ML20126B380

Process Control Program Guidance,Solid Waste Mgt Sys, Revision 1

ML20126B380
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Site:	Pilgrim
Issue date:	02/06/1979
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Process Control Program

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ENCLOSURE 3 Ravision 1

• February 6,1979 GUIDA CE 1 N

SOLID WASTE l'A!!AGEl1ENT SYSTEl15 f l

Standard Review Plan 11.4(1) and Branch Technical Position ETSB 11-3(2) requirethateachapplicantforanoperatinglicenseprohideadetail l

description of,a Process Control Program (PCP) to assure that the solid ,

waste system will perform its intended function and that the product produced by this system contains no free water

• and is a monolithic solid.

Specification 3.11.3.1 of the model Radiological effluent Technical Specifications (3) require that the solid radwaste system be maintained and used in accordance with the PCP. NUREG-0133(4) requires that at the time an applicant / licensee submits proposed Radiological Effluent Technical Specifications that he submit the. PCP for NRC review.

f"JREG-0133 further requires that the PCP be documented in the plant cperating procedures.

To meet this connitment, the staff has prepared a general description of a PCP giving the essential points that should be covered by the applicant / licensee in making this submittal. Due to variations in system design and operation, the applicant / licensee should not interpret this outlinetobeallinclusihe. Th'e PCP is plant specific and must be established on a case-by-case basis since waste characteristics will vary from plant to plant.

=?ree water is oefined as uncombined water not bound by the solid matrix.

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A " Process Control Program" (PCP) for a solid radwaste system shall be a manual detailing the program of sampling analysis and formulation '

determinationbywhichsolidificationofradioactihewastesfromliquid systems is assured. ThePCPshallprohideassurancethatthesystemis operated as designed and produces a final product that contains no free 1 water and has completely sMidified all waste. If properties of the final product have been determined by the manufacturer the PCP shall also assure that the solidified waste products exhibit those physical and chemical properties (leachability, strength, flammability, etc.) that are charac-teristic of the product as demonstrated by the manufacturer for producing an acceptable solidified waste product. The PCP shall identify inter-faces with other plant systems (e.g., liquid and gaseous radwaste systems),

identify equipment (interlocks, alarms, monitors, etc.) which are required tobefunctionalbeforeprocessingcancommence,identifyadministratihe controls or equipment features to assure that operating procedures will i be followed, identify the sampling requirements prior to processing and l identify the harious processing steps and process parameters which provide i boundary conditions.within which the solid radwaste system shall be operated.

Depending upon the type of waste (bead resins, powered resins, filter sludge, evaporator concentrates, sodium sulfate solutions, boric acid solutions, etc.) to be solidified and the kind of solidification agent (uret, formaldehyde,' cement, cement with sodium silicate, asphalt, poylester, etc.) employed, the process parameters shall include but are not limited

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to, 6.he type of waste, requirements for sampling prior to processing, pH, oil c^sntent, water content, temperature, ratio of solidification agent l l

to influent waste and the ratio of solidification agent to chemical additive. '

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NOTE:

For operating reactors which have systems installed that are not capable of solidifying the categories of " wet" waste as defined in SRP 11.4, BTP-ETSB 11-3 or NUREG-013'3 the licensee shall define the limitations of hispresentsystemandprohideaProcessControlProgramtocoherthe waste that can be processed by his existing system. The licensee shall identify those wastes which cannot be solidified and indicate the method of packaging currently being employed (dewatered resins, vermiculite, etc.).

In addition, the licensee shall provide a schedule for upgrading his solid waste system to provide the capability to process all types of " wet" wastes as defined in these reference documents.

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REFERENCES i

(1) Standard Rehiew Plan 11.4, Rehision 1, Solid Waste Management l

Systems, UUREG-75/087.

(2) Branch Technical Position - ETSB 11-3, Revision 1, Design Guidance for Solid Radioactive Waste Management Systems Installed in Light- l Water-Cooled Nuclear Power Reactor Plants, NUREG-75/087. i 1

(3) Draft Radiological Effluent Technical Specifications for PWRs and BWRs, NUREGs 0472 and 0473.

(4) Preparation of Radiological Effluent Technical Specifications for Nuclear Power Plants, NUREG-0133.

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