IR 05000029/1976010
| ML19339B400 | |
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| Site: | Yankee Rowe |
| Issue date: | 05/18/1976 |
| From: | Knapp P, Neely D, Jason White NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| 50-029-76-10, 50-29-76-10, NUDOCS 8011060849 | |
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U. S. NUCLEAR RECUL\\ TORY CC:::tISSION OFFICE OF INSPECTIO:I A::D E::FORCDIEUT REGIO:I I IE Inspection Report No:
50-29/76-10 Docket No:
50-29 Licensce:
Yankee Atomic Electfic Conpany License No:
DPR-3 20 Turnpike Road Priority:
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Location:
Rowe. Massachusetts
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Type of Licensec:
PWR, 500 MWt (W)
Type of inspcotion:
Routine, Unannounced Dates of Inspection:
March 30-31, 1976 February 25-27, 1976 Dates of Previous Inspection:
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DATE Other Accompanying Personnel: k s3 NtX b /d' 'I<6 P.J. Knapp, Cht Y, Pc itation Support Section
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SUMMARY OF FINDINGS Enforcement Action
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Items of Nonccmpliance
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Violations None
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Deficiencies
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A License Condition 15A of Byproduct Material License 20-06216-01 requires that each sealed source containing byproduct material, other than Hydrogen-3, with a half life greater than thirt;
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days and in any form other than gas shall be tested for leakage and/or contamination at intervals not to exceed six months.
Contrary-to this reouirement, four Co-60 sources of 1 millicurie, 1.71 millieuries, 35.19 millicuries and 115.9 millicuries; and one Cs-137 source of 50 curies were not tested between June 4,
1975 and February 1,1976, an interval of eight months.
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Licensee Action on Previousiv Identified Enforcement Action
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None Other Sicnificant Findings i
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Acceptable Areas i
No inadequacies were identified during inspection of the following areas:
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Respiratory Protection b.
Materials Inventory c.
Receipt and Transfer
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Shipping Accidents e.
Notifications and Reports 2.
Unresolved Items None
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Infractions and Deficiencies Idetp ~f cl nv the Licensee None
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Deviations None i
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Status of Previousiv Identified 'Jnresolved Items j
Procedure approval for sampling containment air prior to vapor con-
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Inspection Report 50-29/75-09, Detail 5.c.
This item.is received.
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Mana;re" men t Interview A management interview was conducted at the site on March 31, 1976.
Persons Present H. A. Autio, Plant Superintendent I. R. Seybold, Plant Health Physicist N. M. Panzarino, Engineer, YMSD J. L. Staub, Technical Assistant to Plant Superintendent N. N. St. Laurent, Assistant Plant Superintendent L. Bozek, Quality Control and Audit Engineer W. D. Billings, Supervisor, Plant Chemistry and Health Physics Items Discussed A.
Purpose of the Insosction The inspecter sta'ted that the purpose of this inspection was to review the licensee's radiation protection program in the areas of:
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Records pertaining to Radiation Safety 2.
Respiratory Protection 3.
Materials Inventory
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Receipt and Transfer of Radioactive Material S.
Notifications and Reports B.
Accentable Areas i
The items discussed are as identified under the "Other Significant
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Findings" section of this report.
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Items of Noncompliance The items discussed are as identified under the " Enforcement Action"
section of this report.
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Persons Contceted I. R. Seybold, Plant Health Physicist W. 5. Billings, Supervisor, Chemistry and Health Physics J. Trejo, Engineering Assistant L. Bozek, Quality Control and Audit Engineer 2.
Scope of the Inspection i
The inspection consisted of a review of selected records, procedures and programs administered by the licensee.
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inspection, the inspector conducted a review of the facility accom-panied by a Health Physics Technical Assistant and an employee
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Plant Records The inspector reviewed the following records for the periods i
indicated and found that they appeared to be acceptablo.
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Exposure Control Records
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(1) NRC - Form 4 - 1975 to 1976
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(2) NRC - Form 5 - 1975 to 1976 (inclusive of February 28, 1976)
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Respiratory Protection Records li (1) Whole Body Counting - 1975 to 1976 (2) Respiratory Training - 1975 to 1976 (3) Respiratory Fitting - 1975 to 1976 (4) Respiratory Use - 1975 to 1976 c.
Radioactive Material Receipt and Shipments
(1) Laundry and Waste Shipments - January 3,1975 to March 22, 1976 (2) New Fuel Receipt - July 15, 1975
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Notification and Reports - 1975 to 1976 e.
Radioactive Materials Inventory - 1975 to 1976 f.
Dosimeter Records - January and February 1976
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Shipping Accident Reports - 1975 to 1976
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Status of Previous 1v Tdentified Unresolved Items
Inspection Report 75-09, Detail 5.e. reported that the licensee had
adopted and utilized a procedure for sampling prior to vapor contain-ment entry,-before the procedure had been formally reviewed and accepted.
In the course of this inspection, the inspector noted that the pro-cedure has been formally approved by the Plant Offsite Review Committee (PORC). The inspector had no further questions on this matter.
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Enforcement Action a.
Sealed Source Leak Yest j
In reviewing the licensee's record of sealed source leak testing, the inspector noted one case of an eight month period between leak test intervals, i.e. June 4, 1975 to February 2, 1976. This
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interval is contrary to the License condition 15.A of License 20-06216-01, which specifies that the interval between leak testing shall not exceed six months.
Sealed Sources Which Uere Not Leak-Tested During the Period
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6/4/75 - 2/2/76 Soutee hamber Isotone Corrected Activity
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6 Co 1 millicurie
Co60 1.71 millicurie
Co60 35.19 millicurie
Co60 115.9 millicurie 137
Cs 50 Curies The interval specified by the Byproduct Material License (six
months) for leak testing the sources listed above was exceeded in that the sources were not tested, as required, during the
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period June 4, 1975 to February 2, 1976. The inspector noted that this failure to leak test in the specified period was a i
deficiency.
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