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12/02/1985 |
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Category:NRC Information Notice
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SSIN No.:
6835 IN 85-92
UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT
WASHINGTON, D.C.
20555
December 2, 1985
IE INFORMATION NOTICE NO. 85-92:
SURVEYS OF WASTES BEFORE DISPOSAL FROM
NUCLEAR REACTOR FACILITIES
Addressees
All production and utilization facilities, including nuclear power reactors
and research and test reactors, holding an operating license (OL) or construc- tion permit (CP).
Purpose
The purpose of this information notice is to supplement the guidance of IE
Circular 81-07 as it applies to surveys of solid waste materials before
disposal from nuclear reactor facilities. It is expected that recipients
will review the information for applicability to their facilities.
However, this information notice does not constitute NRC requirements; therefore, no
specific action or licensee response is required.
Description of Circumstance:
Some questions have arisen concerning appropriate methods of surveying solid
waste materials for surface contamination before releasing them as nonradio- active (i.e., as wastes that do not contain NRC-licensed material).
Discussion:
The need to minimize the volume of radioactive waste generated and shipped
to commercial waste burial sites is recognized by the NRC and industry.
Some
nuclear power plants have initiated programs to segregate waste generated in
radiologically controlled areas.
Such programs can contribute to the reduction
in volume of radioactive waste; however, care should be taken to ensure that
no licensed radioactive material is released contrary to the provisions of
10 CFR Section 20.301.
In practice, no radioactive (licensed) material means
no detectable radioactive material.
In 1981, IE Circular 81-07 was issued by the NRC. That circular provided
guidance on the control of radioactively contaminated material and identified
the extent to which licensees should survey for contamination.
It did not
establish release limits.
The criteria in the circular that addressed surface
contamination levels were based on the best information available at the time
and were related to the detection capability of portable survey instruments
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IN 85-92 December 2, 1985 equipped with thin-window "pancake" Geiger-Mueller (G.M.) probes, which respond
primarily to beta radiation.
Monitoring of aggregated, packaged material was
not addressed.
In 1981, there was no major emphasis on segregating waste from
designated contamination areas.
As a consequence, large volumes of monitored
wastes were not being released for unrestricted disposal.
However, because
of recent emphasis on minimizing the volume of radioactive waste, current prac- tices at many nuclear power facilities result in large volumes of segregated, monitored wastes, containing large total surface areas, being released'as
"clean" waste.
When scanning surfaces with a hand-held pancake probe, there is a chance that
some contamination will not be detected.
(See the papers by Sommers,' for
example.) There is the chance also that the total surface area will not be
scanned completely.
Thus, when numerous items of "clean"-material (e.g.,
paper and plastic items) are combined, the accumulation of small amounts of
contamination that have escaped detection with the pancake probe may be detected
using a detector that is sensitive to gamma radiation (e.g., by using a sensi- tive scintillation detector in a low-background area).
Such measurements of
packaged clean waste before disposal can reduce the likelihood that contaminated
waste will be disposed of as clean waste, then found to be contaminated after
disposal.
(Some operators of sanitary landfills have begun to survey incoming
waste. for radioactivity using scintillation survey meters which in some cases
are supplemented by portable gamma-ray spectrometers.2)
In order to preclude the unintentional release of radioactive materials, a
good monitoring program likely would include the following:
1. Careful surveys, using methods (equipment and techniques) for detecting
very low levels of radioactivity, are made of materials that may be
contaminated and that are to be disposed of as clean waste.
These
survey methods should provide licensees with reasonable assurance that
licensed material is not being released from their control.
2.
Surveys conducted with portable survey instruments using pancake G.M.
probes are generally more appropriate for small items and small areas
because of the loss of detection sensitivity created by moving the probe
and the difficulties in completely scanning large areas.
This-does not
preclude their use for larger items and areas, if supplemented-by other
survey equipment or techniques.
3. Final measurements of each package (e.g., bag or drum) of aggregated
wastes are performed to ensure that there has not been an accumulation
of licensed material resulting from a buildup of multiple, nondetectable
quantities (e.g., final measurements using sensitive scintillation
detectors in low-background areas).
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IN 85-92 December 2, 1985 The foregoing does not constitute NRC requirements; therefore, no specific
action or written response is required by this information notice.
If you
have any questions about this matter, please contact the Regional Administrator
of the appropriate NRC regional office or this office.,
-,,
/S
Xrdan, irector
Divisioj Of Emergency Preparedness
and E ineering Response
Office of Inspection and Enforcement
Technical Contacts:
John D. Buchanan, IE
(301) 492-9657
LeMoine J. Cunningham, IE
(301) 492-9664 Attachments:
1. References
2. List of Recently Issued IE Information Notices
Attachment 1
IN 85-92
December 2, 1985
REFERENCES
" Sommers, J. F., (a) "Sensitivity of Portable Beta-Gamma Survey Instruments,"
Nuclear Safety 16 (No. 4), 452-457, July - August 1975, (b) "Sensitivity of
Gand on-ChambEr Beta-Gamma Survey Instruments," Health Physics 28 (No. 6),
pp. 775-761, June 1975.
2 Anonymous, "LA Nuclear Medicine Community
Landfills, " J. Nuclear Medicine 26 (#4),
Improves
336-337,
Radiation Monitoring at
April 1985.
Attachment 2
IN 85-92
December 2, 1985
LIST OF RECENTLY ISSUED
IE INFORMATION NOTICES
Information
Date of
Notice No.
Subject
Issue
85-91 Load Sequencers For Emergency 11/27/85
Diesel Generators
85-58 Sup. 1
85-90
85-89
Failue Of A General Electric
Type AK-2-25 Reactor Trip
Breaker
Use Of Sealing Compounds In
An Operating System
11/19/85
11/19/85 Issued to
All power reactor
facilities holding
OL or CP
All power reactor
facilities designed
by B&W and CE holding
an OL or CP
All power reactor
facilities holding
an OL or CP
All power reactor
facilities holding
an OL or CP
All power reactor
facilities holding
an OL or CP
Potential Loss Of Solid-State 11/19/85
Instrumentation Following
Failure Of Control Room
-
Cooling
85-88
Licensee Control Of
Contracted Services
Training
11/18/85 Providing
85-87
85-86
Hazards Of Inerting
Atmospheres
Lightning Strikes At Nuclear
Power Generating Stations
Systems Interaction Event
Resulting In Reactor System
Safety Relief Valve Opening
Following A Fire-Protection
Deluge System Malfunction
11/18/85
11/5/85
10/31/85
All power reactor
facilities holding
an OL or CP; and
fuel facilities
All power reactor
facilities holding
an OL or CP
All power reactor
facilities holding
an OL or CP
All power reactor
facilities holding
an OL or CP
85-85
85-84 Inadequate Inservice Testing 10/30/85
OL = Operating License
CP = Construction Permit
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| list | - Information Notice 1985-01, Continuous Supervision of Irradiators (10 January 1985)
- Information Notice 1985-02, Improper Installation and Testing of Differential Pressure Transmitters (11 January 1985)
- Information Notice 1985-03, Separation of Primary Reactor Coolant Pump Shaft and Impeller (15 January 1985)
- Information Notice 1985-04, Inadequate Management of Security Response Drills (17 January 1985)
- Information Notice 1985-05, Pipe Whip Restraints (23 January 1985)
- Information Notice 1985-06, Contamination of Breathing Air Systems (23 January 1985, Topic: Spent fuel rack)
- Information Notice 1985-07, Contaminated Radiography Source Shipments (29 January 1985)
- Information Notice 1985-08, Industry Experience on Certain Materials Used in Safety-Related Equipment (30 January 1985)
- Information Notice 1985-09, Isolation Transfer Switches and Post-Fire Shutdown Capability (31 January 1985, Topic: Safe Shutdown)
- Information Notice 1985-10, Posttensioned Containment Tendon Anchor Head Failure (6 February 1985, Topic: Stress corrosion cracking)
- Information Notice 1985-11, Licensee Programs for Inspection of Electrical Raceway and Cable Installations (11 February 1985)
- Information Notice 1985-12, Recent Fuel Handling Events (11 February 1985, Topic: Eddy Current Testing)
- Information Notice 1985-13, Consequences of Using Soluble Dams (21 February 1985, Topic: Hydrostatic)
- Information Notice 1985-14, Failure of a Heavy Control Rod (B4C) Drive Assembly to Insert on a Trip Signal (22 February 1985)
- Information Notice 1985-15, Nonconforming Structural Steel for Safety-Related Use (22 February 1985)
- Information Notice 1985-16, Time/Current Trip Curve Discrepancy of ITE/Siemens-Allis Molded Case Circuit Breaker (27 February 1985)
- Information Notice 1985-17, Possible Sticking of Asco Solenoid Valves (1 March 1985)
- Information Notice 1985-18, Failures of Undervoltage Output Circuit Boards in the Westinghouse-Designed Sold State Protection System (7 March 1985)
- Information Notice 1985-19, Alleged Falsification of Certifications and Alteration of Markings on Piping, Valves, and Fittings (11 March 1985)
- Information Notice 1985-20, Motor-Operated Valve Failures Due to Hampering Effect (12 March 1985)
- Information Notice 1985-21, Main Steam Isolation Valve Closure Logic (18 March 1985)
- Information Notice 1985-22, Failure of Limitorque Motor-Operated Valves Resulting from Incorrect Installation of Pinion Gear (21 March 1985)
- Information Notice 1985-23, Inadequate Surveillance and Postmaintenance and Postmodification System Testing (22 March 1985)
- Information Notice 1985-24, Failures of Protective Coatings in Pipes and Heat Exchangers (26 March 1985, Topic: Ultimate heat sink, Coatings)
- Information Notice 1985-25, Consideration of Thermal Conditions in the Design and Installation of Supports for Diesel Generator Exhaust Silencers (2 April 1985, Topic: Coatings)
- Information Notice 1985-26, Vacuum Relief System for Boiling Water Reactor Mark I and Mark II Containments (2 April 1985, Topic: Coatings)
- Information Notice 1985-27, Notifications to the NRC Operations Center and Reporting Events in Licensee Event Reports (3 April 1985, Topic: Coatings)
- Information Notice 1985-28, Partial Loss of AC Power and Diesel Generator Degradation (9 April 1985, Topic: Coatings, Overspeed)
- Information Notice 1985-30, Microbiologically Induced Corrosion of Containment Service Water System (19 April 1985, Topic: Hydrostatic, Coatings, Biofouling)
- Information Notice 1985-31, Buildup of Enriched Uranium in Ventilation Ducts and Associated Effluent Treatment Systems (19 April 1985, Topic: Coatings)
- Information Notice 1985-32, Recent Engine Failures of Emergency Diesel Generators (22 April 1985, Topic: Coatings)
- Information Notice 1985-33, Undersized Nozzle-To-Shell Welded Joints in Tanks and Heat Exchangers Constructed Under the Rules of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (22 April 1985)
- Information Notice 1985-34, Heat Tracing Contributes to Corrosion Failure of Stainless Steel Piping (30 April 1985, Topic: Hydrostatic)
- Information Notice 1985-35, Failure of Air Check Valves to Seat (30 April 1985, Topic: Loss of Offsite Power)
- Information Notice 1985-35, Failure of Air Check Valves To Seat (30 April 1985, Topic: Loss of Offsite Power)
- Information Notice 1985-37, Chemical Cleaning of Steam Generators at Millstone 2 (14 May 1985, Topic: Feedwater Heater, Eddy Current Testing)
- Information Notice 1985-38, Loose Parts Obstruct Control Rod Drive Mechanism (21 May 1985)
- Information Notice 1985-39, Auditability of Electrical Equipment Qualification Records at Licensees Facilities (22 May 1985)
- Information Notice 1985-40, Deficiencies in Equipment Qualification Testing and Certification Process (22 May 1985)
- Information Notice 1985-43, Radiography Events at Power Reactors (30 May 1985, Topic: High Radiation Area, Scaffolding)
- Information Notice 1985-44, Emergency Communication System Monthly Test (30 May 1985, Topic: Health Physics Network)
- Information Notice 1985-46, Clarification of Several Aspects of Removable Radioactive Surface Contamination Limits for Transport Packages (10 June 1985)
- Information Notice 1985-47, Potential Effect of Line-Induced Vibration on Certain Target Rock Solenoid-Operated Valves (18 June 1985)
- Information Notice 1985-48, Respirator Users Notice: Defective Self Contained Breathing Apparatus Air Cylinders (19 June 1985, Topic: Hydrostatic)
- Information Notice 1985-49, Relay Calibration Problem (1 July 1985)
- Information Notice 1985-50, Complete Loss of Main and Auxiliary Feedwater at a PWR Designed by Babcock & Wilcox (8 July 1985, Topic: Overspeed trip, Overspeed)
- Information Notice 1985-51, Inadvertent Loss or Improper Actuation of Safety-Related Equipment (10 July 1985)
- Information Notice 1985-52, Errors in Dose Assessment Computer Codes and Reporting Requirements Under 10 CFR Part 21 (10 July 1985, Topic: Basic Component)
- Information Notice 1985-53, Performance of NRC-Licensed Individuals While on Duty (12 July 1985)
- Information Notice 1985-54, Teletherapy Unit Malfunction (15 July 1985)
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