ML100150632

Notification of Insepction and Request for Information

ML100150632
Person / Time
Site:	Hatch
Issue date:	01/15/2010
From:	Brian Bonser NRC/RGN-II/DRS/PSB1
To:	Madison D Southern Nuclear Operating Co
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II SAM NUNN ATLANTA FEDERAL CENTER 61 FORSYTH STREET, SW, SUITE 23T85 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-8931 January 15, 2010 Mr. Dennis R. Madison Vice President Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant 11028 Hatch Parkway North Baxley, GA 31513

SUBJECT:

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

Dear Mr. Madison:

During the period of March 1-5, 2010, the NRC will conduct baseline radiation safety inspection activities at the Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant site. The inspection will evaluate activities in the Occupational Radiation Safety cornerstone using NRC Inspection Procedure (IP) 71124.01 and will focus on radiation protection activities associated with radiological hazard assessment and exposure controls. The inspection will also review the occupational radiation safety performance indicator using IP 71151.

This will be the first time that IP 71124.01, implemented January 1, 2010, is performed at Plant Hatch. 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, thereby minimizing the number of additional documents requested during the preparation and/or the onsite portions of the inspection. The inspector has requested that the subject informational material be made available to the NRC staff by February 15, 2010, to allow preparation for the inspection. An address to which the information, preferably on CD, can be sent is provided on the enclosed document request.

We have discussed the schedule for these inspection activities with your staff and understand that our regulatory contact for this inspection will be Steve Tipps of your organization. If there are any questions about this inspection or the material requested, please contact the inspector, Heather J. Gepford, at (404) 562-4659.

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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 Bonser, Chief Plant Support Branch 1 Division of Reactor Safety Dockets Nos.: 50-321, 366, License Nos.: DPR-57, NPF-5

Enclosure:

Occupational Radiation Protection Inspection Document Request cc w/encl: (See page 3)

G SUNSI REVIEW COMPLETE OFFICE RII:DRS RII:DRS SIGNATURE HJG /RA/

BRB /RA/

NAME HGepford BBonser DATE 01/15/2010 01/15/2010 E-MAIL COPY?

YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO

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cc w/encl:

Managing Attorney and Compliance Officer Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution B. D. McKinney, Jr.

Regulatory Response Manager Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution Jeffrey T. Gasser Executive Vice President Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution N. J. Stringfellow Licensing Manager Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution T. D. Honeycutt Regulatory Response Supervisor Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution L. Mike Stinson Vice President Fleet Operations Support Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution Paula Marino Vice President Engineering Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution Moanica Caston Vice President and General Counsel Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution Steven B. Tipps Hatch Principal Engineer - Licensing Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant Electronic Mail Distribution Mr. Ken Rosanski Resident Manager Edwin I. Hatch Oglethorpe Power Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution Lee Foley Manager of Contracts Generation Oglethorpe Power Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution Arthur H. Domby, Esq.

Troutman Sanders Electronic Mail Distribution Dr. Carol Couch Director Environmental Protection Department of Natural Resources Electronic Mail Distribution Cynthia Sanders Program Manager Radioactive Materials Program Department of Natural Resources Electronic Mail Distribution Jim Sommerville (Acting) Chief Environmental Protection Division Department of Natural Resources Electronic Mail Distribution Mr. Steven M. Jackson Senior Engineer - Power Supply Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia Electronic Mail Distribution Mr. Reece McAlister Executive Secretary Georgia Public Service Commission Electronic Mail Distribution Chairman Appling County Commissioners County Courthouse 69 Tippins Street, Suite 201 Baxley, GA 31513

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Letter to Dennis R. Madison from Brian Bonser dated January 15, 2010

SUBJECT:

EDWIN I. HATCH NUCLEAR PLANT NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION Distribution w/encl:

C. Evans, RII L. Slack, RII OE Mail RIDSNRRDIRS PUBLIC RidsNrrPMHatch Resource

Enclosure Pre-Inspection Document Request Occupational Radiation Safety Cornerstone Licensee:

Hatch Nuclear Plant Docket Number(s):

50-321 and 50-366 Inspection Dates:

March 1-5, 2010 Procedure(s):

71124.01, Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls Documentation is requested from February 2009 to the present. We would prefer as much of the information as possible in electronic form. An index to the CD contents is also helpful. For those items requesting a list of documents/areas, the inspector will select documents/areas from the list for on-site review.

If you have any questions, please call Heather Gepford at 404-562-4659. Thank you in advance for all your effort in putting together this material.

Assistance Requested During On-Site Inspection Identification of work activities during the inspection for inspector observations, including notification of pre-job briefings.

Health physics assistance in plant walk-downs assessing radiological hazards and exposure controls, e.g. verifying the posting and locking of entrances to locked-high radiation areas and very high radiation areas, spent fuel pool controls, and radioactive material storage areas.

General Information Request

1.

Telephone numbers of contacts

2.

Plant, Radiation Protection, and Chemistry organizational charts

3.

List of radiation protection procedures

4.

Most recent DAW 10 CFR Part 61 analytical results.

5.

Corrective Action Program procedures

6.

Audits and self-assessments performed since April 2009 that encompass the areas of (1) radiation protection, (2) control of radiologically significant areas, and (3) radioactive material control 71124.01: Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls

1.

Site and corporate procedures associated with assessing and controlling radiological hazards. Procedures should include:

Radiological surveys, postings, and radiation control barricades Security and control of high radiation sources/objects, including those stored in pools Radiation Work Permits Radiological Job-Coverage

2 Enclosure Controlling access to High Radiation Areas (HRAs), High Dose Rate High Radiation Areas (HDR-HRAs), and Very High Radiation Areas (VHRAs), including key controls Radioactive material control, including contamination, hot particles, and survey/release of material for unrestricted use Dosimetry monitoring (electronic dosimeters, multi-badging, whole body counting/internal dose assessment, etc.)

2.

Description of any changes to plant operations that may result in a new radiological hazard for workers or members of the public.

3.

List of the most exposure significant radiologically risk-significant work activities planned for the outage, including at least five activities scheduled during the week of the inspection.

4.

List or map of HRAs, LHRAs, and VHRAs. Include areas with the potential to become a HRA during routine operations or outages.

5.

RWPs for the 5 highest dose rate areas or outage tasks; RWPs for airborne areas.

6.

Inventory of nonexempt licensed materials, including storage location.

7.

List of unusual dosimetry occurrences, including electronic dosimeter malfunctions/alarms.

8.

List of corrective action reports generated since February 2009 related to radiological hazard assessment and control, including the following:

Exposure controls, including high radiation area radiological incidents Radiation monitoring (e.g. surveys, contamination, airborne)

Radiological events caused by radiation worker errors Radiological events caused by radiation protection technician errors 71151 Performance Indicator (PI) Verification

1.

Procedure(s) for identifying, notification, tracking, and correcting PI occurrences

2.

Monthly PI reports since January 2009, and copies of associated PERs for Occupational Exposure Control Effectiveness and RETS/ODCM Radiological Effluent occurrences

3.

List of all corrective action documents since January 2009 using keywords such as: HRA, LHRA, VHRA, unintended dose, unlocked door, etc.

4.

List of all dose rate alarms > 1 R/hr and dose alarms since January 2009.

Inspector Contact Information:

Heather J. Gepford (404) 562-4659 Heather.Gepford@nrc.gov Mailing Address US NRC Region II ATTN: Heather J. Gepford 61 Forsyth Street, SW Suite 23T85 Atlanta, GA 30303-3415