ML20211Q227

Advises That Operational Safety Assessment Scheduled for Wk of 860818.Requests Existing Procedures Covering Employee Training,Waste Mgt & Equipment Maint by 860804

ML20211Q227
Person / Time
Site:	07001100
Issue date:	07/17/1986
From:	Martin T NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:	Lichtenberger ABB COMBUSTION ENGINEERING NUCLEAR FUEL (FORMERLY
References
NUDOCS 8607240270
Download: ML20211Q227 (2)

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JUL 171986 Combustion Engineering, Inc.

ATTN: Mr. H. V. Lichtenbarger Vice President - Nuclear Fuel Nuclear Power Systems - Manufacturing P. O. Box 500 Windsor, Connecticut 06095

Gentlemen

SUBJECT:

OPERATIONAL SAFETY ASSESSMENT 4

As a result of the accident involving the release of uranium hexafluoride from Kerr-McGee's Sequoyah Fuels Facility in Gore, Oklahoma, on January 4,1986, the NRC has decided to conduct an operational safety assessment at each major fuel cycle facility. The assessment of your Windsor facility will be conducted by a team of about five inspectors from the NRC Region I Office. This assess-ment has been scheduled for the week of August 18, 1986. The team leader, Mr.

Jerry Roth, will contact your office at a later date to arrange a time for the entrance L.iefing.

During the assessment, the team will examine existing operational conditions at your facility to identify potential safety hazards that, when combined with site operations, could impact public health and safety. The team will also examine whether there are systems and procedures in place to identify the use l

and handling of hazardous materials which could result in radiological safety consequences, and will determine whether these are adequately implemented.

The areas to be covered include personnel training, waste management, and operations, including procedure control, equipment maintenance, non-radioactive chemical control, fire protection and radiological contingency planning.

i As a result of the assessment, the NRC will determine if additional measures are necessary to address safety problems identified during the review. The assessment is not an inspection; it is intended to provide feedback to both the NRC and the licensee. However, if a violation of an NRC requirement is identified during the assessment, it will be cited. Records of reviews and audits conducted by your personnel, maintenance, training, and contingency plan drills should be made available for review by the assessment team while at your facility.

In order to facilitate the assessment at your facility, please provide to this I office by August 4,1986, a copy of your existing procedures which cover employee training, waste management, equipment maintenance, nonradioactive chemical control, fire protection, operational safety and contingency planning.

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The response requested by this letter is not subject to the clearance proce-dures of the Office of Management and Budget as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, PL 96-511.

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I Combustion Engineering, Inc. 2 If you have any questions concerning the assessment, please contact me at (215)337-5280 or Mr. Roth at (215) 337-5205.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Sincerely, c' ' rinni. :n- ~. c. nf t

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Thomas T. Martin, Director Division of Radiation Safety and Safeguards cc:

Public Document Room (PDR)

Local Public Document Room (LPDR)

Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC)

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Region I Docket Room (w/ concurrences)

J. Roth, DRSS R. Bellamy, DRSS R. Keimig, DRSS N. Ketzlach, NMSS N. Blumberg, DRS J. McFadden, DRSS C. Gordon, DRSS A. Krasopoulos, DRS E. Wurtz, DRSS L. Friedran, DRSS RI S RI. RSS SS I:DRSS Ro K g J oyner Martin 7/ 86 7/ 0/86 7/fo/86 7/p/86 0FFICIAL RECORD COPY t