IR 05000267/1981027
| ML20041A664 | |
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| Site: | Fort Saint Vrain  |
| Issue date: | 01/05/1982 |
| From: | Murray B, Wilborn L NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
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| 50-267-81-27, NUDOCS 8202220392 | |
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AFPENDIX U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION IV
Report:
50-267/81-27 Docket:
50-267 Licensee:
Public Service Company of Colorado (PSCo)
Post Office Box 840 Denver, Colorado 80201 Facility:
Platteville, Colorado Inspection Conducted: November 16-20, 1981 Inspector:
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Blaine Murray, Chief,' Facilities Ba t'e Radiation Protection Section Inspection Summary j
Inspection on November 16-20, 1981 (Report 50-267/81-27)
Areas Inspected:
Routine, announced inspection of environmental protection programs for operations including organization and administration; audits; radiological environmental monitoring; chemical and thermal monitoring of discharges; ecological
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studies; quality control of analytical measurements; and a visit to selected environmental monitoring stations.
The inspection involved 30 inspector-hours on site by one NRC inspector.
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Results: No violations or deviations were identified.
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DETAILS 1.
Persons Contacted Public Service Company of Colorado (PSCo)
M. H. Holmes, Manager of Nuclear Services
- J. R. Johns, Supervisor, Nuclear Licensing
- D. Warembourg, Manager, Nuclear Production
- E. D. Hill, Station Manager
- M. L. Block, Superintendent, Operations V. A. Lucero, Water Chemist
- J. W. Gahm, Quality Assurance Manager
- R. G. Husted, Quality Assurance Auditing Coordinator R. Reiss, Quality Assurance Engineer M. Ferris, Quality Assurance Supervisor
- T. Borst, Radiation Protection Manager
- A. L. Kitzman, Clerical Supervisor
- W. J. Franek, Site Engineering Manager Colorado State University (CSU)
Dr. J. E. Johnson, Professor, Department of Radiology and Radiation Biology G. White, Graduate Student, Department of Radiology and Radiation Biology
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Licensee Action on Previous Inspection Findings (Closed) Unresolved Item (50-267/78-17): The licensee's Administrative Procedure (ADM-34) " Criteria for Acceptance of Data i
from Colorado State University," did not require corrective actions j
or explanation when cross-check sample results were outside the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) acceptance criteria, nor I
were criteria provided as to the acceptance of analytical results from the contractor. The inspector noted that Administrative Procedure (ADM-34) had been superceded by and incorporated into Procedure P-3,
" Radioactive / Contaminated Waste / Area Control," dated October 30, 1981.
The inspector further noted that Procedure P-3 did not include the above requirement.
The inspector reclassified this item as an open item and considered it closed as an unresolved item.
See Paragraph 3 below.
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New Open and Unresolved Items Unresolved Item (50-267/81-27-01): The Semi-Annual Effluent Report did not contain the total nonradiological effluent for the first and second quarters of 1981.
(See Details, paragraph 6.b).
OpenItem(50-267/81-27-02): The licensee's Prc :edure P-3 did not require corrective actions or explanation when cross-check sample results were outside the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA)
acceptance criteria, nor were criteria provided as to the acceptance of analytical results from the contractor.
(See Details, paragraph 7.a).
Open Item (50-267/81-27-03): The licensee did not participate in an interlaboratory cross-check program during the period April 1981 to November 1981.
(See Details, paragraph 7.b).
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Organization and Adminis tration The inspector reviewed the PSCo organization and assignments of responsibilities for the environmental and chemistry. programs. The organization as it existed at the time of this inspection is depicted in Figure 1.
The collection and analysis of environmental samples for radioactivity is performed under contract to CSU, Fort Collins, Colorado. The plant chemistry section collects and analyzes liquid effluents for nonradiological constituents. The ecological studies program was contracted to Thorne Ecological Institute, Boulder, Colorado, until the program was completed on December 31, 1979. The plant operations staff is responsible for thermal effluent surveillance.
No violations or deviations were identified.
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Licensee Audits The inspector discussed audits of the environmental program with Quality Assurance (QA) representatives.
Guidelines for scheduling and conducting general and surveillance audits are contained in Q-18, "QA Monitoring and Audit Program," dated June 15, 1981. The following audit reports were reviewed:
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QAMM P1-3, QA Monitoring Checklist Water Quality Chemistry, Laboratory and Equipment Report, October 19, 1981.
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QAA-603-81-01, QA Audit of Radiological Environmental Monitoring, July 13-14, 1981.
The inspector noted that responses and appropriate corrective-actions were required for discrepant findings. The inspector
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reviewed the discrepancies noted during these audits and the corrective action required for each item. Appropriate corrective action on each item had been completed, except for three discrepancies where corrective actions were in progress.
No violations or deviations were identified.
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Environmental Monitoring Program Implementation a.
Radiological The environmental radiological surveillance requirements are contained in Specification SR 5.9.1, Appendix A, Technical Specifications.
The environmental radiological sampling and analytical program is conducted by CSU under contract with PSCo. The inspector discussed the program with PSCo and CSU representatives, and reviewed CSU written procedures for environmental sampling and analyses.
The inspector also reviewed the CSU summary reports issued for the period July 1, 1978 - June 30, 1981. These reviews and discussions indicated that requirements had been met.
No violations or deviations were identified.
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Nonradiological The nonradiological environmental requirements are contained in Appendix B, Nonradiological Technical Specifications. The nonradiological monitoring and analyses are conducted by plant chemistry personnel. The thermal effluent surveillance is the responsibility of the plant operations staff. The ecological studies were conducted under contract by Thorne Ecological Institute until December 31, 1979, at which time the ecological studies were deleted from the Technical Specifications. The inspector discussed these programs with PSCo representatives and reviewed surveillance test records, Semi-Annual Effluent Reports issued for the period July 1, 1978 - June 30, 1981, and the final Ecological Studies Report for the period 1972-1979. These reviews indicated that Technical Specification requirements had been satisfied during the period covered by this inspection except that the Semi-Annual Effluent Report required by Specification AC 7.6 did not contain the total nonradiological effluent for the first and second quarters of 1981 as required by Specification AC NR 1.1.
Further discussions with PSCo representatives revealed that at some time in the past when PSCo had requested an cmendment to the Technical Specifications, Specification
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AC 7.6 was inadvertently deleted from the Technical Specifications by the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) personnel. The inspector stated that this item would be considered un.'esolved (50-267/81-27-1) pending discussions with the NRC staff.
No violations or deviations were identified.
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Analytical Quality Control a.
Environmental Radioactivity The inspector reviewed the program for quality control (QC) of radiological analytical measurements performed by CSU.
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noted that NU is a regular participant in the EPA cross-check
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program. An unem1ved item was identified in this area during the previous environmental inspection in that PSCO did not require corrective action or explanation when CSU cross-check sample results were outside the EPA acceptance criteria. To resolve this item, PSCo incorporated into their contract with CSU that if a determination in the EPA cross-check program was outside the specified control limits, the laboratory shall investigate the cause of the problem and take steps to correct it. The results of this investigation and corrective action shall be included in the semi-annual report. The inspector concluded that this action was not adequate to resolve this item and decided to reclassify it as an open item. A licensee representative stated that they will incorporate in a procedure that the stipulations of their contract with CSU will be strictly adhered to and the above requirement shall be a component part of the contract. The inspector stated that this would be considered an open item (50-267/81-27-2) and would be reviewed
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No violations or deviations were identified.
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Nonradiological The inspector reviewed the QC program for nonradiological analyses by the plant chemistry laboratory. The inspector noted that Procedure IWP-4, which described interdepartmental
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procedures for the interlaboratory cross-check program had been deleted about April 1981, and purportedly was incorporated into a new Administrative Procedure; however, it was not and PSCO had not participated in a cross-check program since that time. The inspector discussed the failure to parti-cipate in an interlaboratory cross-check program during this period with PSCo representative. The results of this discussion indicated that PSCo was dissatisfied with the former cross-check
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program and was in the process of finalizing plans to change to the EPA program, but had not established a satisfactory acceptance criteria. The inspector stated that this would be considered anopenitem(50-267/81-27-3) and would be reviewed during a subsequent inspection.
No violations or detiations were identified.
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Tour of Environmental Sampling Stations The inspector visited nine sampling stations within the facility area (on site) and the adjacent and reference areas (off site) on November 17, 1981. The required' equipment was observed to be in place and operational. The inspector found no discrepancies.
No violations or deviations were identified.
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Unresolved Items Unresolved Items are matters about which more information is required in order to ascertain whether they are acceptable items, violations, or deviations. One new unresolved item was identified and is discussed in paragraph 6b.
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Reportable Occurrences The inspector reviewed PSCo's reportable occurrence files and noted that one report related to environmental matters was issued August 12, 1980, for an occurrence on June 25, 1980, which was not in accordance with the Technical Specification in that the Chemical limits of LC0 NR 1.1 were exceeded for Copper, Zinc, and pH when the valves which control the discharge path of waste water from the condensate polisher resin system did not automatically line up properly and discharged the waste acid and caustic used in resin regeneration to the turbine building sump and then to the Goosequill Ditch instead of the waste neutralization tank. The inspector determined that corrective action had been taken for this item and the chemical constituents had returned to acceptable concentrations within the required 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br />.
11. Exit Interview The inspector met with the PSCo representatives, denoted in paragraph 1, at the Fort St. Vrain Nuclear Generating Station site following the conclusion of the inspection on November 20, 1981.
The inspector summarized the purpose and scope of the inspection, and discussed the inspection findings.
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FIGURE 1 Vice President-Electric Production Oscar R. Lee Manager Manager Manager Nuclear Engineering Nuclear Production Quality Assurance H. Larry Brey Don Warembourg Jack W. Gahm Manager Site Superintendent Quality Nuclear Services Manager Assurance Operations Michael H. Holmes Edwin D. Hill Lee Singleton Supervisor Superintendent Quality Assurance Nuclear Licensing Operations Auditing Coordinator Jeffrey R. Johns Marty L. Block Robert G. Husted I
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I Water Chemistry Contractor Victor A. Lucero Colorado State Univer.
Thorne Ecological Dr. J. E. Johnson Institute Dr. Fred A. Glover l