ML19225C611
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| Issue date: | 05/29/1979 |
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TEdNESSEE VALLEY AU Tli O R I T Y AP_ PLICATION FOR SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL LICENSE FOR RECEIPT, POSSESSION, STORAGE, USF TESTI*:C. R D TRANSFER u
OF LIGHT WATER REACTOR FUEL MATERIALS AT TVA OFFICE OF POWER CENTRAL L A B O R A T O R T. E S,
Cit ATT A N0 0 G A, TENNESSEE 1.
G l:N E R A L INFORMATION The Tennessee Valley Authority hereby applies for a special nuclear material license to provide for receipt, possession, storage, destruc-tive testing, packaging for delivery to a carrier, transfer, and ship-ment of light water reactor fuel materials at the TVA Office of Power Central Laboratories located at Chickamauga Dam Power Service Center.
Chattanooga, Tennessec.
II.
APPL.ICAFT ORGANIZATION A.
Name o f. _* p p l i c a n t Te n t.e s s e e Valley Authority It Description of Business of Applicant Tl. a Tennessee Valley Authority is a corporate agency of the Feo,ral Government created by the Tennessee " alley Authority Act of 1933 [48 Stat. 58, as amended, 16 U.S.C.
831-831dd (1970; Supp.
V. 1975)].
C Cp_rporate Organiza* ton TVA's activitics are conducted prinarily in parts of Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Korth Carolina, Georgia, and Virginia.
The offices of the TVA Board of Direct, s and General M.. nager arc at Knoxville, Tennessee.
All of the directors and principal officers are United States citizens.
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2 The - ames and a'ddress of the directors and principals officers are as follows.
Directors Home Address Office Address S.
David Freemen 1431 Cherokee Trail 400 Commerce Avenue, (Chairman)
Unit 122 E12A7 Knoxville, TN 37919 Knoxville, TN 37902 Director (Vacant)
Richard Freeman 1539 C 400 Commerce Avenue.
(Director)
Coleman Road E12All Knoxville, TN 37857 Knoxville,..i 37902 t,fficers Home Address Office Address Leon E.
Ping 6094 Cresthill Drive 400 Commerce Avenue, (General hanager)
Kno ville, TN 37919 E12B16 Knoxville, TN 37902 Herbert S.
Sanger, Jr.
5100 Malibu Drive 400 Commerce Avenue, (General Counsel)
Knoxville, TN 37918 EllB33 Knoxville, TN 3'902 Lewis H.
Nelson 1918 Courtney Avenue A214 National Fertilizer (Manager of Florence, AL 35630 Development Center Agricultural and Muscle Shoals, AL 15660 Chemical Development)
George H.
Kimmons Williams Road, Route 3 400 Commerce Avenue, (Manager of Concord, TN 37720 Knoxville, TN 37902 Engincerlag Design and Construct!on)
Hugh Parris 9211 Pleasant Lane 500C Chestnut Street (Mananer of Power)
Ooltewah, TN 37363 Tower II Chattanooga, TN 37401 The a pplicar t is not owned, controlled, or dominated by an alien, a foreign corporation, or a foreign government.
U-ACX_"_E V The applicant is not a c t i..g as agent or representative of another person in filing this applicacion.
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3 111. ACTIVITY A.
Location The TVA Metallurgical Laboratory is located in Room 218 of the Central Laboratories Duilding in the Chickamauga Das Power Service Center co= plex. This facility is situated at the north end of Chickamauga Dam at the intersection of liighway 153 and Access Drive near Chattanooga, Tennessee.
B. Organization The ifetallurgical Laboratory is part of the Laboratory Section, Transmission Maintenance and Test Branch of the Division of Power System Operations within the Of fice of Po.er.
This laboratory has been in. existence since 1942 doing various tests on caterials ured in TVA's power geacration ar.d transmission. system.
It has occupied its present facilities since 1962.
C. General Plan of Operatiot3 Sam,,les of low cariched uranium dioxide powder and pellets will be analyzed in the Metallurgical Laboratory to support TVA's nuclear fuel quality assurance efforts. These samples, containing natural uranium or uranium enriched to less than 4 percent in the uranium-235 isotope, will be obtatned f rom TVA nuclear f uel suppliers as in-process or final products representative of the fuel materials contained or to be contained in a given TVA nuclear fuel prcject.
Laboratory analyses will be conducted using selected procedures as dLtailed in American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTP)
S andard C-696-72, which has been endorsed by the U.S. Atos9 Energy Co. mission as Regulatory Guide 5.5.
The only procedures listed in C-* 96-72 that will not be performed are those requiring the use of a
't jI 7 9 mass spectcometer.
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4 Additional examinations of samples will involve:
1.
Visus' and dimensional inspection of pellets 2.
Determination of pellet density via geometric and immersion techniques 3.
Inspection of pellet microstructure and pore morphology via metallographic mounting At the conclusion of testing for a given fuel project, all re-coverable uranium dioxide powder, pellet chunks and whole pellets will be appropriately packaged and stored for later shipment to the respective fuel supplier for recycle into that facility's laboratory waste, or otherwise disposed of at an approved burial site. All other waste materials and equipment, excep: that which l
cen be decontaminated for reuse, will be appropriately packaged and delivered to a TVA nuclear power plant for inclusion into that plant's radioactive waste disposal system or to an approved buria? 31te.
IV.
PERIOD C7 LICENSE It is requested that a license be issued to remain in effect until such time as the licensee request s termination.
V.
LICENSED MATERIAL A.
Name The caterial will be natural uranium and uranium enriched to lesa than 4 percent in the uranium-235 isotope.
B.
A=ount is The maximum amount of material to be held at any given tLme 340 grams of the uranium-235 isotop2.
C.
Specifications The material will be in the form of uranium dioxide powder and
. 2 actor fuel pellets and the normal residues and waste caterials produced incident to th' test activ! ties described in paragraph ff III.C. of this application.
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5 VI.
TECIC;ICAL QUALIFICATIONS The technical _ qu1? ifications of the laboratory staf f authorized to be engaged in the licensed activity follow.
A.
John Rose, Supervisor, Chemical Laboratory 1.
Training a.
M.
S., Chemistry, 1951, University of Tennessee b.
Post-graduate courses in radiation chemis try and nuclear physics c.
3 days Radiological Hygiene Instruction - TVA Radiological Hygiene Branch d.
2 days Radiochemical Laboratory Training - Oak Ridge National Laboratory 2 daya Radiochemic:1 1.aboratory Trainirg - General c.
Electric Company, Wilminr ion Facility 2.
Experience Il years - Chemical Laboratory work including conventional a.
vet checical techniques, instru= ental analyses and super-visory functions - Velsicol Chemical Company b.
7 years - Chemical laboratory work including conventional wet chemical techniques, instrunental analyses and supervisory functions-- Tennessee Valley Authority B.
James C. West - Analytical Chemist 1.
Training a.
B.
S., Chemistry,1943, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (University of Chattanooga) b.
Post-graduate courses in chemistry, physics, and cetal-lurgy c.
3 days Radiological Hygiene Instruction - TVA Radiological 4f}
Hygiene Branch b'TNb
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2 days Radiochemical Laboratory Training - Oak Ridge National Laboratory 2 days Radiochemical Laboratory Training - General Elect:..e e.
Company, Wilmington Facility f.
12 hours1.388889e-4 days <br />0.00333 hours <br />1.984127e-5 weeks <br />4.566e-6 months <br /> training
" Introduction to Nuclear Power" -
Tennessee Valley Authority 2.
Experience 5 years - Chemical and metallurgical laboratory work a.
including supervisory functions - Chattem Drug and Chem-ical Company b.
4 years - Chemical and cetallutgical laboratory work in-cluding supervisory f unctions - Es.g Warner Corporation c.
4 years - Chemical and metallurgical laboratory work in-cluding research and teaching - University of Caattanooga Rt search Institute d.
23 years - Chemical and metallurgical. boratory work including supervisory functions - Tennessee Vall y Authority Vil.
EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES A.
Laboratory The layout of the Metallurgical Laboratory and adjoining factlities is shown in the figure on page 14.
It consists of a metallurgical laboratory room, a darkroca, and an etching room. Walls are indicated by dark heavy lines and work counter
- ops by the lighter lines. All three doorways are equipped with heavy matal-clad doors. Various equipment and work locations have been designated with a circled letter and identified by a legend on the figure.
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Regulated Area A regulated area vill be established in one-half of the labora-tory room and the etching room as indicated by the non-shaded area of the figure. Deshed lines represent chains bea'.ng
" Regulated Area" and appropriate radiation warning signs, which will be hooked f rom the walls to the mid-room work counter top to establish access control across the open floor areas. All testing of uranium samples will be conducted only within the regulated are, and at times when access control is in e: rect.
Upon completion of work requiring the testing of utanium casples the area vill remain regulited until appropriate radiation monitoring has been perfor ad to verify that the area may be reopened for n'rmal cccess (see paragraph VIII.I).
C.
Equipment 1.
A locked metal cabinet or drawer (A) will be provided in the regulated area for storage of samples and sample residues.
2.
An open glove-oox type chamber will be utilized inside the etching room hood (3) for sample preparation and any other operations which could generate airborne contaminatica.
The hood will have a face intake velocity of 100 feet per minute and will b, exhausted threugh a HEPA filter. There vill be prov;-ions for locking covers over the open glove-box parts.
3.
A HEPA filter will be providad for the c haust line of the emission spectrograph (C) ventilation system.
4.
A wet, enclosed cut-of f s heel (D) will be used f or cutting operations so.as to cont ain waete c attings and prevent air-borne contaminatica.
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A vet slbratory polisher (E) will be used for polishing operations so as to keep the radioactive dust vet and present airborne contamination.
6.
A 20 gallon metal garbage can with a plastic bag liner (F) will be provided for solid radioactive waste.
The can's lid will be equipped with a locking nechanism.
7.
Radiation monitoring will be performed with a count rate meter capable of using various types of detectors. Avail-able detectors will include a gelger tube and alpha scintil-lation probe. Smear couating will be accomplished using a scintillation alpha counter.
VIII.
PROCEDURES A. Accidental Cri::icality The type and amaunt of special nuclear material requested by this application is not sufficient to achieve criticality regardless of configuration or moderation.
B. Security 1.
The laboratory is situated in a building complex known as the Chattanooga Power Service Center located at the TVA Chickamauga Dam Reservation. The outer access doors to the buildings are locked af ter work hours, and access is under control of key supervisory personael and the security guards for the reservation. The buildings and grounds are periodically patrolled internally and externally by the guard force during nonwork hours, weekends, and holidays.
The laboratory building will be locked during nonwork hours,l weekends, and holidays, with access under the control of the Laboratory Section Head and the security force.
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The sample storage container (A) will be kept locked at all times other t. tan when handling of liceased material is re-quired.
3.
Key control to the building complex, laboratory room, and tage containers will be exercised by the Supervisor, s*
Chemical Laboratory.
C.
Control of Licensed Material The Supervisor, Chemical Laboratory, will be the Nuclear Material Custodian and will develop, implement, and monitor a nuclear material control system for the licensed activity. This system will be documented.
D.
Receiptn 1.
Sa=ples will be received in sealed, plastic contviners and marked as to weight and enrichment. The plastic containers urther packaged in wooden or cetal shipping boxes will be f cnd cushioned with packing material.
2.
The shipping boxes 0111 be immediately smeared to check for surface contamination in accordance with the provisions of 10 CFR Part 20.205.
3.
Shipping boxes and packing materials found to have been centaminated will be disposed of in the solid radioactive waste ontainer.
4.
The exterior of plastic sample containers will be conitored for contamination, decontaminated if necessary, and placed in the radioactive caterial storage cabinet.
5.
Documentation of receipts will be accomplished in accordance with TVA internal procedures and 10 CFR regulations.
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Sample Processin,g 1.
When samples are being handled, all work counter tops in use will be covered with disposable paper runners.
2.
Personnel will wear protective laboratory clothing when in the regulated area. This protective clothing will not be worn outside the regulated area.
3.
Personnel departing the regulated area will be required to monitor their hands and clothing for contamination. Materials and equipment will not be removed f rom the regulated area un-less monitored and the levels of transferabic contamination are below those values described in Section VIII.L.5. (a).
4.
All cperations which could generate airborne contamination will be performed in the hood and glove-box arrangsment.
5.
Cutting, grinding, and polishing operations will be performed wet.
The fluids will be filtered and recycled. Filtrates will be discarded as solid radioactive waste.
6.
Unused portions of samples will be returned to storage.
F.
Waste Disposal 1.
Solid radioactive vaste will be collected in the container as described in paragraph VII.C.6.
Inis waste will be dis-posed of, as necessary, by shipment to a TVA nuclear power plant for inclusion into that plant's radioacL 'ce waste dis-posal system;or to an approved burial site. l 2.
Liquid wastes may be disposed of in either of two ways. Tne first is as described in 1. above for solid wastes, i.e.,
shipment to a TVA nuclear plant. The other vould involve monitoring, diluting if necessary and disposal through the laboratory sewage system in accordance with *.he provisions If f }
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Unused sample caterial and tample residue.111 be packged and returned either to the nuclear fuel vendor f roa whica
- hey were obtained or to an approved burial site.
C.
Shipecqts 1.
Unused samples will be realed in the same plastic containers in which they were received. These containers will be smeared and decontaminated', if necessary.
2.
Sample containers will be f urther packaged into metal or wooden shipping boxes with appropriate packing materials. The bcxes will be c= eared and then decontaminated, if necessary.
3.
Shipment will be accomplished through the U.S. Postal Service, a commercial carrier, or hand carried by a TVA employee.
4.
Documentation of shipment will be accomp shed in accordance with TVA internal procedures and 10 CFR regulations.
H.
Decontamination
'. Before the regulated area becomes a non-regulated area the area and all equipment located therein will be conitored and decontaminated to within acceptable levels (see paragraph I).
2.
Laboratory clothing intended for extended use will be sent to a TVA nuclear power plant for laundering.
I.
Radiological Safety anu Monitoring 1.
Radiological safety support will be provided by the T7A Division of Occupational Health and Safety, Radiological Hygiene Branch.
Health physics and radiological hygiene services will be nade available as decced necessary by the Radiological Hygiene Branch.
2.
Disposable protective clothing will be worn during laboratory activities involving licensed caterials. Items of personal 77~2
12 clothing belonging to laboratory personnel will be conitored for contamination each time exit from the regulated area is desired.
3.
Contamination levels will be held as low as practicable while work with licensed material is in progress. Decon-tamination steps will be undertaken if periodic radiation monLtoring indicates that contamination levels have exceeded 100 times the values listed in Sec tion VIII.1.5. (a).
4.
At the conclusion of work involving the handling of licensed materials, the regulated area will remain intact until a swipe survey has been perforced on all work surf aces and equip =ent to verify that contamination levels are within acceptable limits. All samples and radioactive wastes will be prop erly stored or discarded.
5.
Acceptable Radiation Levels (a) The regulated zone will recain intact until the radiation and contamination levels on work surf aces, floors, and equipment are below the following:
p,irect Survey Transferable (S; ear)
Alpha Beta Gamma Alpha beta-Ga==a 2
2 (g 3/ loo en (dps/100 Cm )
(arad/hr*)
(dpa/100 Cu )
p 300
.05 (200 cp=)
30 200 (b) Equipment or packages leaving the regulated zone will meet the transferable contasination levels as stated in 5 (a) above.
(c) Personal clothing of personnel exiting the regulated area will be maintained at below the following radiation and contacination IcVels:
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Alpha E c t a-C.v.ca Alpha acta-Ga ua 2
2 2
(Jpm/100 cm )
(arad/hr*)
(dpm/100 Ca )
(dpa/100 Ca )
150
.05 (200 cpa) tbt Detectable
- Direct surveys will normally be performed with a G'1 surycy instru= nt which gives a reading in counts per minute.
The number in parenthesis =ay be used as an operational limit.
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