ML19289E393
| ML19289E393 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | 07001113 |
| Issue date: | 03/27/1979 |
| From: | Earnestine Clay, Gillespie F NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
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| ML19289E391 | List: |
| References | |
| 70-1113-79-08, 70-1113-79-8, NUDOCS 7904170375 | |
| Download: ML19289E393 (4) | |
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MAR 281979 Report No.
70-1113/79-08 Licensee: General Electric Company P. O. Box 780 Wilmington, North Carolina 2S401 Facility Name: Wilmington Manufacturing Department Docket No.
70-1113 License No.
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SUMMARY
Inspection on March 12-14, 1979 Areas Inspected This routine, announced inspection involved nineteen inspector-hours onsite in the areas of license review, packaging practices, tampet safing practices, tamper indicating practices, SNM verification and shipping preparation practices.
Results_
Of the six areas inspected, no apparent items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.
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DETAILS 1.
Persons Contacted Licensee Employees
- A. L. Kaplan, Consulting Engineer, Licensing
- C. M. Vaughn, Manager, Nuclear Materials Management
- M. S. Smedley, Auditor, Nuclear Materials Management J. Sutton, Quality Control, Packaging J. E. Baker, Foreman, Powder Preparation Area Other licensee employees contacted during this inspection included two technicians, three operators, and several office personnel.
- Attended exit interview.
2.
Exit Interview The inspection scope and findings were summarized on March 14, 1979, with those persons indicated in Paragraph I above.
3.
Licensee Action on Previous Inspection Findings Not applicable.
4.
Unresolved Items Unresolved items were not identified during this inspection.
5.
License Review A review to determine that the licensee possessed a valid license for exporting SNM in the Fukashima 4, R-I project could not be made on site. At the time of this inspection, export licenses issued to the General Electric Company are being maintained at the General Electric Company, San Jose, California site. The licensee informed the inspector that License Number XSNM-1274 was on hand at the San Jose, California site and would be used for exporting UO2 powder in this project.
The Division of Licensing informed the inspector that License Number XSNM-1274 was issued on September 1, 1978, and will expire on September 1, 1979.
The SNM to be exported under this license amounts to 644 kilograms U-235 contained in 22,084 kilograms Uranium in the form of UO2 enriched to a maximum of 3.90 percent. This is the third shipment against this license and the total authorized license limits have not been exceeded.
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Packaging Practices Packaging practices utilized for packaging UO2 Powder for shipment in the Fukashima 4, R-I project was observed. The UO2 Powder in this project is packaged in five-gallon buckets which are then placed inside BU-7 shipping containers. The inspector determined that the packaging of this material was performed in an acceptable manner.
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Tampersafing Practices Each five-gallon bucket of UO2 Powder contained in this ortject is tampersafed with a single type-E seal. Tampersafing is ac-complished by interlacing the seal wire with the lid bolt on the lid ring of each bucket prior to its placement inside a EU-7 shipping container. The inspector observed the tampersafing of Powder in this project thirty-seven five-gallon buckets of UO2 and determined that the licensee is following approved tamper-safing procedures.
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Tamper-Indicating Practices Tamper-indicating devices used to tamper-indicate shipping con-tainers in the Fukashima 4, R-I project are type-E seals. Tamper-indicating is accomplished by sealing the lid ring and bolt eye of each shipping container at the time the buckets of SNM are placed inside the shipping container. The inspector observed the application of tamper-indicating devices on thirty-five BU-7 shipping containers. No discrepancies in approved procedures were noted.
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SNM Verification The SNM verification of containers in the Fukashima 4, R-I project was accomplished by statistically selecting an appropriate sample size (thirty-seven) from a population of 463 containers The statistically to be shipped in shipment numbers four and five.
selected containers were weighed, sampled and the sample non-destructively analyzed (NDA) in the RII measurements van.
The data obtained from the reveighing of thirty-seven UO2 containers for the verify with 95% confidence that the difference in weight containers in these shipments is within the interval of 11.61 8.1 grams.
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e 4 NDA has not been performed on the samples selected for verification Should a significant difference be detected at of this shipment.
the time these samples are analyzed, a supplemental report will be issued.
10.
Shipping Preparation Practices During this inspection, shipment preparation practices were Shipment preparation ic accomplished observed by the inspector.
by a licensee Quality Control (Q.C.) inspector performing inspections of each BU-7 shipping container prior to and succeeding loading each with five-gallon buckets of UO2 Powder. A second Q.C. inspection is performed after palletizing and prior to the time the shipment At the time of this inspection, all containers leaves the site.
had not be palletized.
The inspector physically examined each container in shipments four and five for proper labeling, tamper-indicating device One BU-7 shipping container application and physical condition.
was noted to have a seal missing. This was brought to the attention of the licensee and corrections were made while the inspector was on site.