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Submits Advanced Medical Sys Status Update.W/Related Matl
ML20134G896
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Issue date: 11/14/1994
From: Slawinski W
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To: Caniano R, Madera J
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
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i From: Wayne J. Slawinski JEJS2) /2N To:

Date: Monday,RJC1,JRM4 f CAN/

November 14, 1994 12:094pm fuof gy f m j9 ogg.jp/ gy

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AMS status update SEG is scheduled to visit the AMS site on Wed or Thurs 11/16 or 11/17. The purpose of the visit is to drill holes into the floor of the back bsmt and collect floor and core boro-type smples for analysis. Also on thurs 11/17 j Alaron plans a site visit to further develop its plans for the milling  !

operation. The Alaron visit may require a cell entry to better eveluate the offort that wliI be needed for the eventual miIIIng operatlon.

SEG plans phase 2 of its WHUT room assessment to commence after Thanksgiving 1 sometime.. Phase 2 wliI Involve driliing into walIs of the WHUT room.

} A new HP tech has been hired and is due to start on Tues 11/29. Acc*ording to Bob, this nevi person has HP technician experience at Nuclear plants and therefore should be a positive addition to the staff. Steve Haddock plans to i continue as an AMS employee through the end of the year.

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I AMS STATUS

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  • Bob Meschter, RSO since August 1994 .
  • Steve Haddock, Isotope Handler, contracted to provide training and HP support thru end of year
  • Vince Rocco, Inexperienced tech'
  • New relatively experienced HP tech to start in two weeks
  • Part time procedure writer (HP procedures) began couple weeks ago Source Term Reduction

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  • Current sealed and bulk source inventory - 70,000 Ci
  • Current solid waste' inventory ( 55-gal drums & LSA bins / boxes) 50 C1
  • GE-500 cask awaiting shipment - 9400 + 5500 - 15,000 Ci
  • WHUT room source term - 200 Ci
  • Facility contam source term (cell, ventil system, other areas)- tens of Ci x%GM~<"w gLu M^~6

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  • Renewal and DFP due end of year

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  • Licensee contracted SEG to conduct radiological eval of WHUT room and

! develop DFP. (SEG to commence site work this week and complete WHUT room i radiological analysis within 30-days.)

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, Cell Front Plua Removal 4  ;

  • Alaron Corp. to mill out plug. Alaron scoping visit scheduled for this L week. Milling operation to take place within 30-days.

I I NRC Structural Assessment Of WHUT RQQM

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  • Bob Shewmaker completed prelim review via site visit on Oct 12, 1994.

j Second site visit necessary to complete assessment. .No signif problems noted  ;

i with WHUT room itself; however, adjacent facility structural stability shows ~

4 some signs of possible degredation.

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  • Discuss Kurth's report re: sewer contamination and sampling results .
  • Two 2.206 petitions outstanding (1) Decon sewer system

, (2) Install effluent alarm on sewer discharges *

  • Temp Restraining Order issued Nov. 15, 1994 i . 9 4

, e Misc HP Issues

  • Radiological Contingency Plan implementation weak
  • No fire dept pre-plan developed
  • HP surveillance / survey program for WHUT room not implemented
  • High smerable levels in various areas of facility other than cell and decon room (e.g. back bsat, spots in isotope shop, ventil system room)

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AMS Co-60 Inventory November 1994 Source Tvoe # Sources Total Activity Location 1

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Picker Wafer 39 2152 Ci Primarily Garden l Picker /AMS 44 11517 Ci Primarily Garden Bulk Capsules 14 11370 Ci Hot Cell Bulk Capsules 13 3113 Ci Garden Bulk in GE-500 1 cask 9461 Ci ISP Warehouse Cask NPI 35 23201 Ci Primarily Garden Other Competitor 21 9300 Ci Primarily Garden Solid Radwaste 30 55-gal drums 30 Ci Basement Solid Radwaste 20 boxes & 12 55- Unknown High Level Waste gal drums Solid Radwaste 2 large LSA Bins Unknown ISP Warehouse (low activity)

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Above sources (excluding waste) total to 70,114 C1 Of above listed sources, 8 bulk capsules totaling 5919 Ci are presumed to be stored in the stuck front cell plug.

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AMS Source Shinment Status 1993 Shinnents 18,000 Ci Co-60 transfered to J.L. Shepherd 6,500 Ci Cs-137 transferred to J.L. Shepherd 3,000 Ci Co-60 transfered to NPI 1994 Shinments The licensee has added about 5500 Ci of bulk Co-60 (using J.L. Shepherd's 2R Container) to the existing material in the GE-500 cask; however, they are unable to close and properly seal the cask because rods on the 2R Container are interfering with cask closure. They licensee is awaiting instructions from Shepherd & Southwest Research Corp. The GE-500 cask and 2R Con.tainer may need to be shipped seperately (August 1994 Status). i GE-500 cask has been closed / sealed and deconned, and is now being stored in

the Isotope Warehouse. According to the current RS0, there is no 2R container within the cask but rather a paint can-type bucket housing the 5500 i Ci of bulk material. Shepherd will not accept the shipment because the i

sources are externally contaminated and have not been leak tested to demonstrate they are less than .005 uC1. Shipping agreements previously made-i

, between AMS and Shepherd are apparently no longer acceptable to Shepherd.

i The fate of the sources in the GE-500 cask and those remaining in other facility areas are unknown (Nov 1994 Status) 1 1

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November 15, 1994 I
ART.TMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE P - -

i This preliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of events of POSSIBLE safety or public interest significance.

The information is as that is known by the Region III' staff on this date. initially received witho r

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Adv:nced Medical Systems Licennae Rmeroency Classification  !

1020 London Road General Emergency

! C1svoland, Ohio Site Area Emergency

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j Lictnse No. 34-19089-01 Unusual Event I X Not Applicable

Subject:

! SUSPENSION OF WASTEWATER SERVICE (UPDATE) j (AMS)

A Temporary Restraining on November Order requirin 15, 1994, (TRO) was issued to Advanced Medical Systems including storm water, to the sewer.g AMS to cease all discharges, l 1994. system by 5:00 p.m. on November 18,

! iscusd an order to AMS to cease all discharges.The Northeast Ohio Regicna The TRO was based on the

, NEORSD Code of Regulations which prohibits the discharge of materials to  :

! tha andccwers that of treatment cause the NEORSD to incur excessive expense in the handling the materials. The TRO was issued as a result of a tition by the NEORSD urt of Common Pleas. The TRO is effectiveand a hearing on October 28 in the Cuyahoga County until November 29, 1994.

' Tha licensee is currently evaluating means of complying with the TRO.

Tha oswer district's action was based on samples of wastewater from the licturee's July facility 5 through October collected by the sewer district on nine occasions from 10, 1994.

i cesples contained The NEORSD reported that five of those

to 306 picocuries per liter of wastewater. measurable concentrations of cobalt-60 ranging from 14 '

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An l August NRC17Regionand September III (Chicago) 20, inspector collected wastewater samples on 1994. The September e uple did not contain

!csaeurable levels of cobalt-60 and the August sample contained 30

!picocuries of cobalt-60 per liter of water. The levels of radioactivity in itha wastewater entering the sewers as measured by the NRC and NEORSD do not

reprazent a safety hazard.

ldstcraine the appropriate regulatory Region III action. is evaluating its findings to

NRC rsgulations (10 CFR Part 20) previously permitted discharge of cobalt-160 in a soluble or readily dispersible form to sewer systems below set jconctntration limits and within an annual cumulative limit. Current jregulations t,

only permit discharge of soluble materials.

The facility Mke licensee ceased drain periodic system discharges of liquid radioactive wastes into in 1989.

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.lected in 1994 by the NEORSD and NRC is believed to have resulted fromThe cobal i' .oughing of radioactive contamination accumulated in the sewer line from previous discharges.

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I Tha Ctato of Ohio hEs bern inferard of this situstion. The information in thic preliminary notification has been reviewed with licensee manag = lent.

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l Region III received notification of the issuance of the TRO from the sewer s }

!dictrict at 2:45 p.m. on November 15, 1994. This information is current as' cf that. time.

CONTACT:

John Madera Jack Gr$be

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MEMORANDUM TO: Region III License File # 34-19089-01 (Advanced Medical Systems, Inc.) -

THRU: John A. Grobe, Chief, Nuclear Materials Safety Section l

i FROM: Wayne Slawinski . Senior Radiation Specialist, Nuclear Materials Safety Section 1 f ,g

SUBJECT:

INQUIRY CONCERNING RADIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS AT ADVANCED MEDICAL SYSTEMS LONDON ROAD FACILITY i

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! On November 15, 1994, I was contacted by Joseph Jovic, the union steward for 4 ATC Nimold Corp., a subsidiary of ATC. ATC is a company owned by Seymour l Stein, who also owns Advanced Medical Systems (AMS). -

I Nimold Corp owns and operates mold equipment' used to mold plastic components for the automotive industry. Nimold stores its sold equipment in the t warehouse of the AMS facility on 1020 London Road, Cleveland, Ohio, when it is

! not in use. The equipment is retrieved by Nimold employees when its use is required. Based on continuing NRC inspections at the facility, the warehouse is known not to be a radioactive use or storage area and is radiologically clean. The warehouse is simply an area used to store equipment and supplies  ;

used by ATC. i The caller has been reading newspaper articles about radioactive contamination in the sewer system outside the ANS facility, and was inquiring about the possible presence of radioactivity in the warehouse area. The caller was concerned that if contamination was in the sewers, it might also be in other areas in and around the facility.

I briefly explained the operations at the AMS facility and shared my knowledge regarding the radiological conditions in the warehouse. The caller appeared satisfied that the mold equipment stored in the warehouse was not radioactive; however, he requested that radiation surveys be performed of the mold equipment prior to its next transfer to his company.

The caller previously contacted AMS's Geneva, Ohio office and reportedly was told that there was nothing radioactive in unrestricted areas of the warehouse and surveys of the mold equipment were unnecessary and would not be done. The caller had not contacted the AMS radiation safety officer to discuss the matter. The caller had no objection if his name/ number was provided to the AMS RS0 so the matter could be resolved.

I contacted the AMS RSO and confirmed my understanding of the radiological conditions in the warehouse and discussed the caller's request for.susveys.

The RSO agreed to survey the mold equipment prior to its transfer to Nimold and to answer any questions the caller may have. The RSO indic,ated he would contact the caller to resolve the matter. I then contacted the caller to 0

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i relay the information. The caller was satisfied with the resolution.

This matter was treated as an inquiry rather than an allegation since the l caller did not allege any potential violations of NRC requirements or unsafe  !

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'The callers name and number are as follows: ,

i Joe Jovic, Union Steward ATC Nimold Corp.

4626 Spring Rd.

Brooklyn Heights, Ohio 44131 (216) 741-8500 .

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