ML19211A663
| ML19211A663 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Dresden, Peach Bottom, Oconee, Indian Point, Oyster Creek, Surry, Haddam Neck, Robinson, Maine Yankee, 02700047, 05000210 |
| Issue date: | 11/06/1979 |
| From: | Brown R, Potter J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML19211A639 | List: |
| References | |
| 15000039-79-02A, 15000039-79-2A, 79-02A, NUDOCS 7912200395 | |
| Download: ML19211A663 (6) | |
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UNITED STATES
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
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101 MARIETTA ST., N.W., SUITE 3100 8
g*****o ATLANTA, G EORGI A 30303 Special Report:
Waste Packaging Inspection of Licensee-Shippers Report No.79-02A
Reference:
Memo Leo B. Higginbotham, A/D, Division of FFMSI to J. T. Sutherland, Chief, FFMS Branch, Region II Licensee-Shipper: See Attachment A Disposal Site:
Chem-Nuclear Systems, Inc.
P. O. Box 726 Bar South Carolina 29812 Inspector ~:
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SUMMARY
Inspection Dates: September 25-26, 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 comrliance with Department of Transportation (DOT) and Nuclear Regulatory Commissia (NRC) regulations as follows:
(1) shipping paper requirements; (2) DOT placarding requirements; I'O radiation levels; (4) removable contamination; (5) DOT marking and labeling reqeirements for packages; and (6) DOT and NRC requirements for package external feat. ires.
Results:
Of the six areas inspected involving 14 shipments, no items of noncompliance were identified.
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DETAILS 1.
Persons Contacted W. House, South Carolina Department of Health M. Tkacik, South Carolina Department of Health D. Ebenhack, Chem-Nuclear Inc.
J. Shuler, Chem-Nuclear Inc.
2.
General All vehicles were parked in a double lane road when they arrived at the site. Site technicians evaluated shipping papers to determine if the materials met all site and license requirements. A radiation survey was then performed around the vehicle and the contents were examined (visual survey).
Contamination smears were obtained from selected packages and/or from the vehicle surface.
The shipping papers and the Chem-Nuclear arrival survey report were pre-sented to the South Carolina on-site inspector and the NRC inspector for evaluation. Approval by the state inspector was required before the vehicle was permitted inside the site controlled area.
The NRC survey consisted of a review of the shipping papers, radiation survey of the vehicle, contamination 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 hazards existed.
The contents of the vehicles were inspected for appropriate marking, labeling, tightness of seals, integrity of package construction or any evidence of leakage.
The vehicles were then allowed into the site controlled area for unloading.
Another health physics survey was performed by Chem-Nuclear technicians prior to the vehicles exit from the controlled area.
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.
3.
Shipments Inspected Fourteen shipments were inspected during the period of September 25-26, 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, Subpact C. Specific requirements for shipping papers were reviewed as follows:
Material shipping name 49 CFR 172.100/172.200/172.202 Material class 49 CFR 172.200/172.202 Name sequence 49 CFR 172.200/172.202 Total quantity (volume) 49 CFR 172.200/172.202 Limited quantity 49 CFR 172.200/172.203 Name of cath radio nuclide 49 CFR 172.203 Physical and chemical form 49 CFR 172.203 Activity in curies 49 CFR 172.203 Category or label 49 CFR 172.203 Notation of NRC/ERDA package approval 49 CFR 172.203 Proper certification 49 CFR 172.203 In addition to the above, 49 CFR 177.817 requires carriers to maintain the above shipping papers readily available for inspection and recog-nizable by authorities in case of an accident.
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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 50 -
(49 CFR 177.842)
Loaded so as to avoid spillage (49 CFR 177.842)
Properly blocked and braced (49 CFR 173.392/177.842)
LSA vehicle survey (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 surfcce.
Radiation levels were measured with a calibrated Eberline E-500B instrument equipped with a side window GM detector.
No levels were in noncompliance with 49 CFR 173.393 limits.
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Contamination Smears Each vehicle and a representative sample package was surveyed for removable contamination by smearing over a 100 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, using the portable GM detector, then returned to Region II lab for further analysis.
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Packaging A representative sampling of packages from each shipment was examined 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 - 49 CFR 173.392 Tight package - Itd. Qty.,
- 49 CFR 173.391 or 173.392 No release of material
- 49 CFR 173.392/173.393 Radioactive material markings
- 49 CFR 172. 310 Security seals
- 49 CFR 173.393 Gross weight requirements
- 49 CFR 172.310 Proper shipping name
- 49 CFR 172.100/172.300 LSA labeling
- 49 CFR 173.392 Cask design specifications
- 49 CFR 173.38 No items of noncompliance were noted concerning packaging requirements.
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Verfication of Package Contents Due to the current 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.
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ATTACHMENT A SSR No.
Shipper 016776 Carolina Power and Light Robinson Plant 411 Fayetteville Street Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 Docket No. 50-261 016777 Jersey Central Power and Light Co.
Oyster Creek Plant Madison Avenue at Punch Bowl Road Morristown, New Jersey 07960 Docket No. 50-219 016785 Consolidated Edison Company of New York Inc.
4 Irving Place New York, New York Docket Nos. 50-247, 50-286 016786 Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co P. O. Box 270 Hartford, Connecticut 06101 Docket No. 50-213 016787 Virginia Electric and Power Company Surry Plant Post Office Box 26666 Richmond, Virginia 23261 Docket Nos. 50-280 and 50-281 016791 Philadelphia Electric Company Peach Bottom Plant 2301 Market Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19101 Docket Nos. 50-277 and 50-278 016792 Tennessee Nuclear Specialities P. O. Box 158 Jonesboro, Tennessee' 37650 License No. Tenn-S-9009 i633 147
ATTACHMENT A Page 2 SSR No.
Shipper 016793 Duke Power Company Oconee Plant 422 S. Church Street Charlotte, North Carolina 28242 Docket Nos. 50-269, 50-270 and 50-287 016790 and Commonwealth Edison Co.
016775 Dresden Plant P. O. Box 767 Chicago, Illinois 60690 Docket Nos.50-010, 50-237 and 50-249 016772 Westinghouse Corp.
Advanced Reactor Division Madison, Pa.
016773 Maine Yankee Atomic Power Co.
20 Turnpike Rd.
Westboro, Massachusetts 01581 Docket No. 50-309 i633 348
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