ML20137T252
| ML20137T252 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | 07000687 |
| Issue date: | 11/06/1985 |
| From: | Della Ratta A, Keimig R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| ML20137T250 | List: |
| References | |
| 70-0687-85-06, 70-687-85-6, NUDOCS 8512060419 | |
| Download: ML20137T252 (3) | |
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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION I i
Report No.
70-687/85-06 Docket No.70-687 License No.
SNM-639 Safeguards Group:
I Licensee:
Cintichem, Inc.
I P. O. Box 324 Tuxedo, New York 10987 Facility Name:
Sterling Forest Research Center 4
Inspection At:
Tuxedo, New York j
Inspection Conducted:
August 19-23, 1985 Date of Last Material Control and Accounting Inspection:
April 15-19, 1985 Type of Inspection:
Routine, Unannounced Mat'erial Control and Accounting Inspector:
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A. Della Rattak Safeguards Auditor date Approved by:
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Sectior(, Nuc r Materials Safety and I
Safeguards Branch, DRSS l
Inspection Summary:
Inspection on August 19-23, 1985 (Report No. 70-687/85-06)
Areas Inspected: Routine, unannounced inspection of nuclear material control i
and accounting including:
facility operation and internal controls; physical i
inventory; and records and reports. The inspection involved 33 inspector-hours i
by an NRC region-based inspector.
1 Results: The licensee was in compliance with NRC requirements in the areas examined during the inspection.
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.r DETAILS 1.
Key Persons Contacted J. McGovern, Plant Manager
- C Konnerth, Manager, Health, Safety and Environmental Affairs P. O'Callaghan, Supervisor, Quality Control
- J. Ditton, Supervisor, Health Physics G. Wright, MBA-1 Custodian J. Musumeci, MBA-2 Alternate Cust~iian S. Lupinski, Chief Reactor Operator and MBA-3 Custodian E. Coon, MBA-4 Custodian The inspector also interviewed other licensee employees associated with plant operations and nuclear material control.
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92701 - Licensee Action on Previously Identified Item (Closed) Inspector Follow-up Item (70-687/85-02-01):
Samples taken for physical inventory verification were analyzed by the licensee's laboratory and New Brunswick Laboratory. The inspector compared the laboratories' results and no statistically significant differences in the uranium assay were apparent. However, there was a difference between the laboratories for the isotopic results.
This was due to known inaccuracies in the method of analyses empicyed by the licensee. The difference is less than 0.6%,of U-235 which is nut significant when calculating shipper-receiver differences siace the licensee is not authorized to receive,in any one shipment, more than 700 grams of uranium-235.
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Exit Interview The inspector met with the licensee representatives (denoted in para-graph 1) at the conclusion of the inspection on August 23, 1985. The inspector summarized the scope and findings of the inspection. At no time during this inspection was written material provided to the licensee by i
the inspector.
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85205 - Facility Operations and Internal Controls
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The inspecter determined, through a review of records, that the iicensee maintained procedures to ensure that all receipts of special nuclear material (SNM) were accurately accounted for.
The Site AccNntability Officer was effective in coordinating efforts to ensure th n the licensee did not exceed its possession limits.
1 The licensee confirmed all receipts of SNM within 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br />, through examination of source documentation and weight verification. The uranium content of receipts was verified within 5 working days, as required. The
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i licensee had not experienced any significant shipper-receiver differences for the period January 4,1985 through July 1,1985.
Receipts involved only small quantities of uranium (average 595. grams per receipt).
The DOE /NRC Form-741's, completed for these transactions, were reviewed against criteria for preparing and completing the form, timeliness of issuance, accuracy of data, and authorized signature. No discrepancies were identified.
A review of the licensee's waste operation, by the inspector, established that no material meeting the definition of scrap, as described in 10 CFR 70.4(u), is generated in their process, and, therefore, provisions for scrap control under 10 CFR 70.58(h)(1)(1) and (2) are inapplicable.
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85211 - Physical Inventory On July 1,1985, the licensee performed a physical inventory of special nuclear material.
The previous physical inventory was conducted on May 1, 1985. This was in accordance with the requirements under Section 5.4 cf the licensee's Fundamental Nuclear Material Control Plan.
The inspector reviewed the licensee's supporting records for these physical inventories and determined that these inventories were conducted in accordance with approved procedures, were based upon measured values, and were ac-curately presented within the SNM inventory reports. The master log and MBA logs were reconciled and adjusted to each of the physical inventory results within 30 days.
The inspector performed a verification of the licensee's SNM inventory on August 22, 1985.
Inventory line items were selected at randum in Material Balance Areas 1, 3, and 4 and cross-checked to book records. No discrep-ancies were identified.
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85215 - Records and Reports The inspector audited the nuclear material cont.al records and reports
'for the high enriched uranium physical inventory material balance periods ending May 1,1985 and July 1,1985. All line items on the SNM inventory reports were traced to source documents, cross-checked to the records maintained by the licensee, and to DOE-NMMSS c6mputer tabulations. No discrepancies were identified. The Material Status Reports (DOE /NRC Form 742), covering the period ending March 31, 1985, were submitted as required i
by 10 CFR 70.53.
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