ML20129E008

Application to Amend License R-86,authorizing Reactor Decommissioning & Disposal of Reactor Components. Decommissioning Plan Encl

ML20129E008
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Site:	05000172
Issue date:	04/12/1971
From:	Poore H LOCKHEED AIRCRAFT CORP.
To:	US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC)
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Subj ect: :Deconsnissioning of Radiation Effects Reactor  !

i License R-86, Docket No. 50-172

Enclosures:

(a) -Decor:anissioning Plan Q

' (b) Disposal of Reactor Components i'

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Gentlemen:

$,. " OI Pursuant to Section 50.82 of Part 50, Title 10, CFR, Lockheed hereby applies for authority to deconanission the

. Radiation Effects Reactor in accordance with Enclosure (a). .

In addition, Lockheed requests authority to dispose of several reactor components in accordance with Enclosure (b),

but that disposal of these components not be considered a criterion for deconunissioning the RER. i

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United States Atomic Energy Commission 34D/305347

d. * ' .' L If you have any questions about the enclosed information, please contact B. D. Dodd, Department 72-86, zone 400, Lockheed-Ceorgia Company, Marietta, Georgia 30060, phone r- l, Area Code 404, 424-4471. 7'

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't Your early consideration will be appreciated. <

Very.truly yours, f? ' , 'IDCKHEED AIRCRAFT CORPORATION I

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Enclosures. .g H. L. Poore , under' oath, states that the above and

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' Subscribed and sworn to before me this 12th day of April ,1971, ae Marieeta, Georgia.

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IECGOGSSI0l(IF:- PLAN .

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.. ~ e overall objective is to rectert the Ikadiation Effects I.eactor

(..;R) cite to such a 1cw radiaticu environnent ths.t s'.c vel'la.nce .

rquirements' will be gres.tly reMei or climinated s. d ths.: part .

cr all of the 10,000 acre labors.t::7 site may he re'. eased for

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iiith respect to regulatory contrc' . . the stated obje:-ive vill be i ,,

accomplished in two phases f.

Phase I. Deccsunissier IER

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Phase II. Dispose of 2--product Material

t Upon completion of Phase I, Locki.eed will request- ta:mination of '.i,

[,- Tacility License R-% with simulta..sous issuance of a state by- l 1 .; product material license, thereby :.nitiating tranzfer of regulatory ,J t; control from the Atomic Energy Ccc_ission to the P.sdiological L, F. Esalth Service of the Georgia De;s.rtment of Public Health. -; i

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3. LEOGEISSIONING OF RER L  %

I Iu:kheed proposes that the RER be considered deco =issioned when 4i the.following criteria are met:

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e 1. All reactor fuel trantierred to a licensed receiver and h

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The fuel has been removed from the reactor and transferred to fuel I element storage racks in the stt Ege pool.  :

The upper closure, the shield ter.ka. and the internal co=ponents have been removed from the reactor pressure vessel.and transferred , ,[

to storage in the storage pool c.: on the reactor building floor. ,

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All of these components have been removed in the same marmer in I

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( a Pa6e E l which they have been removed in the ps.st for asantenance purposes.

und in accordance with procedures approved by the Procedure Review Cosenittee. - In addition. all drives have been renoved from the upper closure. Tre regulating rod has been detached fron the drive

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All other RER systems remain intact.

' .l D. DISPOSAL OF COMPCiGTS Authority to dis;cse of the reacter fuel is cen;ained in the existing license. Lockheed will dispose of the entire f al inventory, con -

sisting of 94 fuel elements and the fuel sectiens of 13 control rods.

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Lockheed presently has in its possession 13 cen.rol red drives which ~~

constitute all drires which were initially intended for use in the Radiation Effects Reactor, the Critical Experinent, Reactor (CER), ~and

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The CER was opera.ted prior to 1961 under D0D anthorization but has  !'

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not operated since, and was never licensed -for :peration by the atomic ,:

. Energy Commission. The SDR was never assembled and was never licensed }

for operation.

Lockheed has in its possession the component ps. rte' of the CER, and yd L some of the co=ponent parts of the SDR. ;1

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" A, transfer to a licensed commercial rsdioactive vaste disposal firm in .

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,f The drives will 'ce partially disassenbled in preparation for shipnent, ., r L i'. but-there will te no cutting or torching invclved. g U:* e The ==,Hmm dose rate measured at contact at any portion of the drives .!

.g is 100 cr/br. '~ne disassembly work will involve average dose rs,tes of

>-l. approrbitely 5 ==/hr. -

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During the perivi of operation of the RER, there has been no detectahle release of fisti:n products. Since shutdown cf the RE"., the concen-1 , tration of radiE: ion material in the primary ecclant and in the stcrage 9" y and reactor pocis has consistently been less than 5 0 x 10-7 microcuries .

per al gross beta-gamma. Because of the low levels of activity present, l;(

lt, there is not erpected to be significant smeard.le contamination on any

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%~g All handling of co=ponents will be in accordan:e with the Radiological Control Plan, Section E. ,,

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E. .EADIOLOGICAL CONTROL PLAN Radiological Eafety responsibility will remain with Lockheed-Ge:rgia Company Personnel and safe practices will be maintained at all si=es during decometissioning work. 7.adiological safety will be goverr.ed 17

- the "IGNL Safety Manual,'.' revised January 1966; *'Lockheed Fenage:ent Directive" J-17, dated Decenber,1970; the " United States Atomi:

,l Energy Commission Rules and Rer.tlations, Title.1~, Part 20.".ar.1 the

" Rules and Regulations for Radioactive Materials. Chapter 270-NC.

Georgia Departnent of Public Health."

• i Radiological Esfety Procedures and Practices, and the LGNL Safety Manual, which were utilized in the normal conduct of the facility as an " operating plant" are considered satisfactory for decommissi ning o .,

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- The Lockheed-Ceorgia Company Radiological Safety Officer is resp:nsi- '

• ble for administering the Radiological Safety Controls Plan within i .i r,. the limits and practices as stated in the above listed documents.

-. .3 'the Lockheed-Georgia Company Isotopes Committee provides surveillsace over all activities within the Company associated with radiatien i-

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• .. Decommissioning of the RER will be accomplished within the framework i already established by the current Technical, Specifications of License

,M - R-86. - Any restrictions imposed as a result of this request shall be

( ,, supplementary to, but shall not supersede, the requirements of the e? Technical Specifications. m A.

Lockheed shall be responsible for all activities within the site ]

M~. boundary and shall be responsible for the health and safety of all  !

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G. DISPOSITIGf 0F FACILITY AND PROPERTY j

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Plans for final disposition of the facility and the property c:cupied ,

h(f' t by the facility are not complete. A sampling program aimed at determining the extent of activation of the soil, structural c:mpo-

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nents, and auxiliary reactor. systems has been underway since Ccsober,

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1970. Since ocm areas are inaccessible at this time, it is n:t 3 feasible to complete this program until the . reactor fuel- and reactor

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O Encksure (b) to MD/305347 Enclosure (b)

DISPOSAL OF REACTOR CCMPCFDrfS' i

Lockheed will dispose of the following reactcr components by transfer to a l L' ,

licensed commercial waste disposal firm in a:::rdance with applicable

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COMPONENT RADIATION LEVEL

• Inner Tank 5R/kR

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FlowRaffles(12) 155 R/hR  ;

Grid and Scram Damper Assembly 500 R/hR Bold-Down Plates (5) 15 R/hR

. _e j- Dunmir Puel Elements 6 R/IR I Regulating Roda (2) 120 R/hR Separable Guides Attached 1.2 R/hR

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• Reported dose rates were measured in air, at contact

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r s i Sections E and F of the Decommissioning Plan, Enclosure (a) shall apply to

,'k handling of the components listed above. .

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f.? The components have been removed from the reactor as stated in Section C

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i,[0 There have been no destructive or irreversible actions taken in the removal E. f, of the components from the reactor, and there will be no cutting or torching

?y involved in the preparation of the listed components for shipment.

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The components are of such a size that they can be acccamodated by licensed ,

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,i Methods and/or procedures for h=ad14ng compcnents shall be reviewed by, and ,

.' '[ , shall require the approval of the Procedure Eeview Committee.

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