ML19260D499
| ML19260D499 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Yankee Rowe |
| Issue date: | 01/22/1980 |
| From: | Stello V NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE) |
| To: | Groce R YANKEE ATOMIC ELECTRIC CO. |
| References | |
| REF-SSINS-6870 NUDOCS 8002110156 | |
| Download: ML19260D499 (3) | |
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e JAN 2 21980 Docket No. 50-29 SSINS 6870 Yankee Atomic Electric Company ATTH: Mr. Robert H. Groce Licensing Engineer-20 Turnpike Road Westborough, Massachusd ts 01581 Gentlemen:
This is to inform you that during calendar year 1980, the NRC will be performing special teau appraisals of the health physics programs at all operating nuclear power plants.
The purpose of this special effort is to evaluate the overall edequacy and effectiveness of the total health physics program.
In so doing, the teams will undoubtedly identify areas of weakness and examples of poor reactice in addition to the r7rmally identified items of noncompliance.
Ycu will be expected to respond to all substantive findings which will be identified during the exit meeting and documented in the ap,,raisal report.
These special tears appraisals will be performed in lieu of several of the routine inspections nonnally conducted in' the area of health physics.
The teams will be composed of Mth NRC personnel and DOE contractor personnel who will be acting as representatives of the NRC.
Each team will include an IE health physics inspector from the NRC Regional Of fice as team leader, two contractor professional health physicists and, in some instances, other members from the NRC staf f.
The on-site phase of these appraisals will require approximately two weeks.
The scope of these appiaisals will include the health physics or2anization, qualification and training of health physics staff, training of radiation workers, the radiological environmental monitoring program, the radiological protection progran, and radioactive vaste processing and effluent controls for both normal and off normal conditions.
In addition, actions taken in response to certain lessons learned from the Three Mile Island accident in the area of radiation protection will be evaluated.
Each operating nuclear power plant will be notified by the appropriate Regional Office several weeks in advance of the arrival of the appraisal team on-site.
The specific date of arrival and security clearance data on team members will be provided at that time.
You are requested to provide your full cooperation to the teams during their performance of the health physics program appraisal.
As part of this coopera-tion, it is expected that the appraisal team will be permitted unfettered access to the facility and escorts will be arranged in advance when escorts are required by facility security plans.
The NRC inspector will be the only team member with a camera, and appropriate authorization for bringing a camera on site should also be provided in advance.
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I MN 221980 We appreciate your cooperation.
Should you have any questions concerning these special team appraisals, please contact the NRC Regional Director.
Sincerely, Victor Stello, Jr.
Director Office of Inspection 1941 033