ML19323B671

Responds to NRC 800222 Ltr Re Violations Noted in Waste Packaging Insp Rept 79-08E.Review of Info Re Items of Insp Indicate That Radwaste Shipment Did Meet All Applicable Requirements

ML19323B671
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Site:	Quad Cities
Issue date:	03/18/1980
From:	Peoples D COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO.
To:	James Keppler NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
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, Commonwz!th Edison One Fetst Nat.onal Plata Chicago meno s Address Reply to Post Oif;ce B'oD67 f Chicago, lihnois 60690 March 18, 1980 Mr. James G. Keppler, Director 1 Directorate of Inspection and Enforcement - Region III U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission l 799 Roosevelt Road Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 l

Subject:

Quad Cities Station Unit 1 Response to IE Inspection Report No. 15000039/79-08E NRC Occket No. 50-254 Reference (a): A. B. Davis letter to C. Reed dated 2/22/80 -

Dear Mr. Keppler:

i Reference (a) transmitted the results of an inspection conducted by Mr. R. A. Brown of Region II on December 19, 1979 and indicated that certain of our activities appeared to be in noncompliance with NRC requirements.

Commonwealth Edison Co. has reviewed the information pertaining to the items of inspection and we do not agree that any items of noncompliance existed. As indicated in the attachment to this letter, we believe that the radioactive waste shipment in question did in fact meet all applicable requirements of 49 CFR Parts 170-189, as required by 10 CFR 71.5.

Please address any questions you may have concerning this matter to this office.

Very truly yours,

- C D. l., Pe les

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Director of Nuclear Licensing Attachment 2426A 2 ) 1980

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ATTACHMENT COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO.

NRC Docket No. 50-254 Response to Notice of Violation .

The item of noncompliance identified in Appendix A to the NRC letter dated February 22, 1980, is responded to in the following paragraphs.

1. Notice of Violation As required by 10 CFR 71.5,'no licensee shall transport any licensed material outside of the confines of his plant or other place of use, unless the licensee complies with

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applicable requirements of the regulations appropriate to r

l the mode of transport of the Department of Transportation in 49 CFR Parts 170-189.

Contrary the above, on December 19, 1979, the day of the inspection, a cask shipped from your Quad-Cities facility was not marked "Radicactive LSA" as required by 49 CFR 173.392(c)(8).

This is a Severity Level III noncompliance.

Discussion A review of the information pertaining to the shipment inspected on December 19, 1979 indicates that the shipment was conducted in full compliance with NRC requirements.

The shipment of concern was shipment number QC 962 which departed the Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station on December 17, 1979. A copy of the Radioactive Shipment Record (RSR) ,

for QC 962 is found in Appendix A. l The shipment consisted of 14 55-gallon DOT Spec 17H drums in an HN-100 Unit 6 cask. The RSR specifically stated "The drums serve as the packages." Each drum was labeled

" Radioactive LSA" by the manufacturer, in complete conformance with 49 CFR 172.200 and 172.400 labeling and marking requirements. No drum exeeded a Type A quantity, and thus, all were in compliance with 10 CFR 71.7; each being an adequate package for the material contained within. The packages were in compliance with the General Packaging and Shipment Requirements of 49 CFR 173.393 and Low Specific Activity Radioactive Material 49 CFR 173.392.

The HN 100 cask was employed solely for shielding purposes. To label the cask " Radioactive LSA" would be misleading, giving the incorrect impression that the cask was the package. This is equivalent to labeling as l 1

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