IR 05000244/1991016
| ML17262A592 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Ginna  |
| Issue date: | 08/20/1991 |
| From: | Oconnell P, Pasciak W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| 50-244-91-16, NUDOCS 9108270039 | |
| Download: ML17262A592 (12) | |
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U. S.
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION I
Report No.
Docket No.
50-244 91-16 50-244 License No.
DPR-18 Licensee:
Rochester Gas and Electric Cor oration 49 East Avenue Rochester New York 14649 Facility Name:
Ginna Nuclear Power Plant Insp'ection At:
Ontario New York Inspection Conducted:
Jul
Au ust.
1991 znspector: PA U J w+
P. O'onnell, Radiation Specialist
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date Approved by:
W. Pasciak, Chic, Face.1 ities Radiation Protection Section, DRSS M-~co date Ins ection Summar
- Inspection on July 29 August 1, 1991 (Report No. 50-244/91-16).
Areas Ins ected:
The inspection was a routine, announced inspection of the radwaste management and transportation program on site.
Areas inspected included: organization, audits, training of radwaste personnel, radwaste facility tours, review of shipping records and scaling factors.
Results:
Within the scope of-this inspection no violations were identified.
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DETAILS 1.0 Personnel Contacted 1.1 Licensee Personnel W. Goodman, Health Physics Technician Foreman
- A. Harhay, Health Physics and Chemistry Manager
- M. Harrison, Health Physics Lead Technician
+ A. Hermans, Health Physicist
- N. Kiedrowski, Training Coordinator, Health Physics and Chemistry
- D. Kotarski, Health Physics Technician K. Lang, Health Physicist
- M. Lilley, Manager, Nuclear Assurance
- T. Marlow, Superintendent, Ginna Production
- R. Mecredy, Vice President Nuclear Production
- F. Mis, Health Physicist 1.2 NRC Personnel
- T. Moslak, Senior Resident Inspector W. Pasciak, Chief, Facilities Radiation Protection Section
- Denotes attendance at the exit meeting on August 1, 1991.
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~Pur ose The inspection was a routine, announced inspection of the radwaste management and transportation program on site.
Areas inspected included: organization, audits, training of radwaste personnel, radwaste facility tours, review of shipping records and scaling factors.
3.0 Or anization The inspector reviewed the licensee's organization structure as it pertained to the radioactive waste (radwaste)
management and transportation program.
The various departments involved in the program include Health Physics (HP), Quality Assurance (QA), Quality Control (QC),
and Training.
The HP radwaste responsibilities are assigned to a Health Physicist, who is also responsible for implementing the licensee's respiratory protection program.
In addition, one lead HP technician, three HP technicians, and two radwaste handlers are assigned responsibilities in the
radwaste and transportation areas.
Overall it appeared that the staffing level in the radwaste and transportation area was,adequate.
The licensee is in the process of revising and upgrading several of the radwaste and transportation procedures.
The purpose of the revisions is to procedurally incorporate various improvements in the program which the licensee has made in the past few years.
Several procedures which the inspector reviewed during the course of the inspection had recently been revised and the licensee provided the inspector with copies of draft revisions to several other procedures.
The upgrading of the procedures is considered a
good initiative.
4.0 Audits The inspector reviewed a draft copy of QA audi" number 91-17.
The audit was the most recent audit of the radwaste program and was conducted in June of 1991.
The licensee provided the inspector with the resumes of the technical specialists which the licensee hired to augment the audit team.
The audit was conducted by well qualified and trained individuals.
The audit report indicated that a thorough review had been conducted for the areas reviewed.
The licensee had not yet responded to the audit. findings because the final audit report had not yet been issued during the time of the inspection.
Licensee response to the audit findings will be reviewed during a future inspection.
The inspector reviewed QC involvement in the radwaste and transportation program.
The inspector reviewed the records of several shipments of radioactive material.
The shipping records contained several QC hold-points and.QC sign-offs which were all completed in accordance with the licensee's procedures.
The inspector reviewed two QA surveillances of the radwaste program.
There were no discrepancies noted in this area.
The licensee recently had a consultant conduct a review of their radwaste and transportation program.
The review
-'ncluded an evaluation of radwaste improvement options and recommendations for radwaste system improvements.
The review concluded with several recommendations for making significant changes to the radwaste progra Recommendations included the installation of segregating, sorting, and compacting equipment, reducing the amount of material brought into the radiologically controlled area and restructuring management oversight of the radwaste program.
5.0 Trainin and ualificatio s of Radwaste Personnel The inspector reviewed the lesson plans for the biennial training given to individuals involved in the radwaste program, including HP technicians and QC personnel.
The most recent training had been conducted during December of 1990.
The five day training program, administered by an outside contractor, included training on applicable shipping, packaging and transportation regulations, waste form regulations, and burial site requirements.
All of the HP and QC personnel who have recently been involved in the program had attended the "training.
The inspector noted that the individual who conducted the QA surveillances of the program had not received and was not required to receive the biennial radwaste and transportation training.
This policy is not consistent with the guidance of IE Bulletin No. 79-19,
"Packaging of Low Level Radioactive Waste for Transportation and Burial" which states, in part, that each licensee is expected to provide training and periodic retraining in the regulatory and waste burial license requirements, and in instructions and operating procedures for all personnel involved in the transfer, packaging and transport of radioactive material.
The licensee stated that they would include QA personnel in future biennial training sessions.
Currently the licensee does not have written criteria which specifies the training and experience requirements for individuals involved in the the radwaste and transportation program.
As part of the procedure upgrade program noted previously, the licensee is in the process of procedurally defining these requirements.
6.0 Radwaste Facilit Tours The inspector conducted several tours of the radwaste processing and storage facilities including the Upper Radwaste Storage Facility (URSF), Radioactive Material Storage building, and the Contaminated Material Storage Building.
Over the past year the licensee made a concerted
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effort to remove all non-essential radioactive material from the site.
The inspector noted the lack of any backlog of radioactive material waiting to be shipped and there was a
minimal amount of radioactive material being stored on-site.
It was apparent that the licensee's efforts in this area were successful.
The URSF building appears large enough to store five years worth of radwaste at the current generation rate.
The licensee is continuing to process waste water through a
contractor supplied demineralization system.
The existing waste evaporator has not been used since the last inspection.
7.0 Review of Shi in Records and Scalin Factors 7.1 Shi in Records The inspector reviewed several records of shipments of radioactive materials.
The inspector independently calculated the waste type and waste classification for shipments and verified the accuracy of the licensee's determination of whether a shipment could be shipped as LSA.
No discrepancies were noted in any of the calculations.
The licensee had an effective program for ensuring that radioactive material was only transferred to facilities holding a current licensee authorizing them to receive the material.
The licensee also maintained current copies of applicable shipping cask Certificate Of Compliances.
7.2 Scalin Factors In January 1990 the licensee established waste classification scaling factors for four waste streams, resins, filters, evaporator bottoms, and dry active waste.
The licensee's procedure requires verification of the accuracy of the scaling factors on an annual basis for Class, B waste and biennial for Class A waste.
The licensee had not shipped any Class B waste in 1990.
The licensee stated
that they do not plan on shipping any Class B waste in the near future and that a Class B shipment would not be made until they have updated their scaling factors.
The licensee had already completed taking the resin, filter and dry active waste samples for recertifying the scaling factors used and was in the process of sending the samples to a vendor for isotopic analysis.
Overall, the licensee had an adequate program for establishing scaling factors.
8.0 Exit Meetin The inspector met with licensee representatives at the end of the inspection, on August 1, 1991.
The inspector reviewed the purpose and scope of the inspection and discussed the findings.
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