ML20211C404

Rev 2 to SER for Sediment Transfer & Processing Operations

ML20211C404
Person / Time
Site:	Three Mile Island
Issue date:	02/12/1987
From:	GENERAL PUBLIC UTILITIES CORP.
To:
Shared Package
ML20211C360	List: ML20211C404
References
4340-3233-85-08, 4340-3233-85-088-R02, 4340-3233-85-8, 4340-3233-85-88-R2, NUDOCS 8702200087
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OF CHANGE Approval Da te 0 Issued for use. 3/86 1 Revised to permit supernatant liquid from the concen- 6/86 trated sediment to be transferred directly back to the Reactor Building basement without being neld in the neutralizer tanks.

2 Revised to permit supernatant from AFHB and RB process 2/87 operations to be discharged to the Reactor Building.

2 Revised to reflect upgrade of the Decon Process Water System.

2 Revised to increase the manrem exposure estimates for system installation and testing.

2 Revised to delete the redundant level monitors in the SRST's.

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4340-3233-85-0088 TABLE OF CONTENTS SUBJECT PAGE 1.0 PURPOSE, SCOPE, and ORGANIZATION 5.0 1.1 Purpose 5.0 1.2 Scope 5.0 ,

1.3 Organization 5.0

2.0 DESCRIPTION

OF THE SEDIMENT TRANSFER AND PROCESSING SYSTEMS 5.0 2.1 Background 5.0 2.2 Process Description 6.0 2.3 System Description 12.0 3.0 RADIOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS 21.0 3.1 ALARA Considerations 21.0 3.2 Contamination in Work Access Areas 21.0 3.3 Radiation Monitoring 22.0 3.4 Shielding 22.0 4.0 SAFETY 23.0 4.1 Interface to Existing Piping 23.0 4.2 Criticality 25.0 4.3 Inadvertent Liquid Release in the Auxiliary Building 25.0 or Reactor Building 5.0

SUMMARY

AND CONCLUSIONS OF THE 10 CFR 50.59 EVALUATION 33.0 6.0 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT 35.0

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- 4340-3233-85-0088 Acronyms and Abbreviations ABS Auxiliary Building Sump ,

ABST Auxiliary Building Sump Tank AFHB Auxiliary & Fuel Handling Buildings

. ALARA As Low As Reasonably Achievable BNL Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories B&W Babcock & Wilcox CFR Code of Federal Regulations C1 Curie DPH Decon Processed Water EPRI Electric Power Research Institute ft cubic feet gal gallon gpm gallons per minute ,

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- 4340-3233-85-0088 1.0 PURPOSE. SCOPE AND ORGANIZATION 1.1 Purpose The purpose of this Safety Evaluation Report is t demonstrate that the evolutions which comprise the collection, transfer of sediment from tanks, and treatment of sediment in the THI-2 Auxiliary and Fuel Handling Buildings and the Reactor Building basement and sump can be accomplished without presenting undue risks to the health and safety of the public.

The objective of the sediment transfer and processing program is to provide engineering design and equipment to remove any residual sediment and liquids from major tanks, sumps, and reactor building basement.

1.2 Scope As a result of the 1979 accident, radioactive water and core debris particles were released to the Reactor Building and AFHB in various tanks, sumps, and on the reactor building basement floor. Consequently, radioactive sediment is located in these areas which consists primarily of river water sediment, concrete dust, and dirt.

The scope of this evaluation includes the collection of sediment from sumps and tanks in the AFHB, Reactor Building basement and sump, and transfer to the Spent Resin Storage Tanks (SRSTs) for processing and delivery of concentrated solids to a disposal container for cement solidification. The solidification process is not in the scope of this SER.

1.3 Organization Section 2.0 contains a description of the sediment transfer and processing operations as well as a system description.

Section 3.0 describes the radiological considerations including the expected radiation dose rates and engineered features designed to keep exposures As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA).

Section 4.0 addresses the safety issues and the design features of the system.

Section 5.0 presents the summary and conclusions of the 10 CFR 50.59 evaluation.

Section 6.0 presents the references.

2.0 DESCRIPTION

OF THE SEDIMENT TRANSFER SYSTEM

2.1 Background

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- 4340-3233-85-0088 radioactive sediment located throughout various tanks, sumps, and reactor building basement. A listing of sediment locations and estimated quantities is given in Table 1. This sediment consists primarily of river sediment, and concrete dust, and dirt. This sediment presents unique problems fer collection, processing, and ultimate disposal. The sediment must be processed to ensure a stable waste form in compliance with disposal site requirements and 10CFR61. At the same time, it should occupy minimum volume to conserve space at the disposal site and minimize the cost of shipping.

2.2 Process Description During the process of sediment from any AFHB or Reactor Building source to either SRST, a sample will be obtained and analyzed. The samples will be analyzed to determine radionuclide concentrations for compliance with 10CFR61 criteria. Effective hydrogen ion concentration (pH) will also be determined, which can subsequently be controlled by the addition of lime. Controlling the pH of the sediment will increase the effectiveness of the ferric sulfate solution with regard to flocculent formation and particle settling characteristics in the SRSTs.

Upon selection of a source of AFHB sediment, the appropriate valving is aligned, and the Sediment Transfer Pump lined up to fill the selected SRST. Simplified processing and transfer P&ID is shown in Figures 1 & 2. Sediment is removed from each source tank using a vacuum head accessed through the tank manway penetration. Also deployed through this penetration will be a 3-D type nozzle powered by processed or demin water which is used to provide agitation of the sediment deposits, permitting effective collection of the solids. This nozzle will also be used to flush the tank internals after removal of the major sediment deposits.

The Reactor Building basement sediment will be vacuumed using a modified rover robot. The robot will operate a vacuum tool which will discharge the vacuumed sediment into the reactor building sediment transfer skid.

The reactor building sediment transfer skid consists of a mounted 300 gallon surge tank, redundant centrifugal slurry pumps, and continuous level indication at the control panel. Basement Sediment will be pumped from the reactor building sediment transfer skid to the Auxiliary Building and transferred directly into the SRST for processing. Reactor Building sump sediment will be removed via existing pumps and lines and discharged directly to the ABST, where it will be transferred to the SRST by the STS during normal tank sediment removal operations.

During AFHB sediment transfer, the sediment transfer pump discharges sediment slurries in their unprocessed form to a common flexible hose fill line for both of the SRSTs. Whereas, the reactor building basement sediment will be pumped by reactor building sediment skid to either SRST hose fill line. During sediment transfer, only one of the two SRST's will be on line for sediment fill with the other on standby.

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The mass flow rate of the liquid / sediment will be monitored using an exact mass flow meter to determine the solids concentration during a sediment transfer. After transfer of the solids is completed, the system is lined up to flush the lines from the source tank to the SRST with Decon Processed Water. Finally, the connection at the transfer pump is lined up to backflush the remaining sections back into the source tank. Upon completion of normal transfer operations for each source tank, the hoses are drained and disconnected as necessary to align the flowpath for the next source of sediment.

The sedimentation process starts as the liquid / solids slurry is pumped into the SRST (HDS-T-1A or B). The solids would eventually settle to the bottom of the tank, but laboratory studies show that the settling rate is greatly accelerated using flocculating agents, which cause any suspended material to aggregate into a flocculent mass. As a result, the capability to add flocculating agents to the SRSTs is provided by the Chemical Addition subsystem..

The slurry is transferred into the tank through the 1-1/2" inlet connection installed in the modified manway cover. The tank is filled to a level approximately six feet below the manway cover, corresponding to approximately 2400 gallons. Filling above that level may interfere with the operation of the tank washer nozzle. The sediment concentration will be measured using the transfer header mass flow flowmeter and pH will be measured using existing plant methods.

Following the initial SRST fill, the sediment slurry is pumped through the recirculation piping a sufficient number of times (three tank volumes) to assure proper mixing and homogeneity. The existing recirc line sample connection point will be (V-24, V-81) modified to allow sampling outside the spent resin transfer pump room (AX010) to determine compliance with 10CFR61. Upon completion of slurry recirculation, the chemical conditioners are added through a hose tie-in to the sediment fill line which penetrates the tank manway cover.

The amount of chemicals which are added is a direct function of the amount of sediment in the tank and the pH of the mixture. The recommended proportions by weight to dry solids in the slurry are 27. for ferric sulfate and 37. lime. The chemicals are pumped to the appropriate SRST while the SRST mixer remains running to aid in mixing the chemicals.

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The supernate is drawn into the 1" diameter flexible decant hose using the existing Spent Resin Transfer Pump (HDS-P-1) as the decant pump.

The supernate is pumped at a rate of approximately 15 gpm through the decant filter skid which includes two backflushable filters in parallel, that are designed to remove all particles larger than approximately 20 microns. After filtration, the liquid is transferred to the Neutralizer Tanks and processed through the SDS. As an option, supernate from the processed sludge can be transferred directly to the reactor building basement without being held up in the neutralizer tanks.  !

Upon completion cf the above decant process, a volume of concentrated sediment will remain in the bottom of the SRST. Unprocessed slurry from additional sources can be transferred to the SRSTs and filled up to the 2400 gal. level, agitated as necessary, conditioned with chemicals, and the decant process repeated. This procedure may be repeated as necessary until the desired quantity of concentrated sediment is obtained. In addition, further decant operations generally result in more highly concentrated sediment slurries. Thus, solids quantity and slurry concentration can be controlled within an acceptable range for solidification and shipment.

Following decant operation (s), the concentrated sediment slurry must be pumped out of the SRST(s) by the Solids Handling Pump (s), through the modified lower nozzles and discharge piping. However, before the pumps are started, the tank discharge (pump suction) lines will be flushed or backbumped in the tank bottom to dislodge any packed sediment which may block the flow. These pumps have a rated capacity of 75 gpm (corresponding to 7 fps in a 2 in. diameter pipe) with 75 psi total developed head. (Ref. 7)

The Solids Handling Pumps transport concentrated sediment from the SRSTs, through existing pump suction piping and new flexible hose, to the existing pump discharge piping. Once in the existing discharge piping, the slurry passes through a mass flowmeter which provides indication of total mass flow which is useful in loading the shipping containers. Downstream of this mass flowmeter is a branch connection for the existing system recirculation header, leading to each of the SRSTs. Upon termination of shipping container loading operations (a batch process), the excess sediment slurry can be recirculated back to the appropriate SRST, thus precluding the formation of lines filled with stagnant sediment slurry. Stagnation is undesirable due to possible buildup leading to flow blockage as well as causing localized high radiation areas.

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2.3 System Description

The Sediment Transfer System, Processing System, Chemical Addition, and Decant Subsystems comprise the sediment removal program. The sediment removal program is designed to remove radioactive sediment and liquid from various tanks, sumps, and the reactor building basement floor.

Implementation of these systems will require modifications to existing plant systems as well as the installation of new components which interface with existing plant systems. The separate systems comprising the total program are described as follows:

2.3.1 Sediment Transfer System Modification must be performed on the existing AFHB tanks to allow for sediment removal. (Ref. 16) The potential sediment source tanks are listed below:

• Reactor Coolant Bleed Tanks HDL-T-1A HDL-T-18 HDL-T-lC

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To transport sediment from these sources to the processing system, a sluicing or pumping method is required. Sediment slurries with solids concentrations in the range of 1 to 5-weight percent will be pumped to the SRSTs by a new Sediment Transfer Pump (STS-P-1). The Sediment Transfer Pump, which will be located on the 280'-6" elevation of the Auxiliary Building, is a commercially available progressive cavity pump capable of handling the THI-2 sediment. Transfer pump specifications are listed in Table 3.

The existing plant design for delivering resins to the SRSTs is via the in-plant spent resin slutce lines. These lines are physically located too high in the Auxillary Building to efficiently transport a concentrated slurry. Additionally, these pipe lines do not serve all the sediment sources being removed during the Sediment Removal Program. Hence, flexible hoses will be used to transfer sediment from various source tanks, sump and reactor building basement floor to the SRSTs.

These flexible reinforced hoses are equipped with two-way shut-off couplings, which are used to transfer the slurry between hard pipe portions at the Sediment Transfer Pump and each tank connection.

The Sediment Transfer System will be capable of maintaining sufficient flow rates to prevent settling of the sediment during transfer. The layout for the transfer system is shown in Figure 1.

Additionally, the Reactor Building basement floor sediment will be collected by using a remotely operated robot with attached wet vacuum system or other collecting device and discharged to the Reactor Building Sediment Transfer Skid located on the Reactor Building 305'-0" elevation. Sediment will then be pumped from this skid through flexible hose to a containment penetration and discharged directly to the SRSTs.

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Once all the sediment has been delivered to the SRSTs, it is processed into a concentrated form suitable for solidification in a solids shipping container. For solidification, the optimum solids concentration is in the range of 20 to 40 weight percent. This concentrated sediment slurry will be transported from the SRSTs to a solidification system. The final weight percent of this slurry will be determined by the waste classification and allowed curie content (nC1/gm) of the final waste form.

The existing Spent Resin Transfer Pump is a centrifugal type pump, which is not suitable for transporting a concentrated slurry mixture. Therefore, the existing SRST discharge piping will be modified to provide for the addition of two redundant Solids Handling Pumps (HDS-FP-2A&B) which discharge to either the SRST recirculation header for mixing and sampling or a waste shipping container. These pumps are positive displacement progressive cavity type, capable of transporting slurries with a wide range of solids concentrations. (Pump details are listed in Table 3).

Additional discharge piping modifications will be performed to provide for processed water reverse flow or backbumping of the SRST bottom nozzles and discharge piping.

2.3.2.1 Chemical Addition Sediment concentration is achieved through solids settling in the SRST followed by dewatering or decanting operations. A Chemical Addition Skid will be located on the 280'-6" elevation of the Auxiliary Butiding and will add chemical conditioners to the SRSTs to accelerate the sediment settling '

rate. The skid consists of two 60 gallon open tanks (one each for ferric sulfate - Fe2 (50 )34 and lime Ca(OH)2 solutions), mixer in each tank, one rotary flexible-Tiner type positive displacement pump, along with associated piping, valves, and local controls. The skid is portable, does not tie in permanently to any existing plant system, and will not handle radioactive material.

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4340-3233-85-0088 2.3.2.2 Decant Operations The Decant System is designed to decant the supernatant 11guld from the concentrated sediment in the SRSTs, pump the liquid to a filter skid, and from there to a neutra11zer tank. As an option, supernate from the processed sludge can be transferred directly back to the reactor building basement without being held up in the neutralizer tanks. The filter skid used in the decant operations is the same filter system used for rinse and elution of makeup and purification demineralizer resins. (Ref.

27) Ultimately, this water will be transferred to the Submerged Demineralizer System for processing. The 11guld from either SRST is removed by lowering a decant hose into the tank through its manway opening. A motorized hose reel will be used to lower this hose to a level determined by the ,

suspended solids detectors. The existing Spent Resin Transfer i Pump (HDS-P-1) delivers the decanted 11guld to the filter skid, and then to either of the Neutralizer Tanks (HDL-T-8A&B), at a flowrate of 15 gpm. From these tanks, the decant is finally delivered to the SDS by a Neutralizer Tank Pump (s) (HDL-P-8A&B) at approximately 5-15 gpm utilizing standard operating procedures. As previously mentioned, decant from reactor building processed sludge can be transferred from a SRST directly back to the reactor building basement without being staged in the neutralizer tanks.

2.3.2.3 Flush Operations Decon Processed Water (DPH) will be used to flush the Sediment Transfer Pump and lines, source tanks, SRST bottom nozzle, discharge lines and Solids Handling Pumps. Existing pumps (DPH-P-1A&B) will provide flush water through hose connections at the Sediment Transfer Pump and at each source tank.

Post-sediment transfer flush can be performed from these connections in forward and backflush flowpaths. In addition, DPH will be supplied for backbumping the SRST bottom nozzle area as well as for forward and backflushing capabilities of the discharge lines and solids handling pumps. This will minimize any residual buildup and potential hot spots.

Existing high pressure positive displacement pumps (Elliott/NLB) in the Temporary Decon Water System provide approved decon water to a NLB 3-0 nozzle mounted in the i

temporary replacement manway cover on each source tank and l SRST washers. The nozzle arms rotate in a vertical plane and drive the body of the nozzle in a horizontal plane, thus providing a 360 degree spherical spray pattern. The source tank nozzle can be positioned to sweep solids to the vacuum head for pickup and for tank wall washdown. Whereas the SRST nozzle provides for tank internal washdown and water addition for possible dilution of sediment slurries.

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- 4340-3233-85-0088 3.0 RADIOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS 3.1 ALARA Considerations All personnel performing work within the bounds of this evaluation will utilize every means available to maintain their exposures to radiation as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA). Radiological Controls personnel will monitor work areas as required and provide dose rate information to aid individuals in performance of their tasks in so far as radiological work practices are concerned.

Extensive planning of tasks to be conducted in radiation areas and 2 training of personnel will be used to reduce the time necessary to 2

complete tasks. 1The use of mockups for training and proof-of-principle testing is planned. Higher radiation areas will be identified to personnel'and shielded where practical. Work will be structured to avoid those areas to the extent possible.

Based on the planned sediment transfer and processing activities and the current Reactor Building and AFHB dose rates which are not expected to change significantly, it is estimated that 30 manrem will be expended for the assembly and installation of equipment, shielding, s modifications, hose routing and operational testing. The actual manrem expenditure for the operation of the sediment transfer and processing system should be a fraction of the above (approx. 5 manrem) considering

/ that access areas and transfer lines will be shielded to significantly reduce dose rates.

3.2 Existing Contamination in Working Access Areas a

Worker accessibility for the removal of sediment from sumps and tanks will be required in the following cubicles:

AX021- Reactor Coolant Bleed Tank A AX020- Reactor Coolant Bleed Tanks B & C AX012- Auxiliary Building Sump and Sump Tank FH009- Neutralizer Tanks AX116- Makeup Tank AX131- Miscellaneous Haste Holdup Tank AX218- Concentrated Haste Storage Tank AX501/502- Reactor Building Spray Vaults AX503/504- Decay R at Removal Vaults Each AFHB cubicle will be decontaminated to remove contamination hot spots, to minimize the need for respirators and to reduce general area dose rates as specified in the Phase III endpoint criteria (Ref. 19).

Respirators may still be necessary for tank sediment removal operations

/ due to the potential for induced airborne radioactivity caused by spraying and mixing operations. Any respirator requirements will be stipulated by Radiological Engineering. The temporary manway covers are designed to seal and secure each tank to minimize the possibility of airborne leakage. In addition, the SRST manways will be fitted with a vented plexiglass box enclosure to further minimize the potential for 0158P

4340-3233-85-0088 airborne release. Auxiliary building airborne activity will be continuously monitored by existing air monitoring systems.

3.3 Radiation Monitoring Portable radiation monitors will be used in detecting radiation levels in the Spent Resin Storage Tank cubicles, in general work areas and in areas near the transfer manifold and associated hose. The monitors will be located near potential sources of radiation and in areas where a bulldup of radioactive material may result in excessively high radiation levels. Airborne monitoring requirements will be determined by Radiological Engineering.

3.4 Shielding and Access Control The primary objective of shielding design and access control is to protect operating personnel and plant personnel from radiation sources in the Auxiliary Building, including the sediment transfer header, transfer pumos, Spent Resin Storage Tanks and the concentrated slurry transfer hose. Corridors will be shielded to maintain dose rates at i 2.5 mrem /hr during normal sediment transfer operations.

Shielding design in the Auxiliary Building is based on the shielding of process equipment, resin tanks and the transfer of spent resins and solidified waste. The transfer and processing system design incorporates provisions to preclude the formation of stagnant sediment slurry zones, which include interconnected flowpaths and use of flushwater. Therefore, localized piping hot spots will be minimized.

The concrete walls of the SRST cubicles were originally designed to allow a maximum of 2.5 mrem /hr in adjacent areas while processing spent resins. Design radioactivity levels are based upon 1% leakage of fission products from the fuel rods. Since the total activity in the sediment to be processed is less than the design case, radiation levels in adjacent areas due to sediment contained in the tanks is not expected to be greater than 2.5 mR/hr. Calculations made using the ISOSHLD computer code confirm the dose rates to be much less than 0.01 mR/hr.

The bottoms of the SRSTs may be shleided inside their respective cubicle (AX008, AX009) to allow for maintenance of the mixers. Shielding should consist of lead blankets or lead sheets and cover the lower nozzle and discharge piping. The amount of shielding required should be minor since the tank will be empty and flushed if necessary to reduce the dose rate prior to performing any maintenance inside the cubicle.

The sediment transfer manifold and hoses will be shielded to maintain general area radiation levels at or below 2.5 mR/hr during normal transfer operations. The hose from AFHB sediment sources to the SRST should result in about 54 mR/hr (unshielded) at a one-foot distance with 5% by weight sediment in the line. The proposed shielding (lead bricks) will reduce that to 1 2.5 mR/hr.

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• 4340-3233-85-0088 Hoses from the SRST to the solidification feed station, however, will result in up to 2 R/hr at one foot. The transfer pump skid will be shielded to maintain workstation radiation levels at or below 2.5 mR/hr. Process flow valves which require operation will be located behind shleiding and provided with reach rods or remote operators. The hoses from the chemical addition skid will not be shielded since no radioactivity will be in these lines.

The discharge transfer hose from the reactor building basement sediment removal skid will be routed on the 305 ft elevation to a designated reactor building penetration for transfer to the SRST. The hose from the reactor building basement to the SRST should result in about 200 mr/hr (unshielded) at a one-foot distance with 5% sediment in the line.

The transfer hose will be shielded to reduce hot spots and to minimize any contribution to general area dose. Shielding design and desired dose reduction will be determined by Radiological Engineering.

4.0 SAFETY To accomplish sediment transfer and processing tasks safely and effectively, process pathways have been chosen which minimize impact on other plant operations. This section describes all of the parameters and postulated accident scenarios which have been accounted for in the design of the system.

4.1 Interfaces with Existina Piping To incorporate the system hardware into the process there are several tie-in points at which new piping will be connected to existing plant systems. The Sediment Transfer and Processing System interface with the following temporary and permanent plant systems:

1. Haste Disposal Liquid (HDL) System The sediment removal connections to the HDL System are via temporary replacement manway covers for the source tanks (Neutralizer, Miscellaneous Haste Hold-Up, Contaminated Drain, Auxiliary Building Sump, and Reactor Coolant Bleed Hold-Up Tanks),

and by lowering a vacuum wand into the Auxiliary Building Sump.

The effluent from decant operations passes through the HDL System (Neutralizer Tanks) and ultimately to the Submerged Demineralizer System. Whereas, during transfer directly back to the reactor building basement, the effluent from decant does not pass through the HDL system. The sediment transfer system does not directly interact with the SDS, and ties in only via the HDL system.

2. Haste Disposal Solid (HDS) System The sediment removal connections to the HDS System are via temporary replacement manway covers for the source tank (Concentrated Haste Storage Tank) and for the processing tanks (Spent Resin Storage Tanks). In addition, the HDS System piping has been modified as described earlier. The connection with existing plant piping can be seen on the system drawing, 2E-3233-1035. (Ref. 21) 0158P

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3. Temporary Decon Water (TDW) System The TDW System involves use of the National Liquid Blasting (NLB)

Pump to supply the SRST and sediment source tank washers. The Elliott Speedblast Waterblaster High Pressure (Elliott #2) Pump also uses TDW for sediment source tank washers.

4. Decon Process Water (DPW) System The DPW System involves use of the existing pumps to supply flush and backbump water for the sediment source tanks, SRSTs, Decant Filter Skid, Reactor Building Sediment Transfer Skid, and associated lines.

5. Demineralized Water (DW) System Demineralized water is mixed with the chemicals used for flocculation in the SRSTs, although there is no hardpiped connection between the Chemical Addition Skid and the DH System.

The chemical mixing operation utilizes two (2) sixty gallon tanks and a minimal quantity of demineralized water will be required.

6. Instrument Air (IA) System Instrument air is used for actuators on automatic valves in the Sediment Transfer and Processing System.

7. Miscellaneous Systems The sediment removal connections to the Make-Up Tank are via a temporary replacement manway cover. The Reactor Building Sump sediment will be removed through use of the existing sump pumps and piping.

The entire system of new process hardware will be isolated from the rest of the plant systems by double barrier isolation except in two cases.

These two cases are temporary decon water (TDW) supply to tank and sump washers and instrument air (IA) supply to SRST mixer lubricators. In order for the TDW system to become contaminated, sediment would have to rise above its normal level, (or alarm point) enter the washer nozzle, travel up the washer shaft, back through the supply line, and up to 305' elevation to the source pump. (In the case of SRST washers, additional isolating valves must be bypassed). In order for the IA system to become contaminated, sediment would have to leak through the mixer double mechanical seals, travel out the 1/8" openings, back through the lubricators and supply lines, and bypass the spring loaded regulators.

The probability of occurrence for each of these events is considered remote. In addition, the driving heads are not considered to be sufficient for reverse flow. Thus, single barrier isolation in these cases is considered adequate.

Testing to the extent practical prior to system operation will determine the integrity of these barriers or the need to provide additional isolation.

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- 4340-3233-85-0088 All process flow lines will be hydrostatically tested in accordance with ANSI B31.1 in order to guard against line breaks, valve, pump and flange leaks.

Hydrostatic testing will be performed using DPH prior to any sediment handling operations. Demineralized water will be used in the chemical addition lines.

4.2 Criticality Criticality will not occur during sediment processing operations assuming that the fuel estimates for the Reactor Building Sump, Reactor Building Basement Sediment, Auxiliary Building Sump Tank, and Sump represent a worse case fuel quantity scenario for all AFHB and reactor building sediment sources being processed.

The critical mass of UO2 with three wt% U235 and 0.4 inch maximum pellet diameter in unborated water is 93 Kg (Ref. 18). To ensure that no criticality would occur, a conservative limit was established in which the minimum critical mass is considered to be 75% of 93 Kg. Thus, the conservative critical mass is approximately 70 Kg. The amount of fuel present in the Auxiliary Building Sump and Sump Tank was calculated based on the sediment sample analysis performed by Babcock and Wilcox (Ref. 15). The mass of UO2 calculated to be in the sump and sump tank is 1.20 kg and 0.1325 kg, respectively. Consequently, it is concluded

-that an insufficient amount of fuel is contained in the Auxiliary Sump and Sump Tank to achieve a critical mass.

Similarly, the Reactor Building Sump criticality evaluation report concludes that fuel present could vary between 2 kg to less than 20 kg in the basement, which is an insufficient amount of fuel to achieve a critical mass (Ref. 24). Therefore, based on the above fuel estimates, combining sediment from these sources would not constitute a sufficient quantity of fuel capable of achieving a critical mass. Additionally, the SRST capacity (3861 gallons) would prohibit the combining of all the sediment from these various sources.

4.3 Inadvertent Liauld Release in the Auxiliary Building or Reactor Building Inadvertent releases of liquid from the sediment transfer or processing equipment could result from valve misalignment, hose rupture, or tank i

overflow. Any leakage during transfer of the Reactor Building basement

liquid / sediment onto the 305' elevation of the Reactor Building would

simply drain back to the basement floor and would remain within the building. Personnel exposure would be minimized since Reactor Building access is controlled. No inadvertent environmental release of this water would occur. Inadvertent release scenarios in the Auxiliary Building were contemplated without allowance for initial detection. The scenarios and their consequences are described in the sections that follow.

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4340-3233-85-0088 4.3.1 Spent Resin Storace Tank Overflow The overfill of the SRST has been considered in the event of a postulated instrument failure and/or an operational error.

Liquid levels in the SRST are continuously monitored by automatic sonic level detectors. As a result of overfill, liquid / sediment would fill the SRST and overflow through the existing 2" overflow line, to a floor drain which drains to the Auxiliary Building sump. Other tank exit pathways will be isolated during all sediment transfer operations. Since the overflow line ends one inch above the funnel shaped floor drain, a minor amount of slurry may spill onto the cubicle floor (AX008 or AX009).

Radiation detectors located on these overfill lines, or at the floor drain, will sense this increase in radiation and activate an alarm located near the transfer pump skid.

Additionally, any increase in the ABS level caused by an overflow would be detected at the radwaste panel digital voltmeter readout, which will be monitored during sediment transfer operations. No inadvertent release to the environment would occur and personnel exposure would be negligible since the ABS is in a locked, high radiation area and the SRST cubicles (AX008 and AX009) will have limited access dependant on discharge dose rates during process operations.

4.3.2 Hose and Valve Leaks Hose and/or valve leaks are possible in areas where process piping and hoses are routed. Various cubicles which are susceptible to leakage are listed in Section 3.2.

Additionally, leakage could occur from hoses routed in corridors on all elevations of the AFHB. However, in each of these areas floor drains lead to the Auxiliary Building Sump.

Since this type of contemplated condition has the potential to divert small quantitles of liquid to the sump, (i.e.,

quantitles small enough to go undetected by the flow rate detectors and pressure detectors noted in Section 4.3.3), it is likely that this type of leakage will be detected by an increase in sump level indication.

An increase in airborne activity would be detected by the air monitoring system. Leakage will be further minimized by the use of poly bags or sleeves placed at each of the hose and valve connections. All system hose and pipe will be leak tested in accordance with ANSI B31.1. Inadvertent release from the Auxiliary Building to the environment would be very minor and well within that analyzed for a spent resin storage tank rupture.

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4340-3233-85-0088 4.3.3 Transfer and Process Hose Rupture Releases caused by a hose rupture or break in the system will be minimized by monitoring and control circuits in the transfer and process systems. In event of a separation at the hose connections, spring actuated valves in both socket and plug connections provide an immediate and positive seal against escape of any liquids. In the event of a hose rupture in the transfer system, a pressure detector on the discharge side of the transfer pump will sense low pressure and trip the pump. In the event of a similar break in the process system, the mass flow detectors on the discharge side of the process pump will detect a rate change and activate an alarm on the status and control panel, notifying the operator to secure process operations. The suction side of this pump is monitored by a fluid detector monitor which when it detects a loss of fluid, as in a hose rupture, will trip the pump.

Similarly, the transfer hose from the reactor building penetration to the SRST is protected from a system rupture by a pressure detector on the discharge side of the reactor building sediment removal pump. When a loss of pressure is detected by this instrument it will trip the sediment removal pump.

Based on the above information, an inadvertent release from a hose rupture would result in a spill of approximately 50 gallons.

It is assumed this 50 gallon spill is released in the corridor on the 280' elevation in the Auxiliary Building and half of the spill will drain to the ABS through floor drains and the other half will remain on the corridor floor. The resulting g dose rate exposure at the center of the spill would be 895 mr/hr at I foot.

The amount of airborne released from this type of liquid spill would be very minor. Any releases of airborne activity would be within the AFHB and would be removed by the high efficiency air (HEPA) filters. Offsite airborne release would be insignificant and far within the bounds of that postulated in a SRST rupture.

4.3.4 Valve Misalignment The closed loop configuration of the transfer and process system design virtually eliminates +ne possDility of a misaligned valve causing an inadvertent release of sediment slurries. The exception to this fact is in two valve locations in the processing system permanent plant design.

These valves are the 1/2" local sample cornection valves HDS-V-81 & HDS-V-24 (located in cubicle AX010, Spent Resin Transfer Pump Room) and the 2" resin transfer valve HDS-V-79 0158P

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To minimize an inadvertent release by these valves, their operation will be administratively controlled by system operational procedures.

Any release of radioactivity from a valve misalignment would be released within the containment or the AFHB. The containment or AFHB would act as a physical barrier and prevent any liquid release from escaping to the environment.

Any airborne release and dose consequence is bounded by the SRST rupture accident.

4.3.5 Spent Resin Storage Tank Rupture The possibility of an accident in the course of the sediment transfer and processing operations is remote. However, environmental releases, even under accident conditions, will be controlled and filtered. The potential on-site and off-site radiological consequences were evaluated for a release of the contents of a Spent Resin Storage Tank to the Auxiliary Building environment.

Presently, the Reactor Building basement and sump and Auxiliary Building tanks and sump contain large amounts of fission products, some fuel material, and sediment. It has been assumed for this evaluation that the accident occurs while the SRST contains the maximum estimated amounts of radioactivity (i.e., Reactor Building sump sediment). The SRST will contain radioactivity as presented in Table 4.

The SRST rupture is considered to release 2400 gallons of 43%

by weight concentrated sediment to its respective cubicle.

For illustrative purposes SRST "A" and its associated cubicle (AX009) will be used. The floor drain inside the cubicle can be assumed to be plugged with material spilled from the tank.

The result of the spill is assumed to leave 50% of the sediment inside the cubicle with a layer of water one centimeter deep. The remaining sediment and contaminated water is assumed to spill into the adjacent area to the cubicles which include the SRST "B" cubicle (AX008), and the Spent Resin Transfer Pump cubicle (AX010). Water, other than a pool one centimeter deep in this area, is assumed to drain to the ABS by floor drains.

Release of airborne activity to the Auxiliary Building during a spill would be negligible in the areas outside the affected cubicle. The wet sediment combined with a water layer would prevent all but very minute amounts of the activity released to become airborne. Activity that does become airborne would be removed from the cubicle by the Auxiliary Building ventilation system.

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4340-3233-85-0088 4.3.5.1 Radiological Consecuences of Tank Rupture - On-Site On-site radiological consequences of the tank rupture have been analyzed to determine exposure rates for two conditions:

1) exposure rate at the opening of the enclosure adjacent to the SRST "A" cubicle due to the pool of contaminated water and sediment on the floor, and 2) exposure rate from the Auxiliary Building exhaust duct HEPA filters due to capture of the released airborne activity.

1. Pooled Water Radiation Field This calculation is based on a worst case scenario which assumes that the SRST is filled with Reactor Building Sump Sediment at 43% by weight. Currently, the exact sediment volume at each source location is unknown, although the optimum concentration for sediment transfer is between 1 and 5% by weight sediment. At this concentration it would take several sediment transfers to achieve a 43% by weight sediment concentration.

The SRST "A" Cubicle is a 14'-0" by 16'-6" enclosure entered by way of a shielded door. The area was modeled for the ISOSHLU-II computer code for the purpose of calculating the radiation field due to the pool of sediment and water. Radiation field intensities were calculated at several distances above the surface of the pool: contact, 1-ft, 3-ft, 6-ft, and dose rate outside cubicle. The radiation dose rates calculated for this scenario are listed below. The expected radiation levels at lower concentrations would be significantly less.

This conservative assumption bounds any possible worst case dose consequences from a SRST rupture, contact- 886 R/hr 1-ft- 559 R/hr 3-ft- 271 R/hr 6-ft- 133 R/hr Outside SRST Cubicle 2.8 E-07 R/hr

2. Aux Building Exhaust Plenum HEPA Filter Radiation Fields As mentioned in the SDS TER, a dropped SDS liner was assumed to release 1.0E-04 of the contained activity to the Fuel Handling Building atmosphere.

Similarly, it is assumed for this analysis that 1.0E-04 is released to the Auxiliary Building environment. This assumption is conservative because the spill being considered for this analysis consists of a liquid-solids mixture and the mechanism of the spill is less violent than a cask 0158P

4340-3233-85-0088 drop. Additionally, the airborne that would be released from a liquid-solids spill would be significantly less than that from a dry powder spill.

The released airborne is expected to become entrained in the exhaust flow filter system.

Therefore, the resulting primary gamma emitting isotopic quantitles of 3.6E-03 Ci of Cs-137 and 2.0E-04 Cl of Cs-134 are assumed to be loaded on the HEPA filter banks.

In December 1981, an analysis was perforraed on the Reactor Building Purge Exhaust duct HEPA filter bank. At that time, the bank was determined to contain a total of 7.4 to 9.1 mci of Cs-134 and 65-79 mCl of Cs-137. The resulting radiation levels were 10 mR/hr at the plenum side, 24 mR/hr on top of the plenum, and an average of 64 mR/hr on the face of the filter bank. Scaling these results to account for the activity released during a spill from the SRST, the accumulated amounts of Cs-134 and Cs-137 specified earlier would add the following increases to whatever activity was present on the filters at the time of the spill:

a R/hr m on side of plenum = 0.46 mr/Hr a R/hr m on top of plenum - 1.14 mR/hr omR/hr on filter face - 2.92 mR/hr These radiation level increases are representative of a worst case accident and therefore bound any possible dose consequence from a SRST rupture.

4.3.5.2 Radioloalcal Consequences of Tank Rupture - Off-Site The offsite radiological consequences from the postulated SRST rupture were evaluated using the following assumptions:

a. lE-04 of the sediment activity is released to the Auxiliary Building as airborne activity.

b. Auxiliary Building HEPA filtration efficiency of 991..

c. SRST contains radionuclide concentrations as presented in Table 4.

d. The X/Q values for the Exclusion Boundary and the low population zone are 6.lE-4 and 1.lE-4 sec/m3 respectively.

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Curies Released To Radionuclide Concentration (PC1/am)a Total Curiesb Environment Sb-125 5.lE+0 2.3E+1 2.3E-5 Cs-137 8.0E+2 3.6E+3 3.6E-3 Cs-134 4.4E+1 2.0E+2 2.0E-4 Co-60 4.2E-1 1.9E+0 1.9E-6 Sr-90 6.5E+2 2.9E+3 2.9E-3 U-234 1.4E-4 6.3E-4 6.3E-10 U-238 1.1E-6 5.0E-6 5.0E-12 Pu-239, 240 4.7E-3 2.1E-2 2.lE-8 Pu-238 4.3E-4 1.9E-3 1.9E-9

a. IOM K. J. Hofstetter to Distribution, Analyses of R.B. Sump Samples, 4240-84-329, August 2, 1984.

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The offsite doses resulting from the postulated tank rupture were assessed using the dose conversion factors listed in NUREG-0172 (Ref. 25) and the organ dose calculation methodology consistent with Regulatory Guide 1.109 (Ref. 26).

Table 5 presents the offsite doses for the whole body, thyroid and bone.

The bone dose is presented since it was determined to be the critical organ. The critical organ determination was made based on comparison of dose conversion factors for several organs, including the lung, kidney, liver and intestinal tract, for the distribution of radionuclides available for release.

5.0 10 CFR 50.59 Evaluation Changes, Tests and Experiments, 10 CFR 50, para 50.59, permits the holder of an operating license to make changes to the facility or perform a test or experiment, provided that the change, test or experiment is not determined to be an unreviewed safety question and does not involve modification of the plant technical specifications.

A proposed change involves an unreviewed safety question if:

1. the probability of occurrence or the consequences of an accident or malfunction of equipment Important To Safety (ITS) previously evaluated in the safety analysis report may be increased; or

2. the possibility for an accident or malfunction of a different type than any evaluated previously in the safety analysis report may be created; or

3. the margin of safety, as defined in the basis for any technical specification, is reduced.

The FSAR for TMI-2 evaluated a variety of postulated events to bound the range of possible events and their offsite dose consequences. Section 4.3.5 of this SER similarly analyzes a variety of events to bound the range of possible Sediment Transfer and Processing events and their offsite dose consequences.

This evaluation proposes to compare similar events to demonstrate that TMI-2 activities are bounded by the TMI-2 FSAR.

The postulated SRST rupture accident evaluated in this SER was compared to the

" Waste Gas Decay Tank Rupture": analyzed in Section 15.1.17 of the TMI-2 FSAR. This accident postulates the rupture of the waste gas decay tank and the consequent release of large quantities of gaseous fission products to the auxiliary building ventilation system and to the environment through the unit vent. As reported in Table 15.1.17-2, of the TMI-2 FSAR, the accident i

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resulted in an accumulated dose of 3.6 rem whole body for the two hour exclusion boundary and 0.57 rem whole body for the 30-day Low Population Zone (LPZ).

The rupture of a SRST has been analyzed in Section 4.3.5 of this SER. The radionuclides listed in Table 4 of this SER were assumed to be released to the Auxiliary Building ventilation system and subsequently to the environment through the unit vent. The accumulated doses resulting from this postulated event are reported to be 5.16E-4 rem whole body for the two hour exclusion boundary and 9.31E-5 rem for the 30-day LPZ. In addition, the critical organ dose for the assumed distribution of radionuclides was calculated to be 8.38E-3 rem to the bone for the two hour exclusion boundary dose and 1.51E-3 rem to the bone for the 30-day LPZ dose.

As can be seen, the dose consequences of the SRST rupture accident are far less than those resulting from the waste gas decay tank rupture accident.

Although these events are not identical, both events evaluate the release of large quantitles of fission products. Thus, they can be considered comparable. The accident analyses contained in the TMI-2 FSAR clearly bound the consequences of the SRST rupture accident postulated for sediment transfer and processing.

10 CFR 50.59 Review To determine if the sediment transfer and processing operations involves an unreviewed safety question, the three key questions must be evaluated.

1. Has the probability of occurrence or the consequences of an accident or malfunction of equipment important to safety previously evaluated in the Safety Analysis Report been increased?

A variety of events have been analyzed in this SER. It has been demonstrated that postulated events with potential offsite dose consequences are substantially less than the potential consequences of comparable events analyzed. Also, by analysis of other postulated events, it has been demonstrated there are no events whose potential consequences exceed those analyzed in the THI-2 FSAR.

By analyzing postulated events and reviewing various safety mechanisms, it has been determined that sediment transfer and processing operations will not adversely affect equipment classified as important to safety (ITS). Consequently, it is concluded that the probability of a malfunction of ITS equipment has not been increased.

2. Has the possibility for an accident or malfunction of a different type than any evaluated previously in the safety analysis report been created?

The variety of postulated events analyzed in this SER consider the spectrum of event types which potentially could occur during sediment transfer and processing operations. A comparison of these events with those comparable events in the FSAR demonstrate that the type events postulated for the sediment transfer and processing operations are similar to and bounded by the FSAR. In addition, no new event has been 0158P

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Therefore, the sediment transfer and processing operations have not created the possibility of occurrence of an accident or malfunction of a different type than evaluated previously in the FSAR.

3. Has the margin of safety, as defined in the basis for any technical specification been reduced?

As demonstrated by this Safety Evaluation Report, Technical Specification safety margins will be maintained throughout the sediment transfer and processing operations. Since the operation of the sediment transfer and processing system and equipment are in accordance with approved procedures to ensure compliance to technical specifications, the tasks included in this SER will not reduce the margin of safety as defined in the basis for any technical specification.

The planned activities will not increase the probability of occurrence or consequences of an accident or malfunction of equipment Important to Safety previously evaluated in the THI-2 FSAR, TER's, SD's and SER's.

As a result of the above review, it is concluded that the sediment transfer and processing operations described in this SER are bounded by similar events postulated and analyzed in the TMI-2 FSAR and do not involve an unreviewed safety question as defined in Section 50.59 of 10 CFR Part 50.

6.0 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT The sediment transfer and processing activities have been assessed and it is concluded that these activities will be performed with no unacceptable consequences to the health and safety of the public or workers.

Releases to the public resulting from planned sediment transfer and processing activities are expected to be significantly less than releases during previous work conducted in the reactor building or the AFHB. Past releases of radioactivity to the environment have been well within the limits of the TMI-2 Environmental Technical Specifications.

Potential offsite dose consequences resulting from a Spent Resin Storage Tank rupture have been evaluated. This is an instantaneous release of 2400 gallons of concentrated radioactive sediment to the SRST cubicle (Section 4.3.5). In this evaluation the analyses was performed using extremely conservative assumptions in order to provide bounding results. Using the conservative assumptions the results were found to be within past analyses that have been found to have acceptable consequences. The potential offsite dose consequences of a Waste Gas Decay Tank rupture were evaluated in the FSAR section 15.1.17. The rupture of this tank would release more radioactivity to the environment than any other credible radwaste system accident and therefore was used as the bounding conditions for this evaluation. The dose rate consequences of a SRST rupture accident are significantly less than those resulting from a waste gas decay tank rupture accident. (Section 4.3.5.2)

The radioactive release of a SRST rupture accident was found to be less than

17. of the 10CFR100 dose guidelines for accidents.

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4340-3233-85-0088 As stated in Reference 9, the most significant environmental impact associated with the cleanup of TMI-2 will result from the radiation doses received by the entire work force from cleanup activities. The environmental impact from the cleanup of THI-2 resulting from occupational exposure has been reevaluated by the NRC 11 supplement no. I to Reference 9. This reevaluation estimates an occupational exposure in the range of 13,000 to 46,000 person-rem with AFHB and Reactor Building cleanup activities contributing 6,400 to 22,400 person-rem. The total occupational exposure associated with the installation and operation of the sediment transfer and processing system has been estimated to be approximately 25 person-rem. Thus, the estimated occupational exposure from the activities outlined in the SER are bounded by Reference 9.

Therefore, the planned sediment transfer and processing activities will be performed with no significant environmental impact.

7.0 REFERNECES

1. ANSI B31.1 "American National Standard Code for Pressure Piping," 1973 Edition

2. Regulatory Guide 1.143, " Design Guidance for Radioactive Haste Management Systems, Structures and Components Installed in Light-Water Cooled Nuclear Power Plants," Revision 1, October 1979

3. GPUN Drawing 2D-3233-1038, Sediment Transfer System Piping and Instrument Diagram

4. GPUN Drawing 20-3233-1039, Sediment Transfer System Hose Routing and Details

5. GPUN Drawing 2C-3233-1030, STS Manway Covers for MHHT and ABST.

6. RP00-3233-001, Sediment Transfer System Operating Description

7. RP00-3233-002, Sediment Processing System Operating Description

8. Final Safety Analysis Report - Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 2, Docket No. 50-320, Metropolitan Ed1Lon Co., Jersey Central Power and Light Co., Pennsylvania Electric Company

9. NUREG-0683, Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement, March 1981.

10. Code of Federal Regulations, Title 10 Part 50.59, Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities: Changes, Tests and Experiments, 42 FR 20139, April 18, 1977

11. Criticality Handbook, Vol. II, Atlantic Richfield Hanford Co.

12. Critical Dimensions of Systems Containing U-235, Pu-239, and U-233. TID-7028, Figure 21, USAEC, 1964

13. NUREG/CR-2139, " Aerosols Generated by Free Fall Spills of Powders and Solutions in Static Air," December 1971

14. Calculation of Doses Due to Accidentally Released Plutonium from an LMFBR, R.R. Fish et al., November 1972, ORNL-NSIC-74 Ol58P

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' 15. " Characterization of TMI-2 Auxillary Building Sump and Sump Tank Radwaste,"-

Babcock & Wilcox, J.A. Wilson et al., Dec. 1984

16. " Radioactive Sediment Processing," Technical Plan, TP0/TMI-084, December, 1983

17. " Sediment Removal and Transfer System," Planning Study, TP0/TMI-083, October 1983

18. "Ex-RCS Criticality Safety," Technical Plan, THI/TPO-132, November, 1985

" Auxiliary and Fuel Handling Building Decontamination," Technical Plan,

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TP0/TMI-130, March 1985

20. RP00-3233-003, Decant System Operating Description

21. GPUN Drawing 2E-3233-1035, Sediment Processing System P&ID

22. GPUN Drawing 2D-3233-1043, Decant System P&ID ,

23. GPUN Drawing 2D-3233-1049, Reactor Building Sediment Removal P&ID

24. " Reactor Building Sump Criticality Safety Evaluation Report" GPU Nuclear SER, SA. No. 4550-3254-85-02, Aug. 1985.

25. NUREG-0172, " Age Specific Radiation Dose Commitment Factors for a One-Year Chronic Intake", November 1977.

26. Regulatory Guide 1.109, " Calculation of Annual Doses to Man from Routine Releases of Reactor Effluents for the Purpose of Evaluating Compliance with 10 CFR 50, Appendix I", Rev. 1, October 1977.

27. " Rinse and Elution of Makeup and Purification Demineralizer Resins" GPU Nuclear SER, SA. No. 4340-3211-84-0054, July 1984.

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