ML19318B160
| ML19318B160 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Fort Calhoun  |
| Issue date: | 05/22/1980 |
| From: | Brown G, Herr R, Kelley D NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
| To: | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML19318B157 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-285-80-10-01, 50-285-80-10-1, NUDOCS 8006250081 | |
| Download: ML19318B160 (1) | |
See also: IR 05000285/1980010
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March 27, 1980, it was a " hot area" and for some reason upper management
said it was okay to enter the room, or the reason could be that on March 27,
1980, somebody rewrote the radiation work procedure to allow an individual
to receive a quarterly dose of radiation in one evening.
Individual H
explained that about ten minutes later he told Individual A what Individual
I had told him and added that he did not agree with this explanation and
suggested that he and Individual A check this out further with the HP's
supervisor.
Individual H explained that initially Individual A agreed to
accompany him when they talked to the HP's supervisor, however, they were
not successful in immediately contacting the HP's supervisor.
Individual H
remarked that a short time later he did contact the HP's supervisor, however,
Individual A had gone off site to make a telephone call.
Individual H claimed
after he learned the circumstances surrounding the radiation level in Room 15A
on March 26, 1980, and thy 11, 1980, he contacted Individual A about one hour
later to explain the situation, however, Individual A was not interested in the
explanation.
Individual H added that, if his comments to Individual A, were
interpreted by Individual A wherein Individual A believed he was mislead in
March 1980, concerning the radiation level in Room 15A, it was purely uninten-
tional.
Individual H concluded that shortly after March 27, 1980, the lead
blankets on the pipes were removed from the pipes, which would explain higher
radiation levels on May 11, 1980.
Interview of Individual I
on May 16, 1980, Individual I, Health Physicist, OPPD, executed a signed
statement wherein he recalled Individual H asking him on May 11, 1980, why the
radiation level in Room 15A was different that the radiation level in 15A on
March 27, 1980.
Individual I stated that he told Individual H that on March 25,
1980, Room 15A had a high radiation level but that upper management, Individual
J (Engineer, OPPD) ordered that work had to be done in the room.
Individual I
stated that he later heard that the pipes were flushed and additional lead
blankets were installed over the pipes, that (in effect), lowered the radiation
level permitting work to continue in Room 15A.
Individual I claimed that
Individual H asked him about dose levels and Individual I advised he told
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Individual H that the daily radiation dose level was 300 mr/hr, however, a person
could legally receive a quarterly dose in one day.
During the interview it was
pointed out that Individual H had interpreted his comments somewhat different
than he had just stated.
Individual I remarked that he could not understand
this, because he told individual H that upper management ordered the work to be
done in Room 15A only after corrective action had been taken and that his comments
regarding radiation doses were of a general nature.
Interview of Individual J
On May 16, 1980, Individual J, an Engineer, OPPD, advised that to the best of
his memory, about 6 to 8 weeks ago, he scheduled some work in Room 15A at which
time an HP (identification unknown) told him that the radiation level was too
high for work to be done.
Individual J recalled that he told the HP department
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that work had to be done in Room 15A and to take immediate action to lower the
radiation level.
Individual J
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