ML20064G294

Special Rept:On 931210,shipment of Dry Active Waste Sent from Facility to Alaron Corp W/Receipt Not Received Until 940111.Procedure HP/0/B/1006/01 Revised

ML20064G294
Person / Time
Site:	Catawba
Issue date:	02/28/1994
From:	Rehn D DUKE POWER CO.
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
References
NUDOCS 9403160103
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- Catawba Nuclear Generation Department nce hesident 4300 ConccadRoad (803)S313205 0ifice fork. SC29715 (S03)b.n .mo rax

, DUKEPOWER February 28,1994 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, D. C. 20555

Subject:

Catawba Nuclear Station Docket 50-413 and 50-414 Special Report Concerning Licensee Investigation Into Delayed Receipt of Shipment Confirmation Pursuant the' requirement of 10 CFR 20.2006(d), find attached a Special Report concerning our investigation into the delayed receipt of shipment confirmation. This incident involved a shipment of Dry Active Waste ' DAW) which left Catawba Nuclear Station (CNS) on December 10,1993, being shipped to ALARON Corporation.

Any questions concerning the contents of this report may be directed to Z. L. Taylor,803-831-3812.

Very truly your D. L. Rehn KEMSR022894. DAW l

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l DUKE POWER COMPANY CATAWBA NUCLEAR STATION DOCKET 50413 AND 50414 SPECIAL REPORT PIP 0-C94-0100 10 CPR 20.2006(d) requires each person involved in the transferfor disposal and disposal oflow-level radioactive waste, include the waste generator, waste collector, waste processor, and disposalfacility operator, shall comply with the requirements specified in section 111 of appendix F to 10 CFR 20.1001-20.2401. Section til D.] of appendix F requires, in part, the land disposal facility operator to acknowledge receipt within I week. Sections 111 A.8 and E.1 of appendix F requires any generating licensee who transfers waste to a licensed waste processor to conduct an investigation ofany shipmentfor which acknowledgment ofreceipt has not be received with 20 days after transfer. Appendix F, Senion

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Ill. E.2. requires a report to be submitted within 2 weeks ofcompletion ofthe investigation.

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( A shipment of radioactive DAW to ALARON Corporation for waste processing left CNS on December 10, 1993. CNS received manifest receipt verification from ALARON on January 11,1994. A Radiation l

Protection (RP) technician noticed that more than 20 days had elapsed between the shipment date and confirmation date, and inunediately notified the RP/RMS supervisor. RP management notified NRC Inspector Dan W. Jones, who was on-site for a routine inspectior., that an investigation had not been initiated within the time allotted by the above requirements. This incident is documented in NRC Inspection Report 413,14/94-03 as a non-cited violation (NCV 50-413,414/94-03-01).

Sequence of Events i 12/10/93 Shipment of DAW to ALARON Corporation left CNS 12/13/93 Shipment of DAW from CNS was received by ALARON 12/22/93 ALARON dated confirmation of receipt .

l 12/23/93 Postmark on confirmation of receipt from ALARON l

l 01/11/94 CNS/RP technician received confirmation of receipt. CNS investigation began.

01/12/94 RP supervisor constacted ALARON of this incident. ALARON initiating investigation, also.

02/14/94 CNS invesugation concluded.

The investigation documented in Problem investigation Process (PIP) #0-C94-0100, which concluded on February 14, 1994, has shown that the confirmation of receipt may have been on site within the time l frame, however, Radiation Protection violated 10 CFR 20.1001, Appendix F, Section E by not initiating l an mvestigation when the confirmation of receipt was not received within the 20 days after shipment.

l l The root cause of this was found to be that HP/0/B/1006/01, Shipment of Radioactive Material, did not provide the user with information concerning the 20 day receipt acknowledgement requirement. A review l of shipping procedures found that the 20 day requirement was included in all shipping procedures with j the exception of HP/0/B/1006/01 and HP/0/B/1001/10, Shipment of Solidified Waste.

l Immediate corrective actions included initiation of procedure changes for HP/0/B/1006/01 and I HP/0/B/1006/10 to provide guidance for th: initiation of an investigation after 20 days in compliance with l 10 CFR 20. The procedure change for HP/0/B/1006/01 was approved on January 13, 1994. The l procedure change for HP/0/B/1006/10 will be approved prior to being used in the shipment of solidified waste.

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