ML17345A687
| ML17345A687 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Turkey Point  |
| Issue date: | 05/12/1989 |
| From: | Stohr J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | Woody C FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CO. |
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| ML17345A688 | List: |
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| NUDOCS 8905250272 | |
| Download: ML17345A687 (7) | |
See also: IR 05000250/1989014
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Docket Nos.
50-250,
50-251
License
Nos.
Florida Power
and Light Company
ATTN:
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C. 0.
Woody
Acting Senior Vice President
- Nuclear
P. 0.
Box 14000
Juno
Beach,
FL
33408-0420
Gentlemen:
SUBJECT:
NRC
INSPECTION
REPORT
NOS.
50-250/89-14
AND 50-251/89-14
This refers to the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission
(NRC) special,
team assessment
conducted
by
E.
D. Testa
and
team during the period
March 20-24,
1989.
The
inspection
included
a
review of activities authorized for your Turkey Point
facility.
At the conclusion of the inspection,
the findings were discussed
with those
members of your staff identified in the enclosed
inspection report.
The assessment
was
conducted
to evaluate
the effectiveness
of actions
you have
taken
or
are
taking to
reduce
collective
dose
at your facility.
This
inspection
was
conducted
because
of the historically higher
than
average
collective radiation
dose for personnel
at your facility.
The
team
used
selective
examinations
of procedures
and representative
records,
interviews
with personnel,
and
observation
of activities
in progress
to perform the
evaluation.
Particular attention
was -directed
toward assessing
management's
awareness
of, involvement in,
and support of your facility's program to keep
radiation
doses
as
low as reasonably
achievable
(ALARA).
A number of notable
strengths
and
improvement efforts identified in your
programs
are
described
in Enclosure
'1
and
are
discussed
in detail
in the
enclosed
report.
Within the
scope. of the
assessment,
no violations
or deviations
were
identified.
However, several
weaknesses
identified during the assessment
could
reduce
the effectiveness
of your program to keep radiation exposures
ALARA, and
thus require your attention.
The
weaknesses
are outlined in Enclosure
1 to
this letter
and
are
discussed
in detail
in the
enclosed
report.
Since
resolution of these
issues
is also of interest to the
NRC, you are requested
to
submit to this office within 30 days of the date of this letter, your written
assessment
of each of the weaknesses
including actions
that you have taken or
plan to take to correct the weaknesses
and the dates
when your actions will be
completed.
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 its enclosures
will be placed in the
NRC Public Document
Room.
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and Light Company
The responses
directed
by this letter and its enclosures
are not subject to the
clearance
procedures
of the Office of Nanagement
and Budget
as required
by the
Paperwork
Reduction Act of 198G,
Pub.
L. No.96-511.
Should you have
any questions
concerning this letter, please
contact
us.
Sincerely,
J. Philip Stohr, Director
Division of Radiation Safety
and Safeguards
Enclosures:
1.
Executive
Summary
2.
NRC Inspection
Report
cc w/encls:
J.
S.
Odom, Vice President
Turkey Point Nuclear Plant
J.
E. Cross,
Plant Manager
Turkey Point Nuclear Plant
L.
W. Bladow, Plant
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K.
W. Van Dyne, Regulatory
and Compliance
Supervisor
State of Florida
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11-2, Division of Reactor
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ENCLOSURE
1
'EXECUTIVE SUHYiARY
For the years
1975
through
1987,
the
annual
collective radiation
doses
at
Turkey Point
exceeded
the
national
average
for Pressurized
Water
Reactors
(PMRs).
In 1988,
the
annual
collective radiation
dose at Turkey Point
was
335 person-rem
per reactor
and this
was
less
than
the
346 person-rem
per
reactor national
average for PMRs.
From 1974 through 1986, Turkey Point ranked
fifth highest in cumulative
dose of all
PWRs in the nation.
After reaching
a
high of 1,341 person-rem
per reactor in 1983; the annual collective doses
have
generally
decreased.
In order to sustain this
downward trend,
management's
continued
support of the
ALARA program is necessary.
During the period of Ysarch 20-24,
1989,
a special
team assessment
was conducted
of the licensee's
program for maintaining occupational
radiation
doses
The assessment
included
a review of the causes for the high radiation doses
of
the past;
an evaluation of the licensee's
current organization
and program for
keeping radiation
doses
ALARA; a review of initiatives the licensee
has taken
or is taking to bring the radiation
dose
to within industry
norms;
and,
an
assessment
of licensee
management's
awareness
of, involvement in, and support
of the program for maintaining
doses
In the
past,
the
ALARA program
had
not
had
major
impacts
on
reducing
collective
doses
because
of:
(1.)
a lesser
degree
of management
support
and
involvement in the
ALARA program,
(2) the addition of unplanned
work items to
the schedule,
(3) lack of certain
items in the
ALARA program,
and (4) lack of
design-related
training for design
engineers.
The
assessment
team
found,
however,
that plant
and corporate
manaoement's
awareness
and support of the
ALARA program
had recently
improved
and that this
had
helped
to reduce
the
station's
annual collective dose.
Strengths
and weaknesses
identified in the
assessment
are summarized
below.
~Stren ths
An aggressive
primary water chemistry program.
Management
support for the
ALARA program.
The positive effect on person-rem reduction
by ALARA Zone Coordinators.
General
worker
knowledge
of
ALARA concepts
and
awareness
of their
responsibility to reduce
doses
to ALARA.
Self-identified improvements for ALARA training.
ALARA program goals tied to Personal
Performance
Reviews.
Use of
news letters
and
the plant
TV monitor system
to keep
licensee
personnel
abreast
of ALARA information.
Enclosure
1
- Holding vendors
accountable
for their radiation
dose
by contract.
Weaknesses
Lack of health
physics
(HP) involvement in maintenance
department
mock-up
training, lack of design-related
ALARA training for design engineers,
and
minimal
retraining
or
requalification
for returning
contract
techicians.
Large
percentage
of the
Radiation
Control
Area
(RCA) maintained
as
contaminated.
Poor work coordination
and
low man-hour
estimates
resulting in low dose
projections.
Post-iob
ALARA review only conducted
for jobs with
a collective
dose
exceeding
50 person-rem,
.
Lack of formalization of the
ALARA Zone Coordinator concept.
Lack of full attendance
at the
ALARA Coordinating
Committee meetings.
Limitation of the suggestion
program for ALARA improvements,
Discrepancies
in
correlation
of
ion
chamber
(PIC)
and
thermoluminscent
dosimeter
(TLD) measurements.