IR 05000266/1990011
| ML20043E836 | |
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| Site: | Point Beach  |
| Issue date: | 06/01/1990 |
| From: | Holtzman R, Schumacher M NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
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| 50-266-90-11, 50-301-90-11, NUDOCS 9006130438 | |
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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
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Report Nos. 50-266/90011(DRSS);50-301/90011(DRSS)
Docket Nos. 50-266;'50-301 License Nos. DPR-24; DPR-27
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Licensee: Wisconsin Electric Power Company 231 West Michigan Milwaukee, WI 53201-Facility Name:. Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 L'
Inspection At: Two Creeks, Wisconsin Inspection Conducted: May 16-17, 1990 (On-site)
Maye29-30, 1990 (Telephone discussions)
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M. C. Schumacher, Chief Radiological Controls and Date Chemistry Section
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Inspection Summary i
Inspection on May 16-17, 1990 (Report No. 50-266/90011(DRSS);
No. 50-301/900ll(DR55))
Areas Inspected:
Routine announced ins Environmental Monitoring Program (REMP)pection of the Radiological, including-(1) pr t
organization, and training (IP 84750, IP 80721); (2) audits (IP84750);
and (3)-the semiannual reports (IP 84750).
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Results: The sampling and measurements activities of the REMP conform
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to the NRC and Technical Specification requirements.
No effects of the plant operations were observed. The licensee had an extensive QA/QC program. verify the accuracy of the environmental TLD measurements. No violations or deviations were identified during this inspection.
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Persons Contacted fd.J.Zach~,PlantManager,PointBeachNuclearPlant(PBNP)
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2. Seizert, Regulatory Engineer, Wisconsin Electric (WE)
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.J. J. Bevelacqua, Superintendent, Health Physics, PBNP-
jK.A.Johansen,RadiologicalEngineer,WE'
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3. A. Flentje, Administrative Specialist, Regulatory Services, WE F
7. _W. Doolittle, Health Physicist Specialist, PBNP q
W R. S. Bredvad, Health Physicist, PBNP f
D. R. Stevens, Regulatory Specialist, WE-(
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J. Gadzala, Resident Inspector, NRC i
The inspector also interviewed'other licensee personnel in the
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course of the i_nspection.
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Present at the plant exit-interview on May 17,-1990.
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Telephone discussions held on May 29 and 30, 1990.
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Management Controls, Organization, and Training (IP 84750)
The Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program (REMP) is under the
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Corporate General Superintendent Nuclear Power Engir.eering and:
RegulatorySection(NPERS). The Radiological Engineer, who reports-
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to the Superintendent Nuclear Regulations, has the actual duties-t for preparation and maintenance of the program, including sampling procedures, analysis of the data, manual revision, and' overseeing
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TechnicalSpecification_(TS) compliance.
In the plant, a Specialist
Nuclear _ Health Physics under the-Superintendent - Health Physics, is-responsible for the collection and shipping of the samples.. A
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-vendor laboratory (Teledyne)-analyzes the samples.
The Radiological Engineer is well qualified for~ the position with a.
Ph.D..in Environmental Sciences.and many-years of experience in Great Lakes studies. He has been in this position about seven years. The i
Specialist's education includes a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and a Master of ' Science in Radiation Health. He has worked in=this field for about five years. Twenty-one of the 23 Health Physics Technologists.are qualified under the standard ANSI N18.1-1971.
l The staff members are knowledgeable on environmental matters and are
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well qualified to operate the REMP.
No violations or deviations were identified, i
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Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program (REMP)(IP 84750, IP 80721)
l The inspector reviewed the REMP, including the 1986 through 1989-Semiannual Monitoring Reports, and the final monthly reports for the respective years (January - December, which contain the cumulative results for the year), QA audi_ts of the program, review of the l
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,I procedures governing. the REMP, and. observation of five air-sampling
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stations
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.The'Technica1' Specifications (T/S) require that a summary of the REMP j
results be submitted in the Semiannual Monitoring Report, which also.
r contains the' effluent data..The program operation, including a R
description of the program and the detailed operational procedures, is documented in the Environmental Manual (EM) (Revision 6. April 1989).
By reference, this manual is considered to be part of the Offsite Dose l
Calculation Manual (0DCM) (Section 8.0, Revision 3, April 1989).
The inspector reviewed the REMP sections of the 1986-1989 Semiannual'_
Monitoring Reports. They met the T/S and EM requirements. All of the required samples were collected and analyzed, except as noted in the reports..The reports stated that no effects of the plant on the environment.were observed; a conclusion supported by the detailed results
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of the analyses and environmental radiation measurements (TLD) reported-
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in the last of the monthly reports (January - December) for the respective years-The inspector suggested that more discussion of the results would
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enhance the reports. This should include statements on the sources of some measurable activities, including Sr-90 in milk, Cs-137 in soil and
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H-3 in lake water - The lack of discusgion was noted in a recent review for the NRC of the 1986 REMP reports.
That year was particularly
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significant because of environmental contamination from the Chernobyl
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accident.
The inspector.noted to licensee representatives that the NRC could not reliably evaluate the reports without the detailed results._ They agreed
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.to send future year end reports with.the cumulative.results, along with the results.of the; vendor's QA/QC program of interlaboratory and
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intralaboratory comparisons.
The inspector. toured and inspected five air-sampling = stations around-
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the plant for operability and leakage of the sampling train. They all'
appeared to be operating properly.
The inspector noted that the procedure in the EM, demonstrated by a HP Technologist, requires the-testing of the filter train for air inleakage= only annually during calibration of the flowmeter.
Licensee representatives agreed to revise the procedure to test the filter train for leakage' regularly by blocking the filter face.
t The licensee has an extensive QA/QC program for..the environmental TLD exposure results; the data have been trended since 1981 and for those collocated with those of the NRC, the results were compared and trended.
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Environmental Operating Reports for 1986 - Wisconsin Electric Power Company Point Beach Nuclear Plant," EGG-PHY-7972, March 1988, t
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In 1986 and 1988 this study demonstrated some substantial anomalies
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caused by deficiencies in the vendor's TLD reader instrumentation; the
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vendor corrected the problems.
While the plant's exposure values tracked i
those of the NRC fairly well, overall, they generally exhibited about a
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10-15% negative bias.
This difference has not yet been resolved; possible causes are the use of different calibration techniques, such as l
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differences in. calibrator sources, e.g., C0-60 vs. Cs-137.
The inspector noted that for most of the analyses, all of the nuclide
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concentrationsofinterestarebelowthelowerlimitsofdetection(LLD).
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The credibility of these analyses could be improved by inclusion of the
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levels of the naturally-occurring radionuclides, K-40 and Be-7,
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Licensee representatives agreed to consider this addition.
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No violations or deviations were identified.
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Audits and Appraisals of REMP (Ip 80721, IP 84750)
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The inspector reviewed'five corporate QA audit reports from 1986.through
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1989, three on the performance of the REMP (AR-88-ENVMG02, December 8,
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1988; AR89-ENVMG01, March 17,1989; andAR-ENVMG02, December 8,1989),
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and two on the vendor's laboratory performance.
The reports appeared to i
be thorough assessments of the programs.
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audit was that the ODCM and REMp reviews were delayed beyond the T/S
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requirements of 24 and 12 months, respectively. A previous Region 111 i
luspection Report listed this as a non-cited violation, NCV No.
(266/90008-04;301/90008-04). The most recent audit of the vendor laboratory (Audit Report No. A-V-89-02, February 8-9,1989) had three r
findings and six observations.
Corrections were made and these were
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closed by December 13, 1989.
The inspector also reviewed a 1988 evaluatica of 1986 radiological effluents and REMP reports.2 The conclusions were similar to those
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No violations or deviations were identified.
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Open items are matters which have been di:. cussed with the licensee, which will be reviewed further by the inspector, and which involve some action on the part of the NRC or licensee, or both. No open
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. items were disclosed during this inspection.
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Exit Interview The scope and findings of the inspection were reviewed with licensee representatives (Section 1) at the conclusion of the inspection on 2 lbid
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The inspector discussed various aspects of the review ~
of the REMP prcaram and suggestions for improvements.
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representatives agreed to submit to the Region III Office, the January l
- December vendor reports of the cumulative individual results of the j
REMP analyses and the results of the vendor's annual QA/QC. program
and to: consider possible changes in the program addressed in Section 3.
t Telephone discussions were held with Mr. J. J. Bevelacqua on May 29 and
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informational content of the inspection report with-regard to documents
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or processes reviewed by the-inspector during the inspection. Licensee
representatives did not identify any such documents or processes as l
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