ML17325A725
| ML17325A725 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Cook  |
| Issue date: | 05/04/1988 |
| From: | Gill C NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Greger L NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8805100282 | |
| Download: ML17325A725 (2) | |
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MAY 04 1988 NENORANDUN FOR:
L. Robert Greger, Chief,'acilities Radiation Protection Section FROM:
Charles F. Gill, Senior Radiation Specialist Facilities Radiation Protection Section
SUBJECT:
TRIP REPORT - D.
C.
COOK - APRIL 20-22, 1988 I met with members of the Project Radiological Protection/ALARA Group (PRPAG) and others, on the above dates at the D.
C.
Cook plant, and toured the Steam Generators Repair Project (SGRP) facilities, including those in the mockup training center and the containment
- access, radioactive material
- loading, steam generator
- storage, and security access buildings.
The purpose of the site visit was to review PRPAG readiness to provide adequate RP support to the SGRP.
The key PRPAG personnel are onsite including some radiation protection technicians (RPTs).
The proposed schedule for arrival and training of RPTs and radwaste technicians (RWTs) was compared to the SGRP task schedule; no significant problems were noted.
Interviews and reviews of selected resumes indicate that the key PRPAG positions are occupied by well qualified personnel.
However, the proposed ratio of senior to junior RPTs and the acceptance criteria for RWTs appeared weak.
In response to these
- concerns, the licensee stated that the technicians (junior RPTs and RWTs) would not be given assignments unless they were qualified by the licensee's training program for those tasks.
Although the lesson plans were not ready for review, discussions with PRPAC personnel indicated that technician and craft contract worker training should be thorough and comprehensive.
In addition to PRPAG interviews, discussions were held with SGRP, site, and corporate gA managers, and with personnel who interface daily with the
- PRPAG, including the contractor (NK-F) ALARA Supervisor and the Plant Radiation Protection and ALARA Supervisors.
The RP/ALARA coordination during the current preparational stage of the project appears
- adequate, primarily because of daily coordination meetings;
- however, the informality of much of the coordination effort has the potential to be less effective as the SGRP work intensifies.
In response to this concern, the licensee stated that the PRPAG management would increase the oversight of the coordination activities (including evaluations by consultant personnel who are not assigned to the SGRP),
and that any shortcomings in PRPAG performance would be immediately corrected upon identification (including possibly reorganization, personnel
- changes, and budget modifications).
Also, more gA audit and surveillance attention than originally planned would address the adequacy of PRPAG work activities, coordination between the PRPAG and other project and plant organizations, and project/plant interfaces regarding RP job-coverage and ALARA activities.
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L. Robert Greger MAY04 1988 The facilities and equipment plant tours indicate that the PRPAG will be able to adequately support the scheduled SGRP work activities.
The facilities are of adequate size and most of the essential RP related equipment and instrumentation is onsite or is expected onsite in the near future.
Access control facilities and provisions for radwaste disposal appear to be well designed with adequate flow paths.
The number and type of RP equipment and instrumentation, including the dose tracking/access control and radwaste tracking computer systems, appear adequate and should represent a significant upgrade of the plant RP program upon completion of the SGRP.
The TLD facility is well stocked with dosimetry, readers, and calibration equipment.
The project has developed an apparently comprehensive TLD gA/gC program, including onsite glow curve computer and interlaboratory comparisons.
The licensee expects NVLAP accreditation of the project TLD (Panasonic) program in the next two weeks.
The rest of the PRPAG procedures are also expected to be approved within the next two weeks; a selective review of the procedures and discussions with PRPAG personnel revealed no significant problems.
In summary, interviews, plant tours, and procedural review indicate that the licensee has developed an effective program to provide radiation protection support of the Steam Generator Repair Project.
During the site visit, the licensee was cooperative and responsive to NRC concerns.
The concerns addressed
- above, and others, were promptly addressed by the licensee.
It should be noted that this site visit was restricted to the review of the licensee's readiness to provide adequate RP support to the SGRP, considering the fact that the licensee is still essentially in the planning stages.
This onsite inspection will be documented in the residents'nspection Reports No.
50-315/88012; 50-316/88014.
Futher inspections during the upcoming SGRP outage will be necessary to determine how effectively the licensee irylements the SGRP radiation protection/ALARA plan.
cc:
C. Norelius W. Shafer B. Burgess B. Jorgensen Charles F. Gill Senior Radiation Specialist Gi 1 1/asp 05/0 /88