IR 05000358/1979004
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| Site: | Zimmer |
| Issue date: | 02/21/1979 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
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| 50-358-79-04, 50-358-79-4, NUDOCS 7903280058 | |
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U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT
REGION III
Report No.
50-358/79-04 ; 03011989/79-01 Docket No.
50-358 ; 030011989 License No.
CPPR-88; 34-07251-04 Licensee: Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company 139 East 4th Street Cincinnati, OH 45201 Facility Name:
Wm. H. Zimmer Nuclear Power Station Inspection At:
Zimmer Site, Moscow, OH Inspection Conducted: January 23-26, 1979 T,*,' k f.suk R b'u Inspector:
M. C. Schumacher
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W. L. Fisher, Chief yl!A//27
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Fuel Facility Projects and Radiation Support Section Inspection Summary:
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Inspection on January 23-26, 1979 (Report No. 358/79-04)
' Areas Inspected: Routine, announced preoperational inspection of
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radiation protection, including organization, training, procedures, instrumer.ts and equipment, and adherence to requirements of Byproduct Materials License No. 34-07251-04; preopcrational inspection of liquid
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and solid radwaste systems, including verification of installed components,
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provisions for monitoring, preoperational test procedures, control and processing procedures, and release procedures; preoperational inspection of gaseous waste system, including preope_ rational test development, and filter systems. The inspection involved 37 inspector-hours on site by one h7C inspector.
Results: No items of noncompliance or deviations were identified in any of the twelve areas inspected.
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DETAILS 1.
Persons Contacted
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Schott, Plant Superintendent P. King, Assistant Plant Superintendent
- D. Erickson, Radiation / Chemistry Supervisor G. Appel, Chemist
- J. Wald, Quality Engineer F. Reck, Radiation / Chemistry Foreman R. Clark, Radiation / Chemistry Foreman S. Martin, Test Coordinator R. Price, Training Supervisor G. Anderson, System Test Coordinator J. Gardner, System Engineer The inspector also contacted other licensee employees, including engineers, construction personnel, and radiation / chemistry technicians,during the course of the inspection.
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General This inspection began at approximately 8:30 a.m. on January 23, 1979 with an examination of licensee adherence to the requirements of Byproduct Materials License No. 34-07251-04.
It included observation of licensee facilf *'
and conditions of use, storage, and disposal of licensed matet
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Also initiated
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during this~ inspection were final preoperational inspections of radiation protection and liquid and solid radwaste system
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review of completed preoperational test procedure PO-Pi-01, including:
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" Personnel Monitoring and Survey Instruments," and partially (95%) completed preoperational test procedure VA-01, " Auxiliary
Building Vent." Extensive effort was devoted to visits to the
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radwaste, turbine, auxiliary and reactor buildings, where the
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installation of principal components of the liqufd and solid
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radwaste systems were verified.
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Organization Personnel changes consisted of the promotion of one technician to senior and the addition of five junior technicians. The total technician complement is currently eighteen.
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Training Licensee plans for radiation protection training were reviewed with licensee representatives. The ZPS-1 orientation course will be prepared by a contractor with a completion target of three months before fuel load.
If not completed, the station will offer the course without the contractor developed video tapes.
The radiation protection manual course, scheduled orginally for presentation in November 1978,was postponed. Lesson plans have been prepared and a first presentation to the radiation chemistry department is scheduled tentatively for February 1979. The need for emphasis on proper use of instruments in self monitoring by operators was discussed.
The inspectors review of individual training folders for the radiation / chemistry department included review of technician on-the-job-training * qualification cards.
Satisfactory progress was noted.
Regarding a previously noted discrepancy 1/, the inspector was informed that the Radiation / Chemistry Supervisor had completed the f;rst week of a two week on-site course on " Balance of Plant Systems."
Licensee representatives also stated that the FSAR requirement for the course labeled "Dresden Technology" would be changed by amendment.
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Radiation Protection Procedures Review of selected approved radiation protection procedures (RPP's)
was done onsite and in the office subsequent to inspection.
The following procedures appeared to be consistent with regulatory requirements:
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1.011 Revision 1 (11/27/78) "ALARA Program" g.
1.012 Revision 1 (11/7/78) " Access Control - Radiation Control Areas" 1.015 Revision 1 (11/10/78) "Use of Step-off Pads" 1.022 (11/16/78) " Regular Radiation Work Permits"
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l.023 (11/29/78) " Extended Radiation Work Permits" l. 62 6 (11/10/76 " Radiation Occurrences"
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1.030 Revision 1 (12/1/76)
" Receipt of Radioactive Material" 1.034 (10/18/78) "Use of the Auto Digi / Master Survey Meter" 1.035 (11/13/78) "Use of the Eberline HFM-3 Hand and Foot Monitor 1.211 Revision 1 (11/10/78) " Radiation Exposure Records and Reports 1.300 Revision 1 (11/10/78) "Use of Direct Reading Dosimeters" u
2.011 (12/8/78) " Lost, Damaged, or Off-Scale Dosimetry
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Investigation" 2.072 (1/8/79)
"Use of Technical Associates Integrating Personnel Monitor" 1/ RIII Inspection Report No. 358/78-24.
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2.11 (12/5/78)
"TLD Accuracy Testing" 3.060 Revision 1 (11/10/78)
" Radiation Survey. Techniques" 3.110 (7/11/78)
" Contamination Sutvey Techniques, Area, and Equipment" 3.111 Revision 1 (1/17/78)
" Personnel Contamination Survey" 3.212 (11/20/78) "MPC-Hour Determination" 4.067 (6/23/78)
" Operation of the Eberline RM-14 Count Rate Meter" 4.085 (1/9/75)
"Use of the PNR-4 Slow / Fast Neutron Rem Meter" 4.210 (11/2/78)
" Air Sampling -RAS-1"
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5.065 (9/13/78)
" Calibration of the Eberline PRM-4A Count Rate Meter" 5.066 (9/13/78)
" Calibration of the Eberline PRM-6 Count Rate Meter" 5.067 Revision 1 (10/1/78)
" Calibration of the Eberline RM-14 Count Rate Meter" 5.074 (9/13/78)
" Calibration of the Reactor Experiments Auto Digi / Master Survey Meter" 5.075 (12/28/78)
" Calibration of the Eberline R0-1 Ion Chamber" 5.077 (7/10/78)
" Calibration of Eberline Model 6112 Teletector" 5.095 (11/10/78)
" Calibration of Eberline PAC-4S Alpha Survey Meter" 5.110 (11/17/78)
" Calibration of Eberline HFM-3 Hand and Foot Counter" 5.111 (9/5/78)
" Calibration of Eberline PMP4B Portal Monitor" 6.010 Revision 1 (11/21/78)
" Inventory, Control, and Leak Testing of Licensed Byproduct Material" 6.060 Revision 2 (11/20/78)
"Use of the Eberline Model 1000B Gamma Calibrator"
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6.211 Revision 1 (11/9/78)
" Calibration of Victoreen Condenser R-Meter"
7.060 (12/1/78)
" Protective Clothing Requirements" 7.061 (12/7/78)
" Handling and Transporting Used Protective Clothing"
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7.125 (1/17/79)
" Inspection and Use of the Scottoramic
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Facepiece for Air Purifying and Air Supplying Respirators" 7.135 (1/18/79)
" Scott "Presur-Pak" II SCBA" 7.141 (1/16/79)
" Inspection, Maintenance, and Use of the Air Supplied Plastic Suit" 8.060 (1/16/79)
" Personnel Decontamination"
The inspector's observations were discussed with licensee personnel
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onsite and by telephone on February 5 and February 9, 1979 following in-office review of these procedures.
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Facilities No significant changes in licensee radiation protection facilities were observed.
Radiation protection space on turbine building 546' level is still under construction.
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Instruments and Equipment The inspector reviewed completed preoperational procedure PO-PT-01, Revision 0, July 13, 1978, " Personnel Monitoring and Survey Instruments." It documents calibration of portal monitors, hand and foot counters, laundry monitors, direct reading dosimeters and portable survey instruments. No problems were noted.
The apparent discrepancy noted earlier 2/ with respect to air monitor-ing equipment has been resolved with Amendment 49 (November 1978) to the FSAR.
The licensee will have six fixed constant air monitors (CAM's) for air particulate (AP) and iodine (I) monitoring, four CAM carts (one for AP + noble gas (NG); one for AP, I, and NG; two for AP), and 11 low volume (0-100 liters / min) portable air samplers for particulates and iodine sampling. The requirement for portable high volume samplers has been dropped.
A second shielded end window GM detector with scaler has been received. Acquisition of laboratory counting instruments appears to meet FSAR committments.
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Respiratory Protection Program Licensee progress toward an acceptable respiratory protection program as defined by 10 CFR 20.103 and Regulatory Guide 8.15 was reviewed
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and discussed with licensee personnel onsite and by telephone on February 9, 1979 following additional in-office review.
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plans call for the use of full face air purifying respirators, full face airline respirators, self contained breathing apparatus and a supplied air suit. The latter is not NIOSH approved and no protection
factor will be attributed to it.
Consideration is also being given
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to the use of a half-face particulate respirator for certain work in the laundry.
The inspector stated that selection, fitting, training, issuance, return,and storage of respirators, bioassay,and a high level management policy statement on respiratory usage had not been covered in the procedures he had received. A licensee representative acknow-
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ledged this noting that these items are being addressed in procedures
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currently in various stages of preparation. He also noted that medical approvals for respirator users are now being received.3/
2/ RIII Inspection Report No. 358/78-24.
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Byproduct Materials License No. 34-07251-04 Licensee adherence to regulatory requirements imposed pursuant to Byproduct Materials License No. 34-07251-04 was reviewed.
The license permits possession and use of material in any form having an atomic number from 1 to 83 (not to exceed 2 millicuries)
per nuclide and 1 curie total) and also permits the possession and use of specified sealed sources. The license will be terminated and its provisions subsumed under the facility operating license when issued.
The inspector observed licensee provisions for storage, use,and disposal of the licensed material and checked material on hand against possession limits.
Sources, save for' sealed sources housed in the Eberline Model 1000 Gamma Calibrator, were stored in locked, shielded cabinets in the hot laboratory. Records reviewed included receipt, inventory, leak test of sealed sources, weekly radiation and contamination surveys, instrument calibration,and personal monitoring (TLD) results.
No items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.
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Liquid auc Solid Radwaste Systems Together with licensee employees, the inspector examined in detail the installed portions of the solid and liquid radwaste systems.
It was confirmed that major components, including tanks, filters, demineralizers, pumps, evaporators, cement feeders and mixers, and key valves described in the FSAR (Section 11),had been installed.
Not yet completed was installation of laundry drain tank pumps, connection of portions of the reverse osmosis treatment system for laundry waste and installation of drumming and capping equipment.
Inlet and discharge piping associated with the two discharge tanks
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were traced and the installation of valves permitting isolation of these tanks was confirmed.
The radwaste discharge monitor housing
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was 1,n place but the monitor had not been installed.
The licensee las preoperational test procedures and operating
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procedures covering these systems in various states of completion.
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The following preoperational procedures, approved by the Station Review Board (SRB),were reviewed:
PO-WF-2, 9/12/78, " Discharge System" PO-WX-1, 11/21/78, " Solid Waste Handling System" PO-WX-2, 9/27/78, " Sludge Handling System"
With reference to PO-WX-1, the need for determining acceptable ranges
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preoperational or early operating stage,was di'scussed with cognizant licensee personnel by telephone on February 13, 1979.
Operating procedures covering the systems are in various stages of completion and will be reviewed during subsequent inspections.
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Gaseous Waste Systems Preoperational test procedures for potential airborne release pathways are in various stages of completion. The inspector reviewed partially completed (95%) preoperational procedure PO-VA-1, 8/2/78, " Auxiliary Building HVAC System." The system is designed to keep the charcoal-bed room at 0.25 inches of water negative during a loss of power.
System installation and operation logic were confirmed. Verification of the system's capability to maintain required pressure awaits sealing of penetrations into the room. No problems were identified in work done to date.
Two other preoperational tests on ventilation systems were underway:
PO-VD-1, " Diesel Generator Vent System," and PO-VL-1, " Laboratory HVAC" Results of these tests will be reviewed during subsequent inspections.
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Exit Interview The inspection results were discussed with Mr. J. Schott and others (Paragraph 1) at the close of the inspection. The inspector stated that no significant problems were observed reviewing the Byproduct Materials License and that generally satisfactory progress was noted in other aspects of radiation protection and radwaste manage-
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ment examined during the inspection. The inspector also indicated that subsequent inspections would deal more with installation, 4,,
preoperational testing,and operating procedure development for radwaste systems, including process and effluent monitors.
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The results of the inspecto/s in-office review of procedures were
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discussed with cognizant licensee representatives by telephone on February 5, February 9, and February 13, 1979.
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