IR 05000293/1990010
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| Site: | Pilgrim |
| Issue date: | 03/30/1990 |
| From: | Bores R, Joseph Furia NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION I
Report No.
50-293/90-10 Docket No.
50-293 License No.
DPR 35 Licensee: Boston Edison Comoany 800 Boylston Street Boston. Massachusetts 02199 Facility Name:
Pilorim Nuclear Power Station
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Plymouth. Massachusetts Inspection Conducted: March 19-23. 1990 Inspector:
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L R. Bores, Qh,ief. ERPS, Facilities Radiological Safety date
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and Safeguards Branch, Division of Radiation Safety and Safeguards Inspection Summary:
Insoection on March 19 23. 1990 (Insoection Report No.
50 293/90-10)
Areas Inspected: Routine, unannounced inspection of the transportation and solid radwaste programs including: Management controls, audits, quality assurance, and implemontation of the above programs.
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Results: Within the areas inspected, no violations or deviations were noted.
One unresolved item relative to the interim radwaste storage was identified
(Details 3.5).
Improved solid radwaste and transportation programs were noteworthy.
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DETAlls 1.0 hrionnel Contag,1gd 1.1 Licensee Personnel J. Clark, Training Instructor R. Cook, Principle Rad / Chem Specialist
- A. Davis, Vice President, Nuclear Affairs
- N. DiMascio, Radiological Section Hanager
- L. Dooley, Technical Training Section Manager
- B. Eldridge, Radiological Assessor
- R. Emmitt, Senior Nuclear Training Specialist
- f. Famulari. Quality Assurance Manager
- P. Hamilton, Compliance Division Manager M. Hettwer Supervisor, Liquid Waste K. Highfill, Station Director
- E. Kraft, Plant Manager C. Lindahl, Senior Quality Control Engineer
- D. Long, Plant Support Department Manager
- 8. Lunn, Senior Plant Engineer
- D. McClosky, Manager, Radwaste and Chemistry M. Medakovich, Supervisor, Shipping R. Purdy, Supervisor, Liquid Waste A. Shatas, Senior Quality Assurance Engineer L. Simons, Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
- V. Stagliola, Principle Radwaste Management Specialist
- R. Swanson, Regulatory Affairs Department Manager
- A. Williams, Radwaste Division Manager 1.2 NRC PersoDatl
- C. Carpenter, Resident inspector-
- Denotes those present at the exit meeting on March 23, 1990,
2.0 brpose The purpose of this routine inspection was to review the licensee's program to properly prepare, package and transport licensed radioactive materials.
3.0 Transportation and Solid Radwaste Management of the radwaste program has been realigned by the licensee since the last inspection in this area.
The licensee has i
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created a Radwaste and Chemistry Section, whose manager reports directly to the Plant Manager. Within this Section was a Radwaste Division which included personnel responsible for the processing of plant liquids, packaging of radwaste and shipment of radioactive materials.
In addition, the Section had personnel assigned to perform long and short term studies and projects to improve the radwaste program. All critical positions within this Section as they relate to radwaste were filled by qualified personnel. This new organizational structure was a notable strength within the licensee's radwaste program.
3.1 Ouality Assurance /0uality Control The licensee's program for the assurance of quality within the radwaste program was set forth in the licensee's Quality Assurance Manual. This program included audits of vendors who provided supplies and services, annual audits of the in plant radwaste program, periodic surveillances and Quality Control Inspections of all shipments of radioactive materials.
The licensee was a member of the Nuclear Procurement Issues Council (NVPIC), and through this organization the licensee evaluated Chem Nuclear Services, Inc. (CNSI), who supplied NRC approved shipping casks to the licensee. The NUPlc audit of CNSI was conducted by representatives of the Wolf Creek Nuclear Generating Station, which issued Audit Report TE 56640 K001, dated August 1, 1989. The licensee had tracked all open items relating to this audit report, and had placed CNSI on its list of approved vendors.
At the time of this inspection, the licensee had just completed its annual audit of the radwaste program. The inspector reviewed a copy of the draft inspection report, which contained _no Deficiency Reports (DRs) against the radwaste program.
In addition, the inspector reviewed Audit 89 02, dated February 21, 1989, which was the arevious audit in this area.
Both DRs issued with this audit had seen satisfactorily resolved, and the DRs had been closed.
The scope and technical depth of these audits were determined to be good.
The licensee's Quality Assurance Surveillance Group conducts periodic surveillances of selected portions of the radwaste program.
Two surveillances were performed in 1989. No safety significant issues were identified. Additional surveillances were scheduled for 1990 but had not been performed at the time of this inspection.
The licensee's Quality Control (QC) Group conducted inspections of all shipments of radioactive materials.
In addition, radwaste
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procedures contained hold points for QC review. All liners, high integrity containers (HIC) and onsite storage containers (OSSCs)
were inspected upon receipt by QC, This program for Quality Assurance and Quality Control was determined to be excellent.
3.2 Transoortation Transportation of radioactive materials was the rea onsibility of the Radwaste and Chemistry Section, specifically of the Shipping Supervisor within the Radwaste Division. The licensee utilized NRC approved shipping casks, supplied by CNSI, when required.
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Compliance for all NRC approved shipping casks utilized.
As part of this inspection, the following 11 shipping records were reviewed.
Shioment Activity (Ci)
Volume (cu ft)
Iypa 89 M-49 7.27E-02 1280.0 DAW 89-M-50 7.27E-02 1280.0 DAW 90 h-6 2.29E-05 1.1 Samples 90-M-8 2.72E-05 0.7 Samples 90 L-1 4.30E-02 767.0 Laundry 90-01 2.19E+00 194.1 DE 90 02 1.10E+01 205.8 Resin 90-03 4.28E+00 205.8 Resin 90-01 2.47E+00 205,8 DE 90-05 3.59E400 205.8 Resin 90-06 2.59E+00 205.8 Resin All shipments reviewed were determined to be in full accordance with the applicable regulations set forth in 10 CFR Parts 20 and 71, and 49 CFR Parts 100-177.
The licensee had developed a computer code utilizing the Lotus Development Corporation's LOTUS 1-2-3 program for the performance of transport and waste classification. The licensee was in the process of acceptance testing a RADMAN computer-code to be utilized for this purpose in the future.
3.3 Radwaste The licensee generated Powdex resin, bead resin, Diatomaceous Earth (DE) and Dry Active Waste (DAW) waste streams. 'During the twelve months since the last inspection in this area, the licensee j
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had undertaken the decontamination of much of the radweste truck lock; purchased and operated its own dewatering skid; began the
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removal of the culvert storage yard behind the reactor building; and j
significantly reduced the number of SeaVans and other storage
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containers on site holding various DAW and other contaminated equi ) ment.- The licensee established a decontamination facility
whici was processing small tools and equipment to aid in the
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reduction of onsite contaminated materials.
This f.":ility utilized high pressure water spray and glass bead polishing to accomplish this task without the generation of mixed wastes.
The licensee was evaluating better utilization of slant facilities i
for the processing of liquids and a reduction in tie generation of radioactive wastes. Currently, the licensee has only one system for the processing of both equipment and floor drain water. The low purity water resulted in low utilization factors for resins, j
The licensee had established a program for the use of scaling factors for isotopic determination of radwaste packages.
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samples of the Powdex, DE, DAW and resin waste streams to the Yankee Atomic Laboratory for total isotopic analysis on a semiannual basis.
The licensee had conducted extensive decommissioning of equipment within the plant. At the time of this inspection, only the concentrator area within the radwaste building remained as a possible decommissioning effort.
The effort for the removal of the concentrator had been suspended in 1986 due to ALARA considerations.
The area where the concentrator is located has been secured with j
all water lines capped off, and the area posted as a locked High i
Radiation Area.
The inspector 'e.d no further questions in this area.
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As part of this inspection, the following radwaste p c:edures were reviewed.
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6.9-160, Rev 24, " Shipment of Radioactive Material" 6.9-186, Rev 4, "High Integrity Containers" 6,9-193, Rev 7, "10 CFR 61 Classification of Radioactive Waste for Processing and/or Burial" 6.9-195, Rev 3, " Completion of Radioactive Waste Shipping Records"
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6.9-201, Rev 5, " Completion of BECO Radioactive Shipping Records" 6.9 212, Rev 0, " Handling and Loading Type 'A' Shipping Casks"
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The licensee had under review all procedures related to radwaste processing and shipping, and anticipated completion of this review and issuance of revised procedures within the year.
The inspector had no further questions in this area.
3.4 Trainina At the time of this inspection, the licensee was revising its training program for radwaste personnel to reflect changes in both the management structure and in procedures.
Training at both the introductory and review level was provided to all radraste shipping, waste processing, nuclear auxiliary operation and supervisory personnel, together with personnel from the Radiation Protection Section and Quality Control. All personnel involved in the processing, packaging and shipment of radioactive materials had completed the basic. training. This program, including the new training modules, wil' be reviewed further during a subsequent inspection.
3.5 Interim Radwaste Storace In 1985, the licensee examined the problems of i'iterim onsite storage and proposed the construction pad on W h processed radioactive wastes would be stored.
Liners and HICs would be placed in onsite storage containers and DAW would be stored in containers within the Trash Compaction Facility. Due to various considerations, this plan has not as yet been implemented. The liconsee has recently undertaken a review of the 1985 plan, will update it for 1990, and appears to have sufficient time to institute this plan prior to January,1993 (the date when the existing burial sites will be closed tothelicensee). This item remains unresolved pending licensee determinations and actions in this area (50-293/90-10 01).
4.0 Exit Interview The ins)ector met with the licensee representatives (denoted in Section 1) at tle conclusion of the ins 23, 1990. The inspector summarized the purpose, scope, pection on March and findings of the inspection.
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