IR 05000443/1990003
| ML20006E278 | |
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| Site: | Seabrook  |
| Issue date: | 01/22/1990 |
| From: | Bores R, Joseph Furia NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| 50-443-90-03, 50-443-90-3, NUDOCS 9002220499 | |
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NUCLEAR IGGUIRIORt CCMESSION REGION I-Report No.
50-443/90-03-L Docket'No._ 50-443
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~ License No. NPF-56_
Licensee:- Public Service Ctmpany of New Hanoshire P. O. Box 330 Manctiester, New Hangshire Facility Name: Seabrook Nuclear Station Inspection At: Seabrook, New Hangshire Inspection Corrlucted: January 8-12, 1990
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W. Furia, lifadiation Specialist, Effluents Radiation
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Safeguards Branch Inspection Sununary: Inspection on January 8-12, 1990 (Inspection Report No.
50-443/90-03)
Areas Inspected: Preoperational announced inspection of the solid radioactive waste systems and processing program including: management controls, audits, quality assurance, and training.
t Results: Within the areas inspected, the facility is ready for full power
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q-DEH'AIIS 1.0 Personnel contacted 1.1 Licensee Personnel i
- H. Anderson, Radwaste/ Utilities Department Supervisor
- D. Antal, System Engineer
- S. Buchwald, Quality Assurance Supervisor
_* W. Cash, Health mysics Supervisor
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R. Cyr, Maintenance Manager
- W. Dickson, Jr.,istant Station ManagerSystems ErrJ neering Supervisor i
- W. DiProfio, Ass y'
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- P. Falman, Isad Auxiliary Systems Engineer J. Gallacyher, Jr.
Plant Chennist, Chemistry Department
- J. Kwasn1K, Princ1ple Ilealth mysicist;
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W. Island, Chemistry / Health mysics Manager
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J. Linville,. Chemistry Department Supervisor N. Levesque, Maintenance Training Coordinator
- J. Malone, Operations Administration Supervisor D.
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D. Per
, Licensing Ersgineer J. Rafalowski, Health Physics Department Supervisor
- E. Sovetsky, Technical Projects Supervisor
- W. Sturgeon, Jr., Nuclear Services Manager
- W. 'Mmple, NRC Cbordinator L
- C. Vincent, Quality Control Department Supervisor l_
- M. Yergeau, Sr., Reliability and Safety Engineer l
W. Ziemek, Plant Engineer 1.2 NRC Personnel R. Fuhrmeister, Resident Inspector L
- Denotes those present at the exit meeting on January 12, 1990.
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2.0 Purpose
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'Ihe purpose of this preoperational inspection was to review the licensee's
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program to properly collect, process, pre
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3.0 Transportation arrl Solid Radwaste
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'Ihe licensee's program for the collection, processing arrl shipment of radwaste has changed significantly during the past several years. At the time of this inspection, the licensee was in the process of transferring responsibility for. these prwcmas to the Utilities Department Supervisor u
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Department. Prior to 1986, this was the location of radwaste program j
responsibility, however this program was then transferred to the Operations Department and Nuclear Services Department. Within the newly created-Radwaste/ Utilities Department there is to be a Radwaste Supervisor, Radwaste Forunan and two Radwaste Technicians. 'Ibe positions of Radwaste Supervisor and one~ of the Radwaste Technician positions has not as yet been filled. 'Ibe Radwaste/ Utilities Department Supervisor, Radwaste Foreman and one of the Radwaste Technicians held similar positions prior to the 1986 transfer of responsibilities.
'1 3.1 Quality Assurance / Quality control
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'Ihe licensee's Quality Assurance program was divided into three areas: vendor audits; inplant audits; and Quality Control inspections /surveillances. Vendors were qualified by audits
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conducted by the Yankee Atcanic Quality Assurance Group. Upon coupletion of these audits, and the resolution of all open items, the
' vendors are placed on an approved vendors list. All procurements were checked against the approved vendors list prior to the placenent of any orders for services or supplies. Both IN Technology aM Chem-Nuclear Systems, Inc. (CNSI), which were identified by the radwaste staff as being approved to provide radwaste services and supplies, were on the approved vendors list, and the licensee maintained copies of the vendor audit reports.
Audits of inplant operations are required to be conducted biennially. 7he last audit was performed in 1988. 'Due to the lack of operations within the radwaste area, in conjunction with the movement of responsibility for radwaste operations within the licensee's organization, the scope of these audits had been limited to a review of procedures aM equipment status. Another audit is scheduled for the Spring of 1990, and at this time, a review of the new radwaste organization will occur.
l Surveillances/ inspections of radwaste activities were to start once all appropriate radwaste procedures had been reviewed, and based upon
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l these procedures, the scheduling and f of surveillances in l
this area could be established. A prel review of radwaste L
operations canducted by Qtulity control i fled those areas which lL were most likely to require surveillance.
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3.2 Transportation Transportation activities,ibility of the Nuclear Services Department.
including the preparation of shipping h = ants were the respons
'Ihis responsibility was to be transferred to tim rewly created Radwaste/ Utilities Department upon ccanpletion of transportation of radioactive materials training by the Radwaste/ Utilities Department staff (Section 3.4).
Since the licensee has only conducted low power
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r L.e testin3, there have been no shipments of radwaste frun the facility, r
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and only a lbnited number of low activity radioactive material shipments have occurred. Shitznents were made in accordance with p
Procedure EC 5.4, Rev 0 :"Shipnent of Radioactive Material", whi&
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was reviewed by the insp,ector and dir==M with licensee personnel.
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'Ibe licensee is currently prohibited frun shipping radioactive wastes to any of the operational low-level radwaste diam =1 sites...
. Licensee plans call for interim radwaste storage on site (Section-
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3.5).
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3.3 Radwaste As. described-in-the Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR), the licensee has the equipment to process plant water through filters and demineralizers, waste water through evaporators,- and concentrates and process materials.through a crystallizer, resin centrifuge and/or
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evaporator / extruder. At the time of this inspection, the licensee did not foresee utilizing.the waste evaporator or crystallizer, although both were to be tested and maintained ready for future
potential use. In addition, during the first fuel cycle, the
. licensee had plam to test the extruder / evaporator, which was to produce a waste stabilized in asphalt (bitumen). Due to the current c
restrictions at the low-level radwaste disposal sites, the licensee has elected mt to utilize the asphalt system until a disposal site is made available and the criteria for waste stabilization at the site are determined.
- l As an interim measure, the licensee has placed a CNSI Mobile Demineralization system in its facility, bypassing the waste
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evaporator. In addition, the licensee had contracted with CNSI for L
the dewatering of spent resins, both inplant and those frun the l-Mobile Demineralization System into polyethylene High Integrity Containers (poly-HICs). 'Ihe lleensee was in the process of amending
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the FSAR to reflect the utilization of this alternate radwaste
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Processing equipnent, t
L Dry active wastes (DAW) are currently segregated within the plant and L
then stored in the fuel handling building. 'Ihe licensee has l
contracted with Bartlett Nuclear to bring a waste sorting trailer on l
site with which to sort through the existing backlog of DAW and
segregate the wastes, and to segregate additional wastes generated in l-the Radiation Controlled Area.
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L As part of this inspection, the following procedures were reviewed by the inspector:
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WO595005, Rev 0, " Asphalt Systen Start-Up and Shutdcun" WO595014, Rev 0, " Waste Feed Systens Operaticr)"
WO596006, Rev 0, "OGR Trash Wetor" W O596008, Rev 1, " Spent Filter Transfer Cask Operations" t
WO597001, Rev 0, "Teoeipt of Radwaste Shipnent Vehicles"
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Rev 0, " Receipt, Inspection, and Storage of Radioactive W 0597002,ial Shipping Packages" Mater
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WO598002, Rev 0 "Systen Setup /Ranoval Procedure for NUSPC Radwaste Solidificatkon Systen No. 8815" Rev 0, " Operational Procedure for NUSPC Radwaste WO598003,ification System No. 8815" Solid W OfE3001, Rev 0
"Prrv== Control Prugaiii for NUSPC Radwaste Solidificat on System" WO598004, Rev 0, "PI-c Control Program for Dewatering Liners with NUSPC Internals"
CPS.1, Rev 7, " Isotopic Characterization of Radwaste"
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ID0599.052, Rev 0, " Processing Waste Using the Bartlett Nuclear Dry Active Waste Trailer" UD0599.053, RW 0, " Routine RCA Trash and I.aundry Collection"
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UD0599.055, Rev 0, WAPT " Filter and Waste Sopragation and Handling" l
Rev 0, " Operating Guidelines for Une of Polyethelene High UD0599.057,ity Containers" l
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UD0599.058, Rev 0, " Bead Resirt/ Activated Carbon Dewatering Procedure for GSI 14-215 or Smaller Liners" US0599.059, Rev 0, ion Systems"" Process Control Program for the GSI Demineralizat US0599.060 Rev 0, "Operatirg Procedure for the WSI Modular Fluid 1zodTransferDemineralizationSystem" l
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l US0599.061, Rev 0, " Operating Procedure for the Mobile Cement Solidification Unit No. 221"
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'Ihese gvcedures were under licensee review at the time of this inspection. 'Ihey appear to pmvide W=te direction to the plant staff for the safe operation of radwaste prr-ming aqimarit ard to aid in ensurirg a stable radwaste product.
3.4 TrainincJ Training programs in the areas of traraspvdation and radwaste were under developnent at the time of this inspect!on. 'Ihree levels of radwaste tactinician training had been identified ard the training r====y to ormateachlevelhadbeendeveloped. During the next 3-4
, the Maintenance Department Training coordinator is
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l to develop training goals for endt training laadule, which will then be sent to the licensee's Training Depart 2nent for course development.
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Tra of Quality control pm
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nel attendance at some of the radwaste tedinician training i
ocurses and vendor supplied training. Training for Radwaste/ Utility i
depart 2nent man =pinit personnel is to consist of biennial attendance
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at vendor supplied tralning courses, especially in the area of
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radwaste, transportation, shipping and burial regulations. 'Ihe first training for radwaste man &paieit personnel is scheduled for Martti, 1990.
3.5 Interim Radwaste Storage
'Ibe licensee has begun to address the issue of interim onsite sto
, since it is currently prohibited from utilizing the three exist low-level radwaste diamaa1 sites. Facilities currently
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available include the Waste Processing BuildiJg high level storage
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area, which appears to have sufficient space to store at least five years' worth of plant generated spent resins, and the Fuel Hardling
Building, which can be utilized tenporarily for IAW storage. Interim
storage of DAW appears to be the one area where the licensee does not
as yet have a designated storage area, although with the licensee's
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aggressive efforts to minimize DAW generated in the plant, the volume of DAW needing storage should be low.
l i-l 4.0 Exit Interview
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'Ihe inspector met with the licensee representatives (denoted in Section 1)
1990. 'Ihe inspector at the conclusion of the inspection on January 12, inspection.
i summarized the purpose, scope, and findings of the L
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