ML20052C142
| ML20052C142 | |
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| Site: | 07001113 |
| Issue date: | 03/05/1982 |
| From: | Conlon T, Miller W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML20052C116 | List: |
| References | |
| 70-1113-82-03, 70-1113-82-3, NUDOCS 8205040421 | |
| Download: ML20052C142 (7) | |
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101 MARIETTA ST., N.W., SUITE 3100 ATt.ANTA, CEORGIA 30303 o
Report No. 70-1113/82-03 Licensee:
General Electric Company Wilmington, NC Facility Name: Wilmington Manufacturing Company Docket No. 70-1113 License No. SNM-1097 Inspector. _ U - YN kf k
W. H. Miller, Jr.L Q
D'te Signed a
Approved by:
3 - f-FL-T. E. Conlon, Section Chief Date Signed Engineering Inspectiun Branch Division of Engineering and Technical Programs
SUMMARY
Inspection on February 16-17, 1982 Areas Inspected This routine, unannounced inspection involved 10 inspector-hours on site in the areas of fire protection / prevention.
Results Of the areas inspected, one violation was identified.
Failure to conduct a sufficient number of fire brigade drills for 1981 - paragraph 5.c.(2); no apparent deviations were found.
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REPORT DETAILS 1.
Persons Contacted Licensee Employees
- J. H. Bradberry, Emergency Preparedness Coordinator
- J. W. Brown, Acting Manager of Fuel Chemical Operation
- H. D. Covington, Acting Manager E&CR L. C. Howlett, Site Maintenance
- R. M. McIver, Acting Manager P&P
- G. W. McKenzie, Acting Manager MT&E0
- M. E. McLain, Manager Nuclear Safety Engineering
- R. G. Patterson, Acting Manager Fuel Manufacturing A. L. Prevatte, Waste Treatment Operator
- C. H. Risley, Acting Manager Materials
- C. F. Shipp, Jr., Manager Industrial Safety
- C. M. Vaughn, Manager Licensing & Compliance Audits Other Organizations
- P. Zorick, Fire Sergeant / Burns Security
- Attend 'd exit interview 2.
Exit In erview The inspection scope and findings were summarized on February 17, 1982, with those persons indicated in paragraph 1 above.
3.
Licensee Action on Previous Inspection Findings Not inspected.
4.
Unresolved Items Unresolved items are matters about which more information is required to determine whether they are acceptable or may involve violations or devia-tions. New unresolved items identified during this inspection are discussed in paragraphs 5.d and 5.g (two items).
5.
Procedures The inspector reviewed the following procedures from the Wilmington Plant Safety Manual:
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Title 111 Administrative Inspections; Safety and Fire (1-1-71) 306 Compressed Gas Cylinder Storage (4-1-71) 500 Inspection and Correction of Port-able Fire and Emergency Equipment, Plant Fire Main and PIV Systems (10-1-80) 501 Storage and Handling of Combustible and Flammable Liquids (4-1-79) 502 Storage and Handling of Pyropnoric Metals (4-1-79) 503 Cutting and Welding Permit Procedure (4-1-79) 504 Fire Prevention and Protection Fire Brigade (11-10-80)
These procedures adhere to general industry fire prevention standards and provide sufficient guidance for implementation of a satisfactory fire protection and prevention program, except for the discrepancies identified in the following paragraphs.
b.
Fire Protection Systems (1) Water System / Fire Pump The fire protection water is supplied from an elevated tank and fire pump taking suction from an open reservoir. Safety manual procedure 500 requires the fire pump to be inspected and tested weekly; however, the maintenance group does not have a procedure which identifies what is accomplished during this weekly inspec-tion and tests and does not keep records when these tests are conducted by another group. The licensee agreed during the exit interview to review this item and take the necessary corrective active.
This item is identified as Inspector Followup Item (1113/82-03-01), No fire pump maintenance inspection and test procedure is provided, and this item will be reevaluated during a subsequent NRC inspection.
3 (2)' Automatic Sprinkler System Practically all of the fuel manufacturing building, except areas where water presents a criticality problem, is equipped with auto-matic sprinkler protection. Safety manual procedure 500 requires a number of weekly inspections to be performed on the sprinkler system and other fire protection systems. Presently, the. licensee l-is conducting only a small portion of these-weekly inspections i
with the remainder 'of the inspection items being accomplished monthly. This is not a violation since Table 8.1 in the Emergency Plan only requires the fire protection equipment to be inspected monthly. The licensee is to either revise the existing procedure to require monthly inspections or is to adhere to the existing I
procedure requirements.
This item will be reviewed during a i
future NRC inspection.
The inspector reviewed the monthly fire protection system inspection checklist data and verified that these inspections were being conducted.
c.
Fire Brigade (1) Organization The fire brigade consists of 23 employees on the day shift and 25 employees on production shifts A through D which should assure that a sufficient number of fire brigade members will be'available in the event of an emergency.
(2) Training and Drills During 1981, the licensee conducted a total of four training and drill sessions for each fire brigade. Emergency Plan Table 8.2, Item 4 states-that fire-brigade retraining will consist of par-ticipation in drills (at last quarterly) and by team and indi-vidual instruction at least twice per year.
However, for 1981 each shift fire brigade participated in two team and individual instruction sessions but only two drills, in' lieu of the required four.
This is identified as violation item (1113/82-03-02),
failure to conduct sufficient number of fire brigade drills ' for 1981.
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The inspector reviewed the training records of the fire brigade members.
No records were available to indicate if the fire brigade members had received the initial training required by Emergency Plan Table 8.2, Item 4.
The licensee had identified this problem and is.to schedule and complete this initial train-1.ng for all brigade members by October 1, 1982. A review of the tr ining conducted in 1981 for seven brigade members indicated that four of these members had missed one quarterly training.
sessian. The licensee is in the process of converting the
4 training records to a computer printout which should help assure that all brigaae members in the future will receive the required training. This should be completed by July 1,1982.. These items are identified as Inspector Followup Item (1113/82-03-03), comple--
tion of fire brigade initial training and improved documentation of fire brigade training, and will be reinspected during a subse-quent NRC-inspection.
A review of the medical records for eight fire brigade members indicated that each member had received a physical examination or medical review within the past year as required by Safety Manual Procedure 504.
d.
Offsite Fire Protection Support Personnel On December 12, 1981, the chief officers and approximately 35 fire fighters from the Wrightboro and Castle Hayne Volunteer Fire Depart-i ments received a familiarization indocrination on the plant's fire protection features and radiological procedures.
This appears to L
meet the training requirements of Emergency Plan Table 8.2, Item 7.
However, the annual exercise required by this section of the emergency plan only consisted of calling the fire departments during the plant
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fire drills to assure that the offsite departments were available for response if needed. This does not appear to constitute an exercise but is being evaluated and will be reviewed during a subsequent NRC inspec-tion.
This item is identified as Unresolved Item (1113/82-03-04) i evaluation of the adequacy of annual. fire protection exercise with offsite fire departments.
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Fire Brigade Equipment l
L The fire fighting equipment for the plant is. stored on an emergency response vehicle and consists of fire extinguishers, fire hose, self contained breathing apparatus, turn out gear (coats, helmets and boots) and miscellaneous equipment. The licensee stated that the vehicle was operated and equipment inventoried weekly. The inspector. reviewed the inspection record data and verified that the inventory and vehicle operational test were being accomplished. Also, an inspection of the vehicle was conducted to verify that the required equipment was avail-e able. The vehicle and equipment appeared to be satisfactorily. main-tained.
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Fire Protection Inspections j
Periodic fire protection and loss prevention inspections.of the plant are conducted by Factory Mutual (FM) and American Nuclear Insurers (ANI)..The inspector reviewed the most recent' inspection ' reports from these' organizations.
The. ANI report of August 27-28, 1981, contains one fire protection recommendation (Item 81-5) which recommended that a i
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corporate policy be established for the protection of important plant records..The licensee stated that duplicate records are now provided
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-and that a formal corporate policy is being developed for this item.
The FM inspectica report of November 18, 1981 contains three current recommendation as follows:
discontinue the use of acetone as a cleaning fluid; provide automatic sprinkler protection for Warehouse 70-X; and place ine nerator building sprinkler system in service and c
obtain FM approval for incinerator fuel burner combustion safety controls prior to use of incinerator.
The licensee does not plan to discontinue the use of acetone but is to follow stringent fire preven-tion standards in the use of this highly flammable cleaning solvent.
Corrective action is to be taken on the remaining two recommendations.
g.
Plant Tour The inspector made a tour of the plant and found all of ' the fire protection systems in service.
Maintenance of the fire protection systems appeared satisfactory.
While inspecting the gas lines to the gas fired process equipment, it was noted that the gas regulators on the boiler at the waste treatment facility and a number of the gas fired deflourination - reduction furnaces and gas fired centrifuges in the fuel manufacturing building were not vented to the outside of the building as required by Nation l
Fire Protection Association Standard No. 54 (NFPA-54) Section 2.5.2. 3.
The license stated that the gas piping system had been approved by FM but that the design and installation of the gas regulators would be.
i reviewed to determine if they were properly installed. This item is j
identified as Unresolved Item (1113/82-03-05), gas regulators for some gas fired process equipment not vented to the outside of building, and will be reviewed during a subsequent NRC inspection.
i The inspector found the waste treatment building completely enclosed with a canvas and plastic type material. The canvas mater.ial was combustible and the plastic material appeared to be of a slow burning-
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or self extinguishing type material. Approximately two thirds of the facility was covered by the combustible canvas. This enclosed area is i
heated by hazardous construction type " salamander" portable fuel oil i
heaters which have a ve ry high fire potential.
The combustible enclosure of the waste treatment facility in conjunction with the use.
of the hazardous portable heaters presents a serious fire. potential.
The licensee stated that these features are provided only during the t
winter months to prevent the process piping and equipment within the j-structure from freezing during severe cold. weather and that the. heaters are only used during the relatively few days when the. temperature is below 28 F.
The licensee agreed to evaluate the freeze protection i
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program for this facility to determine the feasibility of providing a safer arrangement. This item is identified as Unresolved Item (1113/
82-03-06), fire hazardous freeze protection program for the waste treatment facility, and will be reviewed during a subsequent NRC inspection.