ML20054D726
| ML20054D726 | |
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| Site: | 07001113 |
| Issue date: | 04/05/1982 |
| From: | Vaughan C GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. |
| To: | Olshinski J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
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| NUDOCS 8204230319 | |
| Download: ML20054D726 (4) | |
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NUCLEAR ENERGY PRODUCTS DIVISION WILMINGTON M ANUF ACTURING IfhEPARTMENT 43d CASTLE MAYNE ROAD. P.O. BOX 780. WILMINGTON, N. C. 2h402. ( 19)
April 5, 1982 Mr. J. A. Olshinski, Director Division of Engineering & Technical Programs U.
S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, RII 101 Marietta Street, NW - Suite 3100 Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Dear Mr. Olshinski:
References:
(1) NRC License SNM-1097, Docket 70-1113 (2) NRC Inspection Report 70-1113/82-01 dated 3/16/82, received 3/19/82 Thank you very much for your letter reporting the results of the inspection conducted at our licensed fuel fabrication plant by Mr. G. T.
Gibson of your office on January 18-21, 1982.
Pertaining to the 'wo items of apparent noncompliance with NRC requirements in your letter, the replies to these items are given in the attachment to this letter.
We appreciate your inspectoc's comments and suggestions related to our employee safety and environmental protection programs.
These comments and suggestions are helpful to us in our constant efforts to improve these programs, ensure the continued health and safety of plant personnel, and ensure our compliance with NRC regulations and license condition.
We also welcome further discussion with your staff on the items in your letter and in our related reply, if necessary, for further clarification of these items.
Your inspection report referred to above does not contain information which we believe to be proprietary.
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The information given below refers to the two items in _ Appendix. A,
" Notice of Violation," in the NRC Inspection Report 70-1113/82-01, t
dated March 16, 1982.
4 A. GE License Condition 13 states, in part, that the licensee shall develop and implement procedures in accordance with Annex B.
Annex B states, in part, that the licensee shall i
have procedures for use in emergencies to be able to have the means for determining the t
magnitude of the release including guidelines for evaluating the need for notifications and i
the type and extent of protective action to be taken outside the site.
Contrary to the above, the licensee failed to i
have procedures governing the assessment of i
UF6 accidental releases and assessment of i
local meteorology.
General Electric concurs with the audit finding that there were no written procedures for determining the magnitude of accidental UF6 release or for assessing stability class of-local meteorology.
l The. reason for this violation was that during.the time of the l
audit, General-Electric was still in the process of developing the ground release programming for UF6 releases, and negotiations were in yprogress with Carolina Power & Light Company to obtain ~ the stability. class.
Both of these had to be completed before the l
related procedures could be written.
Final calculation procedures for UF6 Will De. incorporated into our system'by June 1, 1982.
Equipment' procedures for establishing the
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meteorological conditions- (including stability class) will be completed by October 1, 1982.
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B. GE License Condition 13 states, in part, that the licensee shall implement the Emergency Plan and conditions listed in Annex B.
Annex B states, in part, that the licensee shall assure that persons assigne'd specific authorities and responsibilities are initially qualified and periodically trained.
The Emergency Plan states,- in part that the licensce shall conduct initial training and periodic retraining programs of plant personnel to ensure their readiness for emergencies.
Contrary to the above, the licensee did not provide adequate training in accident dose assessment or meteorological assessment to plant personnel performing these tasks.
This is a
Severity Level 4
Violation (Supplement VI).
t General Electric Company concurs with the audit finding that adequate training was not given to plant personnel performing accident dose or meteorological assessments.
The reason this training had not been provided was due to the absence of finalized procedures as discussed in response to the above violation (70-1113/82-01-02).
1 Training has already begun and will continue until all the appropriate personnel have been trained.
This-will be completed no later than June 15, 1982 for accidental dose assessments using available meteorological data.
Training. will be updated to
. include the use of in-house meteorological information by October 15, 1982.
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i As required in Appendix A of the inspection report, information contained.in the response is provided under oath as follows:
The foregoing is true to the best of my knowledge and belief based on the information available to me at this time.
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