ML20035B651
| ML20035B651 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Vallecitos File:GEH Hitachi icon.png |
| Issue date: | 12/31/1992 |
| From: | Arlt F, Cunningham G GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9304020264 | |
| Download: ML20035B651 (5) | |
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License TR-1, Docket 50-70 Gentlemen:
Enclosed are three signed copies of Annual Report No. 34 for the General Electric l
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ANNUAL REPORT NO. 34 l
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DOCKET 50-70 i
GE Nuclear Energy Val!ecitos Nuclear Center j
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ANNUAL REPORT NO. 34
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1 The General Electric Company has maintained the General Electric Test Reactor' (GETR) in a deactivated status under the authority of Amendment No. 16 to t
License TR-1, Docket 50 '/0, issued September 30, 1992.
This annual report summarizes the status of the facility for the period January 1.
1992, to December 31, 1992.
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SUMMARY
The facility remains in essentially the same condition descrited in Annual Report No. 33.
Entry into the reactor building was made for rcutine i
f radiation surveys and a general check of conditions throughout the building.
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STATUS
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Maintenance There were no major preventive or corrective maintenance activities having safety significance performed during 1992.
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There were no changes authorized by the Facility Manager pursuant to 10CFR50. 59 (a) and completed in 1992.
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Oroanization G.
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Stimmell succeeded R. W. Darmitzel as Manager, Irradiation Processing Operation (IPO).
The Manager, Facilities Maintenance, who-i has primary responsibility for the GETR, reports to the Manager, IPO.
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RADIATION LEVELS AND SAMPLE RESULTS AT
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The data below are from sample and dosimeter results accumulated during 1992.
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include the effects of operations other than the GETR.
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GETR Stack I
Total airborne releases (stack emissions) for 1992 are as follows.
t Alpha Particulate, < 0.174 pCi (predominantly radon-thoron daughter products) l Beta-Gamma Particulate, < 1.18 pCi i
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Air Monitors (Yearly average of all meteorological stations. )
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Four environmental air monitoring stations are positioned approximately l
90 degrees apart around the operating facilities of the site.
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station is equipped with a membrane filter which is changed weekly and analyzed for gross alpha and gross beta-gamma.
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Gamma Radiation TLD dosimeter readings for the year 1992 at the site perimeter were within acceptable limits.
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Vegetation No alpha, beta or gamma activity attributable to activities at the GETR facility was found on or in vegetation in the vicinity of the site.
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Off-Site Samples taken off the site indicate normal background for the area.
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CONCLUSION The General Electric Company concludes that the deactivated GETR is being ma.'atained in a safe shutdown condition. The inspections, access control, j
and administrative 1y controlled activities ensure maximum protection for the public health and safety. The procedures will be continued to maintain this j
high level of protection.
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