ML18101A365
| ML18101A365 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Salem  |
| Issue date: | 11/30/1994 |
| From: | Joyner J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Eliason L Public Service Enterprise Group |
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| ML18101A366 | List: |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9412060192 | |
| Download: ML18101A365 (3) | |
See also: IR 05000272/1994030
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November 30, 1994
Mr. Leon R. Eliason
Chief Nuclear Officer & Presfdeht
Nuclear Business Unit
Public Service Electric and Gas Company
P. 0. Box 236
Hancocks Bridge, NJ
08038
SUBJECT:
. NRC INSPECTION NO. 50-272/94-30; 50-311/94-30
Dear Mr. Eliason:
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This letter refers to the radiation controls safety inspection conducted
during the Salem Unit 2 outage by Mr. J. Noggle of this office on October 24 -
November 2, 1994 of activities authorized by NRC License Nos. DPR-70 and
DPR-75 at the Salem Nuclear Generating Station and to the discussions of our
findings held by Mr. J. Noggle with Mr. J. Hagan and other members of your
staff on November 2, 1994.
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.
The areas inspected included health physics (HP) work control, additional HP
staffing and qualifications, ALARA planning and results, and radiological
occurrence report resolution. Overall, radiological controls performance was
very good.
The radiological occurrence reports for 1994 were found to be few
in number and generally of low safety significance.
No safety concerns or
violations of regulatory requirements were observed and no response to this
l~tter is required.
This inspection also noted effective HP coverage and very good ALARA controls
during the Salem Unit 2 outage.
Two noteworthy ALARA initiatives were the
prototype robotic arm for steam generator platform support activities (being
field tested) and the use of an eddy current cable cleaner to enhance
contamination controls during eddy current inspection activities. The ALARA
tracking program was found to be comprehensive, with several notable exposure
reduction developments and very good overall results. The following aspects
were nonetheless identified for consideration.
The ALARA tracking program was effective, but did not track exposures
against work completion status. Instead, the tracking was to pre-
planned man-hour expenditures.
Extensive shielding was effective in reducing dose rates in major work
areas.
But, it appeared that improved low dose rate, high occupancy
area evaluations could be made to better optimize collective doses.
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The use of remote HP work stati6ns resulted in a reduced HP presence in
work areas.
In. some instances, our inspection found the associated
absence of on-scene, personal HP contact with workers to be accompanied
by a lack of worker attention to minimizing their exposure potential.
Thank you -for your cooperation during this inspection.
Docket Nos. 50-272, 50-311
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Facilities Radiological Safety
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Division of Radiation Safety
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Enclosure:
NRC Region I Combined Inspection Report Nos. 50-272/94-30;
50-311/94-30
cc w/encl:
J. J. Hagan, Vice President-Operations/Gene~al Manager-Salem Operations
S. LaBruna; Vice President - Engineering and Plant Betterment
C. Schaefer, External Operations - Nuclear, Delmarva Power & Light Co.
R. Hovey, General Manager - Hope Creek Operations
F. Thomson, Manager, Licensing and Regulation
J. Robb, Director, Joint Owner Affairs
A. Tapert, Program Administrator
A. Giardino, Acting Manager, Quality Assurance
B. Hall, Acting Manager, Nuclear Safety Review
R. Fryling, Jr., Esquire
M. Wetterhahn, Esquire
P. J. Curham, Manager, Joint Generation Department,
Atlantic Electric Company
Consumer Advocate, Office of Consumer Advocate
William Conklin, Public Safety Consultant, Lower Alloways Creek Township
State of New Jersey
State of Delaware
Mr .. L. R: Eliason
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Distribution w/encl:
Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)
Kay Gallagher, DRP
K. Abraham, PAO (2)
Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC)
NRC Resident Inspector
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Distribution w/encl: (Via E-Mail)
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W. Dean, OEDO
J. Stolz, PDI-2; NRR
M. Shannon, ILPB
M. Callahan, OCA
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