Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation; Notice of Completion of Decommissioning of Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation Site, Tulsa, OK, 1032-1033 [E7-73]
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Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical
Corporation; Notice of Completion of
Decommissioning of Kaiser Aluminum
& Chemical Corporation Site, Tulsa,
OK
Notice of Completion of
Decommissioning of the Kaiser
Aluminum & Chemical Corporation
(Kaiser) Tulsa Site.
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ACTION:
The Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is noticing the
completion of decommissioning
activities at the Kaiser Tulsa Site located
in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
SUMMARY:
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Background
The Kaiser plant in Tulsa, Oklahoma,
was built by the Standard Magnesium
Corporation (SMC) in the early to mid1950s to manufacture magnesium
products. SMC received a source
materials license from the Atomic
Energy Commission (AEC) in March
1958, authorizing possession and title to
magnesium-thorium alloy with up to 4
percent thorium content for processing.
Scrap magnesium-thorium alloy was
smelted along with other magnesium
materials to recover the magnesium.
Thorium alloy material comprised a
small fraction of the total magnesium
refined on site. Kaiser purchased the
facility in 1964. Kaiser’s license was
terminated in 1971, by the AEC at
Kaiser’s request.
The Kaiser facility was placed on the
Site Decommissioning Management
Plan (SDMP) list in 1994, after the NRC
detected surface contamination on, and
adjacent to, the Kaiser property in 1993.
Kaiser elected to remediate the site in
two phases.
In Phase 1, Kaiser remediated the land
adjacent to the Kaiser property. In Phase
2, Kaiser remediated the Kaiser property
itself.
Kaiser conducted off-site remediation
activities from October 2000, through
May 2001. Remediation activities
primarily involved excavating affected
soil and moving it onto Kaiser’s
property. A final status survey (FSS)
was performed following completion of
remediation/excavation in each survey
unit to demonstrate that postremediation radiological conditions
satisfied the SDMP Action Plan criteria
for unrestricted release as specified in
the Phase 1 Decommissioning Plan (DP).
Following successful remediation,
excavations were backfilled. In March
2002, NRC informed Kaiser that the
adjacent land areas met NRC’s criteria
for unrestricted release.
Kaiser submitted the Phase 2 DP on
May 25, 2001, [with revisions on May
31, 2003, October 6, 2003, May 5, 2005,
September 8, 2005 and March 21, 2006]
and DP Addendum on May 9, 2002,
with a revision on May 31, 2003. NRC
approved these documents on June 8,
2003, January 7, 2004, June 22, 2005,
and October 3, 2005.
Although Kaiser is not a licensee, it
agreed to perform remediation activities
in accordance with 10 CFR Part 40.
Kaiser conducted decommissioning
activities at the site in accordance with
its approved DP from June 2003 to June
2006. In accordance with the DP, Kaiser
conducted FSSs to demonstrate that the
facility and site meet the criteria for
unrestricted release as defined it its DP.
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Details of the FSS results were
submitted to the NRC in six separate
FSS reports (FSSRs). On September 14,
2006, Kaiser notified NRC that it had
completed decommissioning and FSSs
of the Tulsa, Oklahoma site, and that the
FSSs demonstrate that the site meets the
criteria for decommissioning and release
for unrestricted use.
NRC conducted a number of
independent confirmatory surveys to
verify FSS results obtained by Kaiser.
Confirmatory surveys consisted of
surface scans for beta and gamma
radiation, direct measurements for total
beta activity, collection and analysis of
soil samples for thorium, and collection
of smear samples for determining
removable radioactivity levels.
The Commission has concluded,
based on the considerations discussed
above, that: (1) Radioactive material
above release limits has been properly
disposed; (2) reasonable effort has been
made to eliminate residual radioactive
contamination; (3) submitted FSSRs and
associated documentation, demonstrate
that the facility and site are suitable for
release in accordance with the criteria
for decommissioning in 10 CFR Part 20,
Subpart E; and (4) records required by
10 CFR 40.61(d) and (f) have been
received. Therefore, the Kaiser Tulsa
Site is suitable for unrestricted release.
See
the letter dated September 14, 2006, and
the Safety Evaluation Report dated
December 29, 2006, available for public
inspection at the Commission’s Public
Document Room (PDR), located at One
White Flint North, Public File Area O1
F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor),
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Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation; Notice of Completion of
Decommissioning of Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation Site, Tulsa,
OK
ACTION: Notice of Completion of Decommissioning of the Kaiser Aluminum
& Chemical Corporation (Kaiser) Tulsa Site.
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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is noticing the
completion of decommissioning activities at the Kaiser Tulsa Site
located in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Background
The Kaiser plant in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was built by the Standard
Magnesium Corporation (SMC) in the early to mid-1950s to manufacture
magnesium products. SMC received a source materials license from the
Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) in March 1958, authorizing possession
and title to magnesium-thorium alloy with up to 4 percent thorium
content for processing. Scrap magnesium-thorium alloy was smelted along
with other magnesium materials to recover the magnesium. Thorium alloy
material comprised a small fraction of the total magnesium refined on
site. Kaiser purchased the facility in 1964. Kaiser's license was
terminated in 1971, by the AEC at Kaiser's request.
The Kaiser facility was placed on the Site Decommissioning
Management Plan (SDMP) list in 1994, after the NRC detected surface
contamination on, and adjacent to, the Kaiser property in 1993. Kaiser
elected to remediate the site in two phases.
In Phase 1, Kaiser remediated the land adjacent to the Kaiser
property. In Phase 2, Kaiser remediated the Kaiser property itself.
Kaiser conducted off-site remediation activities from October 2000,
through May 2001. Remediation activities primarily involved excavating
affected soil and moving it onto Kaiser's property. A final status
survey (FSS) was performed following completion of remediation/
excavation in each survey unit to demonstrate that post-remediation
radiological conditions satisfied the SDMP Action Plan criteria for
unrestricted release as specified in the Phase 1 Decommissioning Plan
(DP). Following successful remediation, excavations were backfilled. In
March 2002, NRC informed Kaiser that the adjacent land areas met NRC's
criteria for unrestricted release.
Kaiser submitted the Phase 2 DP on May 25, 2001, [with revisions on
May 31, 2003, October 6, 2003, May 5, 2005, September 8, 2005 and March
21, 2006] and DP Addendum on May 9, 2002, with a revision on May 31,
2003. NRC approved these documents on June 8, 2003, January 7, 2004,
June 22, 2005, and October 3, 2005.
Although Kaiser is not a licensee, it agreed to perform remediation
activities in accordance with 10 CFR Part 40. Kaiser conducted
decommissioning activities at the site in accordance with its approved
DP from June 2003 to June 2006. In accordance with the DP, Kaiser
conducted FSSs to demonstrate that the facility and site meet the
criteria for unrestricted release as defined it its DP. Details of the
FSS results were submitted to the NRC in six separate FSS reports
(FSSRs). On September 14, 2006, Kaiser notified NRC that it had
completed decommissioning and FSSs of the Tulsa, Oklahoma site, and
that the FSSs demonstrate that the site meets the criteria for
decommissioning and release for unrestricted use.
NRC conducted a number of independent confirmatory surveys to
verify FSS results obtained by Kaiser. Confirmatory surveys consisted
of surface scans for beta and gamma radiation, direct measurements for
total beta activity, collection and analysis of soil samples for
thorium, and collection of smear samples for determining removable
radioactivity levels.
The Commission has concluded, based on the considerations discussed
above, that: (1) Radioactive material above release limits has been
properly disposed; (2) reasonable effort has been made to eliminate
residual radioactive contamination; (3) submitted FSSRs and associated
documentation, demonstrate that the facility and site are suitable for
release in accordance with the criteria for decommissioning in 10 CFR
Part 20, Subpart E; and (4) records required by 10 CFR 40.61(d) and (f)
have been received. Therefore, the Kaiser Tulsa Site is suitable for
unrestricted release.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: See the letter dated September 14,
2006, and the Safety Evaluation Report dated December 29, 2006,
available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document
Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, Public File Area O1 F21,
11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland. Publicly
available records will be accessible electronically from the Agency-
wide Documents Access and Management System's (ADAMS) Public Electronic
Reading Room on the Internet at the NRC Web site, https://www.nrc.gov/
reading-rm/adams.html (ADAMS Accession Nos. ML062700322, and
ML062360251).
Persons who do not have access to ADAMS or who encounter problems
in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, should contact the NRC PDR
Reference staff by telephone at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737 or by e-
mail to pdr@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 29th day of December, 2006.
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For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Keith I. McConnell,
Deputy Director, Decommissioning and Uranium Recovery Licensing
Directorate, Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection,
Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management
Programs.
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