05000482/FIN-2008002-05
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Finding | |
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| Title | Failure to follow procedure |
| Description | The inspectors reviewed a self-revealing noncited violation of Technical Specification 5.4.1 for failure to follow a licensee procedure. Specifically, on March 29, 2008, one of two radiographers conducting radiography operations in the quality control vault received a dose rate alarm on their electronic dosimeter. The two radiographers evaluated the dose received and decided to continue with radiography without notifying health physics personnel to evaluate the conditions. This issue was entered into the licensees corrective action program as Condition Report 2008-001181. Immediate corrective actions included restriction of the radiographers to log onto the radiation work permit and discussions with the radiographers and the contractors radiation safety officer. Long-term corrective action is still being evaluated. This finding is greater than minor because it is associated with the occupational radiation safety program and process attribute and affected the cornerstone objective, in that, the failure to stop work and notify health physics personnel for assistance had the potential to increase personnel dose. This occurrence involves the potential for unplanned, unintended dose. Utilizing Inspection Manual Chapter 0609, Appendix C, Occupational Radiation Safety Significance Determination Process, the inspector determined that the finding was of very low safety significance because it did not involve: (1) as low as is reasonably achievable planning and controls, (2) an overexposure, (3) a substantial potential for overexposure, or (4) an impaired ability to assess dose. This finding has a crosscutting aspect in the area of human performance associated with the decision making component because the radiographer and assistant failed to contact health physics personnel to discuss the circumstances surrounding the unexpected dose rate alarm H.1(a) (Section 2OS1(ii)) |
| Site: | Wolf Creek  |
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| Report | IR 05000482/2008002 Section 2OS2 |
| Date counted | Mar 31, 2008 (2008Q1) |
| Type: | NCV: Green |
| cornerstone | Or Safety |
| Identified by: | Self-revealing |
| Inspection Procedure: | IP 71121.02 |
| Inspectors (proximate) | C Long D Stearns G Pick S Cochrum V Gaddy |
| CCA | H.13, Consistent Process |
| INPO aspect | DM.1 |
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Finding - Wolf Creek - IR 05000482/2008002 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Finding List (Wolf Creek) @ 2008Q1
Self-Identified List (Wolf Creek)
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