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16. Martin, lexant 6L, ECabilit investigation Task 2 - Oigenfc
Complexa [¢, Pae if is Noi thveat Laboratory, Battelle Memo[aa'I Snst Cute,
National ntechnical Information Service, Spri.,Elold, VA, 22161 (PNL-5453)
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17. paid, P. 35.
18. Op sit, Reference 12.
19. Op Cit, Reference 1
20. Op Cit, Reference 12.
21. Up Cit, Ref.[ance 3, p. 3E.
22. Op pit, Reference 3, p. 39.
23. Op Cit, Reference 1, V . N.2, Vol. 2.
24. ME Ch apt.[ Manual Appendix 0582, Type 'A,' Type 'H' and Type 'C^
investigation [-parts as well a6 werks Technical Monthly Reports.-
25. Op Cit, Ref.r.a.a 3, P. 65.
26. Op Elf, Reference 2, P. SII-19.
27. ME Order 5820. C.ntained in tee ME Chapter Manuel.
2B. U.E. Cboe of Federal Regulations, 1D CFR 40.
29. 'Plan for the Managerent of AS.-Generated Radioactive ..at..,- U.kM
..'It WAS.-1202, a.-." 19 72.
The tablc e'. o warker '.ex posures. a :mzncul un nation, teeknil oa
..[.bla meand a cidents have Caen compliled from the 200-AIDS Fault Tree Date
BaN: - Fend NArea Waste Tank Farms - a computer listing at such ec
located at the Mpaztmant of Energy's EawannaA River Plant near Aiken Goats
Carolina. These data Mere obtained by the Environmental Polity institute
through a Freedom bf. Information Act request. This listing comprises 700
pages of computer print-... in which there are about 14,00D entries. Each
cry I. uamary of ' me pcable. wbicb tookpI- r at Us Savaru sh Rivet
P1.It bigh-level radioactive waste -Tank Farm- - wbether this be ] -
rouLin intmnes.- of an nstcumen C or a ar, se radioactive spill or n
workereexpoaure.
Theaord cmpri6rng:.the 'Fault Tree safe Us :k' 1': very unevenn both
Ia quaniCyt end quality of entries, as is disc sed. in a as fly rale ... a
study of EST's 'Tank Fam s operating history uprepared by EPI. Tae frequency
of at else increased .from about 4 per year during :1953-59.1- about 1800 per
year during 19]]-82. The variation in frequency of entries. beaza be apparent
relation to the frequency of problems. Rather the reage. of problems and mathod
If reporting a -d to A.- changed. Mile the EASE. of problems reported
on boa become such wider, the quality of the entries has non improved. In
sme cases, it has .tended to deteriorate.
The Darn Seek entries aL. divided into two chranlogieal sate, o aoh
for she P and N am... The earliest entry is dated se.embar 20; 1953, and
the latest was an November 30, 1982. We base chosen Co group fhe entries
into eleven tables based on the following problem nr
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31. WMleea. W., t f re-W Ina
General, August 27, 19.3, Available through Envu nmental Polls,
Sns[itote, 216 D. Street SE, .e.hia9ton O.C., 20803.
32. far, G.L.. Nav Crltee E. for ee spagea Bin Vaer DPET-]i-444, E.I.
Du Pont. de N and Ctf r vannah Rave[ Laboratory ..P'rt, Aiken,
E.C.r 193], P uIl.
33. Op Cit, Reference 1, E . H.36.
34. U.E. Depariaant of Ena[gy, Cenare¢¢ireal budget RegueaC, .-is Miss..
Activities, Vol. 1, WE/wa-0064/4, February 1986.
RECEIVED DOE-RL
o worker Exposures
o Envlrona!e11ta1 Wntemination
o Tank leaks and Overflows.
o Task Syet. Failures and Problems
o Ex losions: potential and Actual
• Equipment plugging
• Power Supply Failures
• Pwp failures '
. in.trbmht Problema.
• Mi.eallso.oua task.
• Misaallanecee
RECEIVED DDE-RL
SEP 16 7986
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WMDIVISION
I Makhijani, A., Alvaz8a, R.r and A. e1 acke.1der, Madly Crop In the Tank Farm:
neat of Ne management of hloh-level radio active vast¢. in the
.-Ann. River Plant TURF Farm, based Us official documents. report of GAe
Enviromental Polity Inatibute, only 1 E6, 138p,