IR 05000213/1985012

Insp Rept 50-213/85-12 on 850611-13.No Noncompliance Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Organization & Operation,Measurement & Control,Shipping & Receiving,Storage & Internal Control, Inventory,Records & Repts

ML20133D446
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Site:	Haddam Neck File:Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co icon.png
Issue date:	07/08/1985
From:	Della Ratta A, Keimig R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
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ML20133D434	List: IR 05000213/1985012 ML20133D430
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50-213-85-12, NUDOCS 8507220208
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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION I

Report N /85-12 Docket N License N DPR-61 Licensee: Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company P. O. Box 270 Hartford, Connecticut 06101 Facility Name: Haddam Neck Plant Inspection At: Berlin and Haddam Neck, Connecticut Inspection Conducted: June 11-13, 1985 Date of Last Material Control and Accounting Inspection: November 23-25, 1981 Type of Inspection: Unannounced Material Control and Accounting Inspector: *

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. R.~ Kei g, Chig f, Safeguards Section, date

/ Nuclear terials(/$afety and Safeguards Branch Inspection Summary: Material Control and Accounting Inspection on June 11-13, 1985 (Report No. 50-213/85-12)

Areas Inspected: Routine, unannounced inspection of: organization and operation; measurement and control; shipping and receiving; storage and internal control; inventory; records and reports; and management of material control system. The inspection involved 25 inspector-hours by a regional based inspecto Results: The licensee was in compliance with NRC requirements in the area's inspecte PDR ADOCK 05000213 G PDR

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DETAILS 1. Persons Contacted

• R. Graves, Plant Superintendent

• J. Ferguson, Unit Superintendent

• J. DeLawrence, Acting Engineering Supervisor

• J. Drago, Reactor Engineer

• A. Cretella, SNM Accountant

• P. Swetland, NRC Senior Resident Inspector C. Mandigo, Scientist R. Calabro, Manager, Nuclear Fuel

• present at exit interview 2. 30703 - Exit Interview The inspector met with the licensee representatives (denoted in paragraph 1)

on June 13,-1985, and summarized the scope and findings of the inspectio At no time during this inspection was written material provided to the licensee by the inspecto . 92713 - Independent Inspection Effort The inspector toured the facility to verify the licensee's possession and use of special nuclear material. The inspector also observed that visitors were being monitored with a walk-through metal and explosive detector, and a hands-on search prior to entry into the protected area and that packages were inspected using a X-ray devic . 85102 - Material Control and Accounting Organization and Operation The inspector verified through review that the license had established and maintained written procedures for nuclear material control and accounting and that written statements of responsibility and authority had been established for those positions with responsibility for special nuclear material (SNM). The procedures were included in the licensee's Administrative Control Procedure No. ACP 1.0-11, entitled Special Nuclear Material Control and Safeguard Procedure Manual, dated November 20, 1984. The licensee was in the process of revising the manual and applicable procedures to reflect current practices regarding Quality Assurance personnel being delegated the responsibility of performing the review and audit of the special nuclear material control system and the documentation requirements when verifying the fission chambers during a physical inventor >

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-3-b. Measurement and Controls The licensee had established, maintained, and was utilizing a method of computing the total element and isotopic composition of nuclear material in each fuel bundle. The computation of the total uranium / uranium-235 depletion and plutonium production was performed on an in-house, on-line process compute The licensee's computer tabulation summary of total uranium and uranium-235 depletion and plutonium production agreed with the figures reported on the DOE /NRC Form-742's submitted between October 1, 1981, and March 31, 198 c. Shipping and Receiving The inspector determined through review that the licensee had established and maintained procedures to assure that all special nuclear material shipped or received was accurately accounted fo Shipping arrangements for incoming and outgoing SNM were under the combined supervision of the Engineering Department and the Health Physics Department. Preparation and transmittal of Nuclear Material Transaction Reports (DOE /NRC Form-741) were the responsibility of the SNM Accountant, who is located at Northeast Utilities Service Corporation, Berlin, Connecticu A review was performed of all DOE /NRC Form-741 generated during the period to determine proper signature, timely dispatch, and accuracy of data. No discrepancies were note d. Storage and Internal Control The inspector determined through review that the licensee had established and was maintaining and following a system of written material control and accounting procedures which provided for knowledge of the quantity, identity, and current location of all SNM-bearing materials within the facilit The licensee had established Item Control Areas (ICA's) that included the reactor core, new fuel storage vault, spent fuel pit storage area, and other areas that were appropriate for SNM contained in other than fuel, e. Inventory The inspector performed an inventory verification on June 13, 1985, which consisted of a piece count of the assemblies in the spent fuel pool and a cross-check of the fuel location history card file to the core loading and spent fuel pool ma Fuel bundles were as follows:

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-4-Location' Bundles Reactor Core 157 Spent Fuel Pool 545 New Fuel. Storage Vault 4 Total Bundles 706 The licensee had conducted inventories as required by 10 CFR 70.51(d). - The licensee's last inventory was performed December.12, 1984. The inspector determined by a records review that after the last outage, the presence of the fuel assemblies located in the reactor core and the spent fuel pool were verified by serial number and location, utilizing underwater TV equipmen Records and Report The inspection results were attained through a review of the licensee's records and reports and source data. All Material Balance Reports (DOE /NRC Form-742) submitted by the licensee during the inspection period were reviewed as were all Nuclear Material Trans-action Reports (D0E/NRC Form-741). Total uranium and U-235 fission, transmutation and plutonium production and decay records were also reviewed. No discrepancies'were note Attached to this report as Exhibit I is a summary of the licensee's material activity for the period October 1,1981, through March 31, 198 . Management of Material Control Systems The inspector determined that the licensee had established a management system which provided for the development, revision, implementation and enforcement of nuclear material control and accounting. There was an organizational structure responsive to the nuclear material control and accounting requirements, pursuant to their license and applicable NRC regulation ?

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EXHIBIT I Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company Docket No. 50-213 License No. DPR-61 l Material Balance for Period: October 1, 1981 - March 31, 1985 l Reporting Identificatin Symbol: YEX Reporting Unit: grams  !

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Enriched Uranium Plutonium Element Isotope Element Isotope Beginning Inventory: 238,443,540 4,320,978 1,977,324 1,510,878 i (October 1, 1981)

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l Receipts: 45,160,855 1,797,667 ----0--- . ----0----

Production: -----0----- ----0---- 524,334 394,986 ;

Material to Acc't for: 283,604,395 6,118,645 2,501,658 1,905,864 Removals: f Shipments: 1,651,081 66,052 ----0---- ----0---- :

i Fission & i Transmutation: 2,426,787 1,435,940 ----0---- ----0---- .

Decay: ----0---- ----0---- 31,646 31,646 Inventory Difference: ----0---- ----0---- 1 1 Total Removals: 4,077,868 1,501,992 31,647 31,647 :

.Ending Inventory: 279,526,527 4,616,653 2,470,011 1,874,217 (March 31, 1985)

Material Ace't for: 283,604,395 6,118,645 2,501,658 1,905,864

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