ML16152A504
| ML16152A504 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Oconee  |
| Issue date: | 10/28/1985 |
| From: | Lainas G Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Tucker H DUKE POWER CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8511070261 | |
| Download: ML16152A504 (4) | |
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October 28, 1985 o
Dockets Nos.*50-269, 50-270 and 50-287 Mr. Hal B. Tucker Vice President - Nuclear Production Duke Power Company P. 0. Box 33189 422 South Church Street Charlotte, North Carolina 28242
Dear Mr. Tucker:
SUBJECT:
DISPOSAL OF CONTAMINATED SAND WITHIN COMPANY CONTROLLED AREA Re:
Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2 and 3 By letter dated May 29, 1984, you requested NRC approval to dispose of contaminated sand in trenches in a proposed burial site within the company controlled area.
The NRC retains jurisdiction only as to the handling of the waste at the licensee's site under 10 CFR 150.15(a).
The disposal by burial of the waste is subject to approval by the State of South Carolina under the Agreement with the NRC pursuant to Section 274b of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and 10 CFR Part 150.
In response to your request, we approve your procedures to the extent that they involve the handling of the contaminated sand.
Our approval is subject to the following condition: Analysis of each batch of waste sand shall be completed and documented, confirming that its average radionuclide concentration is less than 150 picocuries per gram, before moving it to the burial location. Further, in our opinion, resulting from our review of the proposal for disposal, the following conditions should be observed:
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No batch of waste sand should be buried if the sum of the average activity concentrations of Cesium-134, Cesium-137, Cobalt-58, Cobalt-60 and Manganese-54 exceeds 150 picocuries per gram.
- 2. Disposal at the Oconee Nuclear Station by this procedure should be limited to 1500 cubic feet of sand per year.
- 3. Measures should be taken to prevent removal of the sand from the burial location for unauthorized purposes, e.g., sand trucked to the burial location shall be promptly poured in the trench and promptly covered with soil.
With respect to the burial of the contaminated sand, permission must be issued by the State of South Carolina. The Bureau of Radiological Health is the State agency for this purpose. By copy of this letter, the Bureau is being advised of our findings and conclusions. Other State and local regulatory agencies may have some jurisdiction in this area.
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-2 Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.32, the Commission has determined that this action will have no significant impact on the environment (50FR 43043).
Sincerely, Gus C. Lainas, Assistant Director for Operating Reactors Division of Licensing cc:
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Dockets Nos. 50-269, 50-270 and 50-287 Mr. Hal B. Tucker Vice President - Nuclear Production Duke Power Company P. 0. Box 33189 422 South Church Street Charlotte, North Carolina 28242
Dear Mr. Tucker:
SUBJECT:
DISPOSAL OF CONTAMINATED SAND WITHIN COMPANY CONTROLLED AREA Re:
Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2 and 3 Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.119, the Commission has requested the Office of the Federal Register to publish the enclosed "Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact."
This notice is associated with your submittal of May 29, 1984, requesting approval to dispose of contaminated sand in trenches on a proposed site within the company controlled area.
Sincerely, Helen Nicolaras, Project Manager Operating Reactors Branch #4 Division of Licensing
Enclosure:
Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact cc w/enclosure:
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.Mr. H. B. Tucker Oconee Nuclear Station Duke Power Company Units Nos. 1, 2 and 3 cc:
Mr. William L. Porter Duke Power Company P. 0. Box 33189 422 South Church Street Charlotte, North Carolina 28242 J. Michael McGarry, III, Esq.
Bishop, Liberman, Cook, Purcell & Reynolds 1200 Seventeenth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036 Mr. Robert B. Borsum Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Power Generation Division Suite 220, 7910 Woodmont Avenue Bethesda, Maryland 20814 Manager, LIS NUS Corporation 2536 Countryside Boulevard Clearwater, Florida 33515 Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Route 2, Box 610 Seneca, South Carolina 29678 Regional Administrator U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 101 Marietta Street, N.W.
Suite 3100 Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Mr. Heyward G. Shealy, Chief Bureau of Radiological Health South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control 2600 Bull Street Columbia, South Carolina 29201 Office of Intergovernmental Relations 116 West Jones Street Raleigh, North Carolina 27603
,Honorable James M. Phinney County Supervisor of Oconee County Walhalla, South Carolina 29621