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Value/Impact Assessment Evaluates Need for Guidance on Health Physics Surveys During U-235 Processing & Fuel Fabrication.Recommends NRC Continue to Dev & Publish Guide in Timely Manner
ML20148S184
Person / Time
Issue date: 11/21/1978
From:
NRC OFFICE OF STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT
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Shared Package
ML19220A225 List:
References
REGGD-08.024, REGGD-8.024, NUDOCS 7812010271
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5' at ets fa th :n , slu !( ion of t he :,ud foi go bli. ice on L mith physics ,urveys during enriched uraniua-235 ;.roco sing and fuel fchrication.and the prob'ble value/inpact of the development of nuch a r,uido as opposed to continued operation without tim guide.

e Foll owi ng ce n s id era,t ian,. o f these "..i t t:e r,s it is reco: mnded t h a t IGC pro <6ed to develop snd ;.abiich such a guide in a ti,:ely .i 4nr.

II. Tile i ROP 09:D ACTION A. Den riptioa Develop a '

caktory Guide io *t forth infor.ation reptding -l

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phys:cr. . . ceys dur ing enriched uraninn-235 pro.: ewing and .

fuel f abric ati on . The gdide would include the types o f nur veys, j their pupose, , cope, frequency, end some discur,sion of the sign.ificance of the result s.

5 B. 7:eed for the Proposed Action There are about 20 licensed uranina fuel fabricat ion plant s.

It is estimated that these plants wil.1 process about 13'+0 net ric tons of uranium in 1976, and the processing of about 10 t f ries that arount is projected for the year 2000. Data report ed to t he NRC purt:uant j l

l to requireneata in 10 CFR Part 20 indicate that over half (621) of t he i .

O '.' e r eX p e r, U T e a fO a i rh'>rne Conr en t ra t i("t

Of ri:d Iof C' iVG r . LlP J ial ot't ur in thi: mall n ber of licensed facilitien. ( c ., e u o S : ::n t "A")

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Tu r t i, : r , th2 pc.>sonnel .uaitorlug data for tbc ? w. t ih e years ind! U t e ir reasing aternal radiat ion de; _s he i r s, n eci w d ci t fuel E'cicc. tion plants. (See Attachment "ri")

h20.20] of 10 CPR Part 20 statec that IIcer wa n.st conduct sur'.nys as necessary to con: ply with Part 20 utanJards, but the staff hac nocar issued any guidance regarding its position on t.ypes of surveys, sur;ey frequencies, interpretation of measurement reaults, action points, etc. TTie rc ro re , there are tarke'd difforences in the type, ' scope, and, frequency of health physics surveys at l i c :. - ed facilities, including n' aniu, fuel fabricacion plants. There are also varying degrees of utilization of the data reuulting from nuch surveys. h1t i l e none espects of each 1.UR fuel fabrica: !on progr; , and fr. cili Ly a re uni.que to that operation, there are any mpec ts L:ut are common to all eparations. The NMSS liccuse revien rs r ust u'ke a very detailed analy sis of the healt h ,hysics j program as one part of the evaluation of the application, of ten requiring co.siderable correspondence with the applicant. In spite of this time consuaing effort, uniform health physics program require- ,

ments a re not achieved. It is reasoned that the development of a fairly detailed guide on health physics surveys at uranium fuel fabrication plants would improve safety conditions at many plants by upgrading the progrars proposed by future appliennts, and by leading to in:provements and greater uniformity in existing licenced programs.

It is expected that the guide will also result in some (unq ua n t i fied) reduction in t he com.ai tment of ImSS resources.

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the p.  ::nt st,tus of guidance on areeprnble w vey progr:m and conld dO

& .g tu o '?L the ' 'd fi (l 5 , *' u ", S e d i n ((.U.

B. Issue a SUP.EG Doce ent-T:.e inuuance of a 51'Mr'C docunent could make cailable in one place the kinds of inforqation discussed under II.B. as the need for the propos+. d ac t ion. llos e ve r , the NUREG docunent would forfeit uuch of the desired opnet en lic in applicants. It vuld not have the 'apact of a regulatory guide of requi ring applicant s to deal I

. with the r.atter guide in the4r application ':hich becones

. pa l' t of (!!d 7L i (' ( '4 t og c O' .'. ;i t i i .!n t .

Coc.siJ nati ; .:n; been gi.ven to the preparat ion of both a reril> tory guide to :c t forth the objectives to be achieved, and a NUREC document to set forth acceptnble ways of achieving those j objectives. (Such a reco.'. endation was made by the ACMS with a

rega rd t o Regulatory Guide S.8, but has not been inplacented by a tho staff in the current revision of that guide.) The objectives and acceptable rueans of achieving them are belie /ed to be presented

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best, closely coordinated in one document. l C. 1:cquest Develo;wient of an ANSI Standard on the Subject  !

ANSI could be requested to develop a cfandard on the .subj ec t 1

or health physics sur e. ys at u ran im fuel rab r i c a o un plant s. such a 1

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standard e.ight enjoy a slightly grca t er degr. e of act .,pt ab 1.1 i ty i f it ' re % : loped through tha t. 4 :

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er, it is believed that the variation in epinions reflected in existing p ogracc vould lead to a degree of genernlivation in o ANSI atandard that woul.d ;;reatly reduce the value of the doco:acnt.

D. Alternatives Judged Vlable The proposed action 'and all of the alternativos are considered

-n viable. liowever, the pz:opesed netion i.s recor:miended . The ALARA l

i r Task Force did"not nake $ny recocm ndation regarding this task, l

l V. PROEABLE VALL'F,/DWACT OF Tin Pr:0 POSED ACfl0N A. NRC l

NRC reneurces would be cord t ted to the development, review, and publication of the proposed guide. The priaary safety benefi.t

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assoc.ated with the guide would be the degree to which it racets  !

the need for the preposed action E,et out in II.B. An additional i

benefit to N:ISS would be less necessity for negotiations and i

correspondence with applicants and those seeking 1icenne renewals; -l i.e., the subject could be more ef ficiently dealt with I.n the licensing process. I B. Other Government Very little benefit or cost would be expected to accrue to any  ;

other Federal Agency or State program. (States license only quantities l l

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.rs are di.ffe:.nt and :>are varich3e Ibn t h.;se ,.ppl ice.bl e .

1 to feel for light .ca t::r cooled power st a t h>ns. l l

C. 1.'.o n a s There would be a greater degree of uni formity of health physics survey progra.ns, and uparuding of the surveys i.n nome plants. To

~n the extent that this is a,chieved, the protecrion of the health of i l

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the workers would be increased through ir" proved eva7 un tion o f, or decrease in, r< diation levels or concent rat tunt, of rt:d ioactive natorial in restricted areas. iny changes in the henith phycics program of l

t the licensee probably would be in t he direct ion of increased cost.

f It is antici; itM tha t the pot ential foc reduct ion in exposure of p'escanel could offset any increase in cost of t he health physics p rogr:r s .

The guide is not expected to invoice any chaages in the desi; n of future plants, or in any back-fit of operating pinuts.

Consideration of the caliber of current fuel fabrication plant health physica staffa does not indicate that the guide would be likely to result in higher costs to provide addit Ienal tra iniug or .

to upgrade the staffs by other means.

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The prcposed action vould cost NRC noney, ult.imately obt ainnd frora the public via taxes.

The benefit that could accrue could be  ;

a' r.p rove.ne n t in the ansessmnt and cent rol of xenpa t ie,1 cxpesure.

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T'm regulcu lon of plants fabricating f u .l. for IJ ht L e.:( er cooled nucl ;1r peu r pl nts is reserved to the ?;RC by h150.13(n)(1), 10 LFR Part 150.  !;o othir argcni ntions h ae, to our knowindge, pablished i

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