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Insp Rept 70-1113/83-05 on 830208-11.Noncompliance Noted: Failure to Follow Procedure for Verification of Sample Repts & to Verify Assigned Value for Ref Stds
ML20133L592
Person / Time
Site: 07001113
Issue date: 03/09/1983
From: Mcalpine E, Sabados J
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:
Shared Package
ML20132C968 List:
References
FOIA-85-208 70-1113-83-05, 70-1113-83-5, NUDOCS 8508120666
Download: ML20133L592 (5)
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, <e ..u. it m>cfior findings, i' ; . t t ien involved 26 inspettor hears on site by ora f2: Inspector anc v.et

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a l t s. : The 11cer see was found to be ir, cor pliar.ce with hRC requirenients in the are as e aar-ined dar ing the inspection ocept f or the f olicining itens:

le sivre to f ollow the procedure f or th( verificotier of sample reports (t .1-05 -C l ) .

f e t ture te verify each assigned value for the rtference standards used for a u r a n t urt accourtability method (63-05-0?).

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  • [. A. tecs, kanager, Quality Assuronce j

'l. f. i.entley. Ac t itiy Nnager Fuel Manuf at tur ing  ;

% . L. Petter son, Nnager, Fuel Fabrication Operat icr. j

  • D. h. Irown, Manager, Powder Production i *L. A. l urr s, Manager, Nterial Services  :

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The inspector' also interviewed seve ral other licensee erployees.

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I trensev Action on Previous inspection Findings U losed) Inspector Follow-up Itein (82-12-01): Samples taken to verify the accel tat!ility of the llCensee's measurements for an Overseas shipment. ' g:

A review of the analytical data did not reveal a discernable dif ference Detween ML's and the licensee's values for the samples.

(c iosed) Inspector Follow-sp Ites (82-15-01): Samples taken to verify the '

'O oueptablitty of the licensee's measurements for an overseas shipment. ,

g A review of the analytical data did not reveal a discerable difference N i

between ML's and the licensee's values for the samples.

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MC-bb206B - Measurements and Statistical Controls  :

Scales and balances were checked to verify identity, function, and calibration tags. This included the following:

a. hoting the identifstation/ type, location, and function for each scale and/or balarce used for accountability and verifyins the availability of certified standard weights (weights calibrated by the North Carolina r

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.tir. .tl. t. Othet O r t,*rille t ions t rat ectle t e f.'i) r whict ar( useL for th v. ' t r. telibretior, c.f actuuntotiility sc eles ar.c balonces .

i i s i e.1 < .. tiondard rt r ti f icate s at d celibra t icr da to it order to s u!:'. t e r ' i c ' ( the assicred values f o r certifir d standorc' u tghts.

hot ir t t he' the recalibratitt criteria for stales and belances, ar.d c ertified stoncord weights was beirg fcilowec as set forth iri tt.e litenser's recertificetion procedures.

I tour was edt accompanied by licensee personnel ccvering all appliceble

\ Cole 5 ard latIdnCes for the three preceding points.

It we f ound the' working standards remain in service for a period of one year culture. av d ere ther recertified by the North Carolina Deportr:ent of Agri-The orly exception noted was the artif act standard al6(, ar.o *192 used tur l'F, that are recertified in-house, in which the licensee issuca a ceviatiots eitt.nding the period to 18 months due to a difficulty in atteiniric s the recertification standards. The licensee is presently in possession of 4 thest standards and will attempt to recertify the artifact standards within the next nonth.

tfW trucks are weighed on a truck scale that is recertified annually by the state of korth Carolina, Department of Agriculture, Raleigh, N.C. bleight r + asurenents are perfomed by Toledo Scales with a GE weighmaster over-tbecking for lineartt).

N review of the licensee's program for scales and balance was found te be a t 1 s f ac tory.

Techi.1cians are initially trained and recertified every two years using 5.0.P.'s as the training criteria. A certification evaluation /

< tatnnent is documented for each technician certified. This infcma. E

son is input to a computer program referred to as Restrac which then renitors the training status for each individual.

'he training records of five technicians that were identified in the t 4 processing area were examined. Table I identifies the techicians e d the overall training received. Pecords for several other t.chicians ttsfactory.

were also chosen at randora for review and were found to be

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licer set's system for handling analytical measurement data was o

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.iewed for data generated from the " Uranium by K,Cr,0, Titration" and

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torciere witt c colitiration ar.c operctirig ir structio' (CO' 17 6... 1), the lirerset had failed to verity each assionec velut tcr t he r . ' e r t r.o stonderds as requirco by section 4.2.1.? of the FN!". Plar,.

't i - e e siolction (63-05-02).

ine inspector acceponito by licensee persorinel examined the measur e-re r t systers f or waste ef fluents. The licenste rionitors the volume of fiuoride, oitrate, arid rad waste str?aris through the use of Calibrated dif ferential pressure orifice flow meters. An orifice plate it inst <lleo in each liquid transfer line, liquid flow gent. rates a pressure dif ferential across the orifice which is proportional to tb(.

volume of flow. The pressure dif ferential is detected electrorically procut ing a signel which is integrated to determine totel volume.

Although there is ne specific recalibratior, f requency for these plates, th) were recently calibrated by NBS on September F.1981. This was perforred in conjunction with an evaluation of all key mecsurement points as a result of having experienced an inventory in which the 10 ~

bod eneeded the LEID. The calibration was perfomed through the use of at kB5 calibrated prover tank in which a certified volume is pumped through an orifice plate which also established the calibration of the ditferentiel pressure cell and associated electronics. W SAC then perforra d cr overcheck study usirs the still available NBS equipment, lhe study suggested a possible measurerent irprovement by acdifying the current sampling systetn. The licer see intends to resolve this itett when recovery operations are irplerented in the near future.

4 Latt Interview Th inspection scope and findings were summarized or February 11, 1983, with those pers 'ns indicated in paragraph I above, e' 1 W ~~

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