ML20033F448
| ML20033F448 | |
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| Issue date: | 08/31/1988 |
| From: | Jim Hickey NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| To: | Joseph Austin, Cunningham R, Sjoblom G NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
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| FOIA-90-29 NUDOCS 9003210084 | |
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WESF CAPSULE INCIDENT m4b On August 30, 1988, Ron Hultgren called and requested a meeting with NRC 2
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independent DOE group investigating the Georgia incident. The group has
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must be examined (e.g., visually; ultrasound testing) before they are shipped to Wi DOE in order to provide reasonable assurance that the sources continue to ff meet 'kpecial form" requirements. DOE representatives stated that the examinations D
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I if, Y-MV (., f Radiological Health Section f m e. Ladmeter.ph.D./Comi s sioner 0FFICE OF RECULATORY SERVICES + ROOM 800 870 PEACHTREE ST5 ET, N.E. / AftANTA, CEORCIA 30309 n'b .i I: August 4, 1988 b.I a C Allan Chin, President i k Radiation Sterilis T 2300 Mellon Court p Decatur, Georgia 30035 D 0 Dear Mr. Chins aN O-On March 9, 1984, you applied to the Georgia Department of Human Resources l fj - for a license to receive, possess and use radioactive material in a y radiation steriliser facility to be located at 2300 Mellon Court, Decatur, i1 - Georgia. In response to your application, Radiation Sterilisers, Inc., s (RSI) was issued Georgia Radioactive Material License GA 864-1. Amendment f). . 02 to license GA 868-1, dated February 8, 1985, authorised the use of a li Cobalt 60 (Co-60) sources for sterilisation of primarily medical products. 4 9 By letter dated October 30, 1985, you requested a license amendment to j authorise the use of Cesium 137 (Ca-137) WESF sources at your Dacatur, i 1 Georgia plant. License amendment.07 to radioactive material license .CA 868-1, dated January 6, 1986, authorised RSI to use the Cs-137 WESF [ -sources.- g on June 6, 1988, RSI notified the Department that the cell safety system e i locked due to a high radiation level = detected by the in-cell detector. It was subsequently determined that one or more Ca-137 sources were leaking, ? thereby causing a necessity for clean-up and decontamination of the f Decatur, Georgia facility. G You signed and agreed to a Department of Energy Management Plan For a D Radiation Sterilisers, Inc. Recovery Activities on June 20, 1988. The j Management Plan included a provision-designating RSI with responsibility for contracting for health physics support and control during the recovery ? cf-your facility. Pursuant to the Plan, RSI contracted with Chen Nuclear R. Systems, Inc. (CNSI) for these services. m] In a letter to Mr. Lester Price, Director of-Energy Programs' Division, f, U.S. Department of-Energy, dated July 13, 1988 you threatened to terminate f; the contract with CNSI. Also, in a letter to CNSI dated August 2, 1988, you stated that you could not pay CNSI's bill for services. [ If the contract with CNSI is terminated such that health physics control y and support at the facility are no longer available and recovery activities Q are discontinued, the Department believes that conditions at the facility 3 may deteriorate, resulting in a potential hazard to public health and [ L: L *,. l b z AN touse n**narvuorv wotnven '*v,,,G3 j-4 m. e, ,fy .py y., g,j a=
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Q I ' ': il2: ; -Ei-!? i; ?.t.; .;-I'c.3= J 'i ~4 5. 1,.. 'Page 2 0 -- Allan Chin, President Q. August 4.'1988 b 290-5-23.03 of the Georgia Rules and l3 _ safety.in violation of Chapter Regulations for Radioactive Materials. In the event of termination of your l!i contract with CNSI, certain short term actions would have to be initiated il isusediately and maintained at the site until decontamination and clean up 4 activities are reinstituted at the facility. These include: ( f 1. Control access to Zone 3 to prevent the spread of contamination from Zone 3. Spread of radioactive contamination from Zone 3 could adversely affect the environment and any continued operation.at the RSI facility. j;- The duration and expense of the recovery of the facility would be g t increased. W 3' 2. Continue to perform radiation surveys of persons leaving the area 3 of Zone 3. This action would determine the presence or absence of Q contamination of personnel leaving sone 3 so that recontamination of g other parts of the facility and the outside environment would be less 3;j likely to occur. If.this action were not done, the cost and duration j of continued-recovery activities would possibly increase. R c A 3. Maintain chiller operation to prevent an escalation of pool water v 2. temperature. An increase in pool water temperature may accelerate the d leakage rate from the leaking source or sources stored in the pool. j This in turn may lead to contamination of outside areas and make the decontamination and recovery of the facility more expensive, sore difficult, and more time consuming. t 4. Monitor, on a daily basis, the concentration of Cs-137 in the gource storage pool. Should the concentration of Cs-137 increase, the potential 0, for an adverse impact on the environs exists. Also, the task of packaging of the suspect source (s) for transport to 008 becomes more complicated due q to the extra action necessary to assure that the shipping cask is Q decontaminated. The ability to work in the cell preparing the shipment 9 may be jeopardized if the radiation level increases excessively.. The V duration and expense of the recovery of the facility would be increased, s 4. 5. Continue operation of the cell air monitor and measurement of filter 4 samples to check the cell for possible airborne Cs-137 and to monitor for i any additional spread of radioactive contamination. T 6. Continue maintenance of conditions in Zone 1 according to the terms of the re-entry permit issued on July 21, 1988. Failure to do so may result 1 j; in loss of the permit and imposition of civil penalties. 5 7. Notify the Department iszediately of any indication of adverse change y noted as a result of actions 1. through 6. above. 3?' Please notify me in writing within 24 hours of your receipt of this letter as to whether the CNSI contract will be terminated and, if so, of your g. n o 4, ' E -sy.,N-(,, y. ,_f_+ u 3. .yy . q.7,, t , e, i m s
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r d wioi r e crict es so<eo v me m - 93e woes ($ s N e y 'Page 3 Allan Chin, President .y M August 4, 1988 kb intended course of action to ensure that the short-term requirements 's set forth h'erein are met. Failure to assure the Department that these ? requirements will be est in a competent manner will be. construed as 21 unwillingness or inability on your part to protect thorpublic health 0: and safety from the uncontrolled release of radioactive asterial. i Should radioactive contasiination be spread as a result of your failure to i ensure the proper implementation of the above actions, the Department will jj take appropriate measures to protect the public health and safety. Such -measures may include the revocation of the July 22, 1988 reentry permit, j, ' the issuance of an emergency order, and the imposition of civil penalties. 3. Furthermore, your present operating practices will be considered by the Department, pursuant to Rule 290-5-23.02(8), upon any licensure request ] 9' in the future. 10y On a longer tera basis, the need exists to continue the short-term plans 'i outlined above~and to continue decontamination and recovery of the 1 O facility as indicated in the DOE management plan dated June 20, 1988. I i y The Department expects the decontamination of the facility and equipment to proceed in a timely manner. Decontamination activities, contamination p: control, chiller maintenance, and pool and air concentration monitoring are $j. to be performed under strict health physics control by qualified personnel. s Any delay in recovery of the facility is not acceptable to the Department, f as delay imposes added risk to the public health and safety and constitutes I 3 a drain on state resources. w . s If you would like to discuss this matter further, please do not hesitate to j contact es. ll c Sincerely, H 1 n! Thomas E. Hill Acting Director g ( Radiological Health Section 3 M p, cci Martin J. Rotter 3-James L. Setser Li! Lester Price i Richard L. Woodruff 3 Rose H. Nathan v TEHidp a II
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