ML20198P725

Documents Completion of Commitment Re Prioritization of Ncsas Described in Licensee ,Per 971107 Telcon. Target Dates Listed & NCS Implementation Plan Will Be Submitted to NRC by 971110

ML20198P725
Person / Time
Site:	Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant
Issue date:	11/07/1997
From:	Morgan J UNITED STATES ENRICHMENT CORP. (USEC)
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
References
GDP-97-2028, NUDOCS 9711100096
Download: ML20198P725 (10)

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Enrichment Corporation i

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6903 Rockledge Drive Bethesda. MD 20817 Tel (30i)564 3200

( Hiiril Salm Enrichm nl Girpiimiiin November 7,1997 United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission SERIAL:GDP-97 2028 Att.ntion: Administrator, Region 111 801 Warrenville Road Lisle, Illinois 60532 4351 Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PORTS), Docket No. 10-7002, Completion of a Regulatory Commitment Pursuant to a discussion between Patrick Hiland, NRC Region Ill, and Ron Gaston, PORTS Nuclear Regulatory Affairs Manager, on November 7,1997, this letter documents the completion of a commitment described in USEC letter GDt'-97-2027, dated November 5,1997, to prioritize NCSAs on or before November 6,1997. The commitment was completed on November 6,1997, and is described in further detail below:

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The NCSAs were divided into three groups utilizing the following criteria:

Priority 1 Continuous operations which support feed, enrichment or withdrawal /

activities because these are the activities performed the most often and therefore have the highest potential risk Priority 2 Batch operations which support feed, enrichment or withdrawal activities Priority 3 All other activities Cunently, there are 39 Priority 1,39 Priority 2, and 117 Priority 3 NCSAs. The NCSAs classified Priority 2 or 3 may change during implementation, for example, to accommodate new information

. 4 or changing conditions The target NCSA completion dates (including review, walkdowns, an - 4 /

PORC approval) are as follows:

Priority 1 March 27,1998 Priority 2 July 31,1998 Priority 3 April 30,1999 Additionally, per the request of Mr. Hiland, USEC will provide NRC with the NCS implementation plaa by Nc,vember 10,1997, lf!b,l$ l$llllb.llll,llff 9711100096 971107 PDR ADOCK 0700 002 1

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11nited States Nuclear Regulatory Commission November 7,1997 Page 2 A list of commitments and a prioritized list of NCSAs are enclosed, t

if you have ray questions regarding this submittal, please contact Ron Gaston at (614) 897-2710.

Sincerely, J m hlorgan

~'eneral blanager Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant Enclosure cc:

NRC Document Control Desk NRC Resident inspector - PORTS NRC Special Projects Branch; 4

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List of Commitmenis 1.

USEC will provide NRC with the NCS implementation plan by November 10,1997.

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PRIORITIZED LIST OF ACTIVE NCSA'S Friday, November 07,1997 T

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PRIORITY NCMg

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0324.013.A02 Cascade Operations in the X 324 8uilding 1

0326.014 Oct Operation of Seal Eshaust Stauons with the Kinney Vacuum Pump, Model KT.170h in the X 326 Facility 1

0326.018.A02 Estended Range Product (ERP) Withdeswal Station 1

0324.024.301 Feeding of 5. Inch,l. inch and 12. Inch HEU Cylinders at the X 326 Product Withdrawal and Product Purificauon 1

0330.004.A01 Cascade Operations in The X.330 Building 1

0330.00$.A00 X 330 Area 2 Seal Enhaust 1

0330.004A01 X.330 Area 3 Seal Enhaust and Wet Air Evacuation 1

0330.007A00 Tails Withdrawal Stauon 1

0333.015A01 Cascade Operations in the X 333 Building 1

0333.014.A01 X.333 Area 1 Seal Enhaust and Wet Air Evacuauon 1

0333.017.A00 Low Assay Withdrawal (TAW) Station 1

0342A001.001 General Handling, Weighing, & Storage 1

0342A002.A01 Autoclave OperaUon 1

0341A004.A01 Ollinteretotor 1

0341AnOS.001 Sump 1

0343.001.001 Generat Handling, Weighing, & Storage 1

0343.002.A01 Autoclave Operation 1

0343.001.101 Ollinterceptors 1

0343.005.A02 Waste Streams 1

0344A001.A02 Autoclave OperaUon 1

0344A002.A01 Quiper System 1

0344A003A00 X.344A Scale Pits and Sumps 1

0344A011.A00 Technetlurn (Tcl Trap in Autoctave 1

0708.018 A02

8. and 12. inch Cylinder Cleaning 1

0705.132A00 Replacing 8" and 12* HEU Cylinder Valves 1

0710.001A00 Storage Requirements for Fissite Material Transfer (Uranium Chrin of Custody) Room 1

0710.024.A00 Sampling. Transporung. and Handling in X,710 1

PLANT h..

Storing and Handling of Large Cylinders of Uranium Matertal 1

PLANT 004.A02 General Use of Small Diameter Containers for Storing High Enriched Matertal 1

PLANT 029 A00 Cascade Datum Systems 1

PLANT 030 A02 Evocuation Booster Stacons

PRIORITIZED LIST OF ACTIVE NCSA'S Friday, November 07,1997 Page 2

PRIORITY NCSM BM N EQ1 1

PLANT 033A01 Surge Drums 1

PLANT 038A00 Inter Building T6e Lines 1

PLANT 043/.00 Fisvie Material Transport 1

PLANT 040.0C1 Always. Safe Portable Small UF6 Release Gulpers 1

PLANT 054.A00 Lube Oil System i

PLANT 085 A00 Laundry 1

PLANT 042.A00 CascaJa Maintenance i

PLANT 079.A00 Opening Equipment Containing Greater than a Safe Mass of Uranium. Bearing Material 2

0324.022.101 X 328 Use of Portable HEPA Ventilation Units for Specific Activities 2

0330.003.101 Storage and Handling of Seals in X 330 2

0342A004A02 Waste Streams s

2 0343.008.001 Disposal of Pigtails, Manifolds, Cylinder Safety Valves, and Other Used AutocIsve Components 2

0344A00s.A03 Sample Cylinder Handling and Storage 2

0344A007 A04 Waste Streams 2

0344A010.0C1 Disposal of Pigtails, Manifolds, and Cylinder Safety Valves, and Other Used Autoclavecomponents 2

0705.002A02 2.5 Ton,10. Ton, and 14-Ton Cylinder Cieaning 1

0710.004.101 Oulpers for Mass Spectrometers 2

0710.006A00 Uranium Sarr

.%ratory 2

0710.008.A01 UF8 Isotop

.nfdards Preparation Laboratory 2

0710.011 A00 Process Spectrometry Laboratory 2

0710.012 A01 UraniumAnalysis Laboratwy 2

0710.020A00 Process Chem 8.try Laboratory 2

0710.021.A00 Process Services Laboratory 2

0750.003A01 Sample Buggy Repair 2

PLANT 011.001 Use of Portable HEPA Ventitation Units for Specific Maintenance Activities 2

PLANT 012A01 Favorable Geometry Vacuuin Cleaner 2

PLANT 013A00 Batching Solut6ons and Solids 2

PLANT 018A01 Ory Active Waste (Contammated Burnables)in Wasta Generation t roas and in Interim Storage i

2 PLANT 022.A00 Sample Cylinder Handling and Storage 2

PLANT 025A01 General Use of Smal10iarreter Containers for Storing up to 10*/. Enriched Material 2

PLANT 031.A01 Use of Portable infrared Analysers (PIRA Buggies, FTIRs, etc.)

2 PLANT 044A00 Cold Recovery. Cold Traps

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PRIORITY

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$11.DRGI 2

PLANToalA00 Contaminated Metal 2

PLANT 0$0 A00 Use, Handling, and Storage of Fined HEPA Fliters and Profilters 2

PLANT 081A00 Cold Recovery Chemical Traps 4

2 PLANTOS2.A00 Cold Recovery. Holding Drums 3

PLANT 053A01 Uranium Analysis and Sampling l

2 PLANT 0$7.001 Use of Gas Sampling Cart 2

PLANT 060A01 Cylinder Valve Replacement 2

PLANT 083A00 Buildmg Decontamination Activities 2

PLANT 064A00 Handling and Storage of Seals in X 326, X 330, X 333 2

PLANT 045 A00 Use of Limited Safe Geometry Vacuum Cleaners

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2 PLANT 060A00 Negative Atr Machine (NAM) 2 PLANT 049 A00 Test Buggies 2

PLANTO78A00 Batching of Contaminated Components Which Are Esposed to UF6 or Other Non Olly Uranium Processes 2

PLANTO78A00 Oillnterceptors and Sumps in X 343 and X.342 2

PLANT 078.A00 Use of Lodous 15 Cylinders at PORTS 3

0328.001 A02 Nuclear Criticality Safety of Shutdown and Standby X 324 Cells (Units 281,25 2,25 3,25 4,25 8,284, 27 2, and 27 3) 3 0328.018 A00 Operating Floor Freon Degrador 8

3 0326.027 A00 OperaUon of the X 328 NOA Laboratory 3

0330.00th01 Flushing /Cleantng of 1/2" Vented Cavity Pipes and Compressor *B* Seal Cavities, X.330 3

0330.013A00 Long Term Storage of PEH Converter in X.330 3

0333.007AC1 1000 CFM Negative Air Machine 3

0333.018,001 Freezer / Sublimer 3

0333.022A00 Flushing / Cleaning of vented Cavity Pipes and Compressor'B' Seal Cavities 3

0333.023.A01 Long Term Storace of *344 Stage T PEH Compessor 3

0344A004 A00 Evacuation System and Cold Traps 3

0344A005A02 X344A Small Diameter Container Storage 3

07C 0.001.001 Fissile Material at The Radiation instrument Calibration Facility, 3

0700.002A01 Heavy Metals Sludge Storage 3

0700.004A00 X 700 Converter Disassembly and Repair Area e

3 0700.005.A00 Class Bead Blasung 3

0700.006A00 Blodenitrification (Pilot Plant and New Plant) 3 0700.007A00 Cleaning Tank s3/ Converter Flushing Station v

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0700.018 A01 Uranium Bearing Materials Storage Area Between Columns Die and Di2 u

3 0700.017.A00 RCRA 90 Day Storage Area Bounded try C olumns E2, E3 F2, and F3 s

3 0700.018 A00 X 700 Large Sandblasung operation 3

0700.019A00 Routine Operauono in s.700 Cleaning Tanks 1,2,4,8 3

0700.020 A00 Operation of the X.700 Chemical Tanks 1,3. 4. and 8 3

0705.004A00

$. inch Cylinder Cleaning 3

0705.00$A00 Small Cylinder Rinse Pit 3

0705.009.A00 Seal Dismantling Room 3

0708.010.101 Small Parta Glass Bead Blaster 3

0708.011101 Small Parta Pit l

3 0705.012A00 Small Parta Handtables Opersuons s

3 0705.014 A01 Leaching /Compiesing Handtable 3

0708.015A08 Waste Water Treatment (Microfiltration System) 3 0705.020.ADC Flocculauon & Filtrauon of Solutions from Leaching operations 3

0705.021.A01 B-Area Batching Handtab:e Operations 3

0708.022A01 B 38 B 1, and Dissolver Solution Storages 3

0705.023A00 Operation of the *A,* *8.* and *C" Loop Extractor / Stripper Systems 3

0708.024 OCS Calciners, Solution Recovery 3

0708.025A00 Nitrous Oside (NOs) Scrubber System 3

0708.027.A03 Heavy Metale Precipitauon 3

0705.028.A00 Techneuum lon Eschange 3

0705.030A00 Recovery Elevator 3

0705.031 A00 Equipment Olsassembly in the North Teardown Area 3

0708.033.1C4 South Annes Operatior's. Cascade Equipment 3

0705.034A02 Spray Booth operauons 3

070$ 038.AQs Tunnel Storage 3

0705.037A00 Cround Water Sumps 3

0705.038.A01 Truck Alley Clean 6ng 4

3 070$ 039A02 Oil and Grease Removal System 3

0705.040A00 Overhead Storage 3

0705.041.A00.

C-Area Matertal Handling & Storage 3

0705.042.A00 Small Equipment fear-Oown (" Blue Room")

PRIORITIZED LIST OF ACTIVE NCSA'S Friday, November 07,1997 Page 5

P.HLQBJIY ESAf EUBJECI 3

070f.043A00 tievator Tunnel 4.

3 0705.044401 Maintenance Shop g

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0708.0$0.A00 X.708 Process Laboratory i

3 0708.051A01 Solution Preparauon 3

0708.055 A00 f acility Drains 3

0708.064A00 Seal can Handling and Storage in X.708 3

0708.071.001 2 l ton,10. ton, and 14. ton Cylinder Drying 3

0768.072A00 inspection and Testing of UP6 Cylinders 3

0708.073.001 Genis Model AWP30 Manistt 3

070s.07.A00

r. Area nssue Maionai sandung and Storeae 3

0708.078A00 Inadvertent Containers 3

0708.042A00

• A*. *B". *C" Loop Pre Evaporator Systems 3

0708.083 A01

• A". "B*. and 'C' Loop Concentrate Storage and Metedng Systems 3

070$Jt4A00

• A* and 'B' Loop Ramnate Storage and Recycle System i

3 0705.045.A00

• A*, *B," *C* Loop T.Weter Storages 3

0705.08sA00

• A", *B*, and *C" Loop Post Evaporator Systems 1

3 0708.099.A01 Post Evaporator $ pray Condenser and Sample Condenser Systems 3

0708.100A02 Pro. Evaporator Spray Condenser and Sample Condenser Systems 3

070$.102.A00 B Area Condensate Drain System 3

0705.103.A00 Process Vent System 3

0705.108A01 Cylinder Clean 6ng Gulper System 3

0706.107.A00 2.54on,10 ton, and 14. ton Cylinder Receiving & Storage 3

0708.100.001 SES (Solution Enrichment Systim) 2 (X.705) 3 0708.110A01 Used Micronttors Removal and Storage 3

0708.111.A01 Bumng Booth l

3 0708.114 A00 Facilities Utilitles! Services. Process Steam 3

0705.122A02 Blending Cylinder Wash Solution 3

0705.123.A00 Amall Cylinder Receipt and Storage 3

070$.124.A01 F. Area aside Glovebos i

3 0705.126 A00 RCRA 90 Day Storage Area RougMy Bounded by Columns F.23,0 23, F.24 and 0 24 2

3 070$ 127.A00 Classified Scrap Metal (Seal Parts Only) i 3

070$.120 A00 Storage of 8. Inch EBS Pipe in the Large Parts Cage i

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0708.129A00 Decontaminauon of Unfavorable Geometry Parts in Tunnel Spray Booths 3

0708.130 A00 Testing of the $4nch and 8. & 12 inch Cylinder Cleaning Operations 3

070s.131A00 Draining. Transfernng, and Collecting Uranium 8eanng Liqu6ds in X 708 3

0710.001.101 Use of NilFisk Model 80 Portable Vacuum la X 710 3

0710.007.A00 Small Diameter Containst Storage in X 710 3

0710.014.A00 X Ray Fluorescence Laboratory 3

0710.018 A02 Handling of Samples and Process Waste in ES&H Analytical Labs 3

0710.022.A00 Laborato*/ tandards and Controla S

3 0710.023 A00 Miscellaneous Uranium Operations 3

0710,024.A00 Handling and Storage of Sources 3

0710.025.A00 Handling and Storage of Samples from ES&H Analytical Labs s

3 0720.001 A02 Cleaning Lightty Contaminated Floor Areas 3

0720.003 A01 Dry Blast Machines for Non Visibly Contaminated Parta 3

0720.009.A00 Sensli Parts Olovebos 3

0720.014 A00 Valve Shop Vapor Degreaset 3

0720.018.A02 Cleaning and Decontaminating Space Recorder Cans 3

0720.,018A00 Transmitter Cleaning Station 3

0720.018 A00 Hydro Table in the X 720 Hydro Shop 3

0847.001 A03 General Storage of Uranium 8eartng Waste,17 847 3

0847.002.001 Storage of 8 25 Waste Bones at XT 847 3

Pt. ANT 001.0C1 Storing Small Diameter Containers in Plastic Bags, Plant 3

PLANT 002.0C1 Water Cooling of UF8 Cylinders at LAW, ERP, Tails, X 342 and X 343 3

PLANT 014.A00 Use of Unsafe Geornetty Vacuum Cleaners 3

PLANT 018.A00 Use of Commercial Floor Scrubbing Machines and Power Sweepers 3

PLANT 017A00 Storage and Handung of 8 4 Pumps 3

PLANT 028A03 Removal and Handling of PEH Equipment 3

PLANT 034A00 Liquid Waste Collection and Sampling Systems 3

PLANT 038.A00 Storage of Safs Batch Containers 3

PLANT 037A00 Use of Small Diameter Container Carts 3

PLANT 045.A01 Limited Safe V61ume Containers 3

PLANT 088A01 Mop Bucketa 3

PLANT 070.A00 Misceltaneous Waste Accumulation Areas

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PLANT 071.A00 Use of Portable HEPA Ventilladon Units 3

PLANT 073.A01 Removal and Handling of Two Compressors Above Mass Removal Limit and last tion of Replacement Compressors 3

PLANT 074.A00 Decontamination Using a Steam Jenny 3

PLANT 071.A00 Long Term Storage of Legacy PEH Equipment i

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