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| Issue date: | 09/25/1996 |
| From: | Taylor J NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
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| SECY-95-209-C, SECY-96-207, SECY-96-207-R, NUDOCS 9610030271 | |
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POLICY ISSUE September 25, 1996 (InfOrmatiOn) SECY-96-207 EQB: The Comissioners ERQM: James M. Taylor Executive Director for Operations SUBJECT. UPDATE OF POLICY AND PROGRAM ISSUES AT SITE DECOMMISSIONING MANAGEMENT PLAN SITES PURPOSE:
To provide the Comission with a sumary of significant program management and decomissioning activities since August 1995, the last Site Decomissioning Management Plan (SDMP) Update (SECY-95-209).
BACKGROUND:
In a November 4, 1993, Staff Requirements Memorandum on SECY-93-179, the Comission agreed to change the frequency of detailed updates to the SDMP from annual to biennial, but requested a short sumary of significtnt activities during the non-reporting years. A detailed update was provided to the Comission, and published as NUREG-1444, Supplement 1, in 1995. This paper sumarizes significant activities durir,9 the last year.
DISCUSSION:
The discussion covers three areas: 1) the SDMP program management plan;
- 2) significant site-specific decomissioning activities; and 3) activities related to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission decomissioning policy and guidance.
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- 1. Program Management Plan
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The staff is implementing the management plan described in the last SDMP j report (SECY-95-209). -In accordance with this plan, additional guidance for !
inspectors and license reviewers has been developed, and changes have been i nade to the process for reviewing characterization plans and reports and i performing confirmatory surveys. ,
The staff has developed a final draft Manual Chapter (MC) on decommissioning, !
which is currently in the final stage of review. The MC defines a streamlined j decommissioning process in which the rigor of review is consistent with :
potential contamination levels. The full spectrum of sites is. covered, from i small, routine sites, to large, complex sites, including those listed on the l SDMP. The MC presents a process for decommissioning and license termination ;
that differs in a number of ways from the current procedures used by the i licensing staff for routine decommissioning. The consolidation of the procedures, policies, and guidance into one document upgrades the NRC decommissioning program and ensures consistent and effective site decommissioning and license termination for all NRC licensees. The issuance of the MC will also satisfy concerns related to the lack of written procedures that were raised by the U.S. General Accounting Office and the NRC Inspector General (IG) during decommissioning program reviews.
The staff has established a decommissioning inspection program (MC 2602) and decommissioning inspection procedures (IPs) for materials and fuel cycle facilities (IPs'87104 and 88104). These IPs describe inspection frequency and define the decommissioning activities to inspect at various stages in the decommissioning process. Particular emphasis is placed on ensuring adequate control of licensed material after licensed operations have ceased.
Consistent with the streamlined program for confirmatory surveys, the IPs also provide guidance on areas to inspect during a final survey program review in place of NRC performing extensive confirmatory measurements. The staff has also developed a qualification program (MC 1246, Appendices IX and X) for technical, project management, and inspection staff working in the area of decommissioning. The qualification program ensures that staff has at least minimum technical qualifications to effectively review decommissioning plans and other related submittals.
The MC and IPs reflect recent changes in the staff's approach to reviewing characterization plans and reports, and performing confirmatory surveys. In accordance with the management plan, characterization reports are not being reviewed before the submittal of the decommissioning plans for most sites.
This approach'was applied to the review of characterization data submitted by the Cimarron Corporation, the Clevite Corporation, Westinghouse Waltz Mill, and AAR Manufacturing, Inc., and has resulted in more efficient and effective reviews. To date, no significant delays in site decommissioning have been encountered as a result of reviewing characterization reports with the
- decommissioning plans. In addition, the staff is no longer reviewing 1 characterization plans for most sites. However, staff's decision not to ;
fomally approve the site characterization plan at one site, Sequoyah Fuels l Corporation, prompted an investigation by the IG. To ensure that !
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significantly delay the approval of the decommissioning plan, the staff is i encouraging licensees to meet with NRC early in the characterization process i to outline the characterization plan and summarize characterization results. :
This should allow NRC the opportunity to provide comments and identify potential data gaps. This approach is being applied, for example, to the j General Electric Wilmington site and the Nuclear Fuel Services Erwin site, I which are undergoing partial decommissioning and are not listed on the SDMP. '
The staff is also modifying its approach for NRC confirmatory surveys at remediated sites consistent with the management plan in SECY-95-209. For-large decommissioning sites, NRC confirmatory survey measurements. have represented a considerable effort. For example, the confirmatory survey at the Shoreham Nuclear Plant cost about $800,000 in technical contract support, in addition to NRC staff time. Although Shoreham is an extreme example, the cost to NRC, and fee-recoverable licensees, has been considerable at a significant number of sites. The management plan called for a reduction in the number and scope of confirmatory surveys, relying instead on inspections of the licensee's final survey program, supporting quality assurance (QA) documentation, and past performance, to provide NRC with the confidence that the final survey data reported by the licensee is valid and accurate. A
. limited number of NRC confirmatory measurements may also be collected as a part of the performance oriented inspection. This program is being implemented on a- trial basis at two sites -- the Fort St. Vrain (FSV) power reactor site, and the Cimarron site, a former fuel fabrication facility.
Based on the results of inspections of the FSV final survey program conducted to date, and the extent of confirmatory surveys performed during these inspections, the staff expects the cost of NRC confirmatory surveys at the FSV reactor to be reduced by at least a factor of 4 (including reductions in contractor cost from improved efficiency) compared with the Shoreham reactor.
In addition, the staff believes-that the up-front inspection effort will provide NRC with greater. confidence in the accuracy and reliability of the licensee's final survey results, as opposed to relying extensively on confirmatory surveys performed after the licensee has completed the final survey measurements.
The formal trial implementation of the streamlined confirmatory survey approach is being conducted out of the Division of Waste Management (DWM),
with the assistance of Region IV. However, the approach is being applied, to varying degrees, on a case-by-case basis in all the regions, in coordination with DWM. Although the streamlined approach is generally reflected in the decommissioning IPs and the draft MC, detailed procedures for implementing this approach will be issued in 1997 based on experience gained during trial ,
implementation. l To augment the regions' technical resources to conduct these "in-process" l '
inspections of licensees' final survey programs, two Environmental Measurements Specialist (EMS) positions were created as a part of the l Laboratory Transition Plan. The-Laboratory Transition Plan was developed to i ensure an orderly and effective reduction in NRC's mobile and fixed !
radioanalytical laboratories. The EMS positions are located in Regions I and j
1 a r The Comissioners i III, but are intended to also. provide technical assistance to Regions II and IV, as needed. Although the creation of the EMS positions is an important
. component of the Laboratory Transition Plan, the main purpose of the plan is to impro u efficiency by consolidating the NRC radiological measurements laboratories from four regional laboratories (one in each region) to two i laboratories (one in Regions I and III), while ersuring that NRC maintains the independent measurement capabilities necessary for a viable regulatory
- program. In addition to increased efficiency, the consolidation plan seeks to
[ enhance overall confidence in the quality of measurements at the remaining two laboratories and NRC's contractor laboratory through a more rigorous quality
' assurance program. The overall effect of the consolidation effort, which is currently underway, will be a reduction in resources devoted to NRC radioanalytical efforts, improved quality of laboratory analyses, -improved consistency between NRC laboratories, and improved support of decomissioning
- efforts through the creation of the EMS position and increased emphasis on j environmental measurements.
Finally, a database was developed to track progress and manage SDMP site decommissioning activities. The database is also used to respond to requests
, for site-specific information and to provide the site sumaries for the annual
- report to the Comission. The attachment contains site summaries that were
- 9enerated directly from the database, at considerable resource savings over .
- manual site sumary generation used for previous SDMP reports to the ];
j Commission.
- 2. Major Site Decomissioning Activities i Staff efforts over the past year have primarily focused on site-specific casework. Since May 1995, six sites have completed decommissibning and have been removed from the SDMP, exceeding the goal set by the Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards for this year. The Commission was informed of ,
each of these actions in separate papers.- In addition, NUREG-1444, !
Supplement 1, projected that a total of nine sites would be removed from the i SDMP by May 1997. This goal is also expected to be met or exceeded. No sites j have been added to the SDMP list. !
Six additional sites have essentially completed remediation (or are otherwise no longer appropriate for inclusion in the SDMP) and several are expected to be removed from the SDMP list before May 1997. These sites are: (1) Anne Arundel County /Curtis Bay, Baltimore, MD; (2) Babcock and Wilcox, Apollo, PA; (3) RTI, Inc., Rockaway, NJ;- (4) Texas Instruments, Inc., Attleboro, MA; (5) i Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD; and (6) Watertown Arsenal, Watertown, MA. !
Decommissioning plans have been approved for five sites in the last year, ;
allowing remediation to begin. Two of the sites, BP Chemicals America, Lima, OH, and Chemetron Corporation (Harvard Avenue), Cleveland, OH, have been approved to place the contaminated material into on-site disposal cells. )
After the disposal cells are capped, the sites will be released for l unrestricted use. Work continues towards decomissioning, and removing from the list, the remaining 45 sites listed in the SDMP. The attachment provides a brief update on the current status of decomissioning activities at the !
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, The staff is developing environmental impact statements (EISs) for four SDMP c sites: (1) Shieldalloy Metallurgical Corporation, Cambridge, OH; (2) Babcock &
l Wilcox Shallow Land Disposal Area, Parks Township, PA; (3) Sequoyah Fuels Corporation, Gore, OK; and (4) the U.S. Amy Jefferson Proving Ground, I Madison, IN. Development of an EIS for' a fifth site, Shieldalloy
. Metallurgical Corporation,.Newfield, NJ, has been placed on hold in response i to the licensee's request and actions. The staff plans to brief the i Commission on the status of the four sites in October 1996. The contamination
] levels at epch of these sites could result in a dose to a member of the public
! in excess of 1 mSv/yr (100 mres/yr) assuming an intruder and/or resident
{ farmer pathway scenario. . The waste volumes and physical distribution of the L radioactive material on these sites make decommissioning to levels suitable for unrestricted use prohibitively expensive (i e., up to approximately
$1 billion). On-site disposal of the material requires an exemption from cristing regulations, supported by an EIS.
Each of these four sites present different si;e conditions and decommissioning challenges. The Shieldalloy site contains over 200,000 cubic meters (7 million cubic feet) of slag material contaminated with uranium and thorium resulting from the extraction of niobium from ores containing licensable quantities of uranium and thorium. The Parks Township Shallow Land Disposal Area, authorized under 10 CFR 20.304, contains uranium (including enriched uranium), thorium, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and volatile organics.
The Sequoyah Fuels site is a former uranium conversion facility containing on the order of 200,000 cubic meters (7 million cubic feet) or more of soil and buildings contaminated with natural uranium, 34 million liters (9 million gallons) of contaminated sludge from solvent extraction processes, and ;
significant uranium groundwater contamination. The Jefferson Proving Ground i contains 75,000 Kg (165,000 lb) of depleted uranium (DU) spread over an I 8.6 square km (3-square-mile) area. The contamination resulted from testing DU munitions,. and is mixed with millions of rounds of unexploded ordinance.
For the Shieldalloy site, the staff published a draft EIS (DEIS) for comment in July 1996. A preliminary DEIS for the Parks Township site was provided to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania-for review in June 1996, with a DEIS scheduled for November 1996. The DEISs are scheduled to be issued for the :
Sequoyah Fuels _and Jefferson Proving Grodnd sites in Fall 1997 and Spring 1998, re.spectively. The decommissioning alternative proposed by the licensees at all four sites involves leaving contaminated material on-site, with reliance on land-use restrictions and institutional controls. The staff is currently holding discussions with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to determine if DOE would be willing to accept custody of these sites after the waste is stabilized on-site, and provide long-term control and surveillance at the sites, under the authority of section 151(b) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act..
The staff was planning to initiate EISs for other SDMP sites with similar contamination and volumes of waste as the Shieldalloy site. However, based on experience from the four EISs under development, staff is assessing the ;
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wastes, and whether sucn a generic. approach may be feasible to cover a number i
of sites (estimated to be 10 to 20) that might otherwise require site-specific i EISs under 10 CFR Part 51. :
Regarding guidance to licensees, an Information Notice (IN) on decommissioning former on-site burials was issued on August 19, 1996 (IN 96-47). This IN 1 iterated the Comission's expectations, as noted in the " Statement of I Considerations for the 1988 Decommissioning Rule" (53 3 24018), that former on-site disposals are to be evaluated, and if necessary excavated, before the disposal area is released for unrestricted use. In addition, an Administrative Letter has been developed, and will be issued in October 1996, that outlines licensee responsibilities under the Timeliness Rule. Feedback
, from regional and headquarters staff indicated that licensees were not fully aware of their obligations under the Timeliness Rule. Therefore, the Administrative Letter will serve as a reminder, as well as provide additional explanation of the rule.
In addition to providing guidance on the implementation of the Timeliness j Rule, the staff is preparing an enforcement strategy for licensees found in l non-compliance with the final rule on " Clarification of Decommissioning '
Funding Requirements" (60 B 38235, November 29,1995) and is continuing with I the development of the technical bases to support the ongoing Rulemaking on '
Radiological Criteria for Decommissioning. One of these technical basis documents is the Multi-Agency Radiological Survey and Site Investigation Manual (MARSSIM), which is intended to provide guidance on methods for demonstrating compliance with decommissioning criteria. The MARSSIM is being developed by a working group consisting of representatives from NRC, DOE, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the Department of De_fense. A draft l for public comment should be completed in late 1996.
COORDINATION:
The Office of the General Counsel has reviewed this paper and has no legal objection.
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ABERDEEN PROVING CROUND , ,
Site Identification ,
Location: ABERDEEN PROV GROUND, MD License No.: SUB-834 Docket Number: 04007354 License Status: Active Project Manager A. DIMITRIADIS Status of Decommissionina Activities In December 1995, the licensee submitted a study of the long term fate of depleted uranium (DU) at the Aberdeen site. The study evaluated the current distribution of DU in the environrent and concluded that the DU has a minimal effect on the environment.
The NRC completed the review of the licensee's report in May 1996 and is considering whether the Aberdeen Site should be removed from the SDMP.
Staff is in process of writing Commission paper to remove this site from the SDMP list.
NRC/ Licensee Actions and Schedule Oct 1996 Commission paper to be completed.
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AAR MANUFACTURING Site Identification Location: LIVONIA, MI License No.:
Docket Number: 04000235 License Status: Terminated Project Manager J. BUCKLEY Status of Decommissionina Activities Thorium contaminated soil is present at several locations, both surface and subsurface, in the open land areas outside l of the building. Soil contamination has also been identified below the building foundation in three locations..
AAR Manufacturing submitted a site remediation plan (including a site characterization report) for NRC review in May 1996. NRC staff has reviewed the plan and is preparing comments (see Issues below).
NRC/ Licensee Actions and Schedule Sep 1996 NRC provides comments to AAR on remediation plan
- Oct 1996 AAR revises remediation plan and conducts additional site characterization Problems / Issues ,
AAR is proposing to remove only the soil which results in an exposure rate of greater than 10 uR/hr measured at one meter above the surface. This approach results in 1~eaving ,
significant volumes of soil which exceed the NRC's release 1 criteria for the unrestricted use of thorium (10 pCi/g). I i
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,. ADVANCED MEDICAL D ETEMS Site Identification Location: CLEVELAND, OH i
i License No.: 34-19089-01 Docket Number: 3016055 License Status: Active !
Project Manager M. WEBER l i
. Status of Decommissionina Activities j AMS is an active licensee; and is not decommissioning its facility. However, several rooms, and a former hot-cell, are contaminated with Co-60.
AMS' NRC li' cense is currently in the renewal process.
In 1995, over 100,000 gallons of water contaminated with !
l Co-60 were removed from AMS' basement and subsequently treated (cleaned). The treated water remains on site, inside the facility, because of regulatory issues involving 2
the Ohio' EPA and the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer '
District. Also in 1995, the facility's contaninated under drain system and sewer manhole were replaced or grouted :
with cement. This action blocks licensee access to the sanitary sewer system. )
In October 1995, AMS submitted a conceptual decommissioning !
plan proposing the SAFSTOR decommissioning option for the I AMS facility. NRC has provided AMS comments on the plan and is currently reviewing the AMS responses. NRC will either provide additional comments or make a determination as to the acceptability of SAFSTOR at the AMS facility in October 1996.
The licensee placed a contract with Chem Nuclear to remove the majority of sealed and bulk sources of Co-60
-(approximately-50,000 Ci).
NRC/ Licensee Actions and Schedule 1
Sep 1996 AMS submits plan to remove sealed and bulk Co-60 sources ,
Oct 1996 NRC completes review of source removal plan 1
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l ANNJ ARUNDEL CURTI3 BAY DEPOT Tite Identificat!J m Location: BALTIMORE, MD License No.: STC-133 Docket Number: 04000341 ,
License Status: Terminated l Project Manager D. ORLANDO Status of Decommissionina Activities The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) has completed residual radioactive material removal and has submitted final status i surveys for soil and buildings, and a groundwater i assessment. ,
NRC and Maryland Department of Environment (MDDE) staff have reviewed the final status surveys and groundwater assessment and have forwarded comments to DLA (several iterations).
NRC and MDDE staff are awaiting DLA's responses to the latest set of comments.
NRC/ Licensee Actions and Schedule Sep 1996 DLA submits response to NRC comments on final survey report Oct 1996 NRC conducts confirmatory survey ;
Nov 1996 NRC releases site for unrestricted use and removes site from SDMP Problems / Issues -
l One on-site monitoring well exhibited gross alpha concentrations in excess of the EPA's drinking water limit.
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ALUMINUM CO. CF AMERICA Site Identification Location: CLEVELAND, OH J
License No.: NA Docket Number: 04000501 License Status: Terminated Project Manager J. BUCKLEY ,
4 Status of Decommissionina Activities ;
The site was released for unrestricted use and removed from I
the SDMP in April 1996. The commission was informed of the 4
staff action in SECY-96-053.
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BABCOCK & CILCOX - PARK 3 TOWNSHIP ,
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! Location: VANDERGRIFT, PA j License No.: SNM-414 Docket Number: 07000364 License Status: Active Project Manager N. ORLANDO Status of Decommissionina Activities Site characterization is almost complete.
B&W submitted a decommissioning plan for the site, which
- consists of 3 buildings (A,B, and C) and the surrounding
- grounds, in January 1996. The plan is being reviewed by i NRC.
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B&W is currently remediating the buildings on-site. This
- activity is authorized under their existing license.
- They plan to decommission the buildings to levels suitable
- ' for unrestricted use, and to demolish the buildings after NRC provides approval.
After NRC approval of the decommissioning plan, B&W will remediate soils and underground tanks and pipes.
NRC/ Licensee Actions and Schedule Nov 1996 NRC approves decommissioning plan and amends
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Jun 1997 B&W completes decommissioning activities i
Problems / Issues There is significant public interest in this site. When 4
NRC amends the license to approve the decommissioning plan, there may be a hearing request. This could delay the above schedule.
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. BABCOCK & WILCII - APOLLO Site Identification Location: APOLLO, PA License No.: SNM-145 Docket Number: 07000135 License Status: Active Project Manager H. ASTWOOD Status of Decommissionina Activities B&W has completed decommissioning actions.
The staff has completed its review of B&W's groundwater monitoring data, the final termination survey, and Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education's (ORISE) confirmatory survey. All reviews indicate the site meets NRC's criteria for unrestricted use. ,
1 The staff is preparing a paper to notify the Commission of i the staff's intention to terminate the license and remove '
the Apollo site from the SDMP list. The paper will be completed in October 1996.
NRC/ Licensee Actions and Schedule Oct 1996 NRC staff informs Commission of intent to remove site from SDMP Nov 1996 NRC removes site from SDMP Problems / Issues None -
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CP CEEKICALS CF AMERICA, INC. .
Site Identification ,
l Location: LIMA, OH License No.: SUB-908 !
Docket Number: 04007604 :
License Status: Active Project Manager S. NALLUSWAMI Status of Decommissionina Activities 1
NRC issued License Amendment No. 9 on May 8, 1996, for the j
. mixed waste pond closure project. This amendment 1 authorizes on-site disposal of the mixed wastes containing depleted uranium in accordance with 10 CFR Part 20.2002 in closure cells designed under US EPA's Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) rules.
A decommissioning plan for the rest of the site areas was submitted in August 1996, and is under review by NRC staff.
NRC/ Licensee Actions and Schedule Dec 1996 NRC staff completes review of decommissioning plan for rest of the site areas Jan 1997 BPC completes V-1 closure cell Jul 1997 BPC completes Burn Pond closure cell Jun 1998 BPC completes Celite Pond closure cell Nov 1998 BPC constructs caps on all mixed waste closure cells Dec 1998 BPC installs post-closure controls for mixed waste cells Problems / Issues None j
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BABCOCK & UILCOI - CEhnLOW LAND DISPCSAL AREA Site Identification Location: VANDERGRIFT, PA License No.: 07003085 Docket Number: 07003085 License Status: Active Project Manager H. ASTWOOD Status of Decommissionina Activities The staff is in the process of developing an evironmental impact statement (EIS) for this site because the licensee's proposed option is to stabilize the waste in place.
The licensee is proposing to cover the buried waste with a soil and synthetic cover and isolate the waste from the groundwater with slurry walls, grout curtains, and other engineered barriers.
A draft EIS is scheduled for publication in January 1997 for public comment.
NRC/ Licensee Actions 2nd Schedule Jan 1997 DEIS published for public comment Oct 1997 FEIS published Problems / Issues The decommissioning schedule can not be completed until a decommissioning alternative is selected based on -
information to be developed in the EIS.
This site contains enriched and depleted uranium and there is an issue concerning the reconcentration of this material. This issue needs to be resolved in the EIS, but could.cause a delay in its completion because of the complex nature of the analyses.
In addition, there is significant public interest in this site. When the NRC amends the license to approve the decommissioning plan, there may be a hearing request. This could delay the decommissioning of the site.
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CABOT CORP, BOYERTOWN Site Identification Location: BOYERTOWN, PA License No.: SMB-920 Docket Number: 04006940 License Status: Active Project Manager M. LAMASTRA Status of Decommissionina Activities The license is currently in timely renewal. The content of Cabot's proposed decommissioning funding plan (DFP) and financial assurance mechanism continues to cause delays in E completing license renewal. Cabot proposes to base the decommissio*ning funding plan on the assumption that the existing sludge on-site will be reprocessed to extract remaining Ta and Nb quantities and is therefore not waste.
Cabot asserts that after processing, the sludge will be sold to a uranium mill as uranium feedstock.
NRC/ Licensee Actions and Schedule Oct 1996 NRC completes review of latest DFP Dec 1996 NRC issues Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for license renewal Problems / Issues Because of Cabot's initial claim that the sludge was not a waste, NRC has not approved the DFP. NRC staff is reviewing the acceptability of Cabot's proposal to reprocess the sludge to extract remaining Ta and Nb -
quantities and sell the residue to a uranium mill as uranium feedstock.
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CABOT CORP., READIN3 , ,
Site Identification Location: READING, PA I License No.: SMC-1562 !
Docket Number: 04006940A License Status: Active !
Project Manager J. GREENWALD Status of Decnamissionina Activities The licensee has completed site characterization except for determining slag leach rates. NRC is reviewing the licensee's revised leach rate calculation for the slag waste. Because the leach rate calculation is more complicated *than either the licensee or NRC anticipated, i the site decommissioning plan has been delayed until March ,
1997.
The licensee has determined that the volume of the radioactive slag pile is 60,000 cubic feet. Individual .
pieces of slag have been determined to contain combined '
uranium and thorium concentrations ranging from 686 to 1222 pCi/g. However, the radioactive material is mixed with uncontaminated material, so the radiological concentration ,
of the pile as a whole is much less than these individual t pieces. The slag pile consists of (1) residue from processing tin slags to recover tantalum; (2) sand mixed with tin slags; and (3) some slags of unknown origin.
Financial assurance in the amount of $234K was submitted in November 1995. The financial assurance instrument was ;
revised per NRC comments and is now acceptable. -
NRC/ Licensee Actions and Schedule Mar 1997 Cabot submits decommissioning plan l Problems / Issues The leach rate determination is the major outstanding technical issue. If the licensee proposes onsite disposal, NRC and the licensee will need to resolve groundwater monitoring and local slope stability issues. .
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CABOT CORP., REVERE Site Identification Location: REVERE, PA l
License No.: SMC-1562 Docket Number: 04006940B License Status: Active Project Manager J. GREENWALD Status of Decommissionina Activities The licensee submitted a revised decommissioning plan in .
April 1996. NRC reviewed the plan and sent comments to the licensee in June 1996. The licensee is awaiting the resolution of the leach rate determination issue at the Reading site before responding to NRC on the Revere site.
In April 1996, the licensee submitted a revised financial instrument, per NRC comments, that is now acceptable. The licensee expects to be able to complete decommissioning within four monthu of NRC approval of its decommissioning plan.
HEC / Licensee Actions and Schedule Nov 1996 NRC approves decommissioning plan I Problems / Issues The major issues include: (1) whether radon needs to be included in the dose assessment; (2) the calculation of the leach rate; (3) whether credit for the cover can be given; and (4) concentration averaging. -
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CHEMETRON CORPORATION / CERT AVE. ., .'
Site Identification ,
Location: NEWBURGH HEIGHTS, OH License No.: SUB-1357 Docket Number: 04008724B License Status: Active Project Manager T. JOHNSON Status of Decommissionina Activitieg Staff performing groundwater analyses. Information will be included in Draft EA to be sent to State and local agencies for comment.
NRC/ License *e Actions and Schedule Sep 1996 NRC sends draft EA to State and local agencies for comment.
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Dec 1996 NRC makes determination on Bert Ave. remediation plan.
Problems / Issues Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) needs to be completed with updated groundwater analysis information.
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, CEEMETRON/BARVARD AVE Site Identification i
Location: NEWBURGH HEIGHTS, OH License No.: SUB-1357 Docket Number: 04008724 License Status: Active Project Manager T. JOHNSON Status of Decommissionina Activities ;
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I approved on June 7, 1996. Chemetron began excavation of contamination on June 10, 1996. Chemetron is scheduled to complete its final surveys during the week of September 20, 1996,.and s'ubmit a final survey report during the week of l
September 23, 1996. NRC is scheduled to inspect .
Chametron's final survey practices during the week of September 16, 1996, and perform a confirmatory survey during the week of September 23, 1996. Chemetron expects to finish cap placement and final site contouring by the end of October 1996.
NRC/ Licensee Actions and Schedulg Sep 1996 Chemetron to submit final survey report Oct 1996 NRC performs confirmatory surveys Feb 1997 NRC releases Harvard Ave. site for unrestricted use.
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J l CLEVITE CORP. '
- Site Identification 3 Location: 'CLEVELAND, OH i
- License No.
- C-3790, C-3692 SNM-183 Docket Number: 04000133 i License Status: Terminated i Project Manager J. BUCKLEY Status of Decommissionina Activities Based'on the licensing file, it was initially thought that l contamination at the site would be uranium. However, '
during site characterization thorium contamination was also i discovered. The thorium contamination is limited mainly to l a ventilatibn duct and the floor directly beneath the duct. !
NRC received Sevenson Environmental Services, Inc. " Site Characterization Survey / Termination Survey, Remediation, and Health and Safety Plan" on May 11, 1995. NRC reviewed and approved the site characterization portion of the plan on' June 1, 1995. On June 4, 1996, Sevenson submitted a !
revision to the Clavite remediation plan. The Clevite Characterization Survey Summary was submitted to NRC on June 14, 1996. NRC reviewed the revised remediation plan and characterization summary and transmitted comments to Sevenson on August 8, 1996.- Sevenson is currently revising the remediation plan based on NRC comments.
Sevenson has completed remediation in the southeast wing of ,
the building. Sevenson is waiting for NRC approval of the I remediation plan revision before beginning remediation of the more heavily contaminated west wing of the building.
NRC/ Licensee Actions and Schedule Sep 1996 Sevenson submits site characterization report and revised remediation plan Oct 1996 NRC approves decommissioning plan. Sevenson remediates west wing of building and conducts final survey.
Nov 1996 NRC conducts inspection and limited confirmatory survey Problems / Issues Cleveland Enterprise Group would like to rent out the southeast wing of the building as soon as possible. In order to do so, Cleveland Enterprise Group will request NRC 16
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unrestricted use as soon as decontamination is completed.
Cleveland Enterprise Group will submit a plan to show how the southeast wing and floors 2, 3, and 4 will be partitioned off after decommissioning while cleanup proceeds in the west wing.
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1 DOW CHEMICAL CO., MIDLAND AND CAY CITY, MI DITE3 Site Identification ,
Location: MIDLAND, MI License No.: STB-527 Docket Number: 04000017 License Status: Terminated Project Manager J. PARROTT Status of Decommissionina Activities The decommissioning plan was partially approved in July 1996. The remediation approach and methods were approved, but approval of the unrestricted use criteria for the site and the final
- survey plan was withheld pending further review. Decommissioning activities are underway. The contaminated material is being shipped by rail and disposed '
at Envirocare.
The licensee's proposed release criteria and final status survey plan are under review.
NRC/ Licensee Actions and Schedule Oct 1996 Approve proposed release criteria and final status survey plan to complete approval of the decommissioning plan Jan 1997 Licensee completes excavation and disposal of contaminated material !
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- ELKEN METAL 3 COMPANY l Site Identification Location: MARIETTA, OH License No.: NA Docket Number: 04007708 License Status: Terminated Project Manager C. PITTIGLIO Status of Decommissionina Activities The remediation of the site was completed in 1995. A final survey report was submitted to NRC in March 1995. NRC has provided two requests for additional information on the report. During a June 1996 meeting between NRC and Elkem, a schedule 'was developed to resolve outstanding concerns and release the site for unrestricted use.
NRC/ Licensee Actions and Schedule Oct 1996 Elkem submits plan for additional surveys in I response to NRC comments on final survey report Feb 1997 Elkem performs additional final survey measurements and submits revised final survey report May 1997 Elken site released for unrestricted use and removed from SDMP Problems / Issues Elkem is evaluating options for disposal of low-level waste generated during remediation.
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ENGELEARD CORP.
Site Identification Location: PLAINVILLE, MA License No.: SNM-185 Docket Number: 07000139 License Status: Terminated Project Manager R. TURTIL !
Status of Decommissionina Activities The decommissioning plan for the buildings was approved in April 1996. Remediation of the buildings is ongoing.
The submittal of the decommissioning plan for the contaminate'd soil will be deferred until the authority for the regulation of the Engelhard site is transferred to the .
Commonwealth of Massachusetts after Massachusetts becomes l an Agreement State. Remediation of the soil is dependent 1 on the schedule for the remediation of the hazardous waste on the site. NRC and Massachusetts staff agreed that NRC I would maintain jurisdiction over the building until the l decommissioning is complete and the building is released i for unrestricted use. '
NRC/ Licensee Actions and Schedule Oct 1996 Engelhard submits final survey report and NRC performs limited confirmatory survey.
Nov 1996 NRC releases buildings for unrestricted use Problems / Issues None 20
FAN; TEEL, INC ,
Site Identification Location: MUSKOGEE, OK License No.: SMB-911 Docket Number: 04007580 License Status: Active Project Manager R. HOGG Status of Decommissionino Activities ,,_
The Northwest Property was released for unrestricted use on ve i August 27, 1996. A Finding of No Significant Impact for Fansteel's amendment request to process on-site residues was published in July 1996. The review of Fansteel's i decommissio'ning funding plan and financial assurance mechanism continues. i i
NRC/ Licensee Actions and Schedule Nov 1996 NRC completes review of decommissioning funding plan and financial assurance mechanism Problems / Issues Fansteel does not currently have an acceptable decommissioning funding plan and financial assurance j mechanism.
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, Site Identification Location: DETROIT, MI 1
License No.: NA Docket Number: 0400235 License Status: Terminated Project Manager J. BUCKLEY Status of Decommissionina Activities Contaminated waste was shipped to the Barnwell, SC, licensed low-level waste disposal facility. The site was removed from the SDMP list on July 19, 1996. The Commission was informed of the staff's action in S ECY-9 6-13 0'.
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EERITAG3 MINERALS, INC.
Site Identification Location: LAKEHURST, NJ License No.: SMB-1541 Docket Number: 040-08980 License Status: Expired Project Manager M. MILLER Status of Decommissionina Activities 3, On August 15, 1996, Heritage requested an indefinite delay with respect to site decommissioning, because the State may e acquire the land through the State's Green Acres Program.
NRC staff 1,s reviewing this request.
NRC/ Licensee Actions and Schedule Oct 1996 NRC completes review of Heritage request to indefinitely delay initiation of decommissioning Problems / Issues State of NJ objects to NRC's position that the combined tailings pile, which exceeds current unrestricted use criteria, is not subject to licensing since the pile is not currently licensed and contains <0.05 w/% uranium and thorium.
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]I Site Identification j
j Location: MADISON, IN f i.
5 License No.: SUB-1435
} Docket Number: 04008838 License Status: Active
! Project Manager C. PITTIGLIO ;
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l The license was amended on May 8, 1996, resulting in the ,
s area south of the firing line being released for !
{ unrestricted use. In addition, Condition 13 was added to'
- the license
- requiring the Army to submit, by July 15, 1996, !
for NRC approval, a Security Plan and an Environmental i Monitoring Plan. These plans were submitted on schedule
[ and NRC approved the. plans in July 1996. NRC staff f participated in two " Jefferson' Proving Ground Advisory
- Board" meetings, in May and August, 1996. The advisory l l board, which is comprised of community members and !
1 technical experts, assesses progress on the remediation of l the Jefferson Proving Ground. >
i l A work plan, and schedule, for developing an environmental 1 impact statement to evaluate and determine acceptable E decommissioning alternatives for the NRC licensed parts of
- the site has been drafted and is currently under review. ;
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! Problems / Issues
, t j The presence of unexploded ordnance, the associated risk j and cost for cleanup of this material, as well as potential contamination of groundwater are complicating remediation. ;
! NRC staff needs to closely coordinate site actions with the
- State and EPA.
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Site Identification Location: TULSA, OK License No.: NA Docket Number: 04002377 Terminated License Status:
Project Manager R. TURTIL l Status of Decommissionina Activit.;,g J' Kaiser is currently pursuing further hydrological :
characterization of the site. They have performed initial site characterization (report presented April 1995), and are expected to-issue bids for hydrological characteriz*ation in September 1996. .
NRC/ Licensee Actions and Schedule Nov 1996 Kaiser begins hydrological characterization '
Jul 1997 Kaiser submits decommissioning plan and hydrological characterization report Problems / Issues The site contains a large volume of thorium contaminated i soil and slag. The Kaiser site contains a small creek and two ponds. Accordingly, the site contains a great dral of '
water (mostly standing water), and Kaiser is pursuing further study to better characterize the site's hydrology.
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l Site Identification-I Location: CRESENT, OK l ,
l License No.: CNM-928 l Docket Number: 07000925 i l License. status: Expired )
l Project Manager K. KALMAN
- Status of Deca ==issionina Activities l
( l l The Cimarron license was amended in November 1994 to allow i i the onsite disposal of up to 500,000 cubic feet of !
! contaminated soil. To date, approximately 400,000 cubic j l -feet have been emplaced in two disposal pits. In April l l
1996,'the l'icense was amended to release for unrestricted i
- use 695 acres of the 840 acre site. These 695 acres had no ;
[ history of. licensed activities, and systematic measurements
. confirmed that the concentration of licensed material in l the soil was below NRC's guidelines for unrestricted use. ,
4 As remediation activities progress, Cimarron will be ;
j requesting NRC approval for the release of small parcels of l land. In May 1996, Cimarron submitted a Final Status j j- Survey Report on Phase III, Subarea L, and is seeking the i l
release of this 5-acre parcel. ;
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{ A radiological characterization report was submitted in l October 1994 and a decommissioning plan was submitted in j April 1995.. The NRC staff has reviewed and commented on ;
! these documents'and expects a response from cimarron in .
{ September 1996. ]
I I j_ A decommissioning funding plan was submitted in January l i 1996, and supplemental information provided in March 1996. )
- NRC comments were transmitted in July 1996 and a response )
i from Cinarron is expected in October 1996.
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- completes Amendment 14 (License update) and provides
! comments on Phase II Survey Plan. NRC and Cimarron to i l discuss issue regarding regulatory treatment of Waste Ponds i 4 1 and 2.
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l 2. Cimarron is contesting the regulatory treatment of l Waste Ponds 1 and 2. Cimarron contends that NRC released -
these areas for unrestricted use in 1978. However, NRC staff cites an October 30, 1992, SRM stating that these .
ponds are to be treated in the same manner, and have the same criteria applied, as was applied to the approved !
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- KERR-MCGIE CUSHING Site Identification Location
- CUSHING, OK l
License No.: SNM-1999 Docket Number: 07003073 License Status: Expired Project Manager S. BROWN Status of Decommissionina Activities The licensee submitted a decommissioning plan (DP) for the site in April 1994, that included a request for onsite
. disposal. NRC reviewed the plan and provided comments.
The licensee has not responded to the comments, but has ;
indicated that a modified DP will be submitted that '
excludes the request for onsite disposal. In place of i onsite disposal, the licensee proposes to ship the waste to l Envirocare for disposal. The modified plan is expected to I be submitted and approved by NRC by November 1996. I i
Areas of the site designated as " unaffected" have been ;
surveyed and released for unrestricted use (without removal from the license). l
. Final surveys of the Haul Road areas, designated "affected"
! and "undesignated," were completed in May 1996. NRC 1 conducted a confirmatory survey for these areas in August i 1996.
The license will be amended in October 1996, to remove outdated license conditions.
NRC/ Licensee Actions and Schedule Sep 1996 Licensee requests modification of DP to excluds 4
onsite burial.
Oct 1996 NRC completes license amendment. ORISE submits confirmatory survey report on Haul Road area.
Nov 1996 NRC approves modified DP Problems / Issues None 28
, , LAKE CITY ARMY AMMUNITICN PLANT Site Identification l Location: INDEPENDENCE, MO License No.: SUC-1380 Docket Number: 04008767 License Status: Active Project Manager S. BROWN i
glatus of Decommissionino Activities 1
The licensee met with NRC in March 1996 to discuss the schedule for decommissioning the site. The NRC agreed that a separate decommissioning plan could be submitted for each of 3 separate site areas. The 3 areas are 1) Area 10; 2)
Bullet Catcher Area; and 3) Impact Area. The licensee is
, reviewing historical information to assess the potential for radioactive contamination in other site areas.
NRC has reviewed the decommissioning plan for Area 10 and provided comments to the licensee. The decommissioning l plans for the other two areas have not been submitted. l 1
NRC/ Licensee Actions and Schedule Sep 1996 Licensee submits decommissioning plan for Bullet Catcher Area Oct 1996 NRC approves decommissioning plan for Area 10 ;
Aug 1997 Licensee submits decommissioning plan for Impact j Area l Problems / Issues The decommissioning budgeting process will result in only a portion of the total site being decommissioned in any one fiscal year due to fiscal constrain ~ts.
Additional contamination was identified in buildings )
formerly released by NRC in 1986. Licensee is evaluating i significance of this contamination.
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LAMOTITE (HORISONJ) -
- Eltr Identification ,
Location: CLEVELAND, OH l l
License No.: NA Docket Number: 04000861 l License Status: Terminated l l Project Manager J. BUCKLEY l Status of Decommissionina Activities Contamination at the site consists of thorium.
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Horizons submitted a claim to DOE for reimbursement of the costs for decommissioning. NRC deferred action pending a l final decision on the Horizons claim by DOE. DOE has 1
agreed to reimburse Horizons for the cost of j decommissioning. DOE and Horizons are currently involved j in contract negotiations.
1 NRC/ Licensee Actions and Schedule Problems / Issues Progress is dependent on the timely conclusion of DOE-Horizons contract negotiations.
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- MAGNESIUM ELEKTRON Site Identification Location
- FLEMINGTON, NJ License No.: PENDING Docket Number: 040,08984 License Status: Expired.
Project Manager C. GASKIN Status of Decommissionina Activities The thorium and uranium concentrations in the Magnesium Elektron process feed and waste was determined to be less than 0.05 percent by weight, and, therefore, below the 10 CFR Part 40 exemption limit for source material.
Therefore,'the site was removed from the SDMP in November 1995. The commission was informed of the staff's action in SECY-95-260.
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MICHIGAN DEPT CF NATURAL CE28URCES ,
j Site Identification ,
Location: BAY CITY, MI License No.: UNDER REVIEW Docket Number: 04009015 License Status: Expired Project Manager J. PARROTT Status of Decommissionina Activities !
In the 1970s, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) gained title to property (Hartley & Hartley !
Landfill) contaminated with thorium. The thorium came from a defunct former licensee. Because the site contains a licensable' quantity of thorium, MDNR has submitted a license application and a decommissioning funding plan which are currently under review.
NRC/ Licensee Actions and Schedule Sep 1996 NRC provides comments to the licensee on the license application Nov 1996 Licensee responds to comments in license
- application Jan 1997 NRC issues license 1
Problems / Issues The site contains hazardous wastes. The MDNR has used the i Michigan Environmental Resource Act (State Superfund Law) i to identify potentially responsible parties for the remediation of the site. -
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- . MINNE8OTA MINING & MANUFACTURIN3 CO. (3M) l
, Site Identification l Location: PINE COUNTY, MN l License No.: SNM-764,SMB-239 Docket Number: 04001020 j License Status: Expired '
Project Manager J. BUCKLEY Status of Decommissionina Activities Contamination at the site consists of uranium and thorium contaminated scrap materials (lockers, piping duct work, -
and other scrap) sealed in steel drums and buried under a minimum of 4 feet of soil in accordance with former 10 CFR 20.304. A
- total of four burials occurred consisting of a total of 674 drums and unpackaged waste. The total amount of waste estimated to be buried at the site is; 1.51 millicuries of Th 232, 3.11 millicuries of U 238 natural, l and 11.99 millicuries of U235 (93% enriched).
In May 1995, NRC notified 3M that a decision on overall site management of the 3M-Kerrick site would be deferred pending promulgation of the rulemaking on Radiological Criteria foJ Decommissioning and completion of the Shieldalloy DEIS. The staff has decided to continue deferring a decision on the site until ongoing feasibility assessment of a generic EIS for large volumes of uranium and thorium waste is completed.
NRC/ Licensee Actions and Schedule Problems / Issues Action on the site is deferred pending results of the feasibility assessment of a generic EIS for sites with large volumes of thorium and uranium contamination. j I
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Site Identification F 5 Location: YORK, PA License No.: SMB-1408 Docket Number: 04008794 License Status: Active Project Manager L. PERSON Status of Decommissionina Activities Molycorp has requested an amendment to decontaminate the site and move 4000 cubic yards of soil type waste to its Washington facility for temporary (5-10 years) storage.
The waste will ultimately either be disposed of in a permanent disposal unit on the Washington site, or shipped to a commercial low-level waste disposal facility. This request is being reviewed.
NRC/ Licensee Actions and Schedule Dec 1996 NRC completes review of applicant proposal to store decommissioning waste from this facility at its Washington, PA, site Problems / Issues Approval of the site decommissioning plan will be contingent on approval of license amendment request to ,
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- ; M2LYCORP,'INC. - WASHINGTON, PA j- Site Identification i
Location: .
WASHINGTON, PA i !
. License No.: SMB-1393 j Docket Number: 04008778 i License Status:. Expired j Project Manager' L. PERSON 1
Status of Decnemissionina Activities fll l The licensee-has requested an amendment to the Washington, ti Pennsylvania, License-(SMB-1393) to allow the temporary Yl
- (5-10 yrs) storage f decommissioning waste from their York-
- (SMB-1408) Pennsylvt 8 a, plant.. .In April 1996, the
- licensee sdbmitted additional information regarding the !
, geohydrology at the interin storage site. This information 1 is being reviewed. The licensee submitted a site l
- decommissioning plan in July 1995, and approval of this ~
- plan (including the above mentioned interim storage of York.
[ waste at this site) cannot be assessed prior to making a
- decision regarding the= storage amendment request. A j decision on onsite storage should be made by December 1996, i i 1 NRC/ Licensee Actions and 3chedule Dec 1996 NRC completes review of amendment request-for l
- interim storage of York waste l i I l Problems / Issues I Molycorp has indicated a preference.for on-site disposal of !
j radioactive waste at the Washington Site. On-site disposal would require ~an exemption to current requirements.
- Assessment of permanent disposal options awaits completion l
} of a feasibility assessment of a generic EIS for sites with i
! -large volumes of thorium and uranium waste.
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I NE CHIO REGICNAL SEWER DISTRICT ,'
Site Identification ,
Location: CLEVELAND, OH I
License No.: 03018276 Docket Number: 03018276 License Status: Expired Project Manager S. NALLUSWAMI Status of Decommissionina Activities NRC approved the site characterization report for the !
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l In July 1996, NRC received a letter confirming that the j decommissio*ning plan will be submitted for the non-lagoon i areas by September 30, 1996. The decommissioning plan will describe the NEORSD approach to the remediation of the non-lagoon areas, as well as a proposal for the final i disposition of the stockpiled Co-60 contaminated soil and l sludge that resulted from previous lagoon remediation.
{ NRC/ Licensee Actions and Schedule l Oct 1996 NEORSD submits decommissioning plan for non-lagoon '
areas Jan 1997 NRC completes review of decommissioning plan for non-lagoon areas Problems / Issues i
NEORSD is pursuing legal action against Advanced Medical 1
Systems, which NEORSD believes is responsible for the- Co-60 contamination.
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NUCLEAR METALS, INC. (NMI)
! Site Idantification i
CONCORD, MA
! Location:
License No.: SMB-179 i
Docket Number: 04000672 l License Status: Active Project Manager M. MILLER i
status of Dece--issionina Activities Nuclear Metals is developing a decommissioning However, this e plan or
- removal of holding basin contents.
on-hold pending funding from the U.S. Army and completion i of Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Risk Assessment Study. In July 1996, NRC denied a Nuclear i Metals request for partial exemption from financial l assurance requirements.
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- Sep 1996 NMI to provide mechanism to comply with financial l assurance requirements I l l i
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! groundwater contamination not fully characterized.
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Location: . KARTHAUS, PA License No.: 37-17860-02 Docket Number: 03029288 License Status: Active Project Manager M. BOUWENS Status of Decommissionina Activities The commonwealth of Pennsylvania initiated the bidding process to select a remediation' contractor based on the draft decommissioning plan. The final decommissioning plan will be developed by the remediation contractor.
NRC/Licanese Actions and Sche 4gJj
- Jan 1997 Permagrain submits decommissioning plan Problems / Issues Availability of state funds has been a problem in the past. State representatives indicate sufficient funds have been authorized to develop and implement a decommissioning i plan.
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-Location: PULASKI, PA License No.: NA 1 Docket Number: 04008406 License Status: Expired Project Manager M. ROBERTS i
Status of Decommissionina Activities In March 1996, the EPA submitted an amended engineering evaluation / cost analysis (EA/CA) for site clean-up alternatives. The EA/CA was reviewed by the magistrate assigned the Passes bankruptcy case and the defendants in 3
the EPA lawsuit (Potentially Responsible Parties (PRP's)).
The defendants signed'a Consent Order with the EPA Region The 3, in August 1996, to remediate the contaminated as soil.
well as soil contains non-radiological hazardous waste, radiological wasta. Radioactive waste will be sent to Envirocare for disposal. Remediation will likely begin during the next construction season (spring 1997).
NRC conducted a site visit in June 1996. Some evidence of
'1 minor vandalism was discovered, but it was not significant.
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- Mar 1997 Defendants begin remediation of site l Probl==m/ Issues All funding and action on the site depends on success of j EPA enforcement action and/or cooperation of PRP's.
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4 RMI TITANIUM CO. .
Site Identification .
Location: ASHTABULA, OH License No.: SMB-602 Docket Number: 04002384 License Status: Expired Project Manager R. ULECK Status of Decommissionina Activities RMI submitted a decommissioning plan, and supporting documents, in April 1995. Staff has reviewed the plan and sent RMI comments. The review of RMI's responses is ongoing.
RMI is undertaking limited site preparation activities for decommissioning of buildings, soils, and groundwater.
These activities include off-site shipment of operational wastes and decontamination of tools and small equipment in the plant.
KRC/ Licensee Actions and Schedule
- Nov 1996 NRC issues license amendment approving decommissioning plan
- Mar 1997 RMI starts site decommissioning activities Probimum/ Issues Decommissioning progress is dependent on DOE funding levels and priorities.
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CAFETY LIGHT i i
Site-Idantification 1
> l BLOOMSBURG, PA Location: .
License No.: 37-00030-02 !
i Docket Number: 03005980 .
l License Status: Active !
l R. BELLAMY Project Manager t
- status of Decc--issionina Activities I j The licensee's Site Characterization Contractor, RegionMonserco, I staff f
l completed onsite work in December 1995. and-visited the Monserco Labs in Canada in Narch 1996, believes that the laboratory (equipment, procedures, and ,
staff) is qualified to produce reliable analytical results.
l i The characterization report was submitted to NRC onThis meets the Safetyl
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j remediation is questionable. Licensee has fallen behind on f
i- payment schedule to escrow established by NRC Order.
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l Site Identification ROCKAWAY, NJ
- Location
! License No.: 29-13613-02 Docket Number: 03007022 l Expired
! License Status:
Project Manager A. DIMITRIADIS Status of Decommissionina Activities 4
RTI collected core samples at the site in May 1996 to l
provide evidence of RTI's assertion that no subsurface RTI
' contamination, or onsite burials, exist on the site.
i provided a final site survey report in May 1996 with a request to remove the site from SDMP list.
NRC/ Licensee Actions and Schedule Oct 1996 Staff informs Commission of intention to remove
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i SCA CERVICES, INC. (EARTLEY & HARTLEY LANDFILL) i3 f
Site Identification Location: LIVONIA, MI i-License No.: . SUC-1565 4
Docket Number: 04009022
- License Status
- Active j Project Manager J. PARROTT i
i Status of Decn==issionina Activities s
' The licensee has prepared a Site Characterization' Report.
l The buried thorium wastes were not located. The licensee j is contemplating the next step.
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ultimate fate of the NRC licensed material will likely hinge on the ultimate decision record for the hazardous material. Because of this, the licensee has requested an i
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extension until September 1998 for submittal of the decommissioning plan so that a decision about the remediation of the hazardous and radioactive materials can be made concurrently. This request is being reviewed.
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- Dec 1996 NRC completes review of extension request l j- - Jan 1997 Licensee completes site characterization 4
- Sep 1998 Licensee rJubmits Decommissioning Plan l Probl===/ Issues i
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SCHOTT CLASS TECE., INC. .
Site Identification i
l Location: DURYEA, PA 1
License No.: STB-988 )
Docket Number: 04007924 License Status: Active l Project Manager M. MILLER Status of Decommissionino Activities i The decommissioning plan (DP) for the Schott Glass site was approved in June 1996. Since the DP involved the averaging of discrete. pieces of glass, that individually exceeded the
- unrestricted use criteria, with the entire volume of material in the existing landfill at the site, the i
Commission was informed of the staff's intention to approve 2
the plan in SECY-96-106. Site decommissioning started in mid-August 1996. The licensee is expected to complete the gamma survey of the remediated site by late October. A
- public meeting is to be scheduled for November to inform the public of the onsite disposal of thoriated glass and j i the results of the licensee's final survey and NRC's Confirmatory Survey.
NRC/ Licensee Actions and Schedule Sep 1996 NRC staff to. conduct onsite inspection of installation of multi-layered cap over landfill l - Nov 1996 Public meeting to inform public of onsite disposal ;
) of thoriated glass and discuss survey results Problama/ Issues a
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i 'L Site Identification
! Location: GORE, OK I License'No.: SUB-1010 )
Docket Number: 04008027 l Expired License-Status: i J. SHEPHERD
! Project Manager. i l Status of Decc--issionina Activities j' SFC submitted a-site characterization report'in February 1996, which is currently under review by Staff. As of September 1, 1996, SFC had not identified a location or l
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design for.the proposed on-site disposal cell.. An EIS will j
be prepared to evaluate proposed on-site disposal and
- ' alternatives.
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- Oct 1996 NRC commences EIS analyses of on-site disposal and j- alternative remediation actions
- Oct 1997 Anticipated release of Draft EIS j
- May 1998 NRC issues Record of Decision on SFC decommissioning alternative
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- Oct 1998 SFC submits license. amendment request authorizing j decommissioning plan
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j Probl===/ Issues l
The major' issues are SFC's proposal to rely on on-site disposal of large quantities of radiological and hazardous waste and the lack of financial assurance to support the long-term decommissioning effort. The potential exists for l
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In August 1996, US EPA Region 6 and SFC signed a RCRA 2
administrative Order on Consent in which SFC agreed to a Corrective conduct a RCRA Facility Investigation (RFI),and remediate chemical contamination Measures Study as directed (CMS),The EPA process is similar to the NRC by EPA.
l decommissioning process, but there may be differencesIn order to in l the time schedule coordinate andofremediation the efforts criteria.
the regulatory agencies, NMSS To date, thereand EPA Region 6 signed a site-specific MOU..
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competition for the limited funds available.
In October 1993, NRC issued an Order to SFC and GA, the parent corporation, to provide $86 million of financial assurance in accordance with requirements of 10 CFR 40.36.
In August 1995, NRC and SFC signed an agreement whereby SFC
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s 1995; it was appealed to the Commission in December 1995 i and is under consideration. In July 1996, a settlement was
! reached with GA, whereby GA would establish a trust fund l for use in remediating SFC; the fund would have revenues of
- approximately $9 million, less taxes, over a 10 year 1
period. This proposal is currently under consideration by the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel (ASLBP).
Funding and remediation issues have high public interest.
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1 l Site Identification
! .Incation: CAMBRIDGE, OH
'f l License No.: SMB-1507 i Docket Number: 04008948
, License. Status: Expired Project Manager J. KENNEDY l
f Status of nece--insionina Activities
! A preliminary Draft EIS was published November 1995 and a j Working Copy Draft EIS was published March 1996.
i The Draft EIS was published July 1996. This EIS evaluates ]
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1 A public meeting was held in Cambridge Ohio, on September 16, 1996, to discuss comments from the public on'the DEIS.
The licensee initiated decommissioning work on the West Pile, in the late 1980s; however, work was terminated when !
the NRC informed the licensee that the concentrations within the pile exceeded the criteria for unrestricted use.
The licensee is currently proposing to leave the two piles on site and institute land-use restrictions. This ;
alternative,-along with other viable alternatives, is being l explored through the environmental impact statement process. The licensee will submit a decommissioning plan after a record of decision has been issued by NRC on the proposed alternative to stabilize and cap the two piles in place. The record of decision will be issued after the publication of the final environmental impact statement.
.NRC/ Licensee Actions and Schedule
- Oct 1996 Comment period on DEIS ands Aug 1997 Publish Final EIS
- Feb 1998 Licensee submits decommissioning plan Problems / Issues The major site issue is the lack of viable options for the remediation of the large volumes of waste with uranium and thorium concentrations above current unrestricted use criteria. SMC, which petitioned for Chapter-11 bankruptcy, asserts that off-site disposal will force liquidation.
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l Ohio EPA is conducting an investigation of remediationNRC
- i citernatives for chemical contamination at the site.
cnd Ohio must coordinate to ensure consistent requirements cnd expectations of the licensee. NRC and Ohio are also cddressing issues related to the previous removal of slag material from the site to various properties in and around Cambridge, OH, when the site was owned by Foote-Cyprus minerals.
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Site Identification i
- Location
- NEWFIELD, NJ i
j License No.: SMB-1507
- Docket Nraber
- 04007102 License IJtatus: Active j Project Manager G. COMFORT i
1 Status of Decommissionina Activities i
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The principle issue is the lack of funds to dispose of l
licensed material. Shieldalloy is currently in Chapter 11 l
l bankruptcy. Shieldalloy is currently generating waste at a i
rate that will exceed possession limits in 1996. The ,
i Staff's interim acceptance of in-situ disposal should allow I the licensee to submit an adequate decommissioning funding ;
plan. Also, export of the material for benefitial use i
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Site Identification
- i Location: ATTLEBORO, MA 2
d License No.: SNM-23
- Docket Number
- 07000033 l License Status: Active
- Project Manager M. ROBERTS I Status of Decn==lssionina Activities i
Licensee'was recently suspended from the Envirocare burial facility because of the presence of water in waste soil shipments. After submitting a remedial plan, TI has been i reinstated. Region I conducted an inspection in April 1996 to review waste handling and loading activities. A copy of the Inspection Report was forwarded to Utah and to i
! Envirocare.
The bulk of the waste has been removed from the site. In f-j August 1996, TI submitted the final survey report for the outdoor areas on the site. A final survey report for the buildings is expected to be submitted in October 1996.
NRC/Lican ee Actions and Schedule l
- Oct 1996 TI submits final survey report for buildings i
- Nov 1996 NRC conducts confirmatory survey of land and ,
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- Discovery of additional contamination during final surveys j has prolonged decommissioning and was caused by inadequate site characterization. l l
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l Site Identification I WOOD RIVER JUNCTION, RI l Location: l l
License No.: SNM-777 l
Docket Number: 07000820 :
License Status: Terminated j Project Manager J. PARROTT l
Status of Decommissionina Activities l All outstanding issues related to groundwater contamination i i
were resolved, and the site was removed from the SDMP in October 1995. The Commission was informed of this action in SECY-95-236.
NRC/ Licensee Actions and Schedule i
Probl===/ Issues )
UNC and State of Rhode Island signed a consent ageement for continued monitoring of the site groundwater for nitrate contamination caused by the NRC licensed activities until the nitrate concentration is below EPA drinking water limits.
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- CATERTOWN AR8ENAL/ MALL , [
Site Identification Location: WATERTOWN, MA
) License No.: 20-01010-04 SUB-238 SNM-244 Docket Number: 04002253 License Status: Erpired Project Manager M. BOUWENS Status of Decommissionina Activities Arsenal: The termination survey report for the facility is
< being reviewed by NRC. The ORISE confirmatory survey has l
been completed. The draft confirmatory survey report is being reviewed by NRC.
4 Mall: The Corps of Engineers will submit a risk assessment in Fall, 1996.
NRC/ Licensee Actions and Schedule i Oct 1996 NRC completes review of final survey report and .
confirmatory survey report l Dec 1996 NRC staff informs Commission of intent to release site for unrestricted use and remove site from SDMP Problems / Issues There have been delays in the Mall property risk assessment because of the need to evaluate the risk from non-radiological hazardous material as well as the risk from radiological material.
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Site Identification Location: WATERTOWN, MA License No.: NA Docket Number: 040-WT/GSA License Status: Expired Project Manager M. BOUWENS' Status of- Deca ==issionina Activities In 1993, the' site contamination was thought to be restricted to the burn pit and.the immediate area around
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the burn pit. The burn pit was remediated in 1993.
In 1994, a characterization survey identified contamination in other areas of the site. Additional characterization of the burn pit and other areas of the site continued into 1995. The Corps of Engineers submitted the final characterization survey report in January 1996.
The characterization report also contains a groundwater contamination assessment. Preliminary results indicate that no soluble radiological contamination was identified.
NRC/ Licensee Actions and Schedule
- Dec 1996 NRC completes review of characterization report Probl==m/ Issues The subsurface volume of the site is approximately 80%
building rubble. The water table on the site is less than one foot from the surface and seasonally floods a major portion of the property. The presence of the high water table and the building rubble has delayed remediation activities and makes the detection of depleted uranium metal difficult.
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I site Identification s i
- Location
- MADISON, PA f
SNM-770 l License No.:
Docket Number: 07000698 ;
! License Status: Active Project Manager M. ROBERTS f j 1 i status of Deca ==issionina Activities J
! Westinghouse updated the renewal package for License No.
! SNM-770 and submitted the package to NRC.
Westinghouse submitted a license amendment requent to no j longer be licensed for waste segregation /processitig or for nuclear laundry services. This request was approved by
. NRC. In addition, NRC approved an amendment to modify the i ground water monitoring and pump-and-treat program.
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- Oct 1996 NRC transmits deficiency letter on renewal package l - Nov 1996 Westinghouse submits conceptual decommissioning plan
- Jan 1997 Westinghouse submits detailed decommissioning plan
! Problems / Issues l
l Westinghouse has been unable to establish the source of j groundwater contamination.
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Site Identification BRIDGETON, MO Location: ,
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License No.: 04000835 Docket Number: Expired License Status: R. ULECK Project Manager Status of'Decommissionina Activities i
In June 1995, NRC deferred regulatory oversight NRC concluded of remedial that actions at West Lake Landfill to EPA.
the remedial program being administered by EPA at West Lake
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Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA )
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the site. The Commission was informed of the staff's l
intention to defer the oversight of remediation to EPA in SECY-95-056.
The site was removed from the SDNP in June 1995 NRC/ Licensee Actions and Schedule Problema/ Issues l None 55 l
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a Site Identification '
Location: GREENFIELD, PA l
License No.: SMA-1018 l 04007455 Docket Number:
j License Status: Expired Project Manager D. MOSER
! Status of Dece==issionina Activities
! A Decommissioning Plan was submitted in February 1996. The plan focuses on the proposal to consolidate the i
contaminated slag into one centralized area on the site.
j However, the final disposition of the slag is not discussed. Whittaker commits to submit a plan for the ultimate recolution of the slag at some unspecified future i date. NRC is scheduled to complete the review of the ,
onsite consolidation plan in January 1997. I
- I i l j NRC/ Licensee Actions and Schedule i b - Jan 1997 NRC approves onsite consolidation plan Problems / Issues j
j The site contains large volumes of thorium contaminated i slag. Ultimate resolution of the slag will be deferred j until after NRC completes a feasibility assessment of a l
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Site Identification Location: NORTH GRAFTON, MA
} License No.: NA Docket Number: 40-1650 License Status: Terminated 3
Project Manager T. C. JOHNSON Status of Dece==issionina Activities l
Site activities are currently on hold waiting for a generic review of acceptable options for decommissioning thorium j sites. Based on the DEIS for the Shieldalloy site in Cambridge, OH, NRC staff will evaluate the feasibility of a including the generic EIS for uranium and thorium sites,
! Wyman-Gordan site.
I NRC/ Licensee Actions and Schedule
- Nov 1996 Determine if generic EIS is feasible for uranium i and thorium sites. !
2 Eroblems/ Issues Further action on this site will depend on the evaluation j of thorium contamination issues that are being addressed in l i the EIS related to the Shieldalloy site in Cambridge, OH, l i
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