IR 05000255/1982029

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IE Insp Rept 50-255/82-29 on 821214-17.Noncompliance Noted: Failure to Maintain Liquid Radwaste Monitor Operable
ML18051A297
Person / Time
Site: Palisades 
Issue date: 01/14/1983
From: Greger L, Lovendale P
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
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References
TASK-2.B.2, TASK-TM 50-255-82-29, NUDOCS 8302010554
Download: ML18051A297 (2)


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U.S. NCCLEAR R!:GCL'.TORY CO~l~lISSION REGION II I

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Report No. 50-255/82-29(DETP)

Docket No. 50-255 Licensee:

Consumers Power Company 212 West Michigan Avenue Jackson, MI 49201 Facility Name:

Palisades Nucl~ar Generating Plant Inspection At:

Palisades Site, Covert, Michigan Inspection Conducted:

December 14-17, 1982 Inspector:

Approved By:

Rif~~

P. C. Lovendale

~ief Facilities Radiation Protection Section Inspection Summary ATTACHMEtH 2 License No. DPR-20 1 /1'118:=?

Inspection on December 14-17, 1982 Report No. 50-255/82-29(DETP))

Areas Inspected:

Routine, unannounced inspection of radioactive waste systems, including:

effluent releases; records and reports of effluents; effluent control instrumentation; procedures for.controlling releases; and solid radioactive wast Also, actions taken in response to previous inspection "findings, a TMI Action Item, and two licensee event reports were reviewe The inspection involved 34 inspector-hours onsite by one NRC inspecto Results:

Of the eight areas inspected, one item of noncompliance was iden-tified in qne area (failure to maintain liquid radioactive waste monitor operable - Section 7).

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The licensee has recently procured a box compactor for installation in the south radwaste buildin At the time of this inspection, installa-tion and preoperational testing of tne compactor had not been complete The licensee stated that a procedure for compactor operation has not been developed and that air flow and air activity measurements have not been complete This mqtter was discussed during the exit meeting and will be reviewed during a future inspection (255/82-29-03). TM! Action Item II.B.2.2 - Plant Shielding The inspector selectively reviewed the licensee's actions and modifi-cations completed to satisfy the criteria of NUREG-0737 for shielding plant areas where access is necessary during accident condition Necessary modifications, ~ompleted by January 1, 1982, included: Installation of concrete plugs in both 48-inch containment purge duct Provisions for remote-manual operation of valves CV-3189, CV-3190, CV-2198, and CV-3199 from the control roo Relocation of the controlle.r for CV-3006 to a lower post-accident dose rate. are Installation of a shield wall outside the personnel air lock to reduce predicted doses in the laboratory area In addition to the resident inspector's review, 1 the inspector verified installation of the shield wall installation outside of the personnel air lock and observed the operation of the post-accident sampling system (considered a vital operation during an accident) to determine if GDC-19 dose guidelines would be exceede The shield wall installation appeared satisfactory and, based on licensee calculations and inspector verification:s, it appears vital operations can be conducted within GDC-19 dose limit.

Licensee Event Reports Corrective actions taken in response to the following Licensee Event Reports were reviewe No problems were note LER 82-37 PC-S iodine out of specification LER 82-41 - PCS iodine out of specification 1 Exit Meeting l

The inspector met with licensee representatives (denoted in Section 1)

at the conclusion of the inspection on December 17, 198 Further discussions were conducted by telephone, on December 28 and 29, 1982, between the inspector and licensee managemen The inspector summarized the scope and findings of the inspectio In response to certain items discussed by the inspector, the licensee:

Inspection Report No. 50-255/82-01.