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• <br /> <br />5.3 Emergency Response Procedures <br />Cotter Corporation conducted an evaluation of the ore sorting facility <br />to determine the potential for accidents. <br />It was determined that the extent of an electrical fire would be con- <br />trolled by the fact that the ore sorter building and equipment are non-flammable <br />and flammable materials are not stored within the building. Additionally, <br />the response procedures that would be implemented if a water line would break <br />are similar to the procedures described below for thickener spillage. <br />Accordingly, the potential for accidents which would release radionuclides to <br />the environment, other than the two set forth below, does not exist in practical <br />terms. <br />• Two emergency conditions will be addressed in this subsection in the <br />context of emergency response procedures. These are: a loss of the total <br />volume of material contained in the thickener tank; and a highway aa:ident <br />causing the loss of a full truck load of uranium ore. <br />Thickener Spillage <br />A. Assumptions <br />1. Maximum volume of thickener 30,700 gallons <br />2. Containment area, including sump, has a volume of 12,400 gallons. <br />a. Sump pump capacity: 350 gallons per minute to recycle tank. <br />3. Recycle tank capacity 13,000 gallons <br />a. Recycle tank pump capacity 400 gallons per minute to <br />treatment plant. <br />4. Leak occurs at a rate of 600 gallons per minute or greater. <br />If less than this rate, no liquid will escape the containment <br />• area. <br />6-4 <br />