ML20211C655
| ML20211C655 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | 07000824 |
| Issue date: | 01/29/1987 |
| From: | Olsen A BABCOCK & WILCOX CO. |
| To: | Crow W NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
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| 27827, NUDOCS 8702200170 | |
| Download: ML20211C655 (3) | |
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RETURN TO 396 SS 7/_.fg Babcock & Wilcox
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ATIN: Mr. W. T. Crow, Acting Chief
Dear Mr. Crow:
RE: LICENSE SNM-778, DOCKET 70-824 DECOMMISSIONING, BUILDING C The Lynchburg Research Center has completed the decontamination of all three phases of Building C.
The final survey reports for Phases I and II were sutnitted under my cover letter dated May 28, 1985 and December 13, 1985, respectively. The final survey report for Phase III is attached.
The principal objective of undertaking this Building C decontamina-tion project is to obtain NRC concurrence that the building has been decontaminated, so that it can be restored and reused for non-nuclear purpcses without having any further future decontamination liability.
We regulations that provide for decomissioning do not provide for a partial plant decommissioning, as is the case with this Building C project.
It is not the intent of the Lynchburg Research Center (LRC) to terminate the license nor to remove Building C from the LRC's restricted 'rea.
To achieve the above objective in this regard, there are Lie specific actions that I request the NRC to take:
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We NRC should perform a survey of Building C to confirm that the interior and ex,_terior surfaces of Building C meet the criteria established by the NRC for unrestricted release and that all Excavated areas beneath the Phase II and III areas of guilding C meet the release criteria; gj q
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that upon confirming the satisfactory decontamination of the Building C surfaces, the NRC should amend License SNM-778 by removing it as Ln area where licensed material can be used (a non-use area), except for the room that houses the exhaust fan and stack which will continue to serve Building B; 3.
that upon confirming the satisfactory decontamination 3
of the excavated areas beneath Phases II and III, License SNM-778 be amended to state that no future further excavations beneath Building C will be s
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that upon confirming that the soil that was removed during excavations beneath Building C meets the NRC release criteria, may be disposed of by the Lynchburg
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that the license be amended to provide for the performance of the same type of routine periodic surveys and end of plant life surveys in Building C that are and will be required in Building D (the Administration Building).
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in your June 20, 1986 letter as an item that requires resolution.
his exhaust stack is located within Building C in a room that houses the stack and its associated equipment and monitoring systems. Wis stack must continue to serve Building B but it will be isolated from Building C, such that entry into the fan room cannot be gained from inside Building C.
The fan room should be considered an extension of Building B.
%e issue of the possible contamination of Building C as a result of operations elsewhere at the LRC has been addressed. Building C will be isolated, by a fence, from Building B and the other areas at the Lynchburg Research Center where licensed material is authorized.
%e possibility of contamination entering this building will be no greater than that for the other non-use areas on site.
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US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Page 3 January 29, 1987 The other questions that were raised in your June 20, 1986 letter are responded to in the attached final report. I believe that the informa ion provided in this submittal provides a reasonable basis for responding to the five above action items.
Yours truly, BABCOCK & WILCOX a McDermott company Arne F. Olsen Senior License Administrator Lynchburg Research Center s
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