IR 05000220/1988004
| ML17055D965 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Nine Mile Point  |
| Issue date: | 06/21/1988 |
| From: | Ronald Bellamy NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Mangan C NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORP. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8807010619 | |
| Download: ML17055D965 (12) | |
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AC CELERATED DISITuBUTION DEMONSTRATION SYSTEM REGULATORY INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (RIDS)
ESSION NBR:8807010619 DOC.DATE: 88/06/21 NOTARIZED-NO CIL:50-220 Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Unit 1, Niagara Powe 50-410 Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Unit 2, Niagara Moha AUTH.NAME AUTHOR AFFILIATION BELLAMY,R.R.
Region 1, Ofc of the Director RECIP.NAME RECIPIENT AFFILIATION MANGAN,C.V.
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp.
DOCKET 05000220 05000410 SUBJECT:
Ack receipt of 880509 ltr informing NRC of steps taken to R
correct vz.olations noted in Insp Rept 50-220/88-04.
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Docket Nos.
50-220 50-410 Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation ATTN:
Mr. C.
V. Mangan Senior Vice President 301 Plainfield Road Syracuse, New York 13212 Gentlemen:
Subject:
Combined Inspection Nos. 50-220/88-04; 50-410/88-05 This refers to your letter dated May 9, 1988 in response to our letter dated April 4, 1988.
Thank you for informing us of the corrective and preventive actions documented in your letter.
These actions will be examined during a future inspection of your licensed program.
Your cooperation with us is appreciated.
Sincerely,
- .,;.'indi Signed By
P'i!aid R. BellaNQ Ronald R. Bellamy, Chief Facilities Radiological Safety and Safeguards Branch Division of Radiation Safety and Safeguards 07010619 880621 R
ADOCK 05000220 DCD 0001.0.0 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY RL 50-220/88-04 50-410/88-05
cc w/encl:
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Lempges, Vice President, Nuclear Generation J.'A. Perry, Vice President, Quality Assurance T. Perkins, Vice President, Nuclear Generation W. Hansen, Manager Corporate Quality Assurance T.
Roman, Unit 1 Station Superintendent R. Randall, Unit 1 Superintendent, Operations C.
Beckham, Manager Nuclear Quality Assurance Operations W. Drews, Technical Superintendent J. Willis, General Station Superintendent C. Terry, Vice President Nuclear Engineering and Licensing Troy B. Conner, Jr.
Esquire John W. Keib, Esquire Director, Power Division Public Document Room (PDR)
Local Public Document Room (LPDR)
Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC)
NRC Resident Inspector State of New York bcc w/encl:
Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)
Management Assistant, DRMA (w/o encl)
DRP Section. Chief PAO (2)
SALP Reports and All Inspection Reports Robert J.
Bores, DRSS RI:DRSS Nimitz/ejr 6/0 /88 RI:DRSS Shanba 6//3/88 R
SS ell my 6/jg/88 0001.1.0 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY RL 50-220/88-04 50-410/88-05 06/21/88
7 NIAGARA u MOHAWK AP34064 NIAGARAMOHAWKPOWER CORPORATION/301 PLAINFIELD ROAD, SYRACUSE. N Y. 13212/TELEPHONE (315) 474-1S11 Hay 9, 1988 U. S.
Nuclear Regulatory Comoission Document Control Desk Washington, OC 20555 Re:
Nine Mile Point Unit
Docket No. 50-220 OPR-63 Gent 1 erne n
.'ttached is Niagara Mohawk's response to the Notice of Violation contained in Combined Inspection Report Nos, 50-220/88-04 and 50-410/88-05, dated April 4, 1988.
Very truly yours, Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation CVN/cl a (1110C)
C.
V. Nangan Senior Vice President Attachment xc:
Regional Administrator, Region Nr.
W. A. Cook, Senior Resident Inspector Nr.
R. A. Capra, Pro.iect Director
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Yio 1 ation 50-220/88-04-01 Technical Specification 6.11 requires that procedures for personnel radiation
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protection shall be prepared consistent with the requirements of
CFR Part 20 and shall be approved, maintained, and adhered to for all operations involving personnel radiation exposure.
CFR 20.103 provides requirements for use and maintenance of respiratory protection equipment.
Contrary to the above, on February 17, 1988 workers were using supplied-air sand blasting hoods (Bullard 77/46 series)
and no approved procedures were in place for their use and maintenance.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement IV).
Response To Violation Niagara Mohawk admits to the violation as stated.
The contractor personnel were sandblasting radiologically contaminated equipment in an engineered enclosure on elevation 300'f'he Turbine Building at Nine Mile Point Unit 1.
They were ~earing contractor owned, MSHA-NIOSH approved, supplied-air sandblasting hoods (Bullard 77/46 series).
The wor ker s using this respiratory equipment had been trained in September/
Octobe~ of 1987 to their own operation and maintenance procedure for the Bullard 77/46 Series equipment.
Their procedure was adapted from a Niagara Mohawk procedure which had been in ef'feet at Nine Mile Point Unit 1 but had been allowed to expire.
Corrective Action The iranediate corrective actions taken were as follows:
1)
All work involving these contractors and the Bullard 77/46 series supplied-air sandblasting hood was halted.
2)
All affected workers were inmediately given whole body counts; the resultant data indicated that no intakes had occurred.
3)
A Niagara Mohawk approved procedure, S-RTP-132
"Use of Bullard/Marco 77/46 Supplied Air Respirator",
was written and became effective on February 18, 1988.
4)
All individuals required to use the Bullard 77/46 Series supplied-air sandblasting hood were trained by Niagara Mohawk personnel to the requirements of S-RTP-132 on Februar.y 18, 1988.
5)
Radiological Incident Report Number 1-88-02 was issued on February 24, 198, j Niagara Mohawk will take the following long term cor rective actions to prevent the recurrence of a similar incident:
1)
Existing Site Radiation Technical Procedure, S-RTP-60 "Respiratory Protection equality Control/equality Assurance Program", presently specifies the equipment authorized for use on Site.
This procedure wi 1 1 be revised to r equire the placement of "Hold Tags" on respirator coogonents entering the Site Warehouse facilities which may not be specifically addressed in Site procedures.
Only the Respiratory Protection Coordinator, or his designee, may remove the "Hold Tags" and allow the equipment to be issued to the field.
This procedure will be revised and approved by May 31, 1988.
Also, a Site tour and inspection has been performed to verify that no other unauthorized respiratory equipment is available for use on Site.
2)
The Contract Master Specification will be revised to ~equine contractors to submit their operation/maintenance procedures for any respiratory protection devices to be used on Site to the Respiratory Protection Coordinator.
This will be coooleted by June 15, 1988.
3)
The Respiratory Protection Training module will be revised to include a brief'iscussion of the inportance of maintaining equipm nt in
"approved" configurations and to stress the point that only Site approved equipment may be used.
The respiratory protection training module will be revised by June 15, 1988.
The corrective actions outlined above will be cooaleted in accordance with the schedule indicated therein and full compliance will be achieved by June 15, 1988.