ML100192086

Radiation Protection Inspection and Request for Information

ML100192086
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Site:	Byron, Vogtle   (NPF-068, NPF-081)
Issue date:	01/19/2010
From:	Brian Bonser NRC/RGN-II/DRS/PSB1
To:	Tynan T 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 19, 2010 Mr. Tom E. Tynan Vice President Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Vogtle Electric Generating Plant 7821 River Road Waynesboro, GA 30830

SUBJECT:

VOGTLE ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT RADIATION PROTECTION INSPECTION AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Dear Mr. Tynan:

On March 8 - 12 and March 22 - 26, 2010, the NRC will perform a baseline Occupational Radiation Safety Inspection at Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, (NRC Inspection Procedures 71124.01, 71124.02, 71124.03, 71124.04, and Radiation Safety Sections of 71151).

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 activity. The NRC requests that these documents be provided to the inspectors no later than February 25, 2010.

We have discussed the schedule for these inspection activities with your staff and understand that our regulatory contact for this inspection will be Mukut Sharma 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.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Brian Bonser, Chief Plant Support Branch 1 Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos.: 50-424/425 License Nos.: NPF-68/81

Enclosure:

As stated cc w/encl: (See page 2)

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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 Hickox, T. Mark Vogtle Electric Generating Plant 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 Jeffrey T. Gasser Executive Vice President 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 Bob Masse Resident Manager Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Oglethorpe Power Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution Moanica Caston Vice President and General Counsel Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution Lee Foley Manager of Contracts Generation Oglethorpe Power Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution Mr. N. Holcomb Commissioner Department of Natural Resources 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 (cc w/encl continued next page)

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cc w/encl continued Office of the Attorney General Electronic Mail Distribution Office of the County Commissioner Burke County Commission Electronic Mail Distribution Arthur H. Domby, Esq.

Troutman Sanders Electronic Mail Distribution Director Consumers' Utility Counsel Division Govenor's Office of Consumer Affairs 2 M. L. King, Jr. Drive Plaza Level East; Suite 356 Atlanta, GA 30334-4600 Susan E. Jenkins Director, Division of Waste Management Bureau of Land and Waste Management S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control Electronic Mail Distribution

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Letter to Tom E. Tynan from Brian Bonser dated January 19, 2010

SUBJECT:

VOGTLE ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT RADIATION PROTECTION INSPECTION AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION Distribution w/encl:

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

Enclosure Document Request List Inspection Dates:

March 8 - 12 and March 22 - 26, 2010 Inspection Procedures:

IP 71124.01 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls IP 71124.02 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls IP 71124.03 In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation IP 71124.04 Occupational Dose Assessment IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 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). Please organize the information as it is arranged below (e.g. a folder labeled Miscellaneous containing items 1-3, another folder labeled 71124.01 - Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls containing items 4-11, etc). If there are questions regarding the documents requested, please do not hesitate to contact the lead inspector.

Miscellaneous

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

2. Corrective action program procedure.

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

71124.01 - Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls

4. List of outage RWPs.

5. Plant maps of all Locked HRAs and VHRAs.

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

(Posting, labeling, surveys, RWPs, contamination control, key control, control of divers, special controls during fuel offload, hot spots, etc.)

7. Procedures related to release of personnel and materials, e.g.

(release surveys, decontamination, guidance for alarm followup, etc.)

8. List of Nationally Tracked Sources currently stored onsite.

9. List of all non-fuel items stored in spent fuel pool.

10. Most recent self-assessment or audit covering HP controls.

11. LIST of CRs related to HP controls where the cause was listed as human performance (radworker error) or human performance (HP technician error) issued since October 2009.

This should be a list of corrective action documents containing a CR number and brief description, not full CRs.

71124.02 - Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls

12. All procedures related to ALARA (e.g. temporary shielding, ALARA planning, source term reduction, etc.).

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

14. Crudburst & cleanup trending point data from previous outage on the same unit (dose rates and cobalt concentration).

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

16. LIST of CRs related to ALARA since October 2008. This should be a list of corrective action documents containing a CR number and brief description, not full CRs.

2 Enclosure 71124.03 - In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation

17. Procedures related to airborne monitoring and control, e.g.

(use of containment purge, use of negative pressure/HEPA units, temporary ventilation enclosures, CAM/air sampling guidance, etc.)

18. Procedures related to use of respiratory protection devices, e.g.

(SCBA, TEDE-ALARA guidance, PAPRs, storage, maintenance, QA, etc.)

19. All records of grade D air certification for supplied air system and SCBA filling equipment, since October 2008.

20. SCBA training records 20a. Vendor training certificates for all individuals qualified to repair SCBA 20b. List of all licensed operators qualified to use SCBA 20c. List of all maintenance personnel qualified to use SCBA 20d. List of all HP personnel qualified to use SCBA

21. LIST of CRs related to airborne monitoring and respiratory protection since October 2008.

This should be a list of corrective action documents containing a CR number and brief description, not full CRs.

71124.04 - Occupational Dose Assessment

22. Most recent NVLAP accreditation report

23. Procedures related to dosimetry operations, e.g.

(routine external dosimetry, multibadging, extremity, neutron, assessment of internal dose, DAC-hour tracking, skin dose assessment, in-vitro bioassay, ED correction factors, WBC operation, Declared pregnant workers, etc.)

24. Internal dose assessments for intakes where dose was assigned since October 2008.

25. Documentation associated with any skin contaminations where SDE was assigned, since October 2008.

26. LIST of CRs related to Occupational Dose Assessment since October 2008. This should be a list of corrective action documents containing a CR number and brief description, not full CRs.

PI Verification (occupational and public cornerstones)

27. Procedure for gathering and reporting PI data.

28. List of all CRs related to effluent dose/ODCM issues since October 2009. This should be a list of corrective action documents containing a CR number and brief description, not full CRs.

29. List of all CRs related to TS HRA/VHRA issues since October 2009. This should be a list of corrective action documents containing a CR number and brief description, not full CRs.

30. List of all ED dose rate alarms >1R/hr since October 2009.

31. List of all ED dose alarms since October 2009.

32. Most recent gaseous and liquid effluent release permits.

33. 2009 Annual Effluent Report (if available). Or public dose roll-up for 2009 if Annual Effluent Report is not yet available.

Lead Inspector Contact Information:

Adam Nielsen, CHP (404) 562-4660 Adam.nielsen@nrc.gov