ML20217Q980

Forwards Amend 45 to License SNM-696 & Safety Evaluation. Amend Includes General Atomics Site Decommissioning Plan, & Safety License Condition S-1 Has Been Revised to Include Dates of 961011 & 1205,970418 & 980115

ML20217Q980
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Site:	07000734
Issue date:	04/29/1998
From:	Weber M NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
To:	Asmussen K GENERAL ATOMICS (FORMERLY GA TECHNOLOGIES, INC./GENER
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%. April 29, 1998 Dr. Keith E. Asmussen, Director Licensing, Safety and Nuclear Compliance General Atomics P.O. Box 85608 San Diego, California 92186-9784

SUBJECT:

SITE DECOMMISSIONING PLAN (TAC NO. L30914)

Dear Dr. Asmussen:

In accordance with your application dated October 11,~ 1996, and supplements dated December 5,1996; April 18,1997; and January 15,1998, and pursuant to Part 70 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Materials License SNM-696 is hereby amended to include the

" General Atomics' Site Decommiasioning Plan," and Safety License Condition S-1 has been revised to include the dates of October 11 and December 5,1996; April 18,1997; and January 15,1998.

You have committed to performing the final radiation surveys in accordance with Draft NUREG/CR-5349, " Manual for Conducting Radiological Surveys in Support of License Termination," as discussed in Chapter 6 of the Decommissioning Plan. License Condition S-24 has been added to provide a 30-day notification of the NRC prior to conducting any final site survey to allow the NRC the opportunity to schedule in-process inspection / surveys if required, and reads as follows:

S-24 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. f Further, License Condition S-25 has been added to assure that all decommissioning activities I are within the scope of the Environmental Assessment prepared by the staff on the Site Decommissioning Plan. .

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S-25 The licensee must submit for review and approval to NRC residual contamination '

Wb and characterization data and planned decommissioning procedures for areas where -

1. Decommissioning procedures will be required that have not been used by ths licensee in previous decommissioning activities or have not been

,s n. identified in the Site Decommissioning Plan dated October 11,1996, as

.v""C amended December 5,1996; April 18,1997; and January 15,1998; Y

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Dr. Keith E. Asmussen 2

2. Workers would be entering areas where surface contamination and radiation levels are significantly higher than routinely encountered during previous decommissioning operations;

3. Procedures could result in significantly greater airborne concentrations of -

radioactive materials than have been present in previous decommissioning operations; or

4. Procedures could result in significantly greater releases of radioactive material to the environment than those associated with previous decommissioning operations.  !

I All other conditions of this license shall remain the same. l l

Enclosed are copies of the Materials License SNM-696 and the Safety Evaluation Report. 'l Please contact Charles Gaskin, the project manager for your facility, at (301) 415-8116, if you have any questions regarding this matter.

Sincerely, Original signed by: Madams for Michael F, Weber, Chief  ;

Licensing Branch Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, NMSS Docket 70-734  ;

License SNM-696 Amendment 45

Enclosures:

1. Materials License SNM-696

2. Safety Evaluation Report DISTRIBUTION: (Control No. 540D) (CLOSED)

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Dr. Keith E. Asmussen 2

2. Workers would be entering areas where surface contamination and I radiation levels are significantly higher than routinely encountered during previous decommissioning operations;

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3. Procedures could result in significantly greater airbome concentrations of radioactive materials than have been present in previous decommissioning operations; or l

4. Procedures could result in significantly greater releases of radioactive material to the environment than those associated with previous decommissioning operations.

l All other conditions of this licenso shall remain the same.

Enclosed are copies of the Materials License SNM-696 and the Safety Evaluation Report.

Please contact Charles Gns!dn, the project manager for your facility, at (301) 415-8116, if you i have any questions iegarding this matter.  !

Sincerely, l

Michael F. Weber, Chief,ec Licensing Branch  !

Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, NMSS Docket 70-734 ,

License SNM-696 i Amendment 45 l

Enclosures:

1. Materials License SNM-696

2. Safety Evaluation Report