IR 05000245/1978016
| ML20217G523 | |
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| Site: | Millstone  |
| Issue date: | 05/23/1978 |
| From: | Holody D, Joyner J, Shaub E NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| FOIA-97-256 50-245-78-16, NUDOCS 9708070284 | |
| Download: ML20217G523 (6) | |
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U.S. I'UCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
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0FFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT i
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Region I Report No. 50-245/78-16 Docket No. _50-245 License No. DPR-21 Priority
Category C
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Licensee:
Northeast Nuclear Eneroy Company
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_P. O. Box 270
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_Ha rtford, Connccticut 06101
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j Facility Name:
Millstone Point Unit 1
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Inspection att Northeast Utilities Service Corporation & Millstone Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1 Inspection conducted:
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Inspectors:
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b, Safeguards Technician date signed
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D. J. Holody, Mathematical Statistician date signed
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Approved by:
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- tedigned ContW1 Support Section, Safeguards Branch Inspection Summary:
Inspection on May 9-11. 1978 (Report No. 50-245/78-16)
i Areas Inspected:
Routine, unannounced inspection of nuclear material control i
and accounting including:
organization and operation; measurement and control; shipping and receiving; storage and internal e ntrol; inventory; records and reports; and, management of naterial control sustem.
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i spection covered the period from January 1,1970, through brch 31, 1978, and involved 16 inspector-hours on site by two NRC inspectors
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Results:
No items of noncompliance were identified'.'
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9708070284 970730 i
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Region I Form 12
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DETAILS
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Persons Contacted
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Northeast Utilities Service Corporation (NUSCO). Berlin Connecticut
- S. F. Zebzda, SNM Accountability Representative
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Millstone point Unit 1
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- E. J. Ferland, Millstone Point Plant Superintendent
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- T. G. Piascik Reactor Engineer Unit 1 R. Herbert, Operations Supervisor
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Facility Organization and Operation
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l The licensee has established an organizational structure that is responsive to nuclear naterial control and accounting requirements.
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l-The overall custody of SNM and management of the nuclear material
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control and accountability program is the responsibility of the
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I Site Superintendent.
Sufficient item control areas (ICA) have been established for the
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physical and adninistrative control of SNM, I
The possession and use of SNM has been confined to the locations
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and purposes-authorized in the license.
All operations involving
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Special Nuclear Material within an ICA are the responsibility of a single individual, the Reactor Engineer.
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i The licensee is authorized to possess 4600 kilograms of contained i
Uranium U235 The activity for the period covered by this inspection
is shown on Exhibits I and II of this report.
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No items of noncompliance were identified.
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Measurement _sy:d Controls T.% inspector reviewed tha licensee's method of detemining exposure j
data on th6 core, and the use of this data in the detemination of the urantu:s and uranium-235 depletion and the plutonium pro-
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ductius The inspector also recalculated the depletion and pro-
duction. This review covered the four Fe,11 NRC-742 reporting periods from Januwf 1,1976, to March 31, 1978.
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The licensee has a site process computer used to determine heat
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rate from which GE detemines exposure.
This data is then used as input into another licensee computer program for the detemination
of the uranium and uranium-235 depletion and the plutonium production.
The inspector finds these methods acceptable ir t at the inspector's recalculated values were in excellent agreement with the values reported bl, the licensee on the Foms NRC-742 for each of the
- I four reporting periods that were reviewed.
No items of noncompliance were identified.
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Shipping and Receiving (
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The licenste has established and maintains procedures to assure (
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The Reactor Engineer is responsible for fuel accountability, the j
final inspection of all new assemblies, and the review of associated i
documentation. The Unit Superintendent or his designee signs the i
Material Transfer Report (NRC-741) and provides the NUSCO Berlin.
Connecticut, office with a photo copy of the NRC-741 for the SNM
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accountant's records.
A review of all Foms NRC-741 generated for the period covered I
was conducted to determine proper signature, timely dispatch, and
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accuracy of the data.
No items of noncompliance were identified, i
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_ Storage and Internal control i
The licensee has established a system of storage and internal
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control of SNM which provides for current knowledge of the quantity, identity, and location of all SNM within the facility.
A card file is established for all fuel assemblies, stating the above infomation.
Computar pHnt-outs for each ICA are provided
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l every six months and after fuel outages detailing fuel element location and isotopic composition.
Core, new fuel storage, and
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g spent fuel pool schematics are maintained current.
I No items of noncompliance were identified.
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Inventory
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The licansee has conducted inventories as required by 10 CFR 70.51(d)
and the licensee's SNM Accountability Procedure.
The inventor procedures are containau within this procedure. The licensee'y i
s last inventory was perfomed in March 1978.
l The inspector's inventory verification t.cr.sisted of a piece count i,
of the fuel in the spent fes) pool and a comparison with the core l
schematic for the locatica of each assembly.
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Selected spent fuel bundle's serial numbers were compared to the
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schematics and the card fi':a for position accuracy.
Core map serial numbers were comparea to the card file end Internal Material l
Transfer Foms for position accuracy.
l No items of none.ompliance were identified.
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Records and Reports
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The licensee's NUSCO, Berlin, Connecticut, office maintains a l
computerized program which provides the necessary infomation for material control.- The computerized control ledgers are maintained
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by the SNM Accountability representative who alsn maintains copies
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of material transfer documents (Form NRC-741) which are used for ration of the semiannual = material status iepor.ts (Form NRC-
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As noted in Paragraph 4, all material transfer documents covering this period were reviewed.
Material Status Repotts submitted I
during this period were also reviewed for proper' signature, time j
submission, and accuracy of data, t
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Management 'of Material Control System
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The licensee has established a management system that provides' for
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i development, implementation, and revision of the nuclear material
control procedures.
t As required by Reactor Procedure 1001/2001, the last annual audit of the SNM accountability system was perfonned by the SNM accountant-of the Berlin, Connecticut, office in June 1977.
t No items of noncompliance were identified.
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Exit Interview The inspectors met with the licensee representatives (denoted in i
paragraph 1) at the corclusion of the' inspection on May 11, 1978.
l The inspectors sumarized the purpose and the scope of the inspection and the findings and noted that no items of noncompliance were iden-
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EXHIBIT I Millstone Nuclear Power Station Unit 1
Peiiod: January 1,1976 - March 31,1978
l Material Balance Sumary
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Enriched Uranium i
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YLG Grams
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Elemen,t, Isotope
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Beginning Inventory 91/1/76 182078418 2495482
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i Receipts 45395772
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Material to Account For 227474190 3734323
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Removals:
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Ending Inventory 9 3/31/78
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Material Accounted For 227474190 3734323
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EXHIBIT II Millstone Nuclear Power Station Unit 1 Period:
January 1,1976 - March 31.1978
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Material Balance Summary Plutonium RIS: YLG Grams Element Isotope Beginning Inventory 9 1/1/76 968350 753874 Receipts
0 Production 401923 275993 Material to Account For 1370273 1029867 Removals:
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Decay 5842 5842
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Total Removals:
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Ending Inventory 9 3/31/78
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Material Accounted For
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