05000387/FIN-2012003-05
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| Title | Failure to Follow Radiation Protection Procedures |
| Description | The inspectors identified an NCV of TS 5.4.1.a, Procedures, which requires that written procedures be implemented covering the activities in the applicable procedures recommended by Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.33, including procedures for the as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA) program. Specifically, the Station ALARA Committee (SAC) did not review the scaffold work prior to Refueling and Inspection Outage (RIO) 17 for Unit 1. Procedure NDAP-QA-1191, ALARA Program, Appendix A, provides specific criteria for tasks that must be reviewed by the SAC. One of these criteria is to review job specific radiation work permit (RWPs) evolutions where the initial dose estimate is greater than 5 person-rem. All of the actions were not completed prior to the start of the refueling outage. Specifically, the SAC did not review the scaffold work inside the drywell even though the dose was estimated to be 7 person-rem. The performance deficiency could lead to additional unexpected personnel exposure without additional evaluation by and approval of the SAC. PPL subsequently entered the issue into the CAP as CR 1555458. The finding is more than minor because it is associated with the Radiation Safety Occupational Radiation Safety cornerstone attribute of the program, and the process 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 the activity and challenge the actions to reduce dose for the task. Using the IMC 0609, Appendix C, Occupational Radiation Safety Significance Determination Process, the inspectors determined that the finding was of very low safety significance (Green) because even though it involved an ALARA issue, the sites three-year rolling average is less than 240 person-rem and it did not involve: (1) an overexposure, (2) a substantial potential for overexposure, or (3) an impaired ability to assess dose. This finding was caused by inadequate procedure compliance that resulted in a lack of planning and review of a risk significant task. Consequently, the cause of this deficiency had a cross-cutting aspect in the area of Work Controls. Specifically, PPL failed to appropriately plan the scaffold work activity by incorporating risk insights or radiological safety and the need for planned contingencies, compensatory actions, and abort criteria. |
| Site: | Susquehanna  |
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| Report | IR 05000387/2012003 Section 2RS2 |
| Date counted | Jun 30, 2012 (2012Q2) |
| Type: | NCV: Green |
| cornerstone | Or Safety |
| Identified by: | NRC identified |
| Inspection Procedure: | IP 71124.02 |
| Inspectors (proximate) | T Burns S Hansell P Finney R Rolph H Gray P Krohn J Greives A Bolger |
| CCA | H.5, Work Management |
| INPO aspect | WP.1 |
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