ML20085F539

Telecopy AO AO-74-28:on 741215,north Filtered Waste Tank of Laundry Waste Released W/O Prior Sampling.Caused by Technician Error.Technician Wrote Down Incorrect Tank Identification on Batch Card

ML20085F539
Person / Time
Site:	Palisades
Issue date:	12/17/1974
From:	Sewell R CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.)
To:	Cook R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
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ML20085F537	List: ML20085F536 ML20085F539
References
AO-74-28, NUDOCS 8308220422
Download: ML20085F539 (2)

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9 TO R L HAVETER SUBJECT ABNORMAL OCCURRENCE 74=28 REPORT DATE= DECEMBER GD Odat6-74 OCCURRENCE DATE= DECEMBER 15 74 FACILITYaPALISADES IDENTIFICATION OF OCCURRENCE = RELEASE OF NORTH FILTERED WASTE = LAUNDRY WASTE, WI_THOUT _

PRIOR SAMPLING. DESCRIPTION OF OCCURRENCE = GD ON 12-14=74 AT 1420 THE SOUTH FILTERED WASTE TANK CONTAINING LAUNDRY WASTE WAS PLACED ON RECYCLE FOR ANALYSIS. ON 12=15=74 AT 0845 THE (D CHEM LAB SAMPLED THE TANK, ANALYZED IT, AND GAVE THE DATA 70 THE i RMC DEPARTMENT. THE RMC TECHNICIAN TRANSFERRED THE DATA TO THE BATCH RELEASE FORM AND CALCULATED THE RELEASE. O'N 12=15=74 AT 2329 L.;

THE OPERATOR RELEASED THE NORTH FILTERED WASTE TANK ALSO CONTAINING-LAUNDRY WASTE AS AUTHORIZED BY BATCH 74=073=L. THE "'

RELEASE SHOULD "Y (j HAVE BEEN THE' SOUTH FILTERED WASTE TANK.6 ,

ANALYSIS OF OCCURRENCE =THE RMC TECHNICIAN WHEN TRANSPOSING THE.

DATA TO BATCH CARD 74=073=L WROTE DOWN THE WRONG TANK !DENTIFICATION. (D HE WROTE DOWN THE NORTH FILTERED WASTE TANK =T63A=1NSTEAD OF THE SOUTH FILTERED' WASTE TANK T63B. THE SOUTH TANK LEVEL WAS AT 92 PERCENT. THE NORTH TANK LEVEL WAS AT 81 PERCENT OPERATING PROCEDURE gb B 17.3.4 SHOULD HAVE NOTED THIS DIFFERENCE. RHC PROCEDURE FOR A PART 1.2 WAS ALSO VIOLATED. THE CAUSE FOR THE WRONG TANK BEING RELEASED WAS TRANSPOSING THE DATE. NO SAFETY LIMITS WERE V!0 LATED Gb AS NEITHER THE MON! TOR USED FOR RELEASE R1A 1049 NOR THE FINAL ^

CIRCULATING WATER MONITOR ALARHED DURING THE RELEASE. THE R1A 1049 ALARM WAS SET BASED ON THE SOUTH FILTERED WASTE TANK ANALYSIS. gg A SAMPLE OF THE WATER REMAINING IN THE NORTH TANK WAS" ANALYZED,

, FOR ACTIVIITY AND A COMPARISON MADE TO THE SOUTH TANK ANALYSIS.

NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES WERE FOUND. THE TOTAL ACTIVITY RELEASED , (D WAS DETERMINED AND ACCOUNTED FOR. BASED ON THE REMAINING WATER SAMPLE.

THE TOTAL RELEASE AMOUNTED TO 12.065 MILLICURIES CORRECTIVE ACTIONa 9

A REVIEW OF RMC PROCEDURES WAS HELD WITH THE RMC TECHNICIAN $1NCE THE PRIMARY CSUSE WAS IN HIS TRANSPOSING THE . WRONG TANK NUMBER FROM THE ANALYSIS SHEETS TO THE RELEASE FORM, ()

l A REVIEW OF THE INCIDENT WILL BE CONDUCTED WITH THE OPERATORS INVOLVED ,

CARBON COPIES R B SEWELL dp R J COOK B 82g42 g26 COMPLIANCE REGION 3 AEC S PDR l AND FILE A074-28 .

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RO Files C. Incident Notification From: Consumers Fower Co., Docket No. 50-255.

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