IR 05000261/1982040
| ML14184A446 | |
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| Site: | Robinson  |
| Issue date: | 11/30/1982 |
| From: | Albright R, Barr K NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
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| 50-261-82-40, NUDOCS 8307140321 | |
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V REGUZ UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION II
101 MARIETTA ST., N.W., SUITE 3100 o
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 December 3, 1982 Report No. 50-261/82-40 Licensee:
Carolina Power and Light Company 411 Fayetteville Street Raleigh, NC 27602 Facility Name:
H. B. Robinson Docket No. 50-261 License No. DPR-26 Inspection at H. B. Robinson site near Hartsville, South Carolina Inspector:
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e/-3k>-2 R. H. Albrig Date Signed Approved by:
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oA K. P. arr, SecTion Chief D te igned Operational Programs Branch Division of Engineering and Technical Programs SUMMARY Inspection on November 10, 1982 Areas Inspected This special, -announced inspection involved 6 inspector-hours on site in the areas of radioactive material shipment Results Of the one area inspected, one apparent violation was foun PDR ADOCK 05000261
REPORT DETAILS 1. Persons Contacted Licensee Employees
- R. B. Starkey, Plant General Manager
- S. Crocker, Manager, Environmental and Radiation Control
- G. Hudson, Project Engineer, Environmental and Radiation Control
- A. Eaddy, Environmental and Chemistry Supervisor
- M. Layton, Project Specialist, Environmental and Chemistry
- R. Hitch, Senior Specialist, Environmental and Chemistry W. MacCready, Radiation Control Supervisor W. Ritchie, Radiation Control Foreman
- C. Wright, Specialist, Regulatory Compliance NRC Resident Inspector S. Weise, Senior Resident Inspector
- Attended exit interview Exit Interview The inspection scope and findings were summarized on November 10, 1982, with those persons indicated in paragraph 1 abov. Licensee Action on Previous Enforcement Matters Not inspecte. Unresolved Items Unresolved items were not identified during this inspectio. Shipment of Radioactive Material On November 2, 1982, the licensee delivered a radioactive waste shipment for transport (CP&L Shipment N D93-82)
to the Barnwell Waste Management Facility in Barnwell, South Carolina. Following arrival of the shipment at the waste facility, an inspector for the State of South Carolina found two of the 55 gallon drums to be leakin The inspector found that a small amount of the fluid material inside the drum had leaked through the bottom of one drum onto the pallet. In addition, the floor under this pallet -was
- damp due to leakage during transit. The bottom of the second drum on this same pallet was moist and highly corrode A closer examination of the corroded area revealed small holes in the container botto Burial grounds personnel and the state inspector punctured the two drums to determine if there was liquid in the drums and a black sludge leaked out at the punctur The waste burial ground is an Agreement State licensee and has a license condition which requires all liquids to be solidified. Improper solidifi cation of the radioactive sludge is a violation 10 CFR 30.41 which requires that before transferring byproduct material to a specific licensee of the Commission or an Agreement State or to a general licensee who is required to register with the Commission or with an Agreement State prior to receipt of the byproduct material, the licensee transferring the material shall verify that the transferee's license authorizes the receipt of the type, form, and quantity of byproduct material to be tranferre The licensee was then contacted and sent the Radiation Control Supervisor and the Radiation Control Foreman responsible for radioactive materials shipments to the Barnwell site to examine the drum At that time three additional drums on the pallet were punctured by licensee personnel and found to have fluid sludge in the lower third of the drum The licensee personnel obtained a sample of the sludge for analysi The analysis determined the sludge to be a mixture of iron, copper and chlorides with a pH of 10.2 and radioactivity concentration of 4.2 E-3 iCi/gm mainly Co-6 The inspector interviewed the Radiation Control Supervisor and Radiation Control Foreman who went to the Barnwell site. They indicated that during August, 1982, radioactive sludge from the unit 1 boiler decontamination work was transferred from used 55 gallon drums to new 55 gallon drums for solid ificatio The Manager, Environmental and Radiation Control commented during the inspection that the sludge in its fluid form had been stored in 55 gallon drums for several months without problems developing. Cement was mixed with the sludge and allowed to solidify. After an appropriate time the drums were checked for adequate solidification by tamping the top of the cement in the drums. Two of the drums checked indicated sludge had leaked around the outside edge of the concrete crust in the top of the barre These two barrels were then set aside for further evaluation and the other barrels were again tampe No attempt was made to perform additional investigation of the adequacy of solidification other than by tampin The Radiation Control foreman responsible for radioactive material shipping stated that prior to the shipment leaving the plant site, the technician surveying the shipment notified him that the barrels were rusty near the botto He instructed the technician to probe the area and determine if the container wall was intact. The bottom of the containers were not examined prior to shipment. This test did not indicate any problem areas and the shipment was allowed to leav Subsequent to this inspection the licensee examined and tested the affected drums and on November 24, 1982, during the enforcement conference stated that the drums had rusted through from the outside and therefore the holes in the drum bottoms were not due to a chemical reaction between the packaged material and the drum. The licensee stated that the material apparently was packaged into rusting drums. This is a violation of 49 CFR 173.392(c)(1)
which requires a consignor of low specific activity radioactive material to package the material in strong, tight packages so that there will be no leakage of radioactive material under conditions normally incident to trans portatio In a letter dated November 9, 1982, the State of South Carolina, Department of Health and Environmental Control, notified the licensee of three viola tions of South Carolina law against the radioactive waste shipment and assessed a civil penalty of $1500.00 against the license Violations cited by the state are as follows:
1. A thick black sludge not properly solidified in a number of the drums inspected, contrary to the requirements of Condition N of Radioactive Material License No. 097; 2. Numerous corroded drums to be used as burial containers, contrary to the requirements of Condition N of Radioactive Material License No. 097; and 3. Corroded drums with holes leaking the contents onto the drum pallets and trailer floor, contrary to the requirements of 49 CFR 173.392 (c)(1).
6. Enforcement Conference a. Attendees Licensee Employees L. Eury, Senior Vice President, Power Supply P. W. Howe, Vice President, Brunswick Nuclear Project B. J. Furr, Vice President, Nuclear Operations W. Webster, Manager, Radiation Control Chemistry Support U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region II J. Olshinski, Director Division of Engineering and Technical Programs, RH P. Bemis, Technical Assistant to the Director, Division of Engineering and Technical Programs, RH D. Verrelli, Chief, Projects Branch 1, DPRP A. Gibson, Chief, Technical Inspection Branch
C. Burger, Chief, Project Section IC, DPRP K. Barr, Chief, Facilities Radiation Protection Section A. Hardin, Project Inspector, Project Section 1C W. Hehl, Project Inspector, Project Section 1C NRC Region II representatives discussed the apparent violations of Radioactive Material Shipments with licensee management representatives on November 24, 198 Licensee management acknowledged the NRC's concerns and stated their corrective action should preclude any future occurrence. The corrective actions will be reviewed during future inspections.