ML13323A835
| ML13323A835 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | San Onofre  |
| Issue date: | 09/03/1980 |
| From: | Engelken R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V) |
| To: | Papay L SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML13323A832 | List: |
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| NUDOCS 8010210444 | |
| Download: ML13323A835 (3) | |
See also: IR 05000206/1980022
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UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
REGION V
1990 N. CALIFORNIA BOULEVARD
SUITE 202, WALNUT CREEK PLAZA
WALNUT CREEK, CALIFORNIA 94596
Docket No.
50-206
SEP 3
Southern California Edison Company
P. 0. Box 800
2244 Walnut Grove Avenue
Rosemead, California 91770
Attention:
Dr. L. T. Papay, Vice President
Advanced Engineering
Gentlemen:
Subject:
NRC Inspections -
SONGS Unit 1
This refers to the inspection conducted by Messrs. J. R. Curtis and F. A.
Wenslawski of the NRC Region V office on July 8, 9 and 10, 1980 of activities
authorized by NRC License No. DPR-13, and to the discussion of our findings
held by Mr. Curtis with Messrs. E. Morgan, R. Brunet and other members of
your staff at the conclusion of the inspection.
.Areas
examined during this inspection are described in the enclosed inspection
report. Within these areas, the inspection consisted of selective examinations
of procedures and representative records, interviews with personnel, and
observations by the inspector.
Based on the results of this inspection, it appears that certain of your activities
were not conducted in full compliance with NRC requirements, as set forth in
the Notice of Violations, enclosed herewith as Appendix A. These items of non
compliance have been cateogrized into a level as described in our correspondence
to all NRC licensees dated December 31, 1974.
This notice is sent to you pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.201, of
the NRC's "Rules of Practice," Part 2, Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations.
Section 2.201 requires you to submit to this office, within twenty (20) days
of your receipt of this notice, a written statement or explanation in reply
including (1)
corrective steps which have been taken by you and the results
achieved; (2) corrective steps which will be taken to avoid further violations;
and (3)
the date when full compliance will be achieved.
The findings of this inspection and other recent inspections of the radiation
protection program at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Unit 1 indicate
weaknesses in the radiation protection program and limitations on its ability
to operate effectively during major outage conditions. The findings of other
inspections to which we refer were forwarded to you by letters dated May 23,
1980, June 11, 1980 and August 15, 1980.
III)o~q~
Dr. L. T. Papay
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Our August 15, 1980 letter transmitted the results of our comprehensive Health
Physics appraisal at your facility. One of the significant findings of that
appraisal was that "the present level of staffing in the Chemistry and Radiation
Protection Group at the technician, first line supervisor and professional
level is not sufficient to.. .assure continued radiation protection program
quality in the event of the loss or absence of -personnel, and to permit adequate
performance under nonroutine and possibly during routine operations." Weaknesses
in your radiation protection program evidenced during your refueling/steam
generator outage included repeated failure to follow certain established radiation
protection procedures; instances of poor job planning; weak radiation protection
training; inadequate radiation protection supplies (particularly lower range
self-reading pocket dosimeters); breakdowns in your internal supply system
in receiving film dosimetry; delays in entering official exposure data into
your computerized dosimetry control system and inadequacies in exposure data
evaluation that culminated in an exposure in excess of regulatory limits.
In our view, the items of noncompliance in .Appendix A and other radiation
protection problems experienced during the outage raise serious concerns about
the capability of the radiation protection program to function adequately
during a major outage. Therefore, we request in addition to your specific
replies to the items identified in Appendix A, your comments on the concerns
expressed in this letter. We particularly would like a description of any
actions you have taken or plan to take to improve the effectiveness of your
radiation protection program during major outage conditions. The results
of your efforts to assure future compliance with NRC regulations, in particular
adherence to radiation exposure limits will be discussed in a meeting with you and
your staff on September 5, 1980 and examined by our continuing inspection program.
Your response to this letter and results of these inspections will be considered
by this office in determining whether elevated enforcement actions must be taken
by this office to assure compliance.
In accordance with Section 2.790 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," Part 2,
Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, a copy of this letter and the enclosed
inspection report will be placed in the NRC's Public Document Room. If this
report contains any information that you believe to be proprietary, it is
necessary that you submit a written application to this office, within (20)
days of the date of this letter, requesting that such information be withheld
from public disclosure. The application must include a full statement of the
reasons why it is claimed that the information is proprietary. The application
should be prepared so that any proprietary information identified is contained
in an enclosure to the application since the application without the enclosure
will also be placed in the Public Document Room. If we do not hear from you
in this regard within the specified period, the report will be placed in the
Public Document Room.
II
Dr. L. T. Papay
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Should you have any questions concerning this inspection, we will be glad
to discuss them with you.
Sincerely,
R. H. Engelken
Director
Enclosures:
B. IE Inspection Report
No. 50-206/80-22
cc w/o enclosure B:
R. Dietch, Vice President, Nuclear Engineering & Operations
J. M. Curran, San Clemente