ML19263E962
| ML19263E962 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Arkansas Nuclear  |
| Issue date: | 08/10/1979 |
| From: | Seyfrit K NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
| To: | Cavanaugh W ARKANSAS POWER & LIGHT CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7908160049 | |
| Download: ML19263E962 (1) | |
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,p August 10, 1979 Docket Nos. 50-313 50-368 Arkansas Power and Light Company ATTN:
Mr. William Cavanaugh III Vice President of Generation and Construction P. O. Box 551 Littla Rock, Arkansas 72203 Gentlenen:
Enclosed is IE Bulletin No. 79-19, which requires action by you with regard to your reactor f acilities with an operating license.
Should you have questions regarding this Bulletin or the actions required of you, please contact this office.
Sincerely, 0,6tL W h,'s 401rl V. Seyf rity Director
Enclosures:
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List of Bulletins Issued in Last Six Months cc: James P. O'Hanlon, Plant Manager Arkansas Nuclear One P. O. Box 608 Russellville, Arkansas 72801 9
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UNI'IED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEllENT WASilINGTON, D. C.
20555 IE BH t in No. 79-19 Date August 10, 1979 Pag 1 of 3 PACKAGI." 0F LOW-LE'.T.L RADI0 ACTIVE WASTE FOR TRANSPORT A D BURIAL Descripnan of Circumstances:
Low-le.al radioactive waste is that waste which can be e ansferred and shipped to one cf three waste burial facilities which are located in and licensed by the Agre-ment States of Nevada, South Carolina, and Washington.
On July 10, 1979, the Governors of the three states notified NRC Chairman Hendrie of the serious and repeated disregard for rules governing the shipments of low-level radioactive wastes to these burial facilities.
Examples of violations of Agreement State, DOT and NRC rules follow:
Improperly packaged uranium fines igniting packap,ed liquid scintillation vials in combustible waste is believed to have caused a fire and destruction of a truck at the Beatty, Nevada burial facility on May 14, 1979.
On July 2, 1979, three of twelve steel containers shipped to the Beatty burial facility were found to be leaking radioactive material. The material was described on the bill of lading as being a solid inorganic salt (evaporator concentrates solidified with urea formaldehyde) from a reactor facility.
The Governor of the State of Nevada orderca the drums to be shipped out of the state and the burial facility was temperarily closed.
On July 30, the first shipment into the reopened Beatty facility contained free liquid in " solid" material.
The radioactive contents were sand filters used at an insitu leaching process at a uranium mill.
Forty-three shipments with sixty-three deficiencies were observed during the package inspection program between April 10 and July 5, 1979, by the Agreement State of South Carolina, at the Barnwell, South Carolina burial facility. The shipments were from reactor, medical, industrial and military facilities.
On June 23, 1979, the Federal Highway Administration issued a' Notice of Violation to a reactor facility proposing a $10,000 fine for truck contamina-tion resulting from improper closures on 55 gallon drums of LSA material and for improper loading of the drums on the vehicle.
These are a few examples of shipments of facilities which did not fully meet NRC which were developed to protect the heal DUPLICATE DOCUMENT Governors of the three States with licer that if the situation is not rectified, Entire document previously would deny use of the three burial site:
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