ML20211M015

Forwards Safety Insp Rept 50-354/87-02 on 870112-16 & Notice of Violation

ML20211M015
Person / Time
Site:	Hope Creek
Issue date:	02/12/1987
From:	Martin T NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Corbin McNeil Public Service Enterprise Group
Shared Package
ML20211M019	List: IR 05000354/1987002 ML20211M015 ML20211M064
References
NUDOCS 8702270196
Download: ML20211M015 (2)

See also: IR 05000354/1987002

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FEB 12 1987

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Docket No. 50-354

Public Service Electric & Gas Company

ATTN: Mr. C. A. McNeill, Jr.

Vice President - Nuclear

P. O. Box 236

Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey 08038

Gentlemen:

Subject: Inspection Report No. 50-354/87-02

A routine safety inspection of your solid radioactive waste preparation,

packaging and shipping program was conducted by Messrs. H. Bicehouse and B.

Davidson of this office on January 12-16, 1987. Our findings were discussed

with Messrs. G. Connor, J. Lovell and A. Giardino and others of your staff at

the conclusion of the inspection on January 16, 1987.

Areas examined during this inspection are described in the NRC Region I

Inspection Report which is enclosed with this letter. Within these areas, the

inspection consisted of selective examination of procedures and representative

records, interviews with personnel and observations by the inspectors. We

also reviewed your actions taken in response to previously identified items.

The inspection indicated that your program failed to account for the presence

of iron-59 and zirconium-95 in a radioactive waste shipment resulting in

apparent violations of NRC requirements. Details are provided in enclosed

Appendix A. You are required to respond to these findings by following the

instructions included in Appendix A.

The inspection focused on the effectiveness of your implementation of NRC and

D0T requirements in your first shipments of radioactive waste from Hope Creek

Generating Station. We are concerned that findings from previous inspections

indicated a clear need for management attention to this area and the need for

full development of your preparation, packaging and shipping program prior to

your first shipments to an authorized waste disposal site. Although the

apparent violations are of a minor technical nature, a significant potential

for more serious problems exists in your preparation, packaging and shipping

program. You should place special emphasis on the full development of this

area and on the effectiveness of management controls. ,

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Enclosures:

1. Appendix A

2. NRC Region I Inspection Report No. 50-354/87-02

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R. S. Salvesen, General Manager, Hope Creek Operations

A. E. Giardino, Manager, Station Quality Assurance

W. H. Hirst, Manager, Joint Generation Projects Department, Atlantic

Electric Company

L. A. Reiter, General Manager - Licensing and Reliability

Rebecca A. Green, Bureau of Radiation Protection

Public Document Room (PDR)

local Public Document Room (LPDR)

Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC)

NRC Resident Inspector

State of.New Jersey

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Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)

Management Assistant, DRMA (w/o encl)

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