ML20210Q931
| ML20210Q931 | |
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| Site: | (SSD-5) |
| Issue date: | 03/20/1997 |
| From: | Spitzberg D NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
| To: | Doug Broaddus NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
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| Download: ML20210Q931 (6) | |
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MAR 2 01997 MEMORANDUM Douglas A. Broaddus TO:
Division of industrial and Medical Safety, NMSS l
FROM:
D. Blair Spitzberg, Chief
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Nuclear Materials Licensing Branch
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR AMBE SOURCES AS POTENiiAi CANDIDATES F0ti THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S NEUTRON SOURCE RECYCLING PILOT PROGRAM By mernorandum dated February 11,1997, Region IV was requested to review and update our list of potential candidates for DOE's neutron source recycling pilot program. A current list of Region IV's potential candidates is attached to this memorandum in the order of priority, if you have any questions concerning this matter, please contact ChristlHernandez l
of my staff at (817) 860 8217.
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i Huclear Regulatory Commission Region IV. Arlington Offico Nominees for DOE TRU Neutron Source Collection 1.
Licensee:
WeGo Perforators. Inc.
License Number:
35-12400 03 L
P.O. Box 594 P.O. Box 862 Licensee Address:
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f Ada, Oklahoma 74820 Norman Oklahoma 73070 Point of
Contact:
Marshall Brackin Telephone Number: 405 332 1346 405 364-3618 (Car 405 642 5665) l Justificatio4. for Nomination:
Source is no longer certified for intended use: Disposal site not available: NRC license expired 10/31/93: and NRC Order was issued 3/15/94 F
to possess and safely store source.
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Source' Identification:
Model #~
Serial #
AmBe 607 a
Isotope Am 241:Be l
Activity 3.0 Ci L
Shipping Container availability: A Special Form certificate is not i
available, therefore, a Type B container is required. Licensee does L
j not possess a Type B container.
i Licensee Actions to Divest:
b Letter from-ADC0 Services. Inc. dated 12/1/95. declining acceptance of i
Am-241:Be' Source.
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. Leak Test Result: 2.3 x 10'5-uCi or 50 dpm (test date 2/24/95) f o
Additional Information: Physical address:
1315 North Broadway. Ada.
-Oklahoma 2.
Licensee Name:
Frontier Logging Corporation-License Number:
35-21110 02' Licensee Address: 7221 Northwest 3rd Street Oklahoma City. Oklahoma 73127 J
Point of Contact. Francis L. Weedon
. Telephone Number: 405 787-3952-l ATTACHMENT
2 Justification for Nomination:
Disposal site not available: Initial NRC license expired 4/30/95: Current NRC license issued because licensee was unable to dispose of or transfer sources: Operations permanently ceased April 1995: Licensee claims inability to taaintain NRC license.
Source Identification:
Model #
Gamma Industries Model NB(HP)
Serial #
NB-719 l
l 1sotcpc Am.241 Activity 1.5 Ci Shipping Container availability YES Source Identification:
Model #
Gamma In hstries Model NB(HP)
Serial #
NB-667 Isotope Am-241 Activity 1.0 Ci Shipping Container availability YES Licensee Actions to Divest:
Letter dated 5/13/96 documents calls to other licensees and DOE.
Inspection notes dated 8/15/95 document contacts with J.L Shepherd. G.E.
Valecitos. Amersham, and Intermont Company. June 1996 licensee was given information for contacting Halliburton.
Leak Test Result: no leakage identified (test date 8/21/95) 3.
Licensee Naae:
Petro Data. Inc.
License Number:
35 23137 01 Licensee Address: P.O. Box 336 Hominy. Oklahoma 74035 Point of
Contact:
Harold Haught. President /RSO Telephone Number: 918 885-4962 Justification for Nomination:
Disposal site not available: Rented tools returned to owner and operations halted November 1993: Operations permanently ceased September 1.1995:
Company is no longer in business: Licensee claims inability to maintain NRC license, br%#
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. Source Identification:
Model #
Gulf Nuclear NEEl AmBe 71 1 Serial #-
71 1-605B Isotope Am-241 Activity 4.6 C1 Shipping Container availability YES Source Identification:
Model #
Gulf Nuclear NEEl AmBe 711 Serial #
71-1-5758 1sotope Am 241
. Activity:
-4.6 Ci Shipping Container availability
'YES Licensee Actions to Divest:
Licensee has contacted other well logging licensees and 00E.
Leak Test Result: no leakage identified (SN 71-1 605B tested 4/22/93 and SN 71 1-575B tested 1/10/89).
Additional Information: Licensee's facility:is located 1 mile north of Hominv Licensee also possesses one Cs-137 source NTE 10 C1,
'Gulfhu. Oklahoma. clear CSV, serial-number CSV H16.
_ Licensee Name:-
Precision Logging and Perforating License Number:-
35 17186 02 Licensee Address: 200 South Broadway Cleveland, Oklahoma 74020-Point)ofuontact: Jeffrey Spess, R50' Telepbne Number: 918 358 5831 Justification for Nomination:
. Disposal site.not available: Sources have been out of service since 1991:
- Operations L permanently ceased February - 1992: and Licensee is seeking-
. termination of NRC license.
-Source Identification:-
Model #
Gulf. Nuclear NEEl AmBe 71-1 Serial:#
71 7-422B-1 Isotope-Am 241-Activity 5.0 C1-
. Shipping [Containeravailability
- YES-
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Source Identification:
Model #
Nuclear Sources and Services AN HP Serial #
T 222 1sotope Am 241 Activity 4.6 Ci Shipping Container availability YES Licensee Actions to Divest:
Letters dated 8/6/92 to Comprobe.
Inc.,
Fort Worth.
TX: Century Geophysical. Tulsa OK: and Micrntec Services. Pasadena. TX.
Leak Test Result: no leakage identified (test date 2/9/91)
Additional Information: Licensee also possesses two 2.0 C1 Cs 137 sources l
with serial numbers CSV 969 and CSV H50.
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Licensee Name:
Perforating Services. Inc.
License Number:
49 19585-01 Licensee Address: P.O. Box 912 Casper. Wyoming 82602 Point of
Contact:
Charles B. Franklin. President or David C. Franklin Telephone Number: 307-682-6719 Justification for Nomination:
Dis)osal site not available: Operations ceased November 1995: Licensee is -
seedng termination of NRC license.
Source Identification:
Model #
GammaTron AN HP Serial #
T-710 Isotope Am 241 Activity 5.0 C1 Shipping Container availability YES Licensee Actions to Divest:
Letter dated 11/10/95 documents phone calls to "several wireline companies" as well as to " national wireline association."
Leak Test Result: not available (test date 7/22/96. sent to Isotech Laboratories)
Additional Information: Physical address:
303 Industrial Park Dr.,
Gillette. WY.
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Licensee Name:
State of Oklahoma, Department of Environmental Quality License Number:
35 06901 03 Licensee Address: 1000 Northeast 10th Street Oklahoma City. Oklahoma 73117 1212 Point of
Contact:
Louis E. (Gene) Smith Telephone Number: 405-271 1902 Justification for Nomination:
Sources were received and/or confiscated, by request of the Nuclear Regulatory Conrnission, in the interest of public health and safety.
Source Identification: 3 AmBe sources received and/or confiscated at the request of the NRC.
The only information available is that source #1 is a 1.2 Curie source and source #2 is a 3.1 Curie source.
Model #
Serial #
i Isotope Activity Shipping Container availability None available Licensee-Actions to Divest:
Licensee has repeatedly requested that the NRC and/or DOE take possession of the sources.
Leak Test Result: No information available from licensee.
Additional Information: Lack of specific source information is a result of the manner in which '.he sources were received and/or confiscated.
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