ML20215L673
| ML20215L673 | |
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| Site: | 07001193 |
| Issue date: | 08/21/1974 |
| From: | Finley A, Hind J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
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| FOIA-86-281 70-1193-74-06, 70-1193-74-6, NUDOCS 8610290239 | |
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DIRECTORATE OF REGULATORY OPERATIONS REGION III RO Inspection Report No. 070-1193/74-06 ~
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Licensee: Kerr-McGee Nuclear Corporation
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Cimarron Facility Plutonium Plant License No. SNH-1174 Crescent, Oklahoma Priority:
1 Category: A(1)
Type of Licensce:
Plutonium Fuel Fabricator
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Type of Inspection:
Special Nuclear Materials - Announced
,p Dates of Inspectio [ July 23-25, 1974 Dates of Previous m yection: May 20-24, 1974 (operations)
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Principal Inspector:
A. G. Finley /,
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l(Date) l Accompanying Inspector: None I
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Materials and Plant I (Dite)
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SUMMARY
OF FINDINGS Enforcement Action _
The following apparent violation is considered to be of Category III severi,ty:
10 CFR 70.54, states that "Each licensee who transfers and each licensee who receives special nuclear material shall complete and distribute Nuclear Material Transaction Reports on Form AEC-741 in accordance with printed instructions for completing the. form, whenever he transfers or receives a quantity of special nuclear material of one gram or more of contained uranium-235, uranium-233, or plutonium.
Contrary to the Instructions to AEC Licensees for Reporting Nuclear Ma.tcrial Transfers on Form AEC-741 (Nuclear Material Transaction Report) page 13, the licensee did not on three occasions, when delayed measurements were made, complete and report the measurements cn a copy of the original Form AEC-741 within the required thirty' days after receipt of' plutonium nitrate.
LicenseeActiononPreviousivIEentifiedEnforcementItems N
The original license e,gnditi'ans underl.D m'acurements and statistical control of'EEc71FP-1 to License SNM-Ul4_tave _been _ completely amanded.
This amen ~dment idelihTeTLicense Conditica 3.2..g_p2gyJ.9ugJtem of 3-7, 1973 inspection pertaining to the licensee's vl'o11ittiun-'in the liecember 6
wly with7he 1.5TC'LEMUF - The curr'ent License ConditioE
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3.y incrcaces Enc LuWF to 1.8 kilograms but this License Condition was l
.not within the scope of this inspection. The status of this item will be inspected at a futurc date.
Unusual occurrences: None.
Other Significant Findings A.
Current Findings: The licensee was in the process of finalizing Sub-its July 3,1974,, inventory res'ults during the inspection.
sequent to the inspection (July 30, 1974), the licensee informed
'H& PPB, Region III, that the HUF was excessive for the two month l
inventory, but the LEMUF was within the linit authorized.
The licensee is preparing a statement 'of the probable reasons for the excessive MUF and act. ions taken or planned for corrective action as required by 10 CFR 70.53(b)(1).
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Unresolved Items: None.
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Management Interview A closeout meeting was held July 25, 1974, by A. G. Finley with R.
A. Janka, Manager, Administration and Accountability.
The license conditions that were investigated during the inspection were discussed with the licensee representative.
These were:
5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3.
The licensee was informed that he was in violation of Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations, Section 70.54 as it pertains to completion and distribution of Nuclear !bterial Transaction. Reports (Forcs AEC-741).
The licensee was informed he did not on three occasions, when delayed measurements were made, complete and report his measurements on a copy of the original Form AEC-741 within the required thirty days af ter receipt of plutonium nitrate.
It was requested that the licensee modify Section 2.3, (signatures) under Section 2, Reco.rds Iontrol of its Material Control Plan to include as an exception the requirement for two signatures on the internal transfer form for the following situations:
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Items received in the v'ault without values that require neutron counting by Safeguards personnel and initiation of internal transfers as input to the computer control system.
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External receipts and shipments verified by the Administration and Accountability Group for which the internal transfer is prepared by Safeguards for introduction 1,nto the computerized internal control system.
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REPORT DETAILS Fersons Contacted R. A. Janka, Manager, Administration and Accountability F. Welch, Accountability Analyst - Plutonium P. Gorst, Safeguards Analyst C. Gender, Safeguards Clerk E. Smith, Safeguards Clerk M. Rodo, Accountability Clerk Scope of Inspection The inspection covered gose license conditiomanirequir.e_m_ents of 10
'hM H an CFR Part 70 as they_. pertain to records _syAr_e_por.ts UA < ane Q and internal controls _and_aqco.untabilityjLicense Condition 5.0).
Measurements, statistical controls and inventory were not within the
.acope of this inspection.
Storage and Internal Transfers (License Condition 5.0)
The licensee caintains an item control log in the storage areas (Vault -
MBA-12, cast pellet storage, MBA-22, west pellet storage, MBA-23).
This log identifies all discrete items in storage and reflects the location of the item within the area, plus the gram values, internal transfers or Ite.ms removed analytical request numbers, and lot numbers if applicable.
from storage are posted in the item control log and reflect the outgoing internal transfer or analytical request number, Iot numbers if applicabic, gram quantities, and receiving MBA or process area.
This system was tested by the insp*ector by identifyitig and locating 12 discrete items randomly selected from the physical inventory listings.
All items were identified, located, and SNM values agreed.
Items that had been removed since inventory were traceable and accounted for from information derived from the item control log a'nd internal transfer Some of the items had been moved several times and documented on forms.
different internal transfer forms since the internal transfer form accomodates only two transactions (initial receipt and one transfer).
l Material in process areas does not have an item control because its form and quantity continually changes, but these items can be accounted for anilocated through the computerized system by sample analytical request number (or factor), internal transfer form number, and production lot number.
An exception to item control within a process area oce'urs for produced fuel pins which are maintained by fuci pin serial number and pelict e
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. production number until shipped offsi*.c in. area 32 within MBA-31.
Six fuel pins were selected to locate or ai: count for and MBA records indicated all six had been shipped. This.vas verified by checking Forms AEC-741, YEC-HUA No. 9 and 10.
Internal Transfer Document Control (License condition 5.0)
The licensee Safeguards Group controls and initiates in numerical sequence all internal transfer documents for plutonium transactions. The Safeguards Group issues pre-numbered internal transfer documents from its office to its members in the vault. A log book is maintained and all voided and used copies of internal transfers are marked off in the log book. All internal transfers activity is maintained.in the computer and unused documents are accounted for at period closing by utilizing the computer listing of documents not recorded between the lowest and highest numbers for the period.
All internal transfer documents for the months of May and June g974 were scheduled and accounted for by the inspector. The two month schedule was accomplished with the actual internal transfers and traced to computer print-out to. ver'ify computer data as it pertained to internal transfer numbers, dates, shipping and receiving data, SNM values, cud authorized signatures-and no discrepancies were noted.
The licensee maintains a list.of personnel authorized to sign internal transfer forms as either shipper or receiver.
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Records and Reports (License Condition 7.0)
The licensec Safeguards Group transmits by satellite station internal transfer and analytical data into,a pre-programmed computer located in Okalahoma City. A transaction register, and material balance afea balances plus total plant holdings are printed by the computer.
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of error data generated from analytical requests for standard samples l
are also calculated and printed by the computer.
l At period blosing, the computer prints net shipmcrt and receipt data for l
the period and calculates the ending book balance. These data require l
I reconciliation with the official control records naintained by Account-ability and Administration Group. Material unaccrunted for is supplied by the Safeguards Group and recorded as a journal entry by the Account-ability and Administration Group. Differences in ending balances do exist between the official control records nad couputer balances because cut-off dates and input dates by the Safeguards Q:oups may be different for the period involved.
Reconciliation with external activity reflected in the offic,ial control records is accomplished.
Heasured discard data is reported by the licensee monthly as required by License Condition 7.2.
Monthly material unaccounted f or infonnscion i
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was also reported through May 1974.
reported on a two conth basis. changed from mo on will now be The licensee subcaitted Forms AEC-742 as required by License Condition 7.3 for all pl t, Material Stat u onium.
License condition 7.0, Records and Reports following two license conditions.
, has been amended to add tl 7.4 - All measurement source data shall be ingl d records retained for five years. -
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7.5 - The licensee shall submit a progre'sa re four months starting in September 1974 port covering the ogram every Washington, D.
C., Plant Protection Branch, Directorate of Li, to 20545.
censing, USAEC, During the inspection, the..)icensee had not fi physical inventory and 'a balance was derived to
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nalized t July 3, 1974, control records as of July 23, 1974.
agree.wi possessed 287.8 kilograms of plui: onium in the f llAs of this d
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rams plutonium Subsequent to the inspection, it was determi physical inventory, and MUF calculation as of Julnadthatth fallows:
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Book Inventory 7/7/74 Physical Inventory 7/3/74 -
299.564' grams plutonium 302.9 HUF 7/3/74 grams plutonium l
3.357 grass plutonium -d;d du i
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the MUF, and actions taken, or plannedThis MUF
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s and probable reasons for being sul;mitted by the licensee As required by 10 CF, w MDfUF of[1.6hilograms did not excacd the
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R 70.53(b)(1). The The licensee was well within his authorized li ms.
plutonium as reflected in the attached exhibits Amits of 360 ki transferred SNM to only authorized recipie t, B and C.
The licensee 70.42.
n s as required by 10 CFR Nuclear Material Transfers on Form AEC-741 icensees for Jteporting volved receipts of
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