ML110840640

VC Summer Nuclear Station Notification of Inspection and Request for Information

ML110840640
Person / Time
Site:	Summer
Issue date:	03/24/2011
From:	Brian Bonser NRC/RGN-II/DRS/PSB1
To:	Gatlin T South Carolina Electric & Gas Co
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II 245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257 March 24, 2011 Mr. Thomas D. Gatlin Vice President - Nuclear Operations South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station P.O. Box 88 Jenkinsville, SC 29065

SUBJECT:

V.C. SUMMER NUCLEAR STATION NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Dear Mr. Gatlin:

During the period of April 18-22, 2011, the NRC will conduct a baseline radiation safety inspection activities at the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station. The inspection will evaluate activities in the Occupational Radiation Safety cornerstone using NRC Inspection Procedure (IP) 71124.01, Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls.

This inspection procedure was last performed on August 22, 2010, and is scheduled less than a year later to allow the inspection to occur during the plants scheduled refueling and maintenance outage.

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, 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 provided in CD format at the site on April 18, 2011. This will increase the time available for plant staff to assemble the documents.

We have discussed the schedule for these inspection activities with your staff and understand that our regulatory contact for this inspection will be Susan Reese of your organization. If there are any questions about this inspection or the material requested, please contact the inspector, Ruben Hamilton at (404) 997-4672.

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In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC=s ARules 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.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Sincerely,

/RA/

Brian R. Bonser, Chief Plant Support Branch 1 Division of Reactor Safety Docket No.: 50-395 License No.: NPF-12

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Division of Radiological Health TN Dept. of Environment & Conservation 401 Church Street Nashville, TN 37243-1532 J. B. Archie Senior Vice President Nuclear Operations South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Electronic Mail Distribution Sandra Threatt, Manager Nuclear Response and Emergency Environmental Surveillance Bureau of Land and Waste Management Department of Health and Environmental Control Electronic Mail Distribution Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Electronic Mail Distribution Richard Haynes Director, Division of Waste Management Bureau of Land and Waste Management S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control Electronic Mail Distribution Mark Yeager Division of Radioactive Waste Mgmt.

S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control Electronic Mail Distribution Andy T. Barbee Director Nuclear Training South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Electronic Mail Distribution Bruce L. Thompson Manager Nuclear Licensing (Mail Code 830)

South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Electronic Mail Distribution Robert M. Fowlkes General Manager Engineering Services South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Electronic Mail Distribution Senior Resident Inspector Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station U.S. NRC 576 Stairway Road Jenkinsville, SC 29065 R. J. White Nuclear Coordinator S.C. Public Service Authority Mail Code 802 Electronic Mail Distribution Robin R. Haselden General Manager Organizational Development &

Effectiveness South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Electronic Mail Distribution George A. Lippard, III General Manager Nuclear Plant Operations South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Electronic Mail Distribution Moses Coleman Manager, Health Physics and Safety South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Electronic Mail Distribution Robert L. Justice Manager Nuclear Operations South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Electronic Mail Distribution Donald D. Shue Manager Maintenance Services South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Electronic Mail Distribution

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

V.C. Summer Nuclear Station Docket Number(s):

50-395 Inspection Dates:

April 18-22, 2011 Procedure:

71124.01 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls Documentation is requested from August 22, 2010, to the present for the inspection procedures.

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 Ruben Hamilton at (404) 997-4672. Thank you in advance for all of your effort in putting together this material.

Assistance Requested During On-Site Inspection Identification of candidate work activities during the inspection for inspector observation, such as radiologically significant jobs.

General Information Request Telephone numbers of contacts Plant, Radiation Protection, and Chemistry organizational charts FSAR sections related to radiation protection program and activities.

Most recent DAW 10 CFR Part 61 analytical results.

Corrective Action Program procedures Audits and self-assessments performed since August 22, 2010, that address (1) radiation protection; (2) radiation monitoring program, including the onsite calibration facility; (3) radioactive material control; (4) external and internal dosimetry.

71124.01: Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls

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

a. Radiological surveys, postings, and radiation control barricades.

b. Security and control of high radiation sources/objects, including those stored in pools.

c. Radiation Work Permits.

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d. Radiological Job-Coverage.

e. Controlling access to High Radiation Areas (HRAs), High Dose Rate High Radiation Areas (HDR-HRAs), and Very High Radiation Areas (VHRAs) including key controls.

f. Radioactive material control, including contamination, hot particles, and survey/release of material for unrestricted use.

g. Dosimetry monitoring (electronic dosimeters, multi-badging, whole body counting/internal dose assessment, etc.).

2.

Description of any changes to plant operations that could 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 and/or outages.

5.

RWPs for the 5 highest dose rate areas or outage tasks and 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 program (CAP) condition reports generated since September 2009, related to radiological hazard assessment and control, including the following:

a. Exposure controls, including high radiation area radiological incidents.

b. Radiation monitoring (e.g. surveys, contamination, airborne).

c. Radiological events caused by radiation worker errors.

d. Radiological events caused by radiation protection technician errors.

Inspector Contact Information:

Ruben Hamilton (404) 997-4672 ruben.hamilton@nrc.gov Mailing Address US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region II ATTN: Ruben Hamilton 245 Peachtree Center Ave., NE Suite 1200 Atlanta, GA 30303