ML19263D805
| ML19263D805 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | 07001100 |
| Issue date: | 03/05/1979 |
| From: | Cohen I, Joyner J, Zibulsky H NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| ML19263D803 | List: |
| References | |
| 70-1100-79-01, 70-1100-79-1, NUDOCS 7904130271 | |
| Download: ML19263D805 (3) | |
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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT Region I Report No. _10-1100/79-01 Docket No. 70-1100 Sa~feguards Group 3
License No. SNM-1067 Priority 1
Category UR Licensee:
Combustion Enoineerina, Inc.
P. O. Box 500 Windsor, Connecticut 06095 Facility Name:
Nuclear Power Systems - Manufacturing Inspection at:
Windsor, Connecticut Inspection conducted: January 29 - February 2,1979 Inspectors:
N 4 W k 1 M er ht 1-1P 79 I. Cohen,'the9st I
date signed
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H. ZibulTky,0 Chemist date signed date signed Approved by:
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-d 3-5-77 J. H. Joyney',,Chinf, Nuclear Material Control date signed
' Support SEtion, Safeguards Branch Insoection Summary:
Inspection on January 29 - February 2,1979 (Recort No. 70-1100/79-01)
Areas Inspected:
Routine, unannounced inspection by two regional based inspectors of nuclear material control and accounting including audit' and test of physical inventory records and practices.
The inspection involved 60 hours6.944444e-4 days <br />0.0167 hours <br />9.920635e-5 weeks <br />2.283e-5 months <br /> onsite by two NRC regional based inspectors.
Results:
No items of noncompliance were identified.
790413021(
Region I Form 12 (Rev. April 77)
DETAILS 1.
Persons Contacted
- Mr. T. B. Bowie, Nuclear Materials Manager Mr. G. Kersteen, Nuclear Materials Control Supervisor The inspector also interviewed other members of the production and engineering staff.
- denotes those present at the exit interview.
2.
Physical Inventory The licensee possesses only low enriched uranium and is, therefore, required to perform physical inventories at six calendar month intervals.
The last physical inventory was started on December 27,
'978; the previous. physical inventory was started on July 13, 1978.
This is within 10 CFR 70.51(e)(2)(i) restraints.
Pertinent safeguard inventory records retained by the licensee consist of handwritten inventory sheets used by the inventory teams, computer printcuts containing individual line items and inventory sheet summaries, a record documenting control of inventory tags and sheets, and specific inventory instructions.
The inspectors audited the records of the physical inventory taken on December 27, 1978 for accuracy of the reported special nuclear material values.
Each of the line items, which appeared on the handwritten inva tory sheets, was compared to the computer print-out. A sample of page totals, as summed by the computer, was refooted by the inspectors.
A sample of items shown on the inventory was physically located and reconciled with the comparable entries shown on the computer listing. A sample of items reconciled by the inspector was chosen for verification of the uranium and U-235 values shown on the computer listing to the analytical laboratory results.
This verification was successfully completed.
3 Errors noted by the inspectors were:
a.
A residue item which appeared on the handwritten inventory sheet, and which was shown to contain 8681 grams of uranium and 280 grams of uranium 235, did not appear on the computer summary.
b.
A fuel rod containing 1812.9 grams of uranium and 53.2 grams of U-235 which, according to the computerized history of the rod should have been present, did not anna " on the inventory printout.
c.
A sample was shown on the inventory printout to contain 22.8 grams of uranium 235 but only 0.7 grams of uranium.
Another sample was listed on the printout as contain'ng 280.3 grams of U-235, but only 8.5 grams of uranium.
These errors were brought to the licensee's attention and appro-priate corrections were made to the physical inventory.
No items of noncompliance were identified.
3.
Exit Interview An exit interview was conducted on February 2,1979 with the licensee representative identified in Paragraph 1.
The inspector summarized the scope and findings of the inspection.