IR 05000003/1977017
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| Site: | Indian Point, 07000549  |
| Issue date: | 12/21/1977 |
| From: | Della Ratta A, Keimig R, Ratta A, Zibulsky H NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| ML20050E001 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-003-77-17, 50-247-77-39, 50-286-77-40, 50-3-77-17, 70-0549-77-02, 70-549-77-2, NUDOCS 8204120463 | |
| Download: ML20050E010 (6) | |
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Region I 70-549/77-02, 50-03/77-17,
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Report No. 50-247/77-39. and 50-286/77-40
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Docket No.
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l License No. DPR-26, DPR-64 Priority Category D, C, C
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Licensee:
Consolidated Edison Comoany of New York, Inc.
4 Irvino Place New York, New York 10003
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Facility Name:
Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 1, 2, and 3
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Inspection at:
Buchanan, New York Inspection conducted: December 5-6 and 8-9, 1977 Inspectors: O [d R
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l Inspection Summary:
j Inspection on December 5-6 and 8-9, 1977 (Recort Nos. 70-549/77-02, 50-03/77-17, 50-247/77-39, and 50-286/77-40 q
Areas Inspected:
Nuclear material control and accounting including:
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organization and operation; measurement and controls; shipping and receiving;
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storage and internal controls; inventory; records and reports; management of material control system; and licensee action on previously identified items i
of noncompliance.
The inspection involved 41 inspector-hours on site by two
NRC inspectors.
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Results:
Of the seven areas inspected, no apparent items of noncompliance
were identified in six areas, and one apparent item of noncompliance was identified in one area (deficiency - failure to report plutonium decay on Material Status Reports from NRC-742, paragraph 8).
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i Region I Form 12 (Rev. April 77-)
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DETAILS t
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Persons Contacted
- T. M. Law, Plant Manager
- E. F. Eich, Performance Supervisor
- J. Makepeace, Technical Engineering Director
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- M. F. Shatkouski, Chief Operations Engineer
- R. E. Landwaard, QA Engineer
- L. J. Kawula, Test and Performance Engineer
- C. Limoges, Reactor Engineer
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J. P. Cullen, General HP Supervisor R. Orzo, Shift Supervisor
- J. W. Kilduff, Assistant to Resident Manager (PASNY)
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Licen'see Action on Previous Insoection Findinas
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(Closed) Noncompliance (50-286/75-13):
Failure to maintain written material control and accounting procedures which are sufficient to
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enable the licensee to account for the SNM in his possession.
The licensee has corrected this situation with issuance of SA0-130, i
dated September 15, 1975, as revised on August 31, 1977.
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(Closed) Noncompliance (50-286/75-13):
Failure to complete and a
distribute Nuclear Material Transfer Reports, form NRC-741, in accordance with the printed instructions.
The inspector's review i
of the documents generated since the last inspection indicated that the forms have been completed and distributed in accordance with
the printed instructions.
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Facility Oraanization and Oceration fj The inspector determined that the licensee has established an organ-izational structure that provides for those positions having respon-
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sibilities for SNM functions.
The control of SNM at the reactor site
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is administered by the Plant Manager and the Chief Operations Engineer.
j Accountability for all SNM transactions involving receipts and ship-
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ments of SNM is the responsibility of the Performance Supervisor.
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The licensee has issued written procedures entitled Station Admin-q istrative Order No.130, Revision 1, "Special Nuclear Materials
Accounting and Handling," effective August 31, 1977.
b No items of noncompliance were identified.
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Measurement and Controls The licensee has an on-line computer to monitor and calculate
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thermal exposure for each fuel element.
The Production Supervisor's staff calculates the U-235 burnup and plutonium production from the i
computer data.
The inspector's independent determination of the U-235 burnup and plutonium production was in agreement with the licensee's reported
figures shown on the form NRC-742 submitted for the periods ending
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December 31,1975, June 30,1976, March 31,1977, and September 30, 1977.
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J No items of noncompliance were identified.
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Shipping and Receiving J
The inspector determined that the licensee has established and
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maintained a program to assure that all special nuclear material j
received or shipped by the licensee is accurately accounted for.
The Plant Manager has overall physical control and physical sur-i i
veillance responsibilities for nuclear materials at the plant site, as well as receipt and shipment of nuclear fue.l.
No items of noncompliance were identified.
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Storage and Internal Controls The licensee has established a system of storage and internal control of SNM which provides for a current knowledge of the quantity, iden-
tity, and location of all SNM within the facility.
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Records are maintained by the Performance Supervisor which provide d
for the identity,. quantity, and location within the facility, i
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The inspector identified to the licensee that fission counters should be accounted for by a discrete number for each counter rather
than by a total count to ensure crocer identification.
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problems have been encountered in the licensee's established system, i
the licensee agreed to revise SAO-130, Revision 1, Section 6.B, covering inventory of fission counters to include identification of fission
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counters by discrete numbers.
No items of noncompliance were identified.
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Inventory The licensee is following procedure PI-A1, Revision 0, (SNM Physical Inventory) to perform annual SNM inventories.
The licensee commenced their last physical inventory on October 5,1977, for Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 1 and 2 and October 12, 1977, for Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit 3.
Results are as follows:
J Location of Fuel Assemblies IP-1 IP-2 IP-3 l
Reactor Core-0-193 193 i
i Spent Fuel Pool 160
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(16) Fission counters are located in the IP-1 Source Vault.
'(1) Ci PuBE Neutron Test Source is located in the IP-1 Source Vault. *
I (4) PuBE Reactor Neutron Sources are located in the'IP-2 Spent Fuel Pool.
(16) Fixed In-Core Miniature Fission Counters are located in the IP-2 i
Reactor Core.
(16) Fixed In-Core Miniature Fission Counters are located in the IP-2 Spent Fuel Pool.
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(6) Movable In-Core Miniature Fission Counters are located in the IP-2 Reactor Core.
(32) Fixed In-Core Miniature Fission Counters are located in the
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i IP-3 Reactor Core.
(6) Movable In-Core Miniature Fission Counters are located in the
IP-3 Reactor Core.
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r The NRC inspector verified the inventory by an item count of the fuel assemblies located in the spent fuel pool and new fuel pool.
The PuBe reactor neutron sources and fission counters were also verified by an item count.
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No items of noncompliance were identified.
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Records and Recorts The licensee's Performance Supervisor maintains a records' system
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that consists of manual ledgers showing the amount of SNM in each serialized fuel rod plus a file of NRC-741 Transfer Reports and NRC-742 Material Status Reports.
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To date, the only transactions have involved the receipt of 18 fuel assemblies for Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit 2.
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audit of the NRC-741 documents generated for this period was con-ducted to determine completeness, accuracy, signature, and timely
dispatch.
Material Status Reports NRC-742's submitted for the
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periods ending December 31, 1975, June 30, 1976, March 31, 1977,
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l and September 30, 1977, were also reviewed for proper signature,
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timely submission, and accuracy of data.
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The inspector determined that the licensee has not been recorting
plutonium decay on the Material Status Reports form NRC-742. This is an item of noncompliance at the deficiency level under 10 CFR
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70.53(a) and the printed instructions for completing the form q
(03/77-17-01, 247/77-39-01, and 286/77-40-01).
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Management of Material Control System
An annual audit of the material control and accounting program is performed by an independent audit group.
The last such audit was
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performed on August 18, 1977.
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J In general, the report noted certain discrepancies in the licensee's i
Special Nuclear Materials Accounting and Handling Procedure, SAO-f 130, Revision 0, which were corrected by the licensee with the re-vision (Revision 1) of SA0-130 on August 31, 1977.
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Facility Tour a
i The inspector walked through various areas of the facilities to
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s No items of noncompliance were identified.
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Exit Interview The inspector met with licensee representatives (denoted in paragraph 1) at the conclusion of the inspection on December 9, 1977.
The inspector sunmarized the scope and the findings of the inspection.
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