IR 05000272/1985021
| ML18092A881 | |
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| Site: | Salem  |
| Issue date: | 10/18/1985 |
| From: | Dragoun T, Shanbaky M NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| ML18092A880 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-272-85-21, 50-311-85-23, NUDOCS 8510250497 | |
| Download: ML18092A881 (6) | |
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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION I
50-272/85-21 Report N ~311/85-23 50-272 Docket N DPR-70 License N DPR-75 Priority c
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Licensee:
Public Service Electric & Gas Company P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey 08038 Facility Name:
Salem Generating Station, Units 1 & 2 Inspection At:
Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey Inspection Conducted:
September 9-13, 1985 Inspectors:
Approved by:
Specialist M. Shanbaky, Chief, BWR c5<'
Radiation Protection Section D'* t<-\\1 '\\\\)'<
date Inspection Summary:
Inspection on September 9-13, 1985 (Report N /85-21 and 50-311/85-23)
Areas Inspected:
Routine, unannounced inspection of the radiation safety program including: routine radiological surveys and area postings; organization and staffing; whole body counting program; and general employee trainin The inspection involved 40 inspector-hours on site by one region based inspecto Results:
No violations were identifie (
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DETAILS 1.0 Persons Contacted During the course of this routine safety inspection the following personnel were contacted or interviewed: Licensee Personnel J. M. Zupko, General Manager, Salem Operations J. c. Trejo, Radiation Protection and Chemistry E. H. Browden, NQA w. L. Britz, Radiation Protection Services J. 0 1Connor, Radiation Protection Engineer B. w. Smith, Technical Staff NRC Personnel T. Kenny, Senior Resident Inspector R. W. Borchard, Resident Inspector Manager All personnel listed above attended the exit interview on September 13, 198.0 Purpose The purpose of this routine inspection was to review the licensee 1 s radiation protection program with respect to the following elements:
Routine Radiological Surveys and Area Postings
Organization and Staffing
Whole Body Counting Program
General Employee Training 3.0 Routine Radiological Surveys and Area Postings The adequacy of the licensee 1 s program for routine radiological surveys and area postings was reviewed against criteria contained in:
Technical Specification 6.3 Facility Staff Qualifications
Technical Specification 6.11 Radiation Protection Program
10 CFR 20.105 Permissible Levels of Radiation in Unrestricted Areas
10 CFR 20.201 Surveys 10 CFR 20.203 Caution signs, labels, signals and control CFR 20.206 Instruction of personnel 10 CFR 20.401 Records of surveys, radiation monitoring and disposa Regulatory Guide 8.2 Guide for Administrative Practices in Radiation Monitoring IE Notice 84-82: Guidance for Posting Radiation Areas Licensee procedures RP 1.010, RP 1.016, RP 4.001, RPG 4.1, RP 4.002, RP 4.003, and RP 4.004 The licensee's performance relative to these criteria was determined by:
A review of completed survey records and survey schedules
Discussions with RP supervisors and technicians responsible for performance and review of the surveys.
Tours of selected plant areas to review postings.
A review of the training and qualifications of technicians conducting the survey Within the scope of this review, no violations were identifie However, the inspector noted that HP technicians in training are perfor-ming the routine surveys in certain clean area These trainees have not completed the entire qualification program but have completed parts of the program dealing with survey instruments and survey technique A review of job descriptions also indicates that trainees may be permitted to per-form other responsible tasks such as disposal of radioactive material and preparation of radwaste shipment The limitations on the scope of work assigned to trainees is only accomplished by informal policies within the RP departmen The inspector stated that significant work tasks in the radiation protection program must be assigned to trained and experienced HP technicians who satisfy the criteria in ANSI-N1 The licensee stated that by September 20, 1985, formal policies will be issued to limit the tasks performed by technicians in trainin All surveys of record performed by trainees will be countersigned by an ANSI qualified
technicia The applicable RP instructions will be revised to reflect these requirements on or about December 1, 198 This matter will be reviewed in a future inspectio (50-272/85-21-01 and 50-311/85-23-01)
For more than one year the licensee has had an ongoing effort to consolidate and update the radiation protection procedure Recently the concept of two-tiered procedures was introduce The controlling Radiation Protection Instructions (RPI) would be limited in number and would be reviewed and approved by the SORC committe The subordinate Radiation Protection Guides (RPG) will be issued by the department manager to implement the policies specified in the RP This concept for these procedures is described in station Administrative Procedure AP-32,
"Implementing Procedures Program" issued August 30, 198 The inspector noted that the routine smear surveys at the control point were done daily rather than once per shift as specified in RPI 4.00 The schedule had been changed in RPG Apparently the RPG had been written to incorporate several On-the-Spot-Changes (OTS) to RPI 4.001, some of which were not formally issue There was some confusion among first line supervisors as to which revision to RPI 4.001 and RPG 4.1 was current and which OTS changes were in effec The licensee stated that increased management oversight for procedures would be provided to ensure adequate control during the transition period to the new procedure This matter will be reviewed in a future inspectio (50-272/85-21-02 and 50-311/85-23-02)
4.0 Organization and Staffing Several months ago the licensee proposed major changes to the organization structure described in Technical Specification This proposal was approve The status of the implementation of the new organization was determined by discussions with the Radiation Protection and Chemistry Manager and a review of selected document The inspector determined that the organization down through the station general managers staff has been formalize However, the staffing, job descriptions and qualification requirements within the radiation protection department have not been formally established but draft proposals are availabl The inspector concluded that the licensee is able to comply with the November 13, 1985 deadline for implementation of the organization specified in the Technical Specification.0 Whole Body Counting The responsibility for the respirator fit testing and whole body counting program is scheduled to be transferred from the site radiation protection department to the corporate radiation protection services on or about September 30, 198 The licensee 1 s proposed program was reviewed against criteria contained in:
- 10 CFR 20.103 Exposure of individuals to concentrations of radioactive materials in air in restricted area *
Regulatory Guide 8.9 Acceptable Concepts, Models, Equation, and Assumptions for a Bioassay Progra *
Regulatory Guide 8.20 Application of Bioassay for I-125 and I-131
ANSI N343 Internal Dosimetry for Mixed Fission and Activation Product *
Regulatory Guide 8.15 Acceptable Programs for Respiratory Protectio *
Draft Nuclear Department Procedure Ml2-AP-9 11 Radiation Protection Services Respirator Fit Test Program
- Draft Nuclear Department Procedure Ml2-AP-8 11 Radiation Protection Services Radiobioassay Program
- Draft Radiation Protection Services Procedure Ml2-ROP-l 11 Respirator Fit Test Operations Procedures
- Draft RPS Procedure Ml2-BOP-l 11 In-Vivo Bioassay
- Draft RPS Procedure Ml2-BOP-2 11Whole Body Counter Calibration
- Draft RPS Procedure Ml2-BOP-3 11 In-Vitro Bioassay
The licensee 1 s performance relative to these criteria was determined by interviewing selected personne Within the scope of this review, no violations were identifie.0 General Employee Training The licensee 1 s program for training of general employees and radiation workers was reviewed against criteria contained in:
10 CFR 19.12 Instructions to worker *
10 CFR 20.206 Instruction of personne *
Regulatory Guide 8.13 Instruction Concerning Prenatal Radiation Exposure
Regulatory Guide 8.27 Radiation Protection Training for Personnel at Light-Water-Cooled Nuclear Power Plants
Regulatory Guide 8.29 Instruction Concerning Risks from Occupational Radiation Exposure
The licensee's performance relative to these criteria was determined by:
Interviews with the Training Supervisor
A review of the qualification program for instructors
A review of instructor experienc *
Observation of a classroom presentation
Review of lesson plans and typical written examinations provided to the students Within the scope of this review no violations were identifie The licensee recently revised the general employee training and is providing a total of 16 hours1.851852e-4 days <br />0.00444 hours <br />2.645503e-5 weeks <br />6.088e-6 months <br /> of classroom training for radiation worker Although the lesson plan do not provide much technical details, there is extensive use of canned audio-visual presentations supplemented by instructor dis-cussio This ensures uniformity of the training provided to successive groups of worker.0 Exit Interview The inspector met with licensee personnel denoted in section 1.1 at the conclusion of the inspection on September 13, 198 The scope and findings of the inspection were discusse At no time during this inspection effort was written material provided to the licensee by the inspector.