IR 05000247/1983013
| ML20024B796 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Indian Point  |
| Issue date: | 06/23/1983 |
| From: | Mcbride M, Shanbaky M, Jason White NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20024B793 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-247-83-13, NUDOCS 8307110388 | |
| Download: ML20024B796 (5) | |
Text
.
-
.
U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION I
Report No.
50-247/83-13 Docket No.
50-247 License No. DPR-26 Priority Category C
--
Licensee:
Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.
4 Irving Place New York, New York 10003 Facility Name:
Indian Point II Inspection At:
BucFannan, New York Inspection Conducted:
May 17-20, 1983 u-
73
Inspectors:
.
J. R. Whity, Senior Radiation %pecialist
/date '
-
-
lh I
M. H. McBrip, Rad'iation'Spe(1811st
/ dath Approved by:
d
[ 23 M.Shanbaky,phief; Facilities
'datd
'
Radiation Protection Section
.
Inspection Summary:
Inspection on May 17-20,1983 (Report 50-247/83-13)
Areas Inspected:
Routine, unannounced inspection by two region-based inspectors of the licensee's Effluent Control and Radioactive Waste Mar:agement Programs, including administrative control of effluent releases, radiochemical analyses of process and effluent samples, process and effluer,t monitor surveillance and calibration, and administrative control of the Radicactive Waste Ma.nagement Program.
The inspection involved 70 inspector-hours on. site,by two region-based Inspectors.
-
Results:
No violations were identified, 8307110388 830624 PDR ADDCK 05000247
.
<
Q
"*
.
Details 1.
Persons Contacted
During the course of this routine inspection, the following personnel were contacted or interviewed.
1.
Licensee Personnel
- R. Gauny, General Manager, Environmental Health and Safety
- M. Smith, Acting General Manager, Technical Support
- M.
Blatt, Director, Regulatory Affairs
- J. Cullen, Radw~aste Manager
- S. Nadipuram, Acting Chief Technical Engineer
- R. Landwoord, Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
- T. Walsh, Instrument and Control Engineer J. Higgins, Cnemistry Manager J. Quirk, Test and Performance Engineer 1.2 Nuclear Regulatory Commission Personnel
- P. Koltay, Resident Inspector
- Attended the Exit Interview on May 20, 1983.
Other licensee and contractor employees were also contacted or interviewed during this inspection.
2.0 Purpose The purpose of this routine, inspection was to review the licensee's
.
Effluent Control and Radioactive Waste Management Program with respect to i
the following elements:
'
-
i k
Administrative control of effluent releases
-
- -
Radiochemical analyses of process and effluent samples
-
_
Process and effluent monitor surveillance and calibration
-
Administrative control of-the Radioactive Waste Management
-
Program.
-.
3.0 Adm~ihistrative; Control of Effluent Releases The lic'ensee adminstrative controls for radioactive effluent releases were reviewed agains,t the cr.iteria contained in:
l 10 CFR 20.106 '
l
-
l l
Technical Spe.cification 2.4, " Radioactive Discharges" (Limiting
-
Conditions for Operation)
<
i l
/
'
-
l r>
,
.-
va'
,
,
.
.
I Technical Specification 3.4, " Radioactive Discharges"
-
(Monitoring Requirements)
Procedure SOPS.2.4, " Radioactive Gaseous Releases"
'
-
Procedure SOPS.I.5, " Liquid Chemical, and Radioactive Releases"
-
The licensee's perfordnce relative to these $riteria was detennined from discussions with chemistry and operations pei sonnel, review of 1982 and 1983 gaseous and liquid effluent release oermits, and observations of plant building ventilation.
Within the sc. ope o5 this review, no violations were identified.
However, the following item was noted:
Licensee control and monitoring of potentially radioactive gaseous releases was inadequate on May 19, 1983 at approximately 3 pm, in that a positive airflow was detected coming from a radiologfcally controlled section of the Primary Auxiliary Building (PAB), passhig into 'a radiologically controlled section of the Maintenance and Outage Building (MOB) through an open connecting door, and then discharging from the MOB'through an open rollup door to the environment.
At the time of this observation the M0B ventilation system was not operating.
A subsequent air sample collected in the MOB indicated general airborne activity levels were very low (IE-11 uCi/cc mixed fission products.) The duration of the air flow through the-PAB-MOB pathway was not established at the time of the inspection, however,;
it was likely that the situation was recurrent since the M08 rollup door
-
and the PAB-MOB connecting door were frequently used.
'
In response to this finding, the licensee closed the door connecting the PAB to the MOB in order to' isolate the PAB.
The rollup door leading from the MOB to the outside area was also closed.
Futher the licensee stated that the HEPA filters in the PAB ventilation system would be changed to increase the'PAB ve'ntilation exhaust rate, in order to increase the air flow into the PAB from the outside.
Licensee corrective ~ actions concerning the airebalance between the PAB and the environment will be reviewed during a future inspection (83-13-01),
'
4.0 Radiochemiocal Analysis of Process and Effluent Samoles The type and frequency of licensei radiochemical analyses of. process and effluent samples were reviewed against the criteria contained in:
'
Technical Spe'cificatio'n 3.4, " Radioactive Discharges"
-
(Monitoring Requirements)
s
,
(
L.
,
.
.
-
..
Technical Specification 4.1, " Operational Safety Review" (Table
-
4.1-2, " Frequencies for Sampling Tests")
The licensee's performance relative to these criteria was determined from discussion with chemistry personnel and from a review of 1981 through 1983 chemistry sampling and analysis records.
Within the scope of this review, no violations were identified.
5.0 Process and Effluent Monitor Suirveillance and Calibration The licensee program for process and effluent c;onitor surveillance and calibration was reviewed against the criteria contained in:
,
Technical Specification 4.1, " Operational Safety Review" (Table
-
4.1-1, " minimum Frequencies For Checks, Calibrations, and Tests of Instrument Channels")
Procedure IPC-S-049, " Process Monitor Verificatio Program"
-
Procedure PT-012, "PRM Calibration Check"
-
Procedure PC-RISA, " Process Radiation Monitor Calibration"
-
Proceudre PT-MI0A, " Process Radiation Monitoring System Test"
The licensee's performance relative to these criteria was determined from discussiono with chemistry and technical support personnel, from reviews of 1982 and 1983 monitor surveillance and calibration records, and from observation of process and effluent monitor operability checks.
,
Withi.n'the scope of this review, no violations were identified.
6.0 Administrative Control of the Radioactive Waste Management Program The licen'see's administrative control of the Radioactive Waste Management Program was reviewed against the criteria contained in:
s 10 CFR 20.301, " Waste Disposal, General Requirement"
'
10 CFR 50.59, " Changes, Tests, and Experiments"
-~
s Procedure RWI-9.11, " Preparation of Radioactive Waste (LSA) in 17 H
-
Drums
{
Procedure RWI-9.12, " Preparation of Radwaste for Shipment in LSA
-
y Boxes" i
. }
,
t-
.
-
Procedure RWI-9.14, " Solidifying Liquid Waste for Shipment"
-
Procedure RWI-9.15, " Handling, Packaging and Shipment of Radioactive solidified Liquid Waste and Spent Resins"
-
Procedure RWP-9.15, " Process Control Program" The licensee's performance relative to these criteria was determined from discussion with health physics personnel and tours of the radwaste storage and handling facilities in the plant and observation of work in progress.
Within the scope of this review, no violations were identified. Starting late last year, the licensee has expended considerable effort in identify-ing, packaging, and shipping to burial sites much of the radwaste which has accumulated in the plant over the past several years.
Many areas within plant buildings which had been used as radwaste storage areas, have been emptied and decontaminated.
In addition, the licensee is preparing to do major decontamination and maintenance work on the Unit I spent fuel pools. The preparations for this work-appear extensive.
7.0 Exit Interview The inspector met with the licensee's representative (denoted in Section 1.1) at the conclusion of the inspection on January 21, 1983. The inspector summarized the purpose and scope of the inspection and identified the findings as discribed in this report.
I I