ML20147D109
| ML20147D109 | |
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| Site: | Lynchburg Research Center |
| Issue date: | 02/26/1988 |
| From: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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4 SAFETY EVALUATION BY THE OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION
_ SUPPORTING THE CRDER TERMINATING FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. CX-10 BABC0CK AND WILCOX CRITICAL EXPERIMENT FACILITY DOCKET NO. 50-13
1.0 INTRODUCTION
By letter dated August 7, 1984, Babcock and Wilcox Company (B&W) submitted a plan for dismantlement and decontamination of the 1XW(t) critical experiment facility. Following review by the NRC staff, the plan was approved and B&W consnenced dismantlement.
i Upon completion of the dismantlement B&W submitted a final survey report entitled "License Termination Survey Report for the CX-10 Critical Experiment Facility," dated June 2, 1986, as supplemented.
and requested a NRC final survey of the facility.
1 2.0 EVALVATION Upon review of the final survey resort, the staff had raised several questions concerning the level of sackground radiation readings around the CX-10 facility.
B&W resolved our concerns by providing an additional discussion of the outdoor gamma surveys which concluded that the higher i
than expected gamma readings were due to "shy-shine" frem highly radioactive waste (from other B&W activities) stored nearby. The staff l
agrees with this analysis.
Region II received the final report of the confirmatory survey
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performed by Oak Ridge Associated Universities, under contract to NRC,
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in June 1987. The confirmatory survey was reviewed by NRC Region II i
at B&W on September 17-21, 1987.
The survey and inspection confirmed j
that (1) all nuclear fuel has been removed from the facility, (2) that residual contamination levels are consistent with the criteria of Table i
I of Regulatory Guide 1.86, and (3) no areas were identified that exceeded the exposure limit of 5 uR/hr above background at one neter.
This information was related in memos to H. Berkow from D. Collins i
dated May 11, 1987 and September 30, 1987.
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3.0 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATION
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The Commission has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA), dated Feb. 18, 1988 and has determined that this action will not result in any significant environmental impact and that it does not constitute i
a major Commission action sig6ificantly affecting the quality of the
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2 human environment. On the basis of the EA and the above Safety Evalua-tien, the Comission has determined not to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement in connection with the issuance of tils Order terminating the license.
4.0 CONCLUSION
Based on the foregoing considerations, the staff concludes that Facility Operating License No. CX-10 can be terminated without undee risk to the health and safety of the public or workers, and without any significant impact on the public or tie environment.
Principal Contributor: Alexander Adams, Jr.
Dated:
February 26, 1988 l
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