IR 07100116/2012014
| ML18052B441 | |
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| Site: | Palisades, 07100116  |
| Issue date: | 01/05/1988 |
| From: | Shafer W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
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| ML18052B440 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-255-87-30, NUDOCS 8801120392 | |
| Download: ML18052B441 (2) | |
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION Consumers Power Company Docket No. 50-255 As a result of the inspection conducted during the period November 16 through December 14, 1987, and in accordance with 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C - General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions (1987), the following violations were identified: Technical Specification 3.24.7.1 requires that the solid radwaste system be operated in accordance with the Process Control Program to meet shipping and burial ground requirement The Process Control Program, in part, specifies the procedurally required process temperature profiles for waste feed zones and a minimum solid radwaste system temperature and requires that the end product be a monolithic, free-standing solid with no free liquid~
Contrary to the above, on September 30, 1987, at the Barnwell waste burial facility, a State of South Carolina inspector found that Drum No. 184 of exclusive use radioactive waste shipment No. 0987-187, shipped from Palisades to Barnwell classified as Radioactive Material, LSA, N.O.S., described as liquid solidified with bitumen packaged in 21 steel drums, was not a free-standing monolith and contained liquid in excess of regulatory limit Drum No. 183 (same batch as Drum No. 184)
was also found to contain excessive liquid (approximately two liters).
Licensee followup investigation of solid radwaste process records for these drums found that waste feed *zone temperatures were 60° to 100°F
~'1wer than procedu:al requirements and 15~ to 70°F lower than the minimum i:emperatur*e allowed by the Progress Control ProgM This is a Severity Level IV violation (Sui:>plement V). CFR 71.5 prohibits transport of any licensed materials outside.the confines of a p1ant or other place of use or delh1ery of licensed material to a carrier for transport unless the licensee complies with
~pplicable regulations of the Department of Transportation in (9 CFR Parts 170-18 * CFR 177.817(a) requires that a carrier no+, transport hazardous material, inc1uding radioactive material, unJess it is accompanied by a ship!)ing paper prepared in accordance with Sections 172.200-20 Contrary to the above, in September 1987, th~ licensee, acting as a carrier, transported radioactive material without shipping paper CFR 173.475(b) requires that before each shipment of any
-*radioactive materials package, the shipper ensures by examination or appropriate test, that the package is in unimpaired physical condition, except for superficial mark !20392 880105 PDR ADOCJ.<. 05000255 G
Contrary to the above, on March 9, 1987, at the Richland waste burial facility, a State of Washington inspector found that Box No. BTC686-045 of Radioactive Material LSA shipment No. 87-009-S, shipped from Palisades to Richland, had a small crack that leaked a small amount of dry nonradioactive absorbent materia This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement V).
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, you are required to submit to this office within thirty days of the date of this Notice a written statement or explanation in reply, including for each violation:
(1) corrective action taken and the results achieved; (2) corrective action to be taken to avoid further violations; and (3) the date when full compliance will be achieve Consideration may be given to extending your response time for good cause show JAN 5 1988 Dated