ML19261D711
| ML19261D711 | |
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| Site: | 07001201 |
| Issue date: | 04/21/1979 |
| From: | Hufman J, Perrotti D, Trojanowski R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
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| ML19261D708 | List: |
| References | |
| 70-1201-79-08, 70-1201-79-8, NUDOCS 7906260094 | |
| Download: ML19261D711 (7) | |
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70-1201/79-8 Licensee:
Babcock and Wilcox Company P. O. Box 1260 Lynchburg, Virginia 24505 Facility Name: Commercial Nuclear Fuel Plant (CNFP)
Docket No.
70-1201 License No.
SNM-1168 Inspection at Commercial Nuclear Fuel Plant, Lynchburg, VA
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V.'Hufbao Section Chief, FFMS Branch Dhte Signed
SUMMARY
h Inspection on March 19-23, 1979 Areas Inspected This routine, unannounced inspection involved 56 inspector-hours onsite in the areas of coordination with offsite support agencies, emergency equipment, facilities and procedures, emergency training, medical arrangements, emergency drills, fire protection and prevention, and a review of licensee action on previous inspection findings.
Results Of the seven areas inspected, no apparent items of noncompliance or deviations t
were identified.
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4 DETAILS 1.
Persons Contacted Licensee Employees
- R. Alto, Acting Plant Manager
- J. Ficor, Manager, Quality Control
- D. Zeff, Manager, Safety, Licensing and Safeguards
- R. Vinton, Plant Health Physicist
- K. Shy, Health and Safety Supervisor Other licensee employees contacted included one technician.
Other Organizations N. McTague, Operations Officer, State Office of Emergency and Energy Services (0EES), Richmond, Virginia B. Lyons, Radiological Defense Officer, OEES, Richmond, Virginia E. King, Chief Planner, OEES, Richmond, Virginia R. Hogan, Administrator, Lynchburg General Hospital W. Anderson, Chief, Lynchburg City Fire Department P. Frazier, Manager, Industrial Safety, Babcock and Wilcox Naval Nuclear Fuel Division (NNFD)
A. Olsen, License Administrator, Babecck and Wilcox Lynchburg Research Center (LRC)
- Attended exit interview 2.
Exit Interview The inspection scope and findings were summarized on March 23, 1979, with those persons indicated in Paragraph 1 above.
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Licensee-Action on Previous Inspection Findings (Closed) Noncompliance (78-07-04): Annual Emergency Drills with Offsite Support Groups.
Corrective actions stated in CNFP lette. of July 10, 1978 were verified to have been completed. This item is closed (paragraph 10).
(Open) Unresolved Item (78-07-01):
Coordination with Of fsite Support Groups.
Satisfactory arrangements have been completed wi*h Lynchburg City Fire Department and Concord Volunteer Fire Department.
Interim notification procedures have not been issued by the State Office of Emergency and Energy Services. Thir matter remains open (paragraph 5).
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2-(Closed) Unresolved Item (78-07-02):
Training of Medical and Rescue Personnel. Training for offsite medical and rescue personnel has been completed. This matter is closed (paragraph 8).
(0 pen) Unresolved Item (78-07-03): Emergency Procedures. The procedures for handling of contaminated patients, notification of medical personnel and neutron dose estimation have been written, but have not yet been reviewed and approved by licensee management. This matter remains open (paragraph 9).
(0 pen) Unresolved Item (IE Report No. 70-1201/77-6, paragraph 9) Emergency Procedure. The procedure for estimating offsite doses from portable survey instrument readings and air sample results has been written, but has not yet been reviewed and approved by licensee management. This matter remains open (paragraph 9).
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Unresclved Items Unresolved items are matters about which more information is required to determine whether they are acceptable or may involve noncompliance or deviations. New unresolved items identified during this inspection are discussed in paragraph 11.
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Coordination with Offsite Agencies Discussions with representatives of the licensee management and a thorough inspection of the records, procedures, and agreement letters indicated that the licensee is adequately maintaining contact and coordination with offsite support groups as required by the facility's emergency plan, proce-dures, and license conditions. These findings were further supported through actual contacts with the principal offsite support agencies.
During the course of this inspection, a portion of the previously Unresolved Item (78-07-01) was closed in that a clear documented agreement has been established between the B&W Tacility and the Concord Volunteer Fire Department. The Concord Volunteer Fire Department has assumed the principal responsibility for responding to fire calls at the B&W Facility and has entered into a separate agreement with the City of Lynchburg Fire Department whereby Lynchburg will provide additional support, if requested by the Concord Volunteer Fire Department.
The portion of Unresolved Item (78-07-01) which remains open is the lack of documented notification procedures from the B&W Facility to the Commonwealth of Virginia for abnormal radioactive releases below the condition yellow criteria as defined in the Commonwealth of Virginia Radiological Emergency Response Plan. Resolution of this item is pending completion of a review of the B&W Accident Assessment by the Division of 2313 027
t Radiological Health, Commonwealth of Virginia.
Preliminary reviews of the B&W Accident Assessment indicate that it may be infeasible to achieve an abnormal release less than a Condition Yellow level and that no notifi-cation procedures will be required. This item will continue i.o be followed during future routine emergency planning inspections at the B&W facilities.
There were no identified items of noncorpliance or deviations noted in the specific areas inspected.
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Emergency Facilities and Equipment An inspector verified, through observation and record review, 3at the emergency facilities and equipment, including the emergency kit, portable survey instruments, accident dosimeter foils, respiratory protection equipment, emergency communications, control center facility, and emer-gency lighting were operable and available, and were being maintained, inspected, and inventoried in accordance with existing He:11th and Safety Procedures and license conditions. The inspector reviewed the changes in equipment and storage locations. These changes did not alter the original requirements of the Emergency Plan. The inspector discussed the status of the new Emergency Plan with a licensee representative. The inspector was infor11ed that final approval of the new plan was expected in the near future, and that the emergency procedures wculd then be revised in order to implement the new plan. The inspector had no further comments, and there were no items of noncompliance or deviations regarding this matter.
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Medical and Decontamination Facilities An inspector verified, through record review and observation, that the first aid room and decontamination facility were being maintained in accordance with existing Health and Safety Procedures and license con-ditions. The inspector asked about transportation of injured personnel to offsite medical support facilities A licensee representative stated that Babcock and Wilcox NhTD has an ambulance and rescue personnel, with a back-up from the Concord Rescue Squad. The inspector reviewed Appendix 1 of the new Emergency Plan, which contains letters of agreement that verify both medical transportation arrangements. The inspector also verified, through review of training certificates, that 35 personnel were recertified in first aid during September, 1978. The group included HP monitors, supervisers, and furnace operators from the back shift. There were no items of noncompliance or deviations.
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Emergency Training The inspector verified, through review of training records and discus-sions with licensee representatives and representatives of offsite support groups identified in paragraph 1, that training in the emergency plan and procedures had been conducted for radiation workers, emergency monitoring team members, new employees, key members of the emergency organization, and of fsite medical, rescue and fire support personnel.
The training for offsite fire support included a drill and site familiar-ization conducted on June 2, 1978.
The training for medical rescue personnel included a drill and film on Radiation Accident Patients conducted on August 16, 1978.
This matter, previously identified as unresolved item 78-07-02, is considered closed. The inspector discussed future refresher training for all the above identified groups with a licensee representative.
The inspector was informed that the new Emergency Plan ~ specifically states the refresher training requirements for all personnel concerned. The inspector had no further comments. In the area of emergency training, there were no items of noncompliance or deviations.
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Emergency Implementing Procedures The inspector reviewed, and discussed with licensee employees, the review, updating and distribution of emergency implementing procedures.
The inspector was informed that as soon as the new Emergency Plan is approved by NRC Licensing, the emergency procedures would be revised to implement the new requirements of the Emergency Plan. The inspector asked specifically about procedures, identified during previous inspec-tions, for (1) handling of contamir.ated paticats, notification of medical personnel and neutron dose estimation (Unresolved Item 78-07-03), and (2) estimation of offsite doses from portable survey instruments and air sample results (Unresolved Item 70-1201/77-6, paragraph 9). The inspector was informed that these procedures had been written, but had not yet been reviewed and approved. The licensee representative stated that he was waiting for final approval of the E.nergency Plan by NRC prior to submitting these emergency procedures to licensee management for review and approval. The inspector informed licensee management representatives that these two unresolved items would remain open and would be reviewed during the next emergency plan inspection.
There were no items of noncompliance or deviations.
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Emergency Drills The inspector reviewed drill critique records which verified the a.
following exercises had been conducted since the last emergency planning inspection:
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. (1) An annual emergency drill was held on May 26, 1978, which included evacuation, accountability, indium foil survey and notif 3:ation of seven of fsite support agencies. Two drills were held in order to cover both shif ts.
(2) On June 2, 1978, a plant emergency team drill was held, which included participation by one representative from Babcock and Wilcox LRC, three representatives from Lynchburg City Fire Department and 25 firemen and equipment from Concord Volunteer Fire Department.
(3) A first aid drill was held at B&W LRC on October 16, 1978, and included participation by CNFP, NNTD, and Lynchburg General Hospital (LGH). An NRC inspector was onsite at LRC during the drill and was able to observe activities at both LRC and LGH.
The inspector also attended the debriefing at LRC following the drill (IE Report No. 70-1201/78-13).
A survey of the drill critiques revealed no major problems were encountered during the three exercises, and the inspector verified, through discussion with a licensee representative, that recommendations by drill observers were either already inco rporated into emergency procedures or were being looked into. The inspector breifly discussed the drill requirements of the new Emergency Plan with the licensee representative who is responsible for scheduling and conducting drills and exercises.
It was explained that drills with offsite support groups would be conducted annually on a round robin basis with the three B&W facilities. The inspector had no further comments, b.
The drills conducted subsequent to the items of noncompliance, 78-07-04, pertaining to participation in the annual emergency drill by offsite support groups, appeared to adequately satisfy the requirements of the license conditions.
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There were no items of noncompliance or deviations.
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Fire Protection / Prevention The inspector verified that the licensee has established and implemented adequate fire fighting procedures for specific vital areas of the facility and that fire drills are periodically conducted. This verification was made from thorough discussions with several licensee representatives having responsibility for fise protection and from a comprehensive tour of the vital areas of the plant.
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. The inspection report of the Factory Mutual Insurance Company. under-writers for the B&W Facility, which was conducted on September 28, 1978, was reviewed to determine if any adverse trends were identified since the previous routine emergency planning inspection. The September 28, 1978 inspection report contained two recommendations to enhance the fire protection program at the facility and the licensee has initiated action to implement these recommendations.
Annual retraining of the B&W Fire Brigade was accomplished on July 17 and 18, 1978, and fire drills were conducted on May 25, 1978. The inspector noted that two additional members were added to the fire brigade increasing the membership to seven and that quarterly training sessions are scheduled pending NRC approval of the new Emergency Plan for the facility.
One area of concern was noted during this inspection and is briefly described as follows: Section V, part 8.8.6 of the B&W License Condition requires that, "During periods when the plant is not in operation, hourly tours shall be made by a representative of the Security force."
The inspector noted that Security force tours are made at three or four hour intervals on back shifts and weekends. The licensee noted that this is in excess of the requirements specified in the license conditions since a minimum of two furnace operators are always on shift to operate and monitor furnace operations. The inspector requested that B&W appraise the Factory Mutual Insurance Company of this policy to determine the adequacy of fire watch tours during backshifts and weekends. The licensee was agreeable to this request and will advise the NRC of the results of the Factory Mutual review of the existing fire tour criteria. This item is identified as Unresolved Item (79-08-01).
There were no identified items of noncompliance or deviations noted in the specific areas inspected.
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