ML111540350

Notification of Inspection and Request for Information 05000413 and 05000414

ML111540350
Person / Time
Site:	Catawba
Issue date:	06/02/2011
From:	Brian Bonser NRC/RGN-II/DRS/PSB1
To:	Morris J Duke Energy Carolinas
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II 245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257 June 2, 2011 Mr. J. R. Morris Site Vice President Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Catawba Nuclear Station 4800 Concord Road York, SC 29745-9635

SUBJECT:

CATAWBA NUCLEAR POWER STATION, NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION 05000413 AND 05000414

Dear Mr. Morris:

From August 8 - 12, 2011, the NRC will perform the baseline Occupational Radiation Safety Inspection at the Catawba Nuclear Power Station for NRC Inspection Procedures 71124.04, 71124.06, 71124.07, 71124.08, and 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 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 Marc Sawicki at (803) 701-5191 of your organization, and that the material be available for review by July 25, 2011. If there are any questions about this inspection or the material requested, please contact the lead inspector, Wade Loo at (404) 997-4727.

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.: 50-413, 50-414 License Nos.: NPF-35, NPF-52

Enclosure:

Occupational Radiation Protection Inspection Document Request cc w/encl: (See page 2)

DPC 2 cc w/encl: David A. Repka Division of Radiological Health Winston Strawn LLP TN Dept. of Environment & Conservation Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution North Carolina MPA-1 Randy D. Hart Suite 600 Regulatory Compliance Manager P.O. Box 29513 Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Raleigh, NC 27525-0513 Electronic Mail Distribution Richard Haynes Sandra Threatt, Manager Director, Division of Waste Management Nuclear Response and Emergency Bureau of Land and Waste Management Environmental Surveillance S.C. Department of Health and Bureau of Land and Waste Management Environmental Control Department of Health and Environmental Electronic Mail Distribution Control Electronic Mail Distribution Mark Yeager Division of Radioactive Waste Mgmt.

Dhiaa M. Jamil S.C. Department of Health and Group Executive and Chief Nuclear Officer Environmental Control Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution W. Lee Cox, III C. Jeff Thomas Section Chief Fleet Regulatory Compliance & Licensing Radiation Protection Section Manager N.C. Department of Environmental Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Commerce & Natural Resources Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution Kathryn B. Nolan Vanessa Quinn Senior Counsel Federal Emergency Management Agency Duke Energy Corporation Radiological Emergency Preparedness 526 South Church Street-EC07H Program Charlotte, NC 28202 1800 S. Bell Street Arlington, VA 20598-3025 Lara Nichols Associate General Counsel Steve Weatherman, Operations Analyst Duke Energy Corporation North Carolina Electric Membership Electronic Mail Distribution Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission County Manager of York County Catawba Nuclear Station York County Courthouse U.S. NRC P. O. Box 66 4830 Concord Road York, SC 29745-0066 York, SC 29745 Piedmont Municipal Power Agency Electronic Mail Distribution (cc list continued on page 3)

DPC 3 cc w/encl (continued from page 2)

Peggy Force Assistant Attorney General State of North Carolina P.O. Box 629 Raleigh, NC 27602 David A. Baxter Vice President, Nuclear Engineering Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Electronic Mail Distribution

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Pre-Inspection Document Request Occupational and Public Radiation Safety Cornerstones Licensee: Catawba Nuclear Plant Docket Numbers: 05000413, 05000414 Inspection Dates: August 8 - 12, 2011 Inspection Procedures to be performed:

71124.04 Occupational Dose Assessment 71124.06 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment 71124.07 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program 71124.08 Radioactive Solid Waste Processing and Radioactive Material Handling, Storage, and Transportation 71151 Performance Indicator Verification (Radiation Safety Cornerstones)

Documentation is requested from the date of the implementation of the new inspection procedures, January 1, 2010, to present. However, information for IP 71151 is requested from October 1, 2010, to present.

We would prefer as much of the information as possible in electronic form. An index to the contents is also helpful. For those items requesting a list of documents/areas, the inspectors will select documents/areas from the list for on-site review. If any of the requested information is too burdensome to provide electronically or as hard copies, simply indicate that the requested material is available for onsite review by the inspectors.

If you have any questions, please call Wade Loo at (404) 997-4727. Thank you in advance for all your effort in putting together this material.

Assistance Requested During On-Site Inspection

• Assistance in plant walk-downs of the solid and liquid radwaste processing systems

• Schedule of transportation shipments during the inspection and notification of opportunities for observations of shipment preparation/receipt; discussions with appropriate individuals regarding the transportation program.

• Schedule of when REMP run is done to coordinate when we arrive for inspection of that program area.

Enclosure

2 General Information Request

• Telephone numbers of contacts.

• Radiation Protection organizational chart.

• Electronic copy of applicable chapters of UFSAR (e.g. radiation protection program, liquid and solid radioactive waste program, etc.)

• Corrective Action Program (CAP) procedures.

• Procedures associated with the ISFSI facility. Procedures should include:

o Radiological surveys, postings, and radiation control barricades.

o Environmental monitoring (including TLDs).

o Loading of casks.

o Routine activities.

• Radiation surveys of the ISFSI since the last inspection.

• Records of contamination incidents since the last inspection.

• Audits and self-assessments performed since the last inspection that encompass the areas of (1) liquid and solid radwaste processing; (2) transportation; (3) dosimetry; and (4) the REMP program.

• Work schedule to include work activities that will be conducted during the weeks of the inspection.

• List of active radiation work permits with their administrative limits, electronic dosimeter dose rate limit, and dose limit.

• List of radiation protection procedures.

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

• List of all Performance Indicators (PIs), and copies of associated corrective action reports for Occupational Exposure Control Effectiveness and RETS/ODCM Radiological Effluent Occurrences.

71124.04: Occupational Dose Assessment Site and corporate procedures/manual associated with internal and external dosimetry program (e.g., Whole body counters, TLDs, electronic dosimeters, bioassays, declared pregnant workers, neutron monitoring, multibadging, etc.).

NVLAP accreditation for dosimetry used to monitor personnel.

Last calibration of Whole Body Counter (WBC) equipment and copy of the analysis library.

Enclosure

3 Two most recent calibrations for PCMs used to monitor employees prior to issuance and return of dosimetry.

Correction factors used to address the response of electronic dosimeters as compared to TLDs.

Internal dose assessments since last outage inspection using in-vitro monitoring.

Internal dose assessments for any actual internal exposure greater than 10 millirem CEDE since the last outage inspection.

Skin dose assessments since the last outage inspection.

Available for onsite review during the inspection: Records for declared pregnant workers since the last outage inspection, listing their monthly radiation exposure during the term or year-to-date.

List of CAP PIP reports generated since the last inspection involving internal and external dosimetry issues (e.g., adverse trends related to EDs, occupational dose assessments, etc.).

71124.06: Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment Provide site and/or corporate procedures associated with implementing the effluents and the groundwater monitoring program. Procedures should include those that address:

Effluent sampling.

Effluent monitor set-point determinations.

Dose calculations.

Groundwater monitoring and reporting of spills/leaks.

Methodology for determining effluent stack/vent flow rates.

ARERRs for CYs 2009, and 2010.

List of all unmonitored spills, leaks, or unexpected liquid/gaseous discharges since January 1, 2010. If applicable, provide the LER, event report, and/or special report.

List of non-radioactive systems that have become contaminated and any 10 CFR 50.59 evaluations performed (Data since January 1, 2010).

List of any changes to the effluent release points or effluent treatment systems and associated 50.59 documentation (Data since January 1, 2010).

Material condition surveillance records for effluent system components not readily accessible, including those inaccessible due to radiological conditions.

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4 Effluent release permits for continuous gaseous, batch gaseous, continuous liquid, and/or batch liquid releases. Only provide permits for last releases within each category.

Results of inter-laboratory comparison program for count lab for CY 2009, to 2010 YTD.

The last two surveillance results for ESF ventilation systems (e.g. system flow, HEPA, and charcoal filter tests).

Groundwater monitoring results since January 1, 2010.

List of changes to written ground water monitoring program for identifying/controlling contaminated spills/leaks since January 1, 2010.

List of onsite surface water bodies (e.g. ponds, retention basins, lakes) that contain or potentially contain radioactivity.

List of CAP PIPs and audit documents generated since January 1, 2010, related to liquid and gaseous effluent treatment and monitoring, unmonitored spills, leaks, or effluent discharges, or the groundwater monitoring program.

71124.07: Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program Site and corporate procedures associated with radiological environmental monitoring, including:

o Collection, preparation, and analysis of environmental samples including air samples, TLD stations, ground and surface water, sediment, vegetation, milk, fish, etc.

o Calibration and maintenance of air/water sampling equipment.

o Calibration and QC activities for sample counting instruments.

o Sampling and monitoring program to detect leaks from contaminated or potentially contaminated systems, structures, or components.

o Meteorological instrument calibration, operation, and routine surveillances.

AREOR CYs 2009, and 2010.

List of structures, systems, or components that contain or could contain licensed material for which there is a credible mechanism for the radioactive material to reach ground water.

Summary of leaks and/or spills since January 1, 2010, i.e. additions to the 50.75(g) file.

Calibration and maintenance records for REMP air and composite water samplers since January 1, 2010.

Enclosure

5 Inter-laboratory comparison program results for the past two years (in-house or vendor laboratory).

Last two calibration /surveillance/maintenance records for the meteorological monitoring instruments since January 1, 2010.

List of CAP PIPs and audit documents generated since January 1, 2010, related to environmental monitoring activities.

71124.08: Radioactive Solid Waste Processing and Radioactive Material Handling, Storage, and Transportation Site and corporate procedures/manuals describing licensee compliance with 10 CFR Parts 20, 61, and 71 and 49 CFR Parts 170-189. Procedures/manuals should include:

< Solid and liquid radwaste processing procedures

< Procedure(s) for transferring radioactive waste resin and sludge discharges into shipping/disposal containers.

< Waste stream mixing and/or sampling procedures, including (1) waste concentration averaging; (2) use of scaling factors and calculations used to account for difficult-to-measure radionuclides; and (3) ensuring waste stream composition data accounts for changing operational parameters.

< Shipping/transportation procedures.

< Cask loading and closure procedures (licensee and vendor) applicable to last three cask transports.

Process Control Program (PCP).

Most recent Annual Radioactive Effluents Release Report.

Most recent radio-chemical sample analysis results (i.e., 10 CFR Part 61" analysis) for each of the radioactive waste streams (e.g., dry active waste (DAW), ion exchange resins, mechanical filters, and sludges and activated materials, etc.).

List and documentation of any changes made to the radioactive waste processing systems (liquid and solid) and/or the PCP since the last inspection and associated 10 CFR 50.59 documentation, as appropriate.

Copies of applicable transport cask Certificate of Compliance for the last three transport cask shipments.

Training and qualification records for personnel responsible for radioactive waste processing and radioactive material shipment preparation activities.

Enclosure

6 Copy of the Radioactive Shipping Log for the last 12 months. (The inspector will select transportation shipping packages for review during the inspection.)

List of CAP reports generated since the last inspection involving radioactive waste and radioactive material/waste transportation.

Available for onsite review during the inspection:

< Site drawing(s) showing the location of all stored radioactive materials and all stored radioactive waste.

< Plant drawings sufficient to permit the inspector to walk-down the liquid and solid radioactive waste processing systems to verify that current system configuration/operation agrees with the descriptions contained in the UFSAR and in the PCP.

< Documentation describing the status of any radioactive waste process equipment that is not operational and/or is abandoned in place.

< Information concerning the sites waste disposal volume and waste reduction program.

< Training curriculum and primary lesson plans for qualifying persons, including vendors, for radwaste processing, packaging, and making shipments of radioactive materials and radioactive waste as specified by 49 CFR 172.

IP 71151: Performance Indicator Verification Monthly/Quarterly PI reports since October 1, 2010, and copies of associated Condition Report documents for any Occupational Exposure or RETS/ODCM Radiological Effluent PI events occurrences.

Liquid and gaseous effluent release permits which specify the quarterly (October 2010 -

June 2011), and annual CY 2010, curies released by isotope and associated public dose assessments.

List of all PIP documents since October 1, 2010, using keywords such as: HRA, LHRA, VHRA, unintended dose, unlocked LHRA door, etc.

List of all CAP documents since October 1, 2010, using keywords abnormal/

unmonitored effluent release, etc.

List of all electronic dosimeter (ED) dose rate alarms and all ED dose alarms since October 1, 2010.

Enclosure