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Policy Area

ESH-Environment Safety & Health

Procedure Number

ESH100.2.ENV.11

Procedure Title

Control Scrap Metal From a Radiological Area

Procedure Manager

COOPER, TERRY W.

Status

Active

Subject Matter Expert

  • Mark Miller
  • Mark Brynildson—CA Contact

 

Applicability, Exceptions, and Consequences

This corporate procedure applies to all Members of the Workforce who generate or manage scrap metal from a posted radiological area.

Exceptions to, or deviations from this procedure must be approved through the Executive Policy Sponsor or Policy Area Manager, if delegated. Click here to view Contacts for Corporate Policy System Policies, Processes, and Procedures. See CG100.1.7, Request an Exception to a Policy, Process, or Procedure, for directions on how to obtain an exception to this procedure.

Granting or permitting exceptions or violations of policy, process, or procedure without authority, regardless of position or title, may be cause for disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment. Violating a policy, process, or procedure may be cause for disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment.

 

IMPORTANT NOTICE: A printed copy of this document may not be the document currently in effect. The official version is located on the Sandia National Laboratories Sandia Restricted Network (SRN).

Procedure Overview

This procedure addresses the management and disposal of scrap metal, including volumetrically contaminated metal.

Procedure Requirements

Identification

Step Responsible Individual Required Action
Identify Scrap Metal Members of the Workforce
  • Determine if the scrap metal that you have generated or that is otherwise under your control is subject to the requirements of this procedure.
  • If the scrap metal meets either of the following criteria, comply with the handling and disposal requirements of this procedure:
    • Scrap metal that is volumetrically contaminated metal according to the glossary definition.
    • Scrap metal that comes from a current radiological area.
  • Use the procedure flowchart to help identify scrap metal that is subject to the requirements of this procedure.

Disposition

Step Responsible Individual Required Action
Dispose of Scrap Metal Members of the Workforce
  • Do not release scrap metal that is subject to the requirements of this procedure directly or indirectly to an offsite area for commercial scrap metal recycling.
  • Dispose of scrap metal that is subject to the requirements of this procedure according to the following requirements:
    • Dispose of volumetrically contaminated metal according to the requirements in ESH100.2.ENV.23, Manage Radioactive Waste at SNL (at SNL/CA, ESH100.2.ENV.16, Manage Radioactive Waste at SNL/CA), or ESH100.2.ENV.24, Manage Mixed Waste at SNL (at SNL/CA, ESH100.2.ENV.17, Manage Mixed Waste at SNL/CA), as appropriate for the type of metal and any contaminants or constituents present.
  • Store and handle volumetrically contaminated scrap metal in accordance with the requirements in ESH100.2.RAD.1, Implement Radiation Protection Procedures.
  • Dispose of scrap metal that cannot be recycled (refer to the flow chart) by submitting it on a Waste Description and Disposal Request).

Implementing Tools

Guidance

  • Memo from XAVIER ASCANIO, DIRECTOR OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS INTEGRATION to PATTY WAGNER, MANAGER, SANDIA SITE OFFICE, NA-58 Technical Assistance Visit to Support Radiological Clearance and Occupational Radiation Safety Programs at the Sandia National Laboratories New Mexico (SNLINM), November 23, 2009.

Form

  • Waste Description and Disposal Request.
  • Unrestricted Release - Radiological Process Knowledge Form

 

Requirement Drivers (Prime Contract Baseline Directives)

DOE 5400.5, Chg 2

Related Processes and Procedures

Process

  • ESH100.2, Analyze and Control Hazards.

Procedures

Change Summary

Date Summary
08/18/2011

Administrative

Modified

Updated flowchart.
05/12/2010

Administrative

Modified

Removed unnecessary link from html code and revised the html link to the flowchart.  No information was changed.
01/08/2010

Administrative

Added

Link to the flowchart from Requirements & Instructions, Identification section.
12/23/2009

Administrative

Modified

  • Title changed from "Control Scrap Metal from a Radiological Area or Volumetrically Contaminated Metal" to "Control Scrap Metal from a Radiological Area"
  • Under the "Identification" section, in the "Identify Scrap Metal" step; changed last sentence from "Scrap metal that has, at any time, been located in a radiological area, even before it was determined to be scrap" to "Scrap metal that comes from a current radiological area."
  • Under "Procedures," change name from "SCM100.4.1, Send excess Property and Material to Reapplication" to "SCM100.4.1, Dispose of Property."
  • Updated Flowchart

Deleted

  • Under the "Disposition" section, in the "Dispose of Scrap Metal" step; Re-moved the last sentence, "Identify the metal as subject to these requirements by including the term “metals moratorium” in the description."
  • Under "Guidance" section, removed; Memorandum from Frank A Figueroa, Vice President, Sandia National Laboratories, to Michael Zamorski, DOE/KAO, ref: "Zamorski/Tilton Memorandum, June 26, 2001, Moratorium and Suspension for the Release of Scrap Metals for Recycling," dated: August 2, 2001.
    Contracting Officer Direction: Memorandum from DOE/KAO to Frank A Figueroa, Vice President, Sandia National Laboratories: "Moratorium and Suspension for the Release of Scrap Metals for Recycling," June 26, 2001.

Added

  • Under the "Guidance" section,  added; Memo from XAVIER ASCANIO, DIRECTOR OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS INTEGRATION to PATTY WAGNER, MANAGER, SANDIA SITE OFFICE, NA-58 Technical Assistance Visit to Support Radiological Clearance and Occupational Radiation Safety Programs at the Sandia National Laboratories New Mexico (SNLINM), November 23, 2009.
  • Under "Form" section, added; Unrestricted Release - Radiological Process Knowledge Form