ML19345D915
| ML19345D915 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Point Beach  |
| Issue date: | 11/14/1980 |
| From: | James Keppler NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Burstein S WISCONSIN ELECTRIC POWER CO. |
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| ML19345D916 | List: |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8012220042 | |
| Download: ML19345D915 (3) | |
See also: IR 05000266/1980016
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Subject: Health Physics Appraisal
The hTC has undertaken a program to strengthen the health physics
program at nuclear power plants. As a first step in this effort, the
Office of Inspectica and Enforcement is conducting special appraisals
of the health physics programs at all operating power reactor sites.
One of the objectives of these appraisals is to evaluate the overall
adequacy and effectiveness of the total health physics program at each
site and to identify areas of weakness that need to be strengthened.
We also intend to use the findings from these appraisals as a basis for
effecting improvements in h3C requirements and guidance. Consequently,
our appraisal encompassed certain areas which may not be explicitly
addressed by current NRC requirements.
This effort was identified to
you in a letter dated January 22, 1980, from Mr. Victor Stello, Jr.,
Director, NRC Office of Inspection and Enforcement.
The next step in this effort will be the imposition of a requirement
by the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) that all licensees
develop, submit to the NRC for approval, and implement a Radiation
Protection Plan. Each licensee will be expected to include in the
Radiation Protection Plan sufficient measures to provide lasting
corrective action for significant weaknesses identified during the
special appraisals of the current health physics program. Guidance
for the development of this plan will incorporate pertinent findings
from the special appraisals and will be issued by NRR prior to the
end of this calendar year.
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During the period September 8 to 19, 1980, the NRC conducted the special
appraisal of the health physics program at the Point Beach Nuclear Plant
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Units 1 and 2.
This appraisal was performed in lieu of certain routine
inspections normally conducted in the area of health physics. Areas
examined during this appraisal are described in the enclosed report
(50-266/80-16; 50-301/80-16). Within these areas, the appraisal team
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practices, and interviewed personnel.
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fully review the findings of this report for consideration in effecting
improvements to your health physics program.
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This appraisal discovered no significant weaknesses in your health physics
program.
However, findings of lesser significance, but which are considered
instrumental in improvement of your health physics program at Point Beach,
are summarized at the conclusion of subsections of the enclosed report.
Corrective actions in response to these items will be reviewed during
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future inspection.
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During this appraisal, certain of your activities appeared to be in non-
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compliance with NRC requirements, as described in the enclosed Appendix A.
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The appraisal showed that action had been taken to correct the identified
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noncompliance and to prevent recurrence.
Consequently, no reply to this
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noncompliance is required and we have no further questions regarding these
matters at this time.
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In accordance with Section 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," Part
2, Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, a copy of this letter and the
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enclosures will be placed in the NRC's Public Document Room.
If this
material contains any information that you believe to be proprietary,
it is necessary that you make a written application within 20 days to
this office to withhold such information from public disclosure. Any
such application must be accompanied by an affidavit, executed by the
owner of the information, which identifies the document or part sought
to be withheld and which contains a statement of reasons which addresses
with specificity the items which will be considered by the Commission
as listed in Subparagraph (B)(4) of Section 2.790.
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sought to be withheld shall be incorporated as far as possible into a
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separate part of the affidavit.
If we do not hear from you in this
regard within the specified period, this letter and the enclosures will
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