ML20195H990

Insp Rept 70-1201/88-06 on 880518-20.No Violations or Deviations Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Liquid Gaseous Radwaste,Environ Monitoring & Confirmatory Measurements

ML20195H990
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Site:	07001201
Issue date:	06/15/1988
From:	Bermudez H, Kahle J, Marston R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
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' Report No.: 70-1201/88-06 Licensee: B&W Fuel: Company Comercial Nuclear Fuel Plant Lynchburg, VA 24505 Docket No.: 70-1201(CNFP) License No.:. SNM-1168 Facility Name: Commercial Nuclear Fuel Plant Inspection Conducted: May 18-20, 1988 Inspectors: _

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SUMMARY

Scope: This routine, unannounced inspection was conducted in the area of liquid and gaseous radwaste, environmental monitoring, and confirmatory measurements.

Results: In the areas inspected, violations or deviations were not identified.

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REPORT DETAILS

1. Persons Contacted Licensee Employet-s

• R. Alto, Plant Manager

• W. Engelke, Manager, Qua*ity and Safety

• B. Pugh, Manager, Production and Materials Control

• K. Shy, Health Physicist

• J. Watters, License and Control Administrator Other licensee employees contacted during this inspection included technicians and administrative personnel.

• Attended exit interview

2. Audits (88035, 88045, 84844)

Section V.6.6 of the license application requires that an internal audit ,

program shall be maintained to provide assurance that plant activities are i conducted safely and in accordance with license specifications. The inspectors reviewed the following specific audit requirements.

Health-Safety personnel shall conduct, at least weekly, a formal audit of plant status relative to nuclear and radiological safety, except during plant shutdowns of a week or longer; and Independent auditors shall conduct inspections as follows:

Nuclear Safety - quarterly Health Physics - quarterly The inspector examined the licensee's weekly Health-Safety Audits for the period January 4 through May 13, 1988. The audits were conducted as required by the license application and Procedure AS-1125, Health-Safety Audits Revision 8 February 11, 1988.

Deficiencies noted were of minor industriel safety or housekeeping significance. Corrective action was promptly taken.

The inspector reviewed the Health Physics Audit for the first quarter of 1988, conducted on March 4,1988 ( Audit Number HS-88-1). The audit was conducted by an independent auditor (from B&W, Naval Nuclear Fuel Division), and evaluated plant records and physical areas.

Violations or deviations were not identified in the review of this program area. <

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3. Procedures (88035,88045,84844)

Section V.6.5, Procedure Control, of the license application, requires the licensee to establish, maintain, and implement written procedures for the conduct of specific operations, including maintenance and development of work within the plant, nuclear and radiological safety, and quality control.

The inspectors selectively examined procedures pertaining to liquid and gaseous effluant monitoring and control, envircnmental monitoring, and ouality control pertaining to these programs; noting those procedures which had been revised since the previous inspection (Region II Report 70-1201/88-02). The procedures appeared to have been prepared, revised, and maintained in accor?'nce with the license application and Procedure

, RS-1124, Prepration, Distribution, and Control of Heal th-Safety Procedures, Revision 9, February 11, 1988.

Vi itions or deviations were not identified in the review of this program a re.

,Jid Effluer,t Program (88035)

Section V.8.1.2 of the license application describes the liquid waste control program and release limits.. The program was implemented through Procedure AS-1104, Contaminated Liquid Effluent Control, Revision 11, July 17, 1987.

License? representatives stated that the retention tank system which released to the wet weath stream was used for relatively clean liquid waste. The liquid waste trom the Loading Room was diverted through an evaporator. The vapo from the evaporator was directed through HEPA filters, then to the atmosphere. The inspectors examined the liquid waste processing systems and discussed them with cognizant licensee representatives. Th( aspectors also reviewed Liquid Effluent Work Sheets and Liquid Effluent L words for the 84 releases from the retention tanks for the period January 1,1988, through May 11, 1988. Most releases had activities less than one percent MPC, with slightly higher concentraticns found during leak testing and flushing of the system.

Violations or deviations were not identified in the review of this program area.

5. Gaseous Effluent Program (88035)

Section V.8.1.1 of the license application describes the airborne effluent l control program and release limits. The program was implemented through l

Procedure AS-1103, Airborne Radicai ive Materials Control, Revision 11, November 11, 1907.

l The inspectors inspected the air cleaning equipment during a tour of the plant. The inspectors revie..ed the Gaseous Effluents records for the first qurter of 1988 (January 4 through April 3, 1988), and for the second quarter (April 4 through May 15, 1988) to date. The inspectors l

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k s-y 3 also reviewed tne quarterly Gaseous Air Samples printout ~ which showed v results for individual release points, such as the Stack, the Pellet Loading Room Recirculated Air, and the Echo-330 Building Effluent. The results were within the specified limits.

The inspector reviewd the Manometer /Magnehelic Audit Records for pressure drop across HEPA filters for January 4 through May 9, 1988. All filters read less'than four inches (water gauge) and the Controlled Area was at '

negative pressure with respect'to surrounding areas.

Violaticqs or deviations wcre not identified in the review of this program area.

6. Environmental Monitoring Program (88045)

' Section V.8.1.4.of the license application describes the environmental monitoring program and requirements. This program was implemented by 24 1986.

Procedure representatives 1.icensee AS-1127, Environmental Monitoring, stated that Revision 10,sampl the environmental July'es ,were i collected by the licemea, and all analyses were done by a contractor.

The. inspectors revieweo the environmental analysis records for .those samples collected during calendar year 1987, and determined that sampling and analysis appeared ~to have been conducted in 1ccordance with the

,'P license application and Procedure AS-1127.

The inspectors collected six soil samples from the licensee's "G" sample <

area near the "wet weather stream" where the liquid waste was released.

.The samples.will be analyzed by the NRC contract laboratory to determine uranium concentrations in the soil.

Violations or deviations-were not identified in the review of this program area. ,

j 7. Quality Control And Confirmatory Measurements (84844)

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Section 8.3.4 of the license application provides requirements for calibrations and checks of instrumentation. This program was implemented through Procedure AS-1129, Calibration and Maintenance of Radiation Survey l- Instruments, Revision 2, February 16, 1988. This procedure required that the labora. tory gas proportional and scintillation instruments have a

plateau determination .and efficiency calibration done at least

semia'nnually, and, when used, an instrument performance control check done daily.

The procedure requires a control chart to be established upon calibration or recalibration. The daily performance check includes a background check, count of a calibration standard, and update of the control chart.

The inspectors reviewed records for calibration and performance checks of l the laboratury counting systems.

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.The following calibration records were reviewed for calendar year 1988:

a. Auto Counting System (Gas Proportional)

<-  ;- - ' January 4 - Alpha efficiency and plateau, February 24 - Alpha efficiency, plateau, and generation of a new control chart.

April 13 - Alpha efficiency, plateau, and generation of a new control chart

>l  :<.. In addition, daily performance checks and control charts were reviewed for the period from January 5 through April 29.

b. Nudlear Measurements Corp. PC-4 (Gas Proportional)

January 5 - Alpna and beta efficiencies, ; plateaus, and generation.of new control charts

• - January 15 . Alpha and beta efficiencies, and generation of new

< control charts February 24 - Alpha efficiency and generation of a new alpha control chart April 8 - Beta efficiency and generation of a new beta control chart April 12 - Beta efficiency and generation of a new beta control chart Daily alpha and beta performance checks and control charts were reviewed for the period from January 5,1988, through April- 29,1988.

c. Lud'um Model 1000 (Alpha Scintillation Counter)-

January 5 - Alpha. efficiency and generation of a new control chart .

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February 25 - Alpha efficiency and generation of a new control chart February 26 - Alpha plateau February 29 - Alpha efficiercy and generation of a new control chart i

April 7 - Alpha efficiency ~and generation of a new control chart

1. , Daily alpha performance checks and control charts were reviewed for the period from January 5 through April 29.

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d .- 1.udlum Model 20A (Alpha Sc.intillation Counter)

January 6 - Alpha efficiency and generation c/ a new control chart Daily alpha performance checks and control charts were reviewed for the period from January 5 through April 29.

The inspectors also reviewed records which indicated that flow calibrations were conducted on the three environmental air samplefs on April 18, 1988, and the Kurz Calibrator, used to calibrate cir flow meters, was calitrated on November 20, 1987, and January 26, 1988.

The licensee agreed to send a gaseous effluent sample filter, a liquid radwaste sample, and analyses of these samples to Region 11 for comparison. This item will be tracked as Inspector Followup Item (IFI) 88-06-01: Frovide effluent filter and liquid radwaste ".mple and Analysis to NRC for comparison.

Violations or deviations were not identified in the review of this program area.

8. Exit Interview The inspection scope and results ware summarized on May 20,1988, with those persons indicated in Paragraph 1. The inspectors described the areas inspected and discussed in ; detail the inspection results listed above. Proprietary information is not contained in this report.

Dissenting coments were not received from the licensee.

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