ML20236B873
| ML20236B873 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Maine Yankee |
| Issue date: | 03/13/1989 |
| From: | Ronald Bellamy NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Frizzle C Maine Yankee |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8903210342 | |
| Download: ML20236B873 (2) | |
See also: IR 05000309/1988023
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Gentlemen:
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Inspection No.l50,-309/88-23
rThis refers to'your letter l dated February 23, 1989, in response to our letter
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Thank you for.informingius of~the corrective and preventive actions documented'
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Lin your-letter.. These: actions will.be examined during a future inspection of'
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Your cooperation.with us:is appreciated.
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Ronald R. Bellamy, Chief
Facilities Radiological Safety
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Division of Radiation Safety
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H. Garrity, Vice President, Engineering and Licensing
Dr. E...T._Boulette, Vice President,.0perations and Plant Manager
P. L. Anderson, Project Manager
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Philip Ahrens, Esquire
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RELIABLE ELECTRCITY FOR MAINE SINCE 1972
EDISON DRIVE AUGUSTA, MAINE 04330 .(207) 622 4869
February 23, 1989
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Attention: Mr. Hilliam T. Russell, Regional Administrator
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References:
(a) License No. DPR-36 (Docket No. 50-309)
(b) USNRC Letter to MYAPCo dated January 24, 1989 - Inspection
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Subject:. Response. to Notice of Violation - Inspection Report 50-309/88-23
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Gentlemen:
This letter responds to the Notice of Violation contained in Reference .
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For completeness, we have restated the violation with our response
following.
10 CFR 20.311(b) states in part that "Each shipment of radioactive waste
to a licensed land disposal facility must be accompanied by a shipment
manifest ... the manifest must also indicate as completely as practicable
. . . radionuclides identify and quantity.. . ."
Contrary to the above, waste shipment 0388-171 incorrectly listed the
activity of Cesium-134 on the shipping manifest as 0.3094 Curies (C1),
when the activity was 1.224 Ci and waste shipment 0388-169 incorrectly
listed the activity of transuranic on the shipping manifest as 0.674
microcuries (uCi) when the activity was 0 088 uCi. Both of these
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shipments occurred in March, 1938.
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The errors in the manifests were the rosult of entering incorrect numbers
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on data sheets, used for hand calculating activity values.
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values were corrected in our records.
These errors did not change the
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burial classification or transportation criteria.
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A review of all 1988 radioactive waste shipments was made to check for
other calculational errors and none were found.
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. Attention: Mr. Hilliam T. Russell
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The use of RADHAN software for performing manifest calculations has been
implemented in order to reduce errors.
In addition, Procedure 9.1.29,
" Quality Control for Radioactive Haste Program" was revised January 30,
1989 to require a second review of radwaste shipment records prior to the
release of the shipment from the site.
Full compliance.was achieved shortly ~ after the deficiencies were
identified, as the errors were immediately corrected.
Should you have any questions on this. matter, please contact me.
Very truly yours,
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MAINE YANKEE
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