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Salmon River Uranium Development
Site; Notice of Completion of
Remediation at Salmon River Uranium
Development Site, Near North Fork, ID
Notice of completion of
remediation at the Salmon River
Uranium Development Site, near North
Fork, Idaho.
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is noticing the
completion of remediation activities at
the Salmon River Uranium
Development Site, near North Fork,
Idaho.
Background: The U.S. Atomic Energy
Commission (AEC) issued Source
Material License P–4001 to Salmon
River Uranium Development, Inc.
(SRUD) on October 10, 1958. This
license authorized SRUD to possess and
transfer source material. On March 30,
1959, the AEC issued Source Material
License No. R–0230 to SRUD. This
license authorized the receipt and
possession of source material for
processing. Source Material License No.
R–0230 expired on June 30, 1959 and
Source Material License No. P–4001
expired on October 31, 1959.
Both uranium and thorium ores were
processed at the site. Processing of
source material occurred at two separate
times, the late-1950s and the late-1970s.
Processing operations were conducted
in the late-1950s in accordance with the
AEC licenses. During the late-1970s,
pilot plant operations were conducted at
the site to determine the viability of
experimental ore processing techniques.
The SRUD site was placed on the
NRC’s Site Decommissioning
Management Plan (SDMP) list in 1994.
In May 2001, NRC staff visited the
SRUD site and identified thorium
contamination in the form of partially
processed ore. In 2003, the NRC and the
Oak Ridge Institute for Science and
Education conducted scoping surveys of
the site. During 2004 and 2005, NRC
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staff worked with the Idaho Department
of Environmental Quality and the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
to establish an approach for remediation
of the site.
EPA agreed to perform remediation
activities at the SRUD site in accordance
with the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability
Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9601(14)
and (33). A Removal Action Work Plan
(ADAMS No. ML072880344), which
specified its step-by-step process for
conducting cleanup activities at the
SRUD site, was developed by the EPA
and approved by the NRC.
The EPA’s Removal Action Work Plan
included the removal and disposal of
hazardous chemical and radiological
contaminants that may pose a threat to
workers, public health and welfare, and
the environment. EPA’s radiological
release criteria was based on a
recreational use scenario for the site.
Implementation of the EPA’s work
plan began on October 23, 2007, and
was completed on June 3, 2008.
Contaminated waste material above the
unrestricted release criteria was shipped
to licensed disposal sites. EPA’s work
activities summary report is
documented in the Final Removal
Action Report, dated September 12,
2008 (ADAMS No. ML082590288).
The NRC staff conducted
confirmatory radiological surveys of site
structures and land areas and collected
soil samples for analysis by the NRC’s
independent laboratory contractor to
verify results obtained by EPA.
Confirmatory surveys consisted of
surface scans for alpha, beta and gamma
radiation, direct measurements for total
alpha and beta activity, collection and
analysis of soil samples for thorium and
uranium, and collection of smear
samples for determining removable
radioactivity levels. The survey
information and sample results are
documented in Inspection Reports 040–
03400/07–01 (ADAMS No.
ML080320117) and 040–03400/08–01
(ADAMS No. ML082180190). The NRC
performed an independent dose
assessment using the recreational
scenario employed by the EPA to
evaluate the EPA’s cleanup criteria and
evaluate the condition of the SRUD site.
Based on the considerations discussed
above, the Commission has concluded
that: (1) Radioactive material above
release limits has been properly
disposed; (2) reasonable effort has been
made to eliminate residual radioactive
contamination; and (3) FSSs and
associated documentation demonstrate
that the site is suitable for unrestricted
release in accordance with the criteria
in 10 CFR Part 20, Subpart E. Therefore,
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the Salmon River site near North Fork,
Idaho is suitable for unrestricted use.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Additional relevant information is
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.
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 19th day
of September 2008.
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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Salmon River Uranium Development Site; Notice of Completion of
Remediation at Salmon River Uranium Development Site, Near North Fork,
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ACTION: Notice of completion of remediation at the Salmon River Uranium
Development Site, near North Fork, Idaho.
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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is noticing the
completion of remediation activities at the Salmon River Uranium
Development Site, near North Fork, Idaho.
Background: The U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) issued Source
Material License P-4001 to Salmon River Uranium Development, Inc.
(SRUD) on October 10, 1958. This license authorized SRUD to possess and
transfer source material. On March 30, 1959, the AEC issued Source
Material License No. R-0230 to SRUD. This license authorized the
receipt and possession of source material for processing. Source
Material License No. R-0230 expired on June 30, 1959 and Source
Material License No. P-4001 expired on October 31, 1959.
Both uranium and thorium ores were processed at the site.
Processing of source material occurred at two separate times, the late-
1950s and the late-1970s. Processing operations were conducted in the
late-1950s in accordance with the AEC licenses. During the late-1970s,
pilot plant operations were conducted at the site to determine the
viability of experimental ore processing techniques.
The SRUD site was placed on the NRC's Site Decommissioning
Management Plan (SDMP) list in 1994. In May 2001, NRC staff visited the
SRUD site and identified thorium contamination in the form of partially
processed ore. In 2003, the NRC and the Oak Ridge Institute for Science
and Education conducted scoping surveys of the site. During 2004 and
2005, NRC staff worked with the Idaho Department of Environmental
Quality and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish
an approach for remediation of the site.
EPA agreed to perform remediation activities at the SRUD site in
accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation
and Liability Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9601(14) and (33). A Removal
Action Work Plan (ADAMS No. ML072880344), which specified its step-by-
step process for conducting cleanup activities at the SRUD site, was
developed by the EPA and approved by the NRC.
The EPA's Removal Action Work Plan included the removal and
disposal of hazardous chemical and radiological contaminants that may
pose a threat to workers, public health and welfare, and the
environment. EPA's radiological release criteria was based on a
recreational use scenario for the site.
Implementation of the EPA's work plan began on October 23, 2007,
and was completed on June 3, 2008. Contaminated waste material above
the unrestricted release criteria was shipped to licensed disposal
sites. EPA's work activities summary report is documented in the Final
Removal Action Report, dated September 12, 2008 (ADAMS No.
ML082590288).
The NRC staff conducted confirmatory radiological surveys of site
structures and land areas and collected soil samples for analysis by
the NRC's independent laboratory contractor to verify results obtained
by EPA. Confirmatory surveys consisted of surface scans for alpha, beta
and gamma radiation, direct measurements for total alpha and beta
activity, collection and analysis of soil samples for thorium and
uranium, and collection of smear samples for determining removable
radioactivity levels. The survey information and sample results are
documented in Inspection Reports 040-03400/07-01 (ADAMS No.
ML080320117) and 040-03400/08-01 (ADAMS No. ML082180190). The NRC
performed an independent dose assessment using the recreational
scenario employed by the EPA to evaluate the EPA's cleanup criteria and
evaluate the condition of the SRUD site.
Based on the considerations discussed above, the Commission has
concluded that: (1) Radioactive material above release limits has been
properly disposed; (2) reasonable effort has been made to eliminate
residual radioactive contamination; and (3) FSSs and associated
documentation demonstrate that the site is suitable for unrestricted
release in accordance with the criteria in 10 CFR Part 20, Subpart E.
Therefore,
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the Salmon River site near North Fork, Idaho is suitable for
unrestricted use.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Additional relevant information is
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. 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 19th day of September 2008.
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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