ML20212D853
| ML20212D853 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 12/29/1986 |
| From: | Nussbaumer D NRC OFFICE OF STATE PROGRAMS (OSP) |
| To: | Knapp M NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| References | |
| REF-WM-91 NUDOCS 8701050079 | |
| Download: ML20212D853 (3) | |
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Malcolm R. Knapp, Chief l.
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Donald A. Nussbaumer Assistant Director for State Agreements Program Office of State Programs
SUBJECT:
STATE OF WASHINGTON INTERIM APPROVAL FOR BITUMEN Enclosed for your information is a letter from the State n 411ashingtongrantin dated December 11, 1986 disposal of low-level radioactive waste stabilized with bitumen at the Hanford site.
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Sdmatlw si ATI ( H W A%HINGif W DEPARTMENT Of SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES u;s nos w.,aunc.,n +< wn December 11,.1986 i
Sid V. Wright, Jr.
Vice President Radiological Division US Ecology, Inc.
9200 Shelbyville Road, Suite 526 P.O. Box 7246 Louisville, Kentucky 40207
Dear Mr. Wright:
This is in response to Richard E. Sauer's letter oated hovember 19, 1986 relevant to the acceptance and disposal of Class B and C waste, stabilized with bitumen.
In order to fully achieve the stability requirements for Class B ano C wastes as outlined in Title 10 CFR 61 ano, since the NRC Branch Technical Position Paper dated May 11, 1983 does not provide com-plete guidance for bitumenous waste forms, administrative controls must be relied upon.
Interim approval is granted for the acceptance and disposal of wastes stabilized with bitumen, provided that the bitumen stabilized wastes are processed in accordance with a prescribed Quality Assurance procedure that results in a free standing monolith. Additionally, these wastes must be disposed of and backfilled according to the procedures recommended in the NRC draft paper titled "NRC Staff Recommendations on Soil Backfill for LLW Land Disposal Excavations" and procedures submitted by US Ecology, Inc. in correspondence dated November 19, 1986.
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December 11, 1986 Page 2 All shipments must conform in all other respects to the requirements and regulations of DOT, NRC, state of Washington as well as US Ecology, Inc.'s license conditions.
If you should have any questions, do not hesitate to contact this office.
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Clas E. Ingersoll, Acting Head Waste kanagement Section Office of Radiation Protection Mail Stop LE-13 (206) 753-3353
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Mikel J. Eisen Radiation Health Physicist (206) 753-1116 CEI:MJE:pm cc:
Bob Bidstrup - DSHS, Site Inspector US Ecology, Inc. - Richland, hA David N. Enegess - Waste Chem J. E. Day - ATI
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