ML20215L368
| ML20215L368 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Wood River Junction |
| Issue date: | 04/14/1987 |
| From: | Helgeson K UNC, INC. (FORMERLY UNC RESOURCES, INC.) |
| To: | Crow W NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| References | |
| 28088, NISRI:87-006, NISRI:87-6, NUDOCS 8705120212 | |
| Download: ML20215L368 (21) | |
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RETURN.TO: ~39H ~SS Division of Umted Nuclear Corporation One Narragansett Trani Telephone 401364 7701 A UnC RESOURCES Company Wood River Junction. Rhode Island 02894 NISRI:
87-006 April 14, 1987 e
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Silver Spring, MD 20910 Gentlemen:
This letter is written to request an amendment to License 777, Docket 70-820, in order to up-date pertinent organ-izational changes.
Sections 100 and 200 of the license have been rewritten, where necessary, to reflect these changes.
Eight copies of the rewritten pages, along with their lists of effective pages and personnel resumes are included as an attachment to this letter.
UNC believes these changes to be administrative in nature and, as such, has included a check in the amount of $150 to cover the fee for such an amendment.
If there are any questions regarding this matter, please contact Mr. Juan R. Velasquez or Mr. Karl A. Helgeson at your earliest convenience.
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8 copies, Section 100, General Information 8 copies, Section 200, Organization, Personnel and Administration cc:
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ATTACHMENT: 'NISRI: 87-006
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.777, Docket 70 --820 SECTION:
100 GENERAL INFORMATION
-SUBSECTION:
LIST OF-EFFECTIVE PAGES-SUBSECTION TITLE-PAGE.
ISSUED TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 of~1-3/6/87; LIST OF FIGURES 1 of.1
.5/10/78-101 CORPORATE INFORMATION 1 of 1
-3/6/87 102 LOCATION AND LAYOUT-1 of l' 3/6/87 103
SUMMARY
OF ACTIVITIES 1 of:1 3/6/87 104 SPECIAL NUCLEAR AND SOURCE l'of 1.
.3/6/87 MATERIAL POSSESSION LIMITS SKETCH 102 - I 1 of 1 5/10/78 SKETCH 102 - II 1 of 1 5/10/78.
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SNM - 777, Docket 70 - 820 Page 1 of 1
SECTION:
100 GENERAL INFOR!!ATION Approved SUBSECTION:
TABLE OF CONTENTS Issued tiarch 6, 1987 Supercedes 5/10/84 PART TITLE 101 GENERAL INFORMATION 102 LOCATION AND LAYOUT 103 SUI 1f1ARY OF ACTIVITIES
.a UDC UNITED OUCLEAR CO RPORATION LICENSE:
SNfi - 777, Docket 70 - 820 Page 1 of 1
SECTION:
100 GENERAL INFORf!ATIOIJ Approved SUBSECTION:
LIST OF FIGURES Issued flarch 6, 1987 Supercedes 5/10/84 SKETCIf 102-I LOCATION AND LAYOUT (GENERAL) 102-II LOCATION AND LAYOUT (INNER FENCE)
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LICENSE:
SNM - 777, Docket 70 - 820 Page 1
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SECTION:
100 GENERAL INFORMATION Approved SUBSECTION:
101 CORPORATE INFORMATION Issued March 6, 1987 Supercedes 5/10/84 UNC Recovery Systems, a subsidiary of United Nuclear Corpor-ation, is located in Wood River Junction, Rhode Island.
This facility was designed and operated for the purpose of recover-ing unirradiated uranium from scrap materials generated by the nuclear industry.
United Nuclear Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of UNC Incorporated, a Delaware corporation which maintains its corporate headquarter offices in Annapolis, Maryland.
The corporation in involved in providing technology and fuel man-agement services to the general industrial community.
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UMC UNITED NUCLEAR CORPOR ATIO N LICENSE:
SNM - 777, Docket 70 - 820 Page..I 'of 1
lSECTION:.
100 GENERAL INFORMATION Approved SUBSECTION:
102 LOCATION _AND' LAYOUT' Issued-March 6, 1987.
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Supercedes 5/10/84 The UNC Recovery Systems _ facility of United Nuclear. Corporation, now in the advanced stages of decontamination and decommissioning ~,
is located on a 1114 acre' site in southwestern Rhode Island in Washington County. ~The plant is located in the approximate cen-ter of the western half of the property and is 1.3 milesL(by.
road) southeast of the village of_ Wood River Junction.
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Sketch 102-I shows the general location and layout.
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only the inner fenced-in portion.
The outside tanks, fenced storage areas, impoundments A and B, and the incinerator no-lon-ger exist, as they have been removed or otherwise disposed of during the decommissioning activities.
The principal building contained offices,. locker rooms, general utility and maintenance facilities,'and processing facilities.
The chemical laboratory was located on'the second level above the locker room area.
The Health Physics laboratory was located in a protion of the office area, north of the locker rooms.-
The covered shipping and receiving and storage area is located to the northwest of the principal building.
Storage-of Special Nuclear Material in this area met the criteria prescribed either by regulation or by documented approval of the USNRC.
Other than for maintenance purposes and storage, this building has been deactivated,_with offices and the Health ~ Physics lab-oratory now located in an office trailer approximately 300 feet west of the main plant buildings.
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1 LICENSE:
SNM - 777, Docket 70 - 820 Page 1 of -
SECTION:
100 GENERAL INFORMATION~
Approved-SUBSECTION:
103 SUf1 MARY OF. ACTIVITIES Issued March 6, 1987 Supercedes 5/10/84 l
The UNC Recovery Systems facility handled and processed various j
types of nuclear fuel scrap material in order to reclaim the I
uranium for recycling.
The design ~of the equipment.provided for the processing of highly enriched uranium, thorium an4 natural uranium as well as non-radioactive materials.
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l In May of 1980, the parent company, United Nuclear Corporation, I
announced it was terminating its recovery operations at this facility.
From that point in time, the principal acitvity has been the decontamination and decommissioning of the facility.
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~ e Unc UNITED OUCLEAR CORPORATION LICENSE:
SNM - 777, Docket 70 - 820 Page 1 of 1
SECTION:
100 GENERAL INFORMATION Approved
~ SUBSECTION:
104 SPECIAL NUCLEAR AND SOURCE Issued March 6, 1987 MATERIAL' POSSESSION LIMITS-l Supercedes 5/10/78 i
The possession limits for Special Nuclear and: Source Material is as specified on page 1, Section 8, of the-l formal license (NRC Form 374).
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ATTACHMENT:
NISRI:
87-006 DATED April 14, 1987
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LICENSE:
SNM - 777, Docket 70 - 820 SECTION:
200 ORGANIZATION, PERSONNEL AND ADMINISTRATION SUBSECTION:
LIST OF EFFECTIVE PAGES SUBSECTION TITLE PAGE ISSUED TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 of 1 3/6/87 201 SUBSIDIARY ORGANIZATION 1 of 1 3/6/87 FIGURE 201 - I 1 of 1 3/6/87 FIGURE 201 - II 1 of 1 3/6/87 202 NUCLEAR AND INDUSTRIAL 1 of 3 3/6/87 SAFETY 2 of 3 3/6/87 3 of 3 3/6/87 RESUME, SITE MANAGER 1 of 2 2 of 2 RESUME, MANAGER, ENVIRON-1 of 2 MENTAL AFFAIRS 2 of 2 203 NUCLEAR MATERIALS MANAGE-1 of 1 5/17/84 MENT 204 OPERATIONS ORGANIZATION 1 of 1 3/6/87 205 DECONTAMINATION CONTROLS 1 of 2 5/17/84 2 of 2 206 NUCLEAR AND INDUSTRIAL 1 of 2 3/6/87 SAFETY CONTROLS 2 of 2 3/6/87 207 INSPECTIONS, REVIEWS, AND DELETED AUDITS 208 TRAINING DELETED
o UnC UNITED OUCLEAR CO RPOR ATION LICENSE:
SNM - 777, Docket 70 - 820 Page 1 of 1
SECTION:
200 ORGANIZATION, PERSONNEL AND Approved ADMINISTRATION SUBSECTION:
201 SUBSIDIARY ORGANIZATION Issued March 6, 1987 Supercedes 5/10/84 201.
SUBSIDIARY ORGANIZATION 1.
The Site Manager, UNC Recovery Systems, reports directly to the corporate Manager of Environmental Affairs.
The line organization is depicted on the chart contained in Figure 201 - I.
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The functional organization depicted on the chart contained in Figure 201 - II, reflects the UNC Recovery Systems or-ganizational structure and lines of authority during the current advanced stage of decontamination and decommission-ing of the site.
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SNM - 777, Docket 70 - 82.0 Page 1 of 1
SECTION:
200 ORGANIZATION, PERSONNEL AND Approved ADMINISTRATION SUBSECTION:
FIGURE 201 - I Issued liarch - 6, 1987 Supercedes 5/10/84 COO UNC Incorporated VICE PRESIDENT MINERALS GROUP UNITED NUCLEAR CORPORATION MANAGER ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS UNC RECOVERY SYSTEMS 3
SITE MANAGER.
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SNM - 777, Docket 70 - 820 Page 1 of 1
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200 ORGANIZATION, PERSONNEL AND Approved ADMINISTRATION SUBSECTION:
FIGURE 201 - II Issued flarch 6,.1987 Supercedes 5/10/84 4
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.o Uf1C UNITED OUCLEAR CORPORATION LICENSE:
SNM - 777, Docket 70 - 820 Page 1 of 3
SECTION:
200 ORGANIZATION, PERSONNEL AND Approved ADMINISTRATION SUBSECTION:
202 NUCLEAR AND INDUSTRIAL SAFETY Issued March 6, 1987 Supercedes 5/10/84 202.
NUCLEAR AND INDUSTRIAL SAFETY 1.
Due to the advanced stage of decontamination and decommissioning of the UNC Recovery Systems facility, all functions of the Man-ager for Nuclear and Industrial Safety are under the supervision of the Site Manager.
Assignment of individuals to Nuclear and Industrial Safety is approved by at least two levels of manage-ment above the assigned individuals' position.
NIS activities include:
1.1 Recommendation and implementation of Nuclear and Industrial Safety Policy.
1.2 Preparation of regulatory agency license applications.
1.3 Direction of on-site Health Physics Policy Implementation.
1.4 Provision of technical support services as related to In-dustrial Safety, Health Physics, Security, and Nuclear Material Management, as necessary, through the use of ap-propriate personnel available within the corporation.
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The functional responsibility of the Nuclear and Industrial Safety component is to assure compliance with the USNRC regu-lations and associated license conditions, technical safety evaluations, and compliance with all existing applicable regula-tory controls as are applicable to this facility.
Qualified consultants may be utilized at the discretion of the Site Man-ager as. deemed necessary by him or higher management.
2.1 The functional responsibility of the Health Physics compo-nent of Nuclear and Industrial Safety is to assure all on-going activities, or activities which are mandated by the existing license or other regulatory documents, are per-formed in such a manner as to assure the radiological health and safety of all personnel involved in the decom-missioning of the UNC Recovery Systems site and of the gen-eral public.
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LICENSE:
SNM - 777, Docket 70 - 820 Page'3 of 3
SECTION:
200 ORGANIZATION, PERSONNEL-AND Approved J
ADMINISTRATION 1
SUBSECTION:
202 NUCLEAR AND INDUSTRIAL SAFETY Issued March 6, 1987 l
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202.3 Personnel Qualifications l
The Site Manager, in his capacity as Manager, Nuclear and l
Industrial Safety, shall hold a degree in Science or En-l gineering or have an equivalent' combination of education i
and experience in the nuclear industry.
Assignment of the l
individual shall be approved by at least two levels of man-agement above this position.
Minimum requirements for this position shall include at least ten years experience in a responsible position in the nuclear industry, with at least three years in an activity wherein he has performed safety evaluations in radiological safety and-has developed an un-j derstanding of the disciplines under his management.
1 Any individual having responsibility for technical evaluation or review of a safety aspect shall hold a B.S. degree in Science or Engineering or an equivalent combination of ed-ucation and experience, and possess not less than three years of responsible experience in the nuclear industry, with at-least one year in the performance of such safety assessments in the area of his expertise.
An individual may qualify in seperate but related specialties.
' Assignment to evaluation j
or review responsibilities requires in addition, demonstra-tion of proficiency in the specialty to site Manager or higher management.
Resumes of the qualifications of the personnel currently performing these functions are included in this section.
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SNM - 777, Docket 70 - 820 ~
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200 ORGANIZATION, PERSONNEL AND Approved ADMINISTRATION SUBSECTION:
RESUME, SITE MANAGER.
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POSITION:
Site Manager PERSON:
K. A. Helgeson ABSTRACT:
Seventeen years supervisory experience in Health Physics.
r Eleven years experience in nuclear hot cell experimental l
engineering.
Published experimentation in the Resistivity of Binary Liquid Metal Systems with Lithium as one Com-(
ponent (NASA).
EDUCATION:
Two-year college equivalency certification through USAFI.
4 Two-year course in Mechanical Engineering, provided c
through Dow Chemical Company.
Course, Basic Radiological Health, U.S.
Public Health Service.
Short Course, Environmental Radiation Surveillance, Harvard School of Public Health.
Audited Course, Radiochemistry of Transuranics, Instructor, G.
Seaborg.
Audited Course, Health Physics, Instructor, K. Morgan.
Audited courses were at the University of California, Livermore, CA.
Courses, Mathematics, Chemistry, Electronics, and Physicsl Course, Industrial Safety and Hygiene, Thames Valley State Technical College.
EXPERIENCE: SITE. MANAGER, UNC RECOVERY SYSTEMS, 1987 i
Management of all activities associated with the decontam-i ination and decommissioning of the Wood River Junction i
Facility, Rhode Island.
MANAGER, NUCLEAR AND INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND QUALITY ASSUR-ANCE - 1979 to February, 1987.
UNC Recovery Systems Management of all activities associated with Health Physics, Nuclear Criticality Safety, Industrial Safety-and Quality Assurance.
SUPERVISOR, HEALTH PHYSICS AND SPECIALIST, HEALTH, PHYSICS i
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UNC Recovery Systems Supervision of technicians performing health physics.and i
I environmental surveillance activities.
Responsible for i
compliance of health physics and environmental programs.
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SN!! - 777, Docket 70 - 820 Page 2 of 2
SECTION:
200 ORGANIZATION, PERSONIJEL AIID Approved ADMINISTRATION SUBSECTION:
RES UI1E, SITE t1ANAGER Issued fiarch 6, 1987 Supercedes DESIGNER, EXPERIf1 ENTAL TEST EQUIP 11ENT 1970 to 1971.
Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Responsible for design, modification and fabrication of various jet engine testing facilities.
ENGINEER, EXPERI!! ENTAL TEST 1967 to 1970.
Pratt and Whitney Aircraft llot Cell Facility Responsible for supervision of experimental flachine Shop and !!ealth Physics and mechanical technicians in the Pratt and Whitney llot Cell Facility.
Performance of design and fabrication work on remotely operated machining and welding equipment.
Design fabri-cation, and operation of exotic liquid metal test appa-ratus.
GAUGE DESIGNER, INSPECTIOt1 ?!ET!!ODS PLANIJER 1965 to 1967.
Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Responsible for design, modification and purchasing of various types of gauges for mechanically and electronic-ally inspecting jet engine parts.
TECl!NICIAN, !!OT CELL AND set 1IOR TECiltlICIAN, cot 1TAMINATION CONTROL ENGItJEERING 1960 to 1965.
Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Responsible for fabrication and operation of various re-motely operated machining and laboratory equipment.
Supervision of Ilealth Physics technicians, rad waste sys-tem operation (liquid and solid), and the contamination control program of the llot Cell Facility.
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UnC umiTso NUCLEAR CORPORATION LICENSE:
SNM - 777, Docket 70 - 820 Page 1 of 2
SECTION:
200 ORGANIZATION, PERSONNEL AND Approved ADMINISTRATION SUBSECTION:
RESUME, MANAGER, ENVIRONMENTAL Issued March 6, 1987 AFFAIRS Supercedes new POSITION:
Manager, Environmental Affairs PERSON:
Juan R.
Velasquez ABSTRACT:
Managerial, technical and legal experience in the envi-ronmental evaluation field.
Work experience in the private sector, consulting, and State and Federal government.
Relevant experience in management of multimillion dol-lar projects with complex interrelated aspects such as management of technical support staff, integration of legal issues to technical considerations, responding to regulatory agency concerns and meeting with the pub-lic.
Key positions held, responsible for implementation and direction of programs in:
-hazardous waste management
-air and water quality assessment
-solid waste management
-environmental impact evaluation
-regulatory and legislative analysis
-inspection and enforcement
-hydrology
-water rights acquialtion
-community relations
-radiological health
-employee safety EDUCATION:
B.S. Degree, Biology, University of New Mexico, 1972 Graduate Studies a
MPA Program, UNM second-year student Graduate courses completed in environmental sciences, Pennsylvania State University Completed short courses and seminars in a number of on-vironmental fields, as well as manage' ment and adminis-tration.
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Unc UNITED NUCLEAR-CORPORATION LICENSE:
SNM - 777, Docket 70 - 820 page 2 of 2
SECTION:
200 ORGANIZATION, PERSONNEL AND Approved ADMINISTRATION SUBSECTION:
RESUME, MANAGER, ENVIRONMENTAL Issued March 6, -1987 AFFAIRS Supercedes new EXPERIENCE:
MANAGER, ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
-1983 to present United Nuclear Corporation ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS DIRECTOR
-1976 to.1983 Phillips Petroleum Company, Oil Shale Division, Minerals Group
-Denver ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY DIRECTOR Phillips Uranium Corporation, Minerals Group -Albuquerque FIELD BIOLOGIST AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT SPECIALIST
.c Earth Environmental Consultants
-1975 to 1976 DISTRICT MANAGER, BUREAU OF AIR QUALITY AND NOISE CONTROL State of Pennsylvania, Department of Environmental Resources PHYSICAL SCIENTIST, STATE PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT-U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
-1972 to 1973 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
American Mining Congress Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas Association New Mexico Mining Association 1
Nevada Mining Association Wyoming Mining Association Air pollution Control Association g
American Petroleum Institute j
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SNM - 777, Docket 70 - 820 Page 1
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SECTION:
200 ORGANIZATION, PERSONNEL AND Approved ADMINISTRATION SUBSECTION:
206 NUCLEAR AND INDUSTRIAL SAFETY Issued March 6, 1987 CONTROLS Supercedes 5/10/84 206.
NUCLEAR AND INDUSTRIAL SAFETY CONTROLS 1.
RESPONSIBILITY Implementation of on-site nuclear and industrial safety control is exercised by the Site Manager as Acting Manager, Nuclear and Industrial Safety.
The Site Manager shall assure that health physics and industrial safety control procedures are followed.
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NUCLEAR AND INDUSTRIAL SAFETY (NIS) APPROVAL.
NIS approval on operating procedures is identified by signature on the operating procedure or by seperate written approval, when necessary, and shall only be granted when:
2.1 Industrial Safety and Health Physics evaluations have been made by NIS, based on the criteria and standards approved for this license and good practice.
2.2 The Site Manager has determined the necessity for such eval-uations using pertinent criteria established for this license.
2.3 Safety evaluations and reviews have been approved by the Site Manager.
2.4 The Site Manager or consultants to the NIS component that meet the qualifications for technical competence may make changes or provide authorization for modifications (with-out an additional review when the proposed shange meets pre-viously approved NRC license standards).
Any such changes shall be in writing.
2.5 Evaluations are considered to have been made when mandatory safety requirements have been applied to a particular acti-vity and appear in an SOP or other control document.
Eval-uations may also take the form of a separate formal document.
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SNM - 777, Docket 70 - 820 Page 2 of 2
SECTION:
200 ORGANIZATION, PERSONNEL AND Approved ADI1INISTRATION SUBSECTION:
206 NUCLEAR AND INDUSTRIAL SAFETY Issuedflarch 6, 1987 CONTROLS Supercedes 5/10/84 206.3 RECORDS Evaluation and approval records shall be maintained for at least six months after the operation or activity has been terminated.
206.4 SUSPENSION OF OPERATIONS OR ACTIVITIES The Site Manager has the primary responsibility and authority for suspending unsafe operations or activities when they are not being performed in the prescribed manner or in violation of regulations.
This authority also applies to operar ns which are potentially hazardous to personnel, property, or the general public.
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