ML17262A161
| ML17262A161 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Ginna  |
| Issue date: | 08/24/1990 |
| From: | Bores R, Joseph Furia NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML17262A159 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-244-90-18, NUDOCS 9010020137 | |
| Download: ML17262A161 (6) | |
See also: IR 05000244/1990018
Text
U.S.
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION I
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Docket No.
50-244
License
No.
Licensee:
Rochester
Gas
and Electric
Com an
49 East
Avenue
Rochester
14649
Facility Name:
Robert
E. Ginna Nuclear
Power Plant
Inspection At:
Barnwell
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19
1990
Inspectors:
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J. Furia, Radiation Specia ist, Eff uents
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iation Protection Section
(ERPS), Facilities
Radiological Safety
and Safeguards
Branch
(FRSSB)
Division of Radiation Safety
and Safeguards
(DRSS)
Approved by:
R. Bores, Chief,
ERPS,
F
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,
DRSS
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date
Inspection
Summary:
Ins ection
on Jul
19
1990
b
a re resentative
of the
State of South Carolina
De artment of Health
and Environmental
Control.
Areas Ins ected:
Rochester
Gas
and Electric Company
was the originator of a
'aste
shipment which was inspected
at the Barnwell Disposal Site at Barnwell,
Results:
One violation was identified (shipment of byproduct material
in a
form not authorized
by Agreement State license
and failure to provide
structural stability for waste to be buried).
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DETAILS
On July 13,
1990,
Rochester
Gas
and Electric Company shipped
from the Robert
E. Ginna Nuclear
Power Plant
a container of spent
dewatered
resins.
This
shipment,
number 90-37, contained
107 Curies of principally mixed fission
and
activation products,
contained
in a polyethylene
High Integrity Container
(poly-HIC), placed inside
a CNSI model
8-120B shipping cask.
Upon receipt
inspection of this cask
and its contents
on July 19,
1990 at the Barnwell
Disposal Site at Barnwell, South Carolina, it was found that
some resin
was
present outside the poly-HIC but within the shipping cask.
10 CFR 30.41(c) requires that
a licensee transferring licensed materials to
another licensee,
including an Agreement State licensee,
ensure that the
receiving licensee
be authorized to accept the material.
Condition 60 of
license
097,
issued
by the State of South Carolina for the operation of the
Barnwell Disposal Site, requires that
no loose radioactive waste
be within a
shipping cask.
Additionally, 10 CFR 61.56(b)(1) requires that waste
be placed
in a disposal
container in order to have structural stability after disposal.
This is an apparent violation (50-244/90-18-01).
Hr. A. Herman,
Radwaste
Supervisor for the Robert
E. Ginna Nuclear
Power Plant
was informed of this appar ent violation of NRC requirements
in a telephone
conversation
with Nr. J. Furia of the Region I Office on August 13,
1990.
The licensee
was issued
a fine of $ 1000.00 for this violation,
as stated
in
the South Carolina Department of Health
and Environmental
Control letter to
Rochester
Gas
and Electric Company,
dated July 31,
1990.
ATTACHMENT
July 31,
199Q
CERTIFIED MAIL
Mr. Alan L. Herman
Health Physicist
Rochester
Gas
& Electric Corporation
89 East Avenue
Rochester,
NY 14649
Dear Mr. Herman:
An investigation conducted
on July 19,
1990 by the S.C.
Department
oi Health
and Environmental
Control revealed that
a shipment of
radioactive waste received at the Chem-Nuclear Systems,
Inc. burial
facility in Barnwell,
SC was in noncompliance with applicable state
and federal regulations.
The violation is identified as follows:
Radioactive
Waste Shipment No. 0790-117, classified as Radioactive
Material,
LSA,
nos,
described
as
Dewatered
Resins
with Metal
Oxides,
packaged
in a 8-120-B shipping cask,
and transported
as
Exclusive
Use,
was
found to
have
loose
contaminated
material
present
inside the shipping cask in, excess
of regulatory limits.
This is contrary to the requirements oi S.C. Radioactive Material
License
097, Condition 60,
and constitutes
a violation of Section
1.2, Department Regulation 61-83.
Please
be informed that pursuant to Section 13-7-180,
S.C.
Code of Laws,
1976
(as amended),
and Section 7.3 of the
Department's
Regulations for the Transportation of Radioactive
Waste Into or Within South Carolina,
you are hereby
assessed
a
civil penalty oi One Thousand Dollars
($1,000.00).
Further,
you are required to investigate this matter
and submit
corrective
measures
to
ensure
future
compliance
with all
applicable state
and federal regulations.
If you do not wish to appeal this 'decision,
payment of the civil
penalty submitted
no later than August 20,
1990,
and
made payable
to
the
S.C.
Department
of Health
and
Environmental
Control.
Information
concerning
corrective
measures
and
procedural
modifications shall be submitted accordingly.
Mr. Alan L. Herman
Rochester
Gas
& Electric Corp.
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2
You are entitled to a full administrative hearing upon request
and have
20 days
from the date of this letter to make such
application.
However,
shouLd you wish to discuss this matter
with us in an informal setting,
representatives
of this Bureau
will be made available to meet with you at a mutually
convenient time.
Should you desire
such
a conference
or wish
to request
a formal administrative hearing,
please contact Mr.
Virgil R. Autry of the Bureau of Radiological Health at
(803)
734
4633
'ery
truly yours,
Heyward
G. Shealy,
Chief
Bureau of Radiological Health
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Bill House,
CNSZ
Robert Tro)anowski,
USNRC Region
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