IR 05000293/1986035

Insp Rept 50-293/86-35 on 860929-1002.No Violation Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Radioactive Liquid & Gaseous Effluents Program,Including Mgt Control,Ventilation Sys,Qa/Qc, Radioactive Effluent Release Records & Procedures

ML20211J154
Person / Time
Site:	Pilgrim
Issue date:	11/04/1986
From:	Clemons P, Pasciak W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:
Shared Package
ML20211J151	List: IR 05000293/1986035 ML20211J146
References
50-293-86-35, NUDOCS 8611110016
Download: ML20211J154 (6)

Text

.c - . . c

%~ T 'T'

.

, . .

-

.

.

U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION I

Report No. '50-293/86-35

_

Docket No. '50-293 License N DPR-35 Priority --

Category C Licensee: Boston Edison' Ccmpany M/C Nuclear 800 Boylston Street s Boston, Massachusetts 02199

,

Facility Name: Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station Inspection At: PlymotIth, Massachusetts Inspection C'on~ ducted: Septembers29, 1986-October 2, 1986 Inspector: '

@M P C .. on s ,

M M eu +d4 Y6 iati edialist date Approved by: l jh. 'hO B 4 7 \K Pasciak, Chief, Effluent Radiation dat(

Protection Section Inspection Summary: Inspection on September 29, 1986-October 2, 1986 (Inspection Report No. 50-293/86-35).

I, i

Areas' Inspected: Routine, unannounced safety inspection of the licensee's radioactive liquid and gaseous effluents program. Areas reviewed included:

management control. ventilation systems, quality assurance / quality control, radioactive effluent release records, procedures, semi-annual release reports, effluent instrumentation, audits, and offsite dose calculation manua Results: No violation were identified.

l

<

l l

, i

'

,

'

l l

'

.

l l 8611110016 861105 l PDR, ADOCK 05000293 l G PDR

.

k l L ..

. - . _ - - . _ _ _ _ . . _ _ -

. .-

'

DETAILS 1.0 Individuals-Contacted

< 1.1 Licensee Personnel

'

A. Pedersen, Nuclear Operations Department Manager

-

S._ Hudson, Operations Section Manager T. Sowdon, Radiological Section Manager R. Canalas, Chief, Chemical Engineer A. Shatas, Senior Chemical Engineer C. Grevenitz, Senior Chemical Engineer 4~

J. Mattia, Quality Assurance Department Group Leader J. Quinn, Plant Engineer E. Graham, Compliance. Group Leader

1.2 NRC Personnel M. McBride, Senior Resident Inspector L. .Doerflein, Project Engineer Other licensee personnel were contacted and interviewed .during this inspectio .0 Purpose The purpose of this routine program was to review the licensee's liquid and gaseous effluent control program with respect to the following elements:

--

Management controls;

--

. Ventilation ~ systems;

--

Liquid and gaseous release records;

--

Procedures;

--

Semiannual effluent reports;

--

Instrument calibration;

--

Quality assurance / Quality control;

--

Audits;.and

--

Offsite dose calculation manual

,

3.0 Quality Assurance / Quality Control The licensee's. Quality Assurance / Quality Control program was reviewed against the criteria contained in 10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion IV,

" Procurement Document Co' n trol."

s

,

r - .,, , - _. . , , . . . , , _ _ - . . , . . - . ~ .

-

~. . . . , _ _

_e .. _. --.

. .

- *

1 s

,

t

,

The licensee's performance relative to those criteria was determined by interviewing Quality Assurance / Quality Control personnel, Senior Chemical Engineers, and by reviewing appropriate ' purchase document Within the scope of this review, the following was identifie The inspector determined that during the period of February 4,1986-March 7, 1986, the licensee issusd two purchase documents to two vendor Purchase' Order No. 68422 was, issued to a vendor to provide services for the testing'of HEPA filters and charcoal cartridges in the Standby Gas Treatment and Control Room Air Filtration System Purchase Order

-' No. 68431 was issued to a\ vendor to provide services to perform methyl

iodide tests on charcoal samples from the same systems. The inspector noted that both purchase documents contained the statement:

Quality Category "Q".  !

t Appendix B, Part 50, Criterion IV, " Procurement Document Control" states,

" Measures shall be established to assure that applic'able regulatory

requirements, design bases, and other requirements which'are necessary to assure adequate quality are suitably included or referenced in the documents for procurement of material, equipment, and services, whether purchased by the applicant or by its contractors or subcontractors. To

, the extent'necessary, procurement documents shall reouire contractors or subcontractors to provide a. quality assurance program consistent with the pertinent provisions of this appendix."_

-

r - ] _

The inspector determined that the purchase documents issued did not contain any regulatory f requirements, or any other requirements, to assure that adequate quality was delivered by the vendors, and neither did the

! purchase orders require the vendo s to provide a quality assurance program consistent with th'e requirements of Appendix 8. Purchase documentation will be reviewed during a future inspectirn (293/86-35-01).

' (,

4.0 Ventilation Systems

, ,

The licensee's surveillance program for the standby Gas Treatment System and the Control Room High Efficiency Air Filtration System were reviewed with respect to the criteria contained in Technical Specification 4. Th? licensee's performance relative to these criteria was determined by discussion with a Senior Chemical Engineer, and by reviewing appropriate document Within the- scope of this review, no violations were identifie .0 Effluent Releases

!

The licensee's program for liquid and gaseous releases were reviewed against the criteria contained in Technical Specification 4.8.

a j

. .

The licensee's performance relative to these criteria was determined by discussion with Chemistry Department personnel, and by reviewing appro-priate document Within the scope of this review, no violations were identifie .0 Effluent Monitoring Instrumentation The licensee's surveillance program for effluent monitor calibration was reviewed against criteria contained in Technical Specifications 4.8.B and 4. The licensee's performance relative to these criteria was determined by discussion with Chemistry Department personnel and by reviewing appro-priate document The inspector determined that Chemistry Department personnel were charged with the responsibility for calibrating certain instruments, and the Instrum.ent and Control Department is charged with the calibration of the other instruments. Usually, the Instrument and Control Department is responsible for maintenance, and calibration, of all instrumentatio Within the scope of this review, no violations were identifie .0 Procedures The adequacy and effectiveness of the licensee's procedures were reviewed against the criteria contained in Technical Specification 6.8,

" Procedures".

The licensee's performance relative to these criteria was= determined by discussions with Chemistry Department personnel, and by reviewing appropriate procedure Within the scope of this review, no violations were identifie .0 Audits The adequacy and effectiveness of the licensee's audit program was reviewed against the criteria contained in Technical Specification 6.5. The licensee's performance relative to these criteria was determined by discussions with a Senior Chemical Engineer, Quality Assurance / Quality Control personnel, and by reviewing appropriate audit report Within the scope of this review, no violations were identifie . . _

-

. .

9.0 Semiannual Effluent Report The licensee's semiannual release reports _were reviewed against the criteria contained in Technical Specification 6.9. The licensee's performance relative to these criteria was determined by discussions with the Radiological Section Manager, a Senior Supervising Radiological Engineer,~and by reviewing reports for the periods July-December 1985 and January-June 198 Within the scope.of this review, the following was identified:

The inspector was provided copies of the reports for the periods specified above. The inspector noted that the reports did not contain a " cover" letter, and that each report had missing data. The inspector was given a copy of the cover letter for each report, and noted that the explanation for the missing data was identical for each. Letters to.the NRC dated February 28, 1986, and August 29, 1986, respectively, stated,

"

...Please be advised that portions of this report regarding data from our Meteorological Tower will be submitted at a future date. This is due to a computer failure and all data must be reformatted and programmed on an "outside" computer. . ."

The inspector noted that the missing data for the period July-December 1985 had not been submitted as.of October 2,198 _

-

The licensee stated that all missing data would be submitted on, or before, December 31, 1986. This item will be reviewed in a future inspection (293/86-35-02).

10.0 Management Control The licensee has documented the management control for radioactive liquid and gaseous waste management in Exempt Job Descriptions. The Chemical Group , under the Chief Chemical Engineer, is accountable for managing the liquid and gaseous effluents progra All of the activities of the Chemical Group are governed by procedures which specify methods for sampling, handling, processing, and analyzing

'

the liquid and gaseous effluent Within the scope of this review, no violations were identifie .0 Off-site Dose Calculation Manual The licensee's program for the Off-site Dose Calculation Manual was reviewed against the criteria contained in Technical Specifications 8.2, 8.3 8.4, and .; . . -

The licensee's. program relative to these criteria was determined by discussion with Chemistry Department personnel, and by reviewing appropriate document Within the scope of this review, no violations were identifie .0 Exit Interview

__

The inspector met with the licensee representatives (denoted in Paragraph 1) at the conclusion of the inspection on October 2, 1986. The inspector summarized the- scope of the inspection and findings as- described in this repor At no time during this inspection was written material-provided to the licensee by the inspecto .

I t

y - - w- , y-g= --

1- y w w m--w --m- ,-- m - e