ML20050A322
| ML20050A322 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Westinghouse |
| Issue date: | 03/12/1982 |
| From: | Decker T NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML20050A318 | List: |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8204010087 | |
| Download: ML20050A322 (3) | |
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s Enclosure I DOCKET N0.
70-1151 LICENSEE:
Westinghouse Electric Corporation Nuclear Fuel Division Columbia, South Carolina
SUBJECT:
REVIEW 0F RADIOLOGICAL CONTINGEhCY PLAN I.
Background
The Westingnouse Nuclear Fuel Division's Columbia, S. C. Plant (WNFC) is authorized to possess and use up to 50,000 kg of' U-235
(<4.5 w/o enrichment), 2,500 kg of U-235 (4.15 to 5.0) in any form and 750 kg of plutonium (<6.6 w/o PUO2 in natural or depleted U0 ) in encapsulated form-The licensee fabricates low-enriched 2
uranium fuel for LWR's. There is no plutonium work at the present time. The current license was renewed on May 24, 1978, and is due to expire on May 31, 1983. On February 11, 1981, the NRC issued an Order to UNFC to submit within 180 days of the effective date of the Order a Radfological Contingency Plan in accordance with a standard format and content (Enclosure 1 to the Order) or alternatively, to reduce their possession limits below those listed in Enclosure 2 to the Order.
On September 30, 1981, the licensee submitted the subject Radiological Contingency Plan in accordance with the February 11, 1981 Order.
II.
Discussion The Radiological Contingency Plan and associated Implementing Procedures submitted by WNFC were generally responsive to the requirements of the February 11, 1981s0rder.
h The facility occupies a sparsely populated, semi-rural plot of approximately 1,200 acres. The fuel fabrication facility,. waste treatment area, parking lot, and other miscellaneous buildings occupy approximately 5 percent of the site area. The plant fabricates nuclear fuel assemblies c'ontaining low enriched
(<5 w/o U-235) uranium oxide fuel for use in ' commercial light-water nuclear-powered reactors. Only unirradiated low-enriched uranium is processed at the Columbia plant.
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' s The main plant bu'ilding is constructed of stryctural steel and concrete. The facility is equipped with a ventilation system which exhausts effluent gases through liquid scrubbers for removal of soluble uranium and through HEPA filters for removal of particulate uranium.
The facility is equipped with numerous process instruments which alarm and/or operate equipment (switches and valves) to either return the process conditions to specified limits or to terminate operations. The comprehensive s'
system of instruments, alarms and controls are considered sufficient to demonstrate that all systems are operating as designed to insure integrity of the radioactive material con-
'l tairment capability.
Corrective and protective actions described in the plan demonstrate that adequate pre-planning has been made to detect, preclude or mitigate the effects of accidental releases of licensed material.
The implementing procedures submitted in association with the Plan are adequate
'to demonstrate that that plan will be propt.rly executed in the event of an emergency covered'by the Plan.
The plan is, however, deficient in that the contamination control l
measures listed in' Section 5.4.3, Contamination Control tieasures, are at variance with the provisions of Annex C of the license.
III.
Conclusions and kecommendations TheWNFClicenseshould)beamend'edtoinccrporatetheRadiological Contingency Plan, dated August 1981 as a condition of their license.
A condition of the amendment should be the incorporation of Annex C limits into Section 5.4.3 of the Plan. The proposed amendment, as altered, should have no adverse effect on the public health and safety or on the quality of the environment and should
'iroprove WNFC's ability to protect against, respond to, and mitigate the consequences of an accident involving radioactive materials.
So as to afford the licensee sufficient time to implement the Plan, it is recommended that the effective date for implementation should be 90 days subsequent to the date of the amendment. The s
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. licensee should be responsible for issuing the Plan to the appropriate agencies other than the NRC.
The NRC Incident Response Rooin and Regional offices will be provided with copies of the Plan by NtiSS.
T. R. Decker Environmental Radiation and Emargency Support Section Uranium Fuel Licensing Branch Division of Fuel Cycle and i
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