ML20050A780

Ucla QA Program Submitted Per 10CFR71 Re Univ Intent to Transfer MTR Type Fuel,Irradiated,To Carrier

ML20050A780
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Issue date:	01/17/1980
From:	Ashbaugh, Evraets J, Hobson J CALIFORNIA, UNIV. OF, LOS ANGELES, CA
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UCLA Quality Assurance Program (e .

Submitted'in Accordance with 10.CFR.71

• in Connection with UCLA Intent to Transfer MTR Type Fuel (Irradiated) to a Carrier -

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LICDISEE: The Board of Regents of the University of California

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LICDISE NUMBER: R-71 DOCKET NUMBER: 50-l'42 A

f:' RESPONSIBLE OFFICER: James W. Hobson, Vice-Chancellor

, University. of California, Los Angeles .

405 Hilgard Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90024 FIELD OFFICE: John C. Evraets, Radiation Safety Officer Office of Environmental Health & Safety l Room A6-060 G Center for the Health Sciences University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California 90024 .

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TABLE OF C0h7EhTS

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1 Introduction 2

I. Organization 2

O II. Quality Assurance Program 3

III. Document Control ,

Handling, Storage, aod Shipment 3 IV'.

3 V. Inspection, Tes't, and Operating Status 4

VI. -Quality Assurance Records - ,

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> Introduction _ i l t bundles The Nucicar Energy Laboratory at UCLA possesses five equ va en In storage pits adjacent to the reactor, of irradiated, MTR-type fuel elements. r this particular holding ennsists of: ,

four complete bundles (assembled), each containing eIcven -

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plates; i dummy one modified bundle of eight plates and three alum num (b) plates; '

(c) three loose plates. .]

ne fuel is nominally 93% enriched uranium in an aluminum matri Measurements of the four complete U-235 content of approximately 700 grams. / 1 meter. [

bundles show radiation levels ranging from 1.36 to 1.74 i Rshipment hr at .

Thus, it is unlikely that a dense packed arrangement t r ne Nuclear of the Energyent re [

vould y1cid more than 1.8 x 5 - 9.0 R/hr at one hi me e ,ite to comply with the .

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Laboratory desires to transfer this fuel from t e r s Upgrade Rule of 10.CFR.73. tion, The fuel is owned by the Department of Energy, and at their sugges l in'the su=mer of 1978 1

the Nuclear Eneri;y Laboratory initiated the effort i g Plant.

On August 14, to transfer the fuel to the Idaho Chemical Reprocess n(formerly{ Idaho '

1979, the i.XXON Nuclear Company, Inc. l t

Plant), agreed to receive and accept the fuel.  ;

ne following organizations are involved in this transfer / shipment.! I EIXON Nuclear Company, Inc. (as receiver) {

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(b) Tri-State Motor Transport Co. (as carrier) f General Electric Company (as lessor of the GE-700 shipping '

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f cask and provider of relevant shipping cask data) d University of California (as originator of the shipment an (d) -

lessee of the cask) ibuting ,

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Department of Energy (as title-holder of the fuel, contr coordination, and cost support). for this par-The Quality Assurance Program presented here is designed No other shipments are contemplated within a time frame

' ticular shipment. .

~ such that existing rules are likely to be applicable. k Quality assurance

.UCLA is a user of ,the CE-700 fuel transfer cac .

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' relevant to the cask and the carrier are the responsibilities It is UCLA'o of the Gene respectively.

Electric Co=pany a'nd Tri-State Motor Transport ~

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~ sole responsibility to comply with approved guidelin,es w rty boundary use of the cack whi_le it is within the confines of the prope of UCLA.

-I. Organization _ t Figure 1 illustrates the relationship between the various vo'rking gro I All official con =nunications and the license-holder- (the Board of Regents) . I' involving licensing that originate at UCLA, are to bear th'e signature'

" Vice-Chancellor Hobson.' The point of contact at UCLA is Dr. Walter We *I The Radiation Safety Officer .L Director, Research and Occupational Safety. s j for the program is John C. Evraets, who is responsible for the Quality Program and its impicmentation (10.CFR.71.12) . king l

The Nuclear Energy Laboratory has accepted responsibility to trans-for u.a i.

I th'e shipping arrangdments, and for supplying the labor necessary '

Professor Catton has dele-port the fuel from the reactor room to the cask. hbaugh, and will l gated the responsibility for shipping arrangements to Mr.) As under the j-provide the labor and direction-as'-necessary (viadeputy Mr. Ostrander for the l p) surveillance of Mr. Hornor, Resident Health PhysJcist (as During this unique operation, Mr. Evraets vill Radiation Safety Officer) .

. ) to support Mr. Bornor.  ;

" assign Dr. John Kaufman (Environmental Health and Safety Ashb augh, l t

The shipping arrangements, under the responsibilitydofinterests Mr. including ,

will include prior notification of appropriate agencies an l the Los Angeles Police Department; (a)

(b) the FBI;,

I the California Highway' Patrol; (c)

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County and/or State jurisdictions 'along the transit path from UCLA to EXXON Nuclear, Idaho Falls, Idaho.

The UCLA Risk Management Coordinator shall be informed of these ar -

authority (via the Purchasing Department) to approve ments, and shall have the final arrangements.

II. Quality Assurance Program ,

The Radiation Safety Officer shall review and approve the Quality As P rogram.

Training for, and implementation of, the fuel transfer operation Changes and revisions sball be performed according to written procedures.

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must be approved by .the Laborato.ry Manager, and the Ecsident Health Thysicist;' ,

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guarding of the material. -as primary considerations.

ne following is a list of the written ' procedures. -

1. Fuel Transfer Operation Checklist. .

2. Materials and Equipment Checklist.

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. 3. Radiation, Bealth and Safety Checklist. "

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4. Modified Procedure for Handling the Model 700 Shipping Container.

' Approvals and Docu:nent checklist.

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N i III. Document Control .

j All documents related to the fuel transfer operation shall be controlled ,

by Mr. C.E. Ashbaugh, Laboratory Security ' Officer. Procedural observation

, i and checklist completion during the transfer (actual or practice) shall be All document changes must be p'erformed' by Dr. Kaufman, Health Physicist.

approved in writing by the Laboratory Manager, the Laboratory Security Officer, j

and' the Resident Health Physicist. .

IV. Bandling, Storage and Shipping The ,

.The fuel bundles and plat,es have been stored for almost 20 years.

fuel currently resides in three of the thirty storage holes which comprise l

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the hot fuel storage area adjacent to the UCLA %rgonaut Reactor.

stored dry and are checked approximately twice each year.

5 Preparation of the fuel bundles for shipping vill be performed under the direction of the Laboratory Manager and the surveillance of the Resident l The shipment Beb.h Physicist and vill follow specific written procedures.

shall not be made until all tests, certifications, acceptances and final Ihe Laboratory Manager, Health Physicists, Security inspections have been made.

Officer and Nuclear Energy Laboratory staff shall participate in a dummy The du=my transfer vill fuel practice run the day before the fuel shipment.

ne actual trans-be practiced until all operations can be done smoothly, fer vill proceed on the following day.

l Y. Inspection, Test and Operating Status l

ne inspection of the CE-700 cask vill be performed by the Laboratory The use of the cask Security Officer and the Resident Bealth Physicist.

vill follow vritten procedures adapted from G.E. 's operating instructions and approved by General Electric. Le current status of each step of the 3 .

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es operation shall be maintained by .he Laboratory Security Officer and shall

. be recorded in a permanent log. . The areas of responsibilities within UCLA

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. for ensuring that the Quality Assurance Program is carried out according to procedures, are delineated in the organization chart listed in Appendix A.

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VI. _ Quality Assurance Records All records except Quality Assurauce records shall be kept by the Laboratory

, Security Officer. All Quality Assurance records shall be kept by the Padiation Safety Officer. All records will be maintained and shall be both identifiable and retrievable. A ' list of these records, with storage location shall be maintained by the Reactor Supervisor and the Laboratory Security Officer.

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The specified retention ~ period f' or the~ Quality Assurance records shall n,ot. ,

exceed one year.

VII. Audits This is a one-time operation; there is no evident need for continuous or periodic audit, and audit will be deemed complete upon:

(a) approval of the plan; (b) acknowledgement of delivery by the recipient; (c) Ithe lapse of one year without claim or complaint by parties to the agreement or parties otherwise impacted by the shipment.

cc: C. Ashbaugh, Security Officer, NEL/ SEAS K. Carlson, UCLA Risk Management Coordinator I. Catton, Director, Nucicar Energy Laboratory T. Collins, Assistant Dean (Administration), SEAS J. Evracts, Radiation Safety Officer J. Bornor, EH&S N. Ostrander, NEL W. WeEst, Director, Research and Occupatioual Safety T

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• FUEL TPANSFER OPERATION CllECK LIST (6 FilU's #1 - f 6)

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1. Internal Fuel Transf er (Fri. June 20, 1980)

Two can operation--H.P. surveillance

1. With reactor crane, pull up fu~ci storage plug and set on floor.

2. Book DIU t.o pulley system via bomb hook .

3. Upper man pulls FHU top 1cyc1 to height of floor.

4. Lower man hooks FEU - states Col

5. nlU transferred to flooded cask basket.

Repeat 1 through 5 five times.

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II. Transfer (Sat. June 21, 1980)

Transf er process pit block over tank / basket (TB)~

1. Remove process pit block

2. Book TB to reactor crane .

3. Start up fork lif t

4. Transf er TB to pallet 'on fork lif t

5. Unhook TB from reactor crane ,

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6. Transf erg to GE-700 cask Extra man to work with 3 meter book in case of .tipover l

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7. Pop wedges in TB

8. Raise TB to cask height

9. Book basket to Engr I clectric hoist with small hook

10. Man goes to top of cask shield

11. Remove cask from tank--transfer to GE-700 cask with man on top guiding into cask

12. Unhook basket from cicctric hoist

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13. Proceed to Step 8 of Procedure for Tiandling the Cencral Electric Model 700 Shipping Container Charles E. Ashhaugh(t[l {} ( fp fj}

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Radiation 11calth & Saf ety Check List For Spent Fuel 11andling ,

Ma terfals A. Personnel Dosimetry .

1. Individual film badge (assigned)

2. Individual direct reading dosimeters--(gamma) (2 cach)

3. Dosimeter signout sheet and record ,

4. Wrist b'adges and rings for fuel markers only ..

B. Area radiation

1. 2 cach Victorcen 470A Panoramic Ton chambers

, 2. 2 cach Eberline E510 GM Survey meters C. Criticality on loading into water shield

1. Cadmium strips in tank--3 cach before fueling ,

2. Ebe'rline PNR-4 Neutron-REM Counter. near shield during loading

3. Criticality Calculations holding less than 1/2 bundles necessary for criticality D. Contamination (contingent)

1. Wipe materials for outside of CE shipping cask and fittings.

EWCH counters to count vipes before work begins.

2. Minimum sensitivity E10- pCi ,

3. C-clothing, gloves, shoes, hoods, masks available if required by wipe test t

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, .. . DDCUP.ENT CHECCr, LIST - June 20, 1980 Charles E. Ashbaugh I. To go with shiipment

1) Part C of Fuel Receipt Criteria (4 copies)

_ 2) NRC foirm 741 (4, copies--1, 2, 3, 7)

3) Bill off 1.ading -

4) Shippe=s Certification for Radioactive Materials

5) Certiffication of Compliance f5942 Revision 2

6) Quality

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• Procedure for Handling the General Electric Model 700 Shipping .- - Coritair.er -

This cask is to be used in the dry mode. The, loading operation l shall be performed while cask is on the truck.

1. Untie to the truck.

the tie down cables connecting the cask protec

2. Remove the eight each 2" bolts securing the protective Jacket l to the cask base. . ,

3. Sling jacket and lift it off from the cask and set on gro0nd next to truck. Note: i,ts weight is approximately 8,000! and observe the jacket position so that it can be put back on the truck in ,

the same orientation for which it was removed. .

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4. Remove the steel spacer from the cask lid lifting eye.

its weight is approximately 250f.

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5. Unbolt and remove valve guard and set on t' ruck bed.

this step may, be optional depending if the lid bolts can be .

removed without this operation.

h ide of the cask.

6. , Remove the plug from the fill line valve at t e s(Do not crack open Open fill line valve to equalize air pressure.

PRV on top of cask.)

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7. Remove theNote: eight each 3/4 - 10 lid bolts.atd lift lid to topPo .

of truck bed. Observe so make sure lid sits on tar paper laid on truck bed. Make the 1/4" thick gasket inside the metal retaining ring. .

sure retaining ring.and gasket ar.e in place.

Load fuel folloQing the " Fuel Transfer,0peration '

Af ter loading comence with the Check List."

following:

8. Check gasket and ring position and place lid aback Attach tamper on cask.

Secure the eight each 3/4 - 10 lid bolts. .

seal to lid.

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9. Close fill line valve and install plug.

10. Install value guard'and bolt in place if step 5 was performed.

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14. Remove tar paper etc, and perform a series of wipes to ensure no

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16. Have TRI-State perform tie down if possible. , ,

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i Materia.mals and Equipment Checklist June June , ,.

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3, 3 i- inch open end wrench .

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3. 1-1;1/8 inch. combination wrench

4. 12. : i.nch crescent wrench

5. 14 inch pipe wrench -

6. 1/E ' -ton electric chain hoist i 7. 5 on manual bridge crane

, 8. 2  :.on fork lift

9. ca=:sk basket jo, 1/3 inch cold-rolled steel hook--I meter long ,

11. 3/9 inch cold-roll ed steel, 3feter long handling tool i ]), . 12. Mm. type irrad fuel (6 FHU's).

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