IR 05000528/1982020
| ML20062J306 | |
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| Site: | Palo Verde  |
| Issue date: | 07/22/1982 |
| From: | Book H, Hamada G, Wenslawski F NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V) |
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| 50-528-82-20, NUDOCS 8208160325 | |
| Download: ML20062J306 (4) | |
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U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSIO!!
REGION V
Report No. 50-528/82-20 Docket flo. 50-528 License No. CPPR-141 Safeguards Group Licensee:
Arizona Public Service Company P. O. Box 21666 Phoenix, Arizona 85036 Facility Name:
Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Unit 1 Inspection at:
Palo Verde Site
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Inspection conducted: July 6-7, 1982 Inspectors:
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G. H. Hamada, Rad'iation Laboratory Specialist (/
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Approved by:
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H. E. Book, Chief, Radiological Safety Branch V
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Inspection of July 6-7, 1982 (Report No. 50-528/82-20)
l Areas Inspected:
Routine announced inspection involving review of currett status of chemistry and radiochemistry programs from the stand points of facility, equipment, personnel, quality assurance and procedures. The inspection involved a total of 10 hours1.157407e-4 days <br />0.00278 hours <br />1.653439e-5 weeks <br />3.805e-6 months <br /> by one inspector.
Results:
No items of noncompliance were identified in the areas inspected.
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DETAILS 1.
Persons Contacted
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- J. Allen, Manager, Technical Support L. D. Breazeale, Technical Staff Chemist
- L. Brown, Manager, Radiation Protection and Chemistry
- J. B. Cederquist, Supervisor, Chemistry
- W. E. Craig, Supervisor, Startup QC P. M. Egebrecht, Technical Staff Chemist
- W. F. Fernow, Manager, Administrative Support
- R. G. Johnson, Supervising Chemist
- B. C. Jordan, Licensing
- J. E. Kirby, Manager, Maintenance & Operations
- R. Kramer, Supervisor, Licensing
- W. B. McLane, Manager, Startup
- C. N. Russo, Manager, Operations QA
"E. E/ Van Brunt,~Jr., Vice President, Nuclear Projects
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- T. J. Warren, Supervising Chemist Unit 1
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' Discussion
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This inspection was conducted to assess the current status of chemistry and radiochemistry programs at Palo Verde, Unit 1.
The areas reviewed included laboratory facilities, equipment, personnel, quality assurance, and procedures, a.
Laboratory Facilities While the laboratory facilities are still a few weeks away from being turned over to chemistry, a walk-through inspection of
the designated areas indicated that the total space allocated to
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chemistry is reasonably adequate.
Separate facilities have been provided for primary and secondary chemistry operations, and a separate area has been set aside for the counting room.
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Equipment
All major equipment and accessories have been ordered and some
are aleady on site. The Ortec computer based gamma spectroscopy system is expected to be delivered sometime in November,1982.
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During)the interim, a " stand alone" multichannel analyzer system (Ortec will be used.
Delivery of this interim system is expected
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sometime in September.
Since fuel loading is not expected until about
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l mid-1983, this should allow sufficient time for instrument calibration and training.
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Personnel The chemistry staff currently consists of I chemistry supervisor, 2 supervising chemists, 2 chemists and 12 technicians. Another technician will be added to the staff in August. There is an ongoing general training program currently in progress with provisions for specialized training as required.
For example, a special training program on the use of the Ortec gamma spectrometry system has been scheduled for members of the staff as soon as the system becomes operational. At this stage of Unit 1 Construction, staffing for chemistry appears to be adequate.
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Quality Assurance ~(QA)
In addition to good' laboratory practices which constitute an integral part of a QA program, an interlaboratory comparison program will provide an independent means to verify the validity of the internal
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QA program..In this respect, Arizona Public Service (APS) is arranging to participate 'in the interlaboratory comparison program administered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). APS has also issued a contract to Arizona State University (ASU) to provide a third party measurements and verification capability to its Palo Verde operations. The inspector pointed out that the arrangement with ASU would be even further enhanced if ASU could establish " traceability")
to the National Bureau of Standards (.NBS). APS agreed that this would
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be a desirable thing to have and indicated that steps would be taken to try to accomplish this as soon as possible.
It was suggested that APS contact the Radiological and Environmental Sciences Laboratory -(RESL)
of the Department of Energy in Idaho Falls concerning the traceability program with NBS, since RESL currently has an ongoing traceability-program with the NBS.
(1) To be " traceable to NBS" requires more than the mere use of NBS standards. A laboratory must have an ongoing program with the NBS which demonstrates that specific measurements made by the laboratory are within certain specified criteria for accuracy and precision.
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Procedures Except for instrumental radioactivity measurement and chromatographic procedures, which are yet to be written, most of the other procedures involving chemistry have been completed or are in the process of being completed. To date, 74 procedures have been completed and 20 more are in word processing, under review, or are in the process of being finalized.
Procedures for the operation and calibration of the gas and ion chromatographs and the various radioactivity measurement systems are expected to be formalized after some operational experience have been gained on these systems. Most of these procedures should be completed by the end of this calendar year.
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Exit Interview Inspection findings were discussed with APS personnel indicated in paragraph 1. -APS was informed that no items of noncompliance were identified. The Region V mobile laboratory program was explained and a brief description was given of how the mobile laboratory would be used in future inspections at Palo Verde.
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