IR 07200030/2010002

IR 07200030-10-002, on 12/01/10, Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company, Wiscasset, Me

ML103630019
Person / Time
Site:	Maine Yankee
Issue date:	12/28/2010
From:	Stephen Hammann, Roberts M Decommissioning Branch I
To:	Maine Yankee Atomic Power Co
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IR-10-002
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Document Name: C:\\FileNET\\ML103630019.doc Enclosure U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION I

INSPECTION REPORT

Inspection N /2010002

Docket N License N SFGL-14

Licensee:

Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company

Location:

321 Old Ferry Road

Wiscasset, ME 04578

Inspection Date:

December 1, 2010

Inspectors:

Stephen Hammann

Senior Health Physicist

Decommissioning Branch

Division of Nuclear Materials Safety

Mark Roberts

Senior Health Physicist

Decommissioning Branch

Division of Nuclear Materials Safety

Approved By:

Judith A. Joustra, Chief

Decommissioning Branch

Division of Nuclear Materials Safety

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Enclosure

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company

NRC Inspection Report No. 07200030/2010002

The inspection was a review of the operation of the Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI). The report covers an announced safety inspection conducted by two regional inspectors. The inspection was an evaluation of the licensee=s programs for radiation protection, fire protection, emergency preparedness, surveillance, environmental monitoring, training, and quality assurance (QA) activities.

The licensee implemented its radiation protection, environmental monitoring, and fire protection programs in accordance with the Certificate of Compliance (CoC), CoC Technical Specifications (TS), and applicable regulations. The licensee maintains appropriate surveillance activities to ensure the spent fuel storage casks are adequately maintained. Emergency plan drills, equipment inventories, and emergency contact list updates were performed at designated frequencies. The licensee performed a self-assessment and maintained an adequate QA program for documenting issues and developing corrective actions. The licensee=s training records indicated all personnel were trained to perform their designated tasks.

Based on the results of this inspection, no findings were identified.

REPORT DETAILS

1.0 Operation of an Away-from-Reactor Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation

1.1 Radiation Protection and Environmental Monitoring

a. Inspection Scope

The inspectors reviewed the facility=s radiation protection and environmental monitoring programs to verify compliance with the CoC, the CoC TS, and applicable regulations.

The inspectors toured the ISFSI, interviewed personnel, and reviewed the licensee=s relevant procedures, records, and reports.

b. Observations and Findings

No findings of significance were identified.

The licensee utilizes a contractor to provide most of its radiological protection needs, including personnel monitoring, environmental monitoring, radiation survey meter calibration, and radiological and contamination surveys. Work within the radiologically controlled area was controlled through the use of radiation work permits (RWPs). Also, an annual review of the radiation protection program is performed by the contractor. The licensee monitored site personnel through the use of thermoluminescent dosimeters (TLDs). The inspectors evaluated personnel monitoring records, radiation and contamination surveys, and RWPs issued since the last inspection completed on September 18, 2008.

The licensee monitored direct radiation from the ISFSI using TLDs located near and along the perimeter of the site. The environmental TLDs are exchanged on a quarterly basis. The licensee determined that the annual dose equivalent to any individual who is located at the boundary of the controlled area would not exceed 25 millirem to the whole body from direct radiation from the ISFSI as required by 10 CFR 72.104. The inspectors reviewed the Annual Radiological Environmental Operating Reports and the Annual Radioactive Effluent Release Reports that were transmitted to the NRC as required.

The reports did not indicate any dose to the public or effluent releases.

c. Conclusions

The licensee implemented its radiation protection and environmental monitoring programs in accordance with its license, CoC TS, and applicable regulations.

1.2 Fire Protection and Emergency Planning

a. Inspection Scope

The inspectors reviewed the facility=s fire protection and emergency planning programs to verify compliance with the applicable regulations. The inspectors interviewed licensee personnel, reviewed records and documents, and toured the facility.

b. Observations and Findings

No findings of significance were identified.

The inspectors performed a walkdown of the ISFSI pad and verified the absence of any transient combustibles on the pad and in the vicinity of the casks. The licensees fire hazard analysis provided administrative controls for limiting the quantity of fuel in vehicles authorized near the ISFSI concrete pad and also provided minimum brush clearing cutback distances to limit the impact of a wildfire. The licensee has procedures for fire-fighting, reporting fires and emergencies, and maintaining equipment required in the event of a fire. The licensee conducted emergency drills that incorporated responses by the offsite fire department and the offsite ambulance association. Critiques following completion of each of the drills documented strengths and areas of improvement.

The licensees emergency plan and emergency plan implementing procedures were current. Emergency plan drills, equipment inventories, and emergency contact list updates were performed at the designated frequencies.

c. Conclusions

The licensee implemented its fire protection and emergency planning programs in accordance with its CoC TS and applicable regulations.

1.3 Surveillance Activities

a. Inspection Scope

The inspectors reviewed the licensee=s surveillance activities program associated with the dry storage of the spent fuel to verify compliance with the CoC, CoC TS, Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR), and applicable regulations. The inspectors toured the ISFSI pad, interviewed individuals, and reviewed selected procedures and records.

b. Observations and Findings

No findings of significance were identified.

The inspectors conducted a walk-down of the ISFSI with licensee staff. Temperature logs and survey records indicated that the casks operated as designed with no abnormalities in temperatures and no elevated radiation or contamination levels.

Specific surveillance requirements are conducted in accordance with approved procedures. As part of the daily surveillance activities, the licensee staff performed a visual examination of the cask vents to ensure that the vent openings were not blocked.

The temperature of the air exiting the cask vents is continuously monitored and is recorded twice per day. Required daily performance checks are incorporated into the daily security logs. The annual visual inspection of the vertical concrete cask (VCC) is performed as required. A Condition Report (CR) and a Trouble Report/Work Request are generated to implement corrective actions for surveillances that do not meet the acceptance criteria.

c. Conclusions

The licensee implemented its surveillance program in accordance with the CoC, CoC TS, and the FSAR.

1.4 Training

a. Inspection Scope

The inspectors reviewed the licensee=s training program to ensure personnel were trained to perform their designated tasks. The inspectors interviewed licensee personnel and reviewed selected training materials and records.

b. Observations and Findings

No findings of significance were identified.

The licensee has created a training matrix that has modules for each ISFSI related procedure. The training can include computer-based, classroom, and/or on the job training modules. The training is performed by shift supervisors and is given initially and then annually thereafter. During the interviews, the licensee staff was knowledgeable regarding their assigned duties.

Training is also given annually to offsite emergency responders.

c. Conclusions

The licensee=s training records indicated all personnel were trained to perform their designated tasks.

1.5 Quality Assurance

a. Inspection Scope

The inspectors reviewed the facility=s QA program to verify compliance with the CoC and applicable regulations. The inspectors interviewed individuals and reviewed selected procedures, audits, and reports related to the licensees QA program.

b. Observations and Findings

No findings of significance were identified.

The licensee maintains a QA program that utilizes a corrective action program to identify potential safety issues and areas for quality improvement. Issues were identified through specific self-assessments (e.g., the annual QA audit) or from observations during daily activities. Deficiencies and areas of improvement from the most recent QA audit had been entered into the corrective action program. The inspectors selected several open and several closed CRs for review. Most of the CRs reviewed were related to the emergency program and represented areas for improvement rather than deficiencies.

The closed CRs adequately described resolution of issues and actions to prevent recurrence.

c. Conclusions

The licensee QA program is adequate to meet the requirements of the CoC and applicable regulations.

Exit Meeting Summary

On December 1, 2010, the inspectors presented the inspection results to James Connell, and Larry Jewett. The inspectors confirmed that proprietary information was not provided or examined during the inspection.

ATTACHMENT:

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

PARTIAL LIST OF PERSONS CONTACTED

Licensee

J. Connell, ISFSI Operations Manager

L. Jewett, ISFSI Operations Specialist

M. Leavitt, ISFSI Shift Supervisor

INSPECTION PROCEDURES USED

60858 Away-From-Reactor ISFSI Inspection Guidance

ITEMS OPEN, CLOSED, AND DISCUSSED

None

LIST OF DOCUMENTS REVIEWED

2010 Independent Management Assessment Report of the Effectiveness of the Quality

Assurance Program, ISFSI 10-025

AD-16, ISFSI Personnel Training and Qualifications

Environmental Dosimetry Reports - 2009 and 2010

FP-1, ISFSI Fire Protection Program

FP-2, ISFSI Fire Hazard Analysis

ISFSI 2009 Emergency Planning Program Review

ISFSI Condition Report 10-19, ISFSI Emergency Plan Support Staff Training

ISFSI Condition Reports (CR) listing for 2010

ISFSI Emergency Drill 10/01/10-02, Fire/Ambulance Department Drill Scenario

ISFSI EP Drill 10-01/02 critique

ISFSI EP Drill 10-03/04 critique and open item list

ISFSI EP Drill 10-05/0 critique and open item list

ISFSI Emergency Plan (EP)

ISFSI Emergency Plan Implementing Procedures

ISFSI Emergency Preparedness Exercise 10/03/10-04 Scenario

ISFSI Emergency Preparedness Exercise 10/05/10-06 Scenario

ISFSI Memo 10-008 - 2010 ISFSI Emergency Plan Annual Review

ISFSI Memo 10-024, QA Audit 10-A05-01, ISFSI Operation Audit

ISFSI Routine Activity Item ID-5 - Review E-Plan Phone Directory for Accuracy of Telephone

Numbers and E-Mail Addresses

OP-1, ISFSI Temperature Monitoring Program

OP-2, ISFSI Routine Surveillance

OP-7, ISFSI VCC and ISFSI Pad Inspection Program

OP-9, ISFSI Logs

Quality Assurance Program forMaine Yankee. Independent Spent Fuel Storage

Installation

RP-1, ISFSI Conduct of Radiation Protection

RP-3, ISFSI Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program

RP-5, Radiation Work Permits

LIST OF ACRONYMS USED

ADAMS

Agency Wide Document Access and Management System

CFR

Code of Federal Regulations

CoC

Certificate of Compliance

CR

Condition Report

FSAR

Final Safety Analysis Report

ISFSI

Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation

NRC

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

QA

Quality Assurance

RWP

Radiation Work Permit

TLD

Thermoluminescent Dosimeters

TS

Technical Specifications

VCC

Vertical Concrete Cask