IR 05000387/1987020
| ML20238C444 | |
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| Site: | Susquehanna  |
| Issue date: | 12/07/1987 |
| From: | Della Ratta A, Keimig R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| 50-387-87-20, 50-388-87-18, NUDOCS 8712310017 | |
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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION I
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50-388/87-18 I
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50-387 Docket Nos.
50-388 NPF-14 License Nos. NPF-22 Safeguards Group: _ IV Licensee:
Pennsylvania Power and Light Company j
2 North Ninth Street Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101 f
Facility Name:
Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2 l
l Inspection At:
Salem Township, Pennsylvania Inspection Conducted:
October 27-30, 1987
i Type of Inspection: Routine, Unannounced Material Control and Accounting Inspector:
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q Inspection Summary:
Inspection on October 27-30, 1987 (Combined Inspection Report Nos. 50-387/87-20 and 50-388/87-18)
Areas Inspected:
Routine, unannounced inspection of nuclear material control and accounting, including:
organization and operation; shipping and receiving; storage and internal control; inventory; records and reports; and management of materials control system.
Results:
The licensee's procedures for the con * col of special nuclear material (SNM) were adequate.
Records and reports were complete, well
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DETAILS I
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Key Persons Contacted
- G. Stanley, Assistant Superintendent - Outages j
I J. Doxsey, Reactor Engineering Supervisor
- J. Graham, Senior Compliance Engineer
- T. Dalpiaz, Technical Supervisor
"D. Karchner, Power Production Engineer-Nuclear R. Boesch, Power Production Engineer - Nuclear
- L. Steck, Power Production Engineer - Nuclear
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- H. Riley, HP/ Chem Supervisor R. Hock, Analyst.- NQA
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'J. Stair, NRC Resident Inspector The inspector interviewed other licensee personnel during the inspection.
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Nuclear Material Control and Accounting l
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The inspector verified that the licensee had adequately maintained and followed written procedures for the control and accounting of nuclear material and that written statements of responsibility for special nuclear material (SNM) were available.
The procedures were included in the licensee's Control of Special Nuclear Material Procedure AD-QA-137, Revision 1, dated April 23, 1987.
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Shipping and Receiving The inspector determined through review that the licensee had established and maintained effective procedures to ensure that all SNM received was accurately accounted for.
A review was performed of all DOE /NRC Form-741's generated during the period April 1, 1982 - September 30, 1987 to determine proper signature, timely dispatch and accuracy of data.
No discrepancies were noted.
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Storage and Internal Control The inspector determined tFrough review that the licensee had established and was maintaining and following a system of written material control and accounting procedures that provided for knowledge of the quantity, identity, and current location of all SNM-bearing materials within the facility.
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The licensee was maintaining Ittm Control Areas (ICA's) that included the reactor cavities, spent fuel pools, new fuel storage vaults, and j
other areas that were appropriate for SNM contained in other than fuel.
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Invento ry l
The inspector reviewed supporting recordsLthat reconciled the quantity of SNM possessed as of September 30, 1987.
The licensee's SNM inventory consisted of:
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1,492 Fuel Assemblies - Unit 1 Spent Fuel Pool 2.
764 Fuel Assemblies - Unit 2 Reactor 3.
324 Fuel Assemblies - Unit 2 Spent Fuel Pool 4.
10 Ex-Core Detectors 5.
3 Fission Counters The inspector determined that the licensee had conducted the physical inventories as required by 10 CFR 70.51(d).
The last physical inventory was performed on October 19, 1987.
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Records and Reports The inspector reviewed the licensee's records, scurce data and all Material Balance Reports (DOE /NRC Form-742) submitted during the period April 1, 1982 - September 30, 1987.
Total uranium and U-235 fission, transmutation and plutonium production, and decay records were also reviewed.
No discrepancies were noted.
However, the licensee did not realize that when the uranium-235 content of a fuel bundle is reduced to less than 0.711 weight percent U-235, the fuel bundles should be categorized as depleted uranium rather than normal uranium and so entered on the DOE /NRC Form-742.
The licensee initiated actions to re-categorize these fuel bundles prior to the end of this inspection.
Exhibits I, II, III and IV of this report summarize the licensee's nuclear material activities for the period April 1, 1982 -
September 30, 1987.
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Management of Materials Control System The inspector determined that the licensee was maintaining a management system which provided for the revision, implementation, and enforcement of nuclear material control and accounting procedures.
There was an organization structure responsive to the nuclear material control and accounting requirements, the license, and applicable NRC regulations.
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Exit Interview The inspector met with the licensee representatives, as indicated in paragraph 1, at the conclusion of the inspection on October 30, 1987. At that time, the purpose and scope of the inspection were reviewed and the findings were presented.
No written material was.provided to the licensee by the inspector during the inspection.
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EXHIBIT I Pennsylvania Power and Light Company Susquehanna Unit 1 Docket No. 50-387 License No. NPF-14 Material Balance for Period: April 1, 1982 - September 30, 1987 Reporting Identification Symbol:
XML Enriched Jranium grams Normal Uranium - Kg's Element Isotope Element Beginning Inventory:
(April 1, 1982)
123,275,295 2,519,769 16,924
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Receipts:
127,537,022 3,809,472
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Material to Account for:
250,812,317 6,329,241 16,924 Removals:
Shipments:
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Fission cnd Transmutation:
5,170,507 2,768,469 116 Total Removals:
5,170,513 2,768,475 116 Ending Inventory:
(September 30,1987)
1/ 245,641,804 3,560,766 16,808 Material Accounted For:
250,812,317 6,329,241 16,924 1/ = Includes:
3 Fission Counters
4 6 Ex-core Detectors
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l-EXHIBIT II Pennsylvania Power and Light Company l-Susquehanna Unit'l
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Docket No.'50-387 License No. NPF-14 Material Balanc. for Period: April 1, 1982 - September 30, 1987-Reporting Identification Symbol:
XML R_eporting Unit:
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Beginning Inventory:
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Production:
1,352,149 971,356 Receipts:
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Material to Account for:
1,352,149 971,356 Removals:
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Decay:
3,935 3,935 Total Removals:
3,935 3,935 Ending Inventory.:
(September 30, 1987)
1,348,214 967,421 Material Accounted For:
1,352,149 971,356
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EXHIBIT III o
Pennsylvania Power and Light Company Susquehanna Unit 2 Docket No.'50-388 License No. NPF-22
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Material Balance for Period: April 1, 1982 - September 30, 1987 Reporting Identification Symbol:
XMM Enriched Uranium grams Normal Uranium - Kg's Element Isotope Element Beginning Inventory:
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16,722 (April 1, 1982)
50,055,084 968,413 Additions:
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Receipts:
129,348,094 3 419,036 184
Material to Account for:
179,403,178 4,387,449 16,956
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5,921
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Fission and Transmutation:
3,746,386
.2,047,8_09 120 Total Removals:
3,752,307 2,047,890 120
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Ending Inventory:
(September 30,1987)
1/ 175,650,871 2,339,559 16,836 Material Accounted For:
179,403,178 4,387,449 16,956 1/ = Includes:
4 Ex-core Detectors
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EXHIBIT IV Pennsylvania Power and Light Company Susquehanna Unit 2 Docket No. 50-388 License No. NPF-22 Material Balance for Period: April 1,1982 - September 30, 1987 Reporting Identification Symbol':
XMM Reporting Unit:
grams Plutonium i-Element Isotope L
Beginning Inventory:
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Production:
1,049,482 789,904-Receipts:
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Material to Account for:
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1,088 1,088 Total Remova,1s:
1,088 1,088
Ending Inventory:
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1,048,394 788,816 l
l Material Accounted For:
1,049,482 789,904
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