ML070670082

Notification of Inspection and Request for Information

ML070670082
Person / Time
Site:	Oconee
Issue date:	03/08/2007
From:	Brian Bonser NRC/RGN-II/DRS/PSB1
To:	Brandi Hamilton Duke Energy Carolinas, Duke Power Co
References
IR-07-003
Download: ML070670082 (7)

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March 8, 2007 Duke Power Company LLC d/b/a Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC ATTN: Mr. Bruce H. Hamilton Vice President Oconee Nuclear Station 7800 Rochester Highway Seneca, SC 29672

SUBJECT:

OCONEE NUCLEAR STATION - NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Dear Mr. Hamilton:

During the periods of April 30 - May 4, 2007, and May 14 - 18, 2007, the NRC will perform the baseline radiation Occupational Radiation Safety Inspection activities at Oconee Nuclear Station. NRC Inspection Procedures 71121.01, 71121.02, 71122.02, and Radiation Safety sections of 711551 and 60855.1. The inspectors will also review activities associated with detecting, evaluating, and documenting abnormal liquid releases which could impact both onsite and offsite environments as outlined in selected sections of IP 71122.01.

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 conduct 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 three day pre-inspection visit with your staff for the April 10 - 12, 2007 period. The requested material 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 Ms. Judy Smith of your organization. If there are any questions about this inspection or the material requested, please contact the lead inspector, N. Jeff Griffis at (404) 562-4737; 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

DPC 2 (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: George Kuzo for:/

Brian Bonser, Chief Plant Support Branch 1 Division of Reactor Safety Dockets No. 50-269, 270, and 287 License No. DPR-38, 47, and 55

Enclosure:

Occupational Radiation Protection Inspection Document Request cc w/encl:

B. G. Davenport Compliance Manager (ONS)

Duke Power Company LLC d/b/a Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Electronic Mail Distribution Lisa F. Vaughn Associate General Counsel and Managing Attorney Duke Energy Corporation 526 South Church Street-EC 07H Charlotte, NC 28202 Kathryn B. Nolan Senior Counsel Duke Energy Corporation 526 South Church Street -EC07H Charlotte, NC 28202 David A. Repka Winston & Strawn LLP Electronic Mail Distribution Beverly Hall, Chief Radiation Protection Section N. C. Department of Environmental Health & Natural Resources Electronic Mail Distribution (cc w/encl contd - See page 3)

DPC 3 (cc w/encl contd)

Henry J. Porter, Assistant Director Div. of Radioactive Waste Mgmt.

S. C. Department of Health and Environmental Control Electronic Mail Distribution R. Mike Gandy Division of Radioactive Waste Mgmt.

S. C. Department of Health and Environmental Control Electronic Mail Distribution County Supervisor of Oconee County 415 S. Pine Street Walhalla, SC 29691-2145 Lyle Graber, LIS NUS Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution R. L. Gill, Jr., Manager Nuclear Regulatory Issues and Industry Affairs Duke Power Company LLC.

d/b/a Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC 526 S. Church Street Charlotte, NC 28201-0006 Charles Brinkman Director, Washington Operations Westinghouse Electric Company 12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 330 Rockville, MD 20852 Distribution w/encl:

L. Olshan, NRR C. Evans (Part 72 Only)

L. Slack, RII EICS OE Mail (email address if applicable)

RIDSNRRDIRS PUBLIC

OFFICE RII:DRS RII:DRP RII:DRS SIGNATURE RA RA RA NAME JGRIFFIS MOORMAN BONSER DATE 3/8/2007 3/7/2007 3/8/2007 3/ /2007 3/ /2007 3/ /2007 3/ /2007 E-MAIL COPY? YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO DOCUMENT REQUEST SITE: Oconee Nuclear Station (ONS)

REPORT NO: 05000269, 270,287/2007-003 PRE-INSPECTION VISIT: April 10 - 12, 2007 INSPECTION DATES: April 10 - 12, 2007 (ISFSI); April 30 - May 4, and May 14 - 18, 2007 NRC INSPECTORS: N. Jeff Griffis (Lead), NJG1@NRC.GOV (404) 562-4737 George B. Kuzo, GBK1@NRC.GOV (404) 562-4658 Adam D. Nielsen, ADN@NRC.GOV (404) 562-4660 INS

P. PROCEDURE

S: IP 71121.01 Access Control To Radiologically Significant Areas IP 71121.02 ALARA IP 71122.02 Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation IP 71122.01 Radioactive Gases and Liquid Effluent &

Monitoring Systems § 02.01(e), § 2.02 (d & e)

IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification IP 60855.1 Operation of an ISFSI at Operating Plants Note: This is a broad 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.

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, VHRAs, and current airborne radioactivity areas.

6. Procedures related to HP/access controls (e.g., posting, labeling, surveys, RWPs, contamination controls, dosimetry, multi-dosimetry, key control, control of divers, controls during fuel offload, controls for non-fuel material stored in SFPs, etc.)

7. List of all non-fuel items stored in spent fuel pools.

8. Provide list of scheduled work in HRAs, LHRAs, VHRAs, airborne radioactivity areas tentatively scheduled for the weeks of onsite inspection.

9. Internal dose assessments for intakes where dose was assigned since October 2006.

10. Documentation of any skin contaminations > 1 Rem SDE, since October 2006.

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

ENCLOSURE

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

ALARA

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

14. All procedures related to crudburst & cleanup.

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

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

17. 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.

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

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

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

Shipping & Radwaste

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

22. Current PCP.

23. List of all shipments made since November 2005.

24. List of changes made to solid/liquid radwaste processing systems since November 2005.

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

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

27. Any data on indication of failed-fuel since the prior refueling outage

28. Transport Cask CoCs and associated documents for frequently used transport casks.

Note: Copies not required prior to onsite inspection but listing of responsible staff/on-site document location and availability requested.

29. Licensee procedures for cask loading and/or closure.

30. List of PIPs related to shipping or radwaste since November 2005.

31. Most recent self-assessment or audit of shipping/radwaste processing program.

Radioactive Gases and Liquid Effluent Treatment & Monitoring Systems

32. Procedures for onsite/offsite surface/groundwater monitoring activities and leak detection

33. Summary of spill, leak, or unexpected liquid discharge data documented in the sites 10 CFR 50.75(g) files. Note: Only provide summary, 50.75(g) file details may be reviewed during onsite inspection

34. List of PIPs issued since June 2006 for H-3 or other radioisotopes in ground water wells, or identification of spills or leaks from contaminated systems, structures, and components.

35. Audits and self assessments conducted since June 2006 for groundwater monitoring.

36. Annual Effluent/REMP Reports for CY 2006: Focus on Surface and Groundwater Monitoring.

ENCLOSURE

3 PI Verification (occupational and public cornerstones)

37. Procedure for gathering and reporting NRC PI data.

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

39. Monthly NRC PI reports since June 2006.

40. List of all dose-rate alarms >1R/hr since June 2006.

41. List of all dose alarms since June 2006.

42. All final release point effluent monitor out-of-service dates since June 2006.

43. Final gaseous and liquid effluent release permit offsite dose totals for calendar year 2006.

ISFSI

44. Last 2 radiological surveys of ISFSI area.

45. Procedures for radiological control of ISFSI area.

46. Procedures for loading ISFSI casks.

47. LIST of PIPs written regarding the ISFSI since June 2006.

48. 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.

ENCLOSURE