ML20198L789

Forwards Application from Chem-Nuclear Sys for License to Import low-level Radwaste from Taiwan.W/O Encl

ML20198L789
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Issue date:	10/23/1997
From:	Hauber R NRC OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS (OIP)
To:	Delabarre R STATE, DEPT. OF
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-Mr. Robin DeLaBarre-Office of Nuclear. Energy Affairs.

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Dear Mr.'DeLaBarre:

-Enclosed <islan application dated October 14, 1997 from Chen-Nuclear Systems for a;1icense to import low-level radioactive waste from Taiwan.-

The wastes to be imported are from Chinshan Nuclear Power Station and-consists of 1.3 to 1.4 million pounds of tubes-and tube plates. The material was-generated asia result of-the condenser tube externals being-exposed to--

-contaminated' service water.

The imported material will be received by the Chem-Nuclear Consolidation 1

Facility in Barnwell, South Carclina and then transferred to Manufacturing i

Sciences Corporation (MSC in Oak Ridge Tennessee for decontamination to unrestricted release'leve s and recycled. Any material which cannot.be

-decontaminated will be' processed through the MSC furnace for production of radioactively contaminated ingots for reuse. The proposed schedule for

-shipment is from January 1998.through June 1999.

Before taking' action on this application,.we request your assistance in 3

notifying the government of Taiwan of the proposed radioactive waste import

<and obtaining any comments in the context of the Code of Practice on

.Transboundary Movement of Radioactive Waste. We also request your views-as to whether the subject import would be consistent with the Code's guidelines.

.NRC wil1~ consult with Tennessee' authorities regarding the,,roposed import.

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Dear Mr. DeLaBarre:

l Enclosed is-an application datad October 14, 1997 from Chem-Nuclear Systems-for a license to import low-level radioactive waste frca Taiwan.

LThe wastes-to be imported are from Chinshan Nuclear Power Station and consists' of-l.3 to 1.4 mi111on pounds of tubes and tube plates.

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. gen: rated as a result _of the condenser tube externals being exposed to contaminated service water.

The imported material will be *eceived by the Chem-Nuclear Consolidation Facility'in Barnwell, South Carolina and then transferred to Manufacturing Sciences Corporation (MSC) in Oak Ridge,. Tennessee for decontamination to unrestricted release levels and recycled. Any material which_cannot be decontaminated will be processed through the MSC furnace for production of radioactively contaminated ingots.foi reuse. The proposed schedule for shipment is from January 1998 through June 1999.

Before taking action on this application, we request your assistance in notifying the government of Taiwan of the proposed radioactive waste import and obtainit.g-any comments in the context of the Code of Practice on Transboundary Movement of Radioactive Waste. We also request your views as to whether the' subject import would be consistent with the Code's guidelines.

NRC will-consult with Tennessee authorities regarding the proposed import.-

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