IR 05000289/1980032
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| Issue date: | 12/23/1980 |
| From: | Neely D, Nimitz R, Galen Smith NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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OV U. S. fiUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF If1SPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT Region I 50-289/80-32 Report No.
50-320/80-21 50-289 Docket No.
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License No. DPR-73 Priority
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Category C, C Licensee:
Metropolitan Edison Company P. O. Box 542
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Reading, Pennsylvania 19640 Facility Name:
Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2 Meeting at:
Region I Office, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania Meeting conducted:
December 17., 1980 NRC Personnel:
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125 2 >> l 9,b D. R. Neely, Rad'iattion Specialist date signed
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Management Meeting of December 17, 1980 (Combined Report Nos. 50-289/80-32; 50-320/80-21 Areas Covered:
Combined special corporate management meeting to discuss the licensee's proposed corrective action for the items identified in the Health Physics Evaluation of Three Mile Island I (Report (50-289/80-22) as needing improvement prior to restart.
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Region I Form 12-1
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DETAILS 1.
Personnel Attending Nuclear Regulatory Commission Boyce H. Grier, Director, Region I James M. Allan, Deputy Director, Region I George H. Smith, Chief, FFMS Branch, Region I Harold D. Thornburg, Director, Division of Safeguards and i
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Radiological Safety Inspection IE:HQ Robert J. Bores, Chief, Environmental and Special Projects Section, Region I i
Donald R. Neely, Radiation Specialist, Region I
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Anthony N. Fasano, Chief Resident Section, TMI Program Office
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Donald A. Havercamp, Sr. Resident Irt.ipector, TMI Program Office Mohamed M. Shanbaky, S. Radiation Specialist, TMI Program Office R. L. Nimitz, Radiation Specialist, Region I L. Barrett, Deputy Program Director, TMI Program Office S. Wookey, Reactor Engineer (Intern)
Metropciitan Edison Company l
J. E. Herbein, Vice President, Nuclear Assurance R. W. Heward, Jr., Vice President, Radiological and Environmental
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l Controls W. E. Potts, Manager, Radiological Controls, Unit 1 l
J. W. Brasher, Manager, Radiological Controls, Unit 2 L. W. Harding, Supervisor Licensing, Unit 1 M. E. Miles, Consultant, Beta, Inc.
R. Rogan, Manager, Emergency Planning l
R. W. Zechman, Manager, Training 2.
Areas Discussed The licensee presented his proposed corrective actions taken or planned to be taken to corrwt the items identified as needing improvement prior to restart of Three Mile Island Unit 1 which were presented in the Health l
Physics Evaluation of this facility (Report No. 50-289/89-22).
The items to be improved prior to restart and the licensee's proposed corrective action is presented as an attachment to this report.
Also discussed was the management evaluation presented in the Health Physics Evaluatio.
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Attachment Metropolitan Edison Company's Planned Actions to Resolve health Physics Evaluation Findings at Three Mile Island Unit 1 Item Planned Action
- Definition of the interfaces of the Unit 1 Radio-A GPU Nuclear Organization Plan will be developed logical Controls Department and radwaste operations which will present all positions down to and including functions with those elements of Unit 2 which the Section Head Level.
Also to be developed is support Unit 1.
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a Department Plan Organization, Program Responsi-bility Document and a Personnel Chart.
The inter-faces will be defined in these documents.
A technical specification change request is to be submitted which defines the new organization.
Definition of the Unit 1 Training Department The training Department Organization will be presented organizational structure down to and including in the documents to be developed to satisfy Item the instructor level.
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80-22-01.
- Definition of the Unit 2 Radiological Controls This department organization will be presented Department organizational structure down to and in the documents to be developed to satisfy Item including the non-supervisory level and reflecting 80-22-01.
Procedure 4010 will also address this organizational interfaces with the Unit 1 topic and will be revised as necessary to reflect radiological controls program.
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current organization which is to be defined for
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Item 80-22-01.
- Definition of the Unit 2 radioactive waste organiza-This department organization will be presented in tional structure down to and including the non-super-the documents to be developed to satisfy Item visory level and reflecting organizational interfaces 80-22-01.
with the Unit 1 program.
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Item Planned Action
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Development of job descriptions for positions in the Position descriptions to be called Position TMI-1 Radiological Centrols Department.
Specifications will be developed which will (50-289/80-22-06)
identify position, states who position reports to,
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minimum education and experience needed, any
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licenses needed, additional desired education, minimum training and any additional training needed.
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Definition of the responsibilities and functions to This will be defined in the Department Organization be performed by the corporate element of the Plan, and the Corporate Organization Plan.
Radiological Controls Department.
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Development and implementation of staffing plans to This will be defined in the Corporate Organization ensure that the responsibilites and functions assigned Plan, the Department Organization Plan and the to the corporate element of the Radiological Controls Personnel Chart.
Department can be performed.
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Review of adequacy of the implementation of the An audit will be performed to prepare for management and managerial functions in relation to licensing hearings. Will address organization, the radiological controls program at the THI site communications, and training.
by an independent review group, outside the GPU system, having expertise in the review and analysis of management principles and practices.
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Development of selection criteria for all positions The selection criteria will be presented in in the Unit 1 radwaste organization which include Position Specification.
This Position Specification
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formal education, experience and training factors.
will contain the elements discussed in licensee (50-289/80-22-13)
planned action for Item No. 80-22-06.
- Development of selection criteria for all positions The selection criteria will be contained in the in the Unit 2 radwaste organization which include Position Specification.
The specification will
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formal education, experience and training factors.
contain the elements discussed in licensee planned (50-289/80-22-14)
action for Item No. 80-22-06.
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Item Planned Action
- Development and implementation of selection criteria The selection criteria will be presented in for staff positions in the corporate element of the the Position Specifications.
(See Item 80-22-06)
Radiological Controls Department.
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- Development and implementation of approved training The training and replacement training will be and replacement training programs for Unit 1 general presented and discussed in the Training Depart-employees, radiological controls, radwaste and train-ment Manual and Procedure 1690 series.
ing personnel.
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- Development and implementation of retraining and Documentation will be contained in the Training replacement training programs for Unit 2 radio-Department Manual.
Programs will be developed logical controls and radwaste personnel.
for ALARA engineers, dosimetry engineers, dose (50-289/80-22-17)
assessment personnel and Radiological Control Instrumentation Technicians.
Resolution of the effect of high energy (*2.2 MeV The licensee will submit details as to the endpoint) beta radiation on the TLD gamma exposure nature, extent and control of this effect results.
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at Unit 1.
Decision as to what neutron monitoring equipment will The licensee is currently conducting a review to be used at TMI for monitoring neutron exposure and locate a suitable device.
Until such time, the implementation of that program.
If a badge device licensee will develop and utilize conservative is selected, the device should be capable of respond-neutron flux to dose conversion factors, ing to neutrons of energies from thermal to at lea >t 1 MeV and should have a lower limit of detection of not greater than 30 millirems.
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of neutron threshold energies for the detector (140 kev) when major portions of neutron exposures are from energies <140 kev should be applied.
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- Item Planned Action
Establishment of action levels for the issuance and A procedure will be established to provide for use of special case personnel monitoring devices this item.
under conditions where exposures to the extremities, skin of the whole body, or lens of the key may be limiting.
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Development and implementation of a QA program for The licensee has established and implemented a vendor supplied and processed extremity monitoring QA program for extremity monitoring devices.
devices.
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Within the existing QA program, development and This will be addressed in conjunction with
implementation of provisions for determining Item No. 80-22-19.
correction factors to be applied in the deter-mination of gamma doses received in mixed radiation fields.
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Development and implementation of a bioassay Rescind conflicting procedures and establish a procedure, common to both Units 1 and 2, which bioassay procedure which is controlled by Unit details criteria, collection methods and handling 2 policy.
This procedure will address "MPC-hours".
techniques for each type of indirect biosssay performed at the site in order to insure uniform coordination and implementation of the bioassay program.
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Establishment of Respiratory Protection Instructor A document is in review for Units 1 and 2
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selection criteria and provision for qualifying which will establish the selection and qualifi-
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instructors prior to assuming instructor duties.
cation criteria.
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Item Planned Action Upgrade of the existing Unit 1 respiratory protection This item is currently under licensee review.
- training program to include the elements contained in A training document is being prepared to address NUREG 0041, Section 8.3.
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Development and implementation of a contractor-The licensee will establish oversight of the
independent QA program for the bioassay program which contractor's QA program through his vendor audit includes:
fixed audit schedules; use NBS traceable program.
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sources, acceptance / rejection criteria; accuracy and precision requirements; MDAs; and use and adequacy of licensee procedures.
(50-289/80-22-33)
Establishment of portal and hand and foot monitor A procedure has been developed and is currently
calibration programs which include the use of NBS being reviewed.
Hand and foot monitors are in traceable radiation sources and instrument acceptance use in Unit 2.
Unit 1 has portal but no hand criteria.
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and foot monitors.
Provisions for resolving time corrections in GM Counting procedures are being revised to include
detector counting procedures and determination of resolving time correction. Prepared samples will the gross beta efficiency using appropriate be sent to NBS for assay and will be used for backscatter corrections for the medium being backscatter corrections.
counted.
(50-189/80-22-36)
Provisions for weight loading limitation for 17H Procedures are being revised to include this
drums in the applicable procedures.
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Revision of procedures to eliminate reference to Procedures will be revised to eliminate the
entire collections of regulatory requirements and reference to entire document collections.
incorporate specific Certificate of Compliance requirements.
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Development and implementation of provisions for The Radiation Waste Program document will provide performing and documenting radiation surveys of for cask surveys.
shipping casks prior to intrasite transfer.
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Item Planned Action Assignment of individuals by position or title, to the The assignment of individuals by position or functional areas of emergency activity described in title will be provided by a revision to Admin-the Emergency Plan and Emergency Plan Implementing istrative Procedure (AP) No. 1014. This will Procedures, with such assignments detailed further, also be addressed in Revision 3 of the Emergency by name, in the Emergency Plan Implementing Pro-Plan (tentatively planned for implementation cedures/EDSR.
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lanuary 2, 1981).
Development of an approved procedure governing the This item will be addressed in the onsite/offsite administrative aspects of the EDSR and the selection roster of AP 1014.
The position requirements criteria to be applied in assigning individuals to will be addressed in the Position Specifications.
positions in the onsite emergency organization if (See Item 80-22-06)
the EDSR approach is to be continued.
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Assignment of individuals / contractors to the To be addressed in Administrative Procedure (AP)
functional areas of offsite support by position or No. 1014.
title, with such assignments detailed further, by name, in the Emergency Plan Implementing Procedures /EDSR.
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Development of an approved procedure governing the To be addressed in Administrative Procedure (AP)
administrative aspects of the offsite EDSR and the No. 1014.
selection criteria to be applied in assigning individuals to positions in the offsite emergency organization.
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Description of the interfaces between the elements of The description will be presented in Table 3 of
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the onsite and offsite emergency organizations with the proposed Revision 3 of the Emergency Plan such interfaces reflected in the EPIPs.
including:
Title, Function Interfaces and (50-289/80-22-60)
Communications.
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Item Planned Action Development of formal, approved lesson plans containing Administrative Procedure (AP) No. 1052 and student performance objectives and a means to measure Section 6.5 of the Training Manual will address performance against those objectives for each functional this item.
area of emergency activity, i.e., for each emergency job function / title.
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In the procedure which governs the conduct of the This item will be addressed in AP No. 1052, emergency plan training program (EPIP 1004.24)
and Section 6.5 of the Training Manual.
Section specification of:
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5 of the Training Manual will address Qualification and Selection of Instructors.
(1) The means by which completed training will be documented.
(2) The designation of instructors and their qualifications; and (3) The manner in which members of the emergency organization will be trained in changes to procedures, facilities or equipment which occur in the period between scheduled train-ing sessions.
Coordination of the content of training for offsite This item will be addressed in Administrative support groups with the offsite support groups to Procedure (AP) No. 1052.
whom the training will be provided.
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Completion of at least one training iteration This Training will be completed prior to restart.
in accordance with the training program.
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Planned Action Development of selection and qualification criteria This will be addressed in Section 5 of the
for emergency planning instructors.
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Training Administration Procedure.
To be included is the instructor's academic training, experience and teaching ability.
Evaluate and, as necessary, upgrade communications This action was accomplished in August 1980.
Four between the EAC, EOFs, and Control Room for the separate communication links and a radio system purpose of transmitting and receiving environmental are now available.
monitoring information and direction.
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as needed.
Coordination of EOF emergency work-space allocation The TMI visitor center space allocation has been with the NRC Region I Office.
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reviewed and will be discussed with NRC Region I
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to ensure adequate space is available.
Interface emergency, abnormal and alarm condition Flagging notes will be placed in the emergency procedures with the Emergency Plan Implementing procedures to provide for procedure interfacing.
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Instructions (Procedures 1004.1 through 1004.4) to This will include incit ion of Emergency and
ensure prompt detection and classification of Abnormal Alarm Conditions.
emergencies and to resolve apparent conflicting courses of action for radiation protection and chemistry personnel.
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Development of procedural guidelines for the conduct Three procedures have been developed to address this of in plant radiological surveys (radiation, air item and are currently being reviewed.
and contamination) to support the accident assessment and in plant radiation protection schemes.
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Item Planned Action Development of procedures for sampling and analyzing This will be addressed in procedure 1004.31 which containment air under accident conditions.
is being revised.
In the interim, Procedure RCP (50-289/80-22-75)
1631 will address this item.
Engineering is currently reviewing the air sampling configuration.
Review of Procedure 1004.15 against actual post-Due to ALARA considerations, a procedure demon-
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accident sampling system design upon completion of stration will not be undertaken until the system the NUREG 0578 evaluation currently in progress.
has been flushed and properly shielded.
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Description of the methods and equipment to be used This item will be addressed in its entirety in for environmental radiation and contamination surveys Procedure Nos. 1004.10 and 1004.31.
at onsite locations to include:
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j (1) Specification of pre-determined survey points or routes; (2) Description of ultimate disposition of original data sheets; (3) Specification of the central collection point for samples; (4) Description of primary and backup communications provision; and, (5) Specification of the means of team transporation.
Description of the methods and equipment to be used This item will be addressed in its entirety in for offsite environmental radiation and contamination Procedure Nos. 1004.11 and 1004.31.
surveys to include:
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(1) Specification of pre-determined survey points or routes; (2) Specification of the collection point
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for samples; (3) Description of back-up communications methods; and, (4) Description of the means to be employed
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by the teams to obtain transportation.
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Development of approved procedures describing the The actions will be described in Procedure No.
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detailed actions to be taken to implement the 1004.12.
emergency REMP.
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Development of provisions for comparing the results This item will be addressed in Procedure Nos.
of projected dose calculations with action levels 1004.1, 1004.2, 1004.3, 1004.4 and 1004.7.
and Protective Action Guides of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a basis for recommending the implementation of protective actions in behalf
of the general population.
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Formulation of provisions for immediate notification This item will be addressed in Procedure Nos.
of appropriate state or local agencies in the event 1004.1 through 1004.4.
assessment actions indicate an actual or potential
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exposure to the whole body or thyroid of persons in the plume exposure EPZ equal to or greater than the lower limits of the EPA Protective Action Guides
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for the child.
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Item Planned Action Inclusion of high range noble gas monitors and radio-This item will be incorporated into existing iodine effluent analyses in the assessment scheme.
procedures when system becomes available.
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Procedures for collecting and analyzing adsorbent Procedure No. 1004.31 has been revised to address media for radiciodine in gaseous effluents under this item.
This procedure is currently under accident conditions.
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review.
Development of procedures which describe the detailed This item has been addressed through revision of actions to be implemented or considered to be imple-Procedure EPIP No. 1004.9 mented or considered to be implemented to ensure
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continuity of the radiation protection program during emergencies.
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Provisions for monitoring individuals in the Processing This item has been addressed through revision of Center or assembly areas that will result in the Procedure No. 1004.20 and will provide for detection of the 1,000 dpm (100 cpm) action level.
monitor to the 1,000 dpm level at the assembly (50-289/80-22-85)
area.
Inclusion of data sheets in Procedure 1004.20 to A supply of 200 survey sheets has been provided record survey results.
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at each location.
Procedure 1004.20 has been j
revised to reflect use of the sheets.
Development of specific action levels and judgment Procedure Nos. 1004.3 and 1004.4 have been revised guidance for use in determining the need for evacua-to include the specific action levels.
A review tion of the protected area and the site for Alert, is to be conducted to determine necessity of Site and General Emergencies.
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inclusion of Emergency Director guidance to assist his judgment.
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Item Planned Action Provisions for notifying the of fsite medical treatment This item has been addressed in Procedure No.
facility ~ prior to transport of a contaminated and/or 1004.16.
injured individual.
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Description of the management controls to be used for This matter has been addressed in Administrative assigning responsibility for corrective actions and Procedure No. 1051.
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their completion dates and to assure that assigned actions are completed in accordance with the estab-lished schedule and adequate to resolve the noted deficiency.
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Note:
Those items marked with an * relate to Unit 2 and must be acted upon prior to restart of TMI-Unit 1.
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