IR 05000245/1989015

Insp Repts 50-245/89-15,50-336/89-14 & 50-423/89-10 on 890619-23.No Violations or Deviations Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Effluent,Transportation & Solid Radwaste Programs, Including Mgt Controls,Audits,Qa & Program Implementation

ML20246G114
Person / Time
Site:	Millstone
Issue date:	07/05/1989
From:	Bores R, Joseph Furia, Jang J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
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ML20246G105	List: IR 05000245/1989015 ML20246G102
References
50-245-89-15, 50-336-89-14, 50-423-89-10, NUDOCS 8907140167
Download: ML20246G114 (7)

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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION '50-336 89-14 Report Nos. . 50-423 89-10 50-245 50-336 Docket Nos. 50-423 DPR-21 DPR-65 License Nos. NPF-49 Priority -

Category C Licensee: Northea'st Nuclear Energy Company P.O. Box 270 Hartford, connecticut 06141-0270 Facility Name: Millstone Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1, 2, and 3 Inspection At: Waterford, Connecticut {

Inspection Conducted: June 19-23, 1989'

Inspectors: "7-f-97-J. If'Wria,d Radiation Specialist date ER , FRSSB (flar>V -

Senior Radiation V OR .b'Af~Sf date J.ppecia fang, list, ERPS, FRSSB [

Approved by: 7"NT- 87

. Bores, phief, Effluents date Radiation Protection Section, FRSSB Inspection Summary: Inspection on June 19-23, 1989 (Combined Inspection

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Report Nos. 50-245/89-15; 50-336/89-14; 50-423/89-10) 1 Areas Inspected: Routine, unannounced inspection of the effluent, transportation and solid radioactive waste programs including: managemen ,

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controls; audits; quality assurance; and implementation of the above program !

Results: Within the areas inspected, no violations or deviations were noted.

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DETAIIS

.1. 0 Individuals Contacted 1.1 Licensee Personnel

• C. Clement, Superintendent, Unit 3

, * J. Waters, memistry Supervisor

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• J. Sullivan, Health m ysics Operations Supervisor

• M. Brennan, Health m ysics , Unit 1

• S. Turowski, Radioactive Materials Supervisor

• iM. Ross, Operations, Unit 1

• B. Kreiling, Health Physicist

• C. Hinze, Quality Servloes Department

• T. Burns, Chemistry, Unit 3

• C. Palmer, Health mysics Supervisor, Support Services A. Mozeak, Operations, Unit 2 R. Iliff, Operations, Unit 3 G. Seckinge.r, Assistant Radiation Protection Supervisor P. Burke, Training Department C. TAhhy, NU Quality Services T. Brown, Unit 1, I&C l P. Smith, Unit 2, I&C

! R. Beckman, Unit 3, I&C l J. Flannigan, Operations, Unit 1

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J. Heg, Operations, Unit 2 M. Pearson, Operations, Unit 3 D. Wilkens, Chemistry, Unit 1 T. Itteilag, memistry, Unit 2 1.2 NRC Furw uoel l

l * W. Raymond, Senior Resident Inspector

• P. Habighorst, Resident Inspector, Unit 2

• Denotes personnel who attended the exit interview on June 23, 198 .0 Scope This routine safety inspection reviewed the licensee's program for the areas of liquid and gaseous effluents, transportation, and solid radioactive wast .0 Transportation and Solid Radioactive Waste  !

Processing of liquid plant effluents is the responsibility of the Operations Department of each unit. The packagirg and transportation of solid radwaste is the responsibility of the Radioactive Materials Section of the Support Services Department for the site.

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3.1 Radwaste

'Ibe licensee currently dewaters resins in High Integrity Containers (HIC),

&!ts low level Dry Active Waste (DAW), and periodically solidifies certain wastes. At Units 1 and 3, dewatering operations are conducted by a vendor under the direction of the Radioactive Materials Section. At Unit 2, dewatering of resins is the responsibility of the Operations Department, utilizing an in-plant system. DAW and contaminated items are pr - W ,

decontaminated or prepared for disposal by the Radioactive Materials Section. As part of this inspection, the following procedures were reviewe W 6001/26001/36001, Rev 3, " Waste Classification Implementation Pru p cuu" W 6002/26002/36002, Rev 4, " Determination of the Waste classification for Radioactive Waste offered for Shallow Land Buria?."

W 6007/26007/36007, Rev 1, " Container Control and Accountability" I 7 6008/26008/36008, Rev 2, " Drum Compactirg Procedure" W 6010/26010/36010, Rev 3, "loadiry of Chem-Nuc Shipping Cask" W 6011/26011/36011, Rev 1, "Operatng the Habile Shield Assembly (Atcor Cask)"

W 6012/26012/36012, Rev 2, " Packing Non-Ccupactable ISA Containers" W 6013/26013/36013, Rev 1, "8-120B Cask Operating Procedures" W 6014/26014/36014, Rev 1, "14-190H Cask Operating Procedures" W 6019/26019/36019, Rev 0, " Operating the Chem Nuclear Decontamination Trailer" W 6024/26024/36024, Rev 1, " Operating Procedure for the CPC B-400 Compactor" As part of this inspection, the records of seven waste shipments were reviewed to ensure canpliance with NRC and U.S. Department of Transportation requiumud.s. The licensee currently utilizes an in-house developed computer program for the determination of proper waste and transportation classification. 'Ihe licensee utilizes a combination of dose to curie and scaling factor techniques to determine package content A review of the Unit 1 Final Safety Analysis Report CFSAR), Chapter 11.2, indicated that the licensee had not fully revised th:s document to reflect the installation and utilization of a vendor operated filtration and demineralization skid for use with the floor drain system. At the exit meeting, the licensee irdicated that corrections will be made to the FSAR to properly reficct this chang .2 Transportation Transe vrtation services are the responsibility'of the Radioactive Materials Section. 'Ihis includes the selection of shipping containers, preparation of manifests and in conjunction with Health Ihysics, the surveyirg and wipe

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testing of all packages ard transport vehicles. As part of this inspection, the followiry procedures were reviewe W 6003/26003/36003, Rev 2, " Radioactive Materials Shippirq Compliance" W 6004/26004/36004, Rev 5, " Shipment of Radwaste" W 6005/26005/36005, Rev 2, " General Radioactive Materials Shipment" W 6006/26006/36006, Rev 2, Receipt of Radioactive Materials" W 6009/26009/36009, Rev 1, "Radwaste Shipment Survey Procedure" W 6025/26025/36025, Rev 0, " Radioactive Materials Shipment Truck I.cading Procedure"

'1he pww2 ares were fourd to be adequate for existing plant operation .3 Training In response to NRC IE Bulletin 79-19, the licensee has developed a comprehensive training pm;rram for personnel who perform tasks in the Radioactive Materials Section (both workers and supervisory personnel) and ,

Quality Assurance / Quality Control Department. W e requirements for initial j training of employees are cantained in Nuclear Training Manual (NIM) 3.145, ,

Rev 0, " Millstone Radioactive Material WorkeIs Training Prujteu

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Implementing Procedure". Continuirg training is conducted in accordance with NIM-2.02, Rev 0, *"Millstcne Radioactive Material Hardlers Continuing Trainirg". Se tra' program was reviewed by the inspector and found to meet or exceed the requ ..nts of Bulletin 79-1 i 3.4 Quality Assurance / Quality Control:

he licensee's QA pugtca includes mardatory Quality Control hold points during the pr-cug and preparation for transport of radwaste, surveillance of selected waste processirg parameters ard audits of the Radioactive Materials Section. W e inspector reviewed Audit A60492, corducted July 14, 1988 through August 11, 1988 and found it to be cuv rehensive in scope, technically accurate, with all identified items prumptly addressed ard resolved. We licensee has elected to apply its 10 CFR 50, Apperdix B Quality Assurance program to the area of transport packages. A review of Audit A03367, conducted at Chem Nuclear Services, Inc. In D - M r 1987, was determined by the inspector to meet the requirements of the licensee's Quality Assurance Program. S e licensee's pivgicuas, in this area were fourd to be outstandin .0 Liquid ard Gaseous Effluent Cbntrol 4.1 Program Changes mere were no significant es in the licensee's program for handling liquid ard gaseous effluents s the previous inspection in this area (November 1987).

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4.2 Lii .id and Gaseous Effluents Controls The inspector reviewed the licensee's procedures and discharge permits to determine the implementation of the technical specification requirements (Liquid and Gaseous Effluents, and Offsite Dose Calculation Manual) for Units 1, 2, and The inspector reviewed selected liquid and gaseous discharge permits to determine compliance with the above technical specification requirement The inspector determined that the licensee was meeting the requirements for sampling and analysis at the frequencies and lower limit of detections established in the Technical Specifications. All of the examined discharge permits met the requirement The licensee uses a computer program to >erform offsite dose assessment in order to demonstrate compliance with tecinical specification requirements using Offsite Dose Calculation Manual methodology. The inspector performed hand calculations in order to verify the dose assessment methodology using selected gaseous discharge permits. The comparisons indicated good agreemen .No problems were identified in the areas of liquid and gaseous effluents control programs during this inspectio .3 Calibration of Liquid and Gaseous Effluent, and Process Monitors The inspector reviewed the licensee's procedures to determine the implementation of the Technical Specifications (Radioactive Liquid and Gaseous Effluent Monitoring Instrumentation) requirements for Units 1, 2, and The inspector reviewed the most recent calibration records for the following monitor Unit 1 o Radwaste Effluent Radiation Monitor o Service Water Effluent Radiation Monitor o Reactor Building Closed Cooling Water Radiation Monitor o Main Steam Line Radiation Monitor o Stack Gas Radiation Monitor o Stack High Range Radiation Monitor Unit 2 o Steam Generator Blowdown Line Monitors '

o Clean Liquid Radwaste Monitor o Aerated Liquid Radwaste Process Radiation Monitor o Stack Gaseous Process Radiation Monitor

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1 o High Rarge Stack Gas Radiation Monitor i o Stack Flow Instrument (Calibration ard Functional Test)

l Unit 3 o Liquid Waste Radiation Monitor .

I o Turbine Buildits Floor Drain Monitor o Ventilation Vent (Turbine Buildirg) Monitor o Ergineered Safeguards Building (*ms Radiation Monitor Based on the review of the above monitor calibration records, the inspector j determined that the calibrations were performed as required by th l appropriate procedures and technical specifications. The inspector also i noted that the licensee was perfo many of the surveillance tests more ;

frequently than required by the Techn cal Specification No significant I problems were noted in this are .5 Implementation of the Effluent Control Programs The inspector toured gaseous effluent sampling stations for all units to verify the operability ard flow rates for the gaseou.s effluent samplin ;

All gaseous effluent samplirg stations were operational with the appropriate flow rate (1-2 scfm) at the tilne of the inspectio The inspector reviewed Semiannual Reports for 1987 ard 1988. These reports provided total released radioactivity for liquid and gaseous effluent The inspector also reviewed the Annual Reports for 1987 and 1988. These reports provided the calculated radiation dose commitanents to the publi The inspector reviewed a Quality Assurance Audit of the gaseous and liquid radioactive effluent control pragans (Audit Number 24013, "RD40DCM",

performed in nmvehr 1988) . The inspector noted that the audit which was corducted by a lead auditor appeared to be both quite thorough and of sufficient technical depth to adequately assess capabilities and performance in the areas being audite No audit findings by the licensee audit team requiring corrective or followup action were identifie Based on the above review, the inspector determined that the licensee was impicmentirg effective liquid and gaseous effluent control program .0 Air Cleaning System The inspector reviewed the licernee's procedures and surveillance test results to determine the implementation of the following technical specification (IS) requirements in the areas of air cleaniJg systems for Units 1, 2, ard Unit 1 o TS 3/4,7.B " Standby Gas Treatment System"

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l i Unit 2 l o TS 3/4. 6.5.1. " Secondary Containment Enclosure Building Filtration System"

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o TS 3/4,7.6 ' " Control Room Emergency Ventilation System" I o TS 3/4.9.15 " Fuel Storage Pool Area Ventilation System" Unit 3 o T5 3 4, 7.7, " Control Room Emergency Ventilation System" o TS 3 4, 7.9, " Auxiliary Building Filter System" o TS- 3 4, 7.12, " Fuel Building Exhaust Filter System" The inspector reviewed the most recent surveillance test results in the following areas to determine compliance with the above TS requirement o Ventilation System: Visual Inspection o Ventilation System: Air Flow Capacity Test o Ventilation System: Pressure Drop Test o Ventilation System: In-Place Filter Test (HEPA Filter Banks)

o Ventilation System: In-Place Filter Test (Adsorber o Ventilation System: Laboratory Test Results for Ch)rcoal a Canisters The inspector'noted that the licensee performed all above tests as required by the Technical Specifications using appropriate procedures. All test results were acceptable with regard to the Technical Specification requirement No violations were noted in this are .0 Exit Interview The inspector met with licensee representatives denoted in Paragraph I at the conclusion of the inspection on June 23, 1989. The inspector and discussed the summarized findings. At no thetime purpose andtais during sco)e of the inspection,itten inspection was wr material provided to the licensee by the inspector.

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