05000387/FIN-2012002-05
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| Title | Failure to Follow Radiation Protection Procedures |
| Description | The inspectors identified a Green NCV of TS 5.4.1.a, which requires that written procedures be implemented covering the activities in the applicable procedures recommended by Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.33, including procedures for RWPs. On December 5, 2011, a work crew identified that dose rates exceeded the Alert levels specified on their RWPs used to transfer an 1100 Curie Cesium 137 source from a shipping cask to a calibration irradiator. Procedure NDAP-QA-0626, Radiological Controlled Area (RCA) Access and RWP System, Appendix X, provides specific actions that the radiation protection technician providing job coverage must take when Alert levels are exceeded. All of the actions were not completed prior to restarting the work on December 5, 2011. Specifically, higher levels of supervision were not notified, the RWP was not changed, and no additional actions or precautions were documented in the RWP remarks log as required by NDAP-QA-0626, Appendix X. PPL subsequently entered the issue into their CAP as CR 1521467. The finding is more than minor because it is associated with the Radiation Safety - Occupational Radiation Safety cornerstone attribute of program and process and affected the cornerstone objective of protecting worker health and safety from exposure to radiation. Specifically, PPL did not take the appropriate actions defined in the procedure to evaluate actions to prevent recurrence prior to restarting work when RWP alert levels had been exceeded. Using the IMC 0609, Appendix C, Occupational Radiation Safety SDP, the inspector determined that the finding was of very low safety significance (Green) because it did not involve: (1) an as low as is reasonably achievable (ALARA) planning and controls deficiency, (2) an overexposure, (3) a substantial potential for overexposure, or (4) an impaired ability to assess dose. This finding was caused by inadequate procedure compliance. Consequently, the cause of this deficiency had a cross-cutting aspect in the area of Human Performance. Specifically, PPL did not follow procedures. |
| Site: | Susquehanna  |
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| Report | IR 05000387/2012002 Section 4OA2 |
| Date counted | Mar 31, 2012 (2012Q1) |
| Type: | NCV: Green |
| cornerstone | Or Safety |
| Identified by: | NRC identified |
| Inspection Procedure: | IP 71152 |
| Inspectors (proximate) | A Bolger J Greives P Finney P Krohn R Rolph T O'Hara |
| CCA | H.8, Procedure Adherence |
| INPO aspect | WP.4 |
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