ML18093A666
| ML18093A666 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Salem  |
| Issue date: | 01/22/1988 |
| From: | Bicehouse H, Pasciak W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML18093A664 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-272-88-04, 50-272-88-4, 50-311-88-04, 50-311-88-4, NUDOCS 8802250391 | |
| Download: ML18093A666 (2) | |
See also: IR 05000272/1988004
Text
u. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION I
Combined
50-272/88-04
Report Nos. 50-311[88-04
Docket Nos. 50-272
50-311
License Nos. DPR-70
Priority
Licensee: Public Service Electric and Gas Company
P. 0. Box 236
Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey 08038
Facility Name:
Salem Generating Station
Inspection At: Hanford, Washington
Category
c
Inspection Conducted:
December 21, 1987 (office review January 6-7, 1988)
Inspector:
Approved by:
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Areas Inspected: A representative from the State of Washington inspected
licensee's Shipment No. 87-61 for compliance with 49 CFR requirements and
burial site license conditions on or about December 21, 1987.
Results: A violation of 49 CFR 173.44l(b)(4) was noted by the State
Inspection during review of the licensee's shipment (1.e. radiation levels 1n
the sleeper portion of the cab were greater than 2 m1111rem per hour). This
fs also a violation of 10 CFR 71.47(d).
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Details
1.
Sull1llary of Events
On December 21, 1987, a representative of the State of Washin~ton
reviewed licensee's radioactive materials shipment (No. 87-61) upon
receipt at the U.S. Ecology Burial Site at Hanford, Washington.
The
shipment was radioactive waste materials sent as Low Specific Activity
(LSA) on an exclusive-use vehicle by the licensee on or about December
16, 1987. Radiation surveys taken by the representative of the
Department of Social and Health Services, State of Washington, showed
radiation levels in the sleeper portion of the truck cab to be between
3.0 and 4.5 millirems per hour.
No other problems with the shipment were
noted.
On December 30, 1987, the State of Washington issued a Notice of
Violation to the licensee. Discussions with the licensee on January 6,
1988 indicated that the licensee did not have a copy of surveys made of
the cab area of the truck prior to its departure. However, the licensee
indicated that surveys had been made and radiation levels were less than
2.0 millirems per hour at that time.
The licensee did not have an
explanation for the radiation levels noted by the representative of the
State of Washington on January 6, 1988 but the licensee was continuing a
review of the shipment. The licensee did not know if the truck driver
was monitored for radiation exposure.
2.
Finding
10 CFR 71.47(d) requires that radiation levels external to a package of
radioactive material not exceed 2 millirems per hour in any nonnal
occupied positions of the vehicle.
Contrary to the above, radiation levels in the sleeper portion of the
truck cab carrying licensee's shipment No. 87-61 on December 21, 1987
were between 3.0 and 4.5 millirems per hour.
The sleeper portion of the
truck cab is occupied by the driver during rest periods. Radiation
levels in the sleeper portions of the truck cab exceeding 2 mi111rems per
hour constitutes a violation of 10 CFR 71.47(d). 50-272/88-04-01;
50-311/88-04-01
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