ML19309E239
| ML19309E239 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | 02700047, 04000672 |
| Issue date: | 12/12/1979 |
| From: | Brown R, Potter J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | NUCLEAR METALS, INC. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML19309E233 | List: |
| References | |
| 15000039-79-06A, 15000039-79-6A, NUDOCS 8004210035 | |
| Download: ML19309E239 (7) | |
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\\g4 ATLANTA, G EoRGIA 30303 Special Report:
WASTE PACKAGING INSPECTIONS OF LICENSEE-SHIPPERS REPORT NO.79-06A
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Memo. Len 3. Higginbotham, A/D, Division of FFMSI to Jack T. Sutherland, Chief, FFMS Branch, Region II Licensee-Shipper:
See Attached Addressee List Disposal Site:
Chem-Nuclear Sys,tems, Inc.
P. O. Box 726, Barnwell, South Carolina 29812 oc t
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SUMMARY
Inspection Dates: November 26-28, 1979 visit to Chem-Nuclear Waste disposal site, Barnwell, South Carolina for unannounced inspections of lic,ensee-shippers.
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Areas Reviewed: Each licensee-shipper vehicle was-inspert'ed for compliance with Department of Transportation (DOT) and Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) regu-lations as follows:
(1) shipping paper requirements; (2) DOT Placarding require-ments; (3) radiation levels; (4) removable contamination; (5) DOT marking and labeling requirements for packages; and (6) DOT and NRC requirements for package external features.
Results:
Of the six areas inspected involving 29 shipments, no items of noncompliance were identified.
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DETAILS 1.
Persons Contacted D. Ebenhack, Chem-Nuclear Systems, Inc.
J. Ott, Chem-Nuclear Systems, Inc.
V. Autry, South Carolina Department of Health D. McGlohorn, South Carolina Department of Health R. Bluemle, South Carolina Department of Health 2.
General The NRC inspection consisted of a review of the shipping papers, radiation survey of the vehicle, contamination surveys and radiation level surveys of selected packages. General surveys and observations were conducted to deter-mine if the vehicle had proper placards, proper seals, and if any obvious safety. bazards existed. The contents of the vehicles were inspected for appropriate marking, labeling, tightness of seals, integrity of package construction or any evidence of leakage.
Chem-Nuclear assigns a control number for each shipment upon arrival at the.
site. These numbers were called " shipment survey report numbers" (SSR No.),
and were used by the inspectors to identify the licensee-shipper during this inspection.
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Shipments Inspected Twenty-n'ine (29) shipments were inspected during the period of November 26 l
to November 28, 1979. A listing of the shippers inspected and their assigned SSR number is included as-Attachment A.
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Shipping Papers The shipping papers were reviewed for completeness and to ascertain if the contents of the shipment were properly identified, and if emergency notifi-cation procedures and instructions were included as required under 49 CFR 172, Subpart C.
Specific requirements for shipping papers were reviewed as follows:
Material shipping name 49 CFR 172.100/172.200/172.202 Material class 49 CFR 172.200/172.202 Name sequence 49 CFR 172.200/172.202 Total quantity (volume) 49 CFR 172.200/172.202 Limited quantity 49 CFR 172.200/172.203 Name of each radionuclide 49 CFR 172.203 Physical'and chemical form 49 CFR 172.203 Activity in curies 49 CFR 172.203 Category or label 49 CFR 172.203 Notation of NRC/ERDA package approval 49 CFR 172.203 Proper certification 49 CFR 172.204
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. In addition to the above, 49 CFR 177.817 requires carriers to maintain the above shipping papers readily available for inspection and recognizable by authorities in case of an accident.
No items of noncompliance were identified.
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Each vehicle was inspected for conformance with DOT placarding requirements (49 CFR 172, Subpart F and 49 CFR 173.392). The vehicles were also inspected for compliance with the following:
Maximum transportation index of 50 - (49 CFR 177.842)
Loaded so as to avoid spillage (49 CFR 177.842)
Properly blocked and braced (49 CFR 173.392/177.842)
LSA vehicle survey (49 CFR 177.843)
No items of noncompliance were. identified.
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Maximum Radiation Levels Each truck was surveyed for maximum radiation levels in the normally occupied portions of the vehicle, in a plane at the edge of the flat bed or at the surface of the closed vehicles, in a vertical plane six feet from the sides of the vehicle where possible, and on the surface of a representative package.
Shipping casks were surveyed at the surface.
No levels were in noncompliance with 49 CFR 173.393 limits.
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Contamination Smears l
J Each vehicle and a representative sample package. was surveyed:for removable contamination by smearing over a 300 square centimeters area of the surface.
No more than two smears were taken from any package or vehicle. Smears were taken from areas that would most likely be contaminated. The smears were checked for gross Beta gamma cantamination at the~ site.
No smears were found to be contaminated in excess of 49 CFR 173.397 limits.
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Packaging A representative sampling of packages from each shipment was examined for conformance with DOT marking and labeling requirements. External features of the packages were examined for conformance with DOT and NRC requirments
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as noted below:
Low specific activity (LSA) packaging 49 CFR 173.392
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Tight packages - Ltd. Qty.,
49 CFR 173.391 or 173.392 No release of material 49 CFR 173.392/173.393 l
Radioactive material markings 49 CFR 172.310 1
Security seals 49 CFR 173.393
. Gross weight requirements 49 CFR 172.310 Proper shipping name 49 CFR 172.100/172.300 LSA labeling 49 CFR 173.392 Cask design specifications 49 CFR 173.38 No items of noncompliance were identified.
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Verification of Package Contents Due to the lack of facilities for properly opening packages at the site, the criteria for opening packages was restricted to those packages containing solidified waste (to verify the absence of free-standing water) and/or where there was evidence of leakage or poor quality or damaged packaging.
One package was selected for opening.
South Carolina officials were present and concurred in the opening of the packages.
No items of noncompliance were noted.
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ATLANTA. G EORGIA 30303 ADDRESSEE LIST 017681 Region I Philadelphia Electric Company 017699 Peach Bottom Plant R. D. 1 Delta, Pennsylvania 17314 Docket No. 50-277 017680 Region I Duquesne Light Company Shippingport, Pennsylvania Docket No. 50-334 017685 Region III Honeywell Defense Systems 23100 Sugar Bush Road Elk River, Minnesota 55330 License No. 46-13530-01 017679 Region II Georgia Power Company Hatch Plant Baxley, Georgia Docket No. 50-321 017687 Region II Medical College of Georgia Box 517 Augusta, Georgia 30912 017688 Region III Commonwealth Edison Quad Cities 22710 206 Avenue No. Cordeva, Illinois 61242 017689 Region III Indiana and Michigan Electric Company 017725 D. C. Cook Plant Bridgeman, Michigan Docket No. 50-315 017690 Region II Carolina Power and Light 017706 Box 458 017691 Southport, North Carolina 28461 017724 Docket No. 50-261 01
- 3 Region I Metropolitan Edison Three Mile Island - Unit 1 P. O. Box 542 Reading, Pennsylvania Docket No. 50-289 017701 Region III Chemetron Corporation 017716 2910 Harvard Avenue 017707 Newburgh Heights, Ohio 44105
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ADDRESSEE LIST (Continued) 017704 Region III Consumers Power Company Palisades Plants Covert, Michigan 49043 Docket No. 50-255 017695 Region I Jersey Central Power and Light Oyster Creek Plant Morristown, New Jersey 07960 Docket No. 50-219 017702 Region I Nuclear Metals, Inc.
2229 Main Street Concord, Massachusetts 017709 Region II Virginia Electric and Power Company North Anna Plant P. O. Box 26666 Richmond, Virginia 23261 l
Docket No. 50-338 017708 Region II Florida Power Corporation Crystal River Plant 3201 34th Street South St. Petersburg, Florida 33733 Docket No. 50-302 017705 Region II Union Carbide South Charleston, West Virginia 017727 Region II Duke Power Company Oconee Plant 422 Suuth Church Street Charlotte, North Carolina 28242 Docket No. 50-269
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017723 Region II Tennessee Valley Authority 017718 Browns Ferry Plant 500A' Chestnut Street Tower II Chattanooga, Tennessee 37401 Docket No. 50-259 017722 Region III Kerr-McGee West Chicago, Illinois 017726 Region II Georgia Institute of Technology Research Reactor Atlanta, Georgia Docket No. 50-160 i
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ADDRESSEE LIST (Continued) 017726 Region I Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co.
P. O. Box 270 Hartford, Connecticut Docket No. 50-213 O
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