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Radioactive Effluent Release Report for 2012, Offsite Dose Calculation Manual for 2012, and Process Control Program for 2012
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Site:	Zion File:ZionSolutions icon.png
Issue date:	04/30/2013
From:	Bouchard G; ZionSolutions
To:	; Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, NRC/FSME
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ZIONSOLUTIONS, An E.*lrWSot~ww Comp"ny April 30, 2013 ZS-2013-0176 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attention: Document Control Desk Washington, D.C. 20555 Zion Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1 and 2 Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-39 and DPR-48 NRC Docket Nos. 50-295 and 50-304

Subject:

Radioactive Effluent Release Report for 2012, Offsite Dose Calculation Manual for 2012, and Process Control Program for 2012.

In accordance with Technical Specification 5.7.3, "Radioactive Effluent Release Report," for Zion Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2, this is the submittal of a Radioactive Effluent Release Report for the year 2012. The report is required to be submitted prior to May 1, 2013 and is provided as attachments 1-6 to this letter. A listing of commitments contained in this submittal is provided in the 1st Attachment.

Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.4 and Technical Specification 5.6.1 .c. there were changes made to the Zion Station Offsite Dose Calculation Manual (ODCM) during the period of January through December 2012. The 7th Attachment provides the changes made to the ODCM during the calendar year of 2012. Also pursuant to 10 CFR 50.4, Technical Specification 5.6.1 .c., and Section 12.7.2 of Zion Station ODCM there were changes made to the Zion Station Process Control Program (PCP) during the period of January through December 2012. The changes made to the PCP are included in the 8th Attachment.

Technical Specification 5.6.1 for the Zion Nuclear Power Station requires a copy of the entire ODCM be submitted to the NRC as part of, or concurrent with, the Radioactive Effluent Release Report. A copy of the entire Zion Station ODCM, current as of December 31, 2012 is enclosed.

If you have any questions about this submittal please contact Mr. Christopher Keene at (224)789-4073.

Respectfully,

&yB uchard 0 Decommissioning Plant Manager ZionSolutions, LLC 101 Shiloh Boulevard, Zion IL 60099 s (224) 789-4016 - Fax: (224) 789-4008 -www.zionsolutionscompany.com

ZionSolutions, LLC ZS-2013-0176 Page 2 of 2 Attachments:

I. Supplemental Information

2. Effluent & Waste Disposal Summary 2.1 Unit 1 Gaseous Effluent 2.2 Unit 2 Gaseous Effluent 2.3 Liquid Effluent 2.4 Direct Radiation 2.5 LLD's 2.6 Error Estimation

3. Solid Waste and Irradiated Fuel Shipments

4. Radiological Impact on Man 4.1 40CFR 190 Compliance summary 4.2 Unit 1 4.3 Unit 2 4.4 Combined 40CFR190 report

5. Meteorology Data

6. Errata Data from previous years

7. Zion Station ODCM

8. ZS-WM-123 Process Control Program Requirements cc: John Hickman, U.S. NRC Senior Project Manager Service List

Zion Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1 and 2 License Transfer Service List cc:

Patrick T. Daly Dan Shrum Senior VP and General Manager Senior VP Regulatory Affairs ZionSolutions, LLC EnergySolutions 101 Shiloh Boulevard 423 West 300 South, Ste. 200 Zion, IL 60099 Salt Lake City, UT 84101 (Cover letter only, no attachments) (Cover letter only, no attachments)

Patrick Thurman, Esq. Russ Workman VP Regulatory Affairs, Licensing & General Counsel Document Control EnergySolutions ZionSolutions, LLC 423 West 300 South, Ste. 200 101 Shiloh Boulevard Salt Lake City, UT 84101 Zion, IL 60099 (Cover letter only, no attachments)

(Cover letter only, no attachments)

Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety Gary Bouchard Office of Nuclear Facility Safety VP Engineering, Ops & Nuclear Security and 1035 Outer Park Drive Decommissioning Plant Manager Springfield, IL 62704 ZionSolutions, LLC (Cover letter only, no attachments) 101 Shiloh Boulevard Zion, IL 60099 Kent McKenzie (Cover letter only, no attachments) Emergency Management Coordinator Lake County Emergency Management Alan Parker Agency President Projects Group 1303 N. Milwaukee Avenue EnergySolutions Libertyville, IL 60048-1308 1009 Commerce Park Drive, Ste. 100 (Cover letter only, no attachments)

Oak Ridge, TN 37830 (Cover letter only, no attachments) Regional Administrator U.S. NRC, Region III John Christian 2443 Warrenville Road President of Logistics, Processing and Lisle, IL 60532-4352 Disposal (LP& D) Group EnergySolutions John E. Matthews 1750 Tysons Boulevard, Suite 1500 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Mclean, VA 22102 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW (Cover letter only, no attachments) Washington, DC 20004 (Cover letter only, no attachments)

ZionSolutions, LLC ZS-2013-0176: Attachment 1 - Supplemental Information Attachment 1 - Supplemental Information

1. Regulatory Limits: The dose to a member of the public from liquid and gaseous effluents released from each unit to areas at or beyond site boundary shall be limited to the following:

a. Fission and Activation products:

i. Tech Spec Whole Body: 500 mrem/year ii. Tech Spec Skin: 3000 mrem/year

b. Particulates with half-lives > 8 days, tritium and Iodine:

i. Tech Spec Organ: 1500 mrem/year ii. 10CFR50 Organ: 7.5 mrem/quarter, 15 mrem/year

c. Liquid Effluents:

i. 10CFR50 Whole body: 1.5 mrem/quarter, 3mrem/year ii. 10CFR 50 Organ: 5 mrem/quarter, 10 mrem/year

2. Effluent Concentration Limits (ECL): Limits used in determining allowable release rates or concentrations.

a. Gaseous Effluents: I0CFR20 Appendix B Table 2 Column 1.

b. Liquid Effluents: 10 X 10CFR20 Appendix B Table 2 Column 2.

3. Measurements and Approximations of Total Radioactivity.

a. Fission and Activation Products: 100% Kr-85 is assumed in calculations since other isotopes have decayed. Vent stack activity is continuously monitored for fission and activation gases.

b. Particulate and tritium releases are continuously monitored and samples collected and analyzed weekly. Particulate filters are sent to an independent lab for quarterly composite analysis. Tritium activity in gaseous releases from evaporation of water in the spent fuel pool and water filled reactor cavities.

c. Liquid effluents are continuously monitored and isotopic analysis performed weekly.

4. Batch Releases:

a. Liquid: There were no liquid batch releases in 2012

b. Gaseous: There were no gaseous batch releases in 2012.

5. Abnormal Releases:

a. Liquid: There were no liquid abnormal releases in 2012.

b. Gaseous: there were no gaseous abnormal releases in 2012.

ZionSolutions, LLC ZS-2013-0176: Attachment 1 - Supplemental Information Attachment 1 - Supplemental Information (continued)

6. Gaseous and Liquid Waste Treatment Systems and Process Control Program Zion Station ODCM Section 12.6.4 requires major changes to the Gaseous and Liquid Waste Treatment Systems to be reported in the Annual Radioactive Effluent Release Report.

Zion Station ODCM Section 12.7.2 requires major changes to the Process Control Program(PCP) to be submitted in the Annual Radioactive Effluent Release Report.

The Waste Gas Hold-up System was permanently vented. In Zion's defueled configuration this system is no longer applicable.

In Zion's defueled configuration, the charcoal iodine removal system is no longer applicable.

Due to radioactive decay and no means of production, radioactive iodine is not a concern at Zion.

7. Limiting Conditions of Operation (LCOs)

Zion Station ODCM Section 12.7.2 requires explanation as to why the inoperability of liquid or gaseous monitoring instrumentation was not corrected within the time specified in the ODCM to be submitted with the Annual Radioactive Effluent Release Report.

There are no such occurrences

8. Liquid Holdup Tanks and Gas Storage Tanks Zion Station ODCM Section 12.7.2 requires a description of events leading to liquid holdup tanks or gas storage tanks exceeding technical specification limits to be included in the Annual Radioactive Effluent Release Report.

The contents of the six gas decay tanks have been sampled and determined to have negligible activity. The Gas Decay Tanks have been abandoned in place.

No liquid holdup tanks exceeded the limits of Permanently Defueled Technical Specifications 5.6.3 during 2012.

ZionSolutions, LLC ZS-2013-0176: Attachment I - Supplemental Information Attachment 1 - Supplemental Information (continued)

9. Offsite Dose Calculation Manual (ODCM)

Changes to the ODCM are required by Zion Station Permanently Defueled Technical Specification 5.6.1. and ODCM Section 12.6.3 to be submitted as part of, or concurrent with, the Annual Radioactive Effluent Release Report.

A summary of changes made to the ODCM during 2012 and an entire copy of the ODCM, current as of December 31, 2012 are required to be submitted.

Revisions to ODCM and Process Control Program are listed below:

a. ODCM Revisions:

Page/Section Change Summary 10-10/Table 10-2 1A,1B purge exhaust fan maximum allowed flow rate changed to 45,000 cfm 12-28/Table 12.4-la Modified daily samplining requirements to reflect requirement to sample during decommissioning activities.

12-28/Table 12.4-1h Change to allow short duration interruptions to facilitate filter changeout without deviating from continuous sampling requirements.

12-28/Table 12.4-1i Changed Unit 1 purge exhaust fan maximum allowed flowrate to 45,000 cfm.

b. Process Control Program (PCP)

Summary of Changes - 2012: ZS-WM-l123 Rev 0:

Complete re-write of procedure.

Summary of Changes - 2012: ZS-WM-123 Rev 1:

1. Provided additional guidance on Radioactive Waste Requirements - The following are the steps included:

Step 4.1.3 - Radioactive Waste Requirements: The basis for the functionality of the radioactive waste system is to ensure the system will be available for use whenever radioactive waste requires processing and packaging prior to being shipped offsite. These radioactive waste requirements implement the requirements of IOCFR §50.36a and General Design Criteria 60 of Appendix A to 10CFRPart

50. The process parameters included in establishing the PROCESS CONTROL PROGRAM may include, but are not limited to waste type, waste pH, waste/liquid/solidification agent/catalyst ratios, waste oil content, waste principal chemical constituents, mixing and curing times.

ZionSolutions, LLC ZS-2013-0176: Attachment 1 - Supplemental Information Attachment 1-Supplemental Information (continued)

Step 4.14 - Liquid LLRW Requirements for Vendors: ZionSolutions requires that all vendors who process liquid LLRW meet all EnergySolutions quality standards and shall use an NRC approved PROCESS CONTROL PROGRAM Topical report. Furthermore, the vendor solidification/stabilization media must be approved by the licensed burial sites.

Step 4.1.5 - The process control activities described in this program and the high integrity containers (HICs) and liners referenced in the NRCs radioactive waste packaging Certificate of Compliance (C of C) are QA approved. Process or equipment failures are subject to the requirements of 10CFR21, "Reporting of Deficiencies and Noncompliance."

Step 4.1.6 - During the processing or dewatering of Class B or C waste, deviations from the process control parameters or acceptable waste form properties shall be evaluated for reportability as "mishaps". Failures during qualification testing are not considered "mishaps" and are not reportable events.

Mishaps shall be reported to the NRC within 30 days of knowledge of the event and approval from the disposal site shall be.

obtained prior to shipment.

Step 4.1.7 - Liquid wastes will be solidified in accordance with the NRC Technical Position on Waste Form, Rev. 1, January 1999; Waste Form Technical Position, Rev. 1, and the applicable disposal site criteria prior to disposal. (See Attachment 2 for details).

Step 4.1.8 - Containers, shipping casks, and methods of packaging will meet applicable federal regulations, e.g., 10CFR71 and 49CFR173, Subpart I.

Step 4.1.9 - Waste classification will meet the requirements of 10CFR61 and disposal site criteria.

Step 4.1.10 - Procedures or other administrative controls/documents shall assure that the radioactivity content transferred to any one liner or HIC will not result in exceeding the design basis site boundary dose calculated in Reference 5.16 (Zion Corrective Action 295-201-97-CAQD- 121605).

2. Discussion of ZionSolutions not planning on performing any solidification processes for waste from ZionSolutions. If any solidification is required, it will be an off-site vendor performing the activity.

3. Provide when a High Integrity Container (HIC) is to be used.

4. Provide a list of reportable events based on 10CFR21 and Generic NRC letter 91-02.

5. Detail Cartridge Filter Elements and their use.

6. Detail Demineralizer Resins and their use/disposal.

7. Detail Dry Active Waste (DAW) generation, prohibited items, and packaging.

8. Detail Irradiated Metal/Hardware description and packaging guidance.

9. Detail Incinerable Fluids - Description of how generated and disposal.

ZionSolutions, LLC ZS-2013-0176: Attachment 1 - Supplemental Information Attachment 1-Supplemental Information (continued)

10. Detail Sludges/Bottoms: When generated and process requirements.

11. List Prohibited Waste Constituents: Specific details regarding no materials capable of detonation or explosive decomposition. Also no radioactive waste capable of generating toxic gases, vapors, fumes, or pyrophoric shall be shipped for disposal.

12. Detail Mixed Waste Generation - Control and Treatment for disposal.

13. Detail Waste Characterization: Requirement to characterize waste in accordance with 10CFR61.55.

14. Detail PCP Document and Procedure Control - Establishes the requirements for the PCP records review, changes to the PCP, and retention of records for 10 years past license termination.

15. Elimination of the quarterly PCP review of the solid waste system and only perform the review/verification annually.

16. Submittal of the annual radioactive effluent report on May Ist of each year.

17. Establish Attachment 2 - Minimum Review Criteria for Solidification Process

18. Establish Attachment 3 - Waste Types suitable for dewatering: requirements when dewatering resins and activated hardware/metal.

19. Establish Attachment 4 - Prohibited Materials - specifically for loading a HIC.

Summary of Changes: 2013: ZS-WM-123 Rev 2:

This revision has been included though the effective date was in 2013 because the Process Control Program solid waste data included in this report is based on Rev 2.

Updated list of references to revision of regulatory guide revisions as described in the ODCM. Updated references to reflect new procedural guidance. Edited wording of reporting requirements to reflect requirements of Rev 1 of Regulatory Guide 1.21.

Two minor editorial changes.

ZionSolutions, LLC ZS-2013-0176: Attachment 2 - Effluent & Waste Disposal Summary Attachment 2.1 - Unit 1 Gaseous Releases GASEOUS EFFLUENTS - SUMMATION OF ALL RELEASES Unit 1 Vent Stack REPORT FOR 2012 Units QTR 1 QTR 2 QTR 3 QTR 4 YEAR Fission and Activation Gases