ML19309E313
| ML19309E313 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | 07001100 |
| Issue date: | 03/03/1980 |
| From: | Lichtenberger H ABB COMBUSTION ENGINEERING NUCLEAR FUEL (FORMERLY |
| To: | Galen Smith NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| NUDOCS 8004210130 | |
| Download: ML19309E313 (2) | |
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C-E Power Systems Tel. 203/688-1911 Combustion Engineenng. Inc.
Telex: 99297 1000 Prospect Hill Road Windsor, Connecticut 06095 H SYSTEMS PC'#ER License SNM-1067 March 3, 1980 Docket 70-1100 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region I 631 Park Avenue King of Prussia, PA 19406 Attention: Mr. George H. Smith, Chief Fuel Facility & Material Safety Branch
Reference:
Letter from Mr. G. H. Smith to Mr. H. V. Lichtenberger, dated February 14, 1980; Inspection 70-1100/79-09 Gentlemen:
' This is in response to the above referenced letter in which you reported an item of noncompliance during your inspector's visit to our facility on October 9-12, 1979.
Appendix A, Item E
- 1) Signs, including criticality limits, for a transfer cart located in the Rod Box Storage Area near the Fluoroscope Area, for the storage of closed contamination drums in the unclad fuel handling area and for the storage of the nondestructive assay unit calibration drums were not posted near the appropriate work station.
Response
As stated in the inspection report referenced above, "these signs and several other torn, but legible, signs were replaced prior to the end of this inspection". Health Physics personnel were reminded of the importance of keeping all work stations posted with clear and legible limit signs. We are in full compliance at this time.
- 2) A sign, including the appropriate criticality limits for the operation being conducted, had not been posted at work statian P-23.
Other signs, which were not applicable to the operation being conducted, were posted at this work station.
Response
Work Station P-23 is one of many ventilated hoods wherein various mass limited operations are conducted. The station was posted at the time 1
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Appendix A, Item E (Cont'd)
- 2) Response of the inspection with the appropriate criticality mass limit sign. The UO2 liners being washed contain only residual amounts of UO2 contamination.
There is less than one kilogram of UO2 total in the bag of empty liners that is brought into the hood at any time, as verified by 10 years of prior experience with these empty liners. We request that this item of noncom-pliance E(2) be withdrawn. We are and have been in full compliance.
Very truly yours, H. V. Lichtenberger Vice President-Nuclear Fuel Nuclear Power Systems-Manufacturing HVL/GJB/ssb