ML24282B011
| ML24282B011 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | PROJ0734 |
| Issue date: | 10/29/2024 |
| From: | Duane White NRC/NMSS/DDUWP/LLWPB |
| To: | Maul J US Dept of Energy, Savannah River Operations Office |
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| Download: ML24282B011 (1) | |
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Mr. Joel T. Maul Waste Disposition Programs Division U.S. Department of Energy Savannah River Operations Office P.O. Box A Aiken, SC 29802
SUBJECT:
U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REPORT FOR THE SEPTEMBER 25, 2024, ONSITE OBSERVATION VISIT TO THE SAVANNAH RIVER SITE SALTSTONE DISPOSAL FACILITY
Dear Joel Maul:
The enclosed Onsite Observation Visit (OOV) Report describes the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) OOV on September 25, 2024, at the Savannah River Site Saltstone Disposal Facility (SDF). The OOV was conducted in accordance with Section 3116(b) of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (NDAA), which requires the NRC, in coordination with the NDAA-Covered State, to monitor certain disposal actions taken by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for assessing compliance with the performance objectives set out in Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR)
Part 61, Subpart C. The five 10 CFR Part 61 Subpart C Performance Objectives are:
§61.40(General Requirement); §61.41 (Protection of the General Population from Releases of Radioactivity); §61.42 (Protection of Individuals from Inadvertent Intrusion); §61.43 (Protection of Individuals during Operations); and §61.44 (Stability of the Disposal Site after Closure).
This was the 24th SDF OOV since the NRC began monitoring the DOE SDF disposal actions under NDAA Section 3116(b) in October 2007. The main activities conducted during the September 24, SDF OOV were: (1) discuss operating and disposal structure status; (2) discuss the DOE plans for groundwater monitoring well locations; (3) discuss the draft NRC Monitoring Plan based on the 2023 NRC Technical Evaluation Report for the SDF; and (4) tour specific aspects of construction of Saltstone Disposal Structure (SDS) 11 and SDS 12. Those OOV activities were consistent with the activities described in the NRC Guidance for the September 2024 SDF OOV dated September 3, 2024, (available via the NRC Agencywide Documents Access and Management System [ADAMS] at Accession No. ML24248A046).
The OOV Guidance (ML24248A046) was developed using the SDF Monitoring Plan, Rev. 1, dated September 2013 (ML13100A113) and the six NRC letters from June 5, 2017, to October 18, 2021, (ML17097A351, ML18033A071, ML18107A161, ML18219B035, ML19150A295, and ML21279A173) to the DOE that supplemented the 2013 SDF Monitoring Plan. The NRC 2013 SDF Monitoring Plan, as supplemented, contains the monitoring areas and monitoring factors established to evaluate performance of the SDF. The September 2024 SDF OOV did not result in any changes from the 2013 SDF Monitoring Plan, as supplemented.
October 29, 2024
J. Maul 2
In accordance with 10 CFR Section 2.390, Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding, a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records component of ADAMS. ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Website at https://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/adams.html.
If you have any questions or need additional information, then please contact Harry Felsher of my staff at Harry.Felsher@nrc.gov or at 301415-6559.
Sincerely, Duane E. White, Chief Low-Level Waste and Projects Branch Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket No. PROJ0734
Enclosure:
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Enclosure:
WIR ListServ Signed by White, Duane on 10/29/24
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/LLWPB NAME HFelsher CRidge CMcKenney HFelsher DATE Oct 21, 2024 Oct 22, 2024 Oct 23, 2024 Oct 23, 2024 OFFICE NMSS/DUWP
/LLWPB NAME DWhite DATE Oct 29, 2024