ML100540077

Notification of Inspection and Request for Information

ML100540077
Person / Time
Site:	Oconee
Issue date:	02/22/2010
From:	Brian Bonser NRC/RGN-II/DRS/PSB1
To:	Baxter D Duke Energy Carolinas
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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 February 22, 2010 Mr. David A. Baxter Site Vice President Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Oconee Nuclear Station 7800 Rochester Highway Seneca, SC 29672

SUBJECT:

OCONEE NUCLEAR STATION - NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Dear Mr. Baxter:

From April 19 - 23, 2010, the NRC will perform a baseline Occupational and Public Radiation Safety inspection at the Oconee Nuclear Station, (NRC Inspection Procedure 71124.01, Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls). 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.

We have discussed the schedule for these inspection activities with your staff and understand that our regulatory contact for this inspection will be Judy Smith (864-885-4309) of your organization. Our inspection dates are subject to change based on your updated schedule of outage activities. If there are any questions about this inspection or the material requested, please contact the lead inspector Wade T. Loo at (404) 562-4727 (wade.loo@nrc.gov).

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 Nos.: 50-269, 270, 287 License Nos.: DPR-38, 47, 55

Enclosure:

Pre-Inspection Document Request cc w/encl.: (See page 2)

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

BRB /RA/

NAME WLoo BBonser DATE 02/19/2010 02/19/2010 E-MAIL COPY?

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

DEC 2

cc w/encl:

Kent Alter Regulatory Compliance Manager Oconee Nuclear Station Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Electronic Mail Distribution Scott L. Batson Engineering Manager Oconee Nuclear Station Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Electronic Mail Distribution Clark E. Curry Engineering Manager Oconee Nuclear Station Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Electronic Mail Distribution Philip J. Culbertson Oconee Nuclear Station Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Electronic Mail Distribution Preston Gillespie Manager Oconee Nuclear Station Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Electronic Mail Distribution R. L. Gill, Jr.

Manager Nuclear Regulatory Issues & Industry Affairs Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Electronic Mail Distribution Dhiaa M. Jamil Group Executive and Chief Nuclear Officer Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Electronic Mail Distribution Lisa F. Vaughn Associate General Counsel Duke Energy Corporation 526 South Church Street-EC07H Charlotte, NC 28202 Kathryn B. Nolan Senior Counsel Duke Energy Corporation 526 South Church Street-EC07H Charlotte, NC 28202 Charles Brinkman Director Washington Operations Westinghouse Electric Company Electronic Mail Distribution County Supervisor of Oconee County 415 S. Pine Street Walhalla, SC 29691-2145 David A. Repka Winston Strawn LLP Electronic Mail Distribution R. Mike Gandy Division of Radioactive Waste Mgmt.

S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control Electronic Mail Distribution 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 W. Lee Cox, III Section Chief Radiation Protection Section N.C. Department of Environmental Commerce & Natural Resources Electronic Mail Distribution

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Letter to David A. Baxter from Brian Bonser dated February 22, 2010

SUBJECT:

OCONEE NUCLEAR STATION - NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION Distribution w/encl:

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

Enclosure Pre-Inspection Document Request Occupational and Public Radiation Safety Cornerstones Licensee:

Oconee Nuclear Station Docket Numbers:

50-269, 270 and 287 Inspection Dates:

April 19 - 23, 2010 Procedure:

71124.01, Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls Documentation is requested from January 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 Wade Loo at 404-562-4727. 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 January 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 January 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 Inspector Contact Information:

Wade T. Loo (404) 562-4727 Wade.Loo@NRC.GOV Mailing Address U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region II ATTN: Wade T. Loo 61 Forsyth Street, S.W.

Suite 23T85 Atlanta, GA 30303-3415