ML20138G012

Partially Deleted Rept of Interview Re Case 92-33I

ML20138G012
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Issue date:	05/11/1992
From:	NRC OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL (OIG)
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ML20138F923	List: IA-96-348, Partially Deleted Rept of Interview Re Case 92-33I ML20138F918 ML20138F969 ML20138F999 ML20138G006 ML20138G012
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FOIA-96-348 NUDOCS 9610180142
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U.S. Nudear Regulatory Commisalon f Renort of Interview Case No.92-33I on May 5, 1992 of ak R was arvieve De rtment has worked w artin Mar 2ergy j

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an effort to identify and quantify shipmente_cvf hazardous waste sent from DOE facilities to disposal fadilities which may have also contained small amounts of Uranium 235. Y{;

M xplained the process of calculation necessary to arrive at a gram weight for each shipment of waste. She said j

that the amount 5 were based strictly on a , computer estimate. -For d instance, the MM lab people at Y -12 would take several samples -

of wasteofoilwaste gallons from aoil.

shipment ~that mi'ght contain 40,000 to 50,000 3 She said that the lab people would from these samples, test and calculate the amounts of many different metals and other contaminants in the projected load. She emphasized the amounts represented computed amounts not an actual .

weighing of the amount of 235 in'each shipment. She opined that she laboratory *.aff which conducted the testing were among the e most skilledamounts quantifying in the United States when it came to detecting and of Uranium. ,

She stated that she had no l doubts personally about the amounts,and. accuracy of the  ::r- j calculations for thesT shipments.-

3 M dded that if she were to criticize any part of the E analysis process used by the MM people in estimating the contents of the loads of waste, that it might be the sampling methods versus the lab techniques. She stated that while the methods of a sampling were adequate from a scientific point of view they could have been better. . She stated that given that opinion she saw no .

deliberate attempt to deceive in the process. 1,

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