ML20151S091

Discusses 21 Planned Shipments of Radwaste Between 880420- 1231.Shipments Should Be Similiar,Except for Variation in Total Curie Quantity in Each Shipment

ML20151S091
Person / Time
Site:	Battelle Memorial Institute, 07000008
Issue date:	04/07/1988
From:	Emswiler T Battelle Memorial Institute, COLUMBUS LABORATORIES
To:	Davis A NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
References
NUDOCS 8804280181
Download: ML20151S091 (2)

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i It h phone (614! 424 6424 Tch, 24 5454 April 7,1988 Mr. A. Bert Davis - Regional Administrator U.S. Nucleer Regulatory Commission - Region III 799 Roosevelt Road Glen Ellyn, Illinois 60137

Dear Ladies or Gentlemen:

Battelle Columbus Division plans to make a series of twenty-one (21) shipments of radioactive waste between April 20, 1988, and necember 31, 1988, which require that you be notified in accord with the regulatory requirements of Chapter 10 Code of Regulations Part 71.97. Either you or an official

, in your of fice (except South Carolina) has authorized me to submit one letter of notification to cover all 21 of these shipments, instead of submitting an individual letter for each shipment. All 21 shipments should be similar, except for a variation in the total curie quantity (between 50 and 2,000 curies) in each shipment.

The information required to be submitted to you per 10 CFR Part 71.97(d) is as follows:

1) Shipper Receiver and Carrier Battelle Columbus Division Chem Nuclear Systems, Inc.

West Jefferson Site Barnwell Waste Management Facility 505 King Avenue P.O. Box 726 Columbus, Ohio 43201 Barnwell, South Carolina 29812 614/879-5165 803/259-1781

2) Description per 49 CFR 172.202 and 172.203(d):

a) One packaging, Radioactive Material. NOS, Radioactive Material .

UN2982 (Waste)

Non-compressible solid waste b) Shielded burial liner: volume = 36.5 cubic feet weight = 1,396 pounds c) Gross cask weight = 50,696 pounds '

l d) Cask Identification: CNS 8-120B; Certificate of Compliance No. l USA /9168B( )

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3) Curie Range = _50_to 2,000 i Mb ,' yMSdwtof$

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4) Primary Radionuclides = Se-90, Cs-137, Pm-147, Fe-55, Ni,63

5) Physical Form: Solid Chemical Fonn: Metal 0xide

6) Labels (Assume) Yellow II, Placards (Assume) None Note: Cannot be verified until date of shipment.

7) Shipment origin: Battelle Columbus Division. West Jefferson, Ohio.

8) Periods of departure, arrival at state boundaries and destination, a) Twenty-one (21) shipments between April 20, 1988, and December 31, 1988.

Travel time per shipment estimated at 15 hours1.736111e-4 days <br />0.00417 hours <br />2.480159e-5 weeks <br />5.7075e-6 months <br /> plus required stops (600 miles at 40 mph).

9) Current shipment information contacts:

a) Shipper: 614/879-5165 (Thomas R. Emswiler) or 614/879-5133 (24-hr.

Guardhouse),

b) Receiver: 803/259-1781 (Larry Friar)

10) State routings and special requirements:

Ohio: OH 142 - US 40 - OH 29 - I 70 - 1 270 - I 71 - 1 275 a) Notify Ohio Disaster Service Agency. (614) 889-7157, prior to each shipment for on-site inspection.

Kentucky: 1 275 - I 75 a) Notify Don Hughes, (502) 564-3700, after a series of 4 or 5 shipments have been made.

Tennessee: I 75 - I 40 North Carolina: 1 40 - I-26 South Carolina: 126 - US 321 - SC 3 - SC 70 - SC 64 a) Notify DHEC at least 3 days prior to each shipment on Form DHEC 802. Inform DHEC of any changes in information at time of shipment, (803) 253-6497.

If for any reason you need additional information or find this letter insufficient to cover all 21 shipments, please contact me at (614) 879-5165, or Mr. Al Lawrence at (614) 879-5136.

Thank you for your assistance and cooperation in this matter.

Very truly yours, 4 f~

Thomas R. Emswiler Nuclear Materials Transport Coordinator BCD Nuclear Services TRE:llr

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