IR 05000277/1978021

Insp Repts 50-277/78-21 & 50-278/78-26 on 780914-16. Noncompliance Noted:Quantity of Radioactive Decay of Pu-241 During Periods Ending 770331,770930 & 780331 Not Reported on Form 742

ML20062B773
Person / Time
Site:	Peach Bottom
Issue date:	09/14/1978
From:	Bissett P, Joyner J, Shaub E NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:
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ML20062B758	List: IR 05000277/1978021 ML20062B755 ML20062B761 ML20062B764 ML20062B767
References
50-277-78-21, 50-278-78-26, NUDOCS 7811010099
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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT

Region I 50-277/78-21 Report No._50-278/78-26 ,

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DPAZ24 License N6. DPR-56 Priority 4 Category C

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Licensee: Philadelphia Electric Company

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2301 Market Street l Philadelphia, Pennsylycob 19101  !

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Inspection conducte : August 14- ,1978 Iaspectors: ; !?t/ , xssqY cflfgly[

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Inspection on August 14-16, 1978 (Report No. 50-277/78-21 and 50-278/78-26)

Areas Inspected: Routine, unannounced inspection by two regional based inspectors

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of nuclear material control and accounting, including: organization and operation; ,

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measurement and control; shipping and receiving; storage and intarnal control; in-ventory; records and reports; and management of material control system. The inspection covered the period from July 1, 1976 through March 31, 1978, and involved i

32 inspector hours on site by two NRC regional based inspector '

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Results: Of the seven areas inspected, no apparent items of noncompliance or deviations were identified in six areas; one apparent item of noncompliance was  !

identified in 'one area (deficiency-failure to record Pu-241 decay on Form NRC-742- l Paragraph 7.)  :

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Persons Contacted

*W. A. Alden, Engineer-In-Charge, Nuclear Section

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• • T. Ullrich, Plant Superintendent j **F. Polasky, Reactor Engineer j * denotes those present at Philadelphis exit interview

• • denotes those present at Delta exit interview

' Facility Organization and Operation The licensee has established and documented an organizational structure.

i that is responsive to nuclear material control and accounting require-ment The possession and use of special nuclear material have been codfined to the locations and purposes authorized in the license as required by 10 CFR 70.41, based on observations by the inspector No items of noncompliance were identifie . Measurement and Controls

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The licensee has an on-line computer that records the integrated

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reactor thermal power which provides the basis for computing total ( core burn-up. The computation of uranium-235 burn up and plutonium

production is performed by the on-line process computer.

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4- When the on-line computer is inoperable, pertinent data is manually logged and transmitted to an off-line computer to determine ' fuel i burn-up and plutonium production.

' ~ The NRC independent determination of uranium-235 burn up and plutonium production agrees with the licensee's figures reported on their NRC 742's submitted between July 1,1976 and March 31, 1978.

j No items of noncompliance were identified.

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- Shipping and Receiving The licensee has established and maintains procedures to assure that all special nuclear material sHoped or received is accurately accounted fo Shipping arrangements for incoming and outgoing SNM are under the supervision of the Nuclear Engineering Section of the Mechanical Engineering Division. Copies of all transfer documents in this area are transmitted to the peach Bottom station and maintained on file Dy the Reactor Enginee .

A review was performed of all Foms NRC-741 generated during the period, to determine proper signature, timely dispatch, and accuracy of data. No discrepancies were note No items of noncompliance were identifie . Storage and Internal Control The licensee has established a system of storage and internal control of SNM which provides current knowledge of the quantity, identity, and location of all SNM within the facilit Senior licensed operators supervise the storage and internal transfer of all SNM and are responsible for logging all SNM movements occurring under their supervisio Separate records of all storage additions or deletions and internal transfers are maintained by the Reactor Engineer. The inspectors

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reviewed SNM accountability documents maintained by the licensee, including the Inventory Log, Inventory Summary, Storage Location Tag Board and Fuel Location History Fil No items of noncomoliance were identifie . Inventory The licensee has conducted inventories as required by 10 CFR.51(d)

and the licensee's special nuclear material Accountability Procedure A-44 Rev. 2. The inventory procedures are contained within this procedure. The ifcensee's last inventory was perfomed August 24, 1977 for Unit II, and April 28, 1978 for Unit II .

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The NRC inspectors verified the inventory by an item count of the fuel elements, both irradiated and new, in the spent fuel pools. A random sample of 75 elements was compared for location to the spent fuel pool grid map, spent fuel pool tagboard and fuel element history cards. The core inventory was verified by selecting a random sample of 70 fuel elements and comparing the location of each fuel element selected to the ccre grid map and fuel element history car The activity for the inspection period covered is shown in Exhibits ,

I, II, III, IV and V.

No items of noncompliance were identifie . Records and Reports All Form NRC-741 documents were reviewed for completeness, accuracy, signature and timely submission. Material Status Reports, Form NRC-742, submitted during the period were also reviewed for proper signature, timely submission and accuracy. The inspector determined that the licensee has not been reporting plutonium-241 decay on the Material Status Report. This is an item of noncompliance, of the deficiency level, under 10 CFR 70.53(a) and the printed instructions for com-pleting the NRC-742 For It was also determined that the licensee was including on Line 30 (receipts) of Form NRC-742, for Peach Bottom III, both natural and enriched uranium. The licensee informed the inspectors that all future receipts of fuel bundles would contain both natural and en-riched uranium. So as to avoid any future confusion, the licensee agreed to open c separate account for all natural uranium received and, for reporting purposes, transfer the appropriate amount of natural uranium from the normal uranium material status report to Line 22 of the enriched uranium material status repor . Management and Material Control The licensee has established, maintained and follows a management system which provides for the development, revision and implementation of nuclear material control and accounting procedure No items of noncompliance were identifie l

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PEACH BOTTOM II PERIOD: 7/1/76 - 3/31/78 i

Material Balance Summary Enriched Uranium '

RIS: XEF Grams Element Isotope Beginning Inventory 9 7/1/76 176,780,124 2,792,777

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Receipts 31,673,752 865,441 [

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Material to Account For 208,453,876 3,658,218

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Degradation 32,221,673 155,249 Shipments 395.612 3,795 '

Burn-Up 1,725,460 909,884 WF 0 0 Total Removals ~34,342,745 17568,928 Ending Inventory 9 3/31/78 174,111,131 2,589,290

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Material Accounted Fcr 208,453,876 3,6b8,218 i  ; ,

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PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC COMPANY PEACH BOTTOM II PERIOD: 7/1/76 - 3/31/78 Material Balance Summary Plutonium RIS: XEF Grams Element Isotope

! ( Beginning Inventory @ 7/1/76 709,256 566,201 Receipts 0 0 Production 420,034 301,391 Material to Account For l',129,290 867,592 Removals:

Shipments 2,062 1,609 Decay 0 0 Total Removals: 2,062 1,609 Ending Inventory 0 3/31/78 1,127,228 865,983 Material Accounted For 1,129,290 867,592

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PEACH BOTTOM III PERIOD: 7/1/76 - 3/31/78

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Material Balance Summary Enriched Uranium j RIS: XBE i Grams

- Element Isotope s Beginning Inventory 9 7/1/76 143,153,828 2,122,204

Receipts 81,396,575 2,267,622 l Material to Account For 224,550,403 4,389,826

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EXHIBIT V PEACH BOTTOM III PERIOD: 7/1/76 - 3/31/78 Material Balance Sumary

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Beginning Inventory 0 7/1/76 0 0 Receipts 3,723,342 31,055

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