ML19302E272
| ML19302E272 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | 07001113 |
| Issue date: | 08/07/1990 |
| From: | Cline W NRC Office of Inspection & Enforcement (IE Region II) |
| To: | Lewis W General Electric Co |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9010010255 | |
| Download: ML19302E272 (2) | |
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'I, AUG 7 1990 Docket No. 70-1113 License No. SNM-1097 General Electric Company ATTN:
Mr. Wayne P. Lewis, General Manager Nuclear Fuel and Component Manufacturing Department P. O. Box 780 Wilmington, NC 28402 Gentlemen:
SUBJECT:
OPERATIONAL SAFETY ASSESSMENT As a result of the accident involving the release of uranium hexaflouride from the Kerr-McGee Sequoyah Fuels Facility in Gore, Oklahoma, on January 4,1986, the NRC conducted an operational safety assessment at your Wilmington Facility during the week of October 6, 1986.
The results of the assessment were
-forwarded to you by the NRC Inspection Report No. 70-1113/86-22.
After operational safety assessments were conducted at all of the major fuel cycle facilities, it was decided by the NRC to periodically conduct similar assessments at fuel cycle facilities.
An operational safety assessment of your facility has been scheduled for the week of September. 24, 1990, and will be conducted by a team composed of representatives from Region II, NMSS, EPA and the State of North Carolina. The team leader will be Mr. G. L. Troup of this office.
During the assessment, the team will examine existing operational conditions at your facility to identify potential safety hazards that, when combined with site operations, could impact public health and safety.
The team will also examine whether there are systems and procedures in place to identify the use and handling of hazardous materials which could result in radiological safety consequences, and will determine whether these are adequately implemented. The areas to be covered include emergency contingency planning, procedures control, training, audits, management controls, maintenance and surveillance testing as they relate to the various operations conducted at your plant.
As a result of the assessment, the NRC will determine if additional measures are necessary to address safety problems identified during the review. The assessment is not an compliance oriented inspection; it is intended to provide feedback to both the NRC and the licensee. However, if a violation of an NRC requirement is identified during the assessment, it will be handled in accordance with our Enforcement Policy.
Records of reviews and audits conducted by your personnel, maintenance, training, and contingency plan drills should be made available for review by the assessment team while at your facility.
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AUG 71990 In order to facilitate the assessment at your f acility, please have available for review by mem~ ers of the team copies of your existing procedures which o
cover employee training, equipment maintenance, chemical control, audits, safety and hazard analysis, and contingency planning. Also, we request that a, conference room or similar space be made availab'.3 for the team to meet as a \\
group to discuss and summarize findings.
T As this assessment is considered to be an expanded routine inspection, an inspection fee will be billed for NRC personnel in accordance with 10 CFR Part 170, Section 170.31.
Fees for state personnel, if any, will be handled directly by the state agency.
You will be contacted at a later date to arrange a time for the entrance briefing.
If you have any questions concerning the assessment, please contract me at 404-331-5549 or Mr. Troup at 404-331-5566.
Thank you for your cooperation.
5incerely, William E. Cline, Chief Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards Branch Division of Radiation Safety and Safeguards cc:
T. Preston Winslow, Manager Licensing and Nuclear Materials Management General Electric Company P. O. Box 780, Mail Code J26 Wilmington, NC 28402 C. L. Wakamo, EPA-Region 345 Courtland Street Atlanta, Ga 30308 State of North Carolina bet: D. JL-Collins gcumentControlDesk License Fee Management Branch C. Haughney, NMSS RII:0RSS G0
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