ML20332A021

Letter from D. Orlando to M. Kautsky, DOE NRC Staff Review of Shiprock Performance Report Docket Number WM-58

ML20332A021
Person / Time
Site:	WM-00058
Issue date:	01/06/2021
From:	Dennise Orlando Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs
To:	Kautsky M US Dept of Energy, Office of Legacy Management
Orlando D,NMSS/DUWP
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January 6, 2021 Mr. Mark Kautsky, Site Manager U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management 2597 Legacy Way Grand Junction, CO 81503

SUBJECT:

U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION STAFF REVIEW OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY REPORT ENTITLED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT APRIL 2018 THROUGH MARCH 2019 FOR THE SHIPROCK, NEW MEXICO, DISPOSAL SITE DATED SEPTEMBER 2020 (DOCKET WM-00058)

Dear Mr. Kautsky:

I am responding to your letter, dated October 1, 2020, providing the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) report entitled Annual Performance Report April 2018 Through March 2019 for the Shiprock, New Mexico, Disposal Site dated September 2020 (Agencywide Document Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession Number ML20280A701). NRC staff is aware that pumping was suspended at the Shiprock site in April 2017 and, as such, the volume of groundwater extracted, and the amount of contaminant mass removed, has been sharply reduced. The report indicates that there have been some increases in constituents of concern (CoCs) in a few wells at the Shiprock site; however, these increases were slight and within historical observations. We have no additional comments on the report.

NRC staff looks forward to reviewing the April 2019 through March 2020 Performance Report.

NRC staff is aware that the pandemic caused by the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency has resulted in the deferral of monitoring of well sampling, and that the development of the April 2020 through March 2021 Performance Report may be delayed.

In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Section 2.390 of the NRCs Agency Rules of Practice 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 NRCs ADAMS. The ADAMS database is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

M.Kautsky 2 If you have any questions concerning the NRC comments, please feel free to contact me at 301-415-6749 or at Dominick.Orlando@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, Digitally signed by Dominick A. Orlando Dominick A. Orlando Date: 2021.01.06 09:51:15

-05'00' Dominick Orlando, Senior Project Manager Uranium Recovery and Materials Decommissioning Branch Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket No. WM-58 cc: Shiprock list serve

M.Kautsky 3

SUBJECT:

THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION STAFF REVIEW OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY REPORT ENTITLED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT APRIL 2018 THROUGH MARCH 2019 FOR THE SHIPROCK, NEW MEXICO, DISPOSAL SITE DATED SEPTEMBER 2020 (DOCKET WM-00058)

DATE: January 6, 2021 DISTRIBUTION:

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