05000458/FIN-2008003-06
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Title | Licensee-Identified Violation |
Description | Technical Specification 5.4.1 requires, in part, procedures in accordance with Regulatory Guide 1.33, Revision 2, Appendix A. Section 7(e) of the appendix includes procedures for contamination control and monitoring personnel exposures. Procedure EN-RP-100, Radworker Expectations, Revision 1, Section 5.6 (h), requires, in part, all tasks in radiologically controlled areas be completed with ALARA concepts in mind and that unintended exposure is not acceptable. Contrary to the procedure requirement, on February 9, 2008, a Westinghouse chemist used excessive force to remove highly contaminated samples from a holder (banging the sample holder on a work surface) that resulted in him becoming externally and internally contaminated. Using excessive force to remove highly contaminated samples, which could contaminate the worker and the work area, was not keeping with ALARA principles. After the chemist forcibly removed the samples, the attending radiation protection technician stopped the work activity and had the individual process out of the radiologically controlled area. The individual was assigned an internal dose of 63.9 millirem. The individual received personnel discipline. This event was not initially captured in the licensee CAP and is documented in Section 4OA2 of this report. 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 |
Site: | River Bend |
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Report | IR 05000458/2008003 Section 4OA7 |
Date counted | Jun 30, 2008 (2008Q2) |
Type: | NCV: Green |
cornerstone | Mitigating Systems |
Identified by: | Licensee-identified |
Inspection Procedure: | |
Inspectors (proximate) | P Goldberg B Baca P Elkmann G Miller B Tindell G Larkin C Norton |
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Finding - River Bend - IR 05000458/2008003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Finding List (River Bend) @ 2008Q2
Self-Identified List (River Bend)
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