ML20140D820
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| Site: | 07000824 |
| Issue date: | 03/17/1986 |
| From: | Olsen A BABCOCK & WILCOX CO. |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
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| 26640, NUDOCS 8603260509 | |
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License SNM-778, Docket 70-824
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Gentlemen:
As a. result of meetings with members of your staff on March 12-14, 1986, several areas in the application. for License Amendment 10, submitted to your office by my letter dated February 25,1986, were found to need correction.
The corrections have been made and are incorporated in the attached replacement pages for the above amendment application. There is attached to this letter a description of each change and a sheet with instructions for entering the corrected pages in the application.
Your prompt attention to this matter will be appreciated.
Very truly yours, BABC0CK A WILCOX Lynchburg Research Center Arne, F. Olsen Senior License Administrator jhc Attachments 3..
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BAW-381 DEMONSTRATION AND CONDITIONS FOR LICENSE SNM-778 REVISION 21 AMENDMENT 10 DESCRIPTION OF CHANGES Page Section Change 2-7 No change 2-8 2.3 The Facility Department has been added..
2-9 No change in Figure 2-1.
2-10 No change in Figure 2-2.
A-13 A.7.2 In paragraph 2, line 1, "is" has been replaced with "shall be."
A-13a No change A-17 No change A-18 A.9.2.1 In line 4, " personnel" has been replaced with
" Personnel."
C 4-9 The block indicating "CNFP SUPPORT" has been added.
C 4-10 No change C 5-13 5.3.1.7 In dot 8, " Director" has been replaced with " Manager, Lynchburg Technical Operations."
C 5-14 No change C 5-15 5.3.2.2 In dot 3, " Nuclear Criticality Officer" has been replaced with " Nuclear Criticality Safety Officer."
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INSTRUCTION SHEET BAW-381 DEMONSTRATION AND CONDITIONS FOR LICENSE SN!1-778 REVISION 21~
AMENDMENT 10 Take Out Pages Replace With Pages Page Rev Date Page Rev nate 2-7 20 2/86 2-7 20 2/86 2 20 2/86 2-8 21 3/86 2-9 20 2/86 2-9 21 3/86 2-10 21-3/86 A-13 20 2/86 A-13 21 3/86 A-13a 20 2/86 A-13a 20 2/86 A-17 2
10/79 A-17 2
10/79 A-18 20 2/86 A-18 21 3/86 C4-9 20 2/96 C4-9 21 3/86 C4-10 17 10/83 C4-10 17 10/83 C5-13 17 10/83 C5-13 21 3/86 C5-14 20 2/86 C5-14 20 2/86 C5-15 20 2/86 C5-15 21 3/86 CS-16 17 10/83 C5-16 17 10/83~
Prior to submission of the report, he shall discuss its contents with the -
Facility Supervisor. The report shall be brief, concerning itself with inspections made during the quarter,.and with the nuclear safety activity of j
the quarter.
The following information is to be included:
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Areas visited 2.
Operations observed 3.
Unsafe practices or situations noted 4.
Nuclear safety activity of the quarter 5.
Recommendations 2.2.8 Accountability Specialist The Accountability Specialist shall have at least a high school education or equivalent and at least one year's experience in the nuclear' fuel business. He is responsible for the maintenance and retention of SNM accountabilty records, preparing and transmitting required reports generated from these records.
The Accountability Specialist reports to the Manager, Safety and Licensing.
i 2.2.9 License Administrator The License Administrator shall have a BS degree in science or engineering and three year's experience in nuclear technology or an AS degree in science or nuclear technology with five year's experience in nuclear technology.
He is responsible for administering the license. He is the primary liaison with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and other federal, state, and local agencies regarding nuclear matters.
He is the l
coordinator of the Safety Review Connittee and the Safety Audit Subcommittee and represents LRC management on both.
The License Administrator reports to i
the Manager, Safety and Licensino.
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h 2.3 Facility Department Design and drafting services, machine shop services, equipment maintanence, modification and installation services are provided by the Facilities Departnent. Facilities Department personnel assist the Health Physics grotip in assembling radioactive waste shipments. They provide all groups at the LRC with material handling support.
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LYNCHBURG RESEARCH CENTER SPECIAL PROJECTS /
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MANAGER MANAGER CECOMMISSIONING PURCHASING '
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R&DD LRC MANAGER MANAGER.
SAFETY CONTROLLER
- ACCWNTING AND JMSING AND R&DD ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER SERVICES LRC
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MANAGER FACILITIES SYSTEMS AND DEVE LOMWENT FACILITIES GUALITY LABORATORY ASSURANCE LRC R&DD MANAGER MANAGER MANAGER QUALITY OUALITY ASSURANCE ASSURANCE MATERIALS R&DD LRC ENGINEERING LABORATORY
. MANAGER ADMINISTRATOR
. MANAGER i
SCIENTIST
---INDICATES FUNCTIONAL REPORTING License No SNM-778 Docket No.70-824 Date March 1986 Amendment No. 10 Revision No. 21 Page 2-9 Babcock & Wilcox a McDermott company
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FIGURE 2-2.
LRC. SAFETY ORGANIZATION LYNCHBURG RESEARCH CENTER LYNCHBURG TECHNICAL OPERATIONS MANAGER SAFETY REVIEW COMMITTE E I
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I LICENSING HEALTH AND SAFETY ACCOUNTABILITY ADMINISTRATOR SUPERVISOR SPECIALIST HE ALTH PHYSICS INDUSTRIAL STAFF SAFETY
---INDICATES FUNCTIONAL REPORTING License No SNM 778 Docket No.70-824 Date March 1986 Amendment No.
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/d A.7.2 Function The SRC reports to the Manager, Lynchburg Technical Operations.
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reviews and approves new projects and major changes to existing projects that utilize licensed materials.
It reviews and approves all area operating procedures pursuant to Section A 6.2.2.
The Safety Audit Subcommittee (SAS) shall perform audits of LRC operations to assure compliance with safety requirements.
It shall be the responsibility of the license administrator to act on the recommendations of the SAS and confirm the actions taken.
A.7.3 Frequency of Meetings The SRC shall meet at least four times annually.
The St.S shall conduct audits of dhe LRC at least three times annually.
A.7.4 Documentation Minutes of the SRC actions shall be submitted to the Manager, Lynchburg Technical Operations and the permanent records of the SRC shall be kept by the committee coordinator. A report of the SAS's audits showing the Items audited, findings and disposition of action taken on previous findings 7V shall be sent to the SRC chairman who shall forward the report to the Manager, Lynchburg Technical Operations with comments as appropriate.
I A.7.5 Annual Report An annual report by the supervisor, health and safety'shall be made to and reviewed by the SRC reviewing employee exposures and ef fluent release data to determine:
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If there are any upward trends developing in pe sonnel exposures for identifiable categories of workers or types of operations or effluent releases.
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If exposures and releases might be lowered in accordance with the concept of as low as reasonable achievable.
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If equipment for ef fluent and exposure control l's being properly used, maintained, and inspected.
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The report shall include a review of audit and inspections performed by supervisor, health and safety during the previous 12 months and review data from the following areas:
1.
Employee exposure 2.
Bioassay results 3.
In-plant airborne radioactivity 4.
Environmental monitoring The SRC reconvilendations on the annual report shall be made to the Manager, Lynchburg Technical Operations subsequent to completing its review of the report.
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Pumping or pouring through a service line.
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Pouring into a container inside the pass-in box.
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Removing the glove-box face inside a " tent".
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Sending in from the pass-through tunnel between glove boxes.
Current methods for removing materials from the glove boxes include the following:
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Bagging procedures.
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Pumping or pouring through service line.
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Transferring to a clean container inside the pass-in box.
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Removing the glove box face inside a " tent".
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Sending out into the pass-through tunnel between glove boxes.
The following types of containers will be used for transferring plutonium between glove boxes: Tygon tubing, metal tubing, metal liner, plastic bottles, metal cans, plastic bags, and others approved in accordance with the preceding paragraph.
Plutonium-bearing waste material shall be stored in plastic bags in a DOT container approved for off-site shipment of radioactive material.
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storage areas in double-bagged plastic or metal containers. Solutions shall be stored in the vault in vented plastic bottles. Small quantities of plutonium-bearing solutions shall be stored in unvented plastic bottles according to special procedures approved by the SRC.
A.8.2.5 Open-Port Glove Boxes and Fume Hoods Used for Plutonium or Transuranium Elements - The open-port glove box and fume hood operations are limited as follows:
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Plutonium powders are limited to less than 50 micrograms of plutonium.
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Plutonium metal and solutions are limited to 200 milligrams of plutonium.
3.
The maximum permissible contamination IcVel for the interior of open-port glove boxes is 10,000 dpm/100 cm*.
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SNM-778 Docket No.70-824 Date October 1979 Page A-17 Amendment No.
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Detailed operating procedures for these boxes and hoods will be developed by operations personnel and approved by the SRC. All boxes shall have an air velocity of at. least 100 lfm through the open face.
A.9 SAFETY A.9.1 Emergency Plan Appendix C is the emergency plan for the LRC.
A.9.2 Radiation Safety The facility supervisor will approve written area operating pro-cedures encompassing radiation safety developed by the line organization. A health physicist, appointed by the Manager, Lynchburg Technical Operations shall assist the facility supervisor in this responsibility.
A.9.2.1 Training - The radiation safety program is administered by the supervisor of health and safety.
The contents of the courses are described in Section 4.5.8.
Program I shall be presented to each new employee within 30 days of reporting to work. Personnel shall not be per-mitted to work with licensed material unsupervised until they are authorized and trained in radiation and nuclear criticality safety.
Programs II and III are presented to employees who are selected by their section manager to be designated as an authorized user of radioactive material (i.e., employees who may handle licensed material unsupervised, health physics technicians and emergency team monitors) on an as-needed basis.
Retraining of authorized users of radioactive material is performed annually.
Attendance and the identity of the instructor shall be documented.
The effectiveness of the training program shall be evaluated on the basis of a written examination and documented.
A.9.2.2 Personnel Protection - Personnel monitors (film badges, dosimeters, or other suit.able devices) are provided to measure the radiation exposure of visitors and employees.
Personnel dosimeters issued pursuant to 10 CFR 20.202 shall be read on a monthly basis.
The use of respiratory pro-tective equipment shall be in accordance with 10 CFR 20.103.
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I EMERGENCY EVACUATION FIRE AND RADIOLOGICAL FACILITT RECORDER OFFICER RESCC OFFICER SAFETT OFFICER SUPERV1SOR Fire Fighting Radiological Safety Bomb Threat Personnel Personnel Control Rescue Operations Monitoring Teams Search Coordinator Accountability Traffic Control First Aid Decontamination Operational
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Dear John:
In response to your letter of July 9,19S0, please be advised that it is the intent of this institutien to continue to handle ceployees fras your cc pany in the event of a nuclear accident in accordance with the precedures which have been outlined by you and which are in our files.
If you need further specific infor=ation relative to this matter, please do not hesitate to call ee.
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License No SNM-778 Docket No.70-824 Date October,1983 Amendment No.
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o If the fire threatens the LRC, Emergency Officer to assemble the (g,
Fire and Rescue Team and have Fire and Rescue Officer begin fire fighting operations. Emergency Officer to notify CNFP, NNFD and Concord Fire Department and request assistance.
5.3.1.7 Radioactive Spill o
Person discovering the spill, contact Health and Safety group.
o Health Physics to make initial. assessment.
If corrective action cannot be affected using standard operating procedures - contact receptionist using emergency telephone number (5000).
o Receptionist to notify primary members of the ECO using the pocket paging system and advise them of the situation.
o RSO evaluate the situation and direct corrective actions.
o RSO to keep ECO appraised of situation progress, o
Receptionist to alert employees to remain clear of the affected area, using the building paging system.
o RSO to notify Emergency Officer when situation is under control.
o Emergency Officer close out with verbal and written report to the pd Manager, Lynchburg Technical Operations.
5.3.2 Alert 5.3.2.1 High Radiation Normally, high radiation at the LRC will be' picked up by the fixed radiation monitors located throughout buildings at the site. The building evacuation alarm will activate automatically if two of these Inonitors detect high radiation.
o The person discovering the high radiation shall take the necessary action to activate the building evacuation alarm.
o Once the building is evacuated the person discovering the high radiation condition shall report to the Emergency Officer and, if possible, provide the following information:
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- 1. Location of the high radiation.
- 2. Severity of the emergency condition.
- 3. Cause of the high radiation condition.
- 4. Operations in progress in the area of the high radiation condition just prior to the onset of the emergency condition.
o Receptionist contact the Manager, Lyr.chburg Technical Opera-tions and the following Emergency Control Organization per-sonnel via the pocket paging system, radio, or telephone.
- 1. Emergency Officer
- 2. Fire and Rescue Officer
- 3. Radiological Safety Officer
- 4. Evacuation Officer
- 5. Nuclear Criticality Safety Officer
- 6. Fire and Rescue Team Chief
- 7. Fire and Rescue Team Assistant Chief o
If Building D is not evacuated, receptionist standby to request NNFD and CNFP Health Physics assistance. Page the Fire and Rescue Team and direct them to report to the Building D evacuation assembly area.
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If Building D is evacuated, Fire and Rescue Officer requests for assistance from NNFD and CNFP will be made by the Fire and Rescue Officer via portable radio, o
E. O. ensure that evacuated personnel have assembled in an area where the radition level is acceptable, o
E. O. determine if any personnel from the affected building (s) are missing.
If personnel are missing, direct the Fire and Rescue Officer to set up search teams and begin search and rescue operations for missing personnel.
Ensure that Health Physics technicians accompany each search team with suitable radiation monitoring equipment.
If no personnel are missing, direct the Radiological Safety Officer to set up Health Physics monitoring teams and survey the affected building (s) to determine the extent of the high radiation, o
Based on input from the Health Physics monitoring teams, RSO determine the cause of the high radiation and advise the License No SNM-778 Docket No,70-824 Date February 1986 Amendment No.
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Emergency Officer of the proper actions to be taken to resolve the emergency condition.
o E. O. utilize Health Physics monitoring team personnel and Fire and Rescue Team members to take the actions necessary to resolve the emergency condition.
5.3.2.2 Fire or Explosion (major) o The person discovering the fire / explosion shall activate the building evacuation alarm.
Once the building is evacuated, the person discovering the o
fire / explosion shall report to the Emergency Officer and, if possible, provide the following information.
- 1. Location of the fire / explosion
- 2. Personnel injuries, if any
- 3. Severity of the fire / explosion
- 4. Nature of the fire
- 5. Potential for radioactive materials involvement
- 6. Potential for radioactive materials release Receptionist c'ontact the Manager, Lynchburg Technical o
0perations and the following Emergency Control Organization personnel via the pocket paging system, radio or telephone.
'1. Emergency Officer
- 2. Fire and Rescue Officer
- 3. Radiological Safety Officer
- 4. Evacuation Officer
- 5. Nuclear CriticalitySafety Officer
- 6. Fire and Rescue Team Chief
- 7. Fire and Rescue Team Assistant Chief If Building D is not evacuated, receptionist standby to o
request NNFD, CNFP, Concord Fire Department or Concord Rescue Squad assistance. -Page the Fire and Rescue Team and direct them to report to the Building D evacuation assembly area.
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o If Building D is evacuated, requests for assistance for both on-site and off-site emergency support groups shall be made by the Fi.re and Rescue Officer via portable radio.
o Based on the location and severity of the fire / explosion, RSO direct Health Physics technicians to survey the affected area to determine if there has been a radioactive materials relecse.
NO RADI0 ACTIVE MATERIALS RELEASE o
Fire and Rescue Team report to the Building D evacuation assembly area and begin to assemble equipment from unevacuated buildings for possible injured personnel recovery operations, o
Upon completion of the personnel roll call and under the super-vision of the Fire and Rescue Officer and the Radiological Safety Officer, Fire and Rescue Team re-enter the affected buildlng and attempt to locate and rescue any missing personnel. One Health Physics technician with suitable radiation monitoring equipment shall accompany the re-entry team.
o If there are no missing personnel and the fire in the affected building is out of control, the Fire and Rescue Team will attempt to contain the fire so that adjacent buildings will not be
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Upon the derival of the Concord Fire Department, LRC Fire and g
Rescue Team personnel will assist fire department personnel as required.
o If directed by the Emergency Officer, the Evacuation Officer send home non-essential LRC employees. Essential personnel, as determined the Emergency Officer, the Fire and Rescue Officer and the Radiological Safety Officer will remain on site and render assistance as necessary.
RADI0 ACTIVE MATERIALS RELEASE o
RSO attempt to determine the type and magnitude of the radioactive material release. Determine if it is possible for a Fire and Rescue re-entry team to enter the affected area and attempt to locate and rescue any missing personnel. One Health Physics technician with suitable radiation monitoring equipment shall accompany the re-entry team.
License No SNM-778 Docket No.70-824 Date October,1983 Amendment No.
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