IR 05000332/1980002

IE Insp Rept 50-332/80-02 on 800708-11.No Noncompliance Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Safety Committee,Internal Review & audits,10CFR21 Implementation & IE Info Notices

ML19338C897
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Site:	Barnwell File:Allied-General Nuclear Services icon.png
Issue date:	07/08/1980
From:	Coryell G, Kahle J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
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ML19338C893	List: IR 05000332/1980002 ML19338C892 ML19338C894
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50-332-80-02, 50-332-80-2, NUDOCS 8009080238
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~ c:, E REGION 11 $g f 101 MARIETT A ST., N.W., SUITE 3100 d ATLANTA, GEORGIA 3C303 JU L 2 31980 Docket No. 50-332/80-2 " Licensee: Allied-General Nuclear Services Barnwell, South Carolina 298'42 Facility Name: Barnwell Nuclear Fuel Plant License No. CPCSF-4 7' , Inspector: ,hsr,[ [ '[[ ~~~ - ' '~ G. P. Coryell / ,-' D te Approving Section Chief:

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J. B. Kahle, A ' tin'g Chief [ Da(e Fuel Facility ection Safeguards anch . Date of Inspection: July 8-11, 1980 Areas Inspected: This special, announced inspection involved 26 inspector-hours onsite in the areas of Safety Committees, 10 CFR 21 Implem7ntation, Internal Review and Audits, IE Information Notices, and independent effort.

Results: Of the 5 areas inspected, no apparent items of noncompliance or devia-tions were identified.

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Persons Contacted i . R. B. Holden, President, AGNS l

• G. T. Stribling, V.

P., Marketing and Regulatory Affairs j

• A. K. Williams V. P, Operation and Technical j
• R. J. H. Cholister, Director, Operations
• W. B. Sumner, Director, Nuclear Technology i

W. F. Kelly, Manager, Q. A. and Compliance

• Rex Reust, Production Superintendent, Separations
• M. Hawkins, Manager, Safety and Environmental Controls
• C. E. Walker, Specialist, License Compliance

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• M. L. Rogell, Engineer, Welding and Metallurgy

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• K. E. Plummer, Supervisor, Process Engineering

J. B. Maier, Specialist Hazardous Materials L. G. Johnson, QA Engineer ~' j Other licensee employees contacted included 10 technicians and 3 operators.

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• Attended exit interview 2.

Exit Interview The inspection scope and findings were summarized on July 11, 1980 with those persons indicated in Paragraph I above.

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Licensee Action on Previous Inspection Findings Not Inspected.

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Unresolved Items.

Unresolved items were not identified during this inspecticn.

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10 C13 21 Implementation a.

The following procedures have been established to assure implementation of Part 21 requirements:

1 (1) Policy & Procedure - A-15, revision 1, dated June 4,1980, " Report-ing in Compliance with 10 CFR 21".

i (2) Administrative Procedure A-0DAP-14, Revision 3, May 16, 1979 " Incident - Event Reports".

.(3) Operations Procedure G-4, Revision 2, May 27,1980 " Incident / Event.

Report".

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-2- , (4) Policy and Procedure - B-7 " Reports ic Compliance with Government Regulatory Agency Requirements".

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Examination of the procedures verify controls adequate to assure identification, notification, evaluation and revihw records of noncon-formances, defects or deviations as required by 10 CFR 21.

The inspector verified that requisite documents are posted on designated c.

bulletin boards and 10 CFR 21 requirements have been included on purchase specifications for selected safety related items.

d.

Eight event reports and QA engineering evaluations completed to-date in 1980 were selected for review. The identification, evaluation and reporting is consistent with procedural requirements. Each of the event reports and evaluations has been reviewed by the Operational Safety Committee (OSC). Evaluation conclusions are that the events are not reportable under Part 21 criteria. The inforcation and data used in the evaluations appear to be comp?ete and to support the review conclusions. The inspector had no further questions.

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Safety Committees a.

The inspector reviewed the minutes of OSC meetings conducted from December 1979 through June 1980.

Meeting frequency and attendance requirements were met and items were reviewed in accordance with proposed Technical Specification 16.6.3.3 and procedural requirements.

b.

The Executive QA Committee performed the required annual audit of the AGNS Quality Assurance program in 1979 and has scheduled the 1980 review. Verification was made that the OSC performed the annual audit of License Compliance in September 1979. Audit records include verifi-cation of corrective action. The inspector had no further questions.

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Internal Review and Audits Ten Quality Assurance (QA) or combined OSC/QA audits conducted during a.

the last twelve mor ch period were selected for review. AGNS QA audit requirements are specified in the BNFP Quality Assurance Manual and implementing procedures QAP-7 " Audit Procedure" and QAP-4" " Quality Assurance Activity Report".

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Quality Assurance Audit Records (QAAR's) 3590, 3594, 3603, 3604, 3614 i and 3616 provide current audit records and evaluations of Vendors ! providing services or equipment.

QAAR's 3574, 3577, 3612 and 3621 cover internal audits of AGNS departments. Audit records were found to conform to procedural requirements.

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IE Information Notices l a.

IE Information Notices 80-11, 80-14, 80-18 and 80-19 were discussed with Management representatives. Responsibility for evaluations and - _, _ . _ ___ .

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appropriate actions in accordance with notice information has been assigned and reviews completed. The inspector had no further questions.

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Handling and Shipping Low-Level Radioactive Wastes.

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Current activities involving accumulation, transfer, packaging and shipping of low-level radioactive wastes were reviewed and shipment records for a January 25, 1980 shipment to Chem-Nuclear Systems, Inc., and a shipment to NECO on March 3,1980 were audited.

b.

Procedural requirements are covered in the AGNS procedures listed below: (1) A-0DAP-32 - " Handling and Shipping of Low-Level Radioactive Wastes" (2) A-0DAP-26 "Off-site Shipment of Hazardour Material" (3) A-0AP-27 " Health Physics Requirements" ). ~ (4) S.

1.0P-81-A-3 "S. A.C. Solid Waste Disposal Procedures" ! No items of non-compliance or deficiencies were noted.

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Quality Control Exception Records Quality Assurance Procedure QCP-11, Revision 3, "QC Exception Procedure" a.

establishes the requirements for reporting, recording and clearance of exceptions / discrepancies identified at the Barnwell plant.

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It is the responsibility of the Quality Control Section to place and remove exception tags, log exceptions and issue Exception Follow-up Reports.

The Exception Logbook and Exception Status Report (a computer printout) c.

were checked for conformance with procedural requirements.

It was noted that 2329 exceptions are recorded as of the date of the inspection.

No deviations from requirements were identified.

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