ML20249A544
| ML20249A544 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | 07000734 |
| Issue date: | 06/09/1998 |
| From: | Asmussen K GENERAL ATOMICS (FORMERLY GA TECHNOLOGIES, INC./GENER |
| To: | Chaney D, Gaskin C NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV), NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| References | |
| 696-2922, NUDOCS 9806170034 | |
| Download: ML20249A544 (3) | |
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Mr. Charles E. Gaskin Licensing Section 1/ Licensing Branch Division of Fuel Cycle and Safety and Safeguards, NMSS U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 and Mr. Dean Chaney U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region IV - Walnut Creek Field Office 1450 Maria Lane, Suite 210 Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Subject:
License No. SNM-696; Notification Regarding Performance of and Intent to Perform Final Radiological Surveys
Dear Messrs. Gaskin and Chaney:
As you are aware, General Atomics (GA) is actively implementing site-wide decom-missioning activities following two (2) decommissioning plans, each of which was approved by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The first of these plans is the " General Atomics Hot Cell Decommissioning Plan," and the second is the " General Atomics' Site Decommissioning Plan."
GA's site decommissioning plan was approved by License Amendment 45, dated April 29,1998, which included License Condition S-24. License Condition S 24 (LC S-24) states:
O "The licensee shall develop individual survey plans for each facility or group of laboratories and provide NRC a 30 day notification, prior to GA initiating a final survey, to allow the NRC to schedule in-process inspections / surveys if required."
Q The purpose of the notification specified in LC S-24 is "to allow the NRC to schedule in-process inspections / surveys if required." Toward that end, GA has, for quite some time, been routinely providing decommissioning survey information to Mr. Dean Chaney of Region IV.
4 On March 20,1998, prior to the approval of GA's site decommissioning plan, Ms. Laura Gonzales and I met with NRC staff at NRC headquarters and discussed GA's in-progress decommissioning activities, including surveys, and GA's accelerated decommissioning schedule. The on-going activities discussed in March, as well as additional activities that were in
. progress when GA received License Amendment 45 and LC S-24, involve surveys. These i
surveys have been, and are being, conducted following individual survey plans. Depending upon what the results of these various individual radiological surveys are, many may become final surveys or portions thereof.
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-The purpose of this letter is to document GA's notification, pursuant to LC S-24, that there are numerous surveys of varying status. Some final surveys have been completed and reports are being prepared to document the results, others are currently in progress, and still others that may be commencing in about 30 days. In particular, the following facilities or groups of laboratories are actively being decommissioned and final surveys have been completed, are being performed, or will commence in about 30 days. The following list is separated into groups according to what category of licensed material (s) constitutes the primary contaminate (s):
Primary Contaminate: SNM:
Building 22 (TRIGA Fuel Fabrication Facility)
Many surveys completed, others in progress Building 9 - Room 049 (Equipment Room) used in past for TRIGA fuel fabrication Some surveys completed, others to commence soon EIlmary Contaminate: SNM and Source Material:
Building 39 (SVB) (Pilot Plant and Fuel Process Development Labs)
Some surveys complete. Similar to what GA did with its " Building 37 -
North" (SVA North), and what it is doing with its Hot Cell Facility, GA plans to demolish Building 39 (SVB) and seek release of the site where the building once stood, plus an extended footprint of land area.
Building 37 -South (stored packaged LLW, non-rad projects, and offices)
Surveys may commence in 30 days Primary Contaminate: Source and/or Byoroductilatellatt Building 27 (Radiochemistry)
Many surveys completed, others in progress Building 27-1 (Radiochemistry Bunker)
Surveys to commence soon Building 35 (Test Tower)
Final surveys completed Building 30/31 Complex (LINAC)
" Phase ll" Surveys complete
" Phase 111" Surveys in progress
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" Phase V" Surveys may start in 30 days i
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' U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission June 9,1998 696 2922 Page 3 Potentially Contaminated with SNM. Source and/or Byoroduct Material:
Building 35-1 (Shipping and Receiving)
Surveys complete Building 2 " Group 10" labs (Laboratory Building)
Some surveys complete, others in progress Building 2 -(Service Core)
Some sunisys complete, others to commence within 30 days Building 31-1 (Radioactive Material Storage)
Surveys in progress
' Building 23 (Hot Cell Facility)
Many surveys complete, some surveys in progress, additional soil measurements to commence in future Non-impacted Areas:
Building 21 (TRIGA Offices)
Land area south ofi ullding 30 t
Note that for many buildings, final surveys will address not only the building itself, but also an associated land area, or " extended footprint."
If you have any questions regarding the above, please do not hesitate to contact Laura Gonzales at (619) 455-2758, or me at (619) 455-2823.
Very truly yours, Dr. Keith E. Asmussen, Director Licensing, Safety and Nuclear Compliance L