05000298/FIN-2009005-08
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| Title | Failure to Establish an Adequate Procedure to Ensure Constant Communications in a Locked High Radiation Area |
| Description | The inspectors identified a noncited violation of Technical Specifications 5.4.1 for a failure to establish a procedure with adequate provisions to control work inside a locked high radiation area. Specifically, although the licensees procedure required constant communications with workers in a locked high radiation area, the procedure had no provisions for providing a reasonable assurance that constant communications was being maintained during the duration the workers were inside the area. As a result, on October 6, 2009, the licensee lost constant communications with workers inside a locked high radiation area when the workers unknowingly bumped the cell phone and de-energized it. The licensees immediate corrective action was to lock the keyboard on the cell phones to prevent them from inadvertently being turned off. The licensee entered the finding into the corrective action program as Condition Report CR-CNS-2009-07718. The inspectors determined that the failure of licensee procedures to contain adequate provisions that work inside a locked high radiation area would be controlled through constant communications is a performance deficiency. The finding was more than minor because, if left uncorrected, the performance deficiency has the potential to lead to a more significant safety concern. Using the Occupational Radiation Safety Significance Determination Process the inspectors determined this finding had very low safety significance because the finding did not involve ALARA planning and work controls, did not result in an overexposure, did not involve a substantial potential for overexposure, and did not compromise the licensees ability to assess dose. Additionally, the finding had a crosscutting aspect in the area of human performance, resources component, because the licensee failed to ensure that equipment used to control work inside a posted locked high radiation area was adequate for environment and working conditions H.2(d) |
| Site: | Cooper  |
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| Report | IR 05000298/2009005 Section 2OS1 |
| Date counted | Dec 31, 2009 (2009Q4) |
| Type: | NCV: Green |
| cornerstone | Or Safety |
| Identified by: | NRC identified |
| Inspection Procedure: | IP 71121.01 |
| Inspectors (proximate) | N Taylor P Elkmann D Stearns V Gaddy M Chambers E Uribe M Bloodgood D Reinert N Okonkwo M Vasquez |
| CCA | H.1, Resources |
| INPO aspect | LA.1 |
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