ML061070122

AR #00445016 Report, Action Request Subject: Tritium Discovered in Frac Tank Berm Area

ML061070122
Person / Time
Site:	Braidwood
Issue date:	01/21/2006
From:	- No Known Affiliation
To:	Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
AR 00445016, FOIA/PA-2006-0115, FOIA/PA-2010-0209
Download: ML061070122 (1)

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AR 00445016 Report Aft Fac: Braidwood AR Type: CR Status: APPROVED Aft Unit: NA Owed To: ACAPALL Due Date: 02/22/2006 Aft System: -- Event Date: 01/21/2006 CR 4/D Disc Date: 01/21/2006 Level/Class:

How H02 Orig Date: 01/23/2006 Discovered; WR/PIMS AR: Equip Tag:

Action Request Details

Subject:

TRITIUM DISCOVERED IN FRAC TANK BERM AREA

Description:

Originator: PATRICK W DALY Supv Contacted: "B" duty team.

Condition

Description:

On Saturday 01/21/06 chemistry performed a routine water sample from the outside FRAC tank berm area. This was performed to support the transfer of release tank water to the FRAC tanks for storage. The result of the first sample'(sample # 1) came back from chemistry reading 1.74E-05; this Is above the LLD limit of 1.677E-07. The sample was counted a second time to verify the activity was correct. The second count revealed the activity as 1.508E-05; also above the LLD for Tritium. The sample #1 did not reveal any other Isotopes other then tritium. A second sample (sample # 2) wa's taken as confirmatory to sample #1. It revealed 9.717E-06, tritium. This again is above the LLD limit for tritium. This information was communicated through the duty team and discussed on the Sunday morning call. The operations lead after the morning call was to contact the project owner to perform the follow-up actions that need to be taken per the PROC approved document.

Immediate actions taken:

The operations lead after the morning call was to contact the project owner to perform the follow-up actions that need to be taken per the PROC approved document. Follow up meeting was to be performed by the project owner for facilitate action items.

Recommended Actions:

Complete follow up meeting to facilitate actions.

Operable Basis:

Reportable Basis:

This water is contained In the berm of the frac tanks. It has-not been released to the enviroment.

Reviewed by: MICHAEL G DEBOARD 01/23/2006 23:08:26 CST Reviewer Comments:

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