue date: | 01/26/1984 |
| From: | Richard Perkins Battelle Memorial Institute, PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATION |
| To: | Theresa Clark NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
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| FOIA-84-905 NUDOCS 8505210227 | |
| Download: ML20127H101 (1) | |
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9 OBattelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories P.O. Box 999 Richtend, Wa,hington U.S.A. 99352 Telephone (509)
T*= N January 26, 1984 Mr. Tom Clark U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission NMSS Willste Building 7915 Eastern Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20910
Dear Tom:
Re: Characterization of the Kerosene Base TBP Solution Transport at the West Valley Disposal Site I have outlined briefly some of the work that would lead to a better under-standing of the subterranean transport of the kerosene base TBP solutions at West Valley.
I prepared this in a way that includes the various tasks that could be performed in the very short term and other tasks that would be per-formed over an additional year of work, if this seemed appropriate.
The four tasks which could be performed in the next four to six months would give us a much better understanding of the extent of migration of the kero-sene base solvent and the associated TBP and radionuclides. We could carry out part or all of these tasks, depending on what degree of understanding we hope to achieve in the short term.
For the West Valley problem, I think it would be appropriate to carry all of them out if they are not being done by other contractors.
In any case, we would be happy to help in any way we could. As I hive indicated, we at Han-ford have had considerable experience in measuring the TBP-kerosene-radio-nuclide system, both from a production standpoint and in environmental sys-tems' and could bring this experience to bear on the problems at West Valley.
Give me a call after you have had a chance to read this material and we can determine what type of measurement program may be appropriate.
Sincerely, OR Richard W. Perkins Associate Manager Radiological Sciences Department 8505210227 850103 RNNI
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