ML20248E247
| ML20248E247 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 05/26/1998 |
| From: | Joseph Holonich NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| To: | Klimstra R AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
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l Mr. Richard Klimstra, Geologist Central Stone Company Rt.1, Box 236 Hannibal, MO 63401
SUBJECT:
DISPOSAL OF LOW GRADE RADIOACTIVE TRUCK BED BY CENTRAL STONE COMPANY
Dear Mr. Klimstra:
Your letter to me dated May 12,1998, discussed the difficulties Central Stone Company was experiencing in trying to dispose of a truck bed that was contaminated with radioactive material of low activity. You stated that the radioactive contamination was from uranium ore and requested that I confirm that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) does not regulate uranium ore. This will confirm that NRC does not regulate or license the possession of uranium ore.
NRC regulates, and requires a license for, possession of several types of radioactive material including " source material." Source materialis defined in 10 CFR 40.4 as:
(1) Uranium or thorium, or any combination thereof, in any physical or chemical form, or (2) ores which contain by weight one-twentieth of one percent (0.05%) or more of: (i) Uranium, (ii) thorium or (iii) any combination thereof.
Thus, if the ore contaminating the truck bed contains 0.05 percent or more uranium and/or thorium, it would meet the definition of source material. However,10 CFR 40.13 exempts some categories of source material from regulation by NRC. Specifically,9 40.13(b) states:
Any person is exempt from the regulations in this part and from the requirements for a license set forth in section 62 of the act to the extent that such person receives, possesses, uses, or transfers unrefined and unprocessed ore containing source material;
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i R. Klimstra May 26, 1998 Therefore, if the radioactive material contaminating the truck bed is uranium ore, and if that ore was not refined or processed, it is not subject to regulation by NRC. Disposal of the material l
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1 I trust this responds to your request. If you have any questions, please call me at (301) 415-7238.
Sincerely,
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Joseph J. Holonich, Chief Uranium Recovery Branch Division of Waste Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards DISTRIBUTION:
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R. Klimstra Therefor,e, if the radioactive material contaminating the truck bed is uranium ore, and if that ore Was not refined or processed, it is not subject to regulation by NRC. Disposal of the material would be handled under any applicable State regulations.
I trust this responds to your request. If you have any questions, please call me at (301)415-7238.
Sincerely, Jcseph J. Holonich, Chief Uranium Recovery Branch Division of Waste Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
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Therefore, if the radioactive material contaminating the truck bed is uranium ore, and if that ore was not refined or processed, it is not subject to regulation by NRC.
I trust this responds to your request. If you have any questions, please call me at (301)415-7238.
Sincerely, Joseph J. Holonich, Chief Uranium Recovery Branch Division of Waste Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards DISTRIBUTION:
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