ML19209C155
| ML19209C155 | |
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| Site: | 07000371 |
| Issue date: | 07/30/1979 |
| From: | Crocker H, Kinney W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| 70-0371-79-08, 70-371-79-8, NUDOCS 7910120082 | |
| Download: ML19209C155 (10) | |
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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT Region I Report No. 70-371/79-08 Docket No.70-371 License No. SNM-368 Priority:
1 Category:
UR Licensee: United Nuclear Corporation 67 Sandy Desert Road Uncasville, Connecticut 06382 Facility Name:
UNC Naval Products Inspection at:
Montville, Connecticut Inspection condt :tyd:
pril 1 -20, 1979 Inspectors:
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9 79 W. W. Kinnp, ProJ[ct Inspector date ' signed Apprcved by:
A dov 7/e,o h 9 H. #ff C; ocker, Chief', Fuel Facility date sit)ned Pro'jects Section, FF & MS Branch Inspection Summary:
Inspection on April 17-20, 1979 (Report No. 70-371/79-08)
Areas Inspected:
Routine, unannounced inspection by a region based inspector of organization; operations; emergency drfil; maintenance; and safety committee activities. The inspection involved 23 inspector hours on site by one region based inspector.
Results: Of the 5 areas inspected, no items of noncompliance or deviations were identified in 4 areas.
One apparent item of noncompliance was identified in one area (infraction - A work desk and table used in handling fissile material were not located in any of three demarked criticality zones for the corrosion coupon test operation.)
I1U 098 4910120 DETAILS 1.
Persons Contacted D.E. Ganley - President, UNC Naval Products G.H. Waugh * - Vice President, Quality Control J.V. Olson* - Manager, Manufacturing T.J. Collopy* - Manager, Nuclear Safeguards W.F. Kirk * - Manager, Nuclear and Industrial Safety J.E. Neuman* - Criticality Specialist R. Schwensfeir - Criticality Specialist D. Luster - Health Physics Specialist The inspector contacted thirteen other licensee employees during the course of the inspection.
- denotes those present at the exit interview.
2.
Organization The licensee has made some changes.
Naval Product Division is now UNC Naval Products. Mr. D.E. Ganley has been named President and General Manager of UNC Naval Products. The management personnel reporting to the President and General Manager are as follows.
R.C. Johnson, Vice President, Finance B.J. Lowe, Vice President, Business Planning G.H. Waugh, Vice President, Quality Control J.C. Andress, Manager, Materials R.B. Andrews, Marager, Engineering T.J. Collopy, Manager (Acting), Nuclear Safeguards J.P. Corrigan, Senior Projects Manager, KAPL Projects (D-W/D-G)
M.J. Hannan, Director, Human Resources J.V. Dion, Manager, Operations T.A. Shea, Senior Projects Manager, S-G Projects J.J. Vickary, Special Projects Manager, S-W/A-P Projects R. Brubaker, M.D. - Plant Physician The current Nuclear and Industrial Safety organization which reports to the Nuclear Safeguards Manager is as follows, 11G 099 W. Kirk - Manager, Nuclear and Industrial Safety / Medical R. Berzins - Industrial Nurse (1st shift)
S. Monahan - Industrial Nurse (2nd shift)
E. Barton - Safety Specialist T. Gutman - Consulting Engineer D. Luster - Health Physics Specialist J. Neumann - Criticality Specialist R. Schwensfeir - Criticality Specialist The licensee has four health physicists reporting to the Health Physics Specialist.
The Nuclear Materials organization which reports to the Nuclear Safeguards Manager is as follows.
T.S. Collopy - Manager, Nuclear Materials Control J. L'Heureux - Foreman, N.M.C.
A. Wolvendyk - Nuclear Material Controller R. Gustafson - Security Director J. Mcdonald - Security Administrator (Rotating)
B. Johnson - Security Shift Supervisor (Rotating)
- h. Ormeno - Security Shift Supervisor (Rotating)
D. Vernon - Security Shift Supervisor (Rotating)
B. Gibson - Security Shift Supervisor (Rotating)
B. Taft - Security Shift Supervisor (Rotating)
The Plant Enginaering and Maintenance organization reports to Operations. The Plant Engineering and Maintenance organization is as follows.
A.J. Scnultz - Manager, Plant Engineering and Maintenance J.V. Lawrence - Manager, Plant Engineering J.F. Earp - Manager, Plant Maintenance and Services J. Brady - General Foreman, Plant Services P. Poole - Foreman (3rd shift)
J. Tommaselli - General Foreman, Process Equipment Maintenance R. Patterst,a - Foreman (1st shift)
F. Andrews - Foreman (2nd shift)
P. De Sario - General Foreman, Facilities Maintenance J. Trenck - Foreman (1st shift) lIU 100
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Review of Operations The inspactor inspected all the manufacturing operations with the Operations personnel. Operations personnel discussed the opera-tons with the inspector in detail.
During the inspection, the ins;ector noted that criticality safety postings were in place.
The items in various stages of manu-facture were located in the demarked areas of criticality control purposes except for the following instance. The inspector noted that criticality zones were not being properly observed in the sectioning area.
Nuclear and Industrial Safety (NIS) Criticality Control Authorization No. VII-D-10 for Coupon Corrosion Test establishes the criticality controls for operation of autoclaves in the sectioning area.
NIS Criticality Control Authorization No. I-D-10 establishes the controls for fuel storage in approved boxes in a storage rack.
The criticality controls for coupon corrosion test is supposed to involve three (3) marked criticality zones.
One on the zones is supposed t; be for loading and unload-ing a fixture used in the operation. This zone was not in accord with the nuclear safety evaluation for this work area.
In fact, a portion of the work area being used was in the zone for the fuel in storage reck, and the rest of the work area was outside any defined criticality zone.
It appeared that part of the criticality zone for loading and unloading the fixture for coupon corrosion testing had taen taken for the criticality zone for the storage rack, and there wcs not enough room left in the fixture load / unload criticality zone for the operatiens to be performed in that area. The fact that the work station for unloading and loading the corrosion test fixture was not in the criticality zone as required by Criticality Control NIS Authorization No. VII-D-10 is an item of noncompliance.
The inspector also noted that used protective clothing stored for future reuse in the press 1 and press 2 QC areas and in the metallography sample preparation area was not stored in the Controlled Area or Limited Control Area.
Instead, the used pro-tective clothing stored for reuse was located in the clean areas.
This clothing was potentially contaminated because it was not surveyed when it was removed from the Controlled Area or Limited Control Area.
Better practice would be either store this used protective clothing inside the controlled areas or provide survey meters and require surveys to be made of the protective clothing prior to removal from the Contrelled Areas to assure the clothing o
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. is free of radioactive contamination. The inspector also noted some of the lab coats to be hung on top of each other. There is a potential for contaminating the inside of the lab coats by this practice.
4.
Emergency Drill Upon arriving at the facility at 1:05 p.m. on April 17, 1979, the inspector was informed by the licensee that a semi-annual evacuation drill was going to be held at 2:00 p.m.
A criticality incident alarm was to be used in the drill.
The inspector observed the emergency drill from the Emergency Control Center. The licensee had emergency supplies, a first aid area, and a communications center in the Emergency Control Center.
Evacu-ating personnel assembled in two different general areas. The nurses, health physics technicians, members of security and the fire brigade assembled at the Emergency Control Center in designated creas for directions as to their actions to cope with an emergency.
Workers from potentially contaminated areas also assembled in a designated area at the Emegency Control Center.
Other personnel assembed in an other area north of the facility.
About 6 minutes after the start of the emergency drill a reentry team comprised of two health physics technicians, and three security people reentered the facility and checked for radiation levels and security status.
During the reentry effort, the team was in contact with the Emergency Control Center by radio and telephone. After the reentry team completed their survey, personnel at the two different assembly areas were released to work about 25 minutes after the start of the drill.
After the completion of the drill, concerned licensee management met for a critique of the drill.
During the critique, items such as times when people had assembled, accounting for personnel, and audibility of the alarms were discussed. There were some procedural questions brought up, and the licensee made arrangement to have the procedure revised.
5.
Maintenance The Plant Engineering and Maintenance organization was discussed briefly in the organization section of this report. The Plant Maintenance and Services group has 97 people working in it. Of these 97 people 84 are maintenance workers.
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. The licensee has a Manufacturing Department Procedure dated January 12, 1979, entitled, " Work Permit Procedure", which was approved by Manufacturing Department Management, the Manager of Engineering, the Manager of Quality Control, The Manager of Facilities and the Manager of Nuclear and Industrial Safety.
According to this procedure, a Work permit is a document issued prior to the start of certain maintenance type activities for the purpose of providing specific instructions to personnel involved in such activities. The activities requiring the use of a work permit, according to the procedure, are:
welding (non-product);
oxy-acetylene burning and cutting; painting; construction; remodeling; overhead (over product flow areas);
soldering / brazing (excluding such work done within control cabinets or ir maintenance areas);
sheet metal work; grinding; equipment installation, relocation; asbestos, fibrous glass or other mineral fiber; work in confined places; and any other activity requiring special precaution for the protection of people, product, equipment, or plant facilities.
le procedure also defines UNC Work Permit Attachments as documents issued along with Work Pemits when the activities associated with the work permit are such as to require additional instructions to those noted in the Work Permit. The cities of the attachments are:
UNC Work Pemit Attachment #1 - Electrical Instructions; UNC Work Permit Attachment #2 - Painting Instructions; UNC Work Permit Attachment #3 - Construction Instructions; UNC Work Permit Attachment #4 - Major Equipment Repair Instructions; UNC Work Permit Attachment #5 - Equipment Relocation Instructions; UNC Work Permit Attachment #6 - Welding Instructions; UNC Work Permit Attachment #7 - Overhead Rigging Instructions; UNC Work Permit Attachment #8 - Sheet Metal Instructions; UNC Work Pemit Attachment #9 - Plumbing / Piping Instructions; UNC Work Permit Attachment #10- General Instructions;
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. UNC Work Permit Attachment #11 - Instructions For Work with Asbestos, Fibrous Glass or Other Mineral Fiber; and UNC Work Permit Attachment #12 - Work in Confined Spaces (Tanks Yessels, Chambers, Underground or Subfloor Level Vaults or Manholes) Inside or Outside the Plant.
The work permit procedure is as follows:
A requesting department desiring work to be performed initiates the Work Permit.
The requesting department states on the permit:
Item 1 - Type of Work; Item 3 - Equipment Involved; Item 4 - Work Location; Item 5 -
Contractor Agency; Item 6 - Contractor Representative; Item 7 - Date Work is to be Perfomed, from & to; Item 8 - Shifts on Which Work is to be Performed; Item 10 - Scope of Work to be Performed; Item 11 - List All Materials and Equipment to be Used; Item 12 - List all Hazards Involved; Item 13 - List All Specific Preparation and Performance Controls to Insure UNC Safety, Criticality, Quality, and Continuity of Products; and Item 14 -
" Requested By" signature and date.
Next, the performing department fills out Items 2 and 9 on the Work Pemit.
Item 2 is Special Instructions Issued and Item 9 is Permit Expiration Date. The performing department is usually Maintenance.
Even if the perfonning department is not maintenance, maintenance fills out the Work Permit items.
The performing department representative then signs and dates Item 15
" Performed By".
Next, the area Manufacturing Department representative reviews the Work Permit and inspects the proposed work site and ascertains the completeness of the precautions outlined and taken.
If the work permit and work site are acceptable, the area Manufacturing Department representative shall approve the work permit by signing and dating Item d of the work pemit " Approved By".
If either the work permit or work site is not acceptable, the work permit will be returned to the Performing Department for correction of the deficiencies.
Next, the Maintenance Department assigns a number to the Work Pemit and records the Work Permit in the Record Log.
The Performing Department completes the work pemitted.
Upon completion of the activities the Performing Department reviews and corrects any conditions that could jeopardize the safety of people or could adversely affect the product, equipment or plant facilities. The performing department then signs and dates Item 17
" Work Completed By".
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6-Next, the Requesting Department representative reviews the work pennit site.
Finally, the area Manufacturing Department repre-sentative perfonns the final review of the work oermit site for acceptability.
If it is not acceptable, the periorming Department corrects the deficiencies. When the Work Permit site is acceptable, the Manufacturing Department representative signs and dates Item 18
" Area Inspected By".
The subject o'f welding, open flame, or other ignition sources is addressed in activities requiring work permits.
Several of the Work Permit Attachments address welding and burning.
For instance, instruction 19 in Attachment #1 - Electrical Instructions - states
" Welding or burning will not be done without a fire watch and extinguisher".
Instruction 10) in Attachment #4 - Major Equipment Repair Instructions - states, "No burning or welding will be per-formed without a fire watch and fire extinguisher; fireproof blankets and safety screens are to be used as needed to protect product and personnel". UNC Work Permit Attachment #6 - Welding -
has 18 instructions concerning cutting or welding.
Included in these instructions are instructions to remove all combustibles or cover combustibles with protective fireproof blankets.
- Also, no cutting or welding is permitted in presence of flammable lint, dust, vapors and liquids or unpurged tanks and equipment previously containing such materials. Also, responsible fire watches are assigned in the area where the cutting or welding is being performed as well as adjacent a eas above and below depending on the location and type of work being done. Means of communication with a central control area is not addressed in the 18 instructions on welding.
Also, fire extinguishers other than the sprinkler system are not addressed.
Attachments #7, #8, #9 and #12 also have instructions regarding cutting or welding.
The licensee also has a preventative maintenance program.
This program has an implementing procedure, MPSP-101-G, Rev. O, dated May 1,1978, entitled, " Preventative Maintenance".
6.
Safety Committee The licensee has established three Shop Safety Committees:
one for Shop I; one for Shop II; and one for Shops III and IV.
These safety committees meet and inspect their different areas once per month.
A C Building Safety Committee meets and inspects C Building once every 4 months.
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. The Shop Safety Committees are made up by the Safety Specialists, the shop manager or his representative and 2 hourly enployees.
The area supervisor or foreman accompanies the committee on the inspection of the shop areas. The C Building Safety Committee is made up by the Safety Specialist, the Administrative Service Manager, and two secretaries.
During the safety committee inspections of the areas, the committees use a checklist for noting conditions.
The checklist includes fire protection, housekeeping, tools, personal protective equip-ment, machinery, pressure equipment, unsafe practices, first aid, and miscellaneous items. The checklists are signed by the personnel participating in the inspection. The results of the December 1979 through March 1979 inspections are tabulated below.
Number of Items Month Shop Repeat Totals 12/78 I
7 25 II 7
20 III & IV 9
15 1/79 I & IV 40 54 2/79 I
55 25 II 5
14 III & IV 6
17 3/79 I
11 22 II 4
12 III & IV 10 32 The inspector roted to the licensee tnet th~ number of repeat items raised questivs as to the priority givet to correcting the items found by tht: dafety Committee.
7.
Exit Interview The inspt met with licensee representatives (denoted in paragraph i at the conclusion of the inspection on April 20, 1979.
The inspector presented the scope and findings of the inspection.
The inspector noted that the storage of used protective clothing in clean areas and the hanging of used laboratory coats over other used laboratory coats for reuse represent questionable contamination control practices.
The licensee indicated they would assess the situation (paragraph 3.)
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. The inspector noted that the shop safety committees find many repeat items, and this raises questions as to the priority given to correcting the items found by the safety committees.
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