ML20043A500

Advises of Rejection of 900104 Application to Incinerate Contaminated Oil at Plant Due to Inconsistencies in Plans. Change of Tech Spec Table 4.11-2 Required If Licensee Opts to Pursue Application

ML20043A500
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Site:	Summer
Issue date:	05/17/1990
From:	Hayes J Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Bradham O SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTRIC & GAS CO.
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Mr. O. S. Bradham Vice President, Nuclear Operations South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station P. O. Box 88 Jenkinsville, South Carolina 29065

SUBJECT:

APPLICATION TO INCINERATE CONTAMINATED OIL AT THE V. C. SUMMER NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT NO. 1 (TAC NO. 75877) i In your January 4, 1990 letter, you requested approval, in accordance with 10 CFR 20.302(a) and 10 CFR 20.305, to incinerate contaminated oil at the V, C.

Summer Nuclear Station, Unit No. 1.

We have reviewed your submittal and find that it is inconsistent with r,imilar submittals made for other plants.

In addition, discussions with your staff concerning your application revealed that your incineration plans are conceptual, rather than fixed. Therefore, because of these inconsistencies and because your plans appear too_ conceptual to support a review at this time, we are rejecting your application.

If you wish to pursue this application, then an amendment to your license is required.

Technical Specification (TS) changes are required.

They would typically include:

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A change to Table 4.11-2 to include radiation sampling and analysis of oil, e. g., each batch of oil to be incinerated would require a grab sample and analysis for principal gamma,9mitters with a lower limit of detection (LLD) of 5 X 10 microcuries per millimeter; 2.

Limitation on the dose rate to members of the public in TS 3.11.2.3 to 0.1 percent of the 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix I i

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Change to Administrative Section 6.9.1.8 to include i

the radioactivity released as a result of incineration and the dry activated waste shipped as a solid radwaste in the Semiannual Radioactive Effluent Release Report; and 4.

Changes to the appropriate Bases of the TS.

In addition, your staff should review Regulatory Guide 1.143, " Design Guidance for Radioactive Waste Management Systems, Structures, and Components in

~ Light-Water-Cooled Nuclear Reactor Power Plants," to see if it is applicable.

It should be noted that the proposed acceptable dose level for your incineration e.ctivities is a f actor of 10 higher than that approved for other facilities.

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Mr. O. S. Bradham May 17, 1990 The above deficiencies and others associated with your submittal were discussed with your staff on April 19, 1990.

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