ML18032A544
| ML18032A544 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Browns Ferry  |
| Issue date: | 09/01/1987 |
| From: | Zech G NRC OFFICE OF SPECIAL PROJECTS |
| To: | White S TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8709090476 | |
| Download: ML18032A544 (21) | |
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'ACIL: 50-259 50-260 50-296 AUTH. NAME ZECHi G. G.
REC IP. NAME WHITEi S. A.
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II S709090476 DQC. DATE: 87/OV/01 NOTARIZED:
NO Brogans Ferry Nuclear Power Stations Unit ii Tennessee Broens Ferry Nuclear Power Stations Unit 2i Tennessee Broens Ferry Nuclear Power Stations Unit 3i Tennessee AUTHOR AFFILIATION Office of Special Prospects RECIPIENT AFFILIATION Tennessee Valleg Authority DOCKET 0 05000259 05000260 05000296
SUBJECT:
Foreards meeting summargi attendence list & util presentation of 870812 enforcement conference re mgt controls of special nuclear matl
& bg-product.
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SEP 0 i 1S87 Tennessee Valley Authority
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Mr. S.
A. White Manager of Nuclear Power 6N 38A Lookout Place 1101 Mar ket Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Gentlemen:
SUBJECT:
DOCKET NOS.
50-259, 50-260, AND 50-296 This letter refers to an enforcement conference conducted, at our request, in
- Bethesda, Maryland, on August 12, 1987.
The enforcement conference was held to discuss your management controls of special nuclear material (SNM) and by-product material at the Browns Ferry facility.
A meeting summary is enclosed.
It is our opinion that the meeting was beneficial and has provided an understanding of the circumstances and actions taken by your staff in improving SNM and by-product material controls.
Should you have any questions regarding this
- summary, we will be pleased to discuss them.
Sincer ely, ORI fgpL ggNE'D BY GARY G, ~gH Gary G. 2ech, Assi stant Director, Inspection Programs TVA Projects Division Office of Special Projects
Enclosures:
1.
Meeting Summary 2.
Attendance List 3.
TVA Presentation cc w/encls:
P.
- Pomrehn, Site Director Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant L. Gridley, Director Nuclear Safety and Licensing
~A. Kirkebo, Director, Nuclear Engineering g~J.
May, Site Licensing Manager bcc w/encls:
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Tennessee Valley Authority SEP 0 i 1987 bcc w/encls:
M G. Keppler, OSP
~ D. Ebneter, OSP g~ A. Zwolinski, OSP qB.
D. Liaw, OSP
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D. Richardson, OSP g.,E.
'$RC Resident Inspector NRC Document Control Desk State of Alabama OSP/RII 0 P/RII Aignatonia
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ENCLOSURE 1
MEETING
SUMMARY
Licensee:
Tennessee Valley Authority Facility:
Browns Ferry Docket Nos:
50-259, 50-260, 50-296 On August 12,
- 1987, an enforcement conference was held in Bethesda,
- Maryland, with TVA and NRC management to discuss licensee management controls of special nuclear material (SNM) and by-product material at the Browns Ferry facility.
Mr. James
- Keppler, NRC Office of Special Projects Director, opened the meeting by expressing a
concern that TVA's corrective actions to previous SNM violations (October 1986) did not appear to be effective in precluding the June 16,
- 1987, SNM event.
In this latter event, a box containing intermediate range monitors
( IRMs) was incorrectly inventoried prior to its shipment.
The meeting also focused on licensee inventory controls of by-product material stemming from recent resident inspector findings of non-inventoried sources.
The licensee addressed the SNM and by-product material issues by providing background and event information, what went wrong, and what corrective actions they have taken to preclude recurrence.
In response to the October 1986 SNM inventory control
- problems, TVA extensively revised their SNM program which included personnel training enhancement, procedure revisions, and a
comprehensive physical inventory of all non-fuel SNM.
During the same
- time, TVA has also initiated a physical inventory of onsite by-product material.
The erroneous shipment of IRMs to another facility (i.e., six instead of five IRMs) were attributed to an incorrect baseline inventory, an inadequate pre-shipment inventory, and judgment error on indicated discrepancies which were found during the preshipment inventory.
As a result of the last SNM inventory
- problem, TVA has committed to the following additional corrective actions:
( 1) recreate non-fuel SNM history records; (2) revise SNM site instructions to improve inventory process; (3) reinventory all SNM with certain exceptions; and (4) reemphasize to their people the importance of attention to detail.
TVA plans to complete the physical inventory of SNM by the end of September 1987.
In the area of the by-product material inventory control, the licensee identified the following program concerns for corrective action:
( 1) program procedural inconsistencies in control and implementation; (2) procurement receipt documents deficient without clear markings; (3) responsibility and accountability of program requirements is not clear; and (4) attention to detail is not sufficient to assure adequate program.
TVA's program improvements planned to prevent recurrence include:
(1) establishment of clear lines of responsibility; (2) reducing program fragmentation; (3) establishing material control and accountability; (4) providing central program guidance from corporate; and (5) setting up a single point documentation system.
TVA also stated that they plan to shift by-product material accountability to the plant's radiological controls (Radcon) group.
A copy of the licensee's presentation is attached (Enclosure 3).
ENCLOSURE 2
ATTENDANCE LIST Tennessee Valle Authorit S.
A. White, Manager, Office of Nuclear Power(ONP)
C.
H. Fox, Deputy Manager, ONP C.
C. Mason, Deputy Manager, ONP R.
L. Gridley, Director, Nuclear Safety and Licensing, ONP M. Whitaker, Deputy Director, Nuclear Safety and Licensing, ONP H.
P.
- Pomrehn, Site Director, Browns Ferry M. J.
May, Manager of Site Licensing, Browns Ferry D.
W. Mims, Supervisor, Technical
- Services, Browns Ferry A.
W. Sorrell, Supervisor, RADCON (Health Physics)
J.
H. Barker, NCO-RADCON J.
D. Robertson, Nuclear
- Fuels, ONP R. J. Muller, Nuclear Fuels, ONP C. Eckl, TVA Washington, DC Office Nuclear Re ulator Commission J.
G. Keppler, Director, Office of Special Projects (OSP)
J.
A. Axelrad, Deputy Director, OSP S.
D. Ebneter,
- Director, TYA Projects Division, OSP S.
D. Richardson, Deputy Director, TVA Projects Division, OSP J.
A. Zwolinski, Assistant Director for Projects, TVA Projects Division, OSP G.
G. Zech, Assistant Director for Inspection
- Programs, TVA Projects
- Division, OSP K.
P. Barr, Deputy Assistant Director for Inspection
- Programs, TYA Projects
- Division, OSP A. J. Ignatonis, Section Chief, Browns Ferry G.
G. Paulk, Senior Resident Inspector, Browns Ferry E. J.
McAlpine, Chief, Material Control and Accountability Section, RII G. A. Todd, Safeguards
- Engineer, RII G.
E. Gears, Licensing Project Manager, Browns Ferry J.
F. Stang, Licensing Project Manager, Browns Ferry
ENCLOSURE 3
TVA'S AUGUST 12, 1987 PRESENTATION
AGENDA ENFORCEMENT CONFERENCE MANAGEMENT CONTROL OF SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIALAND BYPRODUCT MATERIAL I.
OPENING REMARKS II.
SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIALISSUES
-BACKGROUND DESCRIPTION
-ROOT CAUSES
-CORRECTIVE ACTION III. BYPRODUCT MATERIALISSUES
-BACKGROUND DESCRIPTION
-ROOT CAUSES
-CORRECTIVE ACTION IV. CLOSING REMARKS
SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL (SNM) INVENTORY CONTROL BACKGROUND
~ DESCRIPTION OF '86 LOST MATERIAL EVENT FUEL LOADING CHAMBER FLC
-TVA ANNUALIMi7ENTORY SHOWED MISSING FLC
-RECORDS INDICATE SHIPPED OFFSITE AS XVG)WASTE T WENT ONG
-NO PHYSICAL INVENTORY ON NON-FUEL SNM
-NO SERIAL NUMBER TRACKING
-NO LOCATION TRACKING
-NO CORRELATION BETWEEN RECEIPT AND DISPOSAL RECORDS
-NO MANAGEMENT CONTROL OF INVENTORY
CORRECTIVE ACTIONS FOLLOWING FUEL LOADING CHAMBER (FLC) EVENT
~ ACTIONS COMPLETED
-SITE SNM PROGRAM EXTENSIVELY REVISED
-TRAINING ENCHANCEMENTS
-RADWASTE PROCEDURES REVISED
-IMPROVED CORPORATE PROGRAM
-COMPLETED PHYSICAL INVENTORY OF ALL NON-FUEL SNM
-TVAAUDIT PRACTICES IMPROVED
~ ACTIONS IN PROGRESS
-CONTINUE RECORDS. SEARCH
SNM INVENTORY CONTROL RECENT EVENT
~ DESCRIPTION
-SHIPPED 6 VS 5 INTERMEDIATE RANGE MONITORS WHAT WENT WRONG
-BASELINE INVENTORY WAS INCORRECT
-PRESHIPMENT INVENTORY INADEQUATE
-JUDGEMENT ERROR ON INDICATED DISCREPANCIES
ADDITIONAL CORRECTIVE ACTIONS SNM
~RENEW EFFORT TO RECREATE NON-FUEL SNMt HISTORY RECORDS
~ REVISE SITE INSTRUCTION ON SNM TO IMPROVE INVENTORY PROCESS
~ REINVENTORY ALL SNM (EXCEPT FOR SPENT FUEL. STORAGE POOL AND REACTOR CAVITIES}
~ REEMPHASIZE IMPORTANCE OF ATTENTION TO DETAIL
SNM CONCLUSIONS PROGRAM FUNDAMENTALLYSOUND ISOLATED ERROR IN JUDGEMENT
~ NO IMPACT ON PUBLIC SAFETY
BYPRODUCT INVENTORY CONTROL BACKGROUND
~ PRIOR BYPRODUCT ACTIVITES
-INITIATED (BFN) PROCEDURAL IMPROVEMENTS
-ACTIONS INITIATED ON, FLC LESSONS LEARNED PHYSICAL INVENTORYINITIATED SOME DISCREPANCIES FOUND BY TVA RECORD SEARCH WAS PLANNED
BYPRODUCT INVENTORY. CONTROL RECENT EVENTS
~ DESCRIPTION OF EVENTS
- RESIDENT IDENTIFIED NON-INVENTORIED SOURCES
- TVA'S INVESTIGATION IDENTIFIED ADDITIONALNON-INVENTORIED SOURCES
~ WHAT WENT WRONG
- PROGRAM DEFICIENCIES RECEIVING PAPERS NOT CLEARLY MARKED PHYSICAL SEARCH NOT COMPLETED RESPONSIBILITY NOT CLEAR
- OTHER FINDINGS PROCEDURAL INCONSISTENCY ATTENTIONTO DETAIL
SHORT-TERM BYPRODUCT MATERIAL CORRECTIVE ACTIONS
~ SITE-WIDE BYPRODUCT MATERIALSEARCH PROCEDURAL CHANGES RECORD SEARCH
~ TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION CHANGE
PROG IMPROVEMENTS
~ CLEAR LINES OF RESPONSIBILITIES
~ REDUCED PROGRAM FRAGMENTATION
~ MATERIALCONTROL AND ACCOUNTABILITY
~ CENTRAL PROGRAM GUIDANCE
~ SINGLE POINT DOCUMENTATION CONTROL
BYPRODUCTS CONCLUSIONS
-PROGRAM. IN DEVELOPMENT
-MULTIPLE INSTANCES OF LACK OF INVENTORY CONTROL
-NO RADIOLOGICAL SAFETY CONCERNS IDENTIFIED
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