ENS 47829

v t e ENS Event
12:00 Apr 12, 2012
Title	Internal Reporting Requirement for Criticality Safety Controls
Event Description	At approximately 8:00 am on April 12, 2012, a criticality safety engineer was notified that waste in the Dry Conversion Process (DCP) area was improperly placed into a designated storage location. Upon investigation, it was determined that waste in the designated location contained materials with a total of less than 5 kg of uranium. As a result, no unsafe condition existed. An operator placed a bag of waste adjacent to a partially filled receptacle instead of placing the bag into the receptacle. This resulted in a portion of one of the documented administrative controls for criticality safety, requiring 24 inches separation between waste storage locations, to be degraded. This event is being conservatively reported per internal procedural requirements. As an immediate corrective action, the material was removed and transferred to the waste processing area. In addition, a shop wide communication to Fuel Manufacturing Operations is underway to inform operators of the issue. Additional corrective actions and extent of condition are being evaluated. At no time was an unsafe condition present. Notifications were sent to state and local agencies and NRC Region II.

ENS 47829 +/-
Where
Global Nuclear Fuel - Americas Wilmington, North Carolina (NRC Region 2)
License number:	SNM-1097
Reporting

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Time - Person (Reporting Time:+6.5 h0.271 days <br />0.0387 weeks <br />0.0089 months <br />)
Opened:	Scott Murray 18:30 Apr 12, 2012
NRC Officer:	John Knoke
Last Updated:	Apr 12, 2012
47829 - NRC Website
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