IR 05000553/1979004
| ML19246C318 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Phipps Bend  |
| Issue date: | 05/24/1979 |
| From: | Cunningham A, Hufham J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML19246C311 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-553-79-04, 50-553-79-4, 50-554-79-04, 50-554-79-4, NUDOCS 7907240148 | |
| Download: ML19246C318 (4) | |
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Report Nos. 50-553/79-04 and 50-554/79-0/-
Licensee: Tennessee Valley Authority
500A Chestnut Strmet Tower II Chattanooga, Tennessee 37401 Facility Name:
Phipps Bend Nuclear Plant, Units I and 2 Docket Nos. 50-553 and 50-554 License Nos. CPPR-162 and CP R-163 Inspecs ion at Ph' 'ps nd$uclear !. $r t near Kingsport, Tennessee.
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SUMMARY Inspection on May 1-3, 1979 Areat Tr.spe cted This routine announced inspection involved 20 inspector-hours onsite in the areas of management controls; solid waste; erosion; water quality; aquatic impacts; and dust control.
Results Of the six areas inspected, no apparent items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.
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DETAILS 1.
Persons Contacted Licensee Employees W. P. Kelleghan, Project Manager G. Wadewitz, Project Engineer
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W. Brown, Director of Natural Resources Service
- R. H. Shell, Sec cion Supervisor, Environmental Planning
- B. A. Brye, Assessment Coordinator C. L. Mills, Jr., Licensing Engineer
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H. Rainey, Jr., Acting Manager, Quality Assurance R. Kaczmarek, Civil Engineer
- D. Gengozian, Environmental Engineer E. B. Roberston, Biologist
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L. Dunn, Biologist
- Attended exit interview.
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Exit Interview The insn stion scope and finding' sere summarized on May 3, 1979, with those persons indicated in Paragraph 1 above. The items listed herein were discussed.
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Licensee Action on Previous Inspection Findings No previous inspection findings within the scope of this inspection were outstanding.
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Unresolved Items Unresolved items are matters about which more information is required to determine whether they are acceptable or may involve noncompliance or deviations. The unresolved item identified during this inspection is discussed in paragraph 10.
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Solid Waste Management Section 3.F.1 of the Construction Permits require the licensee to take necessary mitigating actions (including those summarized in Section 4.5 of the Final Environmental Statement, a.,d those agreed to in the Environ-mental Report) to minimize adverse environmental impact of construction activities.
Inspection w;s confined to verification of management of spoil material, scrap metal and other recyclable materials, and disposal of domestic solid wastes.
Inspection disclosed that licensee practices were consistent with waste management commitments defined in Section 4.5.1.2 of the Final Environmental Statement.
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Erosion Control Commitments and criteria for erosion control are defined in Sections 4.5 and 4.1 of the Final Environmental Statement and the Environmental Report respectively.
Inspection disclosed that spoil storage and borrow areas were adequately sloped, drained and grassed as reouired.
The access road was provided with drainage ditches and water breaks to minimize soil erosion as required by Section 4.3 of the licensee's Environmental Report.
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Management Controls Section 3F3 of the Construction Permits require the licensee to provide a control program, including written precedures and periodic management audits, to determine the adequacy of implementation of envi anmental conditions and cormitments.
Inspection disclosed that a management audit of nonradiological constrection procedures was conducted November 20-24, 1978, and a management review of Phipps Bend Meteorologic:1 data collec-tion procedures was conducted in December,1978. Findings disclosed general compliance with the Phipps Beno Field Environmental Procedures.
Inspection disclosed however that no formal response was issued relative to recommendations defined in the subject management audit. The inspector informed licensee representatives in accordance with accepted practice that a formal response to the audit should have been issued addressing the recommendations cited therein, particularly in reference to dust control at the concrete batch plant.
The procedures and audits reviewed were consistent with the intent of the above cited criterion.
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Water Quality Inspection included a review of construction effects monitoring defined in Sections 6.1.4.2 acd 6.1.1 of the Final Environmental Statement and the Environmental Report respectively.
Inspection disclosed that monthly monitoring and special monitoring (following heavy rainfall) of pH, suspended solids, and turbidity were implemented as required during the period February 1978 through April 1979.
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Fuel and Lubricant Storage A tour of the fuel storage area, chemical and lubricant storage building and surrounding area, and the sehicle maintenance area were included in the inspection.
Inspection disclosed that surface fuel storage tanks were confined in a basin equipped with a valved level discharge pipe as defined in Section 3.7.6 of the Environmental Statement.
Inspection also disclosed apparent heavv spillage of diesel fuel outside the basin attending charging of th' storagt tank and/or fueling of construction vehicles.
The following additional findings were disclosed:
(1) leaking drums of lubricant in the area contiguous to the Chemical / Lubricant Storage Building; (2) leakage of lubricant on the floor the chemical / lubricant storage building; (3) leakage of mo*.or oil from valved drums stored within the vehicle maintenance area. These findings were discussed with licensee
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representatives. The inspector iaformed licensee representatives that, although the subject inspection items were not addressed in the Construc-tion Permits, the potential environmental impact of the above findings should be considered.
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Dust Abatement In Section 4.1.3.1 of the Environmental Report, the licensee is committed to controlling dust created by the concrete mixing plant operation through use of filtering equipment and, if necessary, sprinklers. During inspec-tion, the inspector obterved excessive dust emission attending operation of the mixing plant.
Discussions with licensee representatives disclosed that the licensee had complet>
design of a dust abatement system and initiated purchase of the requ ti equipment. The inspector informed licensee representatives that the temporary dust control system was inadequate and required modificatior to reduce emissions to a reasonably acceptable level. Licensee represent 3t.es ?-re also informed that the subject finding wa; considered an unresolved item (79-04-01).
Licensee representatives ststed that efforts would be initiated to improve dust emission control ot the temporary equipment in use.
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