ML20133N112
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| Site: | 07001622 |
| Issue date: | 10/04/1982 |
| From: | Mills L TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY |
| To: | Rouse L NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
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Docket No. 70-1622 Tennessee Valley Authority
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j TVA hereby requests an amerdnent to its special nuclear material license, l
Stel-1476, dated June 10, 1974 for TVA's Office of Power Central Laboratories.
The enclosed application is identical to our original application dated April 15, 1974 and the supplement thereto dated May 29, 1979 except for changes indicated by a vertical line to the right of the lines being changed.
The purpose of these changes is to update our application, to reflect personnel and division changes within TVA, and to change the name of
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" Metallurgical Imboratory" to "Special Nuclear Material Imboratory." The other minor changes are to clarify TVA's original intent of this application.
In accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 170.ll(a)3, an amendment fee is
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not required.
l If you have any questions regarding this anordnent, please get in touch with Percy Hannons of my staff at FTS 858-2736.
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SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL LICENSE FOR RECEIPT, POSSESSION, STORAGE, USE, TESTING, AND TRANSFER OF LIGHT WATER REACTOR FUEL FATERIALS AT TVA OFFICE OF POWER CENTRAL LABORATORIES, l
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GENERAL _ INFORMATION l
The Tennessee Valley Authority (IVA) hereby applies for a special nuclear material license to provide for receipt, possession, storage, destructive testing, packaging for delivery to a carrier, transf er, and shipment of light water reactor fuel materials.at the TVA Offico of Power Central Laboratories located at Chickamauga Dam Power Service Center, Chattanooga, Tennessee.
II.
APPLICANT _ ORGANIZATION '
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Name of Annlicent Tennessee Valley Authority B.
Descrintinn_of Basiness of Annlicant TVA is a corporate agency of the Federal Government created by Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 (48 Stat. 58, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 60 831-831dd (1970s Supp. V. 1975]).
C.
.Cornorate crasnization IVA's activities are conducted primarily in parts of Tennessee, Kentucky. Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina, Georgia, and Virginia. The offices of the TVA Board of Directors and General Manager are at Knoaville Tennessee.
All of the directors and principal officers are United States citizens.
The names and addresses of the present directors and principal of ficers are as f ollows:
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' Charles H. Dann 4021 Tcpside Rond 400 West Summit Hill Drive, (Chairman)
Knoxville, IN 37920 E12A9 Enoxville, 'IN 37902 S. David Freeman 1431 Cherokee Trail 400 West Summit Hill Drive, (Director)
Unit 122 E12A7 Enoxville, TN 37920 Knoxville, TN 37902 Richard M. Freeman 3600 Montalake Drive 400 West Summit Hill Drive, (Director)
Knoxville, TN 37920 E12A11 Knoxville, TN 37902 Willian F. Willis 8125 Hayden Drive 400 West Summit Hill Drive, (General Manager)
Knoxville, IN 37919 E12B16 Knoxville, 'IN 37902
'Ihema s H. Ripley 7134 Cheshire Drive 219 Locust Street Building (Manager of Natural Knoxville, 'IN 37919 Knoxville, IN 37902 Resources)
Richard L. Morgan 130 Reservoir Road 201 Summer Place Building (Manager of Economic and Norris, TN 37828 Enoxville, TN 37902 Community Development)
Charles Bonine, J r.
1110 North Heritage Drive 400 West Summit Hill Drive, (Manager of Management Maryville, TN 37801 E4B30 Services)
Knoxville, TN 37902 Herbert S. Sanger, J r.
5100 Malibu Drive 400 West Summit Hill Drive, (General Counsel)
Ecoxville, IN 37918 E11B33 Enoxville, IN 37902 Billy J. Bond 218 Forrest Hills Drive A214 N'ational Fertilizer (Manager of Agricultut 1 Florence, AL 35630 Development Center and Chemical Development)
Muscle Shoals, AL 35660 George H. Kimmons Williams Road, Route 3 400 West Summit Hill Drive, (Manager of Engineering Concord, IN 37720 W12A9 Design and Construction)
Knoxville, TN 37902-Hugh G. Parris 9211 Pleasant Lane 500A Chestnut Street (Manager of Power)
Ooltewah, TN 37363 Tower II Chattanooga, IN 37401 an -
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The applicant is not acting as agent or representative of another person in filing this application.
III.
ACTIVITY A.
Location
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The TVA Special Nuclear Material (SNM) ' License Laboratory is located in room 218 of the Central'
' Laboratories Building in the Chickamauga Dam Power Service Center complex. This facility is situated at the north end of Chickamauga Dam at the intersection of Highway 153 and Access Drive near Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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Ornanization The SNM laboratory is part of the Central Laboratories Services, Maintainance Coordination Staf f within the Office of Power. This laboratory has been in existence since 1942 doing various tests on materials used in TVA's power generation and transmission system.
It has occupied its present facilities since 1962.
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General Plan of Operation Samples of low enriched uranium dioxide powder and g
pellets will be analyzed in the SNM Inboratory to 8
support TVA's nuclear fuel quality assurance ef forts.
The se samples, containing natural uranium or uranium er.riched to less than f our percent in the uranium-235 isotope, will be obtained from TVA nuclear fuel suppliers as in process or final products representative of the fuel materials contained or to be contained in a given TVA nuclear fuel proj ect.
Laboratory analyses will be conducted using selected procedures as detailed in American Society for Testing and Materials ( ASTM) Standard C-696-72, which has been endorsed by the U.S. Atemic Energy Commission as Regulatory Guide 5.5.
Certain other test procedures may be applied as required by the quality assurance program.
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,Additienni c__Ainsticna of semples will invo3'N:
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Visual cad dimsnsioncI inspection of pellets 2.
Determination of pellet density via geometric and immersion techniques 3.
Inspection of pellet microstructure and pore morphology via metallographic mounting 4.
Determination of surface properties 5.
Determination of intermediate temperature oxidation stability At the conclusion of testing for a given fuel proj ect, all recoverable uranium dioxide powder, pellet chunks and whole pellets will be. appropriately packaged and stored for later shipment to the respective fuel supplier f or ' recycle into that f acility's laboratory waste, or otherwise disposed of at an approved burial site. All other was'te materials and equipment, except that which can be decontaminated for reuse, will be appropriately packaged and delivered to a TVA nucle'ar power plant for inclusion into that plant's radioactive waste disposal system or to an approved burial site.
IV.
PERIOD OF LICENSE It is requested that a license be issued to remain in effect until such time as the licensee requests termination.
V.
LICENSED MATERI AL A.
Name The material will be natural uranium and uranium enriched to less than four percent in the uranium-235 isotope.
B.
Amount The maximum amount of material to be held at any given time is 340 grams of the uranium-235 isotope.
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Soecifications The material will be in the f orm of uranium dioxide M* /
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rosidros ced wacts cateriels produced incidade-.o the tsst estivitios dascribed in paragraph III.C of this application.
VI.
TECIINICAL QUALIFICATIONS The technical qualifications of the laboratory staf f authorized to be engaged in the licensed activity follow.
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John L. Rose. Supervisor. Chemical _ Laboratory Section 1.
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M.S., Chemistry,1951, University of Tennessee b.
Post-gradnate courses in radiation chemistry and nuclear physics c.
3 days Radiological Hygiene Instruction - TVA Radiological, Bygiene Branch d.
2 days Radiochemical Laboratory Training - Oak Ridge National Laboratory e.
2 days Radiochemical Laboratory Training -
General Electric Company, Wilmington Facility 2.
Exnerience a.
21 years - Chemical laboratory work including conventional wet chemical techniques, instrumental analyses and supervisory functions - Velsicol Chemical Ccmpany b.
10 years - Chemical laboratory work including conventional wet che=ical techniques, instrumental analyses, and supervisory functions - Tennessee Valley Authority B.
Rebecca J. Stokes. Sunervisor. Metallurtical Laboratory Section 1.
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M.S., Metallurgical Engineering,1976, University of Kentucky b.
1-1/2 days Radiological Hygiene Insts retion -
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Exoerience a.
3 years - Metallurgical engineering work including metallography, physical testing, and chemical analysis - Applied Engineering Laboratories b.
1 year - Supervisor, Metallurgical Engineering Laboratory - Vickers.Uydraulics. Division of Sperry Rand e.
12 years - Metallurgical engineering work including metallography, physical testing, chemical analysis, applied research, failure analysis, and quality assurance - U.S. Army Missile Command d.
3-1/2 years- Metallurgical engineering work including metallography, physleal testing, chemical enalysis, failure analysis, and supervisory f unctions - Tennessee Valley Authority.
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Untold W. Terry, J r. - Analytical Chemis t 1.
Trainina a.
W.S., Chemistry,1974, University of Georgia b.
4 hours4.62963e-5 days <br />0.00111 hours <br />6.613757e-6 weeks <br />1.522e-6 months <br /> Radiological Hygiene Instruction - TVA Radiological Hygiene Branch 2.
Ezeerienes a.
1-1/2 years - Chemical laboratory work including conventional wet ehemical techniques, instrumental analyses, and supervisory functions - Chemiest Processing of Georgia b.
3-1/2 years - Chemical laboratory work including conventional wet ehemical techniques, instrumental analyses and supervisory f unctions - Chat ten, Inc.
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EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES A.
Laboratory Tae layout of the SNM laberatory and adjoining facilities is shown in figure 1.
It consists of a laboratory room, a darkroen,and a sample preparation room. Walls are indicated by dark heavy lines and work counter tops by the lighter lines.
All three doorways are equipped with. heavy metal-clad doors.
Various equipment and work locations have been designated with a. circled letter and identified by a legend on the figure.
B.
Reaulated Ares A regulated area will be established in one-half of the laboratory room and the sample preparation room as indicated by the nonshaded area of the figure. Dashed lines represent chains bearing ' Regulated Area' and appropriate radiation warning signs, which will be hooked from the walls to the mid-room work counter top to establish access control across the open floor areas.
All testing of uranine samples will be conducted only within the regulated area and at times wtsn access control is in effect.
Upon completion of work requiring the testing of uranium samples, the area will remain regulated until appropriate radiation monitoring has been performed "to verify tha, the area may be reopened for normal access (see paragraph VIII.I).
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Jani.naent 1.
A locked metal cabinet or drawer (A) will be provided in the regulated area for storage of samples and sample residues.
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An open glove-box type chamber will be utilized inside the sanple preparation roem (B) fer sample preparation and any other operations which could generate airborne contamination. The hood will have a f ace intake velocity of 100 f eet per minute I
There wiga previsions f or locking covers over the epaa pcVe-box parts.
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A HEPA filter will be provided for the cihaust line of the emission spectrograph (C) ventilation system.
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A wet, enclosed cut-off wheel (D) will be used for cutting operations so as to contain waste cuttings and prevent airborne contamination. This item is l
located within the glove box (B).
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A wet petisher (E) will be used for polishing
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operations so as to keep the radioactive dust wet and prevent airborne contamination.
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A 20 ga11on me'tal garbage can with a plastic bas liner (F) will, be.provided for solid radioactive waste.
The can's lid will be equipped with a
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Radiation monito' ring will be performed with a count rate meter capable of using various types of detectors.
Available detectors will include a geiger tube and alpha scintillation probe.
Smear counting will be accomplished using an internal scintillation alpha counter.
VIII.
PROCEDURES A.
Accidental Criticality The type and amount of special nuclear material requested by this application is not sufficient to achieve criticality regardless of configuration or moderation.
B.
Security l
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The laboratory is situated in a building complex known as the Chattanooga Power Service Center located at the TVA Chickamauga Dam Reservation.
The outer access doors to the buildings 'are locked af ter work hours and access is under control of key supervisory personnel and the security guards for the reservation.
The buildings and grounds are periodically patrolled internally and externally by the guard force during nonwork hours, weekends, and holidays. The laboratory building will be locked during nonwork hours,
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The sample storage container (A) will be kept locked at all times other than when handling of licensed material is required.
3.
Key control to the building ccmplex. laboratory ro om, and stortge containers will be exercised by the Supervisor, Chemical Laboratory.
The Central Laboratories.' Building security is in the process of being changed. Although not quite operational yet, all of our doors are being converted to a magnetic card locking system.
This includes all outside doors and some inside doors including room 218..Our core time is 6:00 a.m. -
6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Access to the building at any other time is limited to supervisory pers,onnel, Building Maintenance, Public Safety, and a f ew other employees.
Access to room 218 is even more limited.
All entry--even authorized--is recorded as to time and card identity.
C.
Control of Licensed Material The Supervisor, Chemical Laborstory, will be the Nuclear Material Custodian and will develop, implement, and monitor a nuclear material control system for the licensed activity. This system will be docenented.
D.
Receipts 1.
Samples will be received in sealed, plastic containers and marked as to weight and enrichment.
The plastic containers will be further packaged in wooden or metal shipping boxes and cushioned with packing material.
2.
The shipping boxes will be immediately smeared to check f or surf ace contamination in accordance with the provisions of 10 CFR Part 20,205.
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Shipping boxes a'nd packing materials found to have been contaminated will be disposed of in the solid radioactive wa ste container.
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The extel,J of plastic sample containersp ill be s
coniterad fcr c:nte:2ination, dscontazinst lif nacessary, end placsd in the radio 2ctive dia#terial storage cabinet.
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Documentation of receipts will be accomplished in accordance with 'IVA internal procedures and 10 CFR regulations.
E.
Sample Processine 1.
When samples are being handled, all work counter tops in use will be covered with disposable paper runners.
2.
Personnel will wear protective laboratory clothing when in the regulated area. This protective clothing will not be. worn outside the regulated area.
3.
Personnel departing the regulated area will be required to monitor their hands and clothing for contamination. Materials and equipment will not be removed from the regulated area unless monitored and the levels of transferable contamination are below those values described in
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4.
All operations which could generate airborne contamination will be performed in the hood and i
glove-box arrangement.
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Cutting, grinding, and polishing operations will be performed wet.
'Ihe fluids will be filtered and recycled.
Residues will be discarded as solid radioat ' ive wa ste.
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Unused portions of samples will be returned to storage.
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Waste Diseosal
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Solid radioactive waste will be collected in the container as described in paragraph VII.C.6.
This waste will be disposed of, as necessary, by shipment to a 'IVA nuclear power plant for l
inclusion into that plant's radioactive waste disposal system or to an approved burial site.
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The other would involve monitoring, diluting if necessary and disposal through the laboratory sewage system in accordance with the provisions of 10 CFR Part 20.303.
3.
Unused sample material and sample residue will be stored in cabinet (A) until packaged and returned either to the nuclear fuel vendor frcm which they were obtained or to an approved burial site.
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Shipments 1.
Unused samples will be sealed in the same plastic containers in which they were received. These containers will be smeared and decontaminated, if necessary.
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Sample container,s will be further p.schaged into metal or wooden shipping boxes with appropriate packing materials.
The boxes will be smeared and then decontaminated, if necessary.
3.
Shipment will be accomplished through the U.S.
Postal Service, a commercial carrier, or hand carried by a TVA employee.
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Documentation of shipment will be acccmplished in accordance with TVA internal procedures and 10 CFR regulations.
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Decontamination 1.
Before 'he regulated area becomes a non-regulated area, the area and all equipment located therein will be monitored and decontaminated to within acceptable levels (see paragraph I).
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Laboratory clothing intended for cztended use will be sent to a TVA nuclear power plant f or l aunde ring.
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Radiolonical Safety and Monitoring 1.
Radiological saf ety support will be provided by TVA's Radiological IIcalth Staf f.
Health rhysics and radiological hygiene services will be made available as deemed necessa ry by this staf f.
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Dispossble protective clothing will bs c[
during laboratory activities involving licenssa materials.
Items of personal clothing belonging to laborato,ry personnel will be monitored f or contamination each time exit f rom the regulated area is desired.
3.
Contamination levels will be held as low as practicable while work with licensed material is in progress.
Decontamination st eps will be undertaken if periodic radiation monitoring i
indicates that contamination levels have exceeded l
100 times the values listed in section VIII.I.5.(a).
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At the conclas' ion of work involving the handling of licensed materials, the reguis ted area will remain intact until a swipe survey has been performed on all work surf aces and equipment to verify that contamination levels are within acceptable limit's.
All samples and radioactive wastes will be properly stored or discarded.
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Acceptable Radiation Levels (a) The regulated zone will remain intact until l
the radiation and contamination levels on i
work surf aces, fl oor s, and equipment are bel ow the f ollowing:
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Alpha Beta Gamma Alpha B e t a-G amma (dpm/100 Cm8)
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(dpm/100 Cm8) 1 300
.05 (200 cpm) 30 200 l
(b) Equipment or packages leaving the regulated zone will meet the transf erable contamination levels as stated in 5.(a) above.
(c) Personal clothing of personnel exiting the regulated area will be maintained at below the following radiation and contamination levels:
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Alpha Bete Gimma Alpha D 2 t a-G ac:m:
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