ML063330244

Notification of Inspection and Request for Information

ML063330244
Person / Time
Site:	Hatch
Issue date:	11/21/2006
From:	Brian Bonser NRC/RGN-II/DRS/PSB1
To:	Stinson L Southern Nuclear Operating Co
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November 21, 2006 Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

ATTN: Mr. L. M. Stinson Vice President P. O. Box 1295 Birmingham, AL 35201-1295

SUBJECT:

EDWIN I. HATCH NUCLEAR PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Dear Mr. Stinson:

On February 12 - 16, and February 26 - March 2, 2007, the NRC will perform the baseline Occupational Radiation Safety Inspection at the Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant, (NRC Inspection Procedures 71121.01, 71121.02, and 71122.02 and Radiation Safety Sections of 71151 and 60855). Experience has shown that this inspection is resource intensive both for the NRC inspectors and your staff. In order to minimize the impact to your on-site resources and to ensure a productive inspection, we have enclosed a request for documents needed for this inspection. It is important that all of these documents are up to date and complete, in order to minimize the number of additional documents requested during the preparation and/or the onsite portions of the inspection. The lead inspector has scheduled a two-day preinspection visit with your staff for January 8 - 9, 2007. The material requested will be reviewed and collected at that time.

We have discussed the schedule for these inspection activities with your staff and understand that our regulatory contact for this inspection will be Kathy Underwood of your organization. If there are any questions about this inspection or the material requested, please contact the lead inspector, Adam Nielsen, at (404) 562-4660, or the Plant Support Branch 1 Chief, Brian Bonser, at (404) 562-4653.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/

reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Sincerely,

/RA/

Brian R. Bonser, Chief Plant Support Branch 1 Division of Reactor Safety Docket No.: 50-321, 50-366 License No.: DPR-57, NPF-5

Enclosure:

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Enclosure:

Document Request List cc: J. T. Gasser Executive Vice President Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution D. R. Madison General Manager, Plant Hatch Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution Raymond D. Baker Manager Licensing - Hatch Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution Arthur H. Domby, Esq.

Troutman Sanders Electronic Mail Distribution Laurence Bergen Oglethorpe Power Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution Bentina C. Terry Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Bin B-022 P. O. Box 1295 Birmingham, AL 35201-1295 Director Department of Natural Resources 205 Butler Street, SE, Suite 1252 Atlanta, GA 30334 Manager, Radioactive Materials Program Department of Natural Resources Electronic Mail Distribution Chairman Appling County Commissioners 69 Tippins St., Suite 201 Baxley, GA 31513 (cc contd - See page 3)

SNC 3 (cc contd)

Resident Manager Oglethorpe Power Corporation Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant Electronic Mail Distribution Senior Engineer - Power Supply Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia Electronic Mail Distribution Reece McAlister Executive Secretary Georgia Public Service Commission 244 Washington Street, SW Atlanta, GA 30334 Distribution:

C. Gratton, NRR RIDSNRRDIRS PUBLIC

Document Request List Information Pre-Inspection Visit: January 8 - 9, 2007 Inspection Dates: February 12 - 16 and February 26 - March 2, 2007 Inspection Procedures: IP 71121.01 Access Control To Radiologically Significant Areas IP 71121.02 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 71122.02 Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification IP 60855 Operation of an ISFSI Note: This is a list of the documents the lead NRC inspector will obtain during the pre-inspection visit. The current version of these documents is expected unless specified otherwise. Electronic media is preferred, if readily available (The preferred file format is Word, WordPerfect, or searchable .pdf files on CDROM). The lead inspector will discuss specific information needs with the licensee staff and may request additional documents. The lead inspector is also the primary contact for questions regarding the documents requested.

Miscellaneous

1. Current organization chart for HP/Chemistry/Radwaste/Shipping with contact numbers.

2. Corrective action program procedure.

3. Outage schedule of major activities (Gantt chart if available).

4. HP Manual.

Access Controls

5. Plant maps of all Locked HRAs and VHRAs.

6. Procedures related to HP/access controls, e.g.

(Posting, labeling, surveys, RWPs, contamination control, dosimetry, multi-dosimetry, key control, control of divers, controls during fuel offload, etc.)

7. List of all non-fuel items stored in spent fuel pool (both units).

8. Internal dose assessments for intakes where dose was assigned since August 2006.

9. Documentation associated with any skin contaminations > 1 Rem SDE, since August 2006.

10. Most recent self-assessment or audit of access control program.

11. LIST of CRs related to access controls (including poor radworker or HP tech performance) issued since August 2006. Please do not include full CRs on the CD. The inspectors will choose a few from the list and call before the inspection to have full hardcopies printed.

ALARA

12. All procedures related to HP/ALARA not listed above (e.g. declared pregnant worker, shielding, etc.).

13. All procedures related to crudburst & cleanup.

14. ALARA manual (or equivalent high-level procedure).

15. List of top 5 dose jobs for refueling outage and ALARA planning packages if available.

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16. Crudburst & cleanup trending point data from previous outage (dose rates and cobalt concentration), as applicable. Data should be from the same unit as the current outage.

17. Source term reduction program guidance, including cobalt reduction.

18. LIST of CRs related to ALARA since March 2005. Note: you dont need to duplicate any CRs that overlap with access controls, unless it is convenient to do so.

19. Most recent self-assessment or audit of ALARA program.

Shipping & Radwaste

20. All procedures related to transportation and solid radwaste processing.

21. Current PCP.

22. List of all shipments made since March 2005.

23. List of all changes made to solid and liquid radwaste processing systems since March 2005.

24. List of all permanently abandoned solid and liquid radwaste processing equipment.

25. Last two 10 CFR Part 61 analyses for each waste stream.

26. LIST of CRs related to shipping or radwaste since March 2005.

27. Most recent self-assessment or audit of Shipping/radwaste processing program.

PI Verification (occupational and public cornerstones)

28. Procedure for gathering and reporting NRC PI data.

29. List of all CRs since August 2006 using keywords: HRA, LHRA, VHRA, unintended dose, unlocked door, offsite dose, ODCM, etc. Again, you dont need to duplicate any CRs from above, unless it is convenient.

30. Monthly NRC PI reports since August 2006.

31. List of all dose rate alarms >1R/hr since August 2006.

32. List of all dose alarms since August 2006.

33. All final release point effluent monitor out-of-service dates since August 2006.

34. Final gaseous and liquid effluent release permits for calendar year 2006.

ISFSI

35. Last 2 radiological surveys of ISFSI area.

36. Procedures for radiological control of ISFSI area.

37. Procedures for loading ISFSI casks.

38. LIST of CRs written regarding the ISFSI since August 2006.

39. Note: The lead inspector will perform IP 60855 during the pre-inspection visit and will need a knowledgeable HP technician or supervisor to accompany him to the ISFSI area to take surveys.

Lead Inspector Contact Information:

Adam Nielsen, CHP (404) 562-4660 adn@nrc.gov Mailing Address US NRC Region II ATTN: Adam Nielsen 61 Forsyth Street, SW Suite 23T85 Atlanta, GA 30303-3415 Enclosure

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