IR 05000482/1987017

Ack Receipt of Informing NRC of Steps Taken to Correct Violations Noted in Insp Rept 50-482/87-17

ML20236Q225
Person / Time
Site:	Wolf Creek
Issue date:	11/17/1987
From:	Callan L NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To:	Withers B WOLF CREEK NUCLEAR OPERATING CORP.
References
NUDOCS 8711190248
Download: ML20236Q225 (2)

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' Wolf Creek Nuclear O'perating Corporation ATTN: .Bart D. Withers

President and Chief Executive Officer i P..0. Box'411

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Gentlemen:

Thank you for your letter of October 23, 1987=, in response to our letter

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and Notice of Violation dated September 23, 198 We have reviewed your reply and find'it responsive to the concerns raised in our Notice'of Violation. We will- review the implementation of your corrective actions during a future inspection to determine._that full compliance has been achieved and will-be maintaine s

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Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation ATTN: Otto Maynard, Manager

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P. O. Box 411 Burlington, Kansas '66839 Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation

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U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTH: Document Control Desk Washington, D. C. 20555

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Reference: Letter dated 9/23/87 from J. E. Gagliardo, NRC, to B. D. Withers, WCNOC Subjt:ct: Docket No. 50-482: Response to Violations 482/8717-01 and 482/8717-02 Gentlemen:

Attached is a response to violations 482/8717-01 and 482/8717-02 which were i documented" in the Referenc Violation 482/8717-01 concerns a failure of the site HP Radioactive Waste Supervisor to receive the periodic retraining addressed in Inspection and Enforcement Bulletin No. 79-2 Violation 482/8717-02 concerns a failure of the training records for the ALARA Coordinator and HP Radioactive Waste Supervisor to include all completed trainin If you.have any questions concerning this matter, please contact me or M O. L. Haynard of my staf Very truly yours, t & VM

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Violation (482/8717-01): HP Radioactive Waste Supervisor Retraining

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Inspection and Enforcement Bulletin No. 79-20 requires that licensees who i

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generate low-level waste for burial provide training and periodic retraining in the DOT and NRC regulatory requirements, the waste burial license requirements, and licensee instructions and operating procedures for all personnel involved in the transfer, packating, and transport of radioactive materia Contrary to the above, the NRC inspectors determined on August 21, 1987, that the site HP Radioactive Waste Supervisor had not received the periodic retraining addressed in Inspection and Enforcement Bulletin No. 79-20 since March 198 Reason For Violation:

The site HP Radioactive Waste Supervisor position was filled by a new individual in May, 198 A retraining course covering 10 CFR 61 Waste Classification, DOT Requirements,10 CFR 71 Requirements, and Disposal Site Requirements was being pursued with an August 1987 target dat tue, to HP personnel failure to schedule the required retraining in a timely manner ,

the August date could not be me While investigating this violation, it was discovered that other station personnel who are involved in radioactive waste activities were not being L:ained as specified in Inspection and Enforcement Bulletin 79-2 This requirement was identified during initial review of the Bulletin, but was subsequently overlooked by station personne Corrective Ste_ps Which Have Been Taken and Results Achieved:

Health Physics personnel have rescheduled the training specified in Inspection and Enforcement Bulletin 79-2 The HP Radioactive Waste Supervisor is scheduled to attend the required training in November,198 Corrective Steps Which Will Be Taken To Avoid Further Violations:

In addition to the HP Radioactive Waste Supervisor, several other station personnel, such as health physics, operations, and quality control will attend the training to ensure personnel who are involved in radioactive waste activities have received the training required by Inspection and Enforcement Bulletin No. 79-2 In the future, training which meets the requirements of the Bulletin will be tracked and given by the Training organization to ensure personnel involved in radioactive waste activities complete the required trainin A review of other required HP training has

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been performed to ensure all training is curren .

Date When Full Compliance Will Be Achieved:

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Full compliance with the training requirement of Inspection and Enforcement Bulletin No. 79-20 will be completed by November 30, 198 .-

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Violation (482/8717-02): Training Records Finding:

Technical Specification 6.10.2 states, in part, that records of training and qualification for current members of the unit staff shall be retrained for the' duration of the unit operating licens Contrary of the above, the NRC inspectors determined on August 21, 1987, that the training records for the ALARA Coordinator and HP Radioactive Waste Supervisor did not include all completed training.

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Reason For Violation:

The training records for the ALARA Coordinator and HP Radioactive Waste Supervisor did not include all the completed training due to failure of the assigned health physics individual to update the training record Corrective Steps Which Have Been Taken and Results Achieved: ,

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The trainitg records for the ALARA Coordinator and HP Radioactive Waste Supervisor have been completed and were sent to training record Corrective Steps which Will Be Taken To Avoid Further Violations:

An individual has been permanently assigned to the HP Training Supervisor to ensure that training records are updated and vaulted in a timely manne Date When Full Compliance Will Be Achieved:

Full compliance has been achieve .

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