ML20085F427

Telecopy AO AO-75-5:on 750401,unsampled Liquid Waste Tank of Laundry Waste Released.Caused by Two Tank Analyses on Same Tank.Tank Release Stopped & Analysis of Tank Contents Made. Tank Released on 750403

ML20085F427
Person / Time
Site:	Palisades
Issue date:	04/07/1975
From:	De Witt R CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.)
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
Shared Package
ML20085F425	List: ML20085F420 ML20085F427
References
AO-75-5, NUDOCS 8308220085
Download: ML20085F427 (3)

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799 ROOSEVELT RD gg qng GLEN ELLYN, ILCrOlO SUFJECT: ABNORMAL OCCURRENCE 75-5 VERIFICATION OF PHONE CONVERSATION WITH MR K BAKER ON 4/2/75 AT 1540 REPORTED BY VERN SHOCKLEY.

RI? ORT 5 R.EPORT DATE - APRIL 2, 1975 0;CURRENCE DATE - APRIL 1, 1975 SF-1201 (R5 O FACILITY - PALISADES PLANT # 0 ,? f f

'DENTIFICATION OF OCCURRENCE - RELEASE OF UNSAMPLED LIQUID WASTE

'ANK - LAUNDRY WASTE -- 10 PERCENT OF T-65 SOUTH -

-S$ DESCRIPTION OF OCCURRENCE-G91 88 Ng ON APRIL 1,1975 AT 1726, AN OPERATOR STARTED THE RELEASE OF THE

$x SOUTH FILTERED WASTE MONITOR TANK WHICH WAS FULL OF LAUNDRY WASTE AS AUTHORIZED BY BATCH CARD ANALYSIS 75-015-L. AS HE WAS FILLING

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OUT THE BATCH CARD HE NOTICED A SIX PERCENT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE -

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l ANALYSIS OF GCCURRENCE-THIS RELEASE - 18 PERCENT FROM FILTEHED WASTE MohlTOR TANK SOUTH -

RESULATED FROM THE RADIOLOGICAL MATERIALIPANTROL - HMS- GROUP HAVING TWO TANK AN ALYSES ON THE SAME TANK. THE FIRST ANALYSIS WAS MADE ON 3/23/75 AT 1030. THE LAB REPORTED NOT HAVING RECEIVED THE REQUEST FOR A SAMPLE AND ASKED FOR A NEW SAMPLE ANALYSIS REQUEST. ON 3/26/75 AT 2327 A SECOND SAMPLE AND ANALYSIS WAS MADE. THE FIRST ANALYSIS WAS GIVEN TO RMC AND BATCH RELEASE 75-917-L MASA UT. THE TANK WAS RELEASED ON 3/27/75 AT 0050. ON 3/29/75 THE SEC8HD ANALYSIS SF-1201 (AH9)

WAS GIVEN TO RMS AND SINCE THE TANK WAS FULL A BATCH RELEASE 75-019-L WAS MADE OUT.

l A SAMPLE ANALYSIS WAS MADE ON THE 72 PERCENT REMAINING IN THE TANK.

THE ANALYSIS SHOWED THAT THE TANK COULD BE RELEASED AT A RATE OF 1919 GPM.

THE le PERCENT WAS RELEASED AT A RATE OF 32 GPM. THIS WAS A FACTOR OF APPRSXIMATELY 60 BELOW THE ALL8WED RELEASE RATE. THE RE-LEASE PROCESS MONITOR WAS ALSO SET CONSERVATIVELY. NO LIMITS OF TITLE 10 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS SECTION 20 LIMITS WERE VIOLATED.

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