ML20212A174

Notice of Violation from Insp on 860310-14.Violation Noted: Prior to 860314,procedures Used to Verify Identity & Activity of Radionuclides in Radwaste Shipments Did Not Provide Appropriate Acceptance Criteria

ML20212A174
Person / Time
Site:	Haddam Neck, 05000000
Issue date:	07/22/1986
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:
Shared Package
ML20212A139	List: ML20212A135 ML20212A154 ML20212A174
References
50-213-86-04, 50-213-86-4, EA-86-117, NUDOCS 8607280134
Download: ML20212A174 (2)

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ENCLOSURE 2 NOTICE OF VIOLATION Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company Docket No. 50-213 Haddam Neck Nuclear Power Station License No. DPR-61 EA 86-117 During an NRC inspection conducted on March 10-14, 1986, violations of NRC requirements were identified. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions" 10 CFR 2, Appendix C, (Enforcement Policy) (1986), the violations are set forth below:

A. 10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion V requires, in part, that activities affecting quality shall be prescribed by procedures which include appro-priate quantitative or qualitative acceptance criteria for determining that important activities have been satisfactorily accomplished.

Contrary to the above, prior to March 14, 1986, an activity affecting the quality of radioactive waste disposal, namely, verification of the identity and activity of radionuclides in radioactive waste shipments, was performed using procedures which did not provide appropriate quantitative or qualitative acceptance criteria for verifications of the identity and activity of radionuclides in radioactive waste shipments Specifically, the procedures did not provide criteria for the verification of the identity and curie content of certain nuclides.

B. 10 CFR 20.311(b) requires, in part, that each shipment of radioactive waste to a licensed land disposal facility must be accompanied by a ship-ping manifest which indicates as completely as practicable the radio-nuclide identity and quantity and the total radioactivity of the shipment.

10 CFR 20.311(c) requires, in part, that the manifest must include a certification by the waste generator that the transported materials are properly described.

26 Contrary to the above, between February 20, 1985 and March 13, 1986, 18 shipments of radioactive waste, which contained several radionuclides including Iron-55, were sent to a burial site and were accompanied by manifests which did not identify the existence and quantity of the radio-nuclide Iron-55 in the shipment. As a result, the total radioactivity stated on the manifests was in error. The numbers of the shipments were W-85-1, W-85-2, W-85-3, W-85-5, W-85-8, W-85-9, W-85-10, W-85-11, W-85-12, W-85-13, W-85-15, W-85-18, W-85-19, W-86-5, W-86-6, W-86-8, W-86-9, and W-86-11. Further, the certifications which accompanied the manifests were also in error.

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O-2 Enclosure 2 C. 10 CFR 72.5(a)(1)(vi) requires that shipping papers be prepared in accor-dance with 49 CFR 172, Subpart C. 49 CFR 172.203(d)(1) requires the name of each radionuclide in the shipment and 49 CFR 172.203(d)(iii) requires the activity of each package in the shipment be included in the shipping papers.

Contrary to the above, between February 20, 1985 and March 13, 1986, 18 shipments of radioactive waste which contained several radionuclides including Iron-55, were sent to a burial site and the shipping papers did not include the identity of Iron-55 in the shipments and the activity result-ing from that radionuclide.

These violations have been categorized in the aggregate as a Severity Level IV problem. (Supplement V)

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company is hereby required to submit to this office within thirty days of the date of the letter which transmitted this Notice, a written statement or explan-ation in reply, including: (1) the reasons for the violations, if admitted; (2) the corrective steps which have been taken and the results achieved; (3) corrective steps which will be taken to avoid further violations; and (4) the date when full compliance will be achieved. Where good cause is shown, con-sideration will be given to extending this response time. -

Dated at King of Prussia, Pennsylvania this day of July 1986 0FFICIAL RECORD COPY CP PKG HN - 0010.0.0 07/22/86