IR 05000170/1987002

Ack Receipt of Informing NRC of Steps Taken to Correct Violations Noted in Insp Rept 50-170/87-02

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Person / Time
Site:	Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
Issue date:	09/02/1987
From:	Martin T NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Irving G DEFENSE, DEPT. OF, DEFENSE NUCLEAR AGENCY
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7 August 1987 RSDS-Reactor SUBJECT: Notice of Violation fron Inspection Report t 50-170/87-02 i

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Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region I 631 Park Avenue . King of Prussia, PA 19406 Gentlemen: In response to the Notice of Violation dated 9 July 1987, the following statements of fact are submitted for your consideratio The volation did occur as stated. However, we believe that this violation was minor and would not have resulted in an increased threat to the public health and safety for two reasons. First, the unlabeled drums were being stored in an area to which unescorted access is strictly controlled and limited to members of the Reactor and Radiation Safety staffs. Second, that storage area was appropriately marked as an area that contained radioactive material At the time this violation was identified to the radiation safety staff by the NRC inspectors, immediate corrective action was taken. All the specified waste drums were properly labeled, resulting in full compliance with 10 CFR 20.203(f).

To avoid the future potential for non-compliance with 10 CFR 20.203(f), Health Physics Procedure 6-2, paragraph.7c, (at the enclosure) has been revised to indicate that any container in which radioactive material is accumulated and could exceed Appendiz C quantities will initially be posted with a clearly visible label bearing the radiation symbol and the words " CAUTION, RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL." The radioactive codtents will also be identified by a tag or otherwiss ok*srly visible labe .

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Full compliance was achieved immediately after the violation was identified as noted in paragraph two, above. Changes to the Health Physics Procedure 6-2 were made on 7 July 1987. This completes all action concerning this Class V violatio *

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HEALTH PHYSICS PROCEDURE HPP 6-2

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LAB RADI0 ACTIVE WASTE COLLECTION 07 Jul 87 General * Purpose and Scope: This HPP describes the procedures to be followed in collecting laboratory radioactive wastes and transporting them to SAF areas used for their storage and/or treatmen l Responsibility:

   (1) S AF personnel are responsible for pickup, storage and preparation of radioactive waste, and laundering and surveying of radioactive laundr (2) Radioactive source users are responsible for documenting radioactive inventories for waste containers, and assuring that documentation is correct within the limits prescribed in this procedur . Re f e rences_ Regula t o ry :
   (1) 10 CFR 20, " Standards for Protection Against Radiation" (2) KSI 610, " Laboratory Radioactive Waste Disposal" (3) 49 CFR, " General Requirements for Shipments and Packaging" Technical: US ARMY AMCCOM (1) HPP 0-5, Transportation of Radioactive Materials" (2) HPP 6-3, " Solid Radioactive Waste" (1) HPP 6-7, " Radioactive Laundry" (4) RSI 510, " Unsealed Radioactive Source Use" (5) HPP 6-5, " Radioactive Aninal Handling" Laboratory Waste Pickup Frequency Ra !ioactive waste will be picked up by SAF, whenever a pickup is requested by any AFRRI laboratory personne Pickups are normally made within 24 hours of the reques . Lab Waste Categories 1 Summary of Categories (refer to RSI 610):   l (1) Low-level liquid, limits in 10 CFR 20, appendix C and 10 CFR 20.B.I.2., l and containing a one-liter or more volume   l l

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 (2) High-level liquid, above low-level limits (3) Solid waste; e.g., glassware, papers, dry vials, including concentrated waste, but not reading more than 2.5 mR/h at contact (4) Solid waste producing radiation area; i.e., >2.5 mR/h at contact (5) Scintillation vials (6) Partially expended radioactive sources (7) Animal carcasses, injected or activated Treatment and disposal of radioactive waste shall be according to the specific requirements of that type of wast . Storage and Disposal Solid waste: All waste categorized in paragraph 4.a. , numbers (4), (5) and (7) shall be stored in radioactive barrels, or in boxes in the freeze Animal Materials: Carcasses and organs of animals which have been injected with radioactivity, or made radioactive by exposure to a reactor or similar source, shall be stored in a cold storage area, in barrels marked "ANIM".

Such barrels, if not stored in a posted, locked room, shall be labeled as

 "RADI0 ACTIVE MATERIAL". Vials: Vials containing up to 20 ml of radioactive liquid may be stored in waste barrels marked " Liquid Scintillation VIAL /LSV", in the radioactive storage are No treatment of these vials is required, at AFRR These vials should be kept closed during storag . Lab Waste Container Documentation Documentation Limits: Source users shall document all radioactive materials placed in waste container Rad Waste Tag: Documentation shall be made on the " Solid / Liquid Radioactive Waste" tags (enclosure 2) which shall be provided by SAF with each waste containe Additional tags may be obtained from SAF SAF personnel shall complete the tag and review documentation at the time of picku All disposal entries shall include:
 (1) Disposal date (2) Specific radionuclides (3) Amount of each, in millicuries (4) Physical and chemical designation of the material l

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f-(5) -Enumeration of all non-radiological hazards '

  '(6) -Person' disposing, signature-initials, and (7) Person-picking up, initial ] If documentation'is incomplete or' questionable, collection shall not be made until the senior member of SAPH has been contacted. Non-radiological hazards. labeling shall be- deemed fully as .important as radiological E   labeling. Liquid lab waste should be sampled right after pickup.

. 7.- * Waste Barrel Documentation General Contents: Each amount of radioactive material deposited in any waste barrel shall- have with it information as to its general content This e should include the types and quantities of radioactive materia All waste barrels shall have Radioactive Waste Cards (AFRRI Form 117) reflecting the current radioactive material contents firmly attached and visibl All waste barrels will be clearly labelled with a " CAUTION RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS" sign including the radiation symbo If the types and quantities of radioactive material are not directly obtainable, they shall be estimated as follows:

  (1) Source users shall be interviewed to determine what significant (microcurie) amounts of activity have been placed in laboratory container (2) RAL records shall be reviewed to determine the content of vials removed from AFRRI Room.142 Analogous records shall be reviewed in any other laboratory using counting vial (3) Random sampling of solid and LSV waste shall be used if necessar (4) For labeling barrel see 49-173.421, 173.444, and 10 CFR 20.203(F). If'a range of activity estimates is obtainud, the upper extreme of the range shall be recorded for use on waste disposal document CONCURRED BY:  >  '61   i )&w z
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