Hey Jeremy, one option that may help you is embodied in the NRC HP Position
Papers #189 and 190. They basically state a plant can send samples with exempt
quantities of byproduct material to an unlicensed lab if certain conditions are
met (that are easy).
Then you can employ a standard release using smears and frisk and a SAM to
release samples without the whole environmental LLD requirement.
Best to incorporate the guidance in a procedure.
Eric Goldin, CHP
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From: "Bebb, Jeremy L." <[email protected]>
Date: 05/23/2016 11:40 AM (GMT-08:00)
To: "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]>
Subject: [powernet] Offsite Release Question
What is you site’s process for releasing loose solids and liquids that are not
considered bulk releases? At CNS we count all loose solids and liquids on our
gamma spec system to environmental LLDs using a calibrated 2000 ml geometry.
This process can be cumbersome especially when some of our system oil samples
are only 100 mL samples. In that scenario we pull an additional 2000 ml sample
so we can count it on our gamma spec system at the appropriate geometry. If
anyone has done a study
or written a procedure for utilizing a SAM, tool monitor, or other
instrumentation for samples less than 2000 ml and would like share it with me,
I would appreciate it.
Thanks,
Jeremy Bebb
Staff Health Physicist
Cooper Nuclear Station
402 825-5026
