ML20198P251
| ML20198P251 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | 07000734 |
| Issue date: | 12/22/1998 |
| From: | Asmussen K GENERAL ATOMICS (FORMERLY GA TECHNOLOGIES, INC./GENER |
| To: | Gaskin C, Wesley D CALIFORNIA, STATE OF, NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
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| 696-CAL-3021, NUDOCS 9901070015 | |
| Download: ML20198P251 (2) | |
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+ = ~c' December 22,1998 696/ CAL-3021 VIA EXPRESS MAIL SERVICE Mr. Charles E. Gaskin Licensing Section 1/ Licensing Branch Division of Fuel Cycle Safety snd Safeguards,NMSS U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555
Subject:
Docket No.70-734; SNM-696: Request to Release Portions of General Atomics' Building 39 (SVB) to Unrestricted Use and ATIN: Mr. David Wesley (in Duplicate)
State of California Department ofIIcalth Services Radiologic IIealth Branch 601 North 7th Street Sacramento, CA 95814-0208
Subject:
Radioactive Materials License No. 0145-37: Request to Release Portions of General Atomics' Building 39 (SVB) to Unrestricted Use
Dear Messrs Gaskin and Wesley:
As you are aware General Atomics (G A) is continuing its effort directed at decontaminating, as s
appropriate, and obtair.ing the release to unrestricted use of selected facilities on its San Diego site.
Most receatly, GA completed the fina! radiclogical surveys of selected portions ofits Building 39 (also known as Sorrento Valley "B" Building or "SVB"). The selected portions of the building to be 2
released (not including walls)is ~ 9,700 ft and consists of the following:
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The office area concrete Coor and associated structural walls (~4,700 ft ),
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the east end of the Matrix Room concrete floor (~300 ft ), and
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the metal roof over the office area (~4,700 ft ),
- In addition, GA is seeking the release of the following materials from Building 39:
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The gravel removed from the roof, and
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the tar and insulation removed from the roof.
The gravel, tar and insulation are currently being stored in dumpsters. The concrete slabs are being stored near the facility. These materials are being held until GA receives release to unrestricted use from the NRC. Then they will be disposed of to a local landfill.
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898/ CAL-3021 Page 2 De results of GA's comprehensive final radiological contamination surveys, measurements, and :
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' analyses demonstrate that the above described areas and materials meet the NRC-and State-approved j
. criteria for release to unrestricted use. These results are documented in the enclosed report titled,,
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FINAL RADIOLOGICAL SURVEYS OF SELECTED PORTIONS OF BUILDING 39 (SVB) TO BE RELEASED TO UNRESTRICTED USE," dated December 9,1998.
t GA hereby requests both the NRC and the State to release the above described areas and materials 1'
- to unrestricted use so as to permit further progress in decommissioning and demolition of Building 39. It is GA's understanding that the NRC is taking the lead in releasing this facility to unrestricted use.
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Therefore, GA will be looking to the NRC release as approval to proceed, with the understanding that the State will have been consulted prior to the NRC action and, therefore, the State release will be forthcoming.
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. Please note that an advance copy of the enclosed report was provided to Mr. Wayne Britz, in
' support of GA's above described request for release, during the NRC inspection at GA's site the week of Decembe'r 7 J l1,1998.
'i If you should have any questions regarding our request or the enclosed report, please contact Mr.
'f Paul Maschka at (619) 455-2959, or me at (619) 455-2823. Once again, as in the past, your assistance in responding to our request is very much appreciated.
l Very truly yours, j
Keith E. Asmussen, Ph. D., Director
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Enclosure:
Report titled," FINAL RADIOLOGICAL SURVEYS OF SELECTED PORTIONS OF BUILDING 39 (SVB) TO BE RELEASED TO UNRESTRICTED USE," dated December
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9,1998.
4 cc: Mr. Wayne L. Britz, Fuel Cycle Inspector, NRC Region IV Ms. Kathleen Henner, State of Califomia, Department of Health Services, Los Angeles Dr. Ronald Rogus, State of California, Dept. of Health Services, Sacramento (letter only)
' Dr. D. Blair Spitzberg, Chief, Nuclear Materials Safety Branch 3, NRC Region IV (letter only) l s
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