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t~a'Ync-kr odt wa s- first i'ssued-ces'o T40 n June .2~., 194 frhe9.r -of ore to extract Col'bium.-an alpalum Te

authorizes the pos"sess-ion of thoium.and i.r-aniu:i in natural ..or synthý.ticit:ores up to 30,000 kq of each., The i cense does :not authot..z-6 t.hee"t action of thorium• oruranium fro the- ore.. The i ce se was act.iveuntil October 1985 when processing Af -rsw dIsntud-dthfacility was p.a.... a. .s.. Duri ng a three month--per.od In

197the fac~hty aspeted to Conductt rese-rch arid. assess' the

61ubum -and: TAnta-lum frmTaln-m-s~- -At thie :e'nd' of the . .. .. . . ... ...o .h .7 o -stand

The licersee's atho.riz~idRadiati~oý -Safety Of ficer r epots ý.t-o the.Manager of 'Envir'oraienta'I Affairs, wh o reports:.too the i :.he'toir. S-afety.

*- and Environment. who ;repurt~s to a.the Pi1- .TapV Maer -1h'Patft 1-la er*-reports to a V'ic(- Pros i ('dt,. Tepositio~ps ,-df.'Plant Manager ai~d be-lo -

a'r-e al located- at the:St; -LoU.is facili.ty.,

No apparent, violations- of N AtC requi rer~ents were i denti~fied:.

T'he possý,ssion of -up t2o 30-,000 kilogram Of: -thor-uf id-adirab 1UMr' ea h,-i--nc-i-dent to--the processing "of ores for r ecov e~ring columbium 'and. tantalulmisr authorized by NRC Source Materi~al Lic'ensee( No. S T 874fl1 Thbe: iJc en see . -

submitted:-a letter, dated. January 20. 1993, to INRCj iNSPMS-eu-tnq-.an arniendmpnet to its lic~ens-e for posse~s-ion *of thori-irh -arn& uranium

* incident to decontani~nation and d~eco0MnzSs,-ioning oftjheý faii~. in*.....additin, e~nctlose'd:.with the letter w.as a pros6eq rsceduIl-efor-

subhmitti g..the si-te. ch'aracterization pl.an,. -.e med'o pan addoc'ormniso'i fudigpl an to NM$SS

-M 1i nc k ro4t: S: faci'rjIt.Y atr 3600 North Second: Stee i- ai I~ ;hemicalproces s i ngfac i Iity, of which the litensedq 'ope prations 'r-lcated. atthree areas -of the fac'il ity, Plant S, Plant 6 and e-!ant 7N. -Plan'.t . 6 -and-

SPlant 7N~ a~long w ith several 'other areas -f th fciy're. be;gremediated' un~der -DOU7s--FtJSRP prograrh 0 Panht -5, -th _man proce~s~s i- q '

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ao app ar ent 'tI&adn of qu NRC t~p rents 'wer Aid'nt fi "!e,

:in p n are instructed -in radt hn safetyby the- RO:: p r orý-toeontsrifng thýe bw udi hng:s. PersonnIel enter t he butil4d2trflsj,1n frequ e nti I.

'tO ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~r pfrwma-tencatrpar. tnt r-t -perspM'&rie who pertformved-chn u atyt esli, t'ratned i'k stt iI s pec~ifijc -rul e and operated

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sfrtl. -orthe mdnrdi:ring pe r)h of -0Ju iy 11 '992} Ito Ottobbr 17, -

fetik e-cc 4Etdrs: ranq~defronl0 3 to Iflý' .p)ico utri'e s per11 _t Cier'd0 The6aimur re I n f1_04Zi/l was .at location 1, 'thelirt fl166r NF-~ UOR dryer. Thi A-pYiatloPtrdof -the

V a1bi~e~tCl JG oIm n I- For the, peri'od,-of-Oo 5, 1991Lthr~ough October7_-7,, 1:9 9 2 n rning ye~r-I aveag foi- of the 21 mrhi onttting-,iocationsri-i'n foo I-(,ia ngýd f roili 6 t o -88 iijc ro roenht~j9en pe r hgutr -(4R/h r). The

3 i'axtfou rfead~ins of 88p fhr is loca'ted At the- south boundary - -buildi~ng11 A5 s~I Asumvnsg cont inuu oc ant-y, an indiv i~al' would .receive

7 80tg rnil-trem Oper ytar, which is well below the- 500mlIi n pryr'tia xunum 0e~~r to the. -mbner ofthpbic

/ Oapaen viol'atb J..0;T NH reqP., 6eien5; O~rt o-dlit i4

totjr of P1n S jI býd"s rgaae 'ht t-h-imf ortside Pof _theý biL~Irare( &Psýt'edt"Caut-ion gf~ 1ot N't'tl and djddit6na1 sIgns wa rn-,th at --

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msePe had two. shiprientspof rad ioact~ive waste ~during 1.992. 1h e-mnmt ,orsiýsxted of ~oneŽ cogta ine< fi~l Ied wi th empt ydrtpims

"*td -th thor-yiin and urbtium, marked as Radioacttive L:Sk MidA1ri'oacti've'ste> tomp~attC 4h'e kccond sh'p-rhent cot~isted uo

s oif thor ium n~ urnimA onttstc, nn metiprnent ~ ~ c~ aswamaedRadioactive 'ISA aid-W~assent ttoan

zted radioactive waste disposal fa'ci-lity. From, a rev ew ofg records it-lwas determined thiat shiipping papers and mnyaffstsc~y iphscritffd-the. waste and-were Filled ou1iC'h~accotdtnte witheuit oftTransport'at on rsqu3Wjlflr Si 439ý CR.

rentA Violations Of NRC requirement's We're idetItified.

denrt ýM(-caSurements

r-adWat'ion s"urýey~s were- cqnducted using a Victoreen Model 1,90e surv~$ietey Nalm Nbmtr 535, with, a pan-cake 6-41-detectoriith ib rsteonulý_ 2,9,t '19ý Svys were conducte~d atAVtflv and(

n -hpfir'týJor-of ~ling 238. In addhttitn wipes' foriealjsba and'bt a act iv ity 'wo-re cdllTected i n A{ha -ate~a- of d itrev

(Pm1 aueens See at~ida(hwý_nt A ifor- the l ocationl of directis and 'wtýpes, , 1he maxi'nwn direct reading observed wa-s Z2-'200umnla and-was an -4solated' area less than 100 Ithe Thaxi}mum wi4ý

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