ML20206P568

Advises of Operational Safety Assessment Scheduled for Wk of 860929.Assessment Will Include Personnel Training,Waste Mgt & Operations.Existing Procedures Re Employee Training & Waste Mgt Requested by 860915

ML20206P568
Person / Time
Site:	07000371
Issue date:	08/19/1986
From:	Martin T NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Kaufman N UNC, INC. (FORMERLY UNC RESOURCES, INC.)
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NUDOCS 8608270241
Download: ML20206P568 (2)

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?o AUG 191986 Docket No.70-371 UNC Naval Products

- Division of UNC Resources, Inc.

ATTN: Mr. Micholas C. Kaufman President and General Manager 67 Sandy Desert Road Uncasville, Connecticut 06382 i

Gentlemen:

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SUBJECT:

OPERATIONAL SAFETY ASSESSMENT As a result of the accident involving the release of uranium hexafluoride from Kerr-McGee's Sequoyah Fuels Facility in Gore, Oklaholaa, on January 4,1986, the NRC has decided to conduct an operational safety essessment at each major

fuel cycle facility. The assessnent of your facility will be conducted by a team of five inspectors from the NRC Region 1 Office, an individual from the local U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office and two NRC Headquarters

personnel. This assessment has been scheduled for the week of September 29, l 1986. The team leader, Mr. Jerry Roth, will contact your office at a later

! date to arrange a time for the entrance briefing.

! During the assessment, the team will examine existing conditions at your facility to identify potential safety hazards that, when combined with 4

facility operations, could impact public health and safety. The team will l also examine whether there are systems and procedures in place to identify the use and handling of hazardous materials which could result in radiological safety consequences, and will determine whether these are adequately imple-mented. The areas to be covered include personnel training, waste management, and operations, including procedure control, equipment maintenance, non-radioactive chemical control, fire protection and radiological contingency planning.

After the assessment, the NRC will determine if measures are necessary to address any safety problems identified during the review. The assessment is not an inspection; it is intended to' provide feedback to both the NRC and fuel cycle facility licensees. However, if a violation of an NRC requirement is identified during the assessrent, it will be cited. Records of reviews and audits conducted by your personnel, maintenance, training, and contingency

plan drills should be made available for review while the assessment team is at your facility.

In order to facilitate the assessment, please provide to this office by

September 15, 1986, a copy of your existing procedures which cover employee

! training, waste management, equipment maintenance, nonradioactive chemical l control, fire protection, operational safety and contingency planning.

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UNC Naval Products 2 AUG 101986 The response requested by this letter is not subject to the clearance proce-dures of the Office of Management and Budget as required by the Paperwork t Reduction Act of 1980, PL 96-511.

If you have any questions concerning the assessment, please contact me at (215)337-5280 or Mr. Roth at (215)337-5205.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Sincerely, Original Signed By:

Tho:nas T. Martin i Thomas T. Martin, Director Division of Radiation Safety and Safeguards cc: .

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