IR 05000255/1978024
| ML18043A361 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 11/21/1978 |
| From: | Essig T, Greer R, Januska A NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
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| References | |
| 50-255-78-24, NUDOCS 7812290063 | |
| Download: ML18043A361 (3) | |
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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT
REGION III
Report No. 50-255/78-24 Docket No. 50-255 License No. DPR-20 Licensee:
Consumers Power Company 212 West Michigan Avenue Jackson, MI 49201 Facility name:
Palisades Nuclear Generating Plant Inspection at:
Palisades Site, Covert, MI Inspection conducted:
October 16-18, 1978.
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Chief Environmental and Special Projects Section Inspection Summary Inspection on October 16-18, 1978 (Report No. 50-255/78-24)
Areas Inspected:
Routine, announced confirmatory measurements inspection, including:
examination of requirements, documentation and procedures for the radioanalytical laboratory quality control program; collection of plant effluent samples for future comparison under the Confirmatory Measurements progra The inspection involved 54 inspector-hours onsite by three NRC inspector Results:
For the areas inspected, no items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.
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DETAILS Persons Contacted
- J. Lewis, Plant Superintendent
- T. Neal, Radiological Materials Control Officer
- S. Pierce, Senior Chemist
- G. Petitjean, Technical Engineer
- S. Fox, Senior QA Engineer
- V. Shockley, Plant Health Physicist R. Sindermann, Corporate Health Physicist
- Denotes those present at the exit intervie.
Quality Control of Analytical Measurements The Radiological Materials Control Officer is responsible for the Confirmatory Measurements progra He also reviews results of all analyses of plant radiological effluent Chemistry Department personnel collect and count samples, then report results to the RMC Office Analytical instrumentation is calibrated every six months by Chemistry Department personne When instrumentation is in use, daily background and source checks are also performed by Chemistry Department personne The inspector reviewed selected calibration procedures, procedures for the nonradioactive analyses of primary coolant, records of daily background and source check No problems were identified by the inspecto.
Confirmatory Measurements Particulate and charcoal filters and split samples of liquid and gaseous waste were collected for future comparison under the Confirmatory Measurements progra The RIII Radiation Measurements Van was used to perform radioanalytical analyses of these samples in addition to the analyses performed by the NRC's Reference Laborator Th 1.
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e icensee state t at in response to a previous inspection,-
a 13cc volume of gaseous waste is now being used in the Confirma-tory Measurements Program instead of O.Sc IE Inspection Report No. 50-255/78-20.
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- Exit Interview The inspector met with licensee representatives denoted in Paragraph 1 at the conclusion of the inspection on October 18, 1978, and summarized the purpose and scope of the inspection and its finding