ML19318A020
| ML19318A020 | |
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| Site: | 02700048, Crane |
| Issue date: | 04/02/1980 |
| From: | Book H, Peck C NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V) |
| To: | METROPOLITAN EDISON CO. |
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| ML19318A019 | List: |
| References | |
| 15000046-80-24, NUDOCS 8006180082 | |
| Download: ML19318A020 (10) | |
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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
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0FFICE OF INSPECTION-AND ENFORCEMENT REGION V Report No. 80-24 Docket No. 15000046 dicenseNo.
Licensee:
Facility Name: Nuclear Engineering Company Inspection At: Richland, Washington Inspection Conducted: February 4-15, 1980 i
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C. C. Peck, Fuel Facility Ddte S'igned Inspect
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E. E. Boole, Chief, Fuel Facility Date Signed Materials Safety Branch Summary Inspection on February 4-15, 1980 (Report Yo. 15000046/80-24)
This inspection was conducted to determine compliance of waste shipments received at the Richland burial site with applicable NRC and DOT regula-tions. Vehicle placarding, package marking and. labeling, the condition of packages, and shipping papers were examined Radiation surveys were conducted.
1 This composite report describes 20 shipments that. were found to be in compliance with DOT and NRC regulations.
One shipment found to be in apparent noncompl'iance is. described in Report No. 80-19.
The State of Washington was represented onsite-throughout the inspection.
Facilities were not available to permit the opening of packages for in-spection.
Results:
No items of noncompliance were identified.
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DETAILS Persons Contacted V. Apple, Site Manager, NECO R. Phalen, Assistant Site Manager, NECO F. Dickson, Site Radiological Control Officer, NECO A; Schreffler, Radiation Specialist, Washington State Department of Social and Health Services
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R. Verellen, Radiation Specialist, Washington State Department of Social and Health Services In addition to the inspector, S. Bernstein of the Office of Standards De-velopment represented NRC during the inspection.
Shipments Inspected 1.
Shipper:
3 M Company (NRC Licensee)
St. Paul, Minnesota Shipment Inspected: February 4, 1980 Carrier: Tri-State Motor Transit Company Trailer: 440996 Freight Bill: 332498
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The shipment was made up of 118 drums 'and 15 wooden boxes. All packages-were DOT specification 7A containers and all were labeled as-required with radioactive I, II, or III labels.
The isotopes were principally transport Group I (polonium-110) and Group III (cesium-137 and iodine-125). Vehicle-radiation levels were within limits. The maximum was 25 mR/hr at the surface of the vehicle.
No removable contamination was detected in three wipes made on the package.
No items of noncompliance were identified.
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Shipperr Teledyne Isotopes (NRC Licensee)
Shipment Inspected: February 4,1980 Carrier:
Tri-State Motor Transit Company Trailer:
440541 Freight Bill:
332616 S
o The shipment consisted of 154 drums of LSA waste.
The contained
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radionuclides were of Transport Groups II, III, and IV, principally tritium, carbon-14, and iodine-125. The waste forms were animal carcasses, scintillation vials, and dry solids.
The drums.were marked as required.
The maximum vehicle radiation level was-1.5 mR/hr at the surface of the vehicle.
No items of noncompliance with NRC or DOT regulations were identified.
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Shipper: Commonwealth Edison (NRC Licensee)
Quad-Cities Plant Shipment Inspected: February 4,1980 Carrier: Tri-State Motor Transit Company Trailer: 544130 Freight Bill: 334301 This was a shipment of 84 drums of LSA dry active waste containing cobalt-60 and cesium-137'as the principle isotopes.
The maximum vehicle radiation level was 28 mR/hr at the surface.
Packages were correctly marked.
m ximum level of a single package was 140 mR/hr.
No items of noncompliance were identified.
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Shipper: Interex Corporation (NRC Licensee)
Shipment Inspected: February 5, 1980 Carrier: Tri-State Motor Transit Company Trailer: 440170 Freight Bill: 332760 s
This shipment consisted. of 150 drums containing absorbed liquids, scintillation vials, and compacted solids. Markings indicated that the drums met DOT Specification 7A. The radionuclides were pri-marily Transport Groups III and IV.
Maximum radiation level of the trailer was 14 mR/hr. All packages appeared to be correctly and completely labeled.
Wipes of three of the packages disclosed no removable contamination.
No: items of noncompliance were identified.
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Shipper: Ralph Baltzo, Inc.
(State Licensee) l Seattle, Washington i
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Shipment Inspected: February 5,1980
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Carrier: Ralph Baltzo, Inc.
The shipment consisted of 25 drums of LSA waste containing Transport Group III and IV radionuclides. The maximum trailer radiation level was 0.5 mR/hr. Wipes of three drums disclosed no removable contam-ination.
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Shipper:
Commonwealth Edison (NRC Licensee)
Zion Station Shipment Inspected: February 7,1980 Carrier: Home Transportation Company
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Trailer: 442128 Freight Bill: 2-53 (011)
This was a shipment of 70 drums containing LSA solid waste. The radioactive contents. were oxides of cobalt, cesium, and manganese.
The maximum radiation level of the trailer was 14 mR/hr at the sur-face. Smears of three drums disclosed no removable contamination.
No items of noncompliance were identified.
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Shipper: Teledyne Isotopes (NRC: Licensee)
Westwood, New Jersey Shipment Inspected: February 8,1980 Carrier: Tri-State Motor Transit Compny Trailer: 440353 Freight Bill-332762
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The shipment consisted of 158 drums of LSA waste containinF milli-curie quantities of Transport Group III and IV radionuclides.
Radi-ation levels at the trailer surface were all less than 1 mE/hr.
It was observed that six of the packages, in addition to bearing the marking " Radioactive - LSA" also were labeled with Radioac..ive White
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According to 49 CFR 172.400(b)(10), packages of low specific activity radioactive material when being transported in a sole use vehicle' require no labels. The State of Washington repre-sentative statad that the shipper would be advised of the labeling discrepancy, No items of. noncompliance were identified.
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Shipper: Teledyne Wah Chang (State Licensee)
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j Albany, Oregon Shipment Inspected:
February 8,1980 Carrier:- McKay's Truck Lines Trailer:
71 Freight Bill: 16757 This was an LSA shipment of 18 vooden boxes containing waste sand contaminated with Transport Group III radionuclides.
The maximum radiation level of the open trailer was 2 mR/hr.
Package markings were correct.
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Shipper: Ralph Baltzo Inc.
(State Licensee) t Shipment Inspected: February 8,1980 Carrier-Ralph Baltzo, Inc.
This was a shipment of 18 drums containing LSA solid waste contam-inated with Transport Group III and IV radionuclides.
The tranc-port vehicle was an open trailer. Radiation levels of the packages were less than 1 mR/hr.
The inspector observed that several packages did not bear the re-quired LSA marking.
The shipper, who was. also the carrier, ex-plained that the LSA labels had not adhered satisfactorily to the metal drums which were wet with rainwater. The state representative indicated that the shipper, a licensee of the State of Washington, would receive a letter concerning the unmarked packages.
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Shipper:. Thomas Gray and Associates, Inc.
(State Licensee)
Shipment Inspected: February 11,1980 Carrier: Home Transportation Company, Inc.
Trailer:
743001 Freight Bill: 2-Od89
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This was a shipment of 122 drums of LSA waste containing radio-nuclides of Transport Groups III and IV.
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the vehicle surface did not exceed I mR/hr. Wipes of three drums did not disclose any removable contamination.
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A small amount of a g:c:ss-lika matarial w s cbssrvsd on the treiler floor during the unloading.
It was concluded that the substance
' could have oozed from the seam of the adjacent DOT Specification 17H steel drum, although no opening in the seam was perceptible.
No radioactivity from the material could be detected.
The State of Washington representative informed the inspector that the state-licensed shipper would receive a letter-concerning the possible leakage.
- 11. Shipper: Metropolitan Edison Company (NRC Licensee)
Three Mile Island (Unit 2), Pennsylvania Shipment Inspected: February 11, 1980 Carrier: Tri-State Motor Transit Company Trailer: 444013 Freight Bill: 333686 The shipment consisted of 40 drums and 13 wooden boxes containing LSA solid waste. The radicactive nuclides were of Transport Groups II, III, and IV. The maximum radiation level at the trailer sur-face was 14 mR/hr. Wipes of four packages disclosed no removable contamination.
No items of noncompliance were identified.
- 12. Shipper: Commonwealth. Edison. Company (NRC Licensee)
Zion Station Shipment Inspected: February 11, 1980 Carrierr Home Transportation Company Trailer: 442060 Freight Bill: 2.-000073 (control number)
This was a shipment of 70 drums in an exclusive use vehicle.
Ship-ping papers identified the contents as solid, LSA waste.
The radio-nuclides were of Transport Group III. The maximum radiation level measure at the surface of the trailer was 24 mR/hr. The maximum level in the cab was 0.5 mR/hr. Wipes of three of the packages disclosed no removable contamination.
During routine surveys of the empty trailer by representatives of the burial site and the state, several small areas on the floor of
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the trailer were found to be contaminated. The total contaminated
' area was estimated to be about two square feet. 'From measurements made by the inspector, maximum radiation level of the contaminated areas appeared to be about 0.5 mR/hr. This does not exceed the limit of 0.5 mR/hr for return of a vehicle to service, stated in 49 CFR 173.397(c). The level does, however, exceed the limit of 0.1 mR/hr required by the burial site license (WN-1019-2) for unconditional release of a waste transport vehicle. Accordingly, the contamination was removed before release of the vehicle.
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Noitemsofnoncompliancewere[dentified.
- 13. Shipper: Nuclear Sources and Services (State Licensee)
Houston, Texas Shipment Inspected: February 11, 1980 Carrier: Tri-State Motor Transit Company Trailer: 544128 Freight Bill: 333487 The shipment consisted of 70 drums containing LSA concentrations of americium-241 as the oxide. The maximum radiation level at the trailer surface was less than.1 mR/hr. The packages were marked as required.
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(NRC Licensee)
Monticello, Minnesota Shipment Inspected: February 12,1980 Carrier: Chen Nuclear Systems, Inc.
Trailerr 039 (Chem Nuclear)
Freight Bill: 80-771 This shipment consisted of LSA waste solidified by the urea formal-dehyde process. The waste was in a secondary container within an NRC licensed cask (Certificate Number 9094). The radioactive nu-clides in the waste included small amounts. of plutonium, americium, and curium in addition to Transport Group III and IV nuclides, according t' o the shipping papers. The radiation level was about 3 mR/hr at the side of the cask and 15 mR/hr on the top. The cask was correctly marked.
The secondary container was removed from the cask and deposited in th'e trench without incident. The con-tainer had no leaks and the interior of the cask was dry. No removable: contamination was detected in two wipes of the cask.
No items of noncompliance were identified.
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- 15. Shipper:
Interex Corporation (NRC Licensee)
Natick, Massachusetts Shipment Inspected: February 13, 1980 Carrier: Tri-State Motor Transit Company Trailer:
440665 Freight Bill: 334685 The shipment consisted of.197 drums containing solid waste, scin--
tillation vials and absorbed liquids. The radionuclides were tritium, carbon 14, iodine-125, and other elements of Transport Groups III and IV. Packagings were specification 7A containers which were correctly markgd and labeled and all were sealed.
Radiation levels were less than 1 mR/hr at the surface of the trailer.
No items of noncompliance were identified.
- 16. Shipper: Teledyne Wah Chang-
' (State Licensee)
Albany, Oregon Shipment Inspected: February 14, 1980 Carrier: McKay's Truck Lines Trailer: 71 Freight Bill:
16720 This was a shipment of 18 wooden boxes containing LSA concentrations of Transport Group III radionuclides in waste sand.
The packages were correctly marked. Radiation levels of' the packages and open transport vehicle were less than 2 mR/hr,.
- 17. Shipperr EAD Metallurgical Company (State Licensee)
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Tonovanda,New York Shipment Inspected: Feb ruary 15, 1980 Carrier: PIE Trailer:
Freight Bill: '29531 (shipper's number) 5
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Special Form. The radionuclides were 11 curies of polonium and americium. The packages were correctly labeled. The maximum radia-tion level of,any of the packages was about 14 mR/hr at the-surface.
The inspector observed that the drums were not braced in the non-exclusive use vehicle.
The State of Washington indicated that the state office of the DOT would be informed in writing of the absence
-of the bracing.
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Shipper: Radiac Resea'rch Corporation (State Licensee)
Brooklyn, New York Shipment Inspected:
February 7,1980 Carrier: Tri-State Motor Transit Company Trailer:
444586 i
Freight Bill: 332753 This was. a shipment of 209 drums containing scintillation vials, absorbed organic liquids, and solid wastes.
The radionuclides were i
of Transport Groups III and. IV. The maximum vehicle dose rate was less than 1 mR/hr and wipes of three drums disclosed no removable contamination. All packages bore White I and Yellow II labels.
During unloading of the trailer, it was observed that the closure of one of the DOT Specification 6J steel drums had failed. A spot weld which fastened one of the two lugs to the bolt ring had failed, caus-
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ing loosening of the ring and the drum head (lid). The onsite state representative informed the inspector that the shipper would receive a warning letter from the state concerning the failed closure.
- 19. Shipperr Honeywell, Inc.
(NRC Licensee)
Minneapolis,.Minnesotz Shipment Inspected:
February 8,.1980 Carrier: Consolidated Freightways Trailer:
Freight Bill: 593-68533-3 (invoice number)
The shipment consisted of 27 DOT Specification 7A steel drums con-taining millicurie quanities of americium-241 in oxide form, accord-ing to the shipping papers. The shipment was made by common carrier M
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and radiation levels were about 0.5 mR/hr at the package surfaces.
All packages were sealed.
During the disposal of the packages, it was observed that there was a hole about one centimeter in diameter in the body of drum number 4
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The hole appeared to have been caused by a puncture and had oeen covered with tape. No leakage of material was detected.
The onsite representative of the State of Washington informed the inspector that the shipper would receive a warning letter from the state con-cerning the hole in the drum.
No items of noncompliance were identified.
- 20. Shipper: Commonwealth Edison Company (NRC Licensee)
. Dresden Station Shipment Inspected: February 11, 1980 Carrier: Tri-State Motor Transit Company Trailer: 440619 Freight Bill: 334305 This.was a shipment of 79 duras La a closed, exclusive use vehicle.
Shipping papers identified the contents as solid,. compacted LSA waste. The radionuclides were of Transport Group III. The maximum radiation level measured at the vehicle surface was-35 mR/hr.
The level. in the cab was 1 mR/hr. Wipes made on three drums disclosed na removable contamination.
During unloading of the packages, one drum, identified as 20-80, was found to have a defective closure. One of the two lugs on the bolt ring had separated from the ring, causing the ring and demr lid to be loose. There was no leakage as a result of the defect. Burial site personnel replaced the defective ring. The onsite-representative of the State of Washington informed the inspector that the shipper would receive a warning letter from the state concerning the defective closure.
No items of noncompliance were identified.
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