ML19249A400
| ML19249A400 | |
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| Site: | Framatome ANP Richland |
| Issue date: | 08/10/1979 |
| From: | Engelken R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V) |
| To: | Nilson R SIEMENS POWER CORP. (FORMERLY SIEMENS NUCLEAR POWER |
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| NUDOCS 7908220587 | |
| Download: ML19249A400 (1) | |
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August 10, 1979 Docket flo. 70-12a7 Exxon fluclear Company 2101 Horn Rapids Road Richland,llashingtor. 99352 Attention:
Dr. R. Nilscn,fianager, Quality Assurance and Licensing Gentler.ien:
rugard to your NRC license.E closed is IE Bulletin D. 79-19 which with quired of you, please contact this office.Should you have c ons re-Sincerely,
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f August 10, 1979 IE Bulletin flo. 79-19' PACKAGING 0F LOLLEVEL RADI0 ACTIVE WASTE FOR TRANSPO Description cf Circrscarces:
Low-level radioactive waste is that waste which can be transferred and shipp to one of three waste burial facilities which are located in and licensed by the Agreenant States of Nevaca, South Carolina, and Nashington.
1979, the Governors of the three states notified NRC Chaiman Hendrie of the On July 10, serious and repeated disrecard for rules covernina the shipments of low-level radioactive wastes to these burial facilities.
Examples of vic ations of Aareement State, DOT and NRC rules follow:
in conbustible waste is believed to have caused a fire a truck at the Beatty, Nevada burial facility on flay 1",1979.
On July 2,1979, three of twelve steel containers shinped to the Beatty burial facility were found to be leaking radioactive material.
described on the bill of lading as being a solid incrocnic salt (evaporator The material was concentrates solidified with urea formaldehyde) from a reactor facility.
Governor of the State of ??evada ordered the drums to be shipped out of the The state and the burial facility was tenporarily closed.
free liquid in " solid" material.On July 30, the first shipment into the reope used at an insitu leaching process at a uranium nill.The radioactive cor. tents were Forty-three shipments with sixty-three deficiencies were observed during the package inspection program between April 10 and July 5, 1979, by the Agreeme State of South Carolina, at the Barnwell, S.C. burial facility.
were from reactor, nedical, industrial and military facilities.
The shipments On June 28, 1979, the Federal Highway Administration issuet Violation to a reactor facility proposing a $10,000 fine for truck contamina-a Motice of tion resulting from inproper closures on 55-gallon drums of LSA material and for inproper loading of the drums on the vehicle.
These are a few examples of shipments of radioactive material to burial facilities which did not fully meet NRC, DDT and Aareement State requirement which were developed to protect the health and safety of the public.
Govi rnors or the three States with licensed burial facilities have i The that if the situation is not rectified, they may have to initiate actions which would deny use of the three burial sites by violators.
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IE Bulletin fio. 79-19 Aucust 10, 1979 Page 2 of 3 Sources of Information:
y The DOT regulatory requirements can be found in 49 CFR Parts regulatory requirenents can be found in 10 CFR Parts 19 to 71 170 179 The t;RC latory requirements for Agreement State licensees in non-agreeme The t;RC recu-in 10 CFR Part 150.
Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Offic es are D.C. 20402.
, Washinoton, the NRC Transportation Branch (301-427-4122).Informati e
rom Materials (202 d26-2311).re:;Mremer.:s can te cSta'ed ':. cal'ir.Informa and trans;cr:
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Action To Be Taken By Licensees:
waste, each licensee is expected to:To assure the safe transfer, p oactive 1.
packaging and transpor*. of low-level radioactive w
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burial firn by the Acreenent State of Nevada, Sout e
Washinoton before packaging low-level radioactive waste naterial fo
, or transfer and shipnent to the Agreerent State licensee r
collection contractor is used, obtain the appropriate requirements f If a waste the contractor.
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Designate, in writir.q, people in your orcanization who are responsi for the safe transfer, packaging and transport of low-level radioa ti e
material.
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Provide management-approved, detailed instructions and operating to all personnel involved in the transfer, packaging and transport procedures low-level radioactive material.
of Special attention should be given to controls on the chemical cnd physical form of the low-leval radioactiv material and on the containment integrity of the packagirg 5.
Provide trainina and periodic retraining in the DDT and MRC regul t tions and operating procedures for all personnel i a ory packaging and transport of radioactive caterial.
- nsfer, training dates, attendees, and subject naterial for future inspMaintain a NRC personnel.
ections by 6.
Provide trainino and periedic ictraining to those employees who o the processes which generate waste to assure that the volume of lo perate acceptable chenical and pnysical form for transfe w-level low-level radioactive waste burial fac'lity'.
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Establish and implement a managerent-controlled audit function of all transfer, packaoinq and transport activities to provide assurance that oersonnel, instructions and procedures, and process and transport equip-nent are functioning to ensure safety and compliance with regulatory requirenents.
6 Perform, within 60 days of the date of this bulletin, a nanager.ent-controlled audit of your activities associated with the transfer, packaging and trans-ort of low-level radioactive waste.
fiaintain a record of all audits for r
future inspections by fiRC or DDT inspectors.
(?!ote: If you have an estab-li2ne: a ct; funcci:r and hace ;er#:rce: such ar audit of all activities in Items 1-6 within the past six months, this audit requirement is satisfied.)
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Report, in writinc within a5 days, your plan of action and schedule with regard to the above items.
In addition, provide resronses to the three questions below.
Reports should be submitted to the Director of the appropriate flRC Regional Of fice and a copy should be forwarded to the flRC Office of Inspection and Enforcenent, Division of Fuel Facility and flaterials Safety Inspection, llashincton, D.C.
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Provide answers for 1978 and for the first six nonths of 1979 to the following questions:
1.
How nany low-level radioactive v.aste shipnents did you make? ' shat was the volune of low-level radioactive waste shipped?
(Power reactor licensees who recort this in#or ation in accordance with Technical Specifications do not need to rescend to this auestion.)
2.
What was the quantity (curies) of low-level radioactive waste shipped? What were the major isotopes in the low-level radioactive waste?
(Power reactor licensees who report this information in accordance with Technical Specifications do not need to respond to this question.)
3.
Did you generate liquid low-level radioactive waste?
If the answer is 'yes,' what process was used to solidify the liquid waste?
Licensees who do not generate low-level radioactive waste should so indicate in their responses and do not need to take other actions specified in the above items.
Approved by GAO, B180225 (R0072); clearance expi'res 7-31-80.
Approval was given under a blanket clearance snecifically for identified generic problens.
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