ML20054B870
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| Site: | 07001193 |
| Issue date: | 03/30/1982 |
| From: | Fisher F NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
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| Download: ML20054B870 (3) | |
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DOCKET N0:
70-1193 LICENSEE:
Kerr-McGee Nuclear Corporation Cimarron Plutonium Facility Kerr-McGee Center Oklahoma City, OK 73125
SUBJECT:
REVIEW 0F RADIOLOGICAL CONTINGENCY PLAN:
SAFETY EVALUATION REPORT I.
Background
The Kerr-McGee Nuclear Corporation Cimarron Plutonium Facility (CPF) is in a standby status.
Plutonium fuel fabrication operations are neither in progress nor planned.
A special Nuclear Material License No. SNM-1174 was issued on July 15, 1977 for possession only, except for the necessary limited decontamination activities and maintenance of the building and equipment.
The license has been amended authorizing the decontamination and dismantling of the equipment and glove boxes, and process and laboratory equip-ment. The license allows possession of 11,475 grams of plutonium distributed in the glove boxes and equipment, 240 grams of plutonium contained in historical samples and sealed sources stored in the vault, 93 grams of U-235 con-tained in archive samples stored in the vault, 50 kilograms of natural uranium, and 15 millicuries Co-60 in a Sealed Source.
The Cimarron Plutonium Facility is located in Logan County, Oklahoma, six miles south of Crescent, Oklahoma, and just north of the junction of Oklahoma State Highways 33 and 74.
Total site property owned by Kerr-McGee is just under 1010 acres.
The plutonium plant is located near a uranium plant that was put on standby late in 1975.
The exclusion area for the entire facility consists of the property owned by Kerr-McGee within which there are no residences.
A low-population zone surrounds the exclusion area, and is defined as having a 15-mile radius containing an estimated' population oensity of about 21 persons per square mile.
On August 28, 1981, Kerr-McGee (CPF) submitted to NRC a Radiological Contingency Plan in compliance with an Order issued by the Commission on February 11, 1981. On December 28, 1981, staff requested additional information and clarification from Kerr-McGee (CPF), which was provided in a revised Radiological Contingency Plan submitted March 9, 1982.
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Discussion The Kerr-McGee (CPF) Radiological Contingency Plan as originally submitted generally addressed all major areas of concern. Deficiencies cited in the NMSS letter of December 28, 1981, were all satisfactorily amended in the response of March 9, 1982. The Radiological Contingency Plan references portions of the Cimarron Plutonium Emergency Manual which is Attachment I to the Plan. The revised Radiological Contingency Plan for the Kerr-McGee (CPF) submitted on March 9,1982, is adequate to demonstrate that the licensee has accomplished the purpose and intent of radiological contingency planning, viz, assuring (1) that the facility is properly configured to limit releases of radioactive materials and radiation exposrues in the event of an accident, (2) that a capability exists for measuring and assessing the significance of accidental releases of radioactive materials, (3) that appropriate emergency equipment and procedures are provided onsite to protect workers against radiation hazards that might be encountered following an accident, (4) that notifications are promptly made offsite to federal, state and local government agencies, and (5) that necessary recovery actions are taken in a timely fashion to return his plant to a safe condition following an accident. Although the Plan does not rigidly follow the guidance of the Standard Format, the information presented is adequate to demonstrate that preplanning to prevent, control or mitigate the release of licensed material in the event of an accident is appropriate for the licensed activity.
Plutonium at risk at the CPF is present as fixed surface contamination or as solid waste that is packaged and stored in approved shipping containers.
Kerr-McGta (CPF) stack monitors and area continuous air monitors and alarms and ventilation provisions suitable for the D&D operations in progress.
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Conclusions and Recommendations The Kerr-McGee (CPF) license should be amended to incorporate the Radiological Contingency Plan as a condition of the license.
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- The proposed amendment should have no adverse effect on the public health and safety or on the quality of the environment and should improve Kerr-McGee (CPF's) ability to mitigate the consequences in the event of an unforseen accident involving radioactive materials.
18 5 F. D. Fisher, Section Leader Environmental Radiation and Emergency Support Section Uranium Fuel Licensing Branch Division of Fuel Cycle and 4
Material Safety, NMSS Appr F..D. Fi~ sher, Section Leader 1
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