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Category:INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL MEMORANDUM
MONTHYEARML20127N1661992-11-24024 November 1992 Submits Results of Review of Oak Ridge Assoc Univs Survey Repts on Burial Ground in Northeastern Portion of Site & Two Sewage Lagoons as Part of Site Decommissioning.Two Areas Adequately Decontaminated.Closure Recommended ML20153F3531985-12-20020 December 1985 Recommends Approval of 850806 & 1119 Applications for Amend to License SNM-1174,revising Organization & Administrative Controls of Health & Safety Program ML20211L4231984-10-25025 October 1984 Forwards Dept of Labor Notice of Alleged Safety or Health Hazard.Investigative Effort Unwarranted at Present. Allegation Will Continue to Be Carried as Open in Allegation Tracking Sys,Pending Final Resolution ML20211L4951983-04-0303 April 1983 Summarizes 830406 Investigation of Allegation Re Burial of Pu Waste Along Banks of Cimarron River.Region III Records Indicate Licensee Did Not Bury Wastes Onsite ML20211L5101983-02-22022 February 1983 Forwards Ltr Received on 830222 Alleging That Large Quantities of Pu Wastes & Associated Contaminated Matls Buried Along Banks of Cimarron River.W/O Encl ML20147B9131978-11-14014 November 1978 Summarizes 781102-03 Trip Rept in Support of Licensing Review of Proposed Amend Allowing Dismantling & Removal of Solvent Extraction Equipment & Related Glovebox ML20148K1591978-10-24024 October 1978 Notice of Meeting on 781018 to Discuss Part III of Lic Termination Plan of Subj Plutonium Plant,Which Proposes to Dismantle the Solvent Extraction Equip & Its Associated Glove Box.Site Visit Planned for 781030 ML20148K1711978-10-13013 October 1978 Notice of 781017 Meeting w/Kerr-McGee Nuc Corp to Discuss Part 3 of Termination Plan for Lic SNM-1174.Incl Dismantling & Removal of Plutonium Plant'S Solvent Extraction Equip & Associated Glovebox ML20235A7991978-02-0303 February 1978 Responds to 780202 Telcon Request for Reasons That Region III Diversion Risk Analysis Study on Facility Should Not Be Released to Parties Involved in Legal Action Re K Silkwood Incident ML20235A7081976-05-11011 May 1976 Forwards Gossick Opening Statement for 760426 Kerr-McGee/ Dingell Hearings & Supplemental Testimony Prepared in Response to Issues Raised.Meeting Requested for 760514 to Discuss Encls & Other Major Issues ML20136E4131975-08-15015 August 1975 Forwards Investigation Rept 70-1193/75-09 Re Nitric Acid Reaction During Waste Shipment.Div of Matls & Fuel Cycles Should Be Notified of Problem.Listed Position in Reg Guide 3.12 Should Be Made License Condition.Related Info Encl ML20209D7781975-04-23023 April 1975 Forwards Licensee 750408 Response to 750319 Items of Noncompliance.Response to Deficiency 3 Re Transportation Security Plan Should Be Referred to NMSS for Resolution ML20198A6991975-03-20020 March 1975 Summarizes Osha,Ocaw & NRC Inspections of Kerr-McGee Cimarron Facility.Unsafe Allegations from Ocaw Come Prior to Contract Bargaining.No Evidence That Ocaw or Employees Attempted to Resolve Alleged Unsafe Practices ML20209D3031975-01-15015 January 1975 Forwards Info Re Muf Incidents,Corrective Actions & Enforcement Actions at Facility,Per Bryan Request ML20198A6691974-12-30030 December 1974 Partially Withheld Ltr (Ref 10CFR2.790) Discussing Unusual Incident Involving U Dioxide Pellets Found Outside U Fabrication Facility at Cimarron Plant.No Health or Safety Threat Involved ML20198A6571974-12-0909 December 1974 Partially Withheld Rept (Ref 10CFR2.790) Re Diversion Risk Analysis of Major Fuel Processing Facilities.Suggests That Consideration Be Given to Amending Licenses or Adding Regulations ML20215L7091974-11-22022 November 1974 Forwards Chronology of Violation History Resulting from Criticality,Health Physics,Matl Control & Physical Security Insps,Per Bryan 741121 Telcon Request ML20198A6511974-11-22022 November 1974 Partially Withheld Ltr (Ref 10CFR2.790) Discussing Possibility of Diversion of Trigger Quantity of Pu.No Indication That Diversion occurred.Kerr-McGee Security & Matl Control Plans Adequate ML20215L5361974-05-13013 May 1974 Summarizes 740509 Meeting Re F Welch 740506 Internal Memo Entitled, Rept of Exposure. Licensee Asked to Explain Why Matter Not Reported to Region III When First Known.Informant P Ellis Vague,Changed Story & Had No Evidence of Claim ML20209D2761974-04-0303 April 1974 Forwards Kerr-McGee Summary Rept Re Cimarron Pu Plant Inventories of 740215 & 0308.Corrective Action Should Produce Better Matl Balance Results.Licensee Does Not Recognize Limits of Error Associated W/Holdup Quantity ML20209D2651974-03-14014 March 1974 Forwards Notification of Incident or Occurrence Containing Results of Mar 1974 Pu Reinventory.Recommends Notice Be Issued as Blue Sheet ML20209D2591974-03-12012 March 1974 Advises That Licensee Feb 1974 Muf Quantity Does Not Present Health or Safety Problem Based on 740211-15 Insp ML20209D2471974-03-12012 March 1974 Discusses Kerr-McGee Feb 1974 Muf Quantity.On 740228, Licensee Notified Region That Feb Monthly Pu Inventory Indicated Positive Muf Loss Quantity.Cause Under Investigation.Fuel Fabrication Stopped ML20209D2141974-03-0101 March 1974 Forwards Draft Notification of Incident or Occurrence Re Kerr-McGee Pu Muf Quantity.Recommends Issuance as Blue Sheet ML20151L3991966-08-12012 August 1966 Forwards Compliance Investigation Rept on 660713-14 Re Apollo,Pa Resident Allegation Concerning Effluent from Facility 1992-11-24
[Table view] Category:MEMORANDUMS-CORRESPONDENCE
MONTHYEARML20127N1661992-11-24024 November 1992 Submits Results of Review of Oak Ridge Assoc Univs Survey Repts on Burial Ground in Northeastern Portion of Site & Two Sewage Lagoons as Part of Site Decommissioning.Two Areas Adequately Decontaminated.Closure Recommended ML20153F3531985-12-20020 December 1985 Recommends Approval of 850806 & 1119 Applications for Amend to License SNM-1174,revising Organization & Administrative Controls of Health & Safety Program ML20211L4231984-10-25025 October 1984 Forwards Dept of Labor Notice of Alleged Safety or Health Hazard.Investigative Effort Unwarranted at Present. Allegation Will Continue to Be Carried as Open in Allegation Tracking Sys,Pending Final Resolution ML20211L4951983-04-0303 April 1983 Summarizes 830406 Investigation of Allegation Re Burial of Pu Waste Along Banks of Cimarron River.Region III Records Indicate Licensee Did Not Bury Wastes Onsite ML20211L5101983-02-22022 February 1983 Forwards Ltr Received on 830222 Alleging That Large Quantities of Pu Wastes & Associated Contaminated Matls Buried Along Banks of Cimarron River.W/O Encl ML20147B9131978-11-14014 November 1978 Summarizes 781102-03 Trip Rept in Support of Licensing Review of Proposed Amend Allowing Dismantling & Removal of Solvent Extraction Equipment & Related Glovebox ML20148K1591978-10-24024 October 1978 Notice of Meeting on 781018 to Discuss Part III of Lic Termination Plan of Subj Plutonium Plant,Which Proposes to Dismantle the Solvent Extraction Equip & Its Associated Glove Box.Site Visit Planned for 781030 ML20148K1711978-10-13013 October 1978 Notice of 781017 Meeting w/Kerr-McGee Nuc Corp to Discuss Part 3 of Termination Plan for Lic SNM-1174.Incl Dismantling & Removal of Plutonium Plant'S Solvent Extraction Equip & Associated Glovebox ML20235A7991978-02-0303 February 1978 Responds to 780202 Telcon Request for Reasons That Region III Diversion Risk Analysis Study on Facility Should Not Be Released to Parties Involved in Legal Action Re K Silkwood Incident ML20235A7081976-05-11011 May 1976 Forwards Gossick Opening Statement for 760426 Kerr-McGee/ Dingell Hearings & Supplemental Testimony Prepared in Response to Issues Raised.Meeting Requested for 760514 to Discuss Encls & Other Major Issues ML20136E4131975-08-15015 August 1975 Forwards Investigation Rept 70-1193/75-09 Re Nitric Acid Reaction During Waste Shipment.Div of Matls & Fuel Cycles Should Be Notified of Problem.Listed Position in Reg Guide 3.12 Should Be Made License Condition.Related Info Encl ML20209D7781975-04-23023 April 1975 Forwards Licensee 750408 Response to 750319 Items of Noncompliance.Response to Deficiency 3 Re Transportation Security Plan Should Be Referred to NMSS for Resolution ML20198A6991975-03-20020 March 1975 Summarizes Osha,Ocaw & NRC Inspections of Kerr-McGee Cimarron Facility.Unsafe Allegations from Ocaw Come Prior to Contract Bargaining.No Evidence That Ocaw or Employees Attempted to Resolve Alleged Unsafe Practices ML20209D3031975-01-15015 January 1975 Forwards Info Re Muf Incidents,Corrective Actions & Enforcement Actions at Facility,Per Bryan Request ML20198A6691974-12-30030 December 1974 Partially Withheld Ltr (Ref 10CFR2.790) Discussing Unusual Incident Involving U Dioxide Pellets Found Outside U Fabrication Facility at Cimarron Plant.No Health or Safety Threat Involved ML20198A6571974-12-0909 December 1974 Partially Withheld Rept (Ref 10CFR2.790) Re Diversion Risk Analysis of Major Fuel Processing Facilities.Suggests That Consideration Be Given to Amending Licenses or Adding Regulations ML20215L7091974-11-22022 November 1974 Forwards Chronology of Violation History Resulting from Criticality,Health Physics,Matl Control & Physical Security Insps,Per Bryan 741121 Telcon Request ML20198A6511974-11-22022 November 1974 Partially Withheld Ltr (Ref 10CFR2.790) Discussing Possibility of Diversion of Trigger Quantity of Pu.No Indication That Diversion occurred.Kerr-McGee Security & Matl Control Plans Adequate ML20215L5361974-05-13013 May 1974 Summarizes 740509 Meeting Re F Welch 740506 Internal Memo Entitled, Rept of Exposure. Licensee Asked to Explain Why Matter Not Reported to Region III When First Known.Informant P Ellis Vague,Changed Story & Had No Evidence of Claim ML20209D2761974-04-0303 April 1974 Forwards Kerr-McGee Summary Rept Re Cimarron Pu Plant Inventories of 740215 & 0308.Corrective Action Should Produce Better Matl Balance Results.Licensee Does Not Recognize Limits of Error Associated W/Holdup Quantity ML20209D2651974-03-14014 March 1974 Forwards Notification of Incident or Occurrence Containing Results of Mar 1974 Pu Reinventory.Recommends Notice Be Issued as Blue Sheet ML20209D2591974-03-12012 March 1974 Advises That Licensee Feb 1974 Muf Quantity Does Not Present Health or Safety Problem Based on 740211-15 Insp ML20209D2471974-03-12012 March 1974 Discusses Kerr-McGee Feb 1974 Muf Quantity.On 740228, Licensee Notified Region That Feb Monthly Pu Inventory Indicated Positive Muf Loss Quantity.Cause Under Investigation.Fuel Fabrication Stopped ML20209D2141974-03-0101 March 1974 Forwards Draft Notification of Incident or Occurrence Re Kerr-McGee Pu Muf Quantity.Recommends Issuance as Blue Sheet ML20151L3991966-08-12012 August 1966 Forwards Compliance Investigation Rept on 660713-14 Re Apollo,Pa Resident Allegation Concerning Effluent from Facility 1992-11-24
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Ws virm K-M INSPECTIONS OSHA AND NRC AND OCAW ,
During the inspection of February 3-7, 1975 we noted that OHSA had ,
inspected Kerr-McGee January 8-13, 1975 and had reported violations.
du I called Jim Knorrp of OSIM in Tulsa to determine their opinion of PM 4 Kerr-McGee and their inspection history.
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1 OSIW s first investigation of Kerr-McGee Cimarron was in 1971 following l
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.In July and August 1972 Ray Stillwell, OCAW local committeeman, sent
- f. j written letters of complaints to 0S1% on unsafe practices i.e. acid and lL' NH[ fumes,hightemperatures,improperpipeidentificatioh,leakingpipes and poor ventilation. OSHA inspected Kerr-licCee Cimarron in August 1972.
They did not substantiate the unsafe conditions but found 13 nonscrious violations of OSHA regulations.
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,Mr. Knorrp stated that the January 1975 inspection was initiated because OSHA was asking questions about some of the previous inspection areas that f% they didn't have a good handle on. The January inspection resulted in 52 M~ 1 nonscrious items, 3 of which we're repeats from the previous inspection.
In general, he stated that Kerr-licGee'Cimarron was "a pretty clean facility" c g i and this number of items in a facility of this size was not unusual. The M '\_. citation included such items as covers left off of junction boxes, masks
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4 M A brief history of our Kerr-McGee Cimarron investigations shows the following:
On September 27,1975 OSHA presented allegations on unsafe working conditions v ..
- which were investigated in the most part by RO:iV personnel and regardless p of the statements in the news media, the allegation of unsafe practices were for the most part found to be untrue, although many of the happenings g were substantiated. (R0 Investigation Report No. 070/1193/74-10)i .
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on August 29, 1973, ChairmanRayr$ceivedcomplaintsfromtwoanonymousOn c=ployees of Kerr-McGee via Mrs. Gaylord Youngheir. of Oklahoma City.
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,. September 9, 1973, tly, ,fcrred to a van leaking plutonium and a number of
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were substantiated as being health or safety violations (R0 Investigation Report No. 070-1193/73-01) v
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OCAW2Kerr-M. Gee ,Cimarron union contracts were as follows:
( .- A five year contract expired November, 23, 1972. Negotiation for a ncv ll ,
E) contract started October 17, 1972, but was unsuccessful and OCAW Local No. 5-283 went out on strike November 20, 1972. Kerr-McGee continued 1
0d operations until an agreement was reached on February 9, 1973 for a contract Q.l expiring December 1,, 1974. Nego::iations for a new contract started Novem-gW ber 6,1974 and a new one-year agreement was reached on December 1,1974, y -
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- Prior to the 1974 negotiations NLRB notified Kerr McGee on September 5, 1974 that a petition had been-approved for decertifying the OCAW local h ,
representing Kerr-McGee employees at Cimarron.
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{ election maintained OCAW as the employees union by a vote of 80 to 61.
(Unofficially we learned that well over 80 people had signed the petition.)
During the manaa,cment meeting'on the OCAW allegations investigation the
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Morgan Moore, Manager of the Cimarron Facility, pointed out that
., allegations and other problems that Kerr-McGee had been experiencing preceed He also
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or coincided with OCAW Local - Kerr-McGee contract negotiations.
stated that all employees were required to report unsafe conditions Kerr-McGee made a atstudy any c g.,
] time and particularly at conthly safety ncetings. 1974 (145 recorded all safety meetings held between March 1974 and November-gq
-i meeting ruinutes which gave the department, number attending, date,There were items discussed, any unsafe conditions or work practices brought up)".
N> several safety items listed in these meeting minutes but none of then were
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September 27, 1974.
h:1. d In addition, any employee of Kerr-McGee who cannot resolve an unsafe condit at first level has the rigt ; to use the Grievance No and Arbitration safety Procedure related items have set out in the OCAW - Kerr-McGee agreement.
been processed in the grievance ' procedure in 1974 or 1973.
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It has been my experience during the 2 yaarc of inspecting Kerr-McGee that they are concerned about the safety of the employees and have a good job safety attitude. ,
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1973,7 hiFh . air filte'rs in the Plutonium Laboratory were found to be contaminated by a finger or thumb print shapped area and not by the normal
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10 employees in the 11.boratory. (R0 Inspection Report No. 070-1193/73-06) w' '
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again on July 31, 1974 to two airsamplesj as a result (R0Silkwood and another Investigation Report employee were restricted and put on biosamples.
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UO 2 containers. UO 2 Pellets were scattered around outside the U Plant.
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V;2: It doesn't take long to see that the unsafe allegations from OCAW to both OSHA & NRC seem to come right before contract, bargaining begins and
- b. I believe them to be motivated as bargaining tool and not as a real concern for safety,or all reasonable means of resolving unsafe conditions' would be taken through normal Kerr-McGee employee ur Kerr-McGee union negotiations before contacting Federal agencies. There is no evidence 7 that OCAW or individual employees have taken Any action with Kerr-McGee y to resolve these alleged unsafe practices.
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