ML19208D822
| ML19208D822 | |
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| Site: | 07000036 |
| Issue date: | 08/06/1979 |
| From: | Axelson W, Essig T NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
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| ML19208D819 | List: |
| References | |
| 70-0036-79-05, 70-36-79-5, NUDOCS 7910010054 | |
| Download: ML19208D822 (7) | |
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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 0FFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT REGION III Report No. 70-36/79-05 Docket No. 70-36 License No. SNM-33 Licensee: Combustion Engineering, Inc.
Nuclear Power Systems Windsor, CT 06095 Facility Name: Hematite Facility Inspection At: Hematite Facility Site, Hematite, MO Inspection Conducted: July 17-20, 1979 Ff6 Inspector:
W. L. Axelson Approved By:
T.
, Chief 8
M Environmental and Special Projects Section Inspection Summary Inspection on July 17-20, 1979 (Report No. 70-36/79-05)
Areas Inspected: Emergency Planning - coordinatica with offsite support agencies; fire prevention and protection; emergency equipment, procedures and facilities; training for emergencies; medical arrangements; and emergency test and drills. Environmental Protection - radiological environmental monitoring; nonradiological monitoring and quality control of liboratory analyses. Licensee effluent and environmental samples were collected for independent analysis by the NRC reference laboratory. The inspection involved 22 inspector-hours on site by one NRC inspector.g Results:
No items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.
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DETAILS 1.
Persons Contacted Licensee Personnel
- J. A. Rode, Plant Manager
- H. Eskridge, Nuclear Licensing, Safety and Accountability Supervisor
- A. Swaringen, Production Superintendent
- L. Sw.nllow, QA Officer
- L. Deul, Engineer
- R. Miller, Production Control
- C. Lovell, Health Physics Offsite Support Agency Personnel N. P. Knowlton Jr., M.D., Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri W. Buergen, Sheriff of Jefferson County, Hillsboro, Missouri D. McFarland, Administrator, Joachim-Plattin Townships Ambulance District R. Hipes, Hematite Fire Protection District K. Miller, Department of Radiological Health, Missouri W. Johnson, Disaster Planning and Operations Officer, Missouri
- Denotes those present at the exit interview.
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Previous Inspectica Findings (Open) Outstandin g Inspection Item (70-36/78-07) Quality Assurance Program. The licensee has developed (draft stage) a quality assurance program to ensure quality control of radiological measurements. The inspector reviewed this draft document and deemed it adequate to ensure quality control of radiological effluent and environmental samples. This matter remains open, pending completion of QA procedures to implement this program.
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Fire Prevention and Protection Currently, the licensee's program for fire prevention and protection consists of inspections by plant and corporate personnel. Fire extinguishers are examined monthly and fire alarm systems are tested weekly.
The inspector reviewed semi-annual fire protection audit records for CY78. These audits were performed by American Nuclear Insurance.
The audit reports identified no major items needing correction.
No items of noncompliance or deviations were identified. 1057 348
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Emergency Planning Coordination with Offsite Support Agencies The inspector discussed with licensee personnel coordination of emergency planning activities bewween the licensee and offsite agencies. Currently, the licensee has established formal letters of agreement with the following agencies: Hematite Fire Protection District; Festus Fire Department; Joachim-Plattin Townships Ambulance District; and the Jefferson County Sheriff Department. These letters of agreement are included as appendices to the licensee's emergency plan.
The inspector visited or phoned the offsite support agencies iden-tified under Paragraph 1.
Discussions with these agencies verified that existing agreements between the licensee and the agencies remained in effect, and that coordination was adequate for the agencies to maintain an effective response capability. With the exception of the Sheriff's Department, all agencies indicated to the inspector that participation in training or drills would help to improve emergency response coordination. This was discussed at the exit interview.
The inspector noted during this inspection that improved coordin-ation with the Missouri Department of Radiological Health (DRH) and Disaster Planning and Operations Officer (DP&O) should be conducted.
Currently, no formal letters of agreement exist with these agencies.
In addition, both agencies have not visited the facility for cver two years. Both Mr. Johnson (DP&O) and Mr. Miller (DRH) indicated to the inspector that a site visit would be prudent.
The licensee stated that Mr. Johnson will be visiting the site in the near future and agreed to discuss improving coordination.
No items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.
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Facilities, Equipment, and Supplies During the inspection, the inspector conducted an inventory of the plant's first-aid room, control room, fire fighting equipment, emergency control center, meteorological monitoring equipment, and various emergency equipment stations. All emergency equipment examined was found to be operational.
During this inspection, the inspector noted that the offsite emer-gency center (tile barn) was very dirty and dusty - a condition which would likely render this building unsuitable for use during an emergency. This was discussed at the exit interview.
No items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.
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Emergency Medical Arrangements The inspector discussed arrangements for emergency medical care with licensee personnel. The licensee has established a formal understanding with Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, for handling contaminated patients.
Detailed procedures were developed and incorporated into the licensee emergency plan. The licensee also has a formal agreement with N. P. Knowlton, Jr., M.D. to handle emergency radiation injuries at Barnes Hospital.
The inspector discussed the hospital's emergency plan with Dr. Knowlton via telephone. The inspector determined from these discussions that adequate emergency medical arrangements exist between the licensee and the Barnes Hospital. In addition, Dr. Knowlton indicated to the inspector that the hospital's emergency plan is currently beir' revised and that a copy of the revision would be sent to the licensee.
No items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.
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Training for Emergencies The inspector discussed the licensee's program for training of plant and offsite agency personnel in emergency response. Currently, the licensee conducts training in first-aid and fire fighting for selective plant personnel. Plant foremen receive formal training courses in criticality safety and controls. Additionally, all employees receive training in criticality safety, fundamentals of health physics, and familiarization of emergency alarms and actions required.
As of the time of this inspection, the licensee's emergency response training of offsite support agencies included orientation sessions and a plant tour for the. local Hematite firefighting personnel.
The inspector reviewed monthly safety meeting and training records for the period May 1978 to May 1979. These records indicated that the licensee conducted required emergency plan training.
No items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.
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Emergency Drills The inspector discussed tests and drills relating to emergency planning with licensee personnel. The licensee tests selected nuclear and non-nuclear alarm functions on a weekly basis.
Evacuation drills relating to nuclear and non-nuclear alarms are conducted semiannually and at least one of the drills involves participation by offsite agencies.
The inspector reviewed emergency drill critiques and other records for the period of May 1978 to May 1979. Review of these records and discussion with the licensee indicated that required drills were conducted. nC7 750 u,,
The inspector requested the licensee inform the NRC (Region III) regarding the next scheduled criticality drill. The inspector stated that the NRC wants to observe this drill. This was discussed at the exit interview.
No items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.
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Emergency Plan anj 2rocedures As required by License Condition No. 12, the licensee established an er.ergency plan and implementing procedures. The emergency plan has been submitted to the NRC staff for review and approval.
The inspector reviewed the emergency plan and implementing pro-cedures and determined they meet the minimum requirements for coping with radiation emergencies as specified in License Condition No. 12, Annex B.
No items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.
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Licensee Interaal Audits The inspector examined licensee review and audit activities for CY78 in the area of emergency planning. Audit reports from both plant and corporate management were received. These reports identified minor items which needed correction. The inspector determined that corrective action was accomplished or initiated on these items.
No items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.
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Radiological Environmental Monitoring The inspector discussed the radiological environmental monitoring nrogram with licensee representatives, reviewed monitoring program data for 1978, and examined all monitoring stations. Results for the program conducted during 1978 were found to be complete. Exami-nation of program resu.
revealed no anomalous results or trends and no discrepancies from required monitoring as specified in the license.
No items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.
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Nonradiological Effluent and Environmental Monitoring The licensee's nonradiological environmental program consists of analyses of air and vegetation samples for total fluoride concentra-tions. This program covers both effluent and environmental sampling and analysis. D r 7
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The inspector reviewed monitoring data for 1978 and examined the UF 6
conversion building stack sampler. Examination of program results revealed no anomalous results or trends and no discrepancies from required monitoring as specified in License Condition Nos. 16, 17, and 18.
No items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.
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Quality Control of Laboratory Analysis The licensee's program procedures for assuring quality in analyses performed pursuant to effluent and environmental requirements were examined by the inspector and discussed with licensee personnel.
Currently, radiological environmental samples are collected by the licensee and analyzed by a contractor laboratory, Controls for Environmental Pollution (CEP). The licensee collects and analyzes building stack air particulate samples for gross alpha activity.
All other analyses are performed by CEP. The inspector reviewed the contractor's QA manual to assure quality control of laboratory analysis was being conducted.
Nonradiological environmental and effluent samples are analyzed onsite by the licensee. The inspector reviewed procedures and records relating to operation and calibration of instrumentation used to measure total fluoride concentrations. All laboratory instruments examined appeared to be properly calibrated. The inspector determined the licensee quality control program for both effluent and nonradiological environmental samples was adequate.
No items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.
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Confirmatory Measurements During the inspection, effluent and environmental samples (splits and duplicates) were collected as follows:
(1) environmental liquid samples from Joachim Creek; (2) site dam; (3) north monitoring well; (4) environmental soil and vegetation samples from station No. 13; (5) liquid effluent sample from the laundry waste holding tank; and (6) an air particulate effluent sample. These samples were obtained for independent analysis by the NRC Reference Laboratory. During a future inspection, the results of the NRC laboratory analyses will be compared with those of the licensee under the Confirmatory Measure-ments inspection program conducted by the NRC Office of Inspection and Enforcement.
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Exit Interview The inspector met with licensee representatives (denoted in Para-graph 1) at the conclusion of the inspection on July 20, 1979. The J 1'J57 352
inspector summarized the scope and findings of the inspection. The licensee made the following remarks in response to certain of the items discussed by the inspectors:
Stated that the offsite emergency center (tile barn) would be a.
cleaned and kept clean.
(Paragraph 4) b.
Agreed to improve emergency response coordination with the Missouri Disaster Planning Office.
(Paragraph 3)
Agreed to contact the NRC regarding the next criticality drill.
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(Paragraph 7)
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