IR 05000443/1990018
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| Site: | Seabrook  |
| Issue date: | 10/17/1990 |
| From: | Joyner J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Feigenbaum T PUBLIC SERVICE CO. OF NEW HAMPSHIRE |
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| NUDOCS 9010290351 | |
| Download: ML20058B019 (5) | |
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i DCT 171993 Docket No. 50-443 PbblicServiceCompanyofNewHampshire ATTN: Mr. T. C. Feigenbaum, President and Chief Executive Officer New Hampshire Yankee Division Post Office Box 300
.Seabrook, New Hampshire 03874 Gentlemen:
Subject:- Inspection No. 50-443/90-18 This refers to your letter dated October 9,1990, in response to our letter dated September 10, 1990.
Thank you.for informing.us of.the corrective and preventive actions documented in your letter. These actions will be examined during a future inspection of your licensed program.
Your. cooperation'with us is appreciated.
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NRC Resident Inspector State of New Hampshire, SLO Commonwealth of Massachusetts, SLO Designee Seabrook Hearing Service List bec w/ enc 1:
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20009 Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Senator Gordon J. Humphrey Panel U.S. Senate U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 531 Hart Senate Office Building Washington. 0.C.
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20510 Robert A. Backus, Esq.
Judith H. Mirner, Esq.
Backus, Meyer and Solomon Counsel for West Newbury 116 Lowell Street 79 State Street Manchester, New Hampshire 03106 Boston, Massachusetts 02110 William Armstrong Suzanne Breiseth Civil Defense Director Board of Selectmen Town of Exeter Town of Hampton Falls 10 Front Street Drinkwater Road Exeter, New Hampshire 03833 Hampton Falls, New Hampshire 03844 ('
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20472 Jane Doughty Gary W. Holmes. Esq.
Seacoast Anti-Pollution _ League Holmes and Ellis 5 Market Street 47 Winnacunnet Road Portsmouth, New Hampshire 03801 Hampton, New Hampshire 03842-Paul McEachern, Esq.
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20555 John Traficonte, Esq.
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Attorney for the Examiner Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Hahn & Hesson U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 350 5th Ave., Suite 3700 Washington, D.C.
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Federal' Emergency Management Agency Assistant Attorney General Federal Regional Center Office of the Attorney General 130 228th Street, S.W.
State _ House Station, #6 Bothell, Washington 98021-9796 Augusta, Maine 04333 Michael Santosuosso Office of the Secretary (2)
Chairman U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Board of Selectmen Washington, D.C.
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Docketing and Service Section R. Scott Hill-Whilton, Esq.
Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Lagoulis, Hill-Whilton & Rotondi Board (6)
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Document Control Desk References:
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Facility Operating License No. NPF 86, Docket No. 50 443 (b)
USNRC Letter dated September 10,1990, 'NRC Region i Inspection Report 50 443/90 18,' R.R. Bellamy to E.A. Brown
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Reply to a Notice of Violation Gentlemen:
In accordance with the requirements of the Notice of Violation contained in Reference (b), the New Hampshire Yankee response to the cited violation is provided as Enclosure 1.
Should you have any questions concerning our response, please contact Mr. James M. Peschel, Regulatory Compliance Manager, at (603) 474 9521, extension 3772.
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Reciv to a Notice of Violation Violation:
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As a result of the inspection conducted at the Seabrook Generating Station on August 20-24, 1990, and in accordance with the NRC Enforcement Policy (10 CPR 2, Appendix C), the following violation was identified:
Technical Specification 6.11.2 requires that areas accessible to personnel with radiation levels greater than 1000 mR/hr at 18 inches be provided with locked doors to prevent unauthorized
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entry into the area.
Contrary to the above, the north door to the Demineralizer Alley, located on the 7' elevation of the Primary Auxiliary Building, was not locked during the period July 31, 1990, (9:48 a.m.)
through August 1, 1990, (7:30 a.m.) and radiation levels, accessible to personnel, up to 1,500 mR/br at 18 inches were present in the Demineralizer Alley.
Response:
New Hampshire Yanke: concurs with the violation as written. The event related to this violation was discovered by New Hampshire Yankee and was reported to the NRC in LER 90 020 00.
Adelitionally, New Hampshire Yankee discovered a similar event on April 19, 1990, and reported it to the NRC in LER 90 013 00.
The activities associated with the events have been evaluated to determine the cause of the violation. The cause was attributed to personnel error involving a lack of attention to detail.
The following corrective actions have been taken.
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Functional tests of the intrusion alarms, door latches and closure mechanisms were conducted on all locked, high radiation area doors outside of containment to ensure operabillty.
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The personnel involved with the violation have been counselled on the events and the need for increased attention to detail.
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Meetings were held on August 3 and 23,1990, with Health Physics Operations Technicians to discuss the events and their potential consequences, and to discuss the need to physically check high radiation area doors to ensure they are properly.
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New signs providing additional specific instructions for proper ingress and egress have been posted on high radiation area doors and barriers.
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A memorandum from the Executive Director. Nuclear Production has been issued to all site personnel referencing the events and re.cmphasiring the need to strictly adhere to radiation protection procedures. Managers and supervisors were directed to emphasize radiation protection concerns and requirements with their workers during routine department meetings and in daily work activities.
As a result of out ongoing review and an event involving another locked high radiation area door found unsecured on September 27,1990, the following additional corrective actions were expedited, 1.
Key card access authorization to locked high radiation areas was removed for all personnel.
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A procedure was developed and approved on September 28, 1990, specifying the new requirements for access to locked high radiation areas. These requirements include:
Personnel requiring access must obtain a controlled key from the health physics
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A second individual will accompany the individual requiring access and will be
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responsibic' for performing an independent verification of initial door closure.
The second individual will then await the return of the individual which accessed the area. Upon final door closure and independent verification that the high radiation area door is indeed locked, both personnel will be required to sign a form indicating the door has been properly secured.
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A design change to install a padlock mechanism on current locked high radiation area doors, except for the containment = personnel batch controls and areas inside containment, has been completed. The addition of this second lock is expected to provide increased awareness to personnel operating these doors.
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The individual involved with the September 27th event was counselled and received disciplinary action.
-Implementation of the above corrective actions is expected to preclude problems of this nature from recurring.
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