ML18057A871
| ML18057A871 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 04/24/1991 |
| From: | Slade G CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.) |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9104300222 | |
| Download: ML18057A871 (3) | |
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consumers Power l'OWERINli MICHlliAN'S l'RDliRESS Palisades Nuclear Plant:
27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway, Covert, Ml 49043 April 24, 1991 Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555 DOCKET 50-255 - LICENSE DPR PALISADES PLANT -
GB Slade General Manager USE OF SOUTH STORAGE BUILDING AS AN INTERIM RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE BUILDING On November 10, 1990, radioactive waste generators in the State of Michigan were banned from the three currently active burial sites.
As a result of this ban action must be taken to ensure that Palisades maintains the capability to store radioactive waste until such time as we are again able to gain access to the burial sites.
We believe our actions are consistent with NRC guidance received in Generic Letter 90-09.
Therefore, the South Storage Building will be utilized as an interim storage facility for low level radioactive waste (LLW).
The South Storage Building (then referred to as the South Radwaste Building) had been previously used for all processing and storing of radioactive waste produced at Palisades from 1976 to 1989.
During that period several cooling tower overflows occurred which resulted in flooding this building and spreading contamination from the processing area to the surrounding soil.
This spread in contamination resulted in NRC Open Items (85019-01 and 89025-
- 01) which required implementation of actions to prevent future flooding.
In 1988 it was decided to relocate the radwaste processing functions performed in the South Radwaste Building to a new addition at the East Radwaste Building to prevent the spread of contamination in the event of future cooling tower overflows. All radwaste processing equipment was relocated to the East Radwaste Building and the South Radwaste Building was decontaminated.
The South Radwaste Building (then re-named the South Storage Building) has since been used for non-radiological material storage.
As a result of increases in radioactive waste, the South Storage Building is now needed to store low level radioactive waste (LLW).
This LLW, in the form of dry active waste (DAW) will be packaged in metal boxes and labelled, ready for future shipment to burial sites. The DAW metal shipping boxes will be
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The current Palisades Radwaste Storage Plan requires low dose-rate DAW boxes to be placed adjacent to the walls of the South Radwaste Building to limit dose rates outside the building. All DAW boxes and the storage building will be inspected quarterly in accordance with Palisades Health Physics Procedure HP 6.27. This procedure incorporates the storage and inventory guidelines contained in NRC Information Notice No. 90-09, "Extended Interim Storage of Low Level Radioactive Waste by Fuel Cycle and Material Licensee".
The same radiological and security controls currently in force at the East Radwaste Building will apply at the South Radwaste Building.
The South Radwaste Building is surrounded by a locked fence and all building access doors will normally be locked, with keys controlled by Radiation Safety Department.
All access to the building will be controlled through the Radiation Safety Office and the Palisades RWP/Dosimetry System.
Building status sheets will be updated on a monthly basis or whenever radiological conditions change.
Any areas outside the building reaching 5mr/hr or greater shall be posted in accordance with current HP Procedures.
Since the South Radwaste Building will be used for the storage of low level radioactive waste and not for radioactive waste processing, it is believed that the public health and safety will not be adversely affected.
It is Palisades' intent to continue to use the South Radwaste Building to store low level radioactive waste (LLW) until such time when radwaste generators in Michigan are again allowed to ship radioactive waste to the burial sites.
Upon resumption of shipping to the burial sites the South Radwaste Building will be emptied, surveyed and returned to the plant for non-radiological material storage.
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