05000397/FIN-2016009-04
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Title | Failure to Provide an Accurate Shipping Manifest |
Description | Green. The team identified a non-cited violation of 10 CFR 20.2006(b) for the licensees failure to ship radwaste with an accurate shipping manifest. Specifically, the licensee failed to provide the correct identification number and proper shipping name, radionuclide activity, net waste volume, surface radiation level, and waste classification. The incorrect surface radiation levels resulted in rejection of the package and the licensees immediate suspension from usage of the land disposal site at US Ecology. This issue was entered into the corrective action program as Action Requests 357593 and 359498. The licensees failure to ship radwaste intended for ultimate disposal with an accurate shipping manifest was a performance deficiency. The performance deficiency was more than minor, and therefore a finding, because it was associated with the program and process attribute of the Public Radiation Safety Cornerstone and adversely affected the cornerstone objective to ensure adequate protection of public health and safety from exposure to radioactive material released in the public domain. Specifically, inaccurate information on a shipping manifest could result in inappropriate handling of radioactive material while in the public domain. Using NRC Inspection Manual Chapter 0609, Appendix D, Public Radiation Safety Significance Determination Process, the finding was determined to be of very low safety significance (Green) because: (1) radiation limits were not exceeded, (2) there was no breach of a package during transit, (3) it did not involve a certificate of compliance issue, (4) it was not a low-level burial ground nonconformance, and (5) it did not involve a failure to make notifications or provide emergency information. The finding has a cross-cutting aspect in the area of human performance, associated with avoiding complacency, because licensee personnel failed to recognize and plan for the possibility of mistakes, latent issues, and inherent risk, even while expecting successful outcomes, by not implementing appropriate error reduction tools. Due to the lack of appropriate error prevention tools, inaccurate survey data was provided to the vendor and errors in the waste characterization and shipping manifest were not identified in a timely fashion [H.12]. |
Site: | Columbia |
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Report | IR 05000397/2016009 Section 4OA5 |
Date counted | Mar 31, 2017 (2017Q1) |
Type: | NCV: Green |
cornerstone | Pr Safety |
Identified by: | NRC identified |
Inspection Procedure: | IP 93812 |
Inspectors (proximate) | L Carson N Greene B Tharakanb Tharakanh Gepford L Carson N Greene |
Violation of: | 10 CFR 20, Standards for Protection Against Radiation |
CCA | H.12, Avoid Complacency |
INPO aspect | QA.4 |
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Finding List (Columbia) @ 2017Q1
Self-Identified List (Columbia)
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