ML20212C609
| ML20212C609 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 06/25/1986 |
| From: | Knapp M NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| To: | Nussbaumer D NRC OFFICE OF STATE PROGRAMS (OSP) |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20212C555 | List: |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8608120102 | |
| Download: ML20212C609 (2) | |
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.JUN 2 5126 MEMORANDUM FOR:
Donald A. Nus'sbaumer Assistant Director for State Agreements Program, OSP FROM:
Malcolm R. Knapp, Chief Low-Level Waste and Uranium Recovery Projects Branch Division of Waste Management, NMSS
SUBJECT:
COMMENTS ON REQUEST FOR EVALUATION OF A PROPOSAL TO BURY CS-137 CONTAMINATED S0IL This is in response to a request for assistance you made of William Crow, Chief, Uranium Fuel Licensing Branch in a memorandum dated May 30, 1986.
In a
the May 30 request you asked NMSS to update its evaluation of a proposal by an Alabama pipe company to dispose of, on-site, soil contaminated with CS-137.
The update was required because of additional information, recently acquired, which indicates that the soil is also contaminated with detectable levels of l
lead and cadmium. This circumstance may indicate EPA regulatory interest in the disposition of the contaminated soil pursuant to RCRA.
For the most part we concur in the general coments you have included as of the May 30 memo. As you stated the presence of Pb and Cd mjag (emphasis added) affect the option of disposal at a licensed comercial low-level radioactive waste disposal facility.
If that option were to be pursued, the generator would be required to provide quantified information l
related to the nature and extent of the nonradiological hazard as well as the source of such contamination. EPA Region IV or the Alabama State Agency with EPA regulatory authority (if applicable) should be contacted for specific requirements regarding the potential chemical hazard.
It should also be noted that, while there are several areas of relatively high radioactivity in the contaminated soil, the majority of the soil is only slightly contaminated and may very well meet NRC criteria for on-site disposal.
An analysis to confirm this assessment would require about three days to perform and current WM work loads will not permit an analysis at this time.
However, if the licensee wishes to pursue this option, WM staff in WMEG will be available to provide technical assistance later this summer. Using this approach, only a relatively small volume of contaminated soil would have to be disposed of off-site. This could be accomplished at a licensed commercial I
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If we can be of further assistance to you on this matter please let me know.
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Low-Level Waste and Uranium Recovery Projects Branch Division of Waste Management, NMSS cc: William Crow, FC
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