ML112083206
| ML112083206 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Vogtle  |
| Issue date: | 07/25/2011 |
| From: | Brian Bonser NRC/RGN-II/DRS/PSB1 |
| To: | Tynan T Southern Nuclear Operating Co |
| References | |
| Download: ML112083206 (7) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II 245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257 July 25, 2011 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 September 19 - 23, 2011, the NRC will perform a baseline Occupational and Public Radiation Safety Inspection at Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, (NRC Inspection Procedures 71124.01, 71124.05, Radiation Safety Sections of 71151, and TI 2515/179). 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 September 2, 2011.
We have discussed the schedule for these inspection activities with your staff and understand that our regulatory contact for this inspection will be Mark Hickox of your organization. If there are any questions about this inspection or the material requested, please contact the lead inspector, Wade Loo at (404) 997-4727 or the Plant Support Branch 1 Chief, Brian Bonser at (404) 997-4653.
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 Website 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 Docket Nos.: 50-424, 50-425 License Nos.: NPF-68, NPF-81
Enclosure:
As stated cc w/encl: (See page 2)
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SNC 2 cc w/encl:
Division of Radiological Health N. J. Stringfellow TN Dept. of Environment & Conservation Licensing Manager 401 Church Street Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.
Nashville, TN 37243-1532 Electronic Mail Distribution B. D. McKinney, Jr. R. L. Gladney Regulatory Response Manager Licensing Engineer Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.
Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution Hickox, T. Mark Paula Marino Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Vice President Electronic Mail Distribution Engineering Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.
M. J. Ajluni Electronic Mail Distribution Nuclear Licensing Director Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Bob Masse Electronic Mail Distribution Resident Manager Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Sandra Threatt, Manager Oglethorpe Power Corporation Nuclear Response and Emergency Electronic Mail Distribution Environmental Surveillance Bureau of Land and Waste Management J. L. Pemberton Department of Health and Environmental SVP & General Counsel-Ops & SNC Control Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.
Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution T. D. Honeycutt S. C. Swanson Regulatory Response Supervisor Site Support Manager Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution Jeffrey T. Gasser Chris Clark Chief Nuclear Officer Commissioner Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Georgia Department of Natural Resources Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution L. Mike Stinson Lee Foley Vice President Manager of Contracts Generation Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant Oglethorpe Power Corporation Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution F. Allen Barnes L. P. Hill Director Licensing Supervisor Environmental Protection Division Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Georgia Department of Natural Resources Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution (cc list continued on page 4)
SNC 3 cc w/encl:
Cynthia A. Sanders L. L. Crumpton Radioactive Materials Program Manager Administrative Assistant, Sr.
Environmental Protection Division Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.
Georgia Department of Natural Resources Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution Office of the County Commissioner James A. Sommerville Burke County Commission Program Coordination Branch Chief Electronic Mail Distribution Environmental Protection Division Georgia Department of Natural Resources Arthur H. Domby, Esq.
Electronic Mail Distribution Troutman Sanders Electronic Mail Distribution James C. Hardeman Environmental Radiation Program Manager Director Environmental Protection Division Consumers' Utility Counsel Division Georgia Department of Natural Resources Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs Electronic Mail Distribution 2 M. L. King, Jr. Drive Plaza Level East; Suite 356 Ted V. Jackson Atlanta, GA 30334-4600 Emergency Response and Radiation Program Manager Senior Resident Inspector Environmental Protection Division U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Georgia Department of Natural Resources Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Electronic Mail Distribution U.S. NRC 7821 River Road Mr. Steven M. Jackson Waynesboro, GA 30830 Senior Engineer - Power Supply Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia Richard Haynes Electronic Mail Distribution Director, Division of Waste Management Bureau of Land and Waste Management Mr. Reece McAlister S.C. Department of Health and Executive Secretary Environmental Control Georgia Public Service Commission Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution Amy Whaley Office of the Attorney General Engineer 40 Capitol Square, SW Nuclear Generation Development and Atlanta, GA 30334 Construction Electronic Mail Distribution
Document Request List Inspection Dates: September 19 - 23, 2011 Inspection Procedures: IP 71124.01 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls IP 71124.05 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification TI 2515/179 Verification of Licensee Responses to NRC Requirement for Inventories of Materials Tracked in the National Source Tracking System Pursuant to Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 20.2207 (10 CFR 20.2207)
NOTE: The current version of these documents is expected unless specified otherwise.
Electronic media is preferred, if readily available (The preferred file format is Word or searchable pdf files on CDROM). If there are questions regarding the documents requested, please do not hesitate to contact the lead inspector.
Assistance Requested During On-Site Inspection
- Identification of work activities during the inspection for inspector observations, including notification of pre-job briefings, notification of diving activities, audio/visual surveillance for remote job coverage.
- Health physics assistance in plant walk-downs assessing access controls, e.g. verifying the posting and locking of entrances to HDR-HRA and VHRA, and SFP controls.
- Health physics assistance in plant walk-downs/job coverage of ongoing activities to assess access controls.
- Discussions with appropriate individuals regarding access controls.
General Information Request
- Telephone numbers of contacts.
- Plant and Radiation Protection organizational charts with contact numbers.
- Electronic copy of applicable chapters of UFSAR (e.g. radiation protection program, etc.).
- Work schedule to include outage activities that will be conducted during the weeks of the inspection.
- List of radiation protection procedures.
- Corrective Action Program (CAP) procedures.
- Audits and self-assessments performed since the last inspection that encompasses the areas of (1) access controls; and (2) radiation related instrumentation.
- Records of contamination incidents since the last inspection.
Enclosure
2 71124.01 - Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls
- List of outage RWPs with their administrative limits, electronic dosimeter dose rate limit, and dose limit.
- 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.).
- Procedures related to release of personnel and materials, e.g. (release surveys, decontamination, guidance for alarm follow up, etc.).
- List of the 10 most exposure significant work areas within radiation areas, HRAs (<1R/hr), or airborne radioactivity areas in the plant. This may include areas with low dose rates but high collective dose. Identify any high radiation areas with significant dose gradients (factor of five or more), including underwater diving activities.
- List of Nationally Tracked Sources currently stored onsite and associated documents that show source reconciliation with the NSTS database.
- List of all non-fuel items stored in spent fuel pool.
- Most recent self-assessment or audit covering HP controls.
- 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 March 1, 2010.
This should be a list of corrective action documents containing a CR number and brief description, not full CRs.
71124.05: Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation
- Site and corporate procedures associated with radiation detection and monitoring instrumentation. Procedures should include:
o Portable radiation survey instrument calibrations and source checks.
o Electronic dosimeter calibration and use.
o WBC, PCM, portal monitor, and SAM calibrations and source checks.
o Area radiation monitor alarm setpoint values and setpoint bases, calibration, and source checks.
o Effluent monitor alarm setpoint bases and calculational methods.
o Collecting and analyzing high-range, post-accident iodine effluent samples.
o Maintenance and calibration/certification of calibration sources/ranges.
- List of in-service survey instrumentation including air samplers, SAMs, PCMs, portal monitors, WBCs, neutron monitoring instrumentation, etc.
Enclosure
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- TSs related to post-accident monitoring instrumentation, effluent monitoring, and emergency assessment.
- Two most recent channel calibration and functional test for the effluent/process monitors, post-accident monitoring instruments, and area radiation monitors.
- WBC calibration reports since July 1, 2009, calibration/check source information, and WBC analysis library.
- List of CAP PIPs generated since July 1, 2009, related to radiation monitoring instrumentation including the following:
o Radiation survey instruments/calibrations.
o Radiation Monitoring System, including effluent monitors, process monitors, and area radiation monitors.
o Chemistry count lab, including cross-check analysis and QC.
PI Verification (Occupational Cornerstone)
- Procedure for gathering and reporting PI data.
- List of all CRs related to TS HRA/VHRA issues since January 1, 2010. This should be a list of corrective action documents containing a CR number and brief description, not full CRs.
- List of all ED dose rate alarms >1R/hr since January 1, 2010.
- List of all ED dose alarms since January 1, 2010.
Lead Inspector Contact Information:
Wade Loo (404) 997-4727 wade.loo@nrc.gov Enclosure