IR 015000039/1981004

Waste Packaging Insp Rept 15000039/81-04 on,810420-24.No Noncompliance Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Shipping Vehicles Inspected for Shipping Paper & DOT Placarding Requirements, Radiation Levels & Removable Contamination

ML20004C208
Person / Time
Site:	02700047, 015000039, Barnwell
Issue date:	05/07/1981
From:	Macarthur T, Peery W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:
Shared Package
ML20004C205	List: IR 015000039/1981004 ML20004C204
References
15000039-81-04, 15000039-81-4, NUDOCS 8106010755
Download: ML20004C208 (6)

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Report No. 15000039/81-04 Disposal Site: Chem-Nuclear Systems, Inc Barnwell, South Carolina 29812 Inspector: M db EN/6 T. C. MacArthur Date Signed f!?/f//

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W. W. Peary,Scting Section Chief Gate Signed Tecnnical Inspection Branch Engineering and Technical Inspection Division SUMMARY Inspection on April 20-24, 1981 Areas Inspected This routine unannounced inspection involved 32 inspector-hours on site in the area of transportation.

Each licensee-shipper vehicle was inspected for compliance with Department of

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Transportation (DOT) and Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) regulations as folicws: (1) shipping paper requirements; (2) 00T Placarding requirements; (3)

radiation levels; (4) removable contamination; (5) 00T marking and labeling requirements for packages; (6) 00T and NRC requirements for external package features, and (7) prohibited articles or contents.

Results: Of the seven areas inspected involving shipments, no items of noncom-pliance were identified.

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DETAILS 1.

Persons Contacted R. Sappington, DHEC J. Purvis, CNSI J. Ott, CNSI 2.

General The NRC inspection consisted of a review of the shipping pacers, 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 construction or any evidence of leakage.

Chem-Nuclear assigns a control number for each shipment upon arrival at the site. These numbers were called " arrival survey numbers" (AS No.) and were used by the inspectors to identify licensee-shippers during this inspection.

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Shipments Inspected Thirty-five (35) shipments were inspected during the period of April 20 through April 24, 1981.

A listing of the shippers inspected and their assigned number is included as Attachment A.

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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

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49 CFR 172.100/172.200/172.202 Material shipping name

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49 CFR 172.?.00/172.202 Material class

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49 CFR 172/200/172.202 Name sequence

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Total quantity (volume)

49 CFR 172/200/172.202

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49 CFR 172/200/172.203 Limited quantity

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Name of each radionuclide

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49 CFR 172/203 Physical and chemical form 49 CFR 172/203

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Activity in curies

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49 CFR 172/203 Category or label

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Notation of NRC/ERDA package approval 49 CFR 172.203

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Proper certification

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49 CFR 172.204 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:

Maaimum transportation index of 50 - (49 CFR 177.842)

Loaded so as to aveid spillage (49 CFR 177.842)

Properly blocked and braced (49 CFR 173.392/177.842)

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LSA vehicle survey (49 CFR 177.843)

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 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 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-examined for conformance with 00T and NRC requirements as noted below:

Low specific activity (LSA) packaging 49 CFR 173.392

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49 CFR 173.391 or 173.392 No release of material

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49 CFR 173.392/173.393 Radioactive material markings

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49 CFR 172.310 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 Cask design specifications 49 CFR 173.393a i

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No items of noncomoliance were identified.

Attachment: Shipments Inspected

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Trailer AS No.

Region Carrier Number Shipper 25493 II McLean 8287 Babcock and Wilcox Company Naval Nuclear Fuel Division P. O. Box 785 Lynchburg, VA 24505 25512 II Home 056 Caorgia Power Company Plant E. I. Hatch U.S. - 1 Baxley, GA 31513 25530 II TSMT 057 Duke Power Company 25476 CNSI 021 Oconee Nuclear Station P. O. Box 1175 Seneca, SC 29678 25528 I

CNSI 028 Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company RFD-2, Box 450 Wiscasset, ME 04578 25529 II CNSI 043 Florida Power and Light Company

25483 CNSI 003 Turkey Point Plants P. O. Box 529100 Miami, FL 33152 25474 II CNSI 060 Carolina Power and Light Company 25494 TSMT 026 P. O. Box 10429 25518 CNSI 060 Southport, NC 25519 CNSI 023 l

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25517 III Hittman 72230 Commonwealth Edison i

Dresden Nuclear Plant RR #1 Morris, IL 60450 l

25515 II CNSI 070 Consumers Power Company Big Rock Point Plant Rt. #3, Box 591 Charleoux, MI 49720

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25514 II TSMT 444549 General Electric Company Castel-Hayne Road P. O. Box 780 Wilmington, NC 28401 25513 I

CNSI 072 Northeast Nuclear Engineering Compnay P. O. Box 128 Waterford, CT 06385 25507 I

TSMT 128103 Baltimore Gas and Electric Company Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant Rts 2 & 4 Luscy, MD 20657 25508 III TSMT 840649 Kerr-McGee Chemical Corporation 798 Factory Street West Chicago, IL 60185 25511 III CNSI 040 Commenwealth Edison Quad Cities 22710 206th Avenue N Cordova, IL 61242

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25510 III Hacke H-10 Commonwealth Edison 101 Shiloh Blvd.

Zion, IL 60099 25506 III TSMT 440828 Wisconsin Electric Power Company i

6610 Nuclear Road Two Rivers, WI 52241 25497 I

CNSI 067 Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co.

RR #1, Box 127E East Hampton, CT 05:24 25490 II Thurston 4440 TNS, Inc.

P. O. Box 153 Jonesboro, TN 37659-25491 II TSMT TV83 Tennessee Valley Authority 25478 TSMT TV45 Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant P. O. Box 2000 Decatur, AL 35602 25489 II Home 743005 Virginia Electric and Power Co.

Surry Power Station P. O. Box 315 Surry, VA 23883 s

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Consolidated Edison of New York, Inc.

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Diagnastic Labs Indian Point Station CNSI 23137 Broadway and Blakely Street Buchanan, NY 10511 25495 I

McCormack 255 Jersey Central Power & Light Company 25481 McCormack 216 Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station 25531 McCormack 255 Rcute 9 Forked River, NJ 08751 25482 III Hacke 72232 Indiana & Michigan Electric Company DC Cook Plants P. O. Box 458 Bridgman, MI 49106 I

Thurston 4668 Texas Instruments, Inc.

34 Forest Street M/S 10-17 Attleboro, MA 02703 25477 III TSMT 440232 Arkansas Power and Light Company Russelville, AR 25480 II CNSI 034 Amoco Chemicals Corporation Decatur, AL 25475 II Watkins 45-7744 Eglin AFB Traffic Managemen+. Officer Eglin AFB, FL Westinghouse Electric Corporation Nuclear Fuel Division Drawer R Columbia, SC 29205

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