ML20235G392
| ML20235G392 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 02/12/1987 |
| From: | Cunningham R NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| To: | Heltemes C NRC OFFICE FOR ANALYSIS & EVALUATION OF OPERATIONAL DATA (AEOD) |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20235G382 | List: |
| References | |
| FOIA-87-377 NUDOCS 8707140239 | |
| Download: ML20235G392 (2) | |
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.. y MEMORANDUM FOR: Clemens J. Heltemes, Jr., DirectorOffice for Ana of Operational Data Richard E. Cunningham, Director d FROM:
Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety ABNORMAL OCCURRENCE REPORT TO CON
SUBJECT:
FOURTH QUARTER CY 1986 30, 1987, and d m of January NMSS has reviewed the contents of your memoran u provides the following response:
None.
- 1. Abnormal Occurrence items: Paragraph (3)(a),
ther this should be Americium
- 2. Appendix C items:NMSS will defer to RIII judgment as to whe dix C item.
Building. raphs reported as an abnormal occurrence or AppenNMS
- 3. Enclosure 3 items:
(4)(a)and(b)andIEwillprovidethewriteups. sted by your memorandum, the As required by NRC Manual Chapter 0212 and as requeQuar following report is submitted for the esponse Fourthaction:
Instances in which NMSS has taken the following r None.
License suspension: i ificant safety-related 1.
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Orders or license None. amendments in response to a s gn or safeguards incident: d by the occurrence of an 3.
Identification of aNone. generic safety concern raise j incident or incidents: F and LEMUF incidents 4.
Changes to safeguards None. features because of MU reportable under 10 CFR: accident) is enclosed as requested.
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- FEB 121987 UPDATE A0 86-3, SEQUOYAH FUELS CORPORATION RUPTURE OF UF 6 CYLINDER AND RELEASE OF GASES On November 14, 1986, subsequent to withdrawal of the Confirmation of Action Letter by Region IV, Sequoyah Fuels Corporation (SFC) began production opera-j tions at its UF Conversion Facility in Gore, Oklahoma. On December 15, 1986, 6
the first UF cylinder (14 ton) began filling and was completed on December 17.
6 The remodeled steam chest was successfully used on December 22, to heat an out-of-specification (high chromium level) UF6 cylinder. By late December, SFC was operating at a producticn rate of 300 MTV per month. The independent oversight organization and NRC oversight team maintained 24-hour surveillance throughout the month. The independent oversight organization released two reports to SFC staff describing its activities, findings, and recommendations. No significant safety concerns were noted during December, and SFC continued to operate without incident.
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