ML20235V170
| ML20235V170 | |
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| Site: | Grand Gulf  |
| Issue date: | 10/07/1987 |
| From: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 8710150025 | |
| Download: ML20235V170 (2) | |
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ENCLOSURE SAFETY EVALUATION PROCESS CONTROL PROGRAM GD.AND GULF NilCLEAR STATION UNIT, NO. 1 DOCVET No. 50-416 1.0 INTROD!'CTION By letter dated October ?2,1986, the licensee submitted GGNS Unit 1 Pro-cess Control Program (PCP), Revision 2 for the processing and packaging of wet radioactive wastes. The revised PCP was submitted for staff review in accordance with the requirements in Section 6.13 of the GGNS Unit 1 Technical Specifications.
2.0 EVALUATION The licensee stated that the permanently-installed solid radwaste system at GGNS Unit 1 has never been used and contractor services are employed instead for the processing of wet solid radwaste. The revised GGNS Unit 1 PCP is limited 'for use Sy a contracted vendor to process and package radio-active wet wastes. The GGNS Unit 1 PCP states that the contracted vendor provides their own PCP, which has been approved and accepted by the staff g'
in the form of a licensing topical report. The staff does not review a previously approved vendor's PCP when it appears as a reference in the licensee's PCP, provided that the material presented in the vendor's PCP is j'
applicable to GGNS' Unit 1.
If a contractor's PCP has not been submitted to the staff for review and approval as a licensing topical report, the licensee should provide a copy of the contractor's PCP for staff review h
prior to use of the contractor's services. The licensee should identify the contracted vendor and the approved topical report prior to use of the vendor's service.
The staff's review of the GGNS Unit 1 PCP has determined that it adequately addressed the plant management review of the vendor's PCP and its topical report in order to assure that vendor operations are compatible with those of the plant. The staff also finds that the PCP is in accordance with currently applicable regulations and burial site requirements.
It should be noted that current staff guidelines for preparation of a solid radwaste PCP do not fully incorporate the requirements of 10 CFR Part 61.
Revised PCP guidelines and a supporting regulatory guide on low-level waste fonn stability are presently under development by the staff. The above staff finding on the acceptability of Revision 2 of the GGNS Unit 1 PCP is there-fore valid on an interim basis for implementation and use with the current GGNS Unit 1 Technical Specifications.
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3.0 CONCLUSION
Based on the above, the. staff concludes that~ Revision 2 of the-GGNS Unit 1 PCP. meets (1) the intent of Grand Gulf Technical l Specification Section.6.13, (2) the current NRC guidelines for-preparation of a' solid radwaste PCP, and (3) the guidelines delineated in' SRP Section II.4, and therefore:is acceptable for the interim use where the waste processing and packaging are' implemented in accordance with an approved vendor's topical report.
Dated: October 2,1987i
. Principal Contributor:
JJ. Lee, Plant Systems Branch, DEST I.
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