ML20210U558

Matl Control & Accounting Insp Rept 70-0371/86-12 on 861201-05.No Noncompliance Noted.Major Areas Inspected: Nuclear Matl Control & Accounting,Including Facility Organization & Mgt Controls & Records & Repts

ML20210U558
Person / Time
Site:	07000371
Issue date:	01/09/1987
From:	Della Ratta A, Keimig R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
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ML20210U512	List: ML20210U509 ML20210U558
References
70-0371-86-12, 70-371-86-12, NUDOCS 8702180513
Download: ML20210U558 (3)

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9-U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION I '

- Report No. 70-371/86-12 Docket No. 70-371-License No. SNM-368-Safeguards Group I Licensee: UNC Naval Products Division 67 Sandy Desert Road Uncasville,-Connecticut 06382 Facility Name: UNC Naval Products Inspection At: Uncasville, Connecticut Inspection Conducted: December 1-5, 1986 Date of Last Material Control and Accounting Inspection: September 15-19, 1986 Type of Inspection: Routine Unannounced Material Control and Accounting Inspector:

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/[ d A. Della Rat't6 Safeguards Auditor

/-f- f7' date Approved by: /' /- J-B 7 Chief afeguards Section date f . R.Nuclear KeimM erial afety and Safeguards Branch Inspection Summary: Inspection on December 1 - 5, 1986 (Report No. 70-371/86-12).

Area Inspected: Nuclear material control and accounting, including: facility organization and management controls; facility operations and internal controls;.

and records and reports.

Results: The licensee was in compliance with NRC requirements in the areas examined during this inspection.

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DETAILS

1. Persons Contacted

• T. Collopy, Manager, Nuclear Material Control

• N. Grenon, Supervisor, Nuclear Material Control M. Kelley, Statistician B. Johnson, Nuclear Material Controller J. Cacciapouti, Internal Control Custodian C. Pavelski, Internal-Control Custodian D. Luster, Health Physics Specialist The inspector also interviewed other licensee personnel involved in the control and accounting of special nuclear material (SNM).

• present at exit interview

2. MC 30703 - Exit Interview The inspector met with the licensee representatives indicated in paragraph 1 at the conclusion of the inspection on December 5,1986 and summarized the scope and findings of the inspection.

At no time during this inspection was written material provided to the licensee by the inspector.

3. MC 85203 - Facility Organization and Management Controls

' The inspector discussed with management and reviewed the licensee's approved Fundamental Nuclear Material- Control Plan (FNMCP), Copy 5, Revision 6, dated September 25, 1986. The current organizational structure and qualifications of the material control management and support staff were in accordance with the FNMCP.

The delegation of material control and accounting (MC&A) responsibilities and authorities was documented in writing and the overall planning, co-ordination, and administration of the MC&A functions for special nuclear material were vested in a single individual who was at an organizational level sufficient to assure independence of action and objectiveness of decisions.

4. MC 85205 - Facility Operation and Internal Controls The inspector observed that the authorized possession and use of_special nuclear material were as specified in the facility license in the area inspected.

The licensee is monitoring its scrap control program in accordance with special license condition 7.3, in that scrap, up to four (4) kilograms and measured with an uncertainty greater than 110%, may be accumulated

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I for a period not'to exceed twelve (12)' months, instead of being processed

i. and recovered within six months as required by 10 CFR 70.58(i)(2). The licensee's scrap. inventory in the- above category is approximately 1,257 i grams:U-235', as of November 21, 1986.

5. MC 85215 - Records and Reports *

The inspector audited the nuclear material control records and reports for

the material balance periods ending March 14, 1986, May 16, 1986, and

' July 18,1986. All line items on the SNM inventory reports for the three

<- material balance periods were traced to source documents and. compared to

• the records maintained by the' licensee and to the DOE-NMMSS computer tabulations. .The licensee's general ledger was also checked for accuracy.

Nuclear Material Transaction Reports (DOE /NRC Form-741), which documented receipts, shipments, measured discards, and inventory changes, were

! reviewed for timeliness, format, and accuracy of content. No discrepan-cies were identified.

Material Status Reports (DOE /NRC Form-742) submitted for the material l balance period ending March 31, 1986 were also review'ed for the same attributes. No discrepancies were identified.

The inspector determined that the licensee's control and subsidiary 1 records for the periods under review were adjusted to the results of the ,

physical inventories, as required by NRC regulations.

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