ML20214E397

Forwards Addl Info Re Request for Authorization of Incineration of Low Level Radwaste at West Jefferson Nuclear Sciences Area.Submittal Includes Rev 3 to BCL-1081 App G, Safety-Related Info, Replacing Pages 3-22 & 3-22a

ML20214E397
Person / Time
Site:	07000008
Issue date:	03/10/1986
From:	Toy H Battelle Memorial Institute, COLUMBUS LABORATORIES
To:	Rouse L NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
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, Request for Amendment t SNM-7 Authorization for Incineration of Low-Level Radioactive Waste, Docket No. 70-8 Battelle is pleased to submit the-enclosed additional information to assist NRC on its review of Battelle's request fc authorization of incineration of low-level radioactive waste at the West Jefferson Nuclear Sciences Area. This submission consists of-an addition to our previous submission of BCL-1081, Appendix G, "Safsty Releated Information" on January 3,1986.

The pages replaced are 3-22 and 3-22a; Battelle has identified this information as Revision 3.

For your convenience, four complete copies are enclosed.

If you require any clarifications' ~or hav any additional concerns, please contract me at (614) 879-5228 or Mr. William Zielenbach at (614) 424-7523 (FTS 976-7523).

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3-22 Rev. 1 9/17/84 required to send with the shipment. Selected drums will be smeared to spot check the shipment for external drum contamination; extensive smearing of drums is expected in early operations. Also, any drums with visible damage will be smeared as well as those drums adjacent to it on the truck. After removal of all drums, the interior of the trailer will be surveyed and the trailer bed smeared to~ assure that it is free of contamination before the trailer is released.

As the drums are removed from the truck, they will be transferred to the Drum Storage Area, indicated in Figure 2.2.

Here they will be segregated for storage by activity level into three or more groups. Waste containing liquids will be segrated from dry active waste and stored in the Liquid Waste Storage Area shown in Tigure 2.2.

Identity of the generator will be maintained for both the dry and liquid waste packages.

Any container for which the integrity is suspect due to appearance of the container, the closure, or the seal will be isolated, marked, and subjected to intensive examination.

If the integrity is found to be violated, appropriate means will be employed to provide containment such as placing the container into another package.

These containers will be scheduled into the incinerator for processing at the earliest possible time. The more active waste drums will be stored in the most distant regions of the storage building from the normal traffic paths (see Figure 2.2).

Shielding of the more active waste will be accomplished by distance and intervening drums of lower activity with the option of later constructing temporary or permanent shielding walls if necessary.

Segregation of the dry waste into several activity levels will facilitate mixing the highly active waste with less active waste in the incinerator.

This will tend to distribute the activity more evenly in the ash. Also, segregation of the-liquid waste will facilitate adding this to the dry waste at a more constant rate and, thus, will facilitate more uniform incinerator operation. Maintaining generator identity of the waste will enable each generator's waste to be incinerated in a continuous manner and enable generator identity of the resultant ash to be maintained. This i

0.ev. 3 12/16/85 3-22a procedure will also allow ready identification of the source of ti.c waste in the event unexpected operation conditions occur such as excessive filter-blinding or above normal emission levels.

The drum storage area has a volume capacity of about one month supply of incoming waste for normal incinerator operation. A first in--first.out procedure will be established so that most waste drums or packages will not be l

held in storage more than about one month during normal incinerator operation.

This will be assured by a computerized inventory procedure which will be established so that each package receipt date and storage location is recorded in addition to other data such as generator, package activity, and surface

. radiation level. This inventory management method will be used to ensure that the longest held waste is processed first.

Since the incinerator is part of an experimental program, it is possible that small lots of specially designated waste will be accumulated for experimental purposes; these lots are not expected to be stored for more than six months.

i Waste drums will be removed from storage with the same equipment used for truck unloading and moved to the ground floor of the incinerator building.

The drums will be moved from the ground floor to the top floor by means of a freight elevator.

The drums of waste will be moved to the charging area of the incinerator with a drum cart or motorized lift dolly.

Each drum is lifted and fitted to the incinerato' charging lock with a lifting device which.is part of the incinerator. Once within the charging lock, the drum head is removed in such a way that the exterior of.the drum and the drum head are not exposed to the waste charging chamber.

(This procedure is described in Section 3.1.1).

Af ter the waste has been removed from the drum and the head replaced, the empty drum will be removed from the charging lock.

The head will be resealed to the drum opening.

Before moving the drum from the charging area, the external surfaces will be cleaned as necessary, especially near the drum opening. The drum will be surveyed and smeared before being

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