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S -- RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL SOL 53SBNB867066 DUE 052698 POC Marsha Rodgers, (301) 975-6398 WEB: NIST Contracts Homepage, http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/contract.htm. E-MAIL: NIST Contracts Office, Contract@nist.gov. This is a modification to a combined CBD/Synopsis originally published on April 24, 1998 for Radioactive Waste Disposal. The following are questions and answers regarding this action: 1. What are the isotopes of concern associated with the material? Answer: Co-60, Cs-137, Ag-110m, Zn-65, Sb-124. 2. Would disposal at Envirocare of Utah become an option if the wastes were treated to their WAC? Answer: No. 3. Does NIST's waste transport permit with South Carolina include burial at both the Chem Nuclear facility at Barnwell, and the on-site disposal facility at DOE Savannah River Site? Answer: The LLRW to be disposed of under this solicitation is not authorized to be disposed of at any DOE facility. 4. Are any of the waste streams considered RCRA Hazardous or Mixed Wastes? If so, please provide profiles of the contaminants. Answer: No. 5. Provide a rough curie content of each lot. Answer: This information is in chart form. If you require this information, please request by fax to (301)963-7732 and the information will be sent. 6. Will the 20 foot Sea Container be used as a Strong Tight Container? Answer: Yes. 7. Will NIST place the materials inside the container? Answer: Yes. 8. How many entries would appear on the NRC 540 and 541 Forms, and how would the contents be inventoried? Answer: The contractor shall provide a qualified Shipping Agent on-site at NIST. NIST Health Physics shall provide an inventory listing the contents of the shipping containers, e.g.: "Sealand or Oil Bin Containers" to the Shipping Agent. The Shipping Agent shall complete the NRC Forms and certify the shipment. 9. Will NIST follow the guidance of the contractor in the packaging and preparation of the shipment? Answer: NIST shall prepare the shipment to conform to the regulations. The Shipping Agent shall be on-site at NIST to observe shipment preparation, and shall provide any direction necessary for the certification of the shipment. 10. How will the materials be packaged? Answer: Everything will be loaded inside the 20 foot Sea Land Container except the liquids. The Aqueous Liquids and the Oil will be in their respective 55-gallon drums, which will then be overpacked into the Oil Bin container. 11. Will the metals be wrapped in plastic? Answer: No. 12. What are the dimensions of the metal? Answer: The maximum of any single dimension will be approximately 6 feet. 13. Who will be responsible for securing the load inside the Sea Land so that it will not move or shift during transit? Answer: The contractor shall provide a Sea Land container that has installed anchor points inside for the purpose of securing nets or other appropriate devices, as delivered to NIST. NIST personnel shall secure the load using the nets or other appropriate devices. The Shipping Agent shall certify that the load is secure. 14. What is the purpose of the Oil Bin container? Answer: The purpose is to secure the drums containing liquids during transit. 15. Is there a concern that the Oil or Acqueous liquids would leak in transit? Answer: No. 16. Could the liquids be shipped without overpacking? Answer: We require overpacking. 17. If overpacking is required, could another be used? Answer: Yes, an alternate type of overpack would be considered. An "Oil Bin" consists of 85 gallon overpack drums inside a gasket-sealed steel box. Absorbent socks are placed around the 85-gal. Overpack drums, within the steel box. NIST would load four 55-gallon drums of liquid within the 85-gallon overpack drums, leaving the others empty. An alternate arrangement that would be acceptable would be to place four loaded 85 gallon overpack drums within the Sea Land container, and to place absorbent socks around the overpack drums within the Sea Land container. There will be sufficient room within the Sea Land container for this. The contractor would have to provide the overpack drums and the absorbent socks, and shall specify this method and the cost to NIST of providing it under "CLIN 0010 Oil Bin Rental". There is no operational advantage to the alternate method. 18.Would NIST consider other packagings for this shipment? Answer: Any packagings proposed would have to be as strong and tight as a Sea Land container, with sufficient volume, and equipped with interior devices for securing the load. Contractor shall specify any alternate packaging and the cost to NIST of providing it under "CLIN 0009 Sealand Container Rental". 19. Should the contractor include Reps and Cert's normally found with other Federal Contracts? Answer: the Representations and Certifications are located on the Internet at http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/repcert.htm. The due date for response to this notice is extended until 5/26/97 at 3:00 PM. All other information publicized in the original synopsis is correct. (0134)

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