ML17328A992
| ML17328A992 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palisades, Cook, LaSalle  |
| Issue date: | 03/28/1991 |
| From: | Norelius C NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Alexich M INDIANA MICHIGAN POWER CO. (FORMERLY INDIANA & MICHIG |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9104120263 | |
| Download: ML17328A992 (2) | |
See also: IR 05000255/1990013
Text
Docket No. 50-315
Docket No. 50-316
Company
ATTN:
Mr. Milton P. Alexich
Vice President
Nuclear Operations Division
1 Riverside
Plaza
Columbus,
OH
43216
Gentlemen:
SUBJECT:
NRC
REGION III ALARA TEAM ASSESSMENTS
As you are aware,
an important aspect of nuclear
power station operations is
the effort to maintain occupational
radiation doses
as
low as reasonably
achievable
(ALARA).
Our inspectors
routinely inspect this aspect of your
operations
during their inspections.
In addition to these
routine
inspections,
Region III undertook
more extensive
team assessments
of nuclear
power station
ALARA programs at two Region III facilities last year.
These
assessments
noted
licensee
ALARA implementation strengths,
as well as areas
which appeared
to warrant improvement.
The licensees'esponsiveness
to the
identified improvement
items are expected
to .improve
ALARA performance
at
those
facilities'hile
we intend to continue
our
ALARA assessment
efforts, the
number of these
assessments'ill
be limited due to their extensive
resource
requirements.
Therefore,
to provide you timely information concerning findings from these
ALARA assessments,
which may be of use in the implementation of your ALARA
program,
we are forwarding the two reports of the
ALARA team assessments
we
conducted at the LaSalle County Nuclear Generating
Station in April 1990
and
at the Palisades
Nuclear Power Plant in May 1990.
Also enclosed is the
procedure
the assessment
team used"to conduct the most recent
ALARA assessment.
This procedure
was developed specifically for these
assessments,
and is
expected
to be modified based
on experience
gained during its continued
usage.
We are not requesting
any licensee
action in response
to this letter.
The
attached
documents
are being supplied to you only for information. If you
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1991
have
any questions
on the results of either inspection, or the procedure,
please
contact Dr. Charles
F. Gill of my staff at (708) 790-5261.
Sincerely,
Enclosures:
As stated
cc w/enclosures:
A. A. Blind, Plant Manager
OCD/OCB (RIDS)
OC/LFDCB
Resident
Inspector, RIII
James
R. Padgett,
Michigan Public
Service
Commission
EIS Coordinator,
USEPA
Region
5 Office
Michigan Department of
Public Health
D.
C.
Cook,
LPM,
Charles
E. Norelius, Director
Division of Radiation Safety
and
Safeguards
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