IR 05000172/1971001
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| Issue date: | 07/01/1971 |
| From: | Robert Lewis, Seidle W, Sutherland J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
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REGION II
DIVISION OF COMPLIANCE
Report of Inspection CO Report No. 50-172/71-1 Lcckheed Aircraf t Corporation (RER)
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Licensee:
License No. R-86 Category E Date of Inspection:
May 19, 1971 Date of Previous Inspection:
September 9,1970 Inspected By:
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'Da t e W. C. Seidle/ Senior Reactor Inspector Proprietary Information:
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An announced inspection was conducted at the shutdown 3 Mwt pressurized water, unshielded research reactor located at the Lockheed-Georgia nuclear laboratory near Dawsor.ville, Georgia.
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The purpose of the inspection was to review the status of the. shutdown reactor, fuel storage, adherence to sampling and monitoring requirements, and maintenance of security.
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Safety Items - Nw.*
Nonconolf ance Items - An ites of noncompliance was detected during the inspec-
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t ion. Contrary to paragraph C.2 of the Technical Specifications, the filter sample from the continuous particulate air sampler was not collected and
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analysed weekly for gross alpha activity. A Form AEC-592 was issued on May 21, 1971.. (See Section R.)
Unusual' Occurrences - None
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Status of Previously Reported Problems. There were four items cf noncompliance
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Georgia Company on October 14,_1970.
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.Lockheed has received approval for shipping the irradiated fuel and control elements to Savannah River, with shipment tentativsly scheduled to commence May 17 and to be completed in June 1971.
The 36 nenirradiated fuel elements were shipped to Savannah River on May -6,1971.
(See Section G.)
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The AEC Division cf Technical Information (DTI) has tentatively agreed to purchase the two Lockheed tour reactors.1/ Lockheed will forward a letter to DRL requesting exemption to 1icensing requirements, due to pending sale of the two reactors to the AEC.
(See Management Interview.)
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An audit of the security program, including a tour by Compliance of a selected remote section of the exclusion fence disclosed no deficiencies.
(See Section B.)
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Procedures have not been developed for *cading the irradiated fuel and control elements into the spent core cask or cask handling.
(See Management Interview and Sectics G.)
Management' Interview A formal management interview was not conducted at
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the termination of the inspection as the encire inspection and discussion was conducted in the presence of all parties concerned. However, a recap following the day's activities was ccnductsd by the inspectors with Dodd, Ham, and Westbrook. The following iteer were discussed:
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Ihe. item of nonecmpliance: Ham concurs with the inspector's findings that Lockheed is in noncompliance with the shutdown Technical Specifications i
1/ O'Reilly mem:randam dated' May 4,1971 subjects Lockheed Tour Reactors.
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ersight of the weekly and stated that the noncompliance occurred as an ovHam
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requir ament.
and aralysis would.be reinitiated.
be issued for the The inspector informed Dodd that a Form AEC-592 would noncompliance ites.
Dodd stated that DTI has agreed upon a The status of the tour reactors:
Also, Lockheed expects a letter of b t two weeks.
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purchase price for both reactors. intent this week and p
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Also, Dodd stated that the fuel is stored at the pending transfer Lockheed will forward a letter to DRL during the week o exemption to 10 CFR 70 licensing requirement due to
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fuel elements and the lack of 3.. The pending shipmsnt of the irradiated Ham stated that procedures would be develop handling proceduress and that the Procedure Review Committee wo f the irradiated elements.
procedures prior to the handling and chipping o
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B. D. Dodd - Decommissioning Coordinator F. L. Amend - Reactor Supervisor M. M. Ham Chief Health -Physicist J. L. Jenkins - Health Physicist H. P. Turner Security Lieutenant
- D. Westbrook Ad=ir.istrative Supervisor Administration and Organisaticq B.
Orzanisation and Pertennel f the f ormer reactor 1.
The personnel remaining at the f acility consists o(Jenkins), and
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i supervisor (Amend), a health physicist technic urity force. Also, d
the chief health physicist (Ham) spen s apprstaff augmented by other i
working time at the f acility with the s te d
personnel f rom Lo:kheed (Marietta), as require.
Procedure kriitw Co-sittae.
functions and activities 2.
A review of the Pr:cedure Rreisw C:=mittee's h L.Lb of the
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Technical Specificacices are being fulfilled, i.e., einutes ret procedures an
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activities are.being reviewed.
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Security :
dc Dodd stated, and the logb:oks reflect, that there has been no re u i d 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> tion in the security force and that security is mainta ne and it was The security logs reflect,
.per day, seven days per week.
f the confirmed in discussions with Taylor, that a complete tour o i
The exclusion security fence is being conducted on a weekly bas s.
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Compliance inspectors selected a remste se fence was being maintained in a satisf actory manner.
i s The Plant Security Operating Instruction Manual, previding ins March 5,
' for the security force, was reviewed by the Safety Committee on The manual provides f or the'
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k patrol 1971, and implemented en March control of visitors, vehicles, empicyees, materials, cloc ER pool surveillance, fires, - radiation alarms, int rusio and the submittal of activity' ~ reports.
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Primary System l water A review of'the records disclosed that sampling l
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Specification 9. The gross beta-gacma activity ranged f ro
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to 1.87 x 10' uCi/cc.
the pH varied f rom 6.2 to 6.6.
Core and Internals C.. The 56 fuel elater.ts and 8 c:ntrol elements h d in the RER storage pool since *uly 29, 1970.
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d The end baskets f rom the irradiated fusi elements were remov d
No. FS-107, in water saving in accordance with' an apprcved proce urs, f rom the preparation f or transporting the irradiated fuel assemblies
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td The irradiated fusi siemen:s ar,d control alteents w 1)
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had not been developed for handling these irradiated fuel elements, would be developed and the but according to Dodd, a procedure and approve the Procedure Review Ccmaittee would review, comment, Subsequent to the inspect procedure prior to implementation.
24. 1971, Region II was informed that 24 feel elements were shipped on May another 24 shipped on June 1,1971, and the remaining elements are to be shipped on June 7,1971.
Thirty-eight nonitradiated fuel elements and five nonirradiated control
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rods were shipped to Oak Ridge, Tennessee, on May 6,1971, by the Home Transportation Company in aztended drums (one element per d and were shipped under protective signature.According to Dodd and Ham, Oak Ridge provided shipping instructions.
no nor. irradiated fuel eltmer.ts or control rods remain onsite.
The reactor core grid, control rod scram damper, holddown tank and shield tanks have been removed f rom the reactor vessel and stor The grid, scram damper, and holdd:wn tank are stored in the RER storage pool and the shield tanks are stored on the RER building floor.
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Radiation Protection
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Personnel Monitoring A review of the TLD badge readings for 1970 shows that the highest exposures were received by personnel involved in work in the hot cell The level of exptsure to M:Cs111 ster was 3.450 rem, Harper was Ham stated that these a rea.
3.645 res, and Mathieson was 3.815 rem.
exposures were reported to the AEC in accordance with 10 CFR 20.4 The highest exposure to persennel since January 1,1971, was to a Cham-Nuclear employes (F. Beirle) and he received 0.490 rem during 20.408.
The reactor supervisor (Amend),
the handling of cobalt drum waste.
assigned permanently to the Lockheed site, had an exposure of 0.125 rem during the period of January 1,1971, through March 31, 1971.
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Environment
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Air Sampling Paragraph C.2 of the Technical Specifications requires that filter samples from the particulate air sampler located at the entrance to the RER domineraliser building shall be collected and analysed C:ntrary to paragraph C.2, the weekly fcr gross alpha activity.
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filter samples from the air sampler have been collected on a biweekly schedule since February 1,1971. A Form AEC-592 was issued on May 22, 1971 and a satisf actory response was received on June 2,1971..
A review of the air sample recogs shows the anggysed data te have an activity range of 0.59 x 10-to 3.49 x 10-1 uCi/cc.
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River Water Samelina
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Sampling of the Etowah River water is being performed on a schedule
'of at least twice monthly in accordance with paragraph C.2 of the Technical Specifications. The results. indicate that the water sampled at the east perimeter fence 3600 feet f rom the RER f acility, has an activity range of 1.24 x 10 0 o 3.39 x 10-8 uC1/ce.
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.The water semples taken from the west perimeter fence, 3600 feet from the RER f acility, has an activity range of 1.24 x 10-3 to 4.02 x 10-8 uCi/cc.
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Venetation Samples Vegetation samples are be'ing collected on a quarterly schedule in-accordance with paragraph C.2 of the Technical Specifications.
A review of the records indicates that the vegetables are being -
collected f rom four locations onsite and that the gross beta-samma activity ranged f rom 2.44 x 10-4 to 3.73 x 10-4 uct/s.
Han stated that there had been no change in the vegetation sampling program f rom that which was performed during operation of the reactor.
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Soil Samples Sampling ~ of the act! f rom around the RER f acility is being accomplished at 32 locations, identified as rings A, B, C, and D, and does meet the requirements of paragraph C.2 of the Technical S pecificat ions. The data gleaned from the soil samples is as follows:
Ring A - 25 fe t fr9e RER, 7.02 x 10-5 to
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2.31 x 10-* uCi/s Ring 3 - 125 f eet f rom RER, 5.46 x 10-5 go 8.06 x 10-3 uC1/3 Ring C 250 fest f rom RER, 4.42 x 10-5 to 9.92 x 10-3 uC1/3 Ring D - 500 feet from RER, 3.64 x 10-5 to 6.24 x 10* uCi/g
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Han stated that there had been no change in the seil sampling program f rom that perf semsd while che reactor was operating.
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Miscellanseus Tentative Plans for the Site
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Dodd stated that the City of Atlanta has an option to purchase the 11,000-acre site as a location for a second Atlanta airport.
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Lockheed submitted a dec:=missioning plan tc DRL on April 12, 1971, requesting that the RER te censidcred decommissicned upon transfer of the reactor fuel and contrel rod drives to a licensed receiver and shipped f r:a the site.
Pre:ently, the 'last shipment of fuel and control rods is schedulad for June 7,1971.
Subsequently, Region II was informed that CRL appreved the deccmmissicning plan on May 27, 1971.
A final reactor inspection by Ccspliance will be performed to verify that decommissionirs has been completed prior to the State of Georgia assuming responsibility for menitoring the decontamination of the facility.
Han stated that the 130 grams of' scrap U 235 under AEC License No. SNM-260 will be disposed of by licensed burial. Airo, Lockheed has about 76,375 curies of cobalt and 36,314 curies of cerium on hand under a State of Georgia license. Radiation International, Incorporated, Parsippany, New Jersey (purchaser of Ramco), has applied for a license amendment to receive and pcssess beth the cesium and cobalt invento ry.
Chen-Nuclear Services, Incorperated, Columbia, South Carolina, under contract to Lockheed, has transported 270 drums of cobalt waste containing 1,153.11 mil 11 curies te their Psrnsville, South Carolina, burial f acility.
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