IR 05000387/1989025
| ML17156B309 | |
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| Site: | Susquehanna  |
| Issue date: | 08/14/1989 |
| From: | Bores R, Joseph Furia NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML17156B308 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-387-89-25, 50-388-89-23, IEB-79-19, NUDOCS 8908280372 | |
| Download: ML17156B309 (7) | |
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NUCX2MR R1MUZAXORY ~SSION
REGION I
50-387/89-25 50-387 Docket Nos.
50-388 NPF-14 License Nos.
NPF-22 Priority Licensee.
lvania Power 6 Li ht 2 North Neth Street lentown vania 18101 Category C
Facility Name:
ehanna Steam Electric Station Units
2 Inspection At:
Berwick lvania Inspection Condu ed:
Jul 24-28 1989 Inspectors:
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res, Ctu.ef, Effluen Ra ation taction Section, FRSSB Inspection Summary:
ion on Jul 24-28 1989 Combined ion Re rt Nos.
50-387 89-25; 50-388 89-23 Areas Routine unannounced inspection of the so x ra zoactzve waste systems, trangmrtation, and radiological environmental monitoring programs including:
Management controls; audits; quality assurance; and implementation of the above programs.
Results:
Within the areas inspected, no violations or Bevxatxone were noted.
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1.0 Personnel Contacted 1.1 Licensee Personnel
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Byram, Superintendent of Plant Dcztunguez, Senior Results Engineer, Operations McGann, Campliance Engineer Riley, Health Physics and Chemistry Supervisor Zukauskas, Radwaste Assistant Foreman Fritzen, Radiological Operations Supervisor
'orrissey, Radiological Protection Supervisor Lewis, Health Physics Specialist II Radwaste Damn, West~ouse RS Schmidt, Quality Assurance Engineer Rarick, Quality Control Inspector Clymer, Quality Surveillance Engineer Vnuk, Senior Chemist Hill, Health Physicist Shank, Supervisor, Environmental
& Chemistry Group Lex, Nuclear General Training Supervisor Prego, Quality Assurance Supervisor Operations Stanley, Assistant Superintendent - Outages Iorfida, Instrumentatzon
& Control SupeLmisor Blakeslee, Assistant Superintendent of Plant 2.0 1. 2 NRC ~nnel
- S. Barber, Senior Resident Inspector
- J. Stair, Resident Inspector
- Denotes those present at the exit meeting on July 28, 1989.
3.0
'Ihe purpose of this routine inspection was to review the licensee's program in the following areas:
.Ihe licensee's ability to properly prepare, package and ship licensed radioactive materials for transport and disposal.
.'Ihe licensee's ability to conduct an effective radiological environmental monitoring proc'.
Previousl Identified Items (Closed)
Inspector Follow Up Item (50-388/88-10-01)
Calibration of Cooling Tower blawdawn flaw elements.
'Ihe licensee performed calibration of the Cooling Tower blawdawn flaw elements on May 4, 1989, and has scheduled annual calibrations to be performed.
In addition, the licensee has scheduled semiannual cleaning of the flaw elements.
Ihe first cleaning was performed at the time of calibration.
'Ibis item is close.0 rtation and Solid Radwaste Packaging and transportation of solid radwaste are the responsibility of the Radwaste Group of the Radiological Operations Section of the Health Physics.and Chemistry De~~ent, as outlined in plant Technical Specifications and Procedure AD-QA-100, Rev 6, "Station Organization and Reqensibilities".
The licensee processed evaporator bottoms by solidification, dewatered resins za either High Integrity Containers (HIC)
or steel liners, and shipped Dry Active Wastes (DAW) and contaminated laundry to a vendor.
4.1 gualiti Assurance i
Control
'Ihe licensee's Quality Assurance DepmMent was tasked with performing regular periodic audits of both the plant radwaste program and vendors performing 10 CFR 71 Quality Assurance activities.
Audit Report Number 88-103, dated January 19, 1989 reviewed the plant radwaste procpmn.
No negative findings or deficiencies were noted in the audit report.
Audit Report Nzdmr 88-032, dated May 5, 1988, reviewed the Quality Assurance Program at Westinghouse RS and Audit Report No.88-022, dated May 18, 1988 reviewed the Quality Assurance Program at Chem Nuclear Systems, Inc., who are the vendors performing 10 CFR 71 activities.
There were no negative findirqs or deficiencies identified in either audit report. Quality Services performed Quality Contml Inspections of all radwaste activities.
In addition, Quality Surveillance performed random surveillances of selected radwaste activities.
This program provided excellent coverage of radwaste activities in terms of scope and depth.
The inspector had no further questions in this area.
As part of this in~ion, the inspector reviewed the records of seven radioactive material shipments listed below.89-002 89-004 89-008 89-015 89-021 89-025 89-070 1.99 E4 7.40 E1 1.23 E4 5.27 E2 6.89 E4 7.00 E4 3.19 E3 177. 9 960 177.9 178.9 135.8 178.9 2560
'Ihese shipments included solidified resins and sludges, uncompacted DAW, dewatered resin, and contaminated laun~.
All records were found to be complete, and to accurately classify the material in accordance with 10 dR 71 and 49 CFR Parts 100-17.3 Radwaste 4 '
'Ihe plant processes liquids through an evaporator system, with the evaporator bottoms solidified by an Operations-monitored vendor into steel liners; ard through filters and demineralizer beds, with the spent filters and resins either solidified or dewatered in HICs.
As part of this inspection, the following procedures were reviewed.
AD-QA;305, Rev 5
"Radwaste Process" A~-311, Rev 8, "Solid Radioactive Waste Process Contxol Program A~ 323 g Rev 2 g Radioactive Waste Drum Tracking" AD-~-765, Rev 12, "Solid Radwaste Pxogram" AD-QA-770, Rev 5, "Opexation of the Zaw Zevel Radwaste Holding Facility (ZIRWHF)"
These procedures were found to be comprehensive in scope and to adequately reflect existing radwaste processing.
'Ihe licensee's facilities for xadwaste processing were found to be kept in a clean and orderly state, reflecting positively on the plant Radwaste, Health Physics and Housekeeping staffs.
Volumes of radwaste generated at the plant, especially the volume of spent resins and filter media, were approximately one-third to one-half that exp~ at a BWR, and reflected positively on the licensee's attempts to reduce radwaste volumes.
Scaling factors for plant wastes are currently evaluated on an annual basis.
'Ihe licensee had not foxmalized the evaluation of scalirq factor data by procedure as of the start of this inspection.
'Its item had been identified in the licensee's audit of radwaste (Audit Report No.88-103)
and the Chemistry Section had written a draft procedure (CH-TP-005).
'Ihe licensee reviewed the procedure in accordance with Technical Specification (TS) 6.5. 1, and approved the procechue on July 27, 1989, prior to the completion of the inspection.
'Ihe inspector had no further questions in this area.
Traininp
'Ihe licensee developed a trainirg program for radwaste workers in order to meet the requirements of NRC IE Bulletin 79-19.
'Ibis area was reviewed as part of the inspection.
'Ihe program for radwaste worker training was contained in Nuclear Training Procedure FAZE~ 42 '@ Rev 3g Radwaste Worker Training".
1Ms procedure outlines both initial and continuirq training which must be completed by radwaste workers.
Initial trairung for most radwaste workers was
given through on-the-job training and satisfactory completion of Unit of Instruction HP043,
"Radwaste Worker Training".
Those personnel who prepare waste of shipping manifests were also required to complete HP044g
"Imper Level Radioactive Waste Evaluation and Shipping", or an equivalent vendor supplied course.
Ihis program satisfactorily meets the requirements of NRC IE Bulletin 79-19 for radwaste worker training.
, 5. 0 Radiol ical Environmental Monitor'ENP The RENP p~xxp~ was operated by the licensee's corporate Radiological
Environmental Services Division, as described in the 1988 RENP report.
Analysis of environmental samples, except 'Ihermoluminescent Dosimeters (TZD) was conducted by Teledyne Isotopes, Inc.
TLDs are provided and analyzed by the licensee's corporate office.
5. 1 Meteorol ical Tower Instrumentation Calibration of the meteorological tower instnmmntation was conducted on a semiannual basis by members of the I 6 C staff.
Ihe inspector reviewed the records of calibration contained within the procedures listed below.
SI-099-313, Rev 5, "Semi-Annual Calibration of Wind Speed Instrumentation Loop X-03701 (60 Meters)"
SI-099-314, Rev 6, "Semi-Annual Calibration of Wind Direction Instrumentation Loop X-03702 (60 Meters)"
SI-099-315, Rev 5, "Semi-Annual Calibration of Wind Speed Instnment Loop X-03703 (10 Meters) "
SI-099-316, Rev 5, "Semi-Annual Calibration of Wind Direction Instrument Loop'X-03704 (10 Meters)"
SI-099-317, Rev 5, "Semi-Annual Calibration of Delta Temperature Instrument Zaop X-03707, Channel 1 (10-60 Meters) "
SI-099-318, Rev 5, "Semi-Annual Calibration of Delta Tertperature I~~nt Loop X-03708, Channel 2 (10-60 Meters)"
'Ihese calibration records were determined to be complete and to exceed the calibration retirements set forth in plant Technical Specifications which ~red annual calibration of the meteorological tower instrumentation.
5. 2 Audits
'Ihe RENP was evaluated most recently in Audit Report No.89-056, dated June 22, 1989.
'Ihere were no negative findirqs which required licensee action in this report.
In addition, the licensee was in
the process of conducting audits of Ecology III and Teledyne Isotopes which supply sample collection services and radiochemical analyses, respectively.
The licensee also performed Quality Surveillances of this program, the most recent being Surveillance Report No.88-161, which examined the environmental sample collection and preparation for transport to the vendor analytical laboratory.
5.3 Data A isition and Anal sis As part of this inspection, the inspector examined 14 environmental sampling stations, where air particulate, iodine, vegetation, or milk samples were taken.
All stations exanined were determined to be located as indicated in the 1988 RENP Report, with air sampling equipment operational.
The licensee's REMP utilizes Ecology III for the collection of samples, together with the services of Teledyne Isotopes for the analyses of these samples.
Teledyne Isotopes provided the licensee with Quality Assurance Reports once every two months which included data concerning spiked and split samples, in-house QA samples, EPA Cross-Check samples and various control charts for laboratory instrumentation utilized by Teledyne Isotopes in support of the licensee's program.
All anomalous data were promptly investigated and resolved by Teledyne Isotopes.
As part of the inspection the 1988 REHP report was reviewed together with the data for 1989 environmental samples collected and analyzed through June 1989.
The sampling and analytical proc'as found to meet or in some cases exceed the requioanents of TS 3/4.12.
The licensee's program and data for the TLD progran was also determined to be in corrpliance with TS 3/4.12.1, by inspector review of TID calibration, utilization and analysis records.
lhe inspector had no further questions in this area.
6. 0 Exit Interview
%he inspector met the licensee representatives (denoted in Section 1) at the conclusion of the inspection on July 28, 1989.
%he inspector sunanarized the ~use, scope, and find~s of the inspection.
At no time durirq the inaction did the inspector provide any written information to the licensee.