IR 05000272/1994028
| ML18101A337 | |
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| Site: | Salem  |
| Issue date: | 11/22/1994 |
| From: | Jang J, Peluso L NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| ML18101A336 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-272-94-28, 50-311-94-28, NUDOCS 9411220060 | |
| Download: ML18101A337 (6) | |
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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
. REGION I Report/License No /94-28; 50-311/94-28 /DPR-70 and DPR-75 Licensee:
Facility Name:
Inspection At:
Public Service Electric and Gas Company P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey. 08038 Salem Generating Station Units 1 and 2 Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey Inspection Conducted:
October 17-21, 1994 Inspector:
Approved by:
Laurie Peluso, Radiation Specialist Effluents Radiation Protection Section (ERPS)
Facilities Radiological Safety and Safeguards Branch (FRSSB) Dr, Jason C. Jang, Chief, ERPS!
vision of Radiation Safety and Safeguards (D~SS)
Area~ Inspected: Announced safety inspection of the Radioactive Liquid and Gaseous Effluent Control Programs including: management controls, quality assurance audit, control of liquid and gaseous effluents, calibration of radiation.monitoring systems, air cleaning systems, and implementation of the above programs and. the Offsite Dose Calculation Manual (ODCM).
Results:
Within the areas inspected, excellent implementation of radioactive liquid and gaseous effluent control programs performed by the Chemistry Department was observe The licensee has an acceptable program for calibrating radiation monitor The RMS upgrade project is in the second phase, which had been delayed one year because of technical issue Surveillance tests for th~ air cleaning systems were performed as require The licensee plans to complete the air balance tests for the air balance upgrade project by the end of 199 *
No radiological safety concerns or violations of NRC regulatory requirements were observed.
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- DETAILS INDIVIDUALS CONTACTED 1.1. PRINCIPAL LICENSEE EMPLOYEES
- G. Blumberg, Lead Engineer, Technical Department
- D. Branham, Senior Staff Engineer, Rad. Prot./Chem. Services (RP/CS)
- T. Carrier, Technical Engineer-I&C Systems, Technical Department
- T. Cellmer, Manager, Radiation Protection/Chemistry (RP/C).
R. Chan, Project Engineer, Nuclear Engineering
- J. Cicconi, Project Manager, Nuclear Engineering
- G. Dziuba, Senior Nuclear Perforinance Supervisor, Chemistry, RP/C
- J. Grimm, System Engineering, Technical Department
- ~. Kepley, Licensing Engineer, Licensing
- E. Lawrence, Quality Assurance Auditor, QA Audit Department R. Maza, Nuclear Technical Supervisor, Chemistry, RP/C
- D. Miller, Senior Staff Engineer, RP/C
- H. Miller, Senior Nuclear Performance Supervisor, RP/Chem Support
- M; Morroni, Manager, Maintenance R. Newmaster, Nuclear Technical Supervisor, Chemistry, RP/C
- G. Suey, Chemistry Engineer, RP/C
~ H. Trenka, Project Manager-Design, Nuclear Engineering Design
- R. WatsonJ Supervisor, Maintenance Controls - Instrument and Controls NRC EMPLOYEES C. Marschall, Senior Resident Inspector J. Scho~py, Resident Inspector T. Fish, Resident Inspector
- Denotes those present at the exit meeting on October 21, 1994.
The inspector also interviewed other licensee and contractor personne.0 PURPOSE OF INSPECTION The purpose of this inspection was to review the 1icensee's capability for measuring and quantifying radioactive liquid and gaseous effluents during norma 1 an_d emergency operation.0 MANAGEMENT CONTROLS ORGANIZATION AND PROGRAM CHANGES The inspector ~eviewed the licensee's organization and discussed with the licensee any changes since the last inspection conducted in November 199 As of July 1994, the Chemistry Department staff was reorganize No negative affect on the radioactive liquid and gaseous effluent control programs was discernible by the inspector as of the-time of the inspection.
3~2 QUALITY ASSURANCE (QA) AUDIT
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The inspector reviewed the licensee's QA Audit report 93-151 of the radioactive liquid and gaseous effluent control program The audit was performed to determine the efficacy of implementation of Technical Specification (TS) requirement Five "findings" were issued as a result of the audi None were of safety significance. The inspector concluded that the audit was of sufficient technical depth to effectively assess the quality of the effluent control program. 3. SEMIANNUAL EFFLUENT RELEASE REPORTS The inspector reviewed the semiannual effluent release reports for the second half of 1992, all of 1993, and the first half 6f 1994 for Units 1 and 2 (submitted separately by each unit).
The semiannual effluent release-reports reflected offsite releases and projected dose No obvious ~mis~ions, trends or anomalous measurements were note The inspector determined that the licensee met TS reporting requirement.0 RADIOACTIVE LIQUID AND GASEOUS EFFLUENT CONTROL PROGRAMS* IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EFFLUENT CONTROL PROGRAMS.1 The inspector reviewed the radioactive liquid and gaseous effluent*
control procedure and selected radioactive liquid and gaseous release permits to determine implementation of TS requirement The inspector determined that the procedure, SC.CH-TI.ZZ-0189
"Radiological Effluent Discharge Report Generation and Completion",
provided the necessary steps for effective control of radioactive liquid and gaseous effluent releases. The inspector also determined that the reviewed discharge permits were complete and met the requirements for sampling and analysis at the frequencies and lower limits of detection established in the T *
The inspector also discussed with the licensee various aspects of the radioactive liquid and gaseous effluent control programs, such as
- communication with Radwaste Operations.and the compensatory sampling program when the RMS is out of servic Based on the above review and discussions with the Chemistry Department members, the inspector determined that the responsible individuals had excellent knowledge concerning radioactive effluent control programs and the licensee continued to implement excellent effluent control program EFFLUENT/PROCESS RADIATION MONITORING SYSTEMS CRMSl RMS CALIBRATION PROCEDURES AND RESULTS The inspector reviewed the calibration procedures and most recent calibration results of the following effluent/process RMS to determine implementation of the TS requirements for both unit Unit I
- Containment High Range Area Radiation Monitor (1R44A)
Liquid Radwaste Effluent Line Radiation Monitor (IR18)
- Main Steam Line Radiation Monitor (IR46A)
- Pl ant Vent Effluent Monitor (Backup) (1Rl6C)
- Plant Vent Post Accident Intermediate Range Monitor (1R45B)
Unit 2
- Containment Vent Monitors-Noble Gas (2Rl2A)
- Containment Vent Monitors-Noble Gas, High Range (2R44A)
- Liquid Radwaste Effluent Line Radiation Monitor (2Rl8)
~ Main Steam Line Radiation Monitors (2R46A)
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Plant Vent Gross Radiation Monitor (Backup) (2Rl6C)
- Plant Vent Intermediate Range Radiation Monitor {2R45B)
- Plant Vent High Range Radiation Monitor (2R45C)
The inspector noted that the calibration result~ for the above effluent/process~RMS were within the licensee's acceptance criteria and the associated procedures provided the necessary steps for calibrating the above monitor A system engineer is responsible for trending the calibration results o all the RM The inspector reviewed the licensee's method ahd noted that the calibration-results were compared to the original transfer calibration result. Although the evaluation was good, there was no written guidance for the evaluation proces The licensee stated that guidance would be documented, as appropriate. This guidance will be reviewed during a subsequent inspectio Based on the above review, the inspector determined that the licensee maintained an acceptable program to calibrate the effluent/process RMS at each uni.2 STATUS OF THE RMS UPGRADE PROJECT During the previous inspection, the inspector reviewed the long-term project of the Engineering and Plant Betterment Project Proposa The long-term project had three phases: (1) Phase l; Competitive Scoping, by end of 1992, (2) Phase 2; Competitive Installation, by end of 1993, and (3) Phase 3, Remaining Scope, by end of 199 *
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During this inspection, the inspector met with the licensee to discuss and review the status of the RMS upgrade project and to review the-licensee's plan for future improvement The licensee discussed the progress of the RMS upgrade, which had been included in the
"Revitalization Project".
The inspector noted that the licensee is in phase The project had been delayed one year to resolve technical, issues regarding the new plant vent monitoring ski The licensee plans to implement the new skid in the first quarter 1995 in Unit 1 and in
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spring 1996 for Unit The remaining scope (phase 3) is planned for 1996, Unit 1 and 1998, Unit 2. *
As ~art of the upgrade project, the licensee had upgraded several effluent/process RMS ca 1 i brat ion procedures, which are in_ the review stag The inspector noted that the lic~nsee finalized the RMS Manual as an engineering controlled documen The licensee ~reated a task force to reduce the number of inoperable RMS channels to a manageable level at both unit The inspector reviewed the licensee's latest status report and noted that the current inoperable channels as of 10/16/94 were four for Unit 1 and twelve-for Unit The inspector noted that chemistry technicans take compensatory actions, as require Based on the review of the project and discussions with the licensee, the inspector detetmined that the licensee was pursuing resolution of the RMS problems through the upgrade proJect. - The progress of the RMS upgrade will be reviewed during subsequent NRC inspection.0 AIR CLEANING SYSTEMS SURVEllLANCE TESTS The inspector reviewed the surveillance test procedures and most recent test results for the (1) Containment Filtration System, (2) Fuel Handling Area Ventilation Systems, (3) Auxiliary Building Exhaust Air_
Filtration Systems, and (4) Control Room Emergency Filtration Systems to determine implementation of TS requirement The following surveillance results were reviewe Visual Inspections
- In-Place HEPA Tests
- In-Place Charcoal Tests
- Air Capacity Tests
- Pressure Drop Tests
- Laboratory Tests for the-Iodine Collection Efficiencie The RP/Chemistry Support Department was responsible for the surveillance tests. The above test results were within the licensee's TS requirement However, the licensee continued to have difficulty determining the flow rate in the Auxiliary Building Exhaust Air Filtration System (Unit 1). The difficulty appeared to be due to air balance problem The licensee had _addressed these issues in the air balance-upgrade project (see Section 6.2 of this inspection report for details).
- Based on the above review, the inspector determined that the licensee performed the surveillance tests as scheduled and met TS requirement.2 AIR BALANCE UPGRADE PROJECT During this inspection, the inspector met with the. licensee to discuss and review the status of the air balance upgrade project for the Fuel
- Handling Building Ventilation (FHBV) and the Auxiliary Building Ventilation (ABV) Systems, and to review the licensee's plan for future improvement The licens~e discussed the pro~ress of the upgrade, which had been included in the "Revitalization Project". The licensee stated that completion of the air balance-project was expected by the first quarter of 1995 for Unit 2 and by the end of 1995 for Unit Based on the review of the project and discussions with the licensee, the inspector determined thaf the licensee was pursuing resulution of the issue through the upgrade projec The progress of the air balance project will be rev1ewed during subsequent NRC inspection.0 EXIT MEETINGS The in~pector met with the licensee representatives denoted in Section 1.1 of this inspeGtion report at the conclusion of the inspection on October 21, 199 The inspector summarized the purpose, scope an_d findings 6f the inspectio The licensee acknowledged th~ inspection findings.