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(WESDV) 16 January 1987Safety and Occupational Health Office.

SUBJECT: Additional Information Requested for Renewal of Nuclear RegulatoryCommission (NRC) Byproduct Material License No. 23-01544-10

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si1. Reference is made to your letter dated 31 October 1986, requesting additionalinformation for the renewal of NRC License No. 23-01544-10. Refer to mail controlnumber 51269.

2. Shown below is the requested information:

a. C-14 will not be used at Eau Galle Reservoir in Wisconsin. Please removej it from item 6 and enclosure 13.

b. The licensed material shall be used by, or under the supervision ofDouglas Gunnison, Charles R. Lee, John W. Barko, Bobby L. Folsom, Jr., or Rex Chea.Billy R. Sullivan, Dennis L. Bean, and Ann B. Strong will use or supervise the use

r of nickel 63, gas chromatographs. See Ann B. Strong's training and experience'

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c. Radiation Detection instruments (see encl 2).

d. Enclosure 3 is our procedures for safely opening packages containingradioactive material.

e. All shipments of radioactive material will be packaged and/or shipped inaccordance with applicable DOT regulations.

f. Any radioactive waste or unwanted radios.etive material that WES willgenerate will be disposed of under the direction of U.S. Army AMCCOM, AMSMC-CF,

j Rock Island, IL 61299-6000. AMCCOM will advise WES how to properly package and! label the radioactive material and where to ship the material.

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STRONG, ANN B., SUPERVISORY CHEMIST

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1981-Present Chief, Analytical Laboratory Group, G$r13USAE Waterways Experiment Station

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1979-1980 Physical Scientist, GS-12;

USAE Waterways Experiment Station

| 1976-1979 Chief, Monitoring and Analytical Services , GS-13! USEPA - Eastern Lt.wironmental Radiation Facility|

1971-1976 Chief, Analytical Services , GS-12'

USEPA - Eastern Environmental Radiation Facility! 1970-1971 Supervisor, Environmental Analysis Unit, GS-11

USEPA - Eastern Environmental Radiation Facility1966-1970

!Supervisor, Milk Section GS-09,

USPHA - Southeastern Radiological Health Lab

1962-1966 Chemist, GS-07

USPHS - Southeastern Radiological Health Lab

MAJOR PROJECTS

' Project Of ficer for EPA's Environmental Radiation Ambient MonitoringSyetem (EPA's nationwide monitoring program for radiation).

Supervised the EPA-ORP Analytical Laboratory, including radiochemical1aboratory functions and radiation counting factiities.

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Consultant for radioanalytical procedures adopted for compliance withthe Safe Drinking Water Act and the Resource Conservation andRecovery Act.

Provided analytical data to be used in setting radiation standardsI for the Clean Air Act.

Developed procedures for determining stable elements in environmentalsampics by flame atomization techniques.

| Project Officer for determining radionuclides in human bone.

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Environmental Laboratory, USAE/WES.

Prepared basic quality assurance program for Lower Mississippi ValleyDivision-Corps of Engineers (in review) .

Served as Acting Chief, Analytical Laboratory Group, December 1980 throughJune 1981.

Chief, Analytical Laboratory Group, 1981-present . Supervised the chemicalanalysis of all sampics for the Environmental Laboratory.

MEMBERSHIPS

International Radiation Protection Association -r'Health Physics Society

Alabama Chapter of Health Physics Society (secrgtary--two terms)National Subcommittee on Detection of Changes in Environmental LevelsPhi Theta Kappa Honor SocietyNational Committee to review and revise National Interim Primary Drinking

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Who's Who in the South and Southwest - 1980Who's who in Technology Today - 1980

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Strong, Ann B. , Porter, Charles R. , Carter, Melvin W. , and Wilson,Edward F. " Localization of Fallout in United States from May1966 Chinese Nuclear Test," Public Health Reports, Vol 82,No. 6, June 1967.

Strong, Ann B., Rehnberg, Georgia L., and Moss, Ursula R. " Determinationof Strontium in Environmental Media," Talanta, Vol 15, No. 1, 1968.

Rehnberg, Georgia L., Strong, Ann B., Porter, Charles R., and CarterMelvin W. " Levels of Stab]c Strontium in Milk and the Total Diet,"Environmental Science and Technolony, Vol 3, No. 2, February 1969.

Butler, F. E., Lieberman, R., Strong, A. B., Moss, U. R. " Sampling andAnalysis of Soils for Plutonium," Proceedings of the EnvironmentalPlutonium Symposium, Los Alamos, NM, August 4-5, 1971.

Strong, Ann B., Porter, Charles R., Kahn, B. " Stable Strontium: CalciumRatios in U. S. Bone and Total Diet Samples," Second InternationniConference on Strontium Metabolism, USAEC Series CONF 720818, GlasgowStrontian, Great Britian, August 16-19, 1972.

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Strong, Ann B. and Brooks, Imogene B. " Tritium in Surface Waters Affectedby Nuclear Facilities," Proceedings of the International Conference on.Radiation Effects and Tritium Technology for Fusion Reactors, 3 Volumes,-October 1-5, 1975, Gatlinburg, TN.

Strong, Ann B. , , Smith, J. Michael, and Johnson, Raymond H. , Jr.' " EPA ">Assessment of Fallout in the United States from Atmospheric Nuclear Y ' ,.

- Testing on September 26 and November 17, 1976, by the People's Republic-of China," EPA 520/5-77-002, August 1977.

Smith, J. Michael, Broadway, Jon A., and Strong, Ann B. " United States-Population Dose Estimates of Iodine-131 in the Thyriod After theChinese Atmospheric Nuclear Weapons Tests," Science, Vol 200, April 7,1978.

Blanchard, R. L., Strong, A. B., Lieberman, R., and Porter, C. R. "TheEastern Environmental Radiation Facility's Participation in Inter-laboratory Comparisons of Environmental Sample Analyses," 'ORP/EERF-79-2, March 1979.

Broadway, J. A., and Strong A. B. " Population Dose and Health ImpactEstimates Calculated from Radionuclides in' Human Bone," Submittedto Science for publication.

Broadway, J. A. and Strong, A. B. " Radionuclides in Human Bone (1972-1975)with Estimates of Population Dose and Health Impact. USEPA Report (tobe published) . *

Strong, Ann B. " Radiological Procedures for Environmental Samples," USEPATechnical Report (to be published).

Eicholz, G. G., Desrosiers, A. E., Kahn, B., Strong, A., Wakamo, C. L.,Wilkie, W. H., and Williams, E. F. " Detection of Changes in Environ-mental Levels Due to Nuclear Power Plants," Upgrading EnvironmentalRadiation Data, EPA 520/1-80-012, August 1980.

PRESENTATIONS,

" Evaluation of Rapid Field Method for the Collection of Radionuclides fromMilk," presented at the Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society,Chicago, IL, June 28-July 2, 1970.

" Radiological Surveillance Around a Nuclear Power Barge in a Fresh WaterLake," presented at the annual meeting of the Health Physics Society,Las Vegas, NV, June 12-16, 1972.

" Environmental Radiation Ambient Monitoring System," presented at EPASymposium, Las Vegas, Nevada, February, 1973.

"Off-Site Plutonium Surveillance in the Cape Kennedy Environs," presentedat the annual meeting of the Health Physics Society, June 12-16, 1972.

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"The Distribution of Fallout in the United States from.the Chinese NuclearTests of September 26 and November 17, 1976, as Observed _ by the ERAM),'.''presented at the annual meeting of the Health Physics Society, July 3L8', c1977, Atlanta, GA.

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(1) RADIATION DETECTION INSTRUMENTS

TYPE OF MANUFACTURER'S MODEL NUMBER RADIATION SENSITIVITY WINDOWINSTRUMENT NAME . NO . AVAILABLE DETECTED RANGE THICKNESS

2Geiger Counter Eberline E-500 B ~, 2 Beta and 0-2000 30 mg/cmInstrument Corp. Gamma Milliroentgens/IIR

2R::dir emeter Northeastern IM-173/ Beta and 0-500 30 mg/cmEngineering, Inc. PDR-27L 1 Gamma Milliroetgens/IIR

Portable Eberline PAC-LSAG 1 Alpha Counts / minute 0.5 mg/cm2Scintillation Instrument Corp.Alpha Counter

Liquid Beckman .LS-100C' .1 Alpha, Beta,Scintillation Instruments, Inc. and GammaCounter

2Ceigsr Counter Eberline ESP-1 1 Beta and 0-200 30 mg/cmInstrument Corp. Gamma Millroentgens/IIR

(2) The E-500B, IM-173/PDR 27L, PAC-ISAG, and ESP-1 meters are calibrated every three months by:U. S. Army TMDE Support CenterRedstone ArsenalATTN: AMXTM-CW-RSRedstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5400

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Instruments in the calibration process. They are listed below.

MANUFACTURER ANDELEMENT AND MASS NUMBER MODEL NUMBER ACTIVITY

Carbon 14 Amersham (0.02mc(30,200 DPM)

Carbon 14 Polymer Amersham 0.06mc-

Carbon 14 Polymer Amersham 0.6mc

Phenol (C-14) Amersham 50mc

- Quenche Standards Set flydrogen 3 Amersham 1.87mc(591,000 DPM)

Unquenched Standards, Hydrogen 3 Amersham (0.07mc(88,000 DPM)

Calibration Disc, Cesium-137 New England Nuclear 1.19 mc

Calibration Disc, Cobalt 60 New England Nuclear 1.13 mc

Quenched Standa;.s, Carbon 14 New England Nuclear 6 vials, 0.018mceach vial

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CONTAIN1NG' RAD 10 ACTIVE MATERIAL

1. Packages containing radioactive material will be monitored for surfacecontamination and external radiation levels within three (3) hours afterreceipt if received during working hours or within 18 hours if received afterworking hours by the Radiation Protection Officer (RPO). If external radiationlevels exceed 200 MR/HR at the package surface or 10 MR/HR at one meter, theNRC Regional Office will be notified.

2. The following additional procedures for opening packages will be carried out:

Wear gloves to prevent hand contamination.a.

b. Visually inspect packages for any sign of damage.

Measure radiation levels at package surface and at ene meter. If levelsc.exceed 200 MR/HR at surface and/or 10 MR/HR at one meter, the NRC Regional Officewill be notified.

d. Open the package with the following precautionary steps:

(1) Open the outer package (following manufacturer's directions, ifsupplied) and remove packing slip.

(2) Open inner package and verify that contents agree with those onpacking slip.

(3) Check integrity of final source container (i.e., inspect for breakageof seals or vials, loss of liquid, and discoloration of packaging material).

(4) Check also that shipment does not exceed possession limits.

Wipe external surface of final source container and remove wipe to lowi e.

background area. Assay the wipe and record amount of removable radioactivity2(e.g., uCi/100 cm , etc.). Check wipes with a thin-end window G-M survey meter,

and take precautions against the spread of contamination as necessary.

f. Monitor the packing material and packages for contamination before discarding.

(1) If contaminated, treat as radioactive waste.

(2) If not contaminated, obliterate radiation labels before discardingin regular trash.

3. Maintain records of the results of checking each package.

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