ML20197F781

Forwards Safety Evaluation Re Radiological Contingency Plan.Amend Should Be Processed to Incorporate Plan as License Condition to License SNM-1097

ML20197F781
Person / Time
Site:	07001113
Issue date:	03/24/1982
From:	Fisher F NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
To:	Crow W NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
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ML20197F785	List: ML20197F781 ML20197K238
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NUDOCS 8204220275
Download: ML20197F781 (2)

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Enclosure DOCKET N0: 70-1113 LICENSEE: General Electric Company Wilmington flanufacturing Division Wilmington, North Carolina

SUBJECT:

REVIEW 0F RADIOLOGICAL CONTINGENCY PLAN: SAFETY EVALUATION REPORT I. Background General Electric Company, Uilmington fianufacturing Division, of Wilmington, North Carolina (GE-WMD) is the holder of Special Nuclear Material License NO. SNM-1097 issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The license authorizes the possession and use of up to 50,000 kg of U-235 and 7 g of plutonium in encapsulated form. The licensee fabricates low-enriched uranium fuel for LWRs. The license is currently under timely renewal status.

On February 11, 1981, the NRC issued an Order to GE-UMD to -

e submit within 180 days of the effective date of the Order a s

Radiological Contingency ~ Plan in accordance with a standard format and content (Enclosure 1 to the Order) or, alternatively, to reduce their possession limits below those listed in Enclosure 2 to the Order. On August 27, 1981, the licensee submitted the subject Radiological Contingency Plan in accordance with the February 11,1981 Order. On December 4, 1981, the NRC staff requested additional information from GE-WMD.

On January 14, 1982 GE-WMD submitted that information.

II. Discussion The GE-WMD facility is located on a large rural site six miles north of Wilmington, N.C. The Radiological Contingency Plan for the site subafitted on December 4,1981, and supplemented on January 14, 1982, is adequate to demonstrate that the licensee has accomplished the purpose and intent of radiological contingency planning, viz, assuring (1) that the facility is properly configur.ed to limit releases of radioactive materials and radiation exposures in the event of an accident, (2) that a capability exists for measuring and assessing the significance of accidental releases of radioactive materials, (3) that appropriate emergency equipment and procedures are provided onsite to protect workers against radiation hazards that might be encountered following an accident, and (5) that necessary recovery actions are taken in a timely fashion to return his plant to a safe condition following an accident.

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The GE-WMD facility is equipped with a ventilation system which exhausts effluent gases through liquid scrubbers, where appropriate, for removal of soluble uranium and thence_through HEPA filters for removal of particulate uranium. The facility is equipped with numerous process instruments which alarm and/or operate equipment (switches and valves) to either return the process conditions to specified limits or to terminate operations. The process areas are equipped with continuous air monitors. The system of instruments, alarms and controls are considered sufficient..to assure that all systems are operating as.. designed to insure integrity of the radioactive' material co.ntainment o capability.

Corrective and protective demonstrate that adeQiiits.34tions-described pre-planningchas been jn,the nadeplan to detect, preclude otJ:litigateMM&Tfects " "

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The GE-WMD license shoultb~e^antended to incorporate the Radiological ContingencyJ1'ad as"a condit'i5ii o,f, the license. Theproposep effect on the public. health,am,endment and safety orshguldJiave on the: quality no adverse

/ of the environment and should Limprove GF.;-940's' ability to protect against, respond'to~~~and mitigate,the. consequences of an accident involving radioactive dist'4rfalsF.#'

So as to afford the licensee suf_f.i_c.ient f time-to-implement the Plan, it is recommended 7Iist the effective (late for implementation should be3. days subsequehrt'6'the date of this amendment ~ ~

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