ML20054F157
| ML20054F157 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Peach Bottom  |
| Issue date: | 03/30/1982 |
| From: | Clemons P, Knapp P NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML20054F151 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-277-82-05, 50-277-82-5, 50-278-82-05, 50-278-82-5, NUDOCS 8206150267 | |
| Download: ML20054F157 (4) | |
See also: IR 05000277/1982005
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U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
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50-277/82-05
Report Nos. 50-278/82-05
50-277
Docket Nos. 50-278
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License Nos. OPR-56
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Licensee:
Philadelphia Electric Company
2301 Market Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Facility Name:
Peach Bottom Nuclear Power Plant
Inspection At-
arnwell,S2tACarolina
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Report Prepared y._\\ odd b --Q-ie
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Approved By:
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P.J'. Knapp, Cnief, Fac1Mty Radiological
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Protection Section, Technical Inspection
Branch
Inspection Summary:
Inspection on February 18, 1982 by a representative of the
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South Carolina Department of Environmental Control
Philadelphia Electric Ccmpan_y was the originator of a waste shipment which was
inspected at the Chem-Nuclear Systems, Inc burial site.
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Results:
One apparent item of noncompliance was identified (dose rate in
the rear of the sleeper of the cab of vehicle exceeded 2 millirem per
hour).
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DETAILS
che Philadelphia Electric Company dispatched a shipment
of licensed material consisting of 463 millicuries in the form of solid oxide
On February 17, 1982,
contamination on solid trash, to the Chem-Nuclear Systems, Inc. burial site at
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The shipment was made in a sols use vehicle.
Barnwell, South Carolina.
licensee representative stated that the five packages for whi
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Dose Rate 0 3 Feet
Oose Rate @ Contact
(millirem /hr)
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(millirem /hr)
Box No.
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611-81
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61-82
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60-82
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59-82
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749-81
a representative of the South Carolina Department of
18, 1982,
The inspection
On February
Health and Environmental Control inspected the shipment.
consisted of a review of shipping papers, placarding, mark
the packages and the tractor-trailer.
The report
A copy of the report prep red by the representative is attached.an external radiation
indicates that upon arrival, on February 18, 1982,
survey of the vehicle was performed and at this time a dose rate of 2.6 millirem
per hour was detected at the rear of the sleeper in the cab of
50-277/82-03 and 50-278/82-03.
In a March 2, 1982 letter
use vehicle.
to Region I, Philadelphia Electric Company stated that two employees were sent
Inspection Report
to the Barnwell burial site, and the employees confirmed the findings of the
representative of the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmenta
Control.
These findings and other matters relating to the preparation and dispatch of
radioactive waste were the subject of a telephone enforcement co
March 18, 1982,
Project and Resident Programs and J. W. Gallagher, Philadelphia Electric
Company Manager of Electric Production.
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10 CFR 71.5 prohibits delivery of licensed material to a carrier for transport
unless the licensee complies with applicable regulations of the Department of
Transportation in 49 CFR Parts 170-189.
49 CFR 173.393(i) limits the radiation
dose rate from a package to 200 millirem per hour on contact and limits the
transport index (i.e. the dose rate in millirem per hour at three feet from a
package) to 10.
Packages from which a dose rate exceeds these values may be
s, hipped in a transport vehicle assigned for sole use under the provisions of
4.9 CFR 173.392(c).
49 CFR 173.392(c) requires that the external radiation
levels of packaged shipments of LSA radioactive material transported in sole
use vehicles must co= ply with 49 CFR 173.393(j)(4), which states that the dose
rate in a normally occupied position in the vehicle cannot exceed 2 millirem
per hour.
The dose rate of 2.6 millirem per hour found in the cab of the vehicle represents
noncompliance with 10 CFR 71.5 (82-05-01).
The Peach Bottom Nuclear Power plant Station Superintendent was informed of
this apparent violation on Marco 16, 1982.
In a March 2,1982 letter to Region I, the licensee reported that two radiation
protection personnel were dispatched to the burial site on February 19,14R2 to
resurvey the vehicle. Using three different radiation survey instruments, the
following radiation levels were measured in the sleeper compartments of the
truck cab:
2.1 mr/hr, 2.5 mr/hr and 3.0 mr/hr.
The licensee believes that these measurements support the radiation level
measured
by the State of South Carolina.
Further, the licensee's investigation indicated
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that the technician who surveyed the vehicle cab at the Peach Bottom site prior
to departure for South Carolina apparently missed the " hot spot" in the sleeper
cab due to "a lack of attention to detail."
Calculations by Region I revealed that the maximum exposure that an individual
could have received by continuously occupying the sleeper compartment during the
shipment was about 31 mrem (2.6 mrem /hr X 12 hours1.388889e-4 days <br />0.00333 hours <br />1.984127e-5 weeks <br />4.566e-6 months <br />).
This is about 6% of the
allowable annual dose to an individual member of the general public.
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l. iiame of Shipper: _//, W /St./ #fA Em e ,
Type Package / Cask Model:
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B. Shipping Documentation:
1. SSRf_ 2. g b
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2. Shipping Name and Class: Radioactive Material
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(172.7.02
3. Total Volume:_.,_6 '7 '7, 5~
ftJ(172.202(c)) Total Curies:_ p,10 7
(172.203
4. Radionuclides:~2.4/ (,9 op C3g f>/f37,C/2.5/ .2'/3/ ' e-q (A / 4o
(172.203'
5. Description (chem /phyfmedia) r'h
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6. Shippers Certific3 tion: State (48
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(172.204
7. Exclusive Use f. *Tnstructions
173.392(c))(173.393(j))or Total T.I.
(177.842
8. Check for:(a) Radiation Survey ~t. "'{f73.393(1)(j)) Contamination levels
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9. Compare: Radionuclides w/ resin a El~ysis
Radiation / Contamination levels v/CNSl/BRH L -
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8.: . Shipment Inspection Check List:
Sckaging: Ltd. Qty / devices 173.391 LSA A73.392,Ceneral 173.393,Special form 173.394,
Normal form 173.395, Fissile li3.396
usive Seals (173.393(b))
s(Drum, box, s.a.de) secure '173. 393 (n) (6) .
ment B rac ed / Blocked (173. 392 (c) /177. 842 (d) )
isible Damage (173.393(d))
isible Leakage (173.39-(c)/173.393(d))
Cask Defects / Missing parts (173.398)
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Mkace Labeling /_Wh I, Yel II,III (172.403)
[ Radiation Survey (r73.393(j))
"-oc 6adioactive _LSA3 (173.392(c))
Cab / sleeper, trailer / truck
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_ Gross L'eight marked (173.310)LSA Ex.use Exempt _ Con amination Levels (173.397)
__Ty e A/ Type B package marked (173.310)
__ vehicle Placards (173.392(c))/172.512)
,,, railer / Tractor Defects
_Tiedowns secure / adequate
_ Packages banded / reinforced palletired
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(MR/HR)
Surface:
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