ML17264A557
| ML17264A557 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Ginna  |
| Issue date: | 07/11/1996 |
| From: | Wiggins J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Mecredy R ROCHESTER GAS & ELECTRIC CORP. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9607190036 | |
| Download: ML17264A557 (5) | |
See also: IR 05000244/1996001
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July 11,
1996
Dr. Robert
C. Mecredy
Vice President,
Ginna Nuclear Production
Rochester
Gas
and Electric Corporation
89 East
Avenue
Rochester,
NY 14649
Dear Dr. Hecredy:
SUBJECT'OTICES
OF VIOLATIONS INSPECTION NO. 50-244/96-01
(REPLY)
This refers to your June
7,
1996,
correspondence
in response
to our
Hay 8,
1996, letter, transmitting -Inspection Report 50-244/96-01
and the
Notices of Violation regarding
the
R.
E. Ginna Nuclear
Power Station.
We reviewed your response
in the June
7,
1996, letter regarding the failure to
follow procedures,
which rendered
both power operated relief valves
Thank you for informing us of the corrective
and preventive
actions
documented
in your letter.
These actions will be examined during
a
future inspection of your licensed
program.
In your response,
you also indicated that you disagree
with the second
violation pertaining to the Environmental
Laboratory
and provided your bases.
Our basis for the citation follows.
The nuclear
emergency
response
plan
(NERP) specifically states
that the Environmental
Laboratory "could be used
for diluted post-accident
samples, if needed."
Even though
backup facilities
are not explicitly required
by federal regulations,
the
NERP is the
NRC-
approved
document
(licensing basis for emergency
response)
that contains
the
governing requirements,
which must
be satisfied.
Since you identified this
facility as
an option in the event the primary facility (in-plant laboratory)
was not available, it was considered
in our initial review of your
NERP and
formed
a basis for its approval.
Therefore,
while we recognize
the existence of procedures
for collecting
and
analyzing various environmental
samples,
there
were
no procedures
in place to
utilize the laboratory for the optional
purpose
stated
in the NRC-approved
NERP (i.e.,
as
a radiological laboratory capable of analyzing diluted post-
accident
samples with radioactivity concentrations
far in excess
of samples
normally analyzed
in that laboratory).
As an identified back-up laboratory,
NRC would expect appropriate
procedures
to support that use
and
a
demonstration of the adequacy of those
procedures
during
a drill or exercise.
Post-accident
sampling demonstrations
are usually performed out-of-sequence
(i.e., not at the
same time as the exercise)
and this practice could also
be
used to exercise
the Environmental
Laboratory.
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Dr. Robert
C. Mecredy
We have also reviewed the proposed
June
7, l996, letter regarding
the
responsive
to our concerns.
These
inspection of your program.
corrective actions stated
in your
Environmental
Laboratory
and found them
actions will be examined
in a future
Because
the issue is of minor safety significance
and because
your corrective
actions
are appropriate,
we have determined that the matter should
be
classified
as
a non-cited violation, consistent with Section
IV of the
NRC
Enforcement Policy; therefore,
the Notice of Violation is being retracted.
If
you have
any further questions
or concerns
regarding this matter,
please
contact
Mr. R. Keimig at (610) 337-5255.
Sincerely,
Docket No. 50-244
James
T. Wiggins, Director
Division of Reactor Safety
CC:
R. Smith, Senior Vice President,
Customer Operations
Central
Records
(7 copies)
Director, Electric Division, Department of Public Service,
State of New York
State of New York, Department of Law
N. Reynolds,
Esquire
F. William Valentino, President,
New York State
Energy Research
and Development Authority
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Dr. Robert
C. Mecredy
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