IR 015000039/1980014
| ML20002A916 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | FitzPatrick, 02700047, 015000039 |
| Issue date: | 08/07/1980 |
| From: | Macarthur T, Potter J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | POWER AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (NEW YORK |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20002A910 | List: |
| References | |
| 15000039-80-14, 50-333-80-14, NUDOCS 8012090167 | |
| Download: ML20002A916 (3) | |
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S;ccial Report: WASTE PACKAGING INSPECTIONS OF LICENSEE-SHIPPERS REPORT NO. 80-14 Reference:
TI 2840/1, (Rev. 1), " Waste Packaging Inspections", 10/10/79 Licensee-Fitzpatrick, Docket No. 50-333 Shipper:
Power Authority of the State of New York
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Disposal Site:
Chem-Nuclear Systems, Inc.
P. O. Box 726, Barnwell, South Carolina 29812 Docket No. 15000039 Inspector: 2 C h% &f[%
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T. C. MacArthur, Radiation Specialist, D te Signed FF&MS ct' n,
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/ Ddte Signed SUMMARY Inspection Dates:
June 19, 1980 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 Departmer t of Transportation (DOT) and Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) regu-lations a s 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 shipments, one item of noncom-pliance was identified.
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DETAILS 1.
Persons Contacted R. Sappington, South Carolina, DHEC W. House, South Carolina, DHEC D. Ebenhack, CNSI 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 assigns a control number for each shipment upon arrival at the site. These numbers were called " shipment survey report numbers" (SSR No.)
and were used by the inspectors to identify licensee-shippers during this inspection.
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Shipments Inspected On June 19, 1980, a shipment of radioactive waste was received from the Power Authority of the State of New York Fitzpatrick Plant at the Barnwell, SC burial site. The shipment was carried by the Home Transportation Company on trailer
- 136001 ('SSR #020859). As required by 49 CFR 173.392(c)(8), the outside of each outside package must be stencilled or otherwise marked " Radioactive -
LSA". One shipment was observed not to have required marking. (Noncompliance)
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Shipping Papers
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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 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
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49 CFR 172.203 Physical and chemical form
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49 CFR 172.203 Activity in curies 49 CFR 172.203
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Category or label
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49 CFR 172.203 Notation of NRC/ERDA package approval
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49 CFR 172.203 Proper certification 49 CFR 172.204
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-2-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 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]
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Properly blocked and braced (49 CFR 173.392/177.842)
LSA vehicle survey (49 CFR 177.843)
No items of noncompliance were identified.
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Maximum Radiation Levels
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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 representa-
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i No levels were in noncompliance with 49 CFR 173.393 limits.
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Packaging A representative samplin8 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 requirements as ac -d 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
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49 CFR 173.392/173.393 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
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49 CFR 172.100/172.300 LSA labeling 49 CFR 173.392
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Cask design specifications 49 CFR 173.393a
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