IR 05000373/1979020
| ML19249B264 | |
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| Site: | LaSalle  |
| Issue date: | 06/29/1979 |
| From: | Essig T, Hiatt J, Oestmann M NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT
REGION III
Report No. 50-373/79-20; 50-374/79-14 Docket No. 50-373; 50-374 License No. CPPR-99; CPPR-100 Licensee:
Commonwealth Edison Company Post Office Box 767 Chicago, IL 60690 Facility Name:
La Salle County Nuclear Station, Units 1&2 Inspection At:
La Salle Site, Seneca, IL Commonwealth Edison Company Headquarters, Chicago, IL Inspection Conducted: May 22-25, 29 and June 7, 1979 y;f. fib'4,u W W 79 Inspectors:
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'nvironmental and Special Projects Section Inspection Summarv:
Inspection on May 22-25, 29 and June 7, 1979 (Report No. 50-373/79-20; 50-374/79-14)
Areas Inspected: Routine, unannounced inspection of (1) emergency planning activities, including coordination with offsite agencies; status of emergency preparedness in terms of facilities, equipment, medical arrange-ments, training and implementing procedures (LZP's); conduct and observation of tests and drills; and (2) environmental protection, including radiological and nonradiological monitoring programs and status of the item of noncompli-ance identified in a previous inspection. The inspection involved 50 inspector-hours onsite by three NRC inspectors.
Results: No apparent items of noncompliance or deviations were identified during this inspection.
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DETAILS 1.
Persons Contacted Principle Licensee Personnel
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Diederich, Assistant Plant Superintendent, LSCS
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Kief, Station Accountant, LSCS
- R. Bishop, Technical Staff Supervisor, LSCS C. Schroeder, Assistant Technical Staff Supervisor, LSCS
- J. Reardanz, Quality Assurance Engineer, LSCS V.
Chaney, GSEP Coordinator, CECO
- R. Rose, Lead Structural Engineer, LSCS J. Gutierrez, Environmental Site Coordinator, LSCS T. Borzym, Security Administrator, LSCS L. Aldridge, Health Physics Technician, LSCS R. Allen, Shift Engineer, LSCS
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McDonough, Assistant to the Director of the Environmental Affairs Department (EAD), CECO
- R. Montzingo, Staff Biologist (EAD), CECO
- J. Golden, Administrator, Radiological and Environmental Monitoring Program, Production and Systems Analysis (PSAD), CECO
- Denotes those present at the exit interview on May 29, 1979.
- Denotes those present at the exit interview on June 7, 1979.
The inspectors also interviewed eleven other licensee employees during the course of the inspection including health physics and chemistry technicians, members of the security force, and general office personnel.
Other Personnel K. Washkowiak, Sheriff, La Salle County (LSC)
H. Klein, Lieutenant, Sheriff's Department, LSC J. Heth, President, Grand Ridge Fire Department T. Jaegle, Chief, Grand Ridge Fire Department D. Heath, President, Seneca Ambulance Service R. Gorgol, Patrolman, Seneca Fire Department E. Tidd, Director, Civil Defensg LSC R. Linnemann, M.D., President, Radiation Management Corporation (RMC)
J. Scott, Technical Assistant, RMC F. Bronson, Vice President, RMC-2-CO.NE O
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Licensee Action on Previous Inspection Findings (0 pen) Noncompliance (50-373/78-05, 78-22, 79-05; 50-374/78-05, a.
78-16, 79-03):
Failure to minimize erosion of the east dike of the cooling, lake.
The licensee plans to reseed the dike wherever it is needed during June 1979.
The licensee also is working with the local farmland owners to finalize the contractual arrangemer.ts between the local farmland owners and the contractors to clear and dredge the Armstrong Run.
A separate contract for seeding the banks of the Armstrong Run is being arranged with the tenaat farmc r and the farm land owners.
The licensee will pay for the expenses of the dredging and the seeding. The work is expected to occur in June and July 1979.
This item remains open, pending completion of the licensee's commitments to take action yiscussed in items 3, 4, and 5 of a Marcgj
,d described l6 1978 letterl as amended by the May 25, 1978, letter-an on page 4-6 in the Final Environmental Statement-Operating License Stage (FES-OL).
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(0 pen) Significant Inspection Finding (50-373/78-26, 79-05):
Completion of implementing procedures (LZP's).
As discussed in Paragraph 6.h of this report, several LZP's remain to be completed prior to the licensee receiving his fuel load license.
This item remains open, pending completion of these procedures.
3.
Management Controls The inspector reviewed the licensee's administrative and procedural controls for implementation of the radiological and nonradiological environmental monitoring programs and emergency planning activities and preparedness.
The radiological and the meteorological programs remain under the program management of Dr. J. Golden.
Eberline Instrument Corporation is the licensee's radiological environmental monitoring contractor, and Murray and Trettle, Inc., the meteorological contractor.
R. Montzingo is the staff biologist in the Environmental Affairu Department responsible for the overall direction of the aquatic and terrestrial monitoring program conducted by Hazelton Laboratory, the licensee's contractor.
This program was completed in the fall of 1978, and the final report for the five year program is under preparation. The inspector also discussed with licensee representatives the administrative controls, including delegation of responsibilities, which the licensee needs to implement, in order to meet the five 1/
Letter, dated March 16, 1978, from M. Turbak (CECO) to V. A. Moore (NRC).
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Letter, dated May 25, 1978, from C. Reed (CECO) to V. A. Moore (NRC).
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requirements discussed on page 4-6.i Section 4.2 of the FES-OL and committed to in references 1 and 2 of this report.
- This item will be examined during a subsequent inspection.
The onsite environmcntal protection program to meet the construction permit requirements is under the direction of the Environmental Site Coordinator. The inspector discussed with licensee representatives the need to be consistent regarding receiving and signing the mentalprotectionchecklistdiscussedinpreviousinspections.gpviron-The administrative controls of emergency planning activities and preparedness are directed through the licensee's corporate headquarters, emergency command center and Emergency Planning Coordinator, who is responsible for coordinating offsite activities and interfacing with plant staff.
No apparent items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.
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Implementation of the Pre-operational Monitoring Program for Environmental Protection Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program (REMP)
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The inspector reviewed the licensee's REMP and toured seven air sampling stations and thermoluminscent dosimeter stations (TLDs). All stations were found to be operable and in good working order.
The inspector noted in the review of the sample collection checklist for 1978, and the first quarter of 1979 that the licensee attempted to obtain fish samples but was not successful.
Licensee representatives reported that since obtaining fish for the REMP is a generic problem at his different operating plants, a subcontract for this purpose will be developed to minimize the problem. This item will be examined during a subsequent inspection.
The inspector observed that, except for January of 1979, the licensee was more sucessful in obtaining samples from his monitoring stations than in previous years because of poor road conditions and weather conditions. The licen roadssincethepreviousinspection,gyehasimproved the site thus minimizing the problem.
No significant problems were identified in this area.
The inspector also reviewed monthly and semi-annual REMP reports for 1978 and the first quarter of 1979 and found no unusal trends in the results except for fallout effects from atmospheric bomb tests in the spring of 1978 by the Reptblic of China.
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IE Inspection Report No. 50-373/78-22; 50-374/78-16.
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Implementation of Meteorological Monitoring Program The inspector examined the meteorological tower and found that all equipment was operating properly and calibrated on a bi-monthly basis.
The licensee is in the process of connecting the equipment from the meteorological tower to the control room so that meteorological information can be read out in the control room.
As determined by a review of the 1978 semi-annual meteorological reports, the licensee had 94.5% recoverability of meteorological data in 1978 which is in accordance with Regulatory Guide 1.23
"Onsite Meteorological Programs".
The inspector noted that the wind direction and wind speed meters in the Control Room had not been connected as yet.
No significant problems were identified.
Implementation of the Ecological Monitoring Program c.
The licensee is in the process of preparing a final report for the five year aquatic and terrestrial ecological monitoring program. This program was conducted by the licensee's contractor, Hazelton Laboratory, formally the Nalco Environmental Sciences Department. This report will be reviewed during a subsequent inspection.
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Ceoling Lake and Fog Monitoring Programs The two programs described in Section 6 of the FES-OL will not be initiated until the winter of 1979-1930 and spring 1980 when it is anticipated the plant construction will be closer to being completed and pumping of the water through the plant systems will begin.
Also possibly fog forming will occur in the winter time. The licensee is also preparing a fog monitoring program which will be sent to the NRC for review and acceptance within the next several months.
This item will be reviewed during a subsequent inspection.
Environmental Protection Requirements e.
The inspector reviewed the environmental protection program which has been implemented by the licensee in accordance with construction permit requirements.
The inspector examined daily, monthly, and bi-monthly check sheets for the latter half of 1978 and the first quarter of 1979 which have been completed by the Environmental Site Coordinator. The inspector noted that the sheets had not always been reviewed and signed off by the Quality Assurance Department and management as had been done in the previous check cheets.
The licensee stated that this item would be reviewed, to be consistent with previous practice.
This item will be examined during a subsequent inspection.
The inspector also noted that surveillar es had-5-er 7 < ord aumu
been performed in accordance with the prescribed schedule and
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with established procedures to assure that the licensee meets the construction permit requirements.
The ingyector also discussed with licensee representatives a letter-sent to the NRC reporting the existence of erosion of certain portions of the makeup and' blowdown water pipeline corridor. The effects of the erosion caused by recreational vehicles are localized to the immediate vicinity of the pipeline corridor. The licensee has consulted with the USDA Soil Conservation Service to resolve the problem.
This item will be reviewed during a subsequent inspection.
The inspector also discussed with licensee representatives the status of the environmental monitoring program regarding vegetative cover of the dikes of the Armstrong Ruu described as part of the five requirements on page 4-6 in the FES-OL.
The licensee is conducting a three year monitoring program which was started in the fall of 1978 to measure quantitatively the extent of vegetativeg7ver. This item was discussed in the previous inspection.-
The inspector also toured the cooling lake and noted that certain sections of the east face of the dike require additional seeding. The licensee plans to seed these areas during June, 1979. This item will be examined during a subsequent inspection.
No items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.
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Quality Control of the Environmental Monitoring Program The inspector reviewed the quality control program of the contractors responsible for the environmental monitoring programs.
Each contractor has his own quality assurance / quality control program.
The licensee's contractor for the REMP program participates in the EPA interlaboratory crosscheck and the IEA programs. The inspector also examined the cont ra c to r 's field and analytical procedures manual which include the quality control program that is conducted during analysis of the REMP samples collected.
The licensee has established a six month check sheet to assure REMP samples are collected in accordance with commitments presented in the ER-OL.
No additional internal audits oftheREMPandmeteorologicalcontractor'sworkhadbeenco9pucted since those audits described in a previous inspection report-had been made.
No items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.
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Letter, dated May 23, 19i9, from C. Reed (CECO) to 0. Parr (NRC).
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IE Inspection Report No. 50-373/79-05; 50-374/79-03.
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IE Inspection Report No. 50-373/78-22; 50-374/78-16.
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Emergency Planning Activities
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Emergency Plan The inspector reviewed the licensee's Generating Stations Emergency Plan (GSEP), dated December 1977, and responses to questions Q432.1 through Q432.20 in the Final Safety Analysis Report which are considered to be the licensee's Emergency Plan. The licensee conducted an annual review of the GSEP on February 22, 1979 and determined that no major changes were required at this time.
The licensee had updated his telephone list in April 1979. The emergency plan, associated EPIPs (LZPs) discussed in Paragraph 6.h and technical specifications once issued will be used as primary criteria for future inspections.
b Agreement and Coordination with Offsite Agencies The inspector reviewed letters of agreement from the Seneca Fire Depa rtment, Seneca Ambulance Service, Marseilles Fire Department, St. Mary's Hospital, Chicago Operations Office, DOE, Illinois State Police District 5 and SA, La Salle County Sheriff's Department, and Grand Ridge Fire Department including ambulance service. These letters were found to be current.
Also current letters of agreement were obtained from the licensee contractors', Eberline Instrument Corporation (REMP), Murray and Trettle, Inc., (meteorological assistance), Radiation Management Corporation (health physics and medical services).
The inspector also contacted those representatives of offsite support groups identified in Paragraph 1 above.
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degree of licensee coordination with these representatives, including planned meetings, training sessions, and participation in drills and exercises.
The inspector noted during this tour that the licensee has yet to distribute the emergency plan to the offsite support agencies.
This item will be examined during a future inspection.
In general these discussions verified that existing agreements between the licensee and the agencies remain in effect and that the licensee's coordination was adequate for these agencies to maintain an effective response capability. A medical drill described in paragraph 6.h below also involved coordination of RMC, St. Mary's Hospital, the Streater Medical Clinic, and the Seneca Ambulance Service with the licensee. No technical weaknesses were noted in this area.
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Facilities and Equipment
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Emergency facilities, equipment and supplies identified in LZP 400-3, " Environmental Sampling Supplies," dated April 1978 and LZP 420-2, "First Aid Facilities," dated December 1978, were examined by the inspector during a tour of the plant to verify items specified in the procedures were available for use and maintained in an operable state.
Items inspected included first aid kits, decontamination facilities, portable survey meters, stretchers, respiratory equipment and other radiological emergency supplies.
These items have not been placed in the appropriate locations as yet because the plant is still under construction.
All materials were found as described in LZP 400-3 and 420-2 and the survey meters had current calibration tags.
A tour of the control room indicated that it is still under construction.
Installation of emergency communication systems such as warning alarms and sirens is not completed yet but these items will be examined during a future inspection.
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Means for Monitoring Radioactivity Releases The inspector observed that during the tour of the control room the stack / ventilation and liquid effluent monitors have not been installed as yet.
As stated in paragraph 4 above the instantaneous wind direction and speed monitors have not been connected to the meteorological tower equipment. This item will be examined during a future inspection.
Medical / Decontamination Arrangements e.
The inspector noted, during a tour of the plant that the first aid room and decontamination facility room are not yet available because the plant is under construction.
These items will be examined during a future inspection.
The licensee has made medical arrangements with St. Mary's Hospital in Streater, Illinois, and utilizes Radiation Management Corporation for medical consulting services.
The licensee also plans to utilize physicians from the Streater Medical Clinic to handle contaminated and injured persons.
Arrangements are being made to utilize the Seneca Ambulance Service along with the Grand Ridge Fire Department Ambulance Service as a backup service.
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Training
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The training program for emergency planning activities was examined by the inspector. A training program held along with the drill was provided to onsite and offsite support agency personnel including staff members from St. Mary's Hospital during this inspection.
The licensee also was completing his first aid training program for health physics technicians and operating supervisors prior to receiving his fuel load license.
This training program will be examined during a future inspection.
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Emergency Plan Implementing Procedures (LZP's)
The inspector discussed the status of the proposed LZP's with the licensee. Specific commg previousinspectionreports.ytsoneachLZPwerepresentedin The licensee has revised LZP 200-2 " Classification of Iodine Releases" in March 1979, and prepared a new LZP 520-3 " Handling Exposed and/or Contaminated Casualties" in January 1979. These were reviewed by the inspector and are considered to be closed.
The LZP procedures considered open by Region III are as follows:
100-1 GSEP Operational Readiness 200-1 Classification of Noble Gas Releases 210-1 Hazardous Material Incident Reporting 310-1 Station Director EPlP 360-1 Administrative Director EPIP 370-1 Security Administrative EPIP 410-1 Offsite Environs Director EPIP 610-1 Station Fire Fighting Periodic Testing and Operating and Maintaining Emergency Communication Systems These LZPs will be reviewe1 during a subsequent inspection to insure the required procedures are completed prior to issuance of the fuel load ]icense.
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Tests and Drills The inspector reviewed the GSEP drills held in 1978-1979 and found that the licensee has held a drill each quarter since the second quarter of 1978.
Critiques lead by the Emergency Plan Coordinator are held af ter each drill and the plant's adminis-trative assistant at the La Salle County Station is responsible for taking action on the recommendations from each critique.
During this inspection tbe licensee held its medical drill on May 25, 1979, under the direction of the licensee's contractor, 8/
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personnel, the Seneca Ambulance Service, and the St. Mary's Hospital. A videotcpe was taken of the drill and a critique followed using the tape for purposes of discussion.
(1) Scenario of Simulated Accident The licensee's simulated accident involved the handling of two victims who were injured and contaminated with radio-activity. The simulated radioactivity resulted from a ruptured transfer hose containing miscellaneous waste evaporator bottoms. One operator was knocked to the ground unconscious when the hose ruptured, and fell into a pool of radioactive liquid pouring from the hose.
The second operator slipped in the liquid when he ran to assist the first victim and fell down into the liquid.
The second victim's ann struck a piece of material, causing a profusely bleeding laceration.
The licensee assumed that the radiation level of the spilled liquid approximated 4,000 millirems per hour on contact and 150 millirems per hour from five feet away.
(2) Scene of the Simulated Accident A security guard came upon the scene of the accident. The inspector noted that the security guard assisted the victim with the lacerated arm, removed him from the high radiation area and then promptly notified the shif t engineer's office of the injuries.
Before the health physics technicians arrived, this victim was returned to the high radiation area under the direction of the RMC, to observe the technicians response.
When the three technicians arrived, they did not remove this victim from the radiation area immediately as the security guard did. The technicians gave first aid treatment to the two victims until the ambulance arrived.
At times, all three technicians left one of the victims along while attending the other victim. The technicians maintained continuous contact with the shift engineer by radio regarding the accident.
Additional health physics technicians arrived at the scene of the accident and brought stretchers and blankets.
Apparently they had trouble determining which technicians were to bring the stretchers and blankets.
The Seneca ambulance arrived in a timely manner.
The health physics technicians provided the three ambulance personnel with dosimeters. The ambulance personnel then gave additional first aid treatment to the two victims.
The two victims were placed on the stretchers and removed
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One health physics technician accompanied this victim and ambulance personnel to the hospital.
(3) Hospital Activities The St. Mary's Hospital switchboard was contacted by the shift engineer.
The pbcne call was then transferred to the emergency room and the shift engineer discussed the condition of the victims with the emergency staff. While the victim was being transferred to the bospital by the ambulance service, the hospital security guards established access control boundaries. Attending physicians and nur sing staf f dressed in double gowns, boots, gloves, and obtained dosimeters from the emergency supply kits.
The emergency room supervisor recorded the readings of the dosimeters prior to, and after use by the physician and nurses.
The inspector noted that the ambulance and the emergency room were in radio contact, regarding the patient's coniition and the estimated time of arrival.
The inspector observed the following minor problems which were discussed at the critique by RMC:
(1) sore confusion es to who was to actify the security guards at the hospital; (2) the spray hose on the autopsy table was missing; (3) more trash cans were needed in the autopsy room; and (4) the battery on the RM-14 survey meter was almost dead. The critique involved discussions of problems and in general the drill was conducted in an orderly manner.
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Exit Interview The inspector met with the licensee representatives denoted in Paragraph 1 at the conclusion of the inspection on May 29, 1979, at the plant and June 7, 1979 at the corporate headquarters.
The inspector summarized the purpose and scope of the inspection and the findings. The licensee representatives made the following remarks:
Acknowledged that certain EPIPs (LZP's) remain to be completed a.
prior to fuel loading.
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Expressed the desirability of closing out the item of noncom-pliance pertaining to the Armstrong Run erosion problem.
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