ML20248A932

Submits Analytical Results for Soil Samples Collected from Framatome Cogema Fuels,Lynchburg,Va.Results Presented in Tables 1 & 2 Respectively

ML20248A932
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Issue date:	05/18/1998
From:	Condra D OAK RIDGE ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES
To:	Seymour D NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
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May 18,1998 Ms. Deborah Seymour U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region II Suite 2900 101 Marietta Street, NW Atlanta, GA 30323-0199 ANALYTICAL RESULTS FOR SOIL SAMPLES COLLECTED FROM

SUBJECT:

FRAMATOME COGEMA FUELS, LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, MARCH 25-26,1998 (RITA NO. 98-12)

Dear Ms. Seymour:

The Environmental Survey and Site Assessment Program (ESSAP) of the Oak Ridge Ins Science and Education (ORISE) analyzed 20 soil samples for uranium by alpha spectro U-234 The results are presented in Tables 1 and 2 respectively.

gamma spectrometry.

concentrations as determined by alpha spectrometry ranged from 1.25 to 84.9 pCi/g. U-2 determined only by alpha spectrometry due to the lack of significant gamma emissions. U-concentrations ranged from 0.08 to 3.49 pCi/g as determined by alpha spectrometry and <0 4.3 pCi/g as determined by gamma spectrometry. U-238 concentrations ranged from 19.9 pCi/g and 1.7 to 24.0 pCi/g as determined by alpha spectrometry and gamma spectro respectively. The total uranium concentrations ranged from 2.46 to 107.2 pCi/g.

All samples appear to contain enriched uranium except sample HS-B3-2 inside. Alpha gamma spectrometry results correlated well for all samples except HS-B3-2/inside B3-2/inside was analyzed once by gamma spectrometry and twice by alpha spectrometry.

I U-238 concentration for sample HS-B3-2/inside as determined by alpha spectrometry was approximately twice the concentration as detennined by gamma spectrometry for

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approximately four times for a second aliquot.

Apparently, sample HS-B3-2/inside is inhomogenous despite routine sample processing.

ESSAP's QC procedures were followed for these analyses.

The daily QC and detector background for the counting instrumentation used in the analyses were within acce The QC files are available for your review upon request.

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l ISOTOPIC URANIUM CONCENTRATIONS IN SOIL SAMPI.ES BY ALPIIA SPECTROMETRY l

FRAMATOME COGEMA FUELS LYNCHBURG,VA NRC U-234 U-235 U-238 TOTAL U Sample ID IIS-B3-2/IN 2.69

• 0.33' O.14

• 0.04 8.06

• 0.91 10.89 0.97 (first analysis)

HS-B3-2/IN 2.0810.26 0.I1 i 0.04 4.58 i 0.53 6.77 i 0.59 (second analysis)

IIS-B3-2/ OUT 13.9

• 1.7 0.70

• 0.15 9.67

• 1.21 24.2 2.1 HS-B3C3-1/OUT 45.6 5.5 2.12

• 0.34 18.6

• 2.3 18.6 2.3 IIS-B3C3-1/IN 36.5

• 4.0 1.53

• 0.21 14.6 1.6 52.6 4.3 IIS-E3-1 25.6 2.8 1.03

• 0.15 8.34 0.93 35.0

• 2.9 HS-E3-1/OUT 19.0

• 2.1 0.79

• 0.12 5.83

• 0.66 25.7

• 2.2 T-9 40.6

• 4.5 1.56

• 0.22 10.7

• 1.2 52.9

• 4.6 V-12 23.2

• 2.5 0.96 0.14 5.95 0.67 30.1 2.6 V-6 18.6

• 2.0 0.78 0.12 5.32 0.61 24.7

• 2.1.

L-3 1.54

• 0.21 0.06

• 0.03 1.00

• 0.15 2.59 0.26 HS-C3-2/OUT 20.2

• 2.2 0.91

• 0.14 8.10

• 0.91 29.3

• 2.4 HS-C3-2/IN 10.3

• 1.2 0.44 0.09 5.46 0.65 16.2 1.4 HS-R7-1/IN 1.25

• 0.16 0.08

• 0.03 1.13

• 0.15 2.46 0.23 J

HS-R7-1/OUT 62.5

• 7.6 2.71

• 0.43 15.5 2.0 80.7 7.9 HS-T8-1/OUT 84.9

• 9.2 3.49

• 0.45 18.0 2.0 106.4

• 9.4 HS-T8-1/IN 22.2 2.5 0.80

• 0.16 5.14

• 0.64 28.1

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HS-V11-1 1.95

• 0.24 0.10

• 0.03 1.44 0.19 3.48 0.31 4

HS-S6-1 84.0

• 9.4 3.30

• 0.48 19.9

• 2.3 107.2 9.7 HS-R9-1 37.9

• 4.1 1.63

• 0.22 9.42

• 1.05 48.9 4.2 Q-7 35.5

• 3.9 1.33

• 0.18 9.45

• 1.05 46.3

• 4.0

- ' Uncertainties represent the 95 % confidence level, based on total uncertainties.

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l TABLE 2 CONCENTRATION OF URANIUM BY GAMMA SPECTROMETRY IN SOIL SAMPLES FROM FRAMATOME COGEMA FUELS l

LYNCIIBURG, VA NRC Concentration pCi/g Sample ID U-238 from Th-234 U-235 IIS-B3-2/IN 2.41

• 0.23' O.1110.04 IIS-B3-2/OUT 16.6 1.6 1.2

• 0.3 IIS-B3C3-1/OUT 15.0

• 1.4 1.1 0.3 IIS B3C3-1/IN 14.4

• 1.1 1.6

• 0.2 IIS-E3-1 6.9 1.2 1.2

• 0.3 ffS-E3-1/OtTr 6.4 0.8 0.9 0.1 T-9 12.9

• 1.5 1.7 0.3 V-12 8.1

• 1.7 0.8 1 0.4

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' V-6 6.8

• 1.3 0.9

• 0.3 L-3 1.7 0.7

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• 1IS-C3-2/OUT 7.8

• 1.4 1.0

• 0.3 HS-C3-2/IN 4.8 0.9 0.5

• 0.2 HS-R7-1/IN 2.0

• 0.6

<0.17 IIS-R7-1/OUT 20.7

• 1.9 3.4

• 0.5 IIS-T8-1/OUT 24.0 3.3 4.3

• 0.7 IIS-T81/IN 6.5

• 1.2 1.1

• 0.3 HS-V11-1 1.8

• 0.9

<0.17 HS-S6-1 23.9

• 2.3 4.3 0.5 HS-R9-1 11.3

• 2.0 1.8

• 0.4 Q-7 11.8 1.3 1.9

• 0.3

' Uncertainties represent the 95% confidence level, based on total uncertainties.

• MDC is based on 4.65 sigma.

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