ML19254D265
| ML19254D265 | |
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| Site: | La Crosse File:Dairyland Power Cooperative icon.png |
| Issue date: | 09/27/1979 |
| From: | Linder F DAIRYLAND POWER COOPERATIVE |
| To: | James Keppler NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| References | |
| LAC-6532, NUDOCS 7910230245 | |
| Download: ML19254D265 (5) | |
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hb DAIRYLAND POWER COOPERATIVE Sa Groue, QYisconan 54601 September 27, 1979 W
Ih reply, please refer to LAC-6532 DOCKET NO. 50-409 Mr. James G. Keppler Regional Director U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Directorate of Regulatory Operations Region III 799 Roosevelt Road Glen Ellyn, Illinois 60137
SUBJECT:
DAIRYLAND POWER COOPERATIVE LA CROSSE BOILING WATER REACTOR (LACBWR)
PROVISIONAL OPERATING LICENSE NO. DPR-45 IE BULLETIN NO. 79 PACKAGING OF LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE FOR TRANSPORT AND BURIAL
Reference:
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NRC Letter, Keppler to Linder, dated August 10, 1979.
Dear Mr. Keppler:
In response to your letter, Reference 1, which contained IE Bulletin No. 79-19, the following information is being submitted.
ITEM 1.
Maintain a current set of DOT and RRC regulatione concerning the transfer, packaging and transport of tou-tevet radioactive vaste material.
DPC RESPONSE:
LACBWR maintains on file current copies of all applicable DOT and HRC regulations applicable to the transfer, packaging and transport of low-level radioactive waste material.
ITEM 2.
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Maintain a current eet of requiremente (license) place $ on the vaste btrial firm by the Agreement State of Nevada, South Ca+otina, or Washington before packaging tou-levet radioactive vaatt material for transfer and shipment to the Agreement State licensee." If a vaste collection contractor is used, obtain the appropriate requiremente from the contractor.
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LAC-6532 Mr. James G. Keppler Regional Director September 27, 1979 DPC RESPONSE:
Vs LACBWR maintains on file the appropriate licenses from.the Agreement States of Nevada, South Carolina and Washington which s.et forth the rhquirements placed on the waste burial firms.
E ITEM 3.
Designate, in vriting, people in your organization uho are responsible for the safe transfer, packaging and transport of tou-tevet radio-active material.
DPC RESPONSE:
LACBWR Health and Safety Department Procedures Numberc 4.1, " Radio-active Material Shipments", and 4. 3, " Solid Waste Disposal", desig-nate the responsibilities for the safe transfer, packaging and trans-port of low-level radioactive material.
ITEM 4.
Provide management-approved, detailed instructions and operating procedures to att personnet involved in the transfer, packaging and transport of tou-tevet radioactive materiat.
Special attention should be given to controte on the chemical and physical form of the tou-Levet radioactive material and on the containment integrity of the packaging.
DPC RESPONSE:
The procedures mentioned above in reply to Item 3 and the LACBWR Oper-ating Manual, Volume VII, " Waste Treatment and Collection", provide detailed instructions to all peruonnel involved in the transfer, packaging and transport of low-level radioactive material.
Special attention is given in these procedures to controls on the chemical and physical form of the low-level radioactive material LACBWR gener-ates and on the containment integrity of the packaging used for off-site disposal.
ITEM 5.
Provide training and periodic retraining in the DOT and NRC regulatory requiremente, the vaste buriat license requiremente, and in your in-structione and operating procedures for att personnet involved in the transfer, packaging and transport of radioactive materTat.
Maintain a-record of training dates, attendees, and subject matprial for future inspections by NRC personnet.
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a LAC-6532 Mr. James G. Keppler September 27, 1979 Regional Director 1
DPC RESPONSE:
experienced personnel who have been trained in the appropriate procedures and regulations engage in waste handling acti,g71 ties under Only the direct supervision of the Health and Safety SupervisQy who is thgroughly familiar with applicable rules, regulations and local pro-is provided An annual review, which includes waste disposal, cefures.
to-the personnel involved in the transfer, packaging and transport of radioactive material.
In addition, the Health and Safety Supervisor and/or the Radiation Protection Engineer attend a yearly seminar on i
transportation of radioactive material.
Appropriate training records are maintained at the plant.
ITEM 6.
Provide training and periodic retraining to those employece uho to assure that the volume operate the processee which generate vaste of tou-tevet radioactive vaste se minimized and that euch vaste is processed into acceptable chemical and physical form for transfer tou-tevet radioactive uaete burial facility.
and shipment to a DPC RESPONSE:
The annual review mentioned in response to Item 5 includes the employees who operate the processes which generate waste and covers including the advisability of minim-all aspects of health physics, izing the amount of low-level waste generated and the requirements that it be processed into acceptable chemical and physical form for transfer and shipment to a low-level radioactive burial facility.
ITEM 7.
Establish and implement a management-controlled audit function of att transfer, packaging and transport activities to provide assurance thet personnet, instructions and procedures, and procese and trane-safety and compliance uith port equipment are functioning to ensure regulatory requiremente.
DPC RESPONSE:
LACBWR has an established audit program which covers Health Physics activities, including Radioactive Material Disposal, Storage and to ensure safety and compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Shipment, ITEM 8.
within 60 days of the date of this buttetin, aimanagement-
- Perform, controtted audit of your activities associated uith the' transfer, packaging and transport of tov-tevet radioactive vaste.i Maintain a record of att audite for fu ure inspections by NRC or DDT inspectore.
If you have an esta tiehed audit function and have performed (Note:
such an audit of att activi. ice in Iteme 1-6 vithin the past six monthe, this audit requirement is eatisfied. ) 1196 U/5 e
Mr. James G.
Keppler LAC-6532 Regional Director September 27, 1979 DPC RESPONSE:
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AnauditcoveringRadioactiveMaterialDisposal,Storadhand Shipment will be performed within 60 days of the date o~f the bblletin.
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ITEM 9.
Provide anevere for 1978 and for the first six months of 1979 to the follouing questions:
1.
200 many lou-tevel radioactive vaste shipmente did you make?
What vae the volume of tou-tevel radioactive vaste shipped?
(Pover reactor licensees uho report this information in accordance uith Technical Specificatione do not need to respond to this question.)
2.
What vae the quantity (curies) of lou-level radioactive vaste shipped?
What vere the major isotopes in the Lou-level radio-active vaste?
(Pover reactor licensees who report this information in accordance uith Technical Specificatione do not need to respond to thie question.)
3.
Did you generate liquid tov-tevel radioactive vaste?
If the aneuer is 'yee ', uhat process uae used to solidify the liquid vaste?
DPC RESPONSE:
LACBWR does not generate any low-level radioactive waste in liquid form for disposal off-site.
Liquid low-level radioactive wastes are not solidified at the LACBWR.
The number of low-level radioactive waste shipments and the curie quantity of these wastes are reported in accordance with the LACBWR Technical Specifications.
Authorization for this response to be submitted beyond the 45-day reporting period was granted to Mr. R.
Shimshak, Plant Superintendent, by Mr.
K. Ridgway on 26 September 1979.
Very truly yours, fT T
DAIRYLAND POWER COOPERATIVE M
Frank Linder, General Manager FL:LG:af ff9.5.
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LAC-6532 Mr. James G.
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