BVY 14-040, Supplement to the Annual Radiological Environmental Operating Report for Year 2012

Supplement to the Annual Radiological Environmental Operating Report for Year 2012

ML14140A347
Person / Time
Site:	Vermont Yankee
Issue date:	05/13/2014
From:	Chappell C Entergy Nuclear Operations
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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BVY 14-040
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Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Vermont Yankee 320 Governor Hunt Road Entergy Vernon, VT 05354 Tel: (802) 257-7711 Coley C. Chappell Licensing Manager BVY 14-040 May 13, 2014 ATTN: Document Control Desk U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001

Subject:

Supplement to the Annual Radiological Environmental Operating Report for Year 2012 Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station Docket No. 50-271 License No. DPR-28

REFERENCE:

(1) Letter, VYNPS to USNRC, 2012 Annual Radiological Environmental Operating Report, BVY 13-047, dated May 15, 2013

Dear Sir or Madam,

The attachment to this letter contains a supplemental corrective update to the referenced report for the calendar year 2012.

There are no new regulatory commitments being made in this submittal.

Should you have any questions or require additional information concerning this submittal, please contact me at (802) 451-3374.

Sincerely, (CC/JTI : Supplement to the Annual Radiological Environmental Operating Report for Year 2012 cc listing (next page)

BVY 14-040 / page 2 of 2 cc: Mr. William Dean, Region 1 Administrator U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406-1415 Mr. James Kim, Project Manager U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop 08D15 Washington, DC 20555 USNRC Resident Inspector Vermont Yankee Ms. Christopher Recchia, Commissioner VT Department of Public Service 112 State Street - Drawer 20 Montpelier, VT 05620 Vermont Department of Health Division of Radiological Health Attn: Bill Irwin P.O. Box 70 Burlington, VT 05402-0070 Massachusetts Department of Public Health Radiation Control Program Attn: Bob Walker, Director Schrafft Center - Suite 1M21 529 Main Street Charlestown, MA 02129 John Giarrusso Nuclear Preparedness and Planning Manager 400 Worcester Road Framingham, MA 01702 DHHS/DPHS Dennis P. O'Dowd, Administrator Radiological Health Section 29 Hazen Drive Concord, NH 03301-6504 Tony Honnellio Radiation Program Manager US EPA - Region 1 5 Post Office Square - Suite 100 Boston, Massachusetts 02108

Docket No. 50-271 BVY 14-040 Attachment 1 Supplement to the Annual Radiological Environmental Operating Report for 2012 Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station

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Supplemental Report:

This supplemental corrective update to the year 2012 Vermont Yankee Annual Radiological Environmental Operating Report (AREOR) is presented to provide a revised page from Section 7.3.4.1 (page 89) Eckert & Ziegler Analytics Quality Assurance Sample Results for the J. A. Fitzpatrick Environmental Laboratory (JAFEL). These typographical transcription errors were discovered during a recent audit of this report as part of a review of the Vermont Yankee Radiological Environmental Operating Program (REMP).

Specifically, in paragraph one on page 89, the phrase "...Analytics 2011 Interlaboratory Comparison Program..." has been corrected to read "...Analytics 2012 Interlaboratory Comparison Program...".

In paragraph two on page 89, the number of analyses was in disagreement between the first and second sentences of the paragraph. This disagreement has been corrected in the attached supplemental page.

A copy of the revised page 89 of the 2012 AREOR is attached and should be substituted for the original version provided in May, 2013.

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7.3.4 PROGRAM RESULTS

SUMMARY

The Interlaboratory Comparison Program numerical results are provided on Table 7.3.2.

7.3.4.1 ECKERT & ZIEGLER ANALYTICS QA SAMPLES RESULTS Thirty three QA blind spike samples were analyzed as part of Analytics 2012 Interlaboratory Comparison Program. The following sample media were evaluated as part of the comparison program.

• Air Charcoal Cartridge: 1-131

• Air Particulate Filter: Mixed Gamma Emitters, Gross Beta

• Water: 1-131, Mixed Gamma Emitters, Tritium, Gross Beta

• Soil: Mixed Gamma Emitters

" Milk: 1-131, Mixed Gamma Emitters

" Vegetation: Mixed Gamma Emitters The JAF Environmental Laboratory performed 135 individual analyses on the 33 QA samples. Of the 135 analyses performed, 133 were in agreement using the NRC acceptance criteria for a 98.5%

agreement ratio.

There were two (2) non-conformities in the 2012 program.

Eckert & Ziegler Analytics Sample E-10086, Water Gross Beta Corrective Action No. CR-JAF-2012-05041 The JAF Environmental Lab result for the Eckert & Ziegler Analytics QA sample E-10086, water gross beta, was not in agreement with the known value. JAF reported an average value of 87.4 pCi/L when the known value was 285 pCi/L.

Three aliquots of the sample were prepared and 3 results were generated along with the mean which was reported. The sampling volume was not adjusted for the 3 aliquots. The incorrect sample volume was used to calculate the activity.

The volume used in the calculation of the activity was incorrectly entered as 0.5 L when the correct volume should have been 0.166 L. If the correct volume had been used, the activity would have been 87.4

• 3 = 262.2 pCi/L. The corrected activity would then have been in agreement with the known value.

Guidance was added to the Lab Policy Manual for calculating gross beta concentrations when more than 1 aliquot of the sample is taken.

Eckert & Ziegler Analytics Sample E-10274, Water Gross Beta Corrective Action No. CR-JAF-2013-00770 The JAF Environmental Lab result for the Eckert & Ziegler Analytics QA sample E-10274, water gross beta, was not in agreement with the known value. JAF reported an average value of 190.6 pCi/L when the known value was 251 pCi/L. The error resolution is 59.7 which equates to a ratio of agreement of 0.8 to 1.25. The JAF / known value was 0.76. The sample was analyzed on another instrument with an average result of 187.9 pCi/L.

89 Supplemental Revision Issued May 15, 2014