IR 05000289/1989016

Insp Rept 50-289/89-16 & 50-320/89-07 on 890814-18.No Violations or Deviations Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Solid Radwaste Sys,Transportation & Liquid & Gaseous Effluents Programs Including Mgt Controls,Audits & QA

ML20246L584
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Site:	Three Mile Island
Issue date:	08/30/1989
From:	Bores R, Joseph Furia NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
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ML20246L580	List: IR 05000289/1989016 ML20246L575
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION I

50-289/89-16 Report Nos.: 50-320/89-07

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DPR-50 License Nos. DPR-73 Priority Category ,_C_

Licensee:' GPU Nuclear Corporation P. O. Box 480 Middletown, Pennsylvania 17057 Facility ~Name: Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2 Inspection At: Middletown, Pennsylvania Inspection Conducted: August 14-18, 1989 Inspector: , !W/

J. Furia, RadiationGpecialist, ERPS f/ 8

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.R. Borev,' Chief, Effluents Radiation date Protection Section, FRSSB Inspection Summary: Inspection on August 14-18, 1989 (Combined Inspection Report Nos. 50-289/89-16; 50-320/89-07)

Areas Inspected: Routine unannounced inspection of the solid radioactive waste systems, transportation and liquid and gaseous effluents programs including: management controls, audits, quality assurance; and implementation of the above program Results: Within the areas inspected, no violations or deviations were note $$'*l00CK050002s9

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DETAILS

, 1.0 Personnel Contacted 1.1 Licensee Personnel

• M. Roche, Director, TMI-2

• E. Schrull, Licensing Engineer, TMI-2

• J. Byrne, Manager, TMI-2 Licensing D.: Turner, Radeon Director, THI-2 S. Williams, Radiological Engineer, TMI-1 H. Arnold, Chemistry Lab Foreman, TMI-2

• D. Hassler, Licensing Engineer, TMI-I

• B. Mehler Radwaste Operations Manager, TMI-1 G.Graybill, Chemist,TMI-2

-* W. Conaway, Radwaste Support Manager

• P. Carmel, Waste Management Manager F..Telenko,' Supervisor, Radwaste Operations, TMI-2 l J. Dullinger, Engineering, TMI-I l R. Runowski, Engineering

• E.Juteau,WasteDisposal,THI-1 TMI-2 L. Edwards, Operations Quality Assurance

• C. Incorvati, TMI Quality Assurance Audit Manager

• S. Livin, Defueling Director, TMI-2

• D. Ethridge, Radiological Engineering Manager, TMI-I

• W. Marshall, Manager, Plant Operations, TMI-2

• R. Sieglitz, Manager, Waste Management, TMI-2 1.2 NRC Personnel l L. Person, Low Level Waste Management, NMSS Y. Shao, Low Level Waste Management, NMSS

• T. Moslak, Resident Inspector

• F. Young, Senior Resident Inspector

• R. Brady, Resident Inspector L * Denotes those present at the exit meeting on August 18, 1989.

2.0 Purpose The purpose of this routine inspection was to review the licensee's program in the following area .The licensee's ability at TMI-I and TMI-2 to properly prepare, package and ship licensed radioactive materials for transfer and disposa .The licensee's ability to measure liquid and gaseous radioactive effluents during normal and emergency operations at TMI- ,

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3.0 Transportation and Solid Radwaste-In accordance with plant procedures, preparation of wastes was the responsibility of each unit's Radwaste Operations Department, with the transportation of solid radwaste the responsibility of the Unit 2 Waste Management staff. TMI-1 was in the process of preparing to acquire responsibility for the shipping operations in anticipation of the termination of the TMI-2 Radwaste Operations Departmen .1 Quality Assurance / Quality Control-The Quality Assurance / Quality control program at TMI involved Quality Assurance (QA) audits of TMI and principle vendor activities; Operations QA (0QA) monitoring of radwaste activities; and Quality Control (QC) inspections of -

inccming waste containers and transportation casks. These programs wece conducted in accordance with the TMI Quality

, Assurance Pla As part of this inspection QA audit reports for inplant activitiesandtwoprincipleradwasteservicevendorswere reviewed. Audit report S-TMI-89-04, dated May 24, 1989, examined the radwaste programs at both TMI-I and TMI-2. The scope and technical depth of this audit was found to be exceptionally good. The audit identified two findings and six recommendations which were responded to and resolved in a timely manner. None of the findings involved a significant

. safety issue. Audit report 0-COM-88-08, issued in June which 1988,wasconductedatChemNuclearSystems,Inc. liners, sup) Integrity Higi lied solidification and dewatering Containers services,ks and shipping cas to TM This audit was conducted by(HIC) the GPU Nuclear Audit staff from Parsippany, New Jersey. All identified findings were promptly resolved. Audit 0-TMI-88-02, dated June 3, 1988, was conducted at Westinghouse Radiological Services Division (now Westinghouse RS), which supplied waste processing and liners to TMI-1. This audit was conducted by the TMI QA Audit Department and identified five findings which were resolved in a timely manne QA performed monitoring reviews of the Process Control Program at both TMI-1 and TMI-2, and of the packaging and shipping activities at THI- Review of the Monitoring Reports generated for 1989 demonstrate that this function was performed in accordance with the QA Plan. QC performed inspections of all incoming shi) ping containers and radwaste liners and HICs utilized at bot 1 THI-I and TMI-2 in accordance with the QA Plan. The inspector had no further questions in this are ..

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3.2 Transportation As part of this' inspection, the inspector reviewed the records of the 11 radioactive material shipments listed belo Shipment'# Date Activity (Ci) Type 1-89-007 2 /89 34.658- HIC 1-89-023 6 89 .1.378 liner 2-89-002 1 89 0.00216 laundry 2-89-009 -2 89 -1029.136 liner 2-89-010 2 89 1094.739 liner 2-89-015 2 /89 15495 fuel debris-2-89-016 2 /89 8725 fuel debris 2-89-024 3 1/89 1013.947 SDS Vessel 2-89-026 .3 15/89 2416.76 HIC 2-89-03 .345- DAW 2-89-054 51 89 106 HI All records were found to be complete and to accurately classify the material in accordance with 10 CFR 71 and 49 CFR Parts 100-179. As part of this inspection, the following procedures were reviewe ADM-4410.01, Rev 1-00, " Receipt of Radioactive Material at Three Mile Island" 9100-ADM-4400.03, Rev 2, " Surveying of Radioactive Waste Packages" 9100-ADM-4250.06, Rev 1, " Solid Radioactive Waste Shipment Records" 1104-28D, Rev 12, " Packaging Non-Compactable Trash" 1104-28J, Rev 8, "Off-Site Shipments of Non-Waste Radioactive Material" 1104-28S, Rev 0, " Packaging of Radioactive Material for Shipment Offsite to a Volume Reduction Vendor" These procedures were found to be comprehensive in scope and to adequately reflect existing radwaste procescin .3 Radwaste In accordance with plant procedures, TMI-l processed liquids through an evaporator system, with the evaporator bottoms

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shielded HIC. Dry Active Waste and non-compactable material and(DAW)

bulk loadedwas in a sorted SeaVan into forcompactable shipment to an offsite contractor, SEG. TMI-2 generated spent resins in the SDS and Epicor systems, which were solidified or dewatered by Chem Nuclear Systems, Inc. Both of these systems were utilized at a very reduced rate, due to the pending completion of defueling. Dry Active Wastes were segregated by both units, with some decontamination of recoverable materials being accomplished on site. Laundry was sent off to INS for c'3aning. As were reviewed.part of this inspection, the following procedures 1501-ADM-4450.01, Rev 2-01, " Packaging of Radioactive Waste for Disposal i.t a Commercial Disposal Facility" 4231-0PS-3233,02, Rev 1-01, " Operation of the Chem-Nuclear Cement Solidification Unit 125" 4231-0PS-3233.03, Rev 2-01, " Process Control Plan for CNSI l Cement Solidification System" 9100-ADM-4450.01, Rev 1, " Curie Estimates for Radioactive Material Shipments" 1104-28A, Rev 19, " Radioactive Waste Solidification -

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1104-281, Rev 11, " Waste Solidification Process Control Program" l These procedures were found to be comprehensive in scope and to adequately reflect existing radwaste processin Scaling factors for plant wastes were evaluated on an annual basis for all waste streams in accordance with plant procedure This exceeded the recommended sampling frequency set forth in the NRC Branch Technical Position for Waste Classificatio _ _ -

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L 3.4 Training Training in the areas of transportation and radwaste was Radwaste Foremen divided into twoMaterial and'Radwaste programs, one for. Engineers,her Coordinators and the ot for Radcon personnel. .The training program for the first group was -

conducted in accordance.with Procedure 7813-PGD-2640, Rev 5,

" Radioactive Waste Supervisor Training Program Units 1 and 2",.

utilizing ~ Training Program 11.3.01.040, Rev 4, "Radwaste Supervisor. Training". This program was given as a twelve-hour i . classroom presentation followed by a comprehensive examination for both initial and biennial.requalificatio Radcon personnel

~ were given a block of training on survey and contamination limits-for shipping as part of the initial Radcon training progra 'These training programs were found to meet the requirements of NRC IE Bulletin 79-1 .0 Effluents The radioactive effluents program was divided between Chemistry which provides analysis of liquid and gaseous samples; l:

i Radiological Controls which performs dose calculations; L Instrumentation'and Control which performs electronic and source

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calibration.oftheRadiationMonitoringSystem(RMS); Operations which conducts the releases; and Engineering which conducts testing of the Air Cleaning System .1 Liquid'and Gaseous Releases The Chemistry Department is responsible for analyzing liquid and gaseous samples prior to release. A release is initiated by the issuance of a release request from.the Operations Departmen Radiological Controls performs a preliminary dose calculation, and signs off on a Release Permit, which is then sent to the Operations Department for the-actual release. As part of this inspection, four gaseous and six liquid, and 16 continuous liquid Release Permits for 1989 were examined and found to properly control the effluent releases. Radioisotopic analyses were conducted in accordance with industry standards. As part of this inspection, the following procedures pertaining to the release of liquid and gaseous effluents were reviewe ADM-4250.01, Rev 4, " Releasing Radioactive Liquid Waste" L 9100-ADM-4250.02, Rev 2, " Releasing Radioactive Gaseous Waste" 9100-ADM-4250.09, Rev 7, " Tracking Continuous Releases from the Turbine Building Sump"

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' Engineering Departmen Liquid and. gaseous effluent monitors were calibrated once using primary calibration sources traccable NIST), and then calibrated. quarterly utilizing secondary calibrat[ionto the National insti standards, in accordance with plant procedures. As part of this inspection the calibration records of the Liquid Radwaste Effluent Monitor RM-L-6, Waste Gas Decay Tank Noble Gas Activity Monitor RM-A-7, and Condenser Vent Noble Gas Activity Monitors RM-A-5 and. RM-A-15 were examined and found to be complete and in accordance with Plant Technical Specifications. In addition, the following calibration procedures were examined by the' inspecto .1, Rev 51, "R. M. S. Calibration" 1302-17.6, Rev 2, "RM-A5 and A15 Calibration" These procedures were found to be adequate and the inspector had no further questions in this are .3 Air Cleaning Systems Testing of the air cleaning systems'was the responsibility of the Engineering' Department. The licensee utilized Nuclear Consulting Services to perform air flow, liEPA filter and charcoal adsorber testing. As part of this inspection, the documentation for the testing conducted in 1988 and 1989 was examined. Testing was conducted twice on the Control Building Emergency Vent Air Treatment System, in June 1988 and June 1989; twice for the Fuel Handling Building ESF' Air Treatment System in February and June 1988; twice for the Reactor Building. Purge Air Treatment System in June and August 1988; and once for the Auxiliary and Fuel Handling Building Air Treatment System in June 1988. All tests were performed in accordance with ANSI /ASME N510-1980. There were no test failures, and the inspector had no further questions in this are _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _

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most recent audit conducted in this area and was reviewed by the inspector. There were no findings in the audit report which' .

l required follow-up or resolution. The technical scope and depth , l of this audit was excellent. The inspector had no further questions in this are ,

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5.0 Exit Interview The inspector met the licensee representatives (denoted in Section 1) at the conclusion of the inspection on August 18 ,

1989. --The; inspectors summarized the purpose, scope,.and findings  ;

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