ML19289F955
| ML19289F955 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 05/07/1979 |
| From: | Slobodien M NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Grier B NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| References | |
| TASK-TF, TASK-TMM NUDOCS 7906210212 | |
| Download: ML19289F955 (2) | |
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f MEMCRANDUM FCR:
Boyce H. Grier, Director, Region I FROM:
Michael J. Slobodien, Radiation Specialist
SUBJECT:
SU'C'.ARY OF ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THREE MILE ISLAND RESPCNSE Su==arv of Activitie',
03/23/79 - 04/06/79 Man health physics desk at Region I emergency response cancer.
Pr.2 vide technical support in selection and procure =ent of equipment 04/07/79 - 04/21/79 (Arrival to Departure) 1.
Set up, calibrate and instruct users in operation of centinuous air monitoring syst em for airborne particulates and radiciodine.
2.
Evaluate licensee's TLD system to determine ade-quacy of whole body beta and beta /ga==a dosimetry, cvaluate doses due to : CON-133.
3.
Evaluate procedures for whole body counting in-cluding selection of subjects and intercomparisen of the vendor supplied whole body counting systems.
4.
Maintain a conitoring of NRC employee doses while i
at TMI and investigate same.
5.
Se". up procedure with IMI =anagement fcr conducting basic and advanced NRC in-house training to meet health physics reqlire=ents for site access.
6.
Ccnduct basic and advanced health physics training for NRC personnel at TMI.
7.
Set up training program f'or Mine Safety Respiratory Equipment for NRC personnel.
8.
Ccnduct routine checks to ensure accquacy and operability of NRC portable instru=entation.
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Coordinate collection, packaging and shipping of pri=ary coolant sacples to varice; national laboratories.
10.
C onduc t surveillance of Sesquehanna River Islands to determine whether residents were present since 03/28/79. Collection of soil and biota frem river islands.
Ccements Reesrding Licensee Operations Considering the unprecidented ascunt of technical fnput to the licensee, I believe that health physics supervisors naintained a capable supervision of their pro-grams.
I was concerned by the use of technical consultants for much of the health physics activities.
Fo. exa=ple, Porter /Gert: consultants was given charge of overall emergency plapaing, SAI Inc. had been given responsibility for evaluation of environmental monitoring for radiciodines and xenon, Radiation Management Cor-poration conducted environmental monitoring, whole body countip-and analysis of water, milk and air sauples. There appeared to be little coordination of work by all consultants fren a central Met Ed authority; instead each department head used the services and received data and interpretation from selected consultants.
Much of this was undoubtedly caused by the NEC 's, NRR and DOR activities vhich reouired information that the licensee was not alone prepared to provide.
Co==ents Concerninz NRC Ooerations at the Site I feel that the health physics and operations activities conducted by IE and NRR were at a superlative technical level. Hewever, there was a definite lack of cc==unications between technical level personnel within NRR and IE-health physics.
This led to considerable " wheel spinning" especially when NRR proposed actions, to the licensee and IE i=plemented these actions.
In particular, the collect *.cn, packaging, survt:,ing and shipping of air, gas and primary coolant samples was a source of apparent breakdown in IE-NRR coc=unications.
NRR ordered or reco== ended the taking of saeples for analysis without consulting IE-health physics. The licensee was prepared to f ollow NRR requests until IE-health physics put a halt ec operations until their safety could be demonstrated.
Initial discuss!cn between NRR and IE-health physics could have reduced much "wbeel spinning" ano confusion on the parts of NRR, IE and the licensee.
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