ML20024H907

Provides Updated Status of Activities Being Performed at Auburn Steel Corporation Facility in Auburn,Ny

ML20024H907
Person / Time
Site:	Robinson
Issue date:	07/27/1993
From:	Garner L CHEM-NUCLEAR SYSTEMS, INC.
To:	Ebneter S NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
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NUDOCS 9308270191
Download: ML20024H907 (2)

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CHEM-NUCLEAR SYSTEMS, INC. ,,

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DEFENSE CONSOLIDATION FACILITY l PO Box B28

• Bamwe!t South Carchna 29812 l l

July 27, 19M Mr. Stewart D. Ebneter Nuclear Materials Safety Section ,

U.S. NRC, Region II I 101 Marietta Street, N.W., Suite 2900 Atlanta, Georgia 30323

Dear Mr. Ebneter:

Chem-Nuclear Systemr, Inc. (CNSI) notifies the Nuclear Regulatory l Commission (NRC) of field project activities to be performed under j NRC Radioactive Materials License 39-23004-01 issued to CNSI. In  !

a letter dated June 2, 1993, your department was notified of l i

remediation services to commence at the Auburn Steel. Corporation facility located in Auburn, New York. This letter is provided to i update the status of the activities being performed at this field i project location.  ;

The Phase I scope of work has been completed by Chem-Nuclear. This  :

work included decontamination and packaging. of materials .l radioactively contaminated with Cesium-137. .These materials were  :

generated as a result of remediation of the ventilation system ,

associated with the arc furnace in the melt shop. This_ work also -i included investigation, inspection and survey of other systems .

within the mill that are potenti~ ally contaminated, as well as the I contaminated arc furnace dust collected in bulk containers as a'  :!

result of Auburn Steel operation. The arc furnace has returned to-  !

operational status, and the -contaminated material has been ,

segregated and placed in containers for monitoring. ,

The Phase II scope of work consists ~ of sampling, analysis and characterization of the waste- generated during the Phase. I decontamination activities. Approximately 625 tons of contaminated ,

waste was generated, consisting primarily of furnace dust, furnace '

brick and filter. bags removed from the' furnace baghouses.

• Preliminary sampling indicates that cesium concentrations are in i the picoeurie per gram range with maximum _ contact dose rates of 40 nrem/hr. Additional samples shall be collected from each container and sent to RUST. International's Clemson Technology Laboratory ~for' t radioactivity and- metals analyses. Based on the laboratory.

results, the waste classification shall be determined, and disposal  !

options evaluated.

.l Chem-Nuclear shall continue .to possess liccase control of this. i radioactive material until sampling and characterization is-completed. Auburn Steel presently possesses a radioactive material . .!

license which does not authorize. storage of this material; however, .

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( y S.D. Ebneter Page 2 July 27, 1993 the f acility has submitted a license acendment request to the State of IJew York to allow storage capabilities of the contaminated material until final disposition is determined.

Che.n-!J uclea r shall continue to provide project status updates to your Department as major milestones are achieved, until license possession is transferred to Auburn Steel Corporation. If you have any questions or require any further informe*. ion, please feel free to contact me at 803-758-1823.

Sincerely, CHEM-IJUCLEAR SYSTEMS, I!JC.

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Lynne D. Garner Licensing Engineer cc: J. Potter, IIRC , Region II i