IR 05000133/2013010

IR 05000133-13-010; 08/19-22/2013; Humboldt Bay Power Plant, Unit 3 NRC Inspection Report

ML13266A405
Person / Time
Site:	Humboldt Bay
Issue date:	09/20/2013
From:	Spitzberg D NRC/RGN-IV/DNMS/RSFSB
To:	Halpin E Pacific Gas & Electric Co
Robert Evans
References
IR-13-010
Download: ML13266A405 (15)

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UNITE D S TATE S NUC LEAR RE GULATOR Y C OMMI S SI ON ber 20, 2013

SUBJECT:

NRC INSPECTION REPORT 050-00133/13-010

Dear Mr. Halpin:

This letter refers to the inspection conducted on August 19-22, 2013, at the Humboldt Bay Power Plant, Unit 3 facility in Eureka, California. During this inspection, the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff examined activities conducted under your license as they relate to public health and safety to confirm compliance with the Commission's rules and regulations, and with the conditions of your license. Within these areas, the inspection consisted of selected examination of procedures and representative records, observations of activities, and interviews with personnel. The enclosed report presents the results of this inspection.

Based on the results of this inspection, the NRC has determined that one Severity Level IV violation of NRC requirements occurred. The violation involves your failure to implement the cross contamination prevention and monitoring plan as required by the license. The violation is being treated as a Non-Cited Violation (NCV), consistent with Section 2.3.2 of the Enforcement Policy. The NCV is described in the subject inspection report. If you contest the violation or the significance of the NCV, you should provide a response within 30 days of the date of this inspection report, with the basis for your denial, to the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington DC 20555-0001, with copies to the Regional Administrator, Region IV; and the Director, Office of Enforcement, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter, its enclosure, and your response, should you choose to provide one, will be made available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To the extent possible, your response should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, information so that it can be made available to the Public without redaction. Should you have any questions concerning this inspection, please contact Dr. Robert Evans, Senior Health Physicist, at 817-200-1234 or the undersigned at 817-200-1191.

Sincerely,

/RA/

D. Blair Spitzberg, Ph.D., Chief Repository and Spent Fuel Safety Branch Division of Nuclear Materials Safety Docket: 050-00133 License: DPR-7 Enclosure:

NRC Inspection Report 050-00133/13-010 cc w/encl: See next page

cc list: Director Jennifer L. Post, Esq. Energy Facilities Siting Division Pacific Gas and Electric Company Energy Resources Conservation P.O. Box 7442 & Development Commission San Francisco, CA 94120 1516 9th Street Sacramento, CA 95814 Loren Sharp, Director and Plant Manager Humboldt Bay Power Plant, PG&E Redwood Alliance 1000 King Salmon Avenue P.O. Box 293 Eureka, CA 95505 Arcata, CA 95521 Chairman Dr. Robert B. Weisenmiller, Chair Humboldt County Board of Supervisors California Energy Commission County Courthouse 1516 Ninth Street (MS 34)

825 Fifth Street Sacramento, CA 95814 Eureka, CA 95501 California Public Utilities Commission Law Office of Linda J. Brown, Esq. 505 Van Ness, Room 4102 999 5th Avenue, Suite 430 San Francisco, CA 94102 San Rafael, CA 94901 Deputy Attorney General Regional Radiation Representative State of California U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 110 West A Street, Suite 700 Region IX Office San Diego, CA 92101 75 Hawthorne Street San Francisco, CA 94105 Dr. James F. Davis, State Geologist Department of Conservation Division of Mines and Geology 801 K Street MS 12-30 Sacramento, CA 95814-3531 Director, Radiologic Health Branch State Department of Health Services P.O. Box 997414 (MS 7610)

Sacramento, CA 95899-7474 Steven Hsu, M.S., Senior Health Physicist Radiological Assessment Unit Radioactive Material Licensing Section Radiologic Health Branch Dept. of Health Services, MS-7610 Sacramento, CA 95899-7414 Gretchen Dumas, Esq.

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