ML20127A598

Insp Rept 50-409/85-01 on 850521-23 & 29.No Noncompliance Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Licensee Followup of Open Items, Regulatory Improvement Items & Noncompliances Identified in Previous Insp

ML20127A598
Person / Time
Site:	La Crosse File:Dairyland Power Cooperative icon.png
Issue date:	06/14/1985
From:	Januska A, Schumacher M NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:
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ML20127A587	List: ML20127A583 ML20127A598
References
50-409-85-01, 50-409-85-1, NUDOCS 8506210184
Download: ML20127A598 (5)

See also: IR 05000409/1985001

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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION III

Report No. 50-409/85010(DRSS)

Docket No. 50-409 License No. DPR-45

Licensee: Dairyland Power Cooperative

2615 East Avenue - South

La Crosse, WI 54601

Facility Name: La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor (LACBWR)

Inspection At: LACBWR Site, Genoa, WI

Inspection Conducted: May 21-23 and 29, 1985

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Inspector: A.G.banuska k/MBf

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Approved By:

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M. C. Schumacher, Chief

Independent Measurements and Date

Environmental Protection Section

_ Inspection Summary

Inspection on May 21-23 and 29, 1985 (Report No. 50-409/85010(DRSS))

Areas Inspected: Routine, unannounced inspection of licensee followup of open

items, regulatory improvement items and items of noncompliance identified in

previous inspections; and implementation of 10 CFR Part 20 and 10 CFR Part 61

requirements for disposal of low level radioactive wastes including management

controls, quality control, tour of facility and implementation of waste form

and waste classification requirements. The inspection involved 24 inspector-

hours onsite by one NRC inspector.

Results: No apparent items of noncompliance were identified.

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DETAILS

1. Persons Contacted

1J. Parkyn, Plant Superintendent

1P. Shafer, Radiation Protection Engineer

1L. Nelson, Health and Safety Supervisor

2R. Wery, Quality Assurance Supervisor

T. Sprester, Quality Control Technician

1 Attended exit interview on May 23, 1985.

2 Telephone contact on May 29, 1985.

2. Licensee Action on Previous Inspection Findings

a. (Closed) Violation Severity Level V (409/83-18-02) and repeat

Violation Severity Level V (409/84-15-04): Failure to implement

written procedure HSP 13.1 " Counting Techniques and Data Handling,"

as required by Technical Specification 6.8.1.a. Corrective actions

found to be incomplete during a previous inspection 1 and additional

corrective actions contained in the licensee's reply to Violation

409/84-15-04 have been adequately addressed. Existing Internal

Proportional Counters (IPCs) have been recalibrated for all

geometries. Two new IPCs, have been received onsite and the

licensee is in the process of ordering a third IPC. Individual IPC

log books which contain a plot of daily efficiency checks using new

Cs-137 standards were in use, up to date and indicated periodic

management review.

b. (0 pen) Open Item (409/82-17-04): Improve quality control of

environmental monitoring analytical measurements. Procedure

HSP-03.2 "Interlaboratory Comparisons for Radioenvironmental

Monitoring Program" was rewritten to include radiochemistry analysis

and reissued as HSP-02.13 "Interlaboratory Comparison Program for

Environmental and Radiochemistry Analysis" Issue Notice O dated

December 3, 1984. The licensee is engaged in cross check programs

with a contractor and has expanded his program with the EPA to

include alpha, beta, Sr-90, and Cs-137 in an air particulate and

alpha / beta, H-3, I-131 and a gamma scan each in liquid. January

results of alpha / beta in liquid were acceptable and March and April

air particulate and I-131 in liquid respectively have not been

received.

The licensee now lists specific MDAs as required in his annual

environmental monitoring report and is revising HSP 03.1 and his

ODCM to include the requirement for vegetation sampling so the

description of the REMP program agrees with the program required

by new technical specifications.

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c. (Closed) Open Item (409/84-15-01):

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Document various criteria used

for rejection of environmental results determined by the ifcensee.  :

Procedure HSP-03.4 " LAC 8WR Environmental Monitoring Program - Sample )

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Preparation, Analysis, and Data Review" Section 4 prescribes the

steps necessary to be performed in preparing the gamma spectroscopy

system for counting (energy i 1 kev and activities * 6%) and

Section 6 states the parameters to be reviewed for each printout

to ensure accuracy of reported results (identifying peak i 1.5 kev

and FWHM less than specific values dependent on peak energy). The

analytical printout, in addition to being reviewed by the Health

Physics analyst, is reviewed by the Health and Safety Supervisor (HSS)

and results approved or disapproved. Any results disapproved by the

HSS, or at the request of.the Radiation Protection Engineer (RPE) or

corporate office Director of Environmental Affairs based their review  !

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of the draft annual REMP report will be noted on the individual

printout with an explanation and the initials of the HSS.

! d. (Closed) Open Item (409/84-15-02): Explore background variability

at.the environmental detector (Detector No. 3) by taking additional

measurements during the day. Three hour background spectra (10)

were collected every four hours between February 23, 1985 @ 0152 and

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February 24, 1985 0 1352. Results showed a maximum deviation from

the average Co-60 (pC1) measured of 20% and an average deviation of

8.7% from which the licensee concluded that the background Co-60

variation is slight and should not significantly affect the

environmental data.

e. (Closed) Regulatory Improvement Program Open Item (409/RP-000-1):

Establish a program to provide controls for storage, use, transfer,

and disposal of chemicals. The " Reagent Inventory Checklist" which

indicated that weekly inventories had been missed 33% of the time in

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1984 was examined and.found to be complete.

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.f. (Closed) Regulatory Improvement Program Open Item (409/RP-000-2):

. Modify chemistry log sheets to include limits for all applicable

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! parameters. The licensee determined that the number of analyses

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j technical limits on the L40 log sheets. Instead, the licensee has

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established a set of plastic covered reference tables showing the

applicable limits for all analyses performed. This reference set

will be used by the analyst who will continue to write in the limits

applicable for each L40 log sheet.

g. (0 pen) Regulatory Improvement Program Open Item (409/RP-00Q-1):

Expand QA program to provide check on quality of radiological and

nonradiological analyses. The licensee continues to have difficulty

with chloride analyses. Fourth quarter 1984 cross check results

with the corporate chemistry group although high indicated some

improvement in analysis. Results performed in May 1985 using a

newly purchased chloride electrode in an attempt to correct this

problem were worse than the previous cross check and were all low.

The inspector discussed independent verification of the adequacy of

the procedure being used, precision tests along with accuracy tests,

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adaptation of another analytical method and the significance of

technician inability to perform an analysis that is common in other

power plants. The licensee will continue to investigate this

problem.

3. Organization and Management Controls

The inspector reviewed the administration and management of the licensee's

radwaste program. Administrative Control Procedure 14.0 " Handling, Storage

and Shipment of Radioactive Material" specifies that the Health and Safety

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Supervisor / Radiation Protection Engineer are responsible for ensuring that-

all aspects of State and Federal regulations concerning handling, storage,

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and shipping of radioactive material are covered while the material is

located on or. leaving the LACBWR site.

The Health and Safety Department is responsible for the overall operation

during waste shipments which may include the Operations, Maintenance and

Quality Control Departments.

4. ' Waste Classification and Form

The inspector reviewed the status of the licensee's implementation of the

requirements of 10 CFR 20 and 10 CFR 61 applicable to low-level radwaste

classification, waste form and stabilization.

! The licensee has made four shipments to date since December 27, 1983, the

effective date of the new regulations. The licensee used High Integrity

Containers (HICs) for Class C shipments made to Barnwell, South Carolina

in June 1984 and January 1985. Two class A shipments were made of waste

compacted in 55 gallon drums, and in high level 17H DOT drums. The

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inspector reviewed the paperwork package of the four shipments. All

appeared to have been properly classified.

Procedure HSP-04.1 which governs the shipment of radioactive material is

cumbersome and deals for the most part with the mechanism for physically

preparing a spent resin shipment. It does not address DAW shipments in

55 gallon drums. Although this procedure references 10 CFR 20.311 and

10 CFR 61 and contains a modified 10 CFR 61.55 waste classification table

it is inadequate in providing guidance for determining the correct waste

i . classification nor does it direct one to another applicable procedure.

l The licensee is in the process of revising his radioactive materials

shipment procedures to address applicable elements of 10 CFR 61. (0 pen

Item 409/85010-01)

The licensee has established scaling factors for use in waste classifica-

tion based on SAI analysis of samples from the first shipments. DAW was

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assumed to have the same activity distribution as an SAI analyzed sample

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of reactor coolant with total activity determined from direct radiation

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contractor analyse one sample per waste stream each year.

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5. Facility Tour and Quality Control

The inspector toured the licensee's radwaste facility. No problems were

identified.

Quality Control inspections are performed for each shipment for specific

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line items on attachments 3A and 3B of HSP-04.1 and reviewed by the QA

Supervisor. In addition, a vehicle inspection and verifying radiation

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survey is performed by QC.

6. Exit Interview

The inspector reviewed the scope and findings of the inspection with

licensee representatives (Section 1) at the conclusion of the inspection

and during a telephone conversation on May 29, 1985. In response to

inspector comments the licensee agreed to complete revision of radio-

active materials shipment procedures to reflect specific requirements of

10 CFR 20.311 and 10 CFR 61.

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