ML20205M794
| ML20205M794 | |
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| Site: | 07001489 |
| Issue date: | 10/01/1986 |
| From: | Mallett B NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
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| Download: ML20205M794 (2) | |
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S A F E T 'r' EVALUATION REFORT Docket No: 070-01409 Lic. No: iN M - 14 61 Licencoe Goodyear Aercupace Corporation (GAC)
Alran, Ohio 44':15
Subject:
Review of GAC'c cequest to terminate NRC Lic. No.
SNM - 14 61 and releaue of i ts facilitieu for unrestricted uLe Daci. ground /D)(stu wion License No. ENM-1461 Wau originally i ssued to GAC on January 14.
1974 authorizing the une of Gmall quantitles of normal and depl eted uranium and uranium enriched in U-235 for the purpose of rimearch and development of gas centrifuget designed for uranium enrichment. The resear ch was funded by the Np t . of Encrgy and carried ou t. in an atruhip hangar f .u:i l i t y in N r en , Ohio I:nown au the Uingfoot L a l' u Ad'.unced Technology Center. H:indling of radioactive materi al s involved the une of uranium he afluoride (Ur6) in c yl i nder ;, ulii c h Wmild be piped into e < per i mc r.t al centrifugtu used to tent different rotor doctgnn. The centrifuges wer < > l o c . '. e d in c. pit are.. The pro e, produced boLh d upl i >t ed and enriched uranium (in ll C S). Samplen wer e p u l l r:d f r cm the p r o.: i . : , < a npl e tube scrutbed in a '11:d 3r e a, and samplen analyccd in a mat rpe trcaetry 1 abor ators . Ratcrn wrre alno rem.,-d and :..n a l v c o 1 in ar.'4 ,uithin ttie Wi t n1f oot facility. The l i o n oe. il oa r merved st anhr d ampleu of UF6 an enriched ( 'W. )
from 'ho Dept. uf Energy.
Tl e, 1iconwe munttored cir ..nd oat nr of f litento i r om t tu Wingfoot facillty and samplud air and pc;r f or m ed arca turvoya within the faci 11ty dur1sig t. h i > r mor ( li une from 1974 to 19: G.
NPC i nnpt > :tionc of the fel1ity in 19 " and 19D2 a nifi c at ud that WQ
( tiu. 1 i c > n '. o o . tiad no d>faliito nursov pr a.jr am i or c i:nt ami nat t on.
The 1tcensee' atr n a m p i t r u;, r o ra i l t - uithin the Ut egf e A f a c i 1 i t ,-
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00 were at l> ac L yr ourul 1+ v>'l , r- opt for d uo i ric i dent n n ii 1 MIO and 1901 olier o higt: rrading- were not'd an r t. s u l
- of spi 11o in cut up 01 0 .c ol + c. , ipe t r ome t t >r area' . Tiiu l i t >n ta -o air 'vm p l a n g arni q liquid effluent data f or or.>s. Outsido the Winqfe'ot iicility fy . t o no n! rio ahlior mil 1. < 41, f r om 1974 t.) l' ".
OQ T h. , 1 i c er e_ e n termin tid the F r u j i c t. -
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,wse, 1986 of tho Itu' Nt C r
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d Fr om tiie period Tierch 1906 to A u g t.s t 11, 1986, the IJRC requented snd received f ur t her- information concerning the licensee'-
clocoaut of the facility. The NRC requested and Gal Ridge Associated Uni ver ni t i on (ORAU) pc r f ormed 3 cloueout curveys of the facility from !1a y thr ough August 1906. The first surveys identified arean contaminated above NRC limitu for release au 3pecificd in Palicy und Guidance Diroctive FC 03-T. ~Ihe 3rd and final sur vey conclnded that all areas are decentaminated to below th, limits in thi, d2rective. lhe data from the Dal: Ridge uurvey i s, contained in a draft r epor t dated Septemoer 1986.
Conclisui uns /Reco nnondati ons, ita- DA Ridge clomeout curvey indicates, all are u of the faciltty hsvo tieen decontaminated below the IJRC l i m i t t: . All contaminated e tp. i i p mi 3r; L and any r em.y the 1icorr+9>, r el ease of thiq faci 1ity for unrtn.tricted uue repro *etitu an insignificent r i ci: to the pt blic Ir ralth <nd cafuty and to the envi rornnen t . Trier e f ore, I r eccmwendt d thet NRC Licente No. E NM-- l +161 be terminated effective August 21, 1906.
ACf k < A Eruct, G. [1al l ot t , Ph.D., Cli t e i t1s t er i a l < LicentIng Section l