ML20151W918
| ML20151W918 | |
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| Issue date: | 04/19/1988 |
| From: | Dan Collins, Jason White NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| ML20151W915 | List: |
| References | |
| REF-QA-99990081-880425 99990081-88-01, 99990081-88-1, NUDOCS 8805040004 | |
| Download: ML20151W918 (3) | |
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s U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION I
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Report No. 99990081/88-01 t
i Docket No. 70-3020 License No. N/A Licensee: Nuclear Assurance Corporation 6251 Crooked Creek Road Suite 200 i
Norcross, Georgia 30092 Type of Inspection: Spent Fuel Shipment l
I Inspection At:
Shipment Point of Entry into U.S. uAlexandrid Bay, New York i
4 Inspection Con ucted: March 16, 1938 I/ f 8[
Inspector:
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Inspection Summary:
Inspection on March 16, 1988 (Report No. 99990081/88-01) 4 1
A_r_ea s Inspected:
Routine, announced inspection of an irradiated fuel shipment at the point of entry into the United States and while enroute.
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included an examination of the general requirements for shipments of irradiated fuel as well as the requirements for shipments of irradiated fuel by road.
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Results: No violations were identified in the areas inspected.
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DETAILS 1.
Key Persons Contacted A. E. Holland, Driver / Escort, Tri-State Motor Transit Company R. B. Holland, Driver / Escort, Tri-State Motor Transit Company L. F. Carr, U.S. Customs Service, Alexandria Bay, N.Y.
D. Newberry, Sheriff, Jefferson County
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Background===
Region I was notified by letter dated March 4, 1988, that NAC, as agent for Atomic Energy of Canada, Limited (AECL), planned to make a series of spent fuel shipments from an AECL facility at Chalk River, Ontario, Canada, to the DOE Savannah River Plant, Aiken, South Carolina. On March 8, 1988, the NRC's Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards approved the shipment routes proposed by NAC.
The port of entry for the shipment was Alexandria Bay, New York.
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81310 - Transportation of Irradiated Fuel (General Requirements)
The inspector verified that the licensee followed established procedures and regulatory requirements for the physical protection of irradiated fuel in transit through:
Verification that there were two driver / escorts with the transport a.
vehicle.
Discussions were held with the escorts relative to their training, knowledge of routa and procedures, and contingency preparedness, b.
Examination of the vehicle's tamper seals and verification that i
the seals were intact when the transport vehicle departed the U.S. Customs checkpoint.
j A functional test of the communications equipment and a review of c.
the driver's trip log to confirm that 2 hour2.314815e-5 days <br />5.555556e-4 hours <br />3.306878e-6 weeks <br />7.61e-7 months <br /> check calls to the Tri-State dispatcher in Joplin, Missouri were made.
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Verification through interviews of the drivers / escorts that the transport vehicle was equipped with an immobilizat:on device.
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Verification through direct measurements that radiation readings were within NRC regulatory limits.
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Verification through interviews that at least one driver / escort remained with the i ruck during fuel / rest stops, g.
The vehicle was placarded appropriately as "Radioactive" on both sides, front and rear.
No deficiencies were identified.
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Exit Interview Due to the nature of the inspection, no exit interview was held.