05000266/FIN-2008005-05
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Title | Failure to Establish Procedures to Implement the Effluent Control Program as Provided in the ODCM |
Description | The inspectors identified a finding of very low safety significance and an associated NCV of TS 5.4.1 for the failure to establish written procedures to implement the radioactive effluent control program as provided in the Offsite Dose Calculation Manual to ensure effluent sample analyses satisfied required detection criteria. Specifically, no process was established to ensure that effluent analysis capabilities for chemistry analytical equipment were periodically demonstrated to meet required lower levels of detection (LLDs). As corrective actions, the licensee subsequently performed LLD determinations for its analytical equipment (gamma spectroscopy system) and developed procedures to ensure LLDs were periodically verified consistent with industry standards. The finding was determined to be more than minor because it affected the program and process attribute of the Public Radiation Safety Cornerstone and affected the cornerstone objective of ensuring adequate protection of public health and safety from exposure to radioactive material released into the public domain. Specifically, given the instability in the licensees gamma spectroscopy system since 2007, as evidenced by repetitive performance check failures, the ability of the equipment to achieve required LLDs could have been impacted or necessitated changes in analysis parameters (such as count times) resulting in non-conservative effluent quantification. The inspectors determined that the finding was of very low safety significance (Green) because it did not represent a substantial failure to implement the effluent release program or result in public dose that exceeded specified criterion. The inspectors also determined that the finding has a cross-cutting aspect in the area of human performance, resources component, in that the licensee failed to develop procedures to fully implement its effluent program as provided in the Offsite Dose Calculation Manual (ODCM) H.2(c).(Section 2PS1.2 |
Site: | Point Beach |
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Report | IR 05000266/2008005 Section 2PS1 |
Date counted | Dec 31, 2008 (2008Q4) |
Type: | NCV: Green |
cornerstone | Pr Safety |
Identified by: | NRC identified |
Inspection Procedure: | IP 71122.01 |
Inspectors (proximate) | D Mcneil R Jickling R Ruiz R Winter C Acosta J Jandovitz J Jacobson W Slawinski M Phalen M Kunowski P Higgins R Krsek V Meghani D Betancourt K Barclay D Dodson E Sanchez-Santiago |
CCA | H.7, Documentation |
INPO aspect | WP.3 |
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