ML20195G334
| ML20195G334 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 08/03/1987 |
| From: | Surmeier J NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| To: | Nussbaumer D NRC OFFICE OF GOVERNMENTAL & PUBLIC AFFAIRS (GPA) |
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| FOIA-88-470 NUDOCS 8811230349 | |
| Download: ML20195G334 (1) | |
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+.,...../ AUG 0 3 387 MEMORANDUM FOR: Donald A. Nussbaumer, Assistant Director State, Local and Indian Tribe Programs Office of Governmental and Public Affairr FROM: John J. Surmeier, Branch Chief Technical Branch Division of Low-Level Waste Management and Deconnissioning Office of Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards
SUBJECT:
HRCCONCERNSONSTABILITYOFHIGHDENSITYPOLYETHYLENE(HDPE)
HIGH IhTE'3RITY CONTAINERS (HICs) AND CEMENT SOLIDIFICATION Attached are copies of draft reports produced by our contractor Brookhaven hational Laboratory (BNL) concerning (1) stress analysis of HDPE HICs and (2) cracking, spalling, and atypical strength characteristics of cement waste forms.
Please send a copy of each report to the state authorities at South Carolina, Washington, and Nevada and arrange for a conference call (preferably on 8/14/87) between the appropriate state representatives and my staff to discuss this information in connection with our reviews of topical reports and the promulgation of the Draft Regulatory Guide on Waste Forms.
If you have any questions, please contact Keith McDaniel on X74411, e4 ohn J. Sunnef er, Branch Chief Technical Branch Division of Low-Level Waste Management and Decomissioning Office of Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards l
Enclosure:
As stated cc: C. Haupin, GPA l
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