ML20134M682
| ML20134M682 | |
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| Site: | 070*****, 07000097 |
| Issue date: | 02/12/1997 |
| From: | Ronald Bellamy NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Vercasio W NEW YORK, STATE OF |
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| NUDOCS 9702200357 | |
| Download: ML20134M682 (4) | |
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February 12, 1997 r
E William Vercasio, Environmental Radiation Specialist O./
l New York State Department of Environmental Conservation l
50 Wolf Road i
Room 402 Albany, New York 12233-7255
SUBJECT:
REVISION TO SURVEY OF PUBLIC AREA ADJACENT TO THE FORMER SYLVANIA ELECTRIC PRODUCTS, INC FACILITY
Dear Mr. Vercasio:
On November 19,1996, Steve Shaffer of this office assisted in the survey performed by your office of the public area adjacent to the former Sylvania Electric Products, Inc.
facility Hicksville, New York. The results of Region I laboratory analysis of the four soil samples collected are provided below. Per your conversation with Steve Shaffer on February 6,1997, the positions of samples A, B, and C are being clarified. This letter replaces our previous transmittal dated January 28,1997, changes from the i
original letter are indicated below in bold. Analysis was performed via gamma spectroscopy. The uranium-238 activity is inferred from its daughter protactinium-234m.
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i Sample A was collected approximately two and one-half feet from the east side of the fence separating the golf driving range from the properties on Cantiague Rock Road and 15 feet south of the property boundary between Magazine Distributors and Gilbert Displays.
Uranium-238 6.8 0.6 picocuries per gram (pCi/g)
Radium-226 1.6 i O.5 pCi/g Uranium-235 0.42 i O.03 pCi/g
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. i SAMPLE B Sample B was collected approximately two and one-half feet from the east side of the fence separating the golf driving range from the properties on Cantiague J
Rock Road and 15 feet north of the property boundary between Magazine Distributors and Gilbert Displays.
Uranium-238 11.1 1.0 pCi/g Radium-226 1.7 i O.7 pCi/g Uranium-235 0.54 i 0.04 pCi/g SAMPLE C Sample C was collected approximately two and one-half feet from the east side of the fence separating the golf driving range from the properties on Cantiague Rock Road approximately one foot from the fence on the golf driving range side and 105 feet north of the property boundary between Magazine Distributors and Gilbert Displays.
Uranium-238 3.5 i O.7 pCi/g Radium-226 1.0 i 0.4 pCi/g Uranium-235 0.16 i O.03 pCi/g SAMPLE D Sample D was collected on the East side of the golf driving range just outside the east fence of the golf driving range, approximately 200 meters due east of the location of the other samples. This sample was intended to be representative of the background concentrations of radioactive materialin the vicinity of the former Sylvania property.
Uranium-238 0.9 i O.4 pCi/g Radium-226 0.2 i O.3 pCi/g Uranium-235 0.06 i O.02 pCi/g in accordance with Sectio".+ ' 30 of the NRC's Rules of Practice," Part 2, Title 10, Code of Federal Regulationc a copy of this letter will be placed in the Public Document Room. No reply to this letter is required.
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. Should you have any further questions, please contact Steve Shaffer at (610)-337-5256 or Mark Roberts at (610)-337-5256. Your cooperation with us is appreciated.
Sincerely, Original Signed By:
j Ronald R. Bellamy Ronald R. Bellamy Ph.D., Chief Decommissioning & Laboratory Branch Division of Nuclear Materials Safety Docket No.: 070-00097 I
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Barry Ballen, President j
Gilbert Displays, Inc.
140 Cantiague Rock Road Hicksville, New York 11801 W. Alexander Williams, Ph.D.
j Designation & Certification Manager, FUSRAP U.S. Department cf Energy (EM-421)
Washington, DC 20585 j
i A.E. Ludwig GTE Operations Support incorporated One Stamford Forum Stamford, Connecticut 06904 l
Barbara Youngberg, Supervisor I
3 Radiation Section New York State i
Department of Environmental Conservation 50 Wolf Road Room 402 Albany, New York 12233-7255 i
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