IR 05000285/1987009

Insp Rept 50-285/87-09 on 870406-10.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Emergency Detection & Classification, Protective Action Decisionmaking,Notifications & Communications & Shift Staffing & Augmentation

ML20214E562
Person / Time
Site:	Fort Calhoun
Issue date:	04/29/1987
From:	Terc N, Yandell L NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
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ML20214E557	List: IR 05000285/1987009 ML20214E554
References
50-285-87-09, 50-285-87-9, NUDOCS 8705220146
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APPENDIX U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION IV

NRC Inspection Report: 50-285/87-09 License: DPR-40 Docket: 50-285 Licensee: Omaha Public Power District (OPPD)

1623 Harney Street Omaha, Nebraska 68102 Facility Name: Fort Calhoun Station Inspection At: Omaha and Fort Calhoun, Nebraska Inspection Conducted: April 6-10, 1987 Inspector:

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' b- ] Y- Z 9 'd 7 Nemen M. Terc, Emergency Preparedness Date Specialist Approved: M L. A. Yandell, Chief, Emergency Preparedness 4b9/(7 Date

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and Safeguards Programs Section Inspection Summary Inspection Conducted April 6-10, 1987 (Report 50-285/87-09)

Areas Inspected: Routine, unannounced inspection of emergency detection and classification, protective action decisionmaking, notifications and communications, and shift staffing and augmentatio Results: Within the areas inspected, no violations, deviations or deficiencies were identifie PDR ADOCK 05000285 G PDR

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., s w-2-DETAILS Persons Contacted Licensee

• R. Jaworski, Section Manager, Technical Services

• S. Gebers, Site Emergency Preparedness Coordinator

• J. Fisicaro, Supervisor, Nuclear Regulatory and Industry Affairs

• F. Franco, Manager, Radiation Health and Emergency Preparedness

• J. Gasper, Manager, Administrative and Training Services

• L. Kusek, Supervisor, Operations

• D. Munderloh, Plant Licensing Engineer

• A. Richard, Manager, Quality Assurance

• G. Roach, Supervisor, Chemical and Radiation Protection Others

• P. Harrell, NRC Senior Resident Inspector-

• Denotes attendance at exit intervie The NRC inspector also held discussions with other station and corporate personnel in the areas of emergency detection and classification, protective action decisionmaking, notifications and communications, shift staffing and augmentation, health physics, operations, and emergency response organizatio . Follow-up on Previous Inspection Findings (0 pen) Deficiency 285/8516-01: The NRC inspector determined that internal inconsistencies and lack of completeness of scenario data would be best evaluated during the upcoming July 1987 annual exercis (Closed) Deficiency 285/8611-01: The NRC inspector reviewed procedure EPIP-EOF-6, "Onsite/offsite dose assessment," and noted that it had been changed to include a choice of atmospheric dispersion stability classe (0 pen) Deficiency 285/8619-01: The NRC inspector determined that prompting by controllers would be best evaluated during the upcoming ,

July 1987 annual exercis !

i (Closed) Deficiency 285/8619-02: The NRC inspector noted that the i licensee had reviewed the security-procedure for emergency situations l against EPIPs, and determined that there were no contradictions among j the l l

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'(0 pen) Deficiency 285/8619-04: TheNRCinspectordeterminedthat'thelbest time to evaluate whether protective action recommendations could be'

achieved on a timely basis would be during the upcoming July 1987 annual'

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(0 pen) Deficiency 285/8619-05: TheNRCinspectordeterminedtItat _

corrective actions implemented consisted of retraining Recovery Managdrs, Site Directors', rnd Dose Assessment personnel on the requirements of prompt protectivt. action recommendations. In addition, the information necessary for _dedisionmakers was consolidated in procedure EPIP-EOF-7,

" Protective' Action Guidelines." The adequacy of these corrective actions will be further verified during the upcoming July 1987 annual- exercis (Closed) Deficiency 285/8620-02: The . inspector noted that five additional Bicron RS-500 ion. chambers, with a range of 0 to 500 R/hr, were dedicated to the Operational Support Center and Technical Support Center (TSC) for emergency us (Closed) Deficiency 285/8620-03: The NRC inspector noted that the licensee purchased 120 (0-500 mR), 20 (0-5 R), 20 (0-50 R), and 5 (0-100 R) pocket dosimeters for use at the TS (0 pen) Deficiency 285/8620-11: The NRC. inspector noted-that a computer program (i.e., the ERF Computer software) was being modified to compute 15-minute average meteorological data. Completion and implementation is expected by July 198 (Closed) Deficiency 285/8520-12: The NRC inspector _noted that the Emergency Assessment of Gaseous and Liquid Effluents (EAGLE) dispersion model and the Dose Rate Versus Gross CPM graphs in'EPIP-EOF-6 were revised and corrected by means of a correction factor;to treat all unmonitored releases as ground-level release (Closed) Deficiency 285/8620-14: The NRC inspector determined that there were readily available records to evaluate historical data recovery performance of meteorological instrementation'.

-(0 pen) Deficiency 285/8620-15:' The NRC-inspector noted that the EAGLE program had not been modified, nor had other measures been procedurized to consider scenarios where a release of radioactivity to the environment had

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not taken' place but was considered to be imminen (Closed) Deficiency 285/8620-16: The=NRC inspector.noted that procedures EIP-0SC-16, " Emergency teams," EPIP-RR-63, " Emergency Recovery-Organization: Dose Assessment Data Collector," and EPIP-RR-72, " Emergency Recovery . Organization: Dose-Assessment Specialist" had been revised to include means for obtaining data from other sources (e.g., U.S. Weather  :

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(Closed)' Deficiency 285/8620-17: -The NRC inspector, determined-that.the

' licensee-has-kept formal maintenance _. logs;from May.9, 1986, to the present. A new procedure.lis beingfdeveloped to.specify written instructions on-logkeepin '

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_(0 pen) Deficiency 285/8620-18: -The'NRC inspector noted that although procedure:for calculating system availability was being; written, it had ~ ~

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(Closed) Deficiency 285/8620-19: The'NRClinspector;ndtebi$hatprocedure .

EPIP-RR-69, " Emergency . Recovery Organization: Dose _ Assessment Operator,"

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Processor"'had been revised to ensure-that.the Recovery Manager's.or: Site Director's signatureLis:obtained:and verified prior to issuance-of protective action recommendation m (Closed) Deficiency '285/8620221: ~ The NRC inspector determined th'at th licensee added an additional individual to the emergency position of Licensing Administrator,' three~ Dose Assessment Coordinators, and three -

Dose ~ Assessment Operator . Program Areas Inspected The following program areas'were inspected. Theinspectionincl'udedi

. interviews with cognizant individuals, observation of activities, and-record reviews. The depth and scope of these activities were consistent with past findings and with the current status:of-the. facilit Except asinoted, the inspection revealed no violations,' deviations, deficiencies, unresolved items,-or open' items..-Notations 1after a: specific

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inspection item identify the following: I =-item not inspected or only partially inspected, V = violation, D = deviation, H;= deficiency, U = unresolved item, and 0 = open ite Inspection Procedure Functional-Area and Inspection' Requirements 82201 Emergency Detection and Classification (I)'

82202 Protective: Action Decisionmaking (I)

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82203 Notifications and Communications (I)

82205- Shift Staffing and Augmentation (I) Exit Interview:

The NRC inspector met with the NRC Senior _ Resident. Inspector an'd? licensee representatives denoted.in paragraph l'on April 10,'_1987,_and summarized-

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NRC . inspector' explained that the inspection ' procedures,- identified above,:

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