IR 015000027/1980053
| ML20033F536 | |
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| Site: | 015000027 |
| Issue date: | 05/15/1980 |
| From: | Bassin N, Book H, Thomas R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V) |
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| ML20033D816 | List: |
| References | |
| FOIA-89-556 15000027-80-53, NUDOCS 9003210364 | |
| Download: ML20033F536 (11) | |
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U.S. If) CLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 0FFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT
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REGION V
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Report No.
80-53
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Docket No.
15000027
_ License No, Safeguards Group
Licensee:
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Facility Name:
Nuclear Engineering Company
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Inspection at:
Beatty, Nevada Inspection conducted:
April 21 - May 2,1980
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Nathan Bassin, HMSS Date Signed
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Approved by:
_R. D. Thomas, Pjr tection Section Chief, Materials Radiological
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H. E.' Book, Chief Fuel Facility and Materials Date Signed
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Sumary:
Inspection _between April 21 - May 2.1980 (Report No. 15000027/80-53)
This inspection was conducted at NECO, Beatty, Nevada, to observe low-level
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waste shipments arriving at NECO to determine compliance with NRC and DOT requirements.
Vehicle placarding, packaging conditions, and packaging marking were'-
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Radiation surveys and contamination wipes were conducted on eighteen shipments.
A representative of the state of Nevada was present for shipments received on April 24, 25 and May 1, 2, 1980. No D0T representative was onsite when shipments were inspected.
No containers were IE:V Form 219(2)
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opened.
Results:
No items of noncompliance with NRC or DOT regulations 9003210364 TOO3 M l
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Licer.see/ Shipper:
Allied Chemical Corporation Metropolis, IL Shipment Inspected:
April 21,1980 i
Carrier:
Tri State Motor Transit Company
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i Freight Bill:
- 340859 Trailer:
- 440225 l
This vehicle was an enclosed trailer.
Inside were sixty SS-gallon metal drums containing LSA natural uranium. The shipment was exclusive use and the vehicle was properly placarded. Total activity in the drums was less than 1 curie.
i Maximum radiation levels were 3 mr/hr at the trailer surface and 1 mr/hr at 6 feet from the trailer surface. The radiation level in the cab was background.
Selected wipes of the trailer bed and drums
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showed no removable radioactive contamination above background levels.
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No items of noncompliance were identified.
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Licensee / Shipper:
Todd Research and Technial Division Galveston, TX
Shipment Inspected:
April 22,1980 Carrier:
Tri-State Motor Transit Company Freight Bill:
.f 341122 Trailer:
- 444553
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The vehicle was an enclosed trailer.
Inside were one hundred fifty 55-gallon drums containing LSA radioactive materials, primarily H3, C14, and I-125. The shipment was exclusive use and the vehicle was properly placarded. The shipment contained a total of 6.23 curies in a volume of 1125 cubic feet.
Maximum radioactive levels were 6 mr/hr at the trailer surface and 1 mr/hr at 6 feet from the trailer surface. The maximum radiation level in the cab was 1 mr/hr. Selected wipes of the traile, bed and drums showed no removable radioactive conta:nination above ground levels.
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Licensee / Shipper:
Jersey Central Power and Light Company Oyster Creek, New Jersey shipment Inspected:
April 22,1980 Carrier:
Tri-5 tate Motor Transit Company Freight Bill:
- 341128 Trail er:
- 365040 The vehicle was an open flatbed trailer. The shipment cor.sisted of 24 sealed metal boxes containing LSA radioactive materials identified as contaminated equipment and material. The shipment was exclusive use and the vehicle was properly placarded. The shipment contained a total of 1.064 curies in a volume of 2368.8 cuoic feet.
Isotopes in the shipment were cobalt-60, cesium-137, cesium-141, and manganese-54 Maximum radiations were 60 mr/hr at the surface of the containers and
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4 mr/hr at 6 feet from the trailer. The maximum radiation level in the cab was 1 m:/hr.
Selected wipes of the trailer bed and the metal boxes showed no removable radioective contamination above background levels.
No items of noncompliance were identified.
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Licensee / Shipper:
Allied Chemical Corporation Metropolis, Illinois Shipment Ir.spected:
April 24,1980 Carrier:
Tri-State Motor Transit Company Freight Bill:
- 340860 Trailer:
- 440170 The vehicle was an enclosed trailer.
Inside were sixty 55-gallon drums containing LSA natural uranium. The shipment was exclusive use and the vehicle was properly placarded. Total activity in the drums was less than 1 curie.
Maximum radiation levels were 2.5 mr/hr at the trailer surface and 1 mr/hr at 6 feet f rom the trailer surface. The rsdiation level in the cab was background. Selected wipes of the trailer bed and drums showed no removable radioactive contamination above background levels.
No items of noncompliance were identified.
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Licensee / Shipper:
Aerojet Ordnance Company i g Compton, California (
Shipment Inspected:
April 25,1980 Carrier:
Norman Binkley (Broker: AWC, Inc., Las Vegas, NV)
Freight Bill:
- C19
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Trailer:
- 1T
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This vehicle was an enclosed trailer.
Inside were two 84-gallon drums (overpack for 55-gallon drums), forty 55-gallon drums, and six boxes containing LSA solid depleted uranium. The shipment was exclusive use and the vehicle was properly placarded. Total activity in the shipment
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was 1.774 curies.
Maximum radiation levels were 3.5 mr/hr at the trailer surface and 0.5 mr/hr at six feet from the trailer surface. The radiation level in
the cab was 0.2 mr/hr. Selected wipes of the trailer bed and drums showed l
no removable radioactive contamination above background levels.
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No items of noncompliance were identified.
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Licensee / Shipper:
Nellis Air Force Base las Vegas, Nevada Shipment Inspected:
April 25,1980 l
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Wells Cargo (Broker: ANW, Inc., Las Vegas, NV)
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Freight Bill:-
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- 9901 The vehicle was an open flat bed semi-trailer. The shipment consisted of 10 metal boxes containing earth contaminated with depleted uranium collected from Range 63, Nellis AFB. The shipment was " limited" quantity and contained less than 1 millicurie of uranium per container. The containers were properly marked and the vehicle was placarded.
-Maximum radiation levels at the surface of the containers was 0.5 mr/hr and essentially background at six feet from the vehicle. The radiation level in the cab was background. Selected wipes of the containers and the flat bed showed no removable contamination above background.
No items of noncompliance were identified.
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Licensee / Shipper:
Mare Island Naval Shipyard Vallejo, California -
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April 25,1980
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Carrier:
Tri-State Motor Transit Company Freight Bill:
- 342242 Trailer:
- 228131
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The vehicle was an open flat bed semi-trailer. The shipment consisted
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of twelve 55-gallon drums in a shielded cask (SWN-100) containing LSA solid metallic oxides. The shipment was exclusive use and the vehicle was properly placarded. Total activity in the drums was 404 mei of-cobalt-60.
Maximum radiation levels were 1 mr/hr at the surface of the vehicle and 0.5 mr/hr at 6 feet from the vehicle.
The maximum radiation level in the cab was 0.5 mr/hr.
Selected wipes of the trailer bed showed no removable radioactive contamination above background levels.
No items of noncompliance were identified.
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NOTE: Although the paperwork showed no noncompliance with DOT regulations for exclusive use LSA drums, the values reported are suspect.
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Surface Radiation 3 feet Radiation Drum Humber Quantity (mci)
Level (mr/hr)
Level (mr/hr)
502 160 10,000 280 508
20,000 300
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Licensee / Shipper:
Jersey Central Power & Light Company Oyster Creek, Nuclear Station Forked River, New Jersey Shipment Inspected:
April 28,1980
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Tri-State Motor Transit Company Fretght Bill:
- 341837 Trailer:
- 365053
'The vehicle was an open flat bed semi-trailer.
The shipment consisted-of 24 metal boxes containing LSA contaminated equipment and materials.
The shipment was exclusive use and the vehicle was properly placarded.
The shipment contained 572 mei in a volume of 2369 cubic feet.
Isotopes in the shipment were manganese-54, cesium-141, cobalt-60, and cesium-137.
Maximum radiation levels were 20 mr/hr at the surface of the containers and 2 mr/hr at 6 feet from the vehicle. The cab was not with the trailer
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Selected wipes of the trailer bed and the metal i
boxes showed no removable radioactive contamination above background levels.
No items of noncompliance were identified.
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Licensee / Shipper:
Allied Chemical Corporation Metropolis, Illinois Shipment Inspected:.
April 28,1980 Carrier:
Tri-State Motor Transit Company
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Freight Bill:
- 340861 Trail er:
- 544117 The vehicle was an enclosed trailer.
Inside were sixty 55-gallon metal drums containing LSA natural uranium. The shipment was exclusive use and the vehicle was properly placarded. The shipment contained 27 kilograms (40 mei) of natural uranium.
Maximum radiation levels were 3.5 mr/hr at the surface of the vehicle and 0.8 mr/hr at 6 feet from the vehicle. The cab was not with the trailer at the time-of the survey.
Selected wipes of the trailer bed and drums showed no removable contamination above background level:-
No items of noncompliance were identified.
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10. Licensee / Shipper:
Allied Chemical Corporation Metropolis, Illinois Shipment Inspected:
April 28,1980 Carrier:
Tri-State Motor Transit Company Freight Bill:
- 340862 Trailer:
- 440602
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Inside were sixty 55-gallon drums containing LSA natural uranium. The shipment was exclusive use and the vehicle was properly placarded. The shipment contained 27.2 kilograms (40 mei) of natural uranium.
Maximum radiation levels were 3 mr/hr at the vehicle surface and 1 mr/hr at 6 feet from the vehicle. Maximum radiation level-in the cab was 0.5 mr/hr.
Selected. wipes of the trailer bed and drums showed no significant removable
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contamination.
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No items of noncompliance were identified.
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Philadelphia Electric Company
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Peach Bottom Nuclear Station Delta, Pennsylvania Shipment Inspected:
April 28,1980 Carrier:
Tri-State Motor Transit Company l
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Freight Bill:
- 341147
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Trailer:
- 340771 l
.The vehicle was an open flat bed semi-trailer.
The shipment consisted of L
.11 wooden boxes containing LSA solid metal oxides. The boxes were covered by tarpaulins during transit.. The shipment was exclusive use and the vehicle was properly placarded. The shipment contained 57 mei total of cobalt-60, zinc-65, chromium-51 and cesium-134
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Maximum radiation levels were 25 mr/hr at the surface of the boxes and 1 mr/hr at 6 feet from the vehicle. Maximum radiation level in the cab was. 0.5 mr/hr.
Selected wipes of the trailer bed and boxes showed no removable radioactive contamination above background.
No items of noncompliance were identified.
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Philadelphia Electric Company Peach Bottom Nuclear Station Delta, Pennsylvania Shipment Inspected:
April 28,1980 Carrier:
Tri-State Motor Transit Company Freight Bill:
- 341146 Trailer:
- 232201 The vehicle was an' open flat bed semi-trailer. The shipment consisted of 11 wooden boxes containing LSA solid metal oxides. -The boxes were covered by tarpaulins during transit.
The shipment was exclusive use and the vehicle was properly placarded.
The shipment contained 107 mei total of cobalt-60, zinc-65, chromium-51, and cesium-134
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Maximum radiation levels were 35 mr/hr at the surface of the boxes and 3 mr/hr at 6 feet from the vehicle. Maximum. radiation level in the cab i
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was 0.5 mr/hr.
Selected wipes of the trailer bed and boxes showed no removable radioactive contamination above background.
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No. items of noncompliance were identified.
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Jersey Central Power & Light Company Oyster Creek, New Jersey
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Shipment Inspected:
April 28,1980-Carrier:
Tri-State Motor Transit Company Freight Bill:
f' 341922 Trailer:
- 340502 The vehicle was an.open flat bed semi-trailer. The shipment consisted of 24 metal boxes containing LSA contaminated equipment and materials.
The shipment was exclusive use and the' vehicle was properly placarded. The
. shipment contained 1465 mc1 total of manganese-54, cesium-141, cesium-144, antimony-124, and cobalt-60.
Maximum radiation levels were 30 mr/hr at the surface of the boxes and 3 mr/hr at 6 feet from the vehicle. Maximum radiation level in the cab was l'mr/hr. Selected wipes of the trailer bed and the boxes showed no removable radioactive contamination above background levels.
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Radiation Safety Engineering Tempe, Arizona Shipment Inspected:
April 29,1980 j
Carrier:
Motor Cargo, Salt Lake City, Utah Freight Bill:
- 44024623 Trailer:
- 27104 The vehicle was an enclosed trailer.
Inside were four 55-gallon drums containing limited quantities of iodine-125, cobalt-57, and cobalt-58.
No placarding of the vehicle was necessary because of the limited quantities in the drums. The drums were properly marked.
Maximum radiation levels were 0.5 mr/hr at the vehicle surface and essentially background at 6 feet from the vehicle.
The radiation level in the cab was essentially background. Selected wipes of the trailer bed and the drums showed no removable radiation contamination above background.
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No items of noncompliance were identified.
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Nebraska Public Power District Cooper Nuclear Station Brownville, Nebraska Shipment Inspected:
May 1,1980 Carrier:
Tri-State Motor Transit Company Freight Bill:
- 341559 Trail er:
- 7NE The vehicle was enclosed by means of wooden sides and a tarpaulin roof.
Inside were sixty three 55-gallon drums containing LSA dry compacted waste.
The shipment was exclusive use and the vehicle was properly placarded. Total activity in the drums was 427 mei of a variety of radioisotopes.
Maximum radiation levels were 15 mr/hr at the surface of the vehicle and 2 mr/hr at 6 feet from the vehicle. The radiation level in the cab was
< 0.5 mr/hr. Selected wipes of the trailer bed and drums showed no significant removable radioactive contamination. A survey of the trailer bed showed fixed contamination radiation levels of s 0.4 mr/hr in one spot.
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Thomas Gray & Associates, Inc.
Orange, California Shipment Inspected:
May 2,1980 Carrier:
Tri-State Motor Transit Company Freight Bill:
- 342241
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Trailer:
- 444501 The vehicle was an enclosed trailer.
Inside were one hundred seventy two 55-gallon drums containing liquid scintillation vials, animal carcasses, and dry solid waste. The drums were labeled LSA. The shipment was exclusive use and the vehicle was properly placarded. There were a variety of radioisotopes.
Maximum radiation levels were 20 mr/hr at the surface of.the vehicle and 3 mr/hr at 6 feet from the vehicle.
Radiation level in the cab was less than 0.5 mr/hr. Selected wipes of the trailer bed and drums showed no removable radioactive contamination above background.
No items of noncompliance were identified.
17. Licensee / Shipper:
General Atomic Company San Diego, California Shipment Inspected:
May 2,1980 Carrier:
Tri-State Motor Transit Company Freight Bill:
- 343048 Trailer:
-#44560 The vehicle was an enclosed trailer.
Inside were five wooden boxes and seventy eight 55-gallon drums containing LSA uranium-235, thorium-232, and mixed wastes including cobalt-60, cesium-134, and cesium-137. The shipment was exclusive use and the vehicle was properly placarded. Total activity in the shipment was 290 grams of U-235, 3089 grams of thorium, and 6.6 millicuries of other isotopes.
Maximum radiation levels were 12 mr/hr at the surface of the vehicle and
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0.2 mr/hr at 6 feet from the vehicle. Radiation level in the cab was essentially
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radinactive contamination above background levels.
No items of noncompliance were identified.
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18. Licensee / Shipper:
Aladdin Industries Nashville, Tennessee and Becton-Dickinson Immododiagnostics
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Salt Lake City, Utah Shipment Inspected:
May 2,1980
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Delta Lines
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Freight Bill:
- 4687947 (Aladdin)
- 4687778 (Becton-Dickinson)
Trailer:
- 57436 The vehicle was an enclosed trailer.
Inside was a wooden box consigned by Becton-Dickinson with a yellow II label. The box contained iodine-125.
Also inside were sixty nine 55-gallon drums consigned by Aladdin Industries
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containing LSA solidified thorium-232 wastes. The amount of thorium was 147.87 kilograms (16.4 mei). The shipment was not exclu.sive and the
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'Naximum radiation levels were 0.5 mr/hr at the surface of the vehicle and background at 6 feet from the vehicle.
Radiation level in-the cab was background. Selected wipes of the trailer bed and drums showed no removable radioactive contamination above background levels.
No items of noncompliance were identified.
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