ML17251A821
| ML17251A821 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Ginna  |
| Issue date: | 10/08/1986 |
| From: | KOBER R W ROCHESTER GAS & ELECTRIC CORP. |
| To: | MURLEY T E NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8610210084 | |
| Download: ML17251A821 (10) | |
See also: IR 05000244/1986015
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GASANDELECTRICCORPORATION
~89EASTAVENUE,ROCHESTER,
N.Y.14649-0001
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A~cicoocv<e5462700October8,1986Dr.ThomasE.Murley,RegionalAdministrator
U.S.NuclearRegulatory
Commission
RegionI631ParkAvenueKingofPrussia,Pennsylvania
19406Subject:I&EInspection
ReportNo.86-15NoticeofViolations
R.E.GinnaNuclearPowerPlantDocketNo.50-244DearDr.Murley:Inspection
Report86-15,whichcoveredradioactive
wasteshipments
fromGinnastatedinpart:"Asaresultoftheinspection
conducted
onAugust11-15,1986,andinaccordance
withtheNRCEnforcement
Policy(10CFR2,AppendixC),thefollowing
violations
wereidentified:
A.B.10CFR20.311(b),
"Transfer
forDisposalandManifests",
requires,
inpart,thatthemanifestaccompanying
radio-activewasteshipments
indicateascompletely
aspracticable
theradionuclide
identityandquantity,
andthetotal.radioactivity
oftheshipment.
49CFR172.203(d),
"Additional
Description
Requirements",
alsorequiresthatthenameofeachradionuclide
intheradioactive
materialmustbeincludedontheshippingpapers."Contrarytotheabove,duringtheperiodJanuary,1983-June,
1985,thelicenseefailedtoidentifytheradionuclide
Iron-55,itsactivity,
andbytheomissionofIron-55,thetotalradioactivity
onthemanifests
fortheradioactive
wasteshipments
madeduringthestatedperiod.Technical Specification 6.8,"Procedures,"
requiresthatprocedures
beestablished,
implemented,
andmaintain-
ed.Procedure
No.A-1001,"Inspection
andSurveillance
Activities,"developed
pursuanttotheabove,requires,
in
~k~lei/t
Page2of5part,thatqualityrequirements
obtainedfromregulatory
requirements
shallbeincludedinQualityControlInspection
procedures.
TransferforDisposalandMani-fests,"requiresthelicenseetoconductaqualitycontrolprogramtoassurecompliance
with10CFR61.56,"WasteCharacteristics."
Contrarytotheabove,theregulatory
requirements
requiredby10CFR61.56arenotincludedinanyQualityControlInspection
procedures.
AQualityControlInspection
procedure
hasnotbeendeveloped,
andimplemented,
forthedewatering
processtoassurecompliance
with10CFR61.56."RG&E'sresponsetothesefindingsispresented
below.RG&EagreeswithfindingAasstatedinthatwedidnotincludeIron-55onourshippingmanifests.
Inearly1985,webecameawarethatIron-55wasbeingdiscovered
inwasteshipments
fromotherutilities.
Aninvestigation
ofouranalytical
resultsfromoureffluentmonitoring
programalongwithconfirming
analysisfromScienceApplications
Inc.(SAI),whoperformed
theanalysisrequiredby10CFR61for,Ginna,indicated
Iron-55wasindeedpresentinnp'to~7-8.inourwastestreams.Fromthatpointintime,webeganincluding
thisisotopeonourshippingmanifests.
"TheLowLevelWasteLicensing
BranchTechnical
PositiononRadioactive
WasteClassification"
issuedonMayll,1983,statesthatfor10CFR20.311requirements,
significant
quanti-tiesisdefinedasgreaterthan7uCi/cc.TheIron-55wasonly5.8uCi/ccfortheshimentinuestionandinanyofourshipments
since1985,wehavenotexceededtsvalue.Adefinition
of49CFR172.203wasprovidedtousbytheinspector
duringinspection
86-15intheformofaletterfromThomasJ.Charlton,
Chief,Standards
Division,
OfficeofHazardous
Materials
Regulation,
Materials
Transportation
BureauoftheU.S.Dept.ofTransportation,
toMr.PeterT.TuiteofWasteManagement
GroupInc..Thisclarification
definesthecutoffpointforlistingradionuclides
ontheshippingmanifestandindicates
"anyradionuclide
whoseactivitycomprises
lessthan14ofthetotalactivitywithinthepackagemaybeomitted"fromtheshippingmanifest.
SinceJuly,1985,.wehavebeenincompliance
withthisinterpretation.
SAIwhoperformsbothourwastestreamandenvironmental
analysishasconfirmed
ourcompliance
withthisposition.
1
EPage3of5RG6Ebelievesthatanoticeofviolation
shouldnotbeissuedfortheinspection
reportfindingbecauseoftheNRCpolicytoencourage
andsupportlicenseeinitiatives
forself-identification
andcorrection
ofproblems.
10CFR2,AppendixCnotesthatNRCgenerally
willnotissueanoticeofviolation
forafindingthatmeetsallofthefollowing
tests:(1)"Itwasidentified
bythelicensee".
Weidentified
themanifestomissioninJuly,1985.(2)"ItfitsseveritylevelIVorV".Inyourreport,youhaveidentified
thisasalevelIVviolation.
(3)"Itwasreportedifrequired".
Wedonotbelievethiswasreportable
sincethewasteclassification
wouldnotchangebecausetheotherisotopeswhicharefoundinourwastestreamhavemuchgreaterbiological
significance
andtherefore
determine
theclassification.
Infact,10CFR61doesnotrequireanalysisforIron-55,sinceitwasdeemedtobeoflesssignificant
concerntothepublic.(4)"Itwasorwillbecorrected,
including
measurestopreventrecurrence
withinareasonable
time".Thiswascorrected
inmid-1985andweperiodically
checkwiththecontractor
performing
ourwastestreamanalysistoensuretherearenootherisotopeswhichwouldexceed1%ofthetotalactivityandthusneedtobeincorporated
ontheshippingmanifest.
(5)"Itwasnotaviolation
thatcouldreasonably
beexpectedtohavebeenprevented
bythelicensee'correct'ive
actionforapreviousviolation".
Therewasnopreviousviolation
whichwouldhaveledustocorrectthisdeficiency
sooner.Ifthenoticeofviolation
doesstand,itwouldseemthatthecriteriastatedin10CFRPart2,Supplement
V,wouldplacethisviolation
theseveritylevelVratherthanIV.Forthistobeconsidered
alevelIVviolation,
oneofthefollowing
criteriawouldhavetobemet:2~"Packageselection
orpreparation
requirements
whichdonotresultinapackageintegrity
orsurfacecontamination
orexternalradiation
levelsinexcessofNRCrequirements.
Otherviolations
thathavemorethanminorsafetyorenvironmental
significance."
Criteria(1)obviously
doesnotapply.Criteria(2)alsodoesnotseemtoapply.Fortheretohavebeenanysafety
Page4of5significance,
thisincidentwouldhavetoleadtoimpropercategorizing
orlabeling.
Thiswasnotthecase.Iron-55hasbeenidentified
bytheNRCin10CFR61tobeaninsignificant
environmental
concern,sinceitisnotarequiredanalysisisotope.Iron-55presentsasignificantly
smallerradiotoxicity
problemthanCo-60,makingitaminorenvironmental
problem.Therefore,
whileIron-55wasnotlisteduntilmid-1985aspartoftheisotopiclibrary,wefeelthatthisdidnotpresentasignificant
problemandshouldbenomorethanaseveritylevelVviolation
orthefindingshouldbenotedonlyasainspector
followitem.RG&EdoesnotagreethatfindingBisvalidforthefollowing
reasons:2~QualityControlpersonnel
involvedinradioactive
wasteshipments
arequalified
toperformQCactivities
bythecompletion
ofthesametrainingcoursesprovidedtotheHealthPhysicspersonnel,
responsible
fortheactualshipment.
QCInspectors
arefamiliarwithallrequirements
forshippingradioactive
waste.ANSIN-18.7,indicates
thatprocedures
shouldbewritteninamannercommensurate
withthequalifications
ofthe.personnel
performing
theprocedure.
Theprocedures
usedtoperformthesetasksprovideadequateguidanceforqualified
personnel
toperformthesetaskscompetently.
Thereferenced
QualityControlInspection
Procedure
intheinspection
reportwasQCIP-21.2,
ShippingPackageHN-100Series2)2Ag3gand3AInspection
forShipmentg.ThisQCIPisusedtoverifyproperhandlingofthecaskduringtheloadingandunloading
ofthecaskfromthetransport
truck.Radioactive
Discharge
procedure
RD-10.12,
Handling,
LoadingandUnloading
oftheHittmanNuclearHN~OTransport
CaskSeries3,istheprocedure
usedtocontroltheactualloadingofthecaskwithradioactive
waste.Thequalitycontrolinvolvement
intheimplementation
ofthisprocedure
isvia"surveillance"
oftheprocedure
andprocesses.
Procedure
RD-10.12requiresnotification
ofQCforassignment
ofinspection
personnel
priortostartingthejobaswellasQCattendance
atameetingpriortostartingthejobandaverification
byQCofaproperCertificate
ofCompliance
forthecasktobeusedpriortostartingthejob.Theprocedure
alsorequiresaQCreviewatthecompletion
ofthejob.Basedontheseitems,QCisinvolvedandperformssurveillance
fromthebeginning
totheendofthejob.WefeelthisisadequateQCinvolvement
intheimplementation
ofRD-10.12andnochangestoQCIP-21.2
oranyotherQCIPassociated
withradioactive
3~Page5of5wasteshipments
iswarranted.
WhileitistruethatGinnaAdministrative
Procedure
A-1001,"Inspection
andSurveillance
Activities"
requiresinpartthatqualityrequirements
obtainedfromregulatory
requirements
shallbeincludedinQualityControlInspection
Procedures,
(QCIP'),italsostatesthatthesequalityrequirements
areobtainedfromprocedures,
drawings,
specifications,
codesandstandards.
Animportant
processinpreparing
radioactive
wasteshipments
isdewatering
theshippingcontainer.
TheHittmanCaskprocedure
~HN-100Series3whichwasusedfortheshipmentinspected,
assuresadequatefinaldewatering
byrunningthedewatering
pumpfora1hourtimeperiod.TheHittmanprocessofusingthe"runtime"ofapumpasthemethodforremovingwaterwasselectedbasedonaseriesofqualification
testsrunbyHittman.Asstatedabove,sinceQCsurveil-lanceisusedtoverify-properimplementation
oftheRDprocedure,
QCSurveillance
Report85-0577waswrittenwhichindicated
andverifiedthatthepumpwasrunforl-l/2hoursduringthefinaldewatering
process.Insummary,RG&Edoesnotfeeltheviolation
isjustified
andrequeststhattheviolation
beremovedfromtherecord.Vtrulyyours,RoerW.KoberSubscribed
andsworntomeonthis8thdaofctoer,1986.LYNNLHAUCKNotaryPuQcintheStstrroINeerYoritMONROECOUNIYComission
ExpiresNov.30,19'