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S -- RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL SOL 53SBNB6C9278 DUE 091696 POC Linda Shariati This is a modification to the Commerce Business Daily (CBD) announcement which was published on August 12, 1996 (page 15) for radioactive waste disposal and the modification which was published on August 28, 1996 (page 9). The original CBD was published as a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6. The solicitation number is 53SBNB6C9278. The modification published on August 28, 1996 extended the date that responses are due. This modification is to identify questions which were received regarding this requirement and provide all interested parties with the questions and the responses. Question 1: For each individual article or disposal package, the following minimum information is desired - Present packaging type, methodology and specification. Answer 1: All packages shall be strong, tight containers, i.e.: Contractor's supplied Sealand container or equivalent. Shipments will be LSA, exclusive use. Question 2: For each individual article or disposal package, the following minimum information is desired - Individual radio-isotopes and activities per isotope (curie or SI units). Answer 2: 10mCi, major isotopes are Co60, Zn65, H3, Ag110m. Question 3: For each individual article or disposal package, the following minimum information is desired - Weights, dimensions, special handling requirements for non-standard packages. Answer 3: Bagged trash, etc. has an average weight of 30 lbs.; heavy items will be separately packaged in 55 gal. drum or segregated and marked with weight. Question 4: For each individual article or disposal package, the following minimum information is desired - Dose Rates, on contact and at one meter (mrem/hr or equivalent SI units). Answer 4: Average contact less than 5 mrem/hr., anything greater than 1 mrem/hr. at 1m or greater than 200 mrem/hr contact is segregated, i.e.; in a drum. Question 5: For each individual article or disposal package, the following minimum information is desired - Contamination levels (dpm/100 cm square) of packages and inner articles with high levels of contamination. Answer 5: The external, accessible surfaces of all items (bags, drums, pipes, etc.) is less than 300 dpm/100 cm sq. beta (no alpha). There are no inner articles with high levels of contamination. Question 6: For each individual article or disposal package, the following minimum information is desired - Physical description of contents (i.e. Lab Trash - paper, plastic, etc., Sealed or check sources, neutron or radiography devices, soil, debris, luminous dials, smoke detectors ..). Answer 6: As described in the combined synopsis/solicitation published in the CBD August 12, 1996. Question 7: For each individual article or disposal package, the following minimum information is desired - Additional description of potential hazards/characteristics (EPA listed/characteristic, lead, liquids, infectious, etiologic, biological, etc.) Answer 7: There are no EPA listed/characteristic materials, lead, infectious, etiologic, of biological material in any of the shipments. Question 8: For each individual article or disposal package, the following minimum information is desired - Waste Classification and Stability required per 10 CFR 61, Neuclear Regulatory Commission's Branch Technical Positions and applicable disposal site licenses and acceptance criteria. Answer 8: All are well within LLRW class A criteria for radioactivity. Liquids, e.i. oil and aqueous liquids must be stabilized or alternatively may be incinerated; they conform to incinerable criteria. Question 9: CLIN 0005, particular information concerning items with significantly elevated radiation dose rates. Answer 9: CLIN 0005, Anything exceeding 100 mrem/hr. maximum contact reading will be consolidated into drums, segregated within the Sealand, marked and manifested. No drum will have a maximum contact dose rate exceeding 500 mrem/hr. Drums shall be processed by compaction. This modification extends the date responses are due. Responses are due by 3:00 pm local time on September 16, 1996. Offers or modifications to offers received at the address above after the exact time specified for receipt of offers will not be considered. Requests for a copy of a solicitation will be disregarded since the original CBD and this modification constitute the solicitation. For information contact Linda Shariati, Contract Specialist. Her telephone number is (301) 975-5053. (0253)

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