ML17263A915
| ML17263A915 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Ginna  |
| Issue date: | 01/27/1995 |
| From: | Joyner J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Mecredy R ROCHESTER GAS & ELECTRIC CORP. |
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| NUDOCS 9502080083 | |
| Download: ML17263A915 (4) | |
See also: IR 05000244/1994029
Text
January
27,
1995
Dr. Robert
C. Hecredy
Vice President,
Ginna Nuclear
Production
Rochester
Gas
and Electric Corporation
89 East
Avenue
Rochester,
NY
14649
SUBJECT:
NRC
INSPECTION NO. 50-244/94-29
Dear Dr. Hecredy:
This letter refers to the announced
radiation controls inspection
conducted
by
Hr. J.
Noggle of this office on December
19-22,
1994 of activities authorized
by
NRC License
No.
DPR-18 at the Ginna Nuclear
Power Plant
and to the
discussions
of our findings held by Hr. J.
Noggle with Hr.
R. Marchionda
and
other members of your staff at the conclusion of the onsite portion of the
inspection
on December
22,
1994.
The inspection
was continued in the Region I
office until January
6,
1995 to review additional materials
provided
by your
staff on January
3 and 6,
1995
and included
a telephone
conference
by Hr.
Noggle and Dr.
R. Bores with Hr. T. Harlow and others of your staff on January
6,
1995.
Final inspection results
were communicated to Hr. Harlow by
'elephone
on January
26,
1995.
Areas
examined in this inspection
are important to public health
and safety,
and are described
in the
NRC Region I Inspection
Report which is enclosed with
this letter.
Within these
areas,
the inspection consisted of selective
examinations of procedures
and representative
records,
interviews with
personnel,
and observations
by the inspector.
Within the scope of this inspection,
you had in place
an effective radiation
controls program
and
have initiated several
areas of enhancement
including:
streamlining of the health physics
(HP) access
control point, implementation
of an electronic pocket dosimeter
(EPD) system,
and establishment
of a new
station committee chartered
to reduce
outage
exposures
from a job planning
and
work method perspective.
Results
from these initiatives will be reviewed
during the next scheduled
outage period.
Your audits of various
program areas
and performance of the
HP training program
have
been
good.
However,
as the
result of a review of recent radiological events,
two examples of one
violation of NRC requirements
were identified. which involved the failure to
perform appropriate radiological surveys,
resulting in a contaminated
pipe
flange being removed temporarily from the site.
The contamination
subsequently
was identified as
a result of a concern
expressed
by the member
of your staff who had handled the pipe flange.
We reviewed the description of
your immediate
and longer range corrective actions for the violation and
concluded that, if fully implemented,
they appear
adequate
to prevent
recurrence.
A Notice of Violation is enclosed with this letter.
However,
because
of the information provided during the inspection relative to
correction of the violations,
no additional
information is needed
by the
NRC
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at this time.
Therefore,
no response
to this letter is required.
Implementation
and effectiveness
of your corrective actions will be reviewed
during future inspections.
Your cooperation with us is appreciated.
Sincerely,
Docket No.
50-244
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James
H. Joyner,
Chief
Facilities Radiological
Safety
and Safeguards
Branch
Division of Radiation Safety
and Safeguards
Enclosures:
2.
NRC Region I Inspection
Report
No. 50-244/94-29
cc w/encl:
R. Smith, Senior Vice President,
Customer Operations
Central
Records
(7 copies)
Director,
Energy
and Hater Division
State of New York, Department of Law
N. Reynolds,
Esquire
State of New York,
SLO Designee
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Dr.
R.
C. Mecredy
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Distribution w encls:
Region I Docket
Room (with concurrences)
W. Lazarus,
S. Stewart,
M. Oprendek,
PUBLIC
Nuclear Safety Information Center
(NSIC)
D. Screnci,
PAO (2)
NRC Resident
Inspector
Distribution w encls:
(VIA E-MAIL)
A. Johnson,
PM,
W. Dean,
OEDO
W. Butler,
M. Shannon,
ILPB
Inspection
Program Branch,
NRR (IPAS)
M. Campion,
ORA
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