IR 05000018/1989001
| ML20005D912 | |
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| Site: | Vallecitos Nuclear Center, Vallecitos |
| Issue date: | 12/06/1989 |
| From: | Hooker C, Wenslawski F NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML20005D911 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-018-89-01, 50-070-89-01, 50-18-89-1, 50-183-89-01, 50-183-89-1, 50-70-89-1, NUDOCS 9001020238 | |
| Download: ML20005D912 (3) | |
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U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION V
Report Nos. 50-18/89-01, 50-70/89-01 and 50-183/89-01 License Nos. DPR-1, TR-1 and DR-10 Licensee: General Electric Company-Vallecitos Nuclear Center P. O. Box 460 Pleasanton, California 91304 Facility Name:
Vallecitos Boiling Water Reactor (VBWR), General Electric Test Reactor (GETl) and ESADA Vallecitos Experimental Superheat Reactor (EVESR)
Irispection at: Vallecitos Nuclear Center Inspection Conducted:
November B-21, 1989 Inspector:
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F. A. Wenslawski, Chief Dat'e 5'igned Facilities Radiological Protection Section Summary:
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Areas inspected:
This was a routine unannounced inspection of Class III operations.
The inspection also included facility tours.
Inspection Procedures 30703 and 40755 were addressed, b.
Results:
In the areas inspected, the licensee's 'arograms appeared fully capableofaccomplishingtheirsafetyo)jectives.
No violations or deviations were identified.
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DETAILS
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Licensee:
'* R. W. Darmitzel, Manager, Irradiation Processing
- D. R. Smith, Manager, Nuclear Test Reactor
- J. H. Cherb, Manager, Nuclear Safety
- G. E. Cunningham, Senior Licensing Engineer E. J. Strain, Compliance Engineer
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F. A. Arlt, Supervisor, Facilities Maintenance i
- Denotes those attending the exit intarview on November 21, 1989.
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In addition to the individuals noted above, the inspector met and held l
discussions with other members of the licensee's staff.
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Class III Operations (40755)
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VBWR GETR and EVESR are defueled and in a aermanent shutdown status.
RoutInepatrols(excludingthecontainmentauildings)andperiodic
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entries into the containment buildings of these facilities are made to check for abnormal conditions and conduct radiological surveys as rer;dited by their respective Technical Specifications (TS) and/or License Ccnditions.
Annual Reports are also submitted to the NRC for each of the
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facilities.
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Entries into the VBWR and GETR have been annually and entries into EVESR were semi-annually.
By License Amendment No. 4, dated January 14, 1988, the licensee was granted authorization to perform the EVESR entries annually.
The inspector verified that the licensee's staff was performing the surveillances and radiological surveys required by their respective TS and/or License Conditions since the last inspection of these facilities
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Radiological surveys included air sampling, contamination and radiation level measurements at specific locations within each facility.
Annual radiological survey data was noted to be
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consistent with previous years recorded data.
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Annual Reports For 1987 and 1988 from each of the facilities were also revioed.
Each report provided the status of each facility and radi,,ogical surveys as required by their respective TS and/or License Conditions.
No errors or anomalies were identified.
The licensee's 1989 annuai entry into these facilities was made on October 26, 1989.
On September 19, 1989, the licensee informed the Region V Office of their planned entry; however, due to previous commitments, the regional inspector was unable accompany the licensee during their annual inspection.
However, the inspector toured the areas exterior to the containment buildings. During these tours, the inspector made independent radiation measurements using an Eberline R0-2 portable
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ion chamber S/N 4D42, due for calibration on April 16, 1990.
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inspector observed that radiation and high radiation areas were posted as t
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required by: 10 CFR Part 20.
Licensee controls for high radiation areas
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were also observed to be consistent with 10 CFR Part 20 requirements.
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Exit-Interview (30703)
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The inspector met with the licensee representatives, denoted in paragraph one at the conclusion of the inspection on November 21,1989.
The scope
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and findings of the inspe: tion were summarized.
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h The inspector informed the licensee that there were no apparent violations or deviations identified in the areas inspected.
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