ML20151X726
| ML20151X726 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 08/12/1988 |
| From: | Ebneter S NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Menard L METPATH, INC. |
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| REF-QA-99990001-880812 NUDOCS 8808260087 | |
| Download: ML20151X726 (47) | |
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Docket No. 040-00772 License No. STB-424 (expired)
MetPath, Inc.
ATTN:
Lionel Menard Director of Engineering and Purchasing One Malcolm Avenue Teterboro, New Jersey 07608 Gentlemen:
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Special Inspection No. 99990001/88-77 This letter refers to the special safety inspection conducted by Betsy Ullrich, Lester Tripp, and David Collins of this office on March I and March 29, 1988 in Teterboro, New Jersey of activities formerly authorized by the NRC License No. STB-424 (expired), which authorized the use of radioactive natural thorium at the present and former Bendix property.
The inspection was limited to an inspection of property currently owned by MetPath, Inc. where drums containing radioactive material were discovered, property currently owned by Sumitoma Machinery Corporation where radioactive material was found in the soil, and a review of past licensed activities at Bendix which may relate to the radio-active material. This letter also refers to a subsequent telephone discussion between Mr. Dave Meinhard of your staff and Mr. James H. Joyner of this office on August 10, 1988.
Areas examined during this inspection are described in the NRC Region I Inspec-tion Report which is enclosed with this letter. Within these areas, the inspec-tion consisted of selective examinations of representative records, interviews with personnel, and observations and measurements by the inspectors.
As discussed during the telephone conversation between Mr. Meinhard and Mr. Joyner the findings of this inspection will be discussed at a conference at our office in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, at 11:00 a.m., August 31, 1988.
Representatives from Bendix, Sumitoma and the State of New Jersey have been invited to this meeting.
Since it appears that property is contaminated with naturdl thorium in excess of regulatery limits, a copy of the NRC's "Branch Technical Position", titled "Disposal or Onsite Storage of Thorium or Uranium Wastes from Past Operations", is enclosed for your information. We understand that your representative will attend this meeting. Directions to the Region I office are also enclosed.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790(a), a copy of this letter and the enclosures will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room.
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No reply to this letter is required. Your cooperation with us in this matter is appreciated.
Sincerely, Stewart D. Ebneter, Director Division of Radiation Safety and Safeguards
Enclosures:
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NRC Region I Inspection Report No. 99990001/88-77 2.
46FR 2061-63 "Disposal or Onsite Storage of Thorium or Uranium Waste From Part Operations" 3.
NRC Region I Inspection Report No. 99990001/81-15 4.
Directions to the Region I Office cc (w/encis):
Pubite Document Room (POR)
Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC)
State of New Jersey Allied Signal Aerospace - Bendix Division ATTN: Mr. William A. Hooper Manager, Plant Engineering Teterboro, New Jersey 07608 Sumitoma Machinery Corporation ATTN: Mr. William M. Lechler Executive Vice-President Seven Malcolm Avenue Teterboro, New Jersey 07608 The Defense Environmental Restoration Program ATTN: Roger Blake Assistant Chief, Real Estate 26 Federal Plaza, Room 2007 CENAN-RE New York, New York 10278-0090 The Defense Environmental Restoration Program ATTN: Bob Nore Program Manager U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Huntsville Division P.O. Box 1600 Huntsville, Alabama 35807-4301 0FFICIAL RECORD COPY MLCL BENDIX - 0011.0.0 11/29/80
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