IR 015000039/1979008
| ML19305B153 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Oconee, 02700047, 015000039 |
| Issue date: | 01/17/1980 |
| From: | Brown R, Potter J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | DUKE POWER CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML19305B112 | List: |
| References | |
| 15000039-79-08F, 15000039-79-8F, NUDOCS 8003190235 | |
| Download: ML19305B153 (6) | |
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ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 Special Report: WACTE PACKAGING INSPECTIONS OF LICENSEE-SHIPPERS REPORT NO.79-08F Reference:
TI 2840/1, Rev. 1, Waste Packaging Inspections, 10/10/79 Licensee-Shipper:
Duke Power Company 422 South Church Street Charlotte, NC 28242 Disposal Site:
Chem-Nuclear Systems, Inc.
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SUMMARY Inspection Date: December 18, 1979, visit to Chem-Nuclear Waste disposal site, Barnwell, South Carolina for unannounced inspections of licensee-shippers.
Areas Reviewed: Each licensee-shipper vehicle was inspected for compliance with Department of Transportation (DOT) and Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) regu-lations as follows:
(1) shipping paper requirements; (2) DOT Placarding require-ments; (3) radiation levels; (4) removable contamination; (5) DOT marking and labeling requirements for packages; and (6) DOT and NRC requirements-for package external features.
Results: Of the six areas inspected involving this shipment, one apparent item J
of noncompliance (Empty labels on cask) was identified in one area.
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DETAILS 1.
Persons Contacted D. Ebenhack, Chem-Nuclear Systems, Inc.
D. McGlohorn, DHEC, South Carolina V. Autry, DHEC, South Carolina 2.
General The NRC inspection consisted of a review of the shipping papers, radiation survey of the vehicle, contamination surveys and radiation level surveys of selected packages. General surveys and observations were conducted to deter-mine if the vehicle had proper placards, proper seals, and if any obvious safety hazards existed. The contents of the vehicles were inspected for appropriate marking, labeling, tightness of seals, integrity of package construction or any evidence of leakage.
Chem-Nuclear assiges a control number for earn shipment upon arrival at the site. These numbers were called " shipment urvey report numbers" (SSR No.),
and were used by the inspectors to ident!'y the licensee-shipper during this
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Shipments Inspected
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Twenty six shipments were inspected during the period of December 18-19,
1979. A listing of the shippers inspected and their assigned SSR number is included as Attachment A.
This shipment was inspected on December 18, 1979.
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Shipping Papers The shipping papers were reviewed for completeness and to ascertain if the contents of the shipment were properly identified, and if emergency notifi-cation procedures and instructions were included as required under 49 CFR 172, Subpart C.
Specific requirements for shipping papers were reviewed as follows:
Material shipping name
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49 CFR 172.100/172.200/172.202 Material class
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49 CFR 172.200/172.202 Name sequence 49 CFR 172.200/172.202
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Total quantity (volume)
49 CFR 172.200/172.202
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Limited quantity 49 CFR 172.200/172.203
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Name of each radionuclide 49 CFR 172.203
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Physical and chemical form 49 CFR 172.203
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Activity in curies
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Category or label 49 CFR 172.203
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Notation of NRC/ERDA package approval 49 CFR 172.203
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Proper certification 49 CFR 172.20
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In addition to the above, 49 CFR 177.817 requires carriers to maintain the above shipping papers readily available for inspection and recognizable by authorities in case of an accident.
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No items of noncompliance were identified.
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Each vehicle was inspected for conformance with DOT placarding requirements (49 CFR 172, Subpart F and 49 CFR 173.392). The vehicles were also inspected for compliance with the following:
Maximum transportation index of 50 - (49 CFR 177.842)
Loaded so as to avoid spillage (49 CFR 177.842)
Properly blocked and braced (49 CFR 173.392/177.842)
LSA vehicle survey (49 CFR 177.843)
o Noncompliance: " Empty" labels on cask, when actually containing radioactive material on a CNSI truck under Bill of Lading 79-5021 from Oconee Station, SSR// 018088.
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Maximum Radiation Levels Each truck was surveyed for maximum radiation levels in the normally occupied portions of the vehicle, in a plane at the edge of the flat bed or at the surface of the closed vehicles, in a vertical plane six feet from the sides of the vehicle where possible, and on the surface of a representative package. Shipping caskswere surveyed at the surface.
No levels were in noncompliance with 49 CFR 173.393 limits.
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Contamination Smears Each vehicle and a representative sample package was surveyed for removable
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contamination by smearing over a 300 square centimeters area of the surface.
No more than two smears were taken from any package or vehicle. Smears were taken from areas that would most likely be contaminated. The smears were checked for gross Beta-gamma contamination at the site.
No smears were found to be contaminated in excess of 49 CFR 173.397 limits.
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Packaging A representative sampling of packages from each shipment was examined for conformance with DOT marking and labeling requirements. External features of the packages were examined for conformance with DOT and NRC requirments as noted below:
Low specific activity (LSA) packaging 49 CFR 173.392
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Tight packages - Itd. Qty.,
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49 CFR 173.391 or 173.392 No release of material 49 CFR 173.392/173.393
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Radioactive material markings 49 CFR 172.310
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Security seals
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49 CFR 173.393 Gross weight requirements 49 CFR 172.310
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Proper shipping name 49 CFR 172.100/172.300
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LSA labeling
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49 CFR 173.392
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Cask design specifications 49 CFR 173.393a
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No items of noncompliance were identified.
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Verification of Package Contents Due to the lack of facilities for properly opening packages at the site, the criteria for opening packages was restricted to those packages containing
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solidified waste (to verify the absence of free-standing water) and/or where there was evidence of leakage.
No packages were selected for opening. South Carolina officials were present and concurred in the opening of the packages.
No items of noncompliance were noted.
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i ATTACRMENT A SSR No.
NRC Region Licensee-Shipper 018107 I
Power Authority of The State of New York Fitzpatrick Plant 10 Columbus Circle New York, New York 10019 Docket No. 50-333 018105.
I Consolidated Edison of New York, Inc.
4 Irving Place New York, New York Indian Point 2 Docket No. 50-247 018097 I
Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company
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20 Turnpike Road Westboro, Massachusetts 01581 Docket No. 50-309 018082 I
Philadelphia Electric Company 018084 2301 Market Street
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018096 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19101 Docket No. 50-277 018087 I
Jersey Central Power Light Company 018095 Madison Avenue Morristown, New Jersey 07960 Docket No. 50-219 018086 II Carolina Power and Light Company 018093 411 Fayetteville Street 018106 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 Docket No. 50-325 018101 II'
Duke Power Company 422 S. Church Street Charlotte, North Carolina 28242 Docket No. 50-269 018083 II Georgia Power Company 270 Peachtree Street Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Docket No. 50-321
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NRC Region Licensee-Shipper 018077 II Tennessee Valley Authority 500A Chestnut Street Tower II Chattanooga, Tennessee 37401 Docket No. 50-259 018098 II Southern Space, Inc.
Columbia, South Carolina 018081 II Newport News Shipbuilding Company Newport News, Virginia 018076 III Commonwealth Edison Company P. O. Box 767 Chicago, Illinois Zion Plant Docket No.30-259 018089 III D. C. Cook Nuclear Plant P. O. Box 1178 Bridgeman, Michigan Docket No. 50-315
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018100 III Monsanto Research Corporation Mound Facility P. O. Box 32 Miamisburg, Ohio 45342 018102 III Kerr McGee Chemical Systems 258 Ann Street West Chicago, Illinoic 60185 i
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