ML19282B529
| ML19282B529 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Hatch  |
| Issue date: | 02/15/1979 |
| From: | Staffa R GEORGIA POWER CO. |
| To: | Sutherland J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
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| NUDOCS 7903150287 | |
| Download: ML19282B529 (3) | |
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February 15, 1979 United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Inspection and Enforcement
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Region II - Suite 3100 RII: CMH 101 Marietta Street 50-321/79-1 Atlanta, Georgia -30303 50-366/79-1 ATTENTION:
Mr. J. T. Sutherland Gentlemen:
The Georgia Power Company offers the following information in response to your letter of January 26, 1979, describing apparent noncompliances with NRC requirements noted during your January 3 - 5, 1979, inspection of the Hatch Nuclear Plant.
Infraction A - High Radiation Area Doors An interdepartmental memo has been issued to all department heads and posted on bulletin boards to instruct all personnel of the importance of checking to assure that high radiation doors are locked per 10CFR20 require-ments.
High radiation area doors have been and will continue to be checked at least once per day to assure they are locked.
In the future, if a high radiation area door is found unlocked and un-attended, an investigation will be made and appropriate action taken.
Full compliance has been achieved.
Infraction B - Neutron Instrument Calibration This infraction has been discussed in detail with tb? personnel who cali-brate Health Physics instruments and who approve the calibration results.
If, in the future, an inst rument fails to meet the acceptance criteria of the pro-cedure, the instrument will not be returned to service until the acceptance criteria has been met.
Full compliance has been achieved.
Infraction C - Qualifications of Chem-Rad Technicians Upon notification that Plant Hatch was in violation of the minimum experi-ence requirement in ANSI N18.1 for Chemical Radiation Technicians, an order was issued to require that Radiation Work Permits be reviewed and signed for approval by Chemical Radiation Technicians or Supervision who meet the minimum two year work experience requirement.
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Mr. J. T. Sutherland Pagt Two February 15, 1979 The ANS1 N18.1 Standard requires that Chemical Radiation Technicians in responsible positions have a minimum of two years of working experience in their specialty.
The Standard, however, does not define what a " responsible position" is nor does it define what "two years working experience" is.
Therefore, for Chemical Radiation Technicians we are defining these terms as follows:
Responsible position - A position in which a person, when placed, could make judgements and decisions which could directly jeopardize the safety of the plant, plant personnel, or the public.
Two years of working experience - An accumulated total of 4000 hours0.0463 days <br />1.111 hours <br />0.00661 weeks <br />0.00152 months <br /> of working experience in the chemical radiation field.
The total hours will be calculated based on the employee's normal term of employment plus any overtime worked.
Using the above definition of " responsible position", we have reviewed job assignments of the Chemical Radiation Technicians to determine which assignments fit the definition and which ones do not.
The following assignments have been determined to require, in whole or in part, a person in a " responsible position" to perform or review the assignment and countersign records generated.
(1) Liquid radwaste permits (2) Health Physics instrument calibration (3) Process effluent radiation instrument calibration (4)
Solid radwaste shipments (5)
SBLC analyses (Stand-by Liquid Control)
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Specific reactor water analyses (7) Radiation work permits Plant Hatcl has always had a policy of qualifying Chemical Radiation Tech-nicians before allowing them to perform a job assignment unsupervised by a qualified person.
This polic; will continue but will become more formal and better documented.
The program for review and sign-off of job assignments listed above has been initiated as of February 13, 1979.
A formal and documented program for qualifying Chemical Radiation Technicians will be complete by April 15, 1979.
Deficiency D - Labeling Radioactive Material The requirements of 10CFR20.203(f) are already part of the radiation pro-tection procedures and will be enforced.
To assure that personnel are further informed of this requirement, a memo sill be forwarded to department heads.
The memo will also be posted on bulletin boards.
Increased surveillance by the radiation protection staff will help assure that this requirement is carried out.
Tull compliance will be achieved by February 20, 1979.
Georgia Power 1 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Cocenission ATTN:
Mr. J. T. Sutherland Page Two February 15, 1979 The inspection report contains no information which is believed to be proprietary.
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