ML19338C296
| ML19338C296 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Dresden  |
| Issue date: | 07/24/1980 |
| From: | Janacek R COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO. |
| To: | James Keppler NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
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| NUDOCS 8008140364 | |
| Download: ML19338C296 (1) | |
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July 24, 1980 Mr. James G. Keppler, Director Directorate of Inspection and Enforcement - Region III U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 799 Roosevelt Road Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
Subject:
Dresden Station Units 1, 2, and 3 Response to IE Inspection Report Nos. 50-10/80-11, 50-237/80-11, and 50-249/80-15.
NRC Docket Nos. 50-10/237/249 Reference (a):
A. B. Davis letter to C. Reed dated July 3, 1980
Dear Mr. Kepp1n:
The following is in response to an inspection conducted by Mr. C. C. Peck on April 28, 1980, of a shipment of radioactive waste from Dresden Nuclear Power Station that arrived at Nuclear Engineering Co., Richland, Washington.
Reference (a) indicateo that one item appeared to be in non-compliance with NRC requirements.
Attachment A to this letter contains Commonwealth Edison Company's response to the iden ified item of non-compliance.
Please address any questions concerning this matter to this Very truly yours, Robert F.
anecek Nuclear Licensing Administrator Boiling Water Reactors Attachment dO{,2g1880 5473A S008140364
NRC Docket No.
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50-237 ATTACHMENT A 50-249
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The item of non-compliance identified in Appendix A with the NRC letter dated July 3,1980, is responded to in the following paragraphs.
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As required by 10 CFR 71.5, ship =ents of licensed radioactive materials must comply with the require-ments of the Department of Transportation, 49 CFR 170-189.
49 CFR 173.392 (c) (1) requires that low specific activity (LSA) materials be packaged in strong, tight packages.
Contrary to the above, one drum of LSA waste was discovered upon arrival at the Nuclear Engineering Company, Richland, Washington, to have a defective closure so that the lid was not securely attached to the drum.
Corrective Actions and the Results Achieved On April 28, 1980, Dresden was notified by Don S. Romine, State of
' Washington Department of Social and Health Services of the non-compliance, and that the Dresden burial site access permit was suspended. All waste ship-ments to Richland, Washington from Dresden were cancelled until a thorough review of our quality assurance and operating procedures could be performed, revisions completed, and submitted for review by the Washington Department of Social and Health Services.
Frot January 1,1980, to April 28, 1980, Dresden had shipped a total of 766 drums to the Richland, Washington burial site.
This one' drum was the first reported to have had an inadequate closure. Loosening of this l
drum closure was either due to improper sealing of the drum or undue stress j
on the drum closure due to improper loading of the drum onto the trailer.
Corrective Actions Taken to Avoid Further Non-Compliance and Date of Full Compliance Operating procedures DOP 2000-22 and 39 were reviewed and revised to include instructions on proper drum sealing, loading, and inspections of drum closures prior to, during, and following final loading onto the trailer.
Also, corporate Quality Assurance Procedure QP13-52 was revised to assure inspection of drum closures prior to shipment off-site.
These revised procedures were implemented and submitted to the Washington Department of Social and Health Services for their review on May 8, 1980.
Dresden's burial site access permit was reinstated on May 14, 1980.
Full compliance was achieved on May 8, 1980.
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