IR 05000133/2009001

IR 05000133-09-001, on 01/12/09 Through 01/15/09, Humboldt Bay Power Plant, Unit 3

ML090440322
Person / Time
Site:	Humboldt Bay
Issue date:	02/12/2009
From:	Whitten J NRC/RGN-IV/DNMS/NMSB-B
To:	Conway J Pacific Gas & Electric Co
References
IR-09-001
Download: ML090440322 (14)

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UNITED STATES NUC LE AR RE G UL AT O RY C O M M I S S I O N ary 12, 2009

SUBJECT:

NRC INSPECTION REPORT 050-00133/09-001

Dear Mr. Conway:

This refers to the inspection conducted on January 12-15, 2009, at the Humboldt Bay Power Plant, Unit 3 facility. This inspection was an examination of activities conducted under your license as they relate to safety and compliance with the Commissions rules and regulations and with the conditions of your license. Within these areas, the inspection consisted of selected examination of procedures and representative records, observations of activities, and interviews with personnel.

This inspection consisted of a routine inspection of decommissioning activities and included a confirmatory survey of the area where the new generation plant will be constructed. The enclosed report presents the results of this inspection. In summary, the inspector determined that you were conducting decommissioning activities in compliance with regulatory and license requirements.

During the inspection, representatives from Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) conducted confirmatory surveys in the new generation plant area. The confirmatory surveys included ambient gamma radiation scan surveys and soil sampling. The results of the survey were not available at the end of the inspection period. The results will be presented to you at a later date under separate correspondence.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter, its enclosure, and your response, if you choose to provide one, will be made available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the NRCs document system (ADAMS), accessible from the NRCs Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To the extent possible, your response should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards information so that it can be made available to the Public without redaction.

Mr. John Should you have any questions concerning this inspection, please contact Mr. Robert Evans, Senior Health Physicist, at (817) 860-8234, or the undersigned at (817) 860-8197.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Jack E. Whitten, Chief Nuclear Materials Safety Branch B Docket No.: 050-00133 License No.: DPR-7 Enclosure:

NRC Inspection Report 050-00133/09-001 cc w/enclosure:

Donna Jacobs, Vice President Nuclear Services Pacific Gas and Electric Company Diablo Canyon Power Plant P.O. Box 56 Avila Beach, CA 93424 Antonio Fernandez, Esq.

PG&E P.O. Box 7442 San Francisco, CA 94120 Paul Roller, Director and Plant Manager Humboldt Bay Power Plant, PG&E 1000 King Salmon Avenue Eureka, CA 95505 Chairman Humboldt County Board of Supervisors County Courthouse 825 Fifth Street Eureka, CA 95501 Law Office of Linda J. Brown, Esq.

300 Drakes Landing Road, Suite 172 Greenbrae, CA 94904 Regional Radiation Representative U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Region IX Office 75 Hawthorne Street San Francisco, CA 94105

Mr. John