IR 015000039/1980009
| ML19351D585 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Peach Bottom, 02700047, 015000039 |
| Issue date: | 07/28/1980 |
| From: | Macarthur T, Potter J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | PECO ENERGY CO., (FORMERLY PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC |
| Shared Package | |
| ML19351D571 | List: |
| References | |
| 15000039-80-09, 15000039-80-9, NUDOCS 8010100441 | |
| Download: ML19351D585 (3) | |
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s Special Report: WASTE PACKAGING INSPECTIONS OF LICENSEE-SHIPPERS; REPORT NO. 80-09 Licensee-
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Philadelphia Electric Company Peach Bottom, PA Disposal Site:
Chem-Nuclear Systems, Inc.
P. O. Box 7 6, Barnwell, SC 29812 ck No 15 00039 I
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T. C acArthur, R iatig Specialist, 04te S'igned
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J. P otter, Chief, FF&MS Section, FF&MS Branch Bate Signed
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SUMMARY Inspection Dates: June 5,1980, visit to Chem-Nuclear Waste disposal Site, Barn-well, South Carolina for unannounced inspections of licensee-shippers.
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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; (6) DOT and NRC requirements for external package features, and (7) prohibited articles or contents.
Results: Of the seven areas inspected involving this shipment, one item of non-compliance was identified.
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Persons Contacted
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R. Sappington, South Carolina, DHIC
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W. House, South Carolina, DHEC D. Ebenhack, CNSI 2.
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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 determine 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 conatruction or any evidence of leakage.
Chem-Nuclear assigns a control number for each shipment upon arrival at the site. These numbers were called " shipment survey report numbers" (SSR No.)
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and were used by the inspectors to identify licensee-shippers during this inspection.
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Shipments Inspected
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One shipment of 60 55 gallon drums of low level radioactive waste totalling 990 sci shipped from the Perch Bottom Nuclear Plant, Philadelphia Electric Company wds inspected at the Chem Nuclear site on June 5,1980. The shipment carried by Tri-State Motor Transport Company trailer number SL-1 (SSR
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of 49 CFR 172.504(a) in that there was no " Radioactive" placard on either the front of the tractor (number 638) or on the front of the trailer. This is a severity level IV violation.
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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 49 CFR 172.100/172.200/172.202
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Material class 49 CFR 172.200/172.202
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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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Physica'l and chemical form 49 CFR 172.203
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Activity in curies 49 CFR 172.203
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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.
No items of nt0 compliance were identified.
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Each vehicle was inspected for conformance with DOT p1'acardin% requirements
.(49 CFR 172, Subpart Z 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)
i No items of noncompliance were identified.
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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 vertical plane at the edge of the flatbed 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 cask were surveyed at the surface.
No levels were in noncompliance with 49 CFR 173.393 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 axamined 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 - Ltd. Qty.,
49 CFR 173.391 or 173.392
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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 49 CFR 173.393
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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 49 CFR 173.392
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Cask design specifications 49 CFR 173.393a
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