ML20212G287
| ML20212G287 | |
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| Issue date: | 11/10/1986 |
| From: | Jim Hickey NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| To: | Hogan J GENERAL ATOMICS (FORMERLY GA TECHNOLOGIES, INC./GENER |
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| FOIA-86-857 NUDOCS 8701160005 | |
| Download: ML20212G287 (6) | |
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2 g}Astu NOV 101986 Mr. James P. Hogan Law Department GA Technologies, Inc.
P.O. Box 85608 San Diego, CA 92138
Dear Mr. Hogan:
This refers to your letter dated October 20, 1986 to Mr. Martin of our Region V office, conp rning distribution of irradiated gemstoner by reactors.
GA Technologies currently has a license application pending with NRC, requesting authorization to distribute neutron-irradiated gems. We agree that this issue needs to be resolved as soon as possible. As you know, I have been in continuous communication with Dr. Keith Asmussen and others of your company since early 1986, and kept them fully informed of our extensive We have received numerous reports concerning efforts to resolve the issue.
irradiated gemstones, referring to involvement of several reactors, both This issue is complex, and we want to assure that domestic and foreign.
it is a resolved in a manner that is consistently applied across the board.
Pending a comprehensive resolution, we have neither authorized any reactor to distribute gemstones nor initiated any formal enforcement action against any reactor.
We inspected in June the specific reactor you mention (the University of Missouri), and they agreed to halt distribution of all gemstones except those for which there is no residual radioactivity statistically distinguishabic We also informed from background, using state-of-the-art instrumentation.
them that distribution of even those low-level gems was still under review by NRC.
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W. H. Hickey John W.N. Hickey, Section Leader Industrial, Medical, and Academic Section Material Licensing Branch Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety i
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Dear Ray,
Although the GIA-GTL, Inc. has encountered only a few lots of precious stones (blue topaz) which proved to be radio-active.we have been unable to inform clients about the significance of the radioactivity. We have felt the need of an authoritative ruling in this matter.
It is our feeling that your proposed meeting with officials of the Nuclear Regulatory Comission would be highly de-sireable in order to establish guidelines for our trade.
Best personal regards.
Sincerely, GIA Gem Trade Laboratory, Inc.
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