IR 05000147/1979001
| ML19253C545 | |
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| Site: | 05000147 |
| Issue date: | 10/16/1979 |
| From: | Book H, Curtis J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V) |
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| 50-147-79-01, 50-147-79-1, NUDOCS 7912060031 | |
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U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT
REGION V
50-147/79-01 Report No.
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Rockwell International Corporation Energy Systems Group 8900 DeSoto Avenue, Canoga Park, CA 91304 Facility Name:
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!!aterials Safety Branch Sumary:
Inspection on September 4-6,1979(ReportNo. 50-147/79-01)
Areas Inspected: A routine inspection was conducted to detennine the physical status of the FCEL facility, examine various aspects of the surveillance program, and determine the licensee's timetable related to their dismantling plan. The inspection involved four inspection hours by one radiation specialist.
Results:
No items of noncompliance were identified.
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DETAILS 1.
Persons Contacted
- M. E. Remley, Manager, Health Safety and Radiation Services R. E. Tuttle, Manager, Radiation and fluclear Safety
- J. H. Walter,flanager, Santa Suzanna Site M. Abbott, Health Physicist, Rockwell International
- H, Wieseneck, Director, Research & Engineering
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Facility Status - Tour The inspector toured the FCEL Facility.
The components of the critical assenbly machine are located in a normally locked building within a fenced enclosure.
Portions of the building are actively in use by members of the Rockwell International instrumentation section.
The FCEL facility is a large high bay room with 2 to 4 foot thick concrete walls.
One-third of the floor space is occupied by the components of the critical assembly - one fixed and one moveable honeycomb structure with necessary supoorts, and a separate control rod drive mecharism. All of the fuel has been removed and returned to DOE or has been otherwise removed from the facility inventory.
The room has been used periodically for other purposes, taking advantage of the shielded walls and ability to isolate the room ventilation system that exist. At present non FCEL space is being used for boxed storage space.
The areas occupied by the FCEL components are separated from the periodic use area by rope barriers.
Rockwell personnel who utilize the area are aware of the radiation levels and conditions in the room.
Health physics sur-veillance is formally assigned and provided.
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Radiological Control - Surveillance The inspector discussed the radiological surveillance programs for the FCEL facility and examined associated records of surveys and results of integrating dosineters (film badges) placed on the inside walls of the facility.
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-2-Quarterly radiation level and contamination surveys are conducted by the health physicist assigned to the building. The radiation levels around the FCEL components are in the 0.03 to 0.08 mR/hr range as reported from quarterly surveys using a Technical Associates CP6A ion chamber survey meter. A cobalt-60 calibration source that had been used in an adjacent area has been removed to another location; as a consequence localized levels up to 90 mR/hr no longer exist in the room.
Contamination igvels, determined by swipe surveys are in the 0 to 50 dpm beta per 100 cm area range.
The last use of the FCEL was in !!ovember 1974.
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Exit Interview The scope and results of the inspection were discussed with the Director of Research and Engineering and the fianager of Health, Safety and Radiation Services.
The status of the FCEL was discussed. The renaining components and the FCEL #acility are presently covered by an flRC Dismantling Order (flRC letter cated t'ovember 1,1974, Goller to AI). The physical status is as described in Section 2 of this report.
At present, there is no timetable for dismantling the remaining FCEL components.
The licensee's action on ultimate termination of this license is dependant whether AI management and a prospective recipient of the research apparatus arrive at an appro-priate transfer arrangement and whether any prospective recipient woulc be able to arrange for f1RC licensing. The licensee intends to maintain the facility in its present status, continuing the surveillance program until the facility is sold, transferred or a management decision is made to dismantle and dispose of the remaining components.
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