05000397/FIN-2016009-08
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| Title | Failure to Transfer Byproduct Material to a Disposal Facility in Accordance with the Terms of the Facilitys License |
| Description | Green. The team reviewed a self-revealed non-cited violation of 10 CFR 30.41(b)(5) for the failure to transfer byproduct material to an authorized waste disposal facility in accordance with the terms of the facilitys license. Specifically, License Condition No. 22.C of the US Ecology license required that all radwaste shall be packaged in such a manner that waste containers received at the facility do not show an increase in the external radiation levels as recorded on the manifest, within instrument tolerances. On November 9, 2016, the licensee transferred byproduct material to US Ecology for disposal; the disposal facili tys surveys revealed that the dose rate on contact with the waste liner was 90 rem per hour, whereas the manifest recorded a dose rate 11.8 rem per hour. The licensee retrieved the shipment, stored it safely, and entered the condition into the corrective action program as Action Request 357593. The failure to transfer byproduct material to a low-level radwaste disposal facility in accordance with the facilitys license was a performance deficiency. The performance deficiency was more than minor because it was associated with the program and process attribute of the Public Radiation Safety Cornerstone and adversely affected the associated 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 reacto r operation. Using NRC Inspection Manual Chapter 0609, Appendix D, Public Radiation Safety Significance Determination Process, the finding was determined to be of very low safety significance (Green) because it was a low-level burial ground nonconformance and a 10 CFR 61.55 waste under-classification; however, it was not Class C waste or greater and the waste did conform to the waste characteristics of 10 CFR 61.56. The finding has a cross-cutting aspect in the area of human performance, associated with conservative bias, because station personnel failed to use decision-making practices that emphasize prudent 7 choices over those that are simply allo wed considering the licensee had multiple opportunities to re-evaluate the shipment and determine the appropriate requirements [H.14]. |
| Site: | Columbia  |
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| Report | IR 05000397/2016009 Section 4OA5 |
| Date counted | Mar 31, 2017 (2017Q1) |
| Type: | NCV: Green |
| cornerstone | Pr Safety |
| Identified by: | Self-revealing |
| Inspection Procedure: | IP 93812 |
| Inspectors (proximate) | L Carson N Greene B Tharakanb Tharakanh Gepford L Carson N Greene |
| CCA | H.14, Conservative Bias |
| INPO aspect | DM.2 |
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Finding List (Columbia) @ 2017Q1
Self-Identified List (Columbia)
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