ML18082A203
| ML18082A203 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | 02700047, Salem |
| Issue date: | 01/18/1980 |
| From: | Peery W, Potter J, Woodruff R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Public Service Enterprise Group |
| Shared Package | |
| ML18082A202 | List: |
| References | |
| 15000039-79-07A, 15000039-79-7A, NUDOCS 8004210076 | |
| Download: ML18082A203 (7) | |
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UNITED ST ATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II 101 MARIETTA ST., N.W ** SUITE 3100 ATLANTA, GEORGlA 30303 Spetial Report:
WASTE PACKAGING INSPECTIONS OF LICENSEE-SHIPPERS REPORT NO.79-07A Refereri.ce:
TI 2840/ (Rev. 1), Waste Packaging Inspection, 10/19/79 Licensee-Shipper:
SUMMARY
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Inspection Dates:
December 12-13, 1979, visit to Chem-Nuclear Waste disposal site, Barnwell, South Carolina for unannounced inspections of licensee-shippers.
Areas Reviewed: Each licensee-shipper vehicle was inspected for conpliance with Depar:tment of Transportation (DOT) and Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) regula-tions as follows: (l) shipping paper requirements; (2) DOT Placarding requirements; (3) radiation levels; (4) removable contamination (5) DOT marking and labeling requirements-for packages; and. (6) DOT and NRC requirements -for package external
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Results*: Of the six areas inspected_ involving 36 shipments, no items. of noncom-pliance we:t:e identified *.
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DETAILS Persons Contacted Emory Williams~ South Carolina Department of Health Richard J. Bluemle, South Carolina Department of Health David Ebenhack, Health Physicist, Chem-Nuclear, Inc.
John Ott, Compliance Coordinator, Chem-Nuclear, Inc.
General The NRC inspection consisted of a review of the shipping papers,. radiation survey of the. vehicle, co.ntamination surveys and radiation level surveys of selected packages.
General surveys and observations. were conducted to determine if the vehicle had proper placards, proper seals, and if any obvious safety harzards existed. The contents of the vehicles were inspected for appropriate marking, labeling, tightness of seals, integrity of package construction or any evidence of leakage.
Chem~Nuclear assigns a control number for each shipment upon.arrival at the site-These numbers were. called "shipment survey report numbers" (SSR No.),- and were used by the inspectors. to identify the licensee-shipper during this inspection.
Shipments Inspected Thirty-six shipments were inspected during* the period of December 12-13,.
1979. A listing of the shippers inspected and their assigned. SSR number is.
included as Attachment A.
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Shipping Papers; The shipping papers were-reviewed for completeness and to ascertain if. the contents of the shipment were properly identified,* and. if emergency notifi-cation_ procedures and instructions were included as. required.under 49 CFR 172, Subpart C~ Specific requirements for shipping papers were reviewed as follows:
Material shipping name Material class Name sequence Total quantity (volume)
Limited quantity Name of each radionuclide Physical and chemical form Activity in curies Category of label Notation of NRC/ERDA package approval Proper certification 49 CFR 172.100/172.200/172.202 49 CFR 172.20.0/172.202 49 CFR 172.200/172.202 49 CFR 172.200/172.202 49 CFR 172.200/172.203 49 CFR 172.203 49 CFR 172.203 49 CFR 172.203 49 CFR 172.203 49 CFR 172.203 49 CFR 172.204
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No items of noncompliance were identified.
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Each vehicle was inspected for conformance with DOT placarding requirements (49 CFR 172, Subpart F and 49 CFR 173.392). The vehicles were also inspected for compliance with the following:
Maximum transportation index of so*
Loaded so as to avoid spillage Properly blocked and braced LSA vehicle survey (49 CFR 177.842)
(49 CFR 177.842)
(49 CFR 392/177.843)
(49 CFR 177.843)
No items of noncompliance were identified.
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Maximum Radiation Levels Each truck was surveyed for maximum radiation levels in the normally occupied portions of the vehicle, in a plane at the edge of the flat bed or at the surface of the closed vehicles, in a vertical plane six feet from the sides of the* vehicle where possible, and on the surface of a representative package. Shipping casks were surveyed at the surface.
No levels were in noncompliance with 49 CFR 173.393 limits.
Contamination Smears Each vehicle* and a representative sample package was surveyed for removable contamination by smearing over a 300 square centimeters area of the surface.
No more than two smears were* taken from any package or vehicle.
Smears were taken from areas that would most likely be contaminated. The smears were.. checked for gross Beta-gamma contamination at the site.
No* smears. were* found to be contaminated in excess of 49 CFR 173.397 limits *.
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Packaging A representative sampling of packages from each shipment was e~amined for conformance with DOT marking and labeling requirements. External features of the packages were examined for conformance with DOT and NRC requirements as noted below:
Low.specific activity (LSA) packaging Tight packages - Ltd. Qty., or 173.392 No release of material Radioactive material markings Security seals Gross weight requirements Proper shipping name LSA Labeling Cask design specifications No items of noncompliance were identified.
49 CFR 173.392 49 CFR 173.391 49 CFR 173.392/173.393 49 CFR 172.310 49 CFR 173.393 49 CFR 172.310 49 CFR 172.100/172.300 49 CFR 173.392 49 CFR 173.393(a)
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Verification of Package Contents Due to the lack of facilities for properly opening packages at the site, the criteria for opening packages was restricted to those packages containing solidified waste (to verify the absence of free-standing water) and/or where there was evidence of leakage.
No packages were selected for opening.
No items of noncompliance were noted.
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Interviews Interviews were not held during this inspection.
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SSR NO.
017967 017971 and 017990 017973 017988 and 0.18008 017995 and 017996 017974 and' 017997 017975 and 017981 017976 0119n NRC REGION II III III III III l
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ATTACHMENT A SHIPPER Babcock and Wilcox P. 0. Box 785 Lynchburg, Virginia 24505 Commonwealth Edison Quad Cities Station P. 0. Box 767 Chicago, Illinois Docket Nos. 50-254 and 50-265 Honeywell, Inc.
Dr. John H. Fossum 600 - 2nd Street, N.E.
Hopkins, Minnesota 44343 Commonwealth Edison Dresden Nuclear Power Station p*. 0. Box 767 Chicago,. Illinois Commonwealth Edison Zion Generating Station P. 0. Box 767 Chicago, Illinois NoFtb.east Nuclear Energy Co.
Box 28
- W~terford,. Connecticut 06385 Tennessee Valley Authority Attn:. H. G*. Parris Manager of Power SOOA Chestnut Street Tower II.
Chattanooga, Tennessee Owens-Illinois Leon Ostrowski.
Old Boston Road Pittston,. Pennsylvania 18640 Combustion Engineering, Inc.*
1000 Prospect Hill Road Power Systems Group Windsor, Connecticut- 06099
Attachment A SSR NO.
017978
.and 017984 017979 017980 017982 017987 017989*
017995 017998 017999 018000 NRC REGION II II I
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II III III II III SHIPPER Duke Power Company Oconee Nuclear Station Attn: Mr. William O. Parker Vice President P. O. Box 2178
- .422 South Church Street
- Charlotte, N~rth Carolina 28242 Carolina Power and Light Company Attn: J. A. Jones, Executive Vice Presiden1 411 Fayetteville Street Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 Baltimore Gas and Electric Company Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant Gas and Electric Building Baltimore, Maryland 21203 Southwest Nuclear Company 906 Montgomery Street Sawrel, Maryland 20810 Public Service Electric and Gas.
80 Park Place Newark; New Jersey 07101 Docket No. 50-272 Virginia Electric and Power Company
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W~. L. Proffitt, Senior Vice President Power P *. 0. Box* 26666 Richmond, Virginia 23261 Monsanto Research-Corporation Mound Facility P. O. Box 32 Miamisburg, Ohio. 45342 Honeywell, Inc.
600 - 2nd Street, N.E.
Hopkins,. Minnesota 55343 Indiana and Mich1gan Power Company 2Broadway New York, New York 10004 Northern States Power Company 414 Nicollet Mall 8th-Floor Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401
Attachment A SSR NO.
018001 018003 018004 018005 018006 018007 and 018011 018009 01so10-018012 018013 NRC REGION III v
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I SHIPPER Kerr McGee Chemical Systems 258 Ann Street West Chicago, Illinois 60185 Fairchild AFB Washington 99011 USPFDFor Idaho P.. 0. Box 45 Boise,_ Idaho 83707 Hill AFB T~ O.. Ogden, AIC Utah 84056 Department of the Army Rock Island Arsenal Logistics Support Directorate Rock Island, Ill:i:_nois 61299 Consolidated Edison Company of.New York, Inc.
4 Irving Place New York, New York Wisconsin. Public Service-Corporation P *- 0. Box 1200 Green Bay, Wisconsin 54305 Philadelphia Electric Collipany Peach-Bott~m Plant P;. 0. Box 8699 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania_ 19101-Do~ket Nos. 50-277 and 50-278 Power Authority of the State of New York J. A. Fitzpatrick Nuclear Plant 10 Columbus Circle New York, New York 10019 Westinghouse Electric Corporation 3 Gateway Center.
P. 0. Box 355 Pittsburg, Pennslyvania 15230