ML20056F109
| ML20056F109 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 08/17/1993 |
| From: | Long R GENERAL PUBLIC UTILITIES CORP. |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM) |
| References | |
| C-93-2162, C000-93-2162, C312-93-2057, NUDOCS 9308260074 | |
| Download: ML20056F109 (2) | |
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Post Office Box 480 Route 441 South Middletown, Pennsylvania 17057-0191 717 944 7621 TELEX 84 2386 Writer's Direct Dial Number:
(717) 948-8400 August 17,1993 C312-93-2057 C000-93-2162 US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attn: Document Control Desk i
Washington, DC 20555 Three hiile Island Nuclear Station Unit 2 (Th11-2)
Operating License No. DPR-73 Inspection Report No. 50-320/93-02 Response to Notice of Violadon
Dear Sir:
I The subject Inspection Report identified a violation of the NRC requirements of 10 CFR 61.56 and 10 CFR 30.41 related to the allowable amount of free-standing liquid in solidified waste shipped for disposal to the Richland, WA disposal site. The violation resulted from the discovery of excess frec-standing liquid in a radioactive waste shipment sent from Th1I-2 on l
December 16,1992 to the US Ecology waste disposal site in Richland, WA.
l A Notice of Violation (NOV) was issued on January 29,1993. The GPU Nuclear response to the NOV was issued on Afarch 17,1993. A revised NOV was issued on April 9,1993. GPU Nuclear responsed to the revised NOV on hiay 7,1993. The GPU Nuclear response dated i
hiarch 17, 1993, committed to provide the NRC the results of the testing performed by Fluid.
Tech, Inc., the supplier of the solidification media to determine the cause of the excess free-standing liquid. The GPU Nuclear response dated hiay 7,1993, committed to abstain from use
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of the Fluid Tech, Inc. Aquaset II or Petroset solidification media until the testing had been i
completed and the corrective actions indicated by the results of the testing have been j
implemented.
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I On June 14, 1993, Fluid Tech, Inc. issued a progress report on their investigation of the solidincation failure (Attachment 1). As stated in the progress report, Fluid Tech, Inc. did not identify a mot cause for the solidification media failure. However, specific impmvements in j
the Process Control Plan (PCP) for use of the media have been identified and will be implemented in the near future. Fluid Tech, Inc. is continuing their investigation of the solidification media failure.
l GPU Nuclear has completed a myiew of the preliminary Fluid Tech, Inc. mport of the testing of Aquaset II and Petroset. The testing by Fluid Tech, Inc. did not identify the root cause of the degmdation of the solidiGeation media. Notwithstanding improvements in the PCP, GPU Nuclear has no plans to use either solidification media in the foreseeable future. If either Aquaset II or Petmset are identified as the solidification media of choice for a future specific waste solidification application, GPU Nuclear will evaluate the PCP for that specific application and inform the NRC prior to use.
This completes the GPU Nuclear response to the subject Notice of Violation. The actions taken and commitments made by GPU Nuclear herein provide reasonable assurance that a similar event will not occur and that full compliance will be achieved.
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Dimctor, Services & TMI-2 Director dlb cc:
M. Evans - Senior Resident Inspector, TMI T. T. Martin - Regional Administrator, Region I 3
M. T. Masnik - Pmject Manager, PDNP Directorate L. H. Thonus - Project Manager, TMI l
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