ML20151Y333

Matl Control & Accounting Insp Rept 70-0371/88-07 on 880712- 15.Major Areas Inspected:Nuclear Matl Control & Accounting, Including Facility Operations & Internal Controls & Records & Repts

ML20151Y333
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Site:	07000371
Issue date:	08/09/1988
From:	Della Ratta A, Keimig R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
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70-0371-88-07, 70-371-88-7, NUDOCS 8808260348
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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION I Report No: 70-371/88-07 Docket No: 70-371 License No SNM-368 Safeguards Group: I Licensee: UNC, Incor) orated UNC Naval )roducts j 67 Sandy Desert Road i Uncasv111e, Connecticut 06382 Facility Naw: UNC, Naval Products l Inspection At: Uncasv111e, Connecticut Inspection Conducted: July 12-15, 1988 )

Type of Inspection: Routine, Unannounced Material Control and Accounting Inspector: M 2/d [Ec-A. Della Ratta,' Safeguards Auditor

1. - y-w date Approved by: p /-9-es R. R. KeimigT-Chi f afeguards Section, date DRSS Inspection Summary: Inspection on July 12-15, 1988 (Report No. 70-371/88-07)

Areas Inspected: Nuclear material control and accounting, including: facility operations and internal controls; and records and reports.

Results: The licensee was in co'eliance with NRC requirements in the areas examined during this inspection.

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Details

1. Key Persons Contacted

• T. Colicpy, Manager, Nuclear Material Control

• N. Grenon, Supervisor, Nuclear Material Control M. Kelly, Statistician D. Rodgers, Nuclear Material Controller J. L'Heureux, Nuclear Material Control Specialist J. Cacciapouti, Intenal Control Custodian C. Pavelski, Internal Control Custodian M. Hine, Lead Technician S. Ververis, Chem Lab Supervisor The inspector also interviewed other employees involved in the control and accounting of special nuclear material (SNM).

• present at exit interview

2. Facility Operations and Internal Controls The inspector observed that the authorized possession and use of special nuclear material were as specified in the facility license in the area inspected.

The inspector detennined through observation and a review of records that the licensee's system for tamper-safing containers was being maintained and followed in accordance with licensee approved procedures. Type E rnetal seals and pressure sensitive paper seals were being used. The seals and logs were controlled and accounted for by the authorized custodians.

Two authorized persons attested to the applications of seals, as described in the NRC-approved FNMCP. The licensee is in the process or revising its FNMCP to clarify the tamper-safing procedures of barrels containing SNM waste blended with cement.

The licensee is monitoring its scrap control program in accordance with the NRC-approved special license condition 7.3, in that scrap, up to four (4) Kilograms (Isotope Wt.) and measured with an uncertainty greater than 10%, may be accumulated for a period not to exceed twelve (12) months, instead of being processed and recovered within six months as required by 10 CFR 70.58(1)(2). The licensee's scrap inventory in the above category is approximately 436 grams U-235, as of May 13, 1988.

3. Records and Roports The inspector audited the nuclear material control records and reports for the material balance periods ending September 18, 1987, November 20, 1987 and January 15, 1938. All line items on the SNM inventory reports for the three material balance periods were traced to source documents and compared to the records maintained by the licensee and to the DOE-NMMSS computer l

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1 tabulations. Nuclear Material Transaction Reports (DOE /NRC Fonn-741) on l which are documented receipts, shipments, measured discards and inventory I changes were reviewed for timeliness, fonnat, and accuracy of content. No I discrepancies were found.

Material Status Reports (D0E/NRC Form-742) submitted for the material balance period ending September 30, 1987, were also reviewed for the same attributes.  !

No discrepancies were identified. l The inspector detennined that the licensee's control and subsidiary records for the period under review were adjusted to the results of the physical inventories as required by NRC regulations. l l

4. Exit Interview The inspector met with the licensee representatives indicated in paragraph 1 at the conclusion of the inspection on July 15, 1988, and sumarized the i scope and findings of the inspection.  :

At no time during this inspection was written material provided to the licensee by the inspector.

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