05000271/FIN-2011005-03
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| Title | Incomplete Inventory for Spent Resin Shipment |
| Description | A self-revealing NCV of very low safety significance of 10 CFR 20.1501 and 10 CFR 20.2006(b) was identified because Entergy personnel failed to indicate an accurate total of radionuclide activity on the manifest for a radioactive waste shipment on September 19, 2011. Radiation surveys by the receiving personnel at the radioactive waste processing facility identified radiation levels exceeding those indicated on the shipping manifest. Subsequently, Entergy personnel determined that the total radionuclide activity for the shipment was 17 curies instead of 13.4 curies as originally documented. Entergy staff initiated CR-VTY-2011-03902, revised the NRC Form 541, and sent the revision to the radioactive waste processor to correct this error. The inspectors determined that the failure to indicate an accurate total of radionuclide activity on the manifest for a radioactive waste shipment was a performance deficiency that was reasonably within Entergy\\\'s ability to foresee and correct. This finding is more than minor because it affects the Public Radiation Safety cornerstone objective to ensure adequate protection of public health and safety from exposure to radioactive materials released into the public domain as a result of routine civilian nuclear reactor operation. Specifically, the failure to accurately account for all of the radioactive wastes in shipment No. 2011-85 had the potential for misclassifying wastes non-conservatively in subsequent radioactive waste processing and final shipment activities to a low level burial ground facility. The inspectors evaluated the finding using IMC 0609, Appendix D, Public Radiation Safety Significance Determination Process. The inspectors determined the finding to be of very low safety significance (Green) because the error was corrected at the waste processor rather than after shipment to a waste disposal facility, and did not affect low level burial ground nonconformance as evaluated under 10 CFR 61, Licensing Requirements for Land Disposal of Radioactive Wastes. Additionally, there were no radiological consequences (dose) to the public as a result of the shipping manifest error. The inspectors determined that this finding had a cross-cutting aspect in the Human Performance cross-cutting area, Work Control component, because Entergy did not appropriately coordinate work activities by incorporating actions to address the need for interdepartmental coordination and communication. Specifically, the impact of flushing a reactor water cleanup resin transfer line was not sufficiently communicated or coordinated by all groups to ensure all solid radioactive wastes discharged from the plant into the waste container were accounted for in a subsequent radioactive waste shipment |
| Site: | Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png |
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| Report | IR 05000271/2011005 Section 4OA2 |
| Date counted | Dec 31, 2011 (2011Q4) |
| Type: | NCV: Green |
| cornerstone | Pr Safety |
| Identified by: | Self-revealing |
| Inspection Procedure: | IP 71152 |
| Inspectors (proximate) | D Silk S Rutenkroger J Noggle T Burns D Kern R Bellamy S Rich |
| CCA | H.5, Work Management |
| INPO aspect | WP.1 |
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