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QA Program Insp Rept 99900003/80-08 on 801031-1114.No Noncompliance Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Telcon to Determine Status of Expired Licensee.No Licensed Matl Onsite
ML20148N888
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Issue date: 12/02/1980
From: Nicholson N, Paperiello C
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMt..SSION OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT REGION III Report No. 80-08 Docket No. 99990003 License No. C-5368 (expired)

Licensee:

General Services Administration Granite City Engineering Depot Granite City, IL Inspection Conducted:

October 31 - November 14, 1980

'ff d Y(s ck/bx Inspector:

N. A. Nicholson

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Inspection Summary i

Inspection on October 31 - November 14, 1980 (Report No.5368/80-08)

Areas Inspected:

Telephone contact with Army and GSA representatives te determine status of this expired license.

Results: The tantalum and niobium ores were transferred to the Casad Depot in New Haven, Indiana, during September through November of 1977.

Uranium and thorium residues stored at this site were transferred to Weldon Spring Chemical Plant in Weldon Spring, Missouri in 1966. No material is currently onsite.

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DETAILS 1.

Persons Contacted Bill White,llealth Physicist, Department of the Army, EUSTl!EMA, Aberdeen Proving Ground Michael lleard, Safety Director and Radiation Protection Officer, Department of the Army, St. Louis Area Support Center Ray liardcastle, Manager, Casad Depot, New flaven, Indiana liarry Szczepanski, GSA inspector, llansond, Indiana Bob 0'Brien, GSA, Stockpile Management Branch V. Cangro, GSA, Acting Chief, Storage Branch George Perryman, GSA, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Property Management 2.

Sources of Information The above persons contacted, primarily the first four listed, and the license file.

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Scope of Progry The license authorizes storage of thorium residues at the Granite City Engineering Depot (GCED).

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Status of the Program Tantalum and niobium ores were stored onsite in 55 gallon drums in an open shed unt.il September 1977. At that time, 3,474 drums of material were transferred to the Casad Depot in New llaven, Indiana (Attachment 1).

The deteriorated condition of some drums warranted repackaging of the material; no contamination was noted.

Currently, this material is still maintained at the Casad Depot.

A survey of the former storage area at GCED was conducted by GSA on September 27, 1977 (Attachment 2).

Uranium and thorium residues from monazite sands were stored at GCED until 1966 when this material was transferred to Weldon Spring Chemical Plant, Weldon Spring, Missouri. This material was subsequently pur-chased by the RCA Company and shipped off this site.

An inspection report by the U. S. Army Enviromental llygiene Agency for GCED is attached (Attachment 3).

Currently, GCED is in caretaker status; a few guards and administrative personnel are onsite.

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Conclusion The Army Environmental llygiene Agency of the Aberdeen Proving Ground has tentatively seeduled a closcout survey of the Granite City Engineer-ing Depot the first quarter of 1981. A Region III inspector plans to accompany the survey team.

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Columbium Tantalum Shipment Order a

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On receipt of the material at Casad the drums are to be rehabilitated and placed in storage, in accordance with the storage' manual, by Force Account Personnel on a time-available basis.

It is understood that funds are available in the region for this transfer and rehabilitation proj ect.

Kindly keep us advised as to the progress of this project

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Attached is a shipment order covering the transfer of this material.

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ATTACIDIENT 2 Granite City Army Depot MONITORING PADIATIot. REPORT Granite City, Ill.

Monitors Harry J Szczepanski Date.

27 Septe:+-r,1977 Region 5 - Radiological Off.

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1 INSTRUMENT SHIELD DOSE TIME LOCATION CBJECT OR PERSON lONITORED USED Open Closec1 DISTANCE ram E READIE RATE near 1:00 IM Shed 572 Former space used for storag e E-5008 X

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second spot found and surveyed indicated readings of 0.1 mr/hr altho both spots had readings below the criteria of NRC regulations for abandonment of buildings or areas the material was swept up and brueght 'oack for disposal. TF.is material was put into one of the drums of contaminated mater lal for disposal at the Hammond Depot.

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Survey of Former Tantalum Oxide and Niobium Oxide Storage i Area at the St. Louis Area Support Center (SLASC) \\ 1 ? j 1.

Background:

Prior to, or during the Second World War, there was j anxiety that there would be a shortage of Tantalum and Niobium in the United States which was needed for high strength metals for aircraft. Therefore, the ores were stockpiled to prevent a shortage of the metals. Four hundred tons of the Tantalum Oxide and Niobium Oxide 4 were stored by GSA in polyethylene lined steel drums in the open shed 572 of Granite City Army Depot, which is now the St. Louis Area Support Center (SLASC). The area was roped off and properly marked f with radioactive signs. The area was surveyed from time to two by USAEHA and other Army personnel for contamination. During 1977, the GSA transferred the ores to its storage area at Fort Wayne, IN. 2. Properties of Metals: ) NAME SYMBOL HALF LIFE RADIATION i AND ENERGY (f tEV) i a. Niobium Nb-95 35 Days [ = .160 j ,d', = .765 b. Tantalum Ta-182 115 Days p = 1.71 8= .068 .1 i 3. P_ersonnel Contacted: 3 a. Mr. H. Bretz, Safety Officer, SLASC b. SGT Teal, Security Division, SLASC 4. Procedure and Posults: Mr. J. Doss, TSARCOM RPO, and Mr. H. Bretz, Safety Officer, SLASC, visited the area under shed 572 where the ore in plastic lined drums I had been stored on wooden pallets. l i 1 t , _.(Page.4 of.5) z _.. ~ 1-

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Survey of Former Tantalum Oxide and fJiobium Storage Area I at the St. Louis Area Support Center (SLASC) i i / g The floor of the storage area (one inch from floor) was systemati; ally 4 surveyed for contamination with a beta-gauma radiac surveymeter. No 1 contamination was found. Only background readings were observed. Four } wipes were taken at random from the floor of the storage area. The j wipes along with a control wipe were placed in a scaled envelope for future analysis. j 5. Discussion: 1 ] There was no indication of radioactive contamination under the shed whcre the ores had been stored. .t d A' j / j ODIC DOSS } TSARCOM Health Physicist J (rl $ /)o C G AS kBrne n,3 /) M O WE, }-lf!VE-l Mo 12 G c c12 0 0 f= T//C c*J/ fi= c c2 T~^l C"2-a /) M h b $ l k' tol5, f(c V T i t ] } 1 2 I e i k i 9 l t l \\ 1 e., -e.*e.%.-eens e

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