ML20154C843
| ML20154C843 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Beaver Valley |
| Issue date: | 05/09/1988 |
| From: | Sieber J DUQUESNE LIGHT CO. |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION & RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (ARM) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8805180340 | |
| Download: ML20154C843 (3) | |
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'Af Telephone (412) 393-6000 Nuclear Group P.O. Box 4 Shippingport. PA 15077 0004 May 9, 1988 U.
S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissjon Attn:
Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555
Reference:
Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit No. 1 Docket No. 50-334, License No. DPR-66 Inspection Report 88-09 Gentlemen:
In response to NRC correspondence dated April 8, 1988 and in accordance with 10 CFR 2.201, the attached reply addresses the Notice of Violation which was included with the referenced report.
If there are any questions concerning this response, please.
contact my office.
Very truly yours, O'
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J. D. Sieber Vice President Nuclear Group Attachment cc:
Mr. J. Beall, Sr. Resident Inspector Mr. Ronald R. Bellamy, Chief Region I Facilities Radiological Safety and Safeguards Branch Mr. W. T. Russell, NRC Region I Administrator Director, Safety Evaluation & Control (VEPCO)
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DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY Nuclear Group Beaver Valley Power Station, Unit No. 1 Reply to Notice of Violation Inspection 88-09 Letter dated April 8, 1988 VIOLATION (Severity Level IV; Supplement V)
Description of Violations (88-09-02 and 88-09-03)
A.
- requires, in
- part, that the manifest accompanying radioactive waste shipments indicate as completely as practicable tha radionuclide identity and quantity and the total radioac*-
in the shipment.
10 CFR 20.311(c) requires, in
- part, tha.
manifest must include a certification by the waste generate at the transported materials are properly described.
Contrary to ti.
above, on September 8, 1987, your Shipment Number 0951 of radioactive waste was sent to a supercompacting facility and was accompanied by a
manifest which did not identify the existence and quantities of radioactive wastes contained in four of the eighty-four drums in the shipment.
As a result, the_ total radioactivity stated on the manifest was in error.
Further, the certification which accompanied the manifest was also in error.
B.
10 CFR 71.5(a)(1)(vi) requires that shipping papers be prepared in accordance with 49 CFR 172, Subpart C.
49 CFR 172.203(d)(iii) requires the activity of each package in the shipment be included in the shipping papers.
Contrary to the above, on September 8, 1987, your Shipment Number 0951 of radioactive waste was sent to a supercompacting facility and the shipping papers did not include the activities of the radionuclides contained in four of the eighty-four drums in the shipment.
Violations A
and B
have been categorized in the aggregate as a Severity Level IV problem (Supplement V).
Corrective Action Taken Upon notification from the supercompacting facility that the shipment included four (4) more drums of waste than were identified on the shipping papers, Duquesne Light immediately notified the Resident NRC Inspector.
An evaluation was conducted to determine the radiological consequence of the event.
The radiological consequences were determined to be minimal as the four drums contained low level contaminated polyethylene.
The drum with the highest contact radiation level had a
reading of 0.08 mr/hr.
The four-drums contained a
total activity of 179 microcuries.
Additionally, the vehicle was surveyed as required by regulations prior to leaving the site.
All radiation levels were below regulatory limits.
Reply to Notice of Violation
., Inspection 88-09 Letter dated April 8, 1988 Page 2 Action Taken to Prevent Recurrence Radcon Procedure 3.29, Inspection of Radioactive Material Packaging Prior to
- Shipment, has been revised to strengthen the surveillance requirements during trailer loading operations and to clarify that the signoff requirement is to document acceptable material condition and total package count.
Radcon Procedure 3.6, Radioactive Shipment Record, has been revised to require all hand-generated data be retained as a permanent record with the radioactive shipping record package.
Date of Full Compliance Full compliance has been achieved at this time. The revisions to the above referenced procedures were approved and implemented in November 1987.
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