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(iJ University of Missouri Environmental Health & Safety 180 General Services Building Columbia, MO 65211 PHONE 573-882-7018 FAX 573-882-7940 EMAIL [email protected] WEB ehs.missouri.edu September 25, 2018 Mike LaFranzo Senior Health Physicist Region III - Division of Nuclear Materials and Safety US Nuclear Regulatory Commission 2443 Warrenville Road, Suite 210 Lisle, IL 60532-4352 Re: Response to additional information required to continue amendment review of Pickard Hall Characterization -Reference ML No. 18138A148, Mail Control No. 586692, License No. 24-00513-32, Docket No. 030-02278 Dear Mr. LaFranzo: As requested in the May 1, 2018 decommissioning site visit, please see the attached updated Pickard Hall Site Characterization Plan (SCP) and Pickard Hall Decommissioning Project (PHDP) Radiation Safety Manual (RSM). Revisions to the SCP and PHDP RSM address the NRC's comments from the site visit concerning additional descriptions of radiological airborne controls and monitoring along with further elaboration of the licensee's audit program with regard to quality assurance and quality control monitoring efforts of the contractor while performing work with licensed material. Additionally, MU has included all commitments made in previous requests for additional information into the revised SCP and/or revised RSM. The revisions will supersede any commitments made in prior RAI responses. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at (573) 882-7018. Felicity Beckfield, MS, CHP Radiation Safety Officer cc: Todd Houts, Director, MU Environmental Health & Safety encl: Attachment 1: Pickard Hall Site Characterization Plan Attachment 2: Pickard Hall Decommissioning Project Radiation Safety Manual • Attachment 1: Pickard Hall Site Characterization Plan • • ,, University of Missouri • Pickard Hall Site Characterization Plan Pickard Hall 405 S. Ninth Street Columbia, MO 65211-1420 US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Radioactive Material License 24-00513-32 Revision 2 • (Includes Commitments From NRC RAI Responses) September 25, 2018 Prepared: Chase Project Manager Date: 9-25-18 t'1:2J?!J~Dave Cul Technical Review: ~~~~ Certified Health Physicist Date: 9-25-18 Approved: ~ Radiation Safety Officer Date: ql~{,e, Felicity J. Beckfield • University of Missouri Pickard Hall Revision 2 Site Characterization Plan September 25, 2018 Page i ofv TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................... 6 2.0 FACILITY OPERATING IDSTORY ............................................................................. 7 2.1 History of the Chemistry Department ................... ... .... ............. .... .............................. .... 7 2.2 History of Radium Processing ................. .. ............ .. .. .. ......... ..... .. ............... ..................... 7 2.2.1 Economic Factors Driving Radium Production .. ... .................................................. 8 2.2.2 Business Arrangements with Commercial Entities .................................................. 8 2.2.3 Radium Production Processes ..................................................................... ............. 8 2.2.4 Description of Radium Processing Equipment/Operation ... ...................... ........... ... 9 3.0 FACILITY DESCRIPTION ........................................................................................... 15 3 .1 Site Location and Description ..................... .................................. ... .............................. 15 3 .2 Construction and Renovation History .. .......................................................................... 17 3 .2.1 Initial Construction ............................... .. ...... ................................................. .. ...... 17 3.2.2 1911 Update of Building Electrical .......................... .. ................... .................. .. .. .. 18 3.2.3 1940 Major Renovation .... ................................... ........... .. ......... ............................ 18 3.2.4 1949 Fire and Related Safety Upgrades .............. ...................... .. ............. .......... .... 19 3.2.5 1965 Ventilation Upgrades .............. .............. .. ................... .. ................................. 19 3 .2 .6 1970 Structure Assessment ... ................................................................................. 19 3.2.7 1974 Major Renovation ............................................................................ ............. 19 3.2.8 1987 Roof Work .......................................... .. ............................................. ...... ..... 21 3.2.9 1990 Fume Hood Exhaust Installation ............................................................... .... 21 3 .2.10 1993 Ramp Replacement ................. .. ......................... ................................. ... ... .. .. 21 3 .2.11 1997 Foundation Project.. ............. .. .... ................................................................... 21 3 .2.12 1999 Exterior Renovation ... ............................................ ....................................... 21 3 .3 2014 Building Condition Assessment ................................................................ .. .......... 22 • 3.4 Population Distribution ............................. ...................................... .... ........................... 22 3.5 Current/Future Land Use ................. .............................. ................... .. ........................... 22 3.6 Meteorology and Climatology ... .......... .. ........................................................................ 22 3. 7 Natural Resources ... ... .................................................................................................... 23 3.8 Geology and Hydrology ............. .. .......................................... ................................... ..... 23 4.0 RADIOLOGICAL STATUS ........................................................................................... 27 4.1 Initial Radiological Assessment.. ...... ;...................................... ............ .. .. ..... .. ........... .... 27 4.2 Initial Radiological Assessment Limitations ....... .................................. .. .............. ... .. ... 28 4.3 Contaminated Building Structures and Systems ............................................................ 29 4.4 Soil Contamination .. .. .... ............. .. .. ............ .. ................................................................. 30 5.0 NUCLIDES OF CONCERN ........................................................................................... 31 6.0 OTHERENVIRONMENTALHAZARDS ................................................................... 31 6.1 Asbestos Containing Materials (ACM) ......................................................................... 31 6.2 Lead-Based Paint ............................................................................. .............................. 31 6.3 Mercury ............................................................. ............................ ................................. 31 7.0 UNRESTRICTED RELEASE CRITERIA ................................................................... 32 8.0 DOSE MODELING ......................................................................................................... 32 8.1 Building Structural Surfaces ............. ............................................................................. 32 8.2 Soils ... ...................................................... .. ............................... ..................................... 33 9.0 INVESTIGATION LEVELS .......................................................................................... 33 9.1 Total Surface Activity Investigation Level .............. ...................... .. ... .. ... ........ .............. 34 9.2 Removable Surface Activity Investigation Level .......................................................... 34 9.3 Soils .. ....................................................... .. ................ ..... .. .. ........................................... 35 9.4 Summary oflnvestigation Levels ................................. .. ................. .............................. 35 • 10.0 PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION ............................................... 36 University of Missouri Pickard Hall Revision 2 Site Characterization Plan September 25, 2018 Page ii ofv 10 .1 Environmental Health and Safety Director. ............................................................. ...... 36 I 0.2 Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) ..................................................................................... 36 10 .3 Chase Project Manager (PM) .... .. ................................................................................... 37 10.4 Radiation Control Supervisor (RCS) ... ................................ .......................................... 3 8 10.5 Radiation Control Technicians (RCTs) ......................................................................... 38 10.6 Radiation Workers (RWs) ... .. .. ............ ....................... .................................... ............... 38 11.0 PROJECT TASK MANAGEMENT .............................................................................. 39 11 .1 Radiation Work Permits (RWP) ................. .. .. ...... .. ....................................................... 39 11.2 Survey Packages .. ...... .. ..... .............................