ML20203A743
| ML20203A743 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | 07001113 |
| Issue date: | 01/30/1998 |
| From: | Chotoo S NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| To: | Weber M NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9802240104 | |
| Download: ML20203A743 (8) | |
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MEETING WITH GENERAL ELECTRIC, JANUARY 27, 1998 On January 2t,1997, representatives of General Electric (GE) met with Nuclear Regulatory Corr. mission staff from the Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Division of Waste Management, and Division of Nuclear Material Safety (Region ll).
Information provided by the licensee at the meeting and the attendance list are attached.- The purpose of the meeting was for the licensee to present plans for g) reducing waste volu:aes and material inventories at GE's nuclear fuel fabricat.on facility - p in Wilmington, North Carolina. During GE's Licensee Performance review in October of 1997, NRC expressed concems about accumulation of waste and low-ennched special nuclear material at the Wilmington site. NRC identified the timely disposition of solid waste as a challenge for the facility due, in part, to the ilmited access to waste disposal sites for licensees in the State of North Carolina.
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During the rreeting, GE representatives emphasized the significant reduction in wasta generation rates expected by replacing the ammonium diuranate conversion process
-with the new dry conversion process (DCP). GE expects to have all of the DCP lines operational by March 1998. GE representatives also outlined plans for reducing existing wastes and nuclear material inventories, including a variety of on-site and off-site treatment and disposal options, 9802240104 990130 PDR ADOcK 07001113 fs3C EJ EM @0PV l.li l.liI.lli. I.lli. I.l'I.l
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- Michael F. Weber 2 GE plans to subetantially reduce the inventories of material and waste stored onsite during the next two years. Based on the licensee's presentation, the NRC staff observed that GE is taking responsible action to contain any environmental risks acauciated with the material while in storage and had a reasonable plan for reducing waste and materialinventories.
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- License SNM-1097 Attachments: 1. "GE-NRC Meeting: Material Management'
- 2. Attendance List cc: Mr. Charles M. Vaughn, Acting Manager Fuel and Facility Licensing General Electric Company P.O. Box 780, MC J726 Wilmington, NC 28402 Distribution: w/ encl. [ COMPLETED)
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Docket 70-1113 License SNM-1097 Attachments: 1. "GE-NRC Meeting: Material Management"
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9 ATTENDANCE LIST General Electric Waste Management Meeting January 27,1998 NAME ORGANIZATION Douglas M. Collins NRC, Ril Susan Chotoo NRC/NMSS/FCSS/FCLB2 Heather Astwood NRC/NMSS/FCS8/FCLB2 Merri Horn NRC/NMSS/FCSS/FCLB2 Michael Weber NRC/NMSS/FCSS Bill Brach NRCINMSS/FCSS Liz Ten Eyck NRC/NMSS/FCSS Bob Nelson NRC/NMSS/DWM/LLDP Tim Harris NRC/NMSS/DWM/LLDP Chris Monetta GE Craig Kipp GE Charlie Vaughn GE David Brown GE '
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