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Docket No. 50-293 PEMORANDUM FOR:
Division of Reactor Projects I/II FROM:
John W. Craig, Chief Plant Systems Branch Division of Engineering and Systens Technology
SUBJECT:
SOLIO PA0 WASTE PROCESS CONTROL PROGRAF FOR PILGRIM NUCLEAR POWER STATION (TAC NO. 63011) 1 Plant Name:
Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station Licensee:
Poston Edison Company Docket No.:
50-293 Review Status:
Complete In their submittal dated May 14, 1985, Boston Edison Company reouested chances to the Pilgrim Technical Specifications. The proposed technical specification changes updated those portions addressing radioactive waste management in order to make them consistent with the current staff positions as expressed in NUREG-0473. The licensee stated in the submittal that the methods used to accomplish the processing and packaging of solid radioactive waste are addressed by plant procedures rather than providing(a Process Control Program as defined in the Standard Technical Specifications STS).
Previously, the staff accepted this exception from the STS in a safety evaluation forwarded to Gus Lainas from Daniel Muller by memorandum dated.1une ?4,1985.
Subsequently, Plant Systems Branch was requested to review the appropriate plant procedures to ensure that they meet the intent of a Process Control Program, in response to this request, on October 7 and 8,1987, the staff met with the licensee at the Pilgrim site in order to review the following plant operating procedures that incorporate the intent of the PCP:
(1) Procedure No. 6.9-193-1, Rev. 3 dated January ?1, 1981, "Classifica-tion of Radwaste - 10 CFR Part 61" (2) Procedure 6.9-211, Pev. O, dated January 16, 1987, "10 CFR Part 61 Sampling" (3) Procedure 6.0-160, Rev. 2, dated April 23, 1987, "Shipment of Radioactive Wastes" (4) Procedure 6.9-174, Rev. 3, dated July 3,1987, "Packagina dry Padioactive Waste" (5) Procedure 6.9-186, Rev 2, dated May 11, 1987, "High Integrity Containers
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(6) Procedure 6.9-188, Rev. P. dated June 5, 1987, "Dewatering Bead Resin" (7) Procedure 6.9 1.90, Rev. ?, dated Jane 5, 1987, "Dewatering Powdex Resin" Based on our review of the above procedures, we find that they meat (1) the intent of Pilprim TS Section 6.8, (?) the current NPC guidelines delineated in SRP Section 11.4 and therefore, are acceptable for use when processing and packaging solid waste.
It should be noted that the acceptability of the prncedurally addressed 00P is based on currently available cuidelines.
Revised PCP cuidelines incorpora-ting the requirements of 10 CFR 61 are scheduled to be available in the near 1
future. The need for subsequent revisions to procedures and staff review will be indicated at that time, bohnW.Craig, Chief
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Enclosures:
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CONTACT:
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