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BOMARC Missile Site Plutonium Remediation
WASTE MANAGEMENT, TRANSPORTATION, AND DISPOSAL PLAN
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1.0 SCOPE
1.1 Purpose
The purpose of this document is to establish procedures for the safe on-site management, transportation and disposal of waste and other unwanted materials by Chem-Nuclear Systems, and its subcontractors, from the BOMARC Missile Remediation Project Site at McGuire AFB, New Jersey.
1.2 Applicability
This document is applicable to all material and waste management activities conducted at the BOMARC Missile Remediation Project.
2.0 REFERENCES
2.1 Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, "Transportation",
2.2 Title 40, code of Federal Regulations, "Protection of Environment",
2.3 Title 10, code of Federal Regulations, "Energy",
2.4 Chem-Nuclear Systems, BOMARC Missile Site Remediation Project Health and Safety Plan,
2.5 US Department of Transportation, "USDOT Emergency Response Guidebook" and
2.6 US Army Industrial Operations Command, "Shipping Procedures for Unwanted Radioactive Materials".
3.0 DEFINITIONS
For the purposes of this document, the following definitions are provided for the purpose of clarification:
3.1 Hazardous Material Broker - Any individual who is certified by the US Army Industrial Operations Command to:
3.1.1 Arrange for transportation of the waste,
3.1.2 Collect or consolidate shipments of waste; or,
3.1.3 Process waste in some manner in preparation for final disposition.
NOTE: THIS DEFINITION DOES NOT APPLY TO AN INDIVIDUAL OR ORGANIZATION WHOSE SOLE FUNCTION IS TO TRANSPORT WASTE.
3.2 Low Level Radioactive Waste Compact - A group of states who have formed a compact, as defined by the Federal Low Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act, for the purpose of managing disposal of low level radioactive waste within the compact states.
3.3 Disposal Site - For the purposes of this procedure, any facility licensed for the purpose of disposing of low level radioactive waste, NORM and/or mixed waste.
3.4 Disposer - The site which receives radioactive or hazardous waste for disposal.
3.5 Envirocare of Utah - The Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM)/Mixed Waste/Low Level Radioactive Waste disposal facility, owned and operated by Envirocare of Utah, Inc., located in Tooele County, Utah.
3.6 Exclusive Use (also referred to in other regulations as ``sole use'' or ``full load'') means sole use by a single consignor of a conveyance for which all initial, intermediate, and final loading and unloading are carried out in accordance with the direction of the consignor or consignee. The consignor and the carrier must ensure that any loading or unloading is performed by personnel having radiological training and resources appropriate for safe handling of the consignment. The consignor must issue specific instructions in writing, for maintenance of exclusive use shipment controls, and include them with the shipping paper information provided to the carrier by the consignor.
3.7 Hazardous Materials - Any material which is determined by the Secretary of Transportation of the United States, to present a hazard when transported in commerce.
3.8 Hazardous Waste - Any waste which is defined as such by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) under 40 CFR 261.
3.9 Low Level Radioactive Waste - Wastes containing source, special nuclear, or byproduct material which is acceptable for disposal at a low-level radioactive waste disposal facility.
3.10 Low Specific Activity (LSA) Material - LSA material means Class 7 (radioactive) material with limited specific activity which satisfies the descriptions and limits set forth below. Shielding materials surrounding the LSA material may not be considered in determining the estimated average specific activity of the package contents. LSA material must be in one of three groups:
3.10.1 LSA-I
(i) Ores containing only naturally occurring radionuclides (e.g., uranium, thorium) and uranium or thorium concentrates of such ores; or
(ii) Solid unirradiated natural uranium or depleted uranium or natural thorium or their solid or liquid compounds or mixtures; or
(iii) Class 7 (radioactive) material, other than fissile material, for which the A2 value is unlimited; or
(iv) Mill tailings, contaminated earth, concrete, rubble, other debris, and activated material in which the Class 7 (radioactive) material is essentially uniformly distributed and the average specific activity does not exceed 10-6A2/g.
3.10.2 LSA-II
(i) Water with tritium concentration up to 0.8 Terabecquerel/liter (20.0 Ci/liter); or
(ii) Material in which the Class 7 (radioactive) material is distributed throughout and the average specific activity does not exceed 10-4 A2/g for solids and gases, and 10-5A2/g for liquids.
3.10.3 LSA-III
Solids (e.g., consolidated wastes, activated materials) that meet the requirements of §173.468 and which:
(i) The Class 7 (radioactive) material is distributed throughout a solid or a collection of solid objects, or is essentially uniformly distributed in a solid compact binding agent (such as concrete, bitumen, ceramic, etc.); and
(ii) The Class 7 (radioactive) material is relatively insoluble, or it is intrinsically contained in a relatively insoluble material, so that, even under loss of packaging, the loss of Class 7 (radioactive) material per package by leaching when placed in water for seven days would not exceed 0.1 A2; and
(iii) The average specific activity of the solid does not exceed 2 x 10-3A2/g.
Note: A2 for Plutonium 239 and 240 is 5.41 x 10-3 Curies.
3.11 Mixed Waste - Wastes containing materials which are, by definition, radioactive waste as defined by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USNRC) and hazardous waste as defined by the USEPA.
3.12 NORM Waste - Wastes which contain only naturally occurring or accelerator produced radioactive materials. These materials are regulated by state law and are not low level radioactive waste.
3.13 Radioactive Material - Any material having a specific activity greater than 70 Bq per gram or 0.002 microcurie per gram (2,000 pCi/g).
3.14 Surface Contaminated Object (SCO) - A solid object which is not itself radioactive but which has Class 7 (radioactive) material distributed on any of its surfaces. SCO must be in one of two groups with surface activity not exceeding the following limits:
3.14.1 SCO-I - A solid object on which:
(i) The non-fixed contamination on the accessible surface averaged over 300 cm2 (or the area of the surface if less than 300 cm2) does not exceed 4 Bq/cm2 (10-4 microcurie/cm2) for beta and gamma and low toxicity alpha emitters, or 0.4 Bq/cm2 (10-5 microcurie/cm2) for alpha emitters;
(ii) The fixed contamination on the accessible surface averaged over 300 cm2 (or the area of the surface if less than 300 cm2) does not exceed 4 x 104 Bq/cm2 (1.0 microcurie/cm2) for beta and gamma and low toxicity alpha emitters, or 4 x 103 Bq/cm2 (0.1 microcurie/cm2) for all other alpha emitters; and;
(iii) The non-fixed contamination plus the fixed contamination on the inaccessible surface averaged over 300 cm2 (or the area of the surface if less than 300 cm2) does not exceed 4 x 104 Bq/cm2 (1 microcurie/cm2) for beta and gamma and low toxicity alpha emitters, or 4 x 103 Bq/cm2 (0.1 microcurie/cm2) for all other alpha emitters.
3.14.2 SCO-II - A solid object on which the limits for SCO-I are exceeded and on which:
(i) The non-fixed contamination on the accessible surface averaged over 300 cm2 (or the area of the surface if less than 300 cm2) does not exceed 400 Bq/cm2 (10-2 microcurie/cm2) for beta and gamma and low toxicity alpha emitters or 40 Bq/cm2 (10-3 microcurie/cm2) for all other alpha emitters;
(ii) The fixed contamination on the accessible surface averaged over 300 cm2 (or the area of the surface if less than 300 cm2) does not exceed 8 x 105 Bq/cm2 (20 microcurie/cm2) for beta and gamma and low toxicity alpha emitters, or 8 x 104 Bq/cm2 (2 microcuries/cm2) for all other alpha emitters; and;
(iii) The non-fixed contamination plus the fixed contamination on the inaccessible surface averaged over 300 cm2 (or the area of the surface if less than 300 cm2) does not exceed 8 x 105 Bq/cm2 (20 microcuries/cm2) for beta and gamma and low toxicity alpha emitters, or 8 x 104 Bq/cm2 (2 microcuries/cm2) for all other alpha emitters.
3.15 TSD Facility - A Treatment, Storage, or Disposal Facility as defined by the USEPA in accordance with Reference 2.2.
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