ML23136B281
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| Issue date: | 04/25/2023 |
| From: | Jones P US Dept of Commerce, National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) |
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Historical Site Assessment for the National Institute of Standards and Technology ReNuke #NIST-TR-23-001 (Perma-Fix #144276-RPT-001)
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 100 Bureau Drive Gaithersburg, MD REVISION: Original Approvals:
Prepared By:
Paul Jones, RRPT Date Reviewed By:
Jeffrey Knight, RRPT Date Reviewed By:
Ryan Larochelle, RRPT Date Approved By:
Ian Howard Date 04/25/2023 04/25/2023 04/25/2023 04/25/2023 Paul Jones (Apr 25, 2023 15:32 EDT)
Paul Jones
NIST Historical Site Assessment License No. SNM-362: NIST-TR-23-001, NIST Historical Site Assessment Revision: A Page ii of iv TABLE OF CONTENTS
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EXECUTIVE
SUMMARY
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PURPOSE OF THE HISTORICAL SITE ASSESSMENT............................................... 2 2.1 Data Quality Objectives.......................................................................................... 2
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PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION....................................................................................... 3 3.1 Physical Characteristics.......................................................................................... 3 3.1.1 License Holder........................................................................................................ 3 3.1.2 Location.................................................................................................................. 3 3.1.3 Topography............................................................................................................. 3 3.1.4 Geology (Reserved)................................................................................................ 3 3.1.5 Hydrology............................................................................................................... 3 3.1.6 Meteorology............................................................................................................ 4
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HISTORICAL SITE ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY................................................. 5 4.1 Approach and Rationale.......................................................................................... 5 4.2 Boundaries of the site.............................................................................................. 7 4.3 Documents Reviewed............................................................................................. 7 4.4 Property Inspections................................................................................................ 7 4.5 Personnel Interviews............................................................................................... 7
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SITE LOCATION AND HISTORICAL RADIOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION.................. 9 5.1 NIST Background................................................................................................. 10 5.2 Historical Radiological Activities......................................................................... 10 5.3 Current License Possession Limits....................................................................... 10 5.4 Incident History.................................................................................................... 14 5.5 Radioactivity Migration........................................................................................ 14
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INVESTIGATION OF SNM-362 LICENSED ROOMS................................................. 15
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Conclusion........................................................................................................................ 38 7.1 DQO RESULTS.................................................................................................... 38
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REFERENCES................................................................................................................. 40 NIST Historical Site Assessment Specific Documents.................................................... 40 LIST OF TABLES Table 1. Interviews.......................................................................................................................... 8 Table 2. Possession Limits (with Nuclide and Chemical/Physical Form Only)........................... 11 Table 3. Historical Site Assessment Findings............................................................................... 16
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NIST Historical Site Assessment License No. SNM-362: NIST-TR-23-001, NIST Historical Site Assessment Revision: A Page iv of iv LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1. Process for Integrating HSA with Characterization and FSS.......................................... 6 Figure 2. Location of NIST Facilities............................................................................................. 9 LIST OF APPENDICES Appendix A. Maps Appendix B. HSA Investigation List for All Rooms
NIST Historical Site Assessment License No. SNM-362: NIST-TR-23-001, NIST Historical Site Assessment Revision: A Page v of iv LIST OF ACRONYMS AND SYMBOLS CFR Code of Federal Regulations D&D Decontamination and Decommissioning DQO Data Quality Objective HSA Historical Site Assessment MARSSIM Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site Investigation Manual NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology NMSS Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards NRC U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission NUREG Nuclear Regulatory Commission Guidance Document Perma-Fix Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc.
RAM Radioactive Materials ReNuke ReNuke Services, Inc.
RSO Radiation Safety Officer TEDE Total Effective Dose Equivalent WSCC Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission
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EXECUTIVE
SUMMARY
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland, contracted ReNuke Services, Inc. who teamed with Perma-Fix Environmental Services to develop facility decommissioning cost estimates (DCEs) for their non-reactor radiological facilities in Gaithersburg. As part of the DCE the ReNuke Services team performed this Historical Site Assessment (HSA). The conclusions of the HSA identified 22 rooms requiring radiological scoping surveys. This report describes the summary of the Historical Site Assessment performed as part of the DCE activities.
The team designed and implemented the historical site assessment using the guidance of the Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site Investigation Manual (MARSSIM) such that the quality of the data produced would be suitable for use in determining MARSSIM classification.
During the last quarter of 2022 and 1st quarter of 2023, the ReNuke Services Team performed historical site assessment for the following buildings of the NIST facility: 101, 202, 205, 208, 217, 218, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 226, 227, 245, 301, 303, and 423. During the HSA 324 rooms were evaluated and from these facilities 181 rooms were found to have an impact on the DCE.
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PURPOSE OF THE HISTORICAL SITE ASSESSMENT The purpose of this HSA is to document a comprehensive investigation to identify, collect, organize, and evaluate historical information relevant to the applicable areas of License No. SNM-362 for the NIST site. This historical information is used to guide radiological surveys and provide initial survey area classifications based on guidance contained in NUREG-1575, Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site Investigation Manual (MARSSIM). The classifications will be used to guide scoping study survey efforts. Final structure and land area classifications used for the final status survey will be based on the HSA, Scoping, site routine survey data and future characterizations.
The HSA describes the site's physical configuration, identifies potential radioactive constituents of site contamination, assesses the migration of contaminants, identifies contaminated media, identifies non-impacted and impacted areas, and classifies impacted areas.
2.1 Data Quality Objectives The HSA objectives included the following:
Identifying licensed buildings/rooms, Differentiate impacted from non-impacted areas, Provided an assessment of the likelihood of residual radioactivity migration, Identify which licensed buildings/rooms require further radiological investigation.
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PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION 3.1 Physical Characteristics 3.1.1 License Holder U.S. Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology 100 Bureau Drive, Mailstop 1731 Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-1731 NRC License Number SNM-362 3.1.2 Location National Institute of Standards and Technology 100 Bureau Drive Gaithersburg, MD 20899 Longitude: North -77° 12' 59.3676" Latitude: West 39° 8' 39.9228" NIST is located in the center of Gaithersburg, MD near Interstate 270 Exit 10 in Montgomery County, Maryland. The site is approximately 30 miles Northeast of Washington Dulles International Airport. Located approximately 1 mile to the west is Seneca Creek State Park and Clapper Lake. The city of Gaithersburg has a population of approximately 69,657. Its largest major city is Washington DC with a population of 712,816.
3.1.3 Topography The site is relatively flat with an average elevation of 502 feet above mean sea level. The property is not located within a 100-year flood zone.
3.1.4 Geology (Reserved) 3.1.5 Hydrology Surface-water drainage at the site flows southwest to the Muddy Branch stream and its tributaries.
Muddy Branch discharges to the Potomac River about 2 river miles (3 river kilometers) upstream from the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) water filtration plant, and approximately 5.5 river miles (8.9 river kilometers) upstream of the uppermost intake for the District of Columbias water supply. The site is more than 10 river miles (16 river kilometers) along Muddy Branch from its confluence with the Potomac River. The nearest naturally occurring surface water body to the site is Tributary A of Muddy Branch, approximately 1,000 feet (305 meters) to the west-northwest of the site.
NIST Historical Site Assessment License No. SNM-362: NIST-TR-23-001, NIST Historical Site Assessment Revision: A Page 4 of 41 Based on information from the well records of Montgomery County Health Department, there is no municipal or private use of Muddy Branch for drinking water. The closest downstream user of surface water for drinking purposes is the WSSC filtration plant on the Potomac River, at least 12 river miles (19 river kilometers) from the site. There is no known use of Muddy Branch or other surface waters within the county for irrigation.
While irrigation farming does occur in this region, well water is the primary source of its water. In Montgomery County, there are no irrigated farms.
3.1.6 Meteorology The climate in Montgomery County Maryland is mild, generally warm, and temperate.
The following are the annual averages for weather (since 1970):
43 inches of rain per year 18 inches of snow per year 113 days per year of some form of precipitation.
201 days per year of sun July is the hottest month with an average high of 86.5° January is the coldest nighttime with an average of 25.2°
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HISTORICAL SITE ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY 4.1 Approach and Rationale This HSA documents those events and circumstances occurring during the history of the facility that contributed to the contamination of portions of the site environs above background levels.
Information relevant to changes in the radiological status of the site following publication of this HSA will be considered part of the ongoing characterization evaluations and decommissioning activities. These ongoing activities include the expansion of the site groundwater investigation and evaluations of subsurface contamination. The results of ongoing investigations into the extent of subsurface contamination will drive continuing remediation and/or mitigation efforts as appropriate.
The HSA involves collecting, organizing, and evaluating information that describes the site in terms of physical configuration and the extent to which the site is radioactively contaminated because of plant operations and activities. The HSA information is used to bound and classify survey areas. Boundaries of the identified survey areas are based on operational history, including recorded significant events and common radiological profiles from previous characterization efforts. Survey areas for structures and land will be broken into multiple survey units where appropriate to meet survey unit sizes recommended by MARSSIM prior to final status surveys.
The general criteria used to classify the survey areas are drawn from the regulatory guidance of MARSSIM as follows:
Non-impacted Area: Areas with no reasonable possibility (or extremely low probability) of residual contamination. Non-impacted areas are typically off-site and may be used as background reference areas.
Impacted Area: Areas that may contain residual radioactivity in excess of natural background or fallout levels. All impacted areas must be classified as Class 1, 2 or 3 as described in MARSSIM.
Class 1: Impacted areas that have, or had prior to remediation, a potential for radioactive contamination (based on site operating history) or known contamination (based on previous radiological surveys) above the anticipated Derived Concentration Guideline Level (DCGL).
Class 2: Areas that have, or had prior to remediation, a potential for radioactive contamination or known contamination, but are not expected to exceed the DCGL.
Class 3: Any impacted areas that are not expected to contain any residual radioactivity or are expected to contain levels of residual radioactivity at a small fraction of the DCGL, based on site operating history and previous radiation surveys.
Information collected for each survey area includes a description of the survey area, an operational history, an evaluation of past and current translocation pathways, and a description of the status of
NIST Historical Site Assessment License No. SNM-362: NIST-TR-23-001, NIST Historical Site Assessment Revision: A Page 6 of 41 decommissioning work. The findings section for each survey area includes an assessment of radiological contaminants, contaminated media, current radiological status, results of any subsurface mitigation or remediation efforts, and remaining decommissioning activities. The general process for integrating the HSA with continuing characterization, DCGL Development, and the Final Status Survey is shown in the following flowchart.
Review operational history and identify significant events contributing to contamination of the site.
Assemble available historical reference documentation.
Assign survey area classification.
Publish Historical Site Assessment document.
Obtain/develop site-specific derived concentration guideline levels (DCGL).
Update survey area packages as decommissioning activities progress. Include results of continuing characterization activities and document progress of remediation of sub-surface End-state of decommissioning attained. All areas meet DCGL criteria.
Evaluate data quality in survey area packages using DQO/DQA process and prepare characterization survey plans.
Obtain additional characterization data, if necessary, and document turn-over surveys.
Begin final status survey process.
Figure 1. Process for Integrating HSA with Characterization and FSS
NIST Historical Site Assessment License No. SNM-362: NIST-TR-23-001, NIST Historical Site Assessment Revision: A Page 7 of 41 4.2 Boundaries of the site The site is bounded by Highway 117 to the North, Highway 124 to the West, Muddy Branch Road to the East, and a Fenced boundary to the South (bordering a housing development and Conservation Lane).
4.3 Documents Reviewed In developing this HSA, the following documents were reviewed:
Previous Decommissioning Cost Estimates Radiological Characterization Survey Reports Environmental Report Licensee Event Reports Construction Drawings Topographical Maps Construction Drawings As Built Drawings Radiological Surveys Incident Reports Section 7.0 of this report provides the NIST specific documents which impact the Findings and Conclusions of this report.
4.4 Property Inspections No detailed property inspection was performed in association with this Historical Site Assessment.
Inspections were limited to the building exteriors and interior rooms listed in Table 3, Historical Site Assessment Findings.
4.5 Personnel Interviews Personnel interviews of current and former site personnel were held during the site inspection and via telephone during the HSA process. Personnel were selected based on their employment history at the site. Personnel were interviewed that held positions in maintenance, operations, and radiation protection. Undocumented events were not discovered during this process, but the interviews did prove helpful in assessing the historical operations. In total, four (4) current and former employees were interviewed. There was no impact to the HSA findings as a result of these interviews to be accounted for in Table 3, Historical Site Assessment Findings.
NIST Historical Site Assessment License No. SNM-362: NIST-TR-23-001, NIST Historical Site Assessment Revision: A Page 8 of 41 Table 1. Interviews Number Name Position 1
Manny Mejias Radiation Safety Officer 2
Christopher Young Health Physicist/Waste and Facilities Program Area Lead 3
Larry Lucas Research Chemist 4
Ron Colle Research Chemist
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SITE LOCATION AND HISTORICAL RADIOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION The NIST facility is located at 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899.
Figure 2. Location of NIST Facilities
NIST Historical Site Assessment License No. SNM-362: NIST-TR-23-001, NIST Historical Site Assessment Revision: A Page 10 of 41 5.1 NIST Background The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) was founded in 1901 and is now part of the U.S. Department of Commerce. NIST is one of the nation's oldest physical science laboratories. Congress established the agency to remove a major challenge to U.S. industrial competitiveness at the time a second-rate measurement infrastructure that lagged behind the capabilities of the United Kingdom, Germany and other economic rivals.
From the smart electric power grid and electronic health records to atomic clocks, advanced nanomaterials and computer chips, innumerable products and services rely in some way on technology, measurement and standards provided by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Today, NIST measurements support the smallest of technologies to the largest and most complex of human-made creations from nanoscale devices so tiny that tens of thousands can fit on the end of a single human hair up to earthquake-resistant skyscrapers and global communication networks.
5.2 Historical Radiological Activities Special Nuclear material (SNM) License SNM-362 was first issued in 1960 by the Atomic Energy Commission to the National Bureau of Standards (renamed as the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in 1988). NIST is a federal agency within the Department of Commerce.
NIST uses licensed materials for research, development, calibration, and testing activities. Under SNM-362, NIST develops, maintains, and disseminates national standards for ionizing radiation and radioactivity to support health care, industry, and homeland security at its Gaithersburg, MD, site.
License SNM-362 was renewed in 1979, 1985, 1991, 1997 and 2007. The current license, which also recognizes NIST as a Type A Broad Scope License, was scheduled to expire on July 31, 2007.
On June 29, 2007, NIST submitted an application requesting renewal of license SNM-362 for a period of ten years, under Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 70, to continue its authorization to possess and use SNM. As a result of these operations, many laboratory areas and systems, such as fume hoods, gloveboxes, sinks, drains and ventilation systems have been impacted.
5.3 Current License Possession Limits The license possession limits were reviewed as part of the historical site assessment. Due to the very large license limits, Table 5.1 below excludes the quantity of the nuclides in the possession limits column since this information is OUO and the site is currently operating with all the nuclides listed below.
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NIST Historical Site Assessment License No. SNM-362: NIST-TR-23-001, NIST Historical Site Assessment Revision: A Page 14 of 41 5.4 Incident History In the early planning meetings to develop the HSA, a determination was made with the NIST Radiation Safety Officers (RSOs) concurrence, that it was appropriate to conduct Incident Investigations from the date of the last DCE (June 2009). Reference document, NIST Incident Reports represents the recorded incidents provided for investigation as part of this HSA. Limited specifics pertaining to each incident were communicated in the log, but sufficient conclusive outcome of the incidents existed, and resolved that (3) locations were impacted, via the generation of a Fixed Contamination Area (FCA) for rooms B157, B49 and B142 in Building 245.
Specifically, fixed contamination remains in 245, B157 (around the cup sink on countertop-from former glovebox), B49 (concrete shield walls) & B142(benchtop). These rooms with FCAs are accounted for in Table 3 HSA Findings.
5.5 Radioactivity Migration Evaluating radioactivity migration at the NIST Site within the Laboratory and Accelerator Facilities was relatively straight forward. The site maintains a quality controlled routine survey program allowing the team to gain confidence that internally, buildings radioactive material is controlled within the posted areas and accounted for appropriately. No incidents reported any indication of continued radioactive material loss. The only penetration points through walls, floors and ceilings that radioactive material can assumed to be spread is via the design features of the laboratory drains and ventilation ducts.
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INVESTIGATION OF SNM-362 LICENSED ROOMS Based on potential contaminants, their associated radiation, and the types of residual contamination categories, the following buildings/rooms were evaluated for general MARSSIM classification and survey recommendations.
Areas potentially meeting the definition of an impacted area are included below. Classifications listed below are preliminary and likely will be revised as data gaps are filled and additional information is collected throughout the HSA, scoping, and characterization processes at final decommissioning. Areas within radiologically controlled areas are assumed to be a minimum of MARSSIM Class 3 unless survey results support a non-impacted classification.
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Room (aka)
Historical Radioactive Material Use
/ Notes SNM-362 Lic.
In 2009 DCE Class1 Conclusions Impact to DCE Scoping Survey Recommended (YES/NO) 202 X158 (A158)
Ampoule sealing room -uranium liquids Note: this room was listed as A158 in 2009 DCE, U-nat YES YES 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 202 X154 similar to x158, shrink wrapping SRM ampoule boxes prepared elsewhere YES YES 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 217 C115 Surface and Microanalysis, Unsealed TRU, U, Th Mass Spec contamination with Uranium YES YES 3
NIST Recommends this room for scoping for classification and verification. Survey and Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES YES 217 D113 Surface and Microanalysis, Sealed Fe-55 only low-level RSIMS Authorized source use location for HEU(U-235)
YES YES 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 217 D101 Surface and Microanalysis, Sealed Fe-55 only RSIMS Authorized source use location for HEU(U-235), Unat, DU YES YES 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 217 D108 Surface and Microanalysis, Sealed Fe-55 only RSIMS Authorized source use location for HEU(U-235)
YES YES 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO
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Room (aka)
Historical Radioactive Material Use
/ Notes SNM-362 Lic.
In 2009 DCE Class1 Conclusions Impact to DCE Scoping Survey Recommended (YES/NO) 217 C121 Particle Metrology, Sealed beta sources only (inc. Kr-85 and H-3)
RSIMS - authorized source use location for LEU (U-235 powder on filter)
YES YES 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 217 F122 N/A, Selected Low Risk Source Use low level (sealed sources only)
YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 217 F118 N/A, Selected Low Risk Source Use YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 217 F112 N/A, Selected Low Risk Source Use historical Very Low Level YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 217 F111 N/A, Selected Low Risk Source Use historical YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 217 F109 N/A, Selected Low Risk Source Use historical YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 217 F106 N/A, Selected Low Risk Source Use historical Low level, alpha YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 217 F101 N/A, Selected Low Risk Source Use historical (LEU, Mixed Byproduct)
YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 217 D115 (aka D117)
N/A, Selected Low Risk Source Use historical SEM Room, low level YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 217 D105 N/A, low activity: sealed/unsealed Pu-239, HEU, U-nat, GD-148, Pu-238, DU, Cs-137 solid sealed YES NO 1
NIST Recommends this room for scoping for classification and verification. Survey and YES YES
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Room (aka)
Historical Radioactive Material Use
/ Notes SNM-362 Lic.
In 2009 DCE Class1 Conclusions Impact to DCE Scoping Survey Recommended (YES/NO)
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
217 C105 Alpha and beta natural background (environmental levels)
Very Low Level, Ni-63 sealed source/device YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 220 A122 Formerly unsealed U - solid sealed GL device - Ni 63. Solid or powder-Ni-63,H-3,Th-nat,U-nat. HEU, LEU, DU, Th-232, MBYP. Gas GL device - Kr-85.
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 220 A32 solid sealed GL device - Ni 63.
Solid or powder-Ni-63, H-3, Th-nat, U-nat., HEU, LEU, DU, Th-232, MBYP. Gas GL device - Kr-
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 220 A266 Solid - Unat. Powder-Unat Micro and Nano Analysis Sample Prep YES YES 1
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 220 A264 Sample receipt room for other rooms in 220 - All low level.
YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 220 A226 Solid Th-nat sourceMicro and Nano analysis YES YES 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 220 A218 Solid Sealed - Na-22, Ra-226, Ni-63, H-3. Gas - Kr-85 YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 220 A05 liquid - I -129 YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO
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Room (aka)
Historical Radioactive Material Use
/ Notes SNM-362 Lic.
In 2009 DCE Class1 Conclusions Impact to DCE Scoping Survey Recommended (YES/NO) 220 A251 solid-Ag-108m (bare metal)
YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 220 A321 sealed GAS-H-3 YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 220 A324 Solid Sealed-H-3 YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 220 A340 Sealed GAS - H-3 YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 220 B118 Solid - HEU YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 220 B122 Solid - HEU YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 220 B329 Solid Sealed - H-3 YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 221 C11 Solid Sealed Fe-55, Am-241, HEU SE4, Low Risk Source use only YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 221 B49 Multimodal microscopy (door also connects to B51)
Solid Material Unat, powder Unat, sealed Liquid DU YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 221 B43 Preparing of samples to be analyzed in B49, Solid material Unat, powder Unat, Liquid DU, (sealed Unat, DU, & Fe-55)
YES NO 3
NIST Recommends this room for scoping for classification and verification. Survey and Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES YES 221 B367 Sealed solid or gases, H-3, liquid H-3 YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO
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Room (aka)
Historical Radioactive Material Use
/ Notes SNM-362 Lic.
In 2009 DCE Class1 Conclusions Impact to DCE Scoping Survey Recommended (YES/NO) 221 B355 Sealed gas Kr-85, solid sealed Am-241 YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 221 B333 &
B331 Sealed solid Po-210, Same facility as 331 cleared Sealed solid Po-210, Pd-103, &
sealed liquid H-3, Am-241 YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
This room includes former room B331 YES NO 221 B21 Sealed solid or gas, Ni-63, Po-210, &Kr-85. This room includes room B23 on previous DCE.
YES YES 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 221 A58 Sealed gas Kr-85; solid sealed Am-241, Eu-155, & Cs-137; Gd-158, Pu-238; Liquid C-14 sealed Low level counting (gamma counting)
YES YES 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 221 A12 Solid sealed Am-241 Absorption Measurement YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 223 B321 Sealed: DU glass, Ni-63 YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 223 B313 Solid: U-nat glass YES YES 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 223 B167 U-nat sealed solid low risk YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 223 B139 U-nat sealed solid low risk YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 223 B133 U-nat sealed solid low risk YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 223 B125 Co-57 solid sealed YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 223 A234 sealed Fe-55 YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO
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Room (aka)
Historical Radioactive Material Use
/ Notes SNM-362 Lic.
In 2009 DCE Class1 Conclusions Impact to DCE Scoping Survey Recommended (YES/NO) 223 B150, B151 sealed Co-57, Sn-119 YES YES 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 223 A132 Currently X-ray Only Lab (Sealed Fe-55 from previous report)
YES YES 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 223 A150 High intensity X-ray, sealed solid Co-57 (1975)
YES YES 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 223 A232 Currently X-ray Only Lab(Sealed Fe-55) (2004)
YES YES 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 224 A306 Cellulose nano material handling lab., C-14 liquid unsealed YES NO 3
NIST Recommends this room for scoping for classification and verification. Survey and Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES YES 224 A264 /
A262 Isotope Ratio Gas Chromatography, sealed Kr-85.
Am-241, Po-210 Sealed Only YES YES 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 224 B154 Previously powder-U-nat, Th-nat YES YES 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 226 B325 Co-57 solid sealed source only YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO
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Room (aka)
Historical Radioactive Material Use
/ Notes SNM-362 Lic.
In 2009 DCE Class1 Conclusions Impact to DCE Scoping Survey Recommended (YES/NO) 226 B159 Mixed by product solid material storage only (Cs-137/Co-
- 60)
YES NO 3
NIST Recommends this room for scoping for classification and verification. Survey and Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES YES 227 A126 GLD, solid sealed: Ni-63. Also, solid HEU source authorized (15 Bq low risk)
YES YES 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 227 B147 H sealed gas YES YES 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 227 B326 U-233 liquid source found in room in 2004, so quarterly surveys performed until 2006, then decommissioned.
YES YES 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 227 B141 Solid: C-14 Liquid: C-14, H-3 Radioactive Waste Storage YES YES 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 227 B143 Solid sealed: Ba-133, Po-210. Liq.
LSC cal sources: C-14. H-3 YES YES 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 227 B243 Solid-H-3. Liquid Sealed: P-32.
Liquid: C-14, P-32, H-3, S-35 Engineered Soft Nanomaterials, Radioactive Waste Storage YES YES 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 227 B333 U-233 liquid YES YES 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO
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In 2009 DCE Class1 Conclusions Impact to DCE Scoping Survey Recommended (YES/NO) 227 A316 H-3 solid sealed Room includes former Room A320 YES YES 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 227 B353 Solid: Pb-210. Liquid: Pb-210 YES NO 1
NIST Recommends this room for scoping survey to support classification and verification. Survey and Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES YES 227 B345 High Resolution Mass Spectrometer Solid: Pb-210, liquid: I-129 authorized but not used.
YES NO 1
NIST Recommends this room for scoping for classification and verification. Survey and Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES YES 227 B343-1 liquid: I-129. Solid: Pb-210 This room was formerly B343 in HP database YES NO 3
NIST Recommends this room for scoping for classification and verification. Survey and Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES YES 227 B225 P-32 only, short 1/2 life YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 227 A230 U-nat liquid Uranyl Nitrate YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 227 B151 Liquid Sealed: H-3. Solid Sealed:
H-3, DU. Gas sealed: H-3 YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO
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In 2009 DCE Class1 Conclusions Impact to DCE Scoping Survey Recommended (YES/NO) 227 A334 Solid sealed: Pb-210. Solid: Pb-210, U-238, HEU, Th-nat. Powder
- U-nat. Liquid: HEU, Pb-210, U-233, Th-230 YES NO 1
NIST Recommends this room for scoping for classification and verification. Survey and Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES YES 245 A004 MIRF, High-energy Electron Beam Irradiator.
I-125, Cs-137, Am-241 YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 A005 MIRF, High-energy Electron Beam Irradiator.
TRU, U, Beta YES YES 1
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 A006 MIRF Set-Up Lab, Staging area for MIRF experiments. Note: This is the same room as A006-1.
Sealed Sr-90 YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 A010 RAM Waste Storage YES NO 1
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 A012 Former LINAC Storage Room, Sealed Source Storage YES NO 1
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 A013 Storage YES NO 1
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 A014 Storage YES NO 1
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 A018 Californium, 2.5 MeV, and 14 MeV Neutron Irradiation Californium Neutron Irradiation Facility (CNIF)
YES NO 1
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 A10E Rad Instrument Calibration YES NO 2
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO
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In 2009 DCE Class1 Conclusions Impact to DCE Scoping Survey Recommended (YES/NO) 245 B002 He3 Cell Lab He3 cell preparation and optical pumping This lab was Decommissioned by ATL (previously B006, B008.
Then rebuilt as B002)
YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
New construction. NO RAM in this room yet.
YES NO 245 B003 Beta Particle Calibration Lab (inside old B002)
YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 B009 Fabrication Setup Lab, Former use of Sr-90, Pm-147, Tl-204, DU, U-238, Cs-137, Ru-106, & P-
- 32.
420 kV XRM is located in 245/B013 YES YES 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 B014 Gamma Calibration Range Radiation Measurements YES YES 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 B015*
(formerly B11)
TES Experimental Measure sources by TES Decay Energy Spectrometry YES YES 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
NOTE: Radioactive material use in room since last ATL survey.
YES NO 245 B017 Mammography X-ray standards and calibration with Sealed beta-gamma, unsealed Co-57 YES YES 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 B019 Horizontal Beam Control Area Control room for irradiator, with Sealed Cs-137 YES YES 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 B021 Horizontal Beam Cal Facility (Sealed Co-60, Cs-137, Sr-90)
YES YES 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO
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In 2009 DCE Class1 Conclusions Impact to DCE Scoping Survey Recommended (YES/NO) 245 B023 Set Up Lab Staging and set-up of Rad facility equipment. Storage of radioactive material and SRM material.
YES YES 1
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 B024 bsmt Currently - Temporary SRM Natural Matrix Storage Storage of natural matrix SRMs; Storage of bulk material used in preparation of natural matrix SRMs.
YES YES 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 B024*
sub bsmt Radionuclide Microcalorimetry Detector Vault, Cf-252 YES NO 1
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 B025 X Ray Spectrometry Swing SpaceMeasurement of low-energy photon emitting sources using Si (Li) detectorsThis room was previously B25, RSD surveyed, then recommissioned for Rad.
YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 B029 MnSO4 Mini Bath Small Mn Bath Lab Old DCE Notes: accelerator Support, sealed sources YES YES 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 B034 Co-60 Irradiator YES YES 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 B035 Vertical Beam Calibration YES YES 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 B036 Co/Cs Vertical Calibration YES YES 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 B041 Source Storage radioactive material storage YES YES 1
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO
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In 2009 DCE Class1 Conclusions Impact to DCE Scoping Survey Recommended (YES/NO) 245 B044 Former RAM Waste Storage YES YES 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 B045 Health Physics Liquid Waste Tanks Room contains two 5000 gal tanks for holding waste for radiation sinks in building 245.
YES YES 2
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 B041 RAM Storage Room YES YES 1
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 B125 Setup Lab Sealed Ra-Be (1961-1985)
YES YES 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 B127 Well Counters Counting sealed sources in re-entrant ionization chambers (dose calibrators) and the Wallac Wizard 2480 NaI gamma well counter YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 B131 RAM Receiving Facility is used for the counting of radioactive samples YES YES 2
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 B132 RAM Storage Shielded facility for RAM storage YES YES 1
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 B133 RAM Receiving Facility is used for the receipt of radioactive packages YES YES 1
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 B140 High Dose Calibration Lab Solid State Dosimeter Calibration in Support of NIST Absorbed Dose Certification Services YES YES 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO
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In 2009 DCE Class1 Conclusions Impact to DCE Scoping Survey Recommended (YES/NO) 245 B141 Calibration Lab (Sealed AmBe, PuBe, RaBe, Cf-252)
Mn bath Control Room (Historical Contam.)
YES YES 1
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 B142 RAM Storage (fixed Contam. In room)
B142 is caged area in room B143.
YES YES 1
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 B143 Neutron Source Strength Calibration Facility The neutron calibration facility consists of three areas: control room B141; Mg Bath source storage room B143; and the caged Radium storage area B142.
YES YES 1
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 B145 High Level RAM Waste Storage.
For storage of high-level RAM waste YES YES 1
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 B146 RAM Waste Processing Processing of RAM waste YES YES 1
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 B152 RAM Waste Storage - DSW Storage of RAM waste - DSW YES NO 1
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 B155 RAM Waste Storage Storage Closet used for RAM waste YES YES 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 B156 RAM Waste Storage - Liquid Storage of liquid RAM waste YES NO 1
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 B157 RAM Waste - Drum Processing and StoragePackaging and Storage of RAM waste for shipments YES YES 1
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO
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In 2009 DCE Class1 Conclusions Impact to DCE Scoping Survey Recommended (YES/NO) 245 B200 HVAC Room (Supporting B-wing Contaminated Filter Banks)
Penthouse YES YES 1
NIST Recommends this room for scoping for classification and verification. Survey and Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES Yes 245 B20 Source Storage Closet YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 B21 Low-level Radiation Detector Testing Facility Low-level instrument characterization and calibration, usually with gamma sources YES NO 1
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 B23 Calibration & Radiation Detector Testing Mixed lab - experimental testing (682.03 only) and detector calibration (neutron & gamma)
YES NO 1
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 B26 1.5 MV Dynamitron, HEU, Am-241, & Co-60 YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 B37 Vacuum Systems Setup Co-60, Sr-90, Sealed Sources.
(Used in 1960 -1980)
YES YES 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 B44 Radioactive Labeling Phantom Preparation (PET)
Historical HPLC Validation YES YES 1
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 B46 Source Preparation Source Preparation, Source Dilution & Storage YES YES 1
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 B47 Ionizing Chamber Measurements Ion Chamber Measurements YES YES 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO
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In 2009 DCE Class1 Conclusions Impact to DCE Scoping Survey Recommended (YES/NO) 245 B48 Radiochemistry Lab Medium-level radiochemistry Laboratory YES YES 1
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 B49 SRM STORAGE Storage of SRMs and DHS sources YES YES 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 B50 Counting Laboratory Facility is used for the processing and counting of radioactive samples.
YES YES 1
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 B51 Experiment Set-up Lab Store equipment and radioactive sources YES YES 1
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 B53 Interim Waste/Source Storage Prescreening of laboratory radiological waste.
YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 C003 Gas Counting Development of radioactive gas standards and calibrations YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 C005 Low Level Counting - Beta source measurements using gas-flow proportional counters YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 C007 Low Level Counting-Alpha Alpha Spectroscopy measurements YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 C009 Activity Measurements Source measurements using a NaI(ti) detectors YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO
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In 2009 DCE Class1 Conclusions Impact to DCE Scoping Survey Recommended (YES/NO) 245 C011 Low Level Counting - Gamma Measurement of radioactive sources with gammy ray spectrometers to determine radionuclide activities YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 C013 Microcalorimetry Process sources for TES DES measurements YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 C015 Gamma Ray Spectrometry Gamma-Ray spectrometry measurements YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 C019 Gamma Spectrometry Source StorageStorage of radioactive sources YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 H007-1 Gamma Irradiation Facility Calibration of gamma-ray measuring instruments YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 H015 Beta Particle Lab Calibration of Beta-emitting sources and extrapolation chambers YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 H018 GR 420 Irradiation Facility High Dose Irradiations YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 H031-1 Radioactive Waste Tank Room.
Liquid lab hold-up tanks that are tested for radioactivity prior to release to sanitary sewer YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 H104 Health Physics Sample Preparation Lab Processing and preparation of YES NO 1
NIST Recommends this room for scoping for classification and verification. Survey and YES YES
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In 2009 DCE Class1 Conclusions Impact to DCE Scoping Survey Recommended (YES/NO)
RAM samples, typically prior to counting Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
245 H108-1 HDR Brachytherapy Lab -
Experiment Calibration of high dose rate brachytherapy sources YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 H108-2 HDR Storage Closet Source storage prior to use in experimental side YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 H113 Source Receiving Facility for the manipulation of large items and counting samples from incoming packages.
YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 H113-1 Temporary Holding Vault.
Temporary storage location for incoming and outgoing RAM packages YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 H113-2 Source Storage - High Level YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 H113-3 Source Storage - Low Level YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 H113-4 Source Receiving - Processing YES NO 3
NIST Recommends this room for scoping for classification and verification. Survey and Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES YES 245 H115 Brachytherapy Suite Calibration of low dose rate brachytherapy sources YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO
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In 2009 DCE Class1 Conclusions Impact to DCE Scoping Survey Recommended (YES/NO) 245 H115-1 Brachytherapy Calibration Brachy seed WAFAC calibration and HPGE spectrum measurements YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 H119 Detector Testing Storage 1 YES NO 2
NIST Recommends this room for scoping for classification and verification. Survey and Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES YES 245 H119-2 Detector Testing Storage 2 YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 H119-3 Detector Testing YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 H120 Health Physics Sample Measurement Lab Measurement of RAM samples for quantitative and/or qualitative information YES NO 1
NIST Recommends this room for scoping for classification and verification. Survey and Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES YES 245 H204 Medium Level Chemical General Source preparation, minor chemical operations YES NO 1
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 H208 Medium Level Environmental Radiochemistry Source chemical separation for analysis and certification, source (reference material) preparation and dilution, and chemical and source (limited) storage YES NO 1
NIST Recommends this room for scoping for classification and verification. Survey and Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES YES
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In 2009 DCE Class1 Conclusions Impact to DCE Scoping Survey Recommended (YES/NO) 245 H210 Medium Level Source Production Medium level radiochemistry laboratory YES NO 1
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 H214 High Level Radiochemistry MAP Source preparation, dilution, dispensing, and storage YES NO 1
NIST Recommends this room for scoping for classification and verification. Survey and Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES YES 245 H215 Scintillation Spectrometry Source measurement by liquid scintillation YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 H217 Packaging Room Packaging of high-level radioactive sources YES NO 2
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 H218-1 High Level Nuclear Med YES NO 1
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 H218-2 Medium Level Nuclear Medicine YES NO 1
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 H219 Decontamination Room Location to facilitate the decontamination of equipment and personnel YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 H220 Alpha Beta Measurements Solid alpha and beta emitting sources are measured using several detectors including gas proportional counters YES NO 1
NIST Recommends this room for scoping for classification and verification. Survey and Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES YES
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In 2009 DCE Class1 Conclusions Impact to DCE Scoping Survey Recommended (YES/NO) 245 H221 User Contamination Check Room Counting lab for Source Users to perform post-experimental contamination checks YES NO 3
NIST Recommends this room for scoping for classification and verification. Survey and Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 H223 Ionization Chambers Measure sources in ion chambers YES NO 2
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 H225 Source Storage Long-term storage of radioactive materials and general group use YES NO 2
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 H227 High-Medium Level Nuclear Medicine Research Source preparation, dilution, and storage YES NO 1
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 H229 High-Medium Level SRM Production Preparation of radioactive solutions with dilutions and dispensing, preparation of counting sources, and storage YES NO 1
NIST Recommends this room for scoping for classification and verification. Survey and Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES YES 245 H233 Low Level Radiochemistry PT Prep Performance testing, materials preparation, homogenization, and dilutions YES NO 1
NIST Recommends this room for scoping for classification and verification. Survey and Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES YES
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In 2009 DCE Class1 Conclusions Impact to DCE Scoping Survey Recommended (YES/NO) 245 H237-1 Mass Spectrometry Analysis of radionuclides and stable nuclides in samples prepared elsewhere by mass spectrometry, micro-XRF YES NO 2
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 H237-3 Mass Spectrometry Class 10,000 Clean Room Sample preparation including dilution, dissolution, and purification/ chemical separations YES NO 1
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 H237-5 Mass Spectrometry Class 100 Clean Room Trace & ultra trace environmental sample preparation YES NO 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 H237-6 Mass Spectrometry Balance Sample weighing YES NO 2
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 H247-1 Low Level Radiochemistry Clean Room - Sample Prep Radioanalytical work for radionuclides separations from low-level radioactivity samples, and source preparation for radioactivity measurements YES NO 2
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 H247-2 Low Level Radiochemistry Clean Room - Fusion Samples drying, ashing, and fusion. Labware storage and cleaning.
YES NO 2
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 Pent.
H-Wing Penthouse / Fan Room, H-Wing YES NO 1
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO
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In 2009 DCE Class1 Conclusions Impact to DCE Scoping Survey Recommended (YES/NO) 245 F101 Co-60 Pool irradiator, Cs-137 sealed YES YES 3
Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 G104 G-104, Horizontal Smokestack Simulator (This room surrounds G-105)Accelerator Storage YES NO 2
NIST Recommends this room for scoping for classification and verification. Survey and Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO 245 G105 G-105 has known activation from linear Accelerator.
YES NO 1
NIST Recommends this room for scoping for classification and verification. Survey and Walkdown for DCE impact/cost.
YES NO Notes:
1This is NUREG 1575 Class (MARSSIM) for Impacted Rooms.
2Decommissioning Survey Performed by ATL and NIST license release complete.
- New room number previously used in HAPPY
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CONCLUSION The Historical Site Assessment performed by the ReNuke Services Team during the last quarter of 2022 and 1st quarter of 2023, for buildings of the NIST facility: 101, 202, 205, 208, 217, 218, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 226, 227, 245, 301, 303, and 423 resulted in the following:
NOTE: The following numbers are rough estimates due to grouping of rooms, duplicate room numbers and room number changes. These figures give an approximate for means of reference.
In total (323) rooms were evaluated in this HSA Investigation. A total of (183) of those rooms evaluated were found to have an impact on the current DCE.
The last DCE completed by Philotechnics contained (155) Impacted rooms. (Note -
Some of these were duplicates (due to Room Numbering issues) o Our current findings concluded that (80) Rooms from the 2009 DCE no longer have any impact on the DCE.
o (75) Rooms from the 2009 DCE remain an impact to the current DCE.
o Since the 2009 DCE, (40) rooms originally impacting the DCE, were released for unrestricted use in accordance with the clearance levels in Table 4 in the NIST License Renewal Application and removed from the SNM-362 License.
o (40) Rooms previously on the DCE were found to no longer have an impact.
An additional (168) Rooms not included in the 2009 DCE were evaluated and resulted in (108) additional rooms impacting the DCE.
o The H Wing Addition in building 245 added (47) new rooms to the DCE.
o (61) additional rooms were added for various reasons.
7.1 DQO RESULTS DQO 1 - Identifying licensed buildings/rooms.
Results - There are 16 Buildings making up a total of 183 impacted Rooms under license SNM-0362. 101, 202, 205, 208, 217, 218, 220, 221, 223, 224, 226, 227, 245, 301, 303, and 423.
DQO 2 - Differentiate impacted from non-impacted areas.
Results - There are 183 Impacted Rooms under license SNM-0362.
DQO 3 - Evaluate the likelihood of residual radioactivity migration, Results - Radioactive material migration was restricted to designed features of the laboratories and room Ventilation and Drainage systems. No new or unplanned radioactivity migration is identified in this HSA.
NIST Historical Site Assessment License No. SNM-362: NIST-TR-23-001, NIST Historical Site Assessment Revision: A Page 39 of 41 DQO 4 - Identify which licensed buildings/rooms require further radiological investigation and provide information useful for scoping surveys needed due to lack of information.
Results - There are 22 Rooms requiring scoping surveys and those rooms can be found on the NIST-TR-23-002 Scoping Report.
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REFERENCES
- 1. NRC Regulations 10 CFR 20 Subpart E.
- 2. NRC Regulatory Guide 1.86, Termination of Operating Licenses for Nuclear Reactors.
Acceptable Surface Contamination Levels.
- 3. NUREG-1575, Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site Investigation Manual (MARSSIM).
- 4. NUREG-1505, A Nonparametric Statistical Methodology for the Design and Analysis of Final Decommissioning Surveys.
- 5. NUREG-1507, Minimum Detectable Concentrations with Typical Radiation Survey Instruments for Various Contaminants and Field Conditions.
- 6. NUREG-1757, Volume 1 Consolidated NMSS Decommissioning Guidance, Appendix B.
- 7. NUREG-1757, Volume 2 Consolidated NMSS Decommissioning Guidance.
- 8. NIST, Decommissioning Funding Plan for License No. SNM-0362, September 2016.
- 9. NIST SNM-362 Amendment 11 License, July 2022 NIST Historical Site Assessment Specific Documents N1.
Healthy Physics Database (HAPPY) Outbuildings Export, November 2022, email from C. Young to P. Jones.
N2.
Health Physics Database (HAPPY) DFP Export for Radiological Facilities, November 2022, email from C.Young to P.Jones.
N3.
Healthy Physics Database (HAPPY) Radionuclide List by Room Export, November 2022, email from C. Young to P. Jones.
N4.
Results of Radiological Evaluation of Soil Adjacent to NIST Building 245 D Wing Foundations, June 2018. New D wing documents provided by C. Young.
N6.
Healthy Physics Database (HAPPY) DFP export for new Radiological Facilities, January 2023, email from C. Young to P. Jones.
N7.
Current Radiological Waste Inventory, January 2023, email from C. Young to P. Jones.
N8.
Results of Radiological Evaluation of Soil Adjacent to NIST Building 245 B Wing Foundations, June 2018.
N9.
NIST Radiological Routine Surveys (weekly, monthly, and annual), October 2022.
N10. RSIMS Database export of current sources onsite, November 2022, email from C. Young to P. Jones, November 2022.
N12. NIST Safety Evaluation Report for Special Nuclear Materials License SNM-362 Renewal Application, July 2013.
N13. ATL surveys including index.
N14. NIST Incident Reports, November 2023.
N15. NIST HSA Interviews 2023
NIST Historical Site Assessment License No. SNM-362:NIST-TR-23-001, NIST Historical Site Assessment Revision: A Page 41 of 41 N16. Final Report-Confirmatory Radiological Survey of Rooms B-118 and A344-National Institute of Standards and Technology - Gaithersburg, Maryland, January 1991
NIST Historical Site Assessment License No. SNM-362: Historical Site Assessment: NIST-TR-23-001, NIST Historical Site Assessment Revision: A Appendix Appendix A Building Maps
NIST Historical Site Assessment License No. SNM-362: NIST-TR-23-001, NIST Historical Site Assessment Revision: A Appendix Appendix B HSA Investigation List for All Rooms
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"NIST-TR-23-001 Historical Site Assessment" History Document created by Ryan Larochelle (ryan@renuke.com) 2023-04 6:30:52 PM GMT Document emailed to paul.a.jones@perma-fix.com for signature 2023-04 6:32:08 PM GMT Email viewed by paul.a.jones@perma-fix.com 2023-04 7:32:16 PM GMT Signer paul.a.jones@perma-fix.com entered name at signing as Paul Jones 2023-04 7:32:45 PM GMT Document e-signed by Paul Jones (paul.a.jones@perma-fix.com)
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Signature Date: 2023-04 7:53:38 PM GMT - Time Source: server Agreement completed.
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