ML20094P047

Proposed TS Change Request 53,Rev 3 to License DPR-4, Removing Reactor Support Bldgs/Structures from TSs

ML20094P047
Person / Time
Site:	Saxton File:GPU Nuclear icon.png
Issue date:	04/02/1992
From:	SAXTON NUCLEAR EXPERIMENTAL CORP.
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Shared Package
ML20094N988	List: ML20094N985 ML20094P030 ML20094P047
References
NUDOCS 9204070175
Download: ML20094P047 (8)

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A. SITE

1. Location The Saxton site is a 1.148 acre tract of land which was deeded from the Pennsylvania Electric Company to the Saxton Nuclear Experimental Corporat ion and is located within the propert y of t he Pennsylvania Electric Company near t he liorough of Saxt on, Pennsylvania, in Liberty Township, Bedf ord County, Pennsylvania.

The Pennsylvania Elect ric company property consists of approximately 150 acres aleng the Raystown Branch of t he Juniata River.

2 Exclusion Areas (Fleure 11 i The exclusion area shall consist of:

An area wJthin *.he Saxton Nuclear Ex p rimental Corporation property which is enclosed within a fence and contains the Containment Vessel.

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3. Principal Act ivit ios The principal activities carried on within the Pennsylvania Electric Company property are the headquarters for personnel associated with maint aining electric power dist ribution equipment i and the transmission of electric power by the Pennsylvania Electric Company. The only activity carried on within the Exclusion Area shall be routine and emergency inspections and maintenance associated with the possession of the Saxton Reactor Facility.

B. ADMIN ISTRATIVE AND PROCEDliRAL S AFEGl' ARDS

1. Administrative Ornanizations l l

The General Manager of the Saxton Nuclear Experiment al Corporat ion (SNEC) shall have the responsibility for administ rat ion of all  !

SSEC functions and for assuring that the requirements of License  !

No. DPR-4 and t hese Technical Speci ficat ions are implemented. l l

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2. Cont rols

a. Except for authorized entry, the gate to the Exclusion Area surrounding t he Containment Vessel shall be maintained locked, the Containment Vessel access door t. hall be maint ained locked and shall be equipped with an inttusion alatm, the grating .

cover over the Auxillary Compartment stairwell in the Containment Vessel shall be maintained locked, and the Rod Room door shalI be maint ained locked,

b. Employees of the Pennsylvania Electric Company's Line Department headquartered on the Penelee property shall report to the SNEC General Manager or his designat ed r ept esent at Ive any observed indication of change in the facility status as shown by smoke, fire, to rn a d o , flood, or attempted break-in and take any immediate action authorized.

3. R e c o r d,s, In addition to the records required by applicable NRC regulations, i

, including Section 20.401 of 10 CFR Part 20, SNEC shall keep the following:

a. Records of inspection of the deconnissioned facility including the result s of surveys of radioact!vit y levels and i.s-f ound and as-left condit lons of tha facility.

b. Records of entries into the Containment Vessel and reason for i entry.

c. Dates of quarterly inspections and evaluat ion of t he results,

d. Records showing radioactivity released or discharged into the air or water beyond the effective control of SNEC as measured at or prior t o t he point of such release or dlu harge.

e. Records of design changes and maintenance netessary to maintain the decommi ss ioned f aci li t.y as desc ribed in t he Saxton Deconnissioning Plan and Saf et y Analysis heport as revised by SNEC let.ter dated May 31, 1974 4, Porlodic I n s t.ec t i on e,

a. A definite inspection schedule shall be est ablished for the facility that will be periorned by personnel knowl.edgeable la l

nuclear radiation manitoring and the radiological hazards l associated with the facility. Inspections will be conducted

(- concurrent ly with radiat ion monitoring. The frequenr.y of l these inspections shall be no less than quart erly. The

! records of t hese inspections shall be maintained on file.

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b. The Health Ihysics luspection shall include a survey of

, radiation levels and sur f ace et Tt aminat ton in the Containment

! Vcssel. The filt er on t he vent ilation " breather" pipe from the containment Vessel shall also be changed and count e -' for act ivit y an a measure of the act ivit y available for telease The Cont a lunient Vessel shall be itepected at the lowest level for water. If water is found, a sample shalI be taken and analyzed for the isotepic concentration of all significant radionuclides and shall as a mi n bnum include ganuna specttal analysis.

c. All required maintenance work shall be performed under Health fhysics centrol to minimize any passible iadiation exposure involved. If (ntry into the cont rolled area of the -_

centainment si,uuld be necessary, radiat ion levels, and a i r bo rno activity surveys shall be obtained priot to brginning work. All work shall be pet tormed under cont rols consistent wit h 10 CFR Part 20 requirements to minimlu the radiation exposure of personnel and t o prevent the release of Iadioacttvity to the envi rotunent .

d. All radiation surveys, tests, count ing wor k , and radiat ion exposure control measures shall be performed in accerdance with writ t en inst t uc t iona and procedures t hat c on f orni wi t h t he requiremente of the "Saxton Nuc lear Facility Radiat ion Protection Plan " F a c .i ! i t 3 luspections, access centrol, and emergency actions shall be in accordance with written proceduct s.

5 Roport c In addition to those reports required by applitable NRC ,,,

regulations, SNEL shall submit the following:

a. A report of any occurrence of a possible unsafe condition relating to the f acilit y or to 'he public. For each occurrence, SNEC shall promptly, within 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> of discovery, notify by telephone or telegraph the Administrator of Region 1, or designee, and the NRC operations Center, and shall submit a written follow-up re port to the Document Cont rol Desk and t he Administ rator of Region 1 wit hin 15 days, which describes the circumstances and t.he corrective act ion t aken.

Thest reports shal1 int lude.

(1) Any un;>lanned or uncont r olled t elease of radioactive mat e rial from the f acilit y.

(2) Cond i t i arising f rom nat ural or man-made events that affett the i n t e g r i t i, of the Cont ait:mont Vessel.

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b. An annual report shall be submitted to the Document control Desk and the Administrator of Region 1, within 6 months after 2

the end of the calendar year, of the st atus of t he deact ivated facility including:

(1) Information relating to changes in those stalf positions that are designated as_being responsible for the deactivated facility, l 1

1 (2) A summary of entries into the Containment Vessel and I reasons Ior ent ry. l l

j- (3) A summary of maintenance and_ design chuges made to t he '

deactivated facility.

(4)- Result s of surveys of radioact ivity levels and of water sample analyses.

(S) A review of the performance of access control and surveillance measures.

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REQUEST-FOR ADDITIONAL INFORKATION SAXTON NUCLEAR EXPERIMENTAL CORPORATION DOCKET NO. 50-146 Ouestion No.__l:

Please amend Technical Specification (TS) B.S.a. to include a copy of the written follow up report to the Administrator of Region I in addition to the Document Control Desk.

Response No. 1:

TS D.5.a. has been revised to include a written follow up report to the Administrator nf Region I in addition to the Document Control Desk.

Question No. 2:

Please amend TS B.5.b. to replace the Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation with the Document Control Desk and a copy to the Administrator of Region I.

Response No. 2:

TS B.5.b. has been revised to replace the Director, Division of Reactor Licensing with the Document Control Desk and Administrator of Region 1. This

change also addresses the initially proposed Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

Ouestion No. 3:

i In TS B.2.b. you have removed fire from the list of indicators of change of l facility status that require immediate action. This change was not discussed l in your submittal. Please explain and justify this change.

l Response No. 3:

TS B.2.b. has been revised to include the term " fire" in the referenced list of indicators that require immediate action.

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Ques t inn No. 4:

In-TS A.3 you replaced the words "shall be" with "are" in relation to activities carried on within the Exclusion Area. The words "shall be" indicate a requirement when used in TS. This change was not discussed in your submittal. Please justify this change, please note that as the TS is currently written, it may be Interpreted that charterization of radioactive material in the Exclusion Area is not routine and emergency inspectlens and uaintenance.

F e 911on s e N o . 4:

The words "shall ??" were replaced with the word "are" to indicate the activities that are currently being carried on within the exclusion area. l However, since the term "shall be" is more readily understood, we have tevised j TS A,3 to incorporate "shall be" in place of "are," with respect to activities carried on within the exclusion area.

puestion No. 5:

Your response to our questicn 9 provided cont amination level limits for release of debris from the site. Article 7 of the SNEC Radiation Protection Plan provides limit s for unrestricted release of materials and equipment whicJ differs f rom your answer for ques t ion 9. Please explain this difference and correct as necessary, R.3nonso f No. 5:

Article 7 of the SNEC Radiat.icn Protection Plan provides cont aminat ion limits for unrestricted telease of materials and equipment as described in NRC IE informat.lon Notices 81-07 and 85-92 and surf ace contaminat ion limit s for unrestricted release of structures based on Regulatory Guide 1,86.

Our response to your. question 9 concerning the release or debris from the site should be consistent with the release c~1teria stated in the SNEC Radiatton Protection Plan for unrest ricted release of materials and equipment. Our response to_ question _9 should reflect an alpha release limit of "<300 dpm/100 cm' for total (fixed and smearable) alpha contaminatlon."

The surf ace contaminat ion limit for unrestricted release of materials and equipment are as foilowst

<100 cpm above background for total (fixed and smearable) beta-gamma contamination as measured with a panceko G-M detector (equivalent to <5000 dpm/100 cm' total beta gamma); and, 2

<300 dpm/100 cm for total (fixed and smeurable) alpha contaminatlon; and, r

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