05000458/FIN-2008003-03
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| Title | Failure to Follow a Radiation Protection Procedure |
| Description | The inspector reviewed a self-revealing noncited violation of Technical Specification 5.4.1 which resulted from workers failing to follow a radiation protection procedure. On January 13, 2008, three workers attempted to exit the radiologically controlled area and alarmed the personnel contamination monitors. The workers were removing tubes from the Water Box B. The licensee determined radiation protection staff did not follow the radiation work permit planning procedure to use representative radiological surveys for the work performed. The radiation work permit planning did not include previous water box internal and other related surveys which would correspond to the removal of the water box tubes. The licensees investigation found that the contamination levels on the tubes were as high as 150,000 disintegrations per minute per 100 cm2. The licensee revised the radiation work permit to include the actual working conditions and appropriate personnel protective equipment. Workers failing to follow a radiation protection procedure is a performance deficiency. The finding is greater than minor because, if left uncorrected, the deficiency would become a more radiologically significant safety concern resulting in additional workers unplanned, unintended dose as work continued to be performed under an inadequate radiation work permit. Since this issue involved workers unplanned and unintended dose, the Occupational Radiation Safety Significance Determination Process was used to determine the safety significance. The inspector determined the finding had very low safety significance because: (1) it was not an ALARA finding, (2) there was no overexposure, (3) there was no substantial potential for an overexposure, and (4) the ability to assess dose was not compromised. Additionally, the finding had a crosscutting aspect in the area of human performance, work control, because the radiation protection staff did not plan work activities consistent with radiological safety by incorporating risk insights and job site conditions of the actual work to be performed during the radiation work permit planning [.3(a)] (Section 2OS1) |
| Site: | River Bend  |
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| Report | IR 05000458/2008003 Section 2OS1 |
| Date counted | Jun 30, 2008 (2008Q2) |
| Type: | NCV: Green |
| cornerstone | Or Safety |
| Identified by: | NRC identified |
| Inspection Procedure: | IP 71121.01 |
| Inspectors (proximate) | P Goldberg B Baca P Elkmann G Miller B Tindell G Larkin C Norton |
| CCA | H.5, Work Management |
| INPO aspect | WP.1 |
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Finding List (River Bend) @ 2008Q2
Self-Identified List (River Bend)
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