IR 05000213/1998006

Insp Rept 50-213/98-06 on 981103-990118.Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Aspects of Licensee Activities in Preparation for Dismantlement & Decommissioning of Facility. Security Program Was Also Inspected

ML20207B711
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Site:	Haddam Neck File:Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co icon.png
Issue date:	02/26/1999
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
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ML20207B668	List: IR 05000213/1998006 ML20207B664 ML20207B704
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50-213-98-06, 50-213-98-6, NUDOCS 9903080219
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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION I

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License No.: DPR-61

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. Report No.: 50-213/98-06 Licensee: Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company P. O. Box 270 +

Hartford, CT 06141-0270

Facilit Haddam Neck Station Location: Haddam, Connect! cut Dates: November 3,1998 - January 18,1999

Inspectors: Marie Miller, Senior Health Physicist ,

John Wray, Decommissioning Health Physicist  ;

Joseph Nick, Decommissioning Health Physicist '

Paul Frechette, Safeguards Specialist i

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William J. Raymond, Senior Resident inspector (Lead Inspector)

Approved by: Ronald Bellamy, Chief, Decommissioning and Laboratory Branch ,

Division of Nuclear Materials Safety '

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

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Haddam Neck Station l NRC Inspection Report No. 50-213/98-06

! This routine inspection included aspects of licensee activities in preparation for dismantlement i and decommissioning of the facility. The report covers a three-month period of inspection by j '

resident and regional NRC personnel, and includes reviews and assessments of spent fuel

] safety, engineering and plant support activities, and management effectiveness.

j Spent Fuel Safety:

j The licensee procedures and controls were adequate to protect important plant systems,

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including the spent fuel pool and systems containing radioactive fluids, from freezing. Licensee

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performance was very good to implement the nuclear island modifications per its commitments and administrative controls.

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Enaineerina and Suonort Activities:

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Licensee corrective actions following an inadvertent discharge of radioactive waste water on

) June 20,1998 were not fully effective to preclude a similar vulnerability in another waste l processing system.

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} Plant Suonort and Radioloalcal Controls:

I i The licensee applied good radiological controls for normal activities; however, they were i challenged by two events involving locked high radiation area doors. These two events

! involved the same labor force and the licensee took immediate corrective actions to prevent

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recurrence. Radiation protection was effective in keeping workers' radiological exposures

! ALARA throughout 1998.

l l The licensee's corrective actions associated with preventative maintenance activities for the l plant security program were reasonable, complete and effective.

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SUMMARY (continued}  ;

CY's Safety Conscious Work Environment

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Fosters Self Critical Evaluation

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Extensive Root / Apparent Causes

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