IR 05000334/1988009
| ML20196K690 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Beaver Valley |
| Issue date: | 06/28/1988 |
| From: | Ronald Bellamy NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Sieber J DUQUESNE LIGHT CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8807070077 | |
| Download: ML20196K690 (2) | |
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Duquesne'. Light Company
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Mr.- J. D. Sieber Vice President Nuclear Group Post Office Box 4 Shippingport, Pennsylvania 15077 Gentlemen:
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Inspection Report No. 50-334/88-09 This refers to your letter dated May 9,1988, in response to our letter dated April 8, 1988.
Thank you for informing us of the corrective and preventive actions documented in your letter. These actions will be examined during a future inspection of your licensed program.
Your cooperation with us is appreciated.
goham00ff"s an ofrd kl Ronald R. Bellamy, Chief Facilities Radiological Safety and Safeguards Branch Division of Radiation Safety and Safeguards cc:
J. J. Carey, Executive Vice President, Operations J. O. Crockett, General Manager, Corporate Nuclear Services W. S. Lacey, General Manager, Nuclear Operations N. R. Tonet, Manager, Nuclear Engineering T. P. Noonan, Plant Manager
.C. E. Ewing, QA Manager K. D. Grada, Manager, Nuclear Safety Public Document Room (PDR)
local Public Document Room (LPDR)
Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC)
l NRC Resident Inspector Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
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Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit No. 1 Docket No. 50-334, License No. DPR-66 Inspection Report 88-09 Gentlemen:
In response to NRC correspondence dated April 8, 1988 and in accordance with 10 CFR 2.201, the attached reply addresses the Notice of Violation which was included with the referenced report.
If there are any questions concerning this response, please contact my office.
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D. Sieber Vice President Nuclear Group Attachment cc:
Mr. J.
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Reply to Notice of Violation Inspection 88-09 Letter dated April 8, 1988 VIOLATION (Severity Level IV; Supplement V)
Description of Violations (88-09-02 and 88-09-03)
A.
CFR 20.311(b)
requires, in part, that the manifest accompanying radioactive waste shipments indicate as completely as practicable the radionuclide identity and quantity and the total radioactivity in the shipment.
10 CFR 20.311(c) requires, in part, that the manifest must include a certification by the waste generator that the transported materisis are properly described.
Contrary to the above, on September 8, 1987, your Shipment Number 0951 of radioactive waste was sent to a supercompacting facility and was accompanied by a
manifest which did not identify the existence and quantities of radioactive wastes contained in four of the eighty-four drums in the shipment.
As a result, the total radioactivity stated on the manifest was in error.
Further, the certification which accompanied the manifest was also in error.
B.
CFR 71.5(a)(1)(vi)
requires that shipping papers be prepared in accordance with 49 CFR 172, Subpart C.
49 CFR 172.203(d)(iii)
requires the activity of each package in the shipment be included in the shipping papors.
Contrary to the above, on September 8, 1987, your Shipment Number 0951 of radioactive waste was sent to a supercompacting facility and the shipping papers did not include the activities of the radionuclides contained in four of the eighty-four drums in the shipment.
Violations A
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have been categorized in the aggregate as a Severity Level IV problem (Supplement V).
Corrective Action Taken Upon notification from the supercompacting facility that the shipment included four (4)
more drums of waste than were identified on the shipping papers, Duquesne Light immediately notified the Resident NRC Inspector.
An evaluation was conducted to determine the radiological consequence of the event.
The radiological consequences were determined to be minimal as the four drums contained low level contaminated polyethylene.
The drum with the highest contact radiation level had a
reading of 0.08 mr/hr.
The four drums contained a
total activity of 179 microcuries.
Additionally, the surveyed as required by regulations prior to leaving the vehicle was site.
All radiation levels were below regulatory limits.
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Action Taken to Prevent Recurrence Radeon Procedure 3.29, Inspection of Radioactive Material Packaging Prior to Shipment, has been revised to strengthen the surveillance requirements during trailer loading operations and to clarify that the signoff reqv.irement is to document acceptable material condition and total package count.
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Radcon Procedure 3.6, Radioactive Shipment Record, has been revised to require all hand-generated data be retained as a permanent record with the radioactive shipping record package, pate of Full compliance
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Full compliance has been achieved at this time. The revisions to the above referenced procedures were approved and implemented-in November 1987.
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