ML19276H154
| ML19276H154 | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 10/11/1976 |
| From: | Arnold R METROPOLITAN EDISON CO. |
| To: | Brunnet E NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| GQL-1423, NUDOCS 7910150145 | |
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. CST OFFICE BOX 542 READ!NG, PENNSYLVANI A 19603 TELEPHONE 215 - 929-3601 October 11,1976 GQL 1h23 Mr. Eldon J. Brunner, Chief Reactor Operations and Nuclear Support Branch U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Co==ission 631 Park Avenue King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19h06
Dear Mr. Brunner:
Docket No. 50-289 Operation License No. DPR-50 Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1 (TMI-1)
Inspection Report No. 50-289/76-18 This letter and the attached enclosure are in response to your inspection letter of Septe=ber 16, 1976, concerning Dr. R. J. Beres '
inspection at TMI-1 and the Met-Ed Corporate Office and the resultant finding of apparent deficiencies.
Sincerely,
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ENCLOSURE O
L' Metropolitan Edison Company (Met-Ed)
"hree Mile Island Nuclear Station Unit 1 (TMI-1)
Docket No. 50-289 License No. DPR-50 Inspection No. 76-01 Restonse to Attarent Deficiencies Attarent Deficienev A "Section 5.51 of the Environ = ental Technical Specifications (ETS) requires, in part, that written procedures be prepared to ensure co=pliance with various activities involved in carrying out the provisions of the ETS.
One of these activities is the analyses of background and indicator station air samples for I-131 and radio-active particulates.
Contrary to this requirement, written procedures have not been prerned to ensure compliance with the ETS with regard to the analysis of I-151 and radioactive particulates in air samples."
Restonse to Attarent Deficiency A The consultant performing the analyses referenced was utilizing a procedure vhich did not include in its scope the air particulate and air iodine analyses O
in question. The consultant laboratory has been requested to revise these procedures to include these analyses. These procedures should be available to Met-Ed by November 1, 1976.
The above action should ensure future compliance.
Antarent Deficiency B "Section 4.h.a of the ETS requires, in part, that quarterly ga=ma spectral analysis be performed on the co=posites of the eight weekly indicator air particulate sa=ple stations and of the one weekly back-ground air particulate sample station.
Contrary to this requirement, weekly air parciculate samples were not composited as described above, for the quarterly background samples since 1974."
Restense to Antarent Deficienev 3 In 1974 a proposed Technical Specification change was written by Met-Ed Generation Engineering to change the nature of two air particulate sa=ple locations from indicator to background.
This proposed change was not sub=itted to the NRC until July 31,1975 (Technical Specification Change Request No.16)
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and was finally approved on July 23,1976 (Amendnent 18).
However, in anticipation of this change, Met-Ed analyzed these samp ~, in accordance with the proposed change prior to its appron1.
F211 complia.>,c e is now achieved in that Met-Ed is currently and vill continue to analyze these sa=ples in accordance with the current Environmental Technical Specifications.
The individual responsible for the action in violation of tha ETS has been counseled to ensure that future analyses are performed in accordance with existing ETS and not changed until the ETS are changed.
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