ML20012C098
| ML20012C098 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | River Bend  |
| Issue date: | 03/08/1990 |
| From: | Collins S NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
| To: | Deddens J GULF STATES UTILITIES CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20012C099 | List: |
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| NUDOCS 9003200090 | |
| Download: ML20012C098 (4) | |
See also: IR 05000458/1989044
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In Reply Refer To:
Docket:
50-458/89-44
Gulf States Utilities
ATTN: James C. Deddens
Senior Vice President
P.O. Box 220
St. Francisville, Louisiana 70775
Gentlemen:
This refers to tha inspection conducted by Mr. R. Baer of this office during
the period December 18-22, 1989, of activities authorized by NRC Operating
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License NPF-47 for the River Bend Station, and to the discussion of our
findings'with Mr. T. F. Plunkett, and other members of your staff at the
conclusion of-the inspection. This also references the information you
provided to us in'the meeting conducted in Region IV on January 26, 1990,
involving the higher radiation levels you encountered throughout the drywell
and reactor containment during Refueling Outage 2.
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Areas examined during the inspection included portions of your occupational
radiation protection program. Within these areas, the inspection consisted of
selective ~ examination of procedures and representative records, interviews with
personnel, and observations by the inspector. The inspection findings are
documented in the enclosed inspection report.
During the inspection, it was found that certain of your activities were in
violation of NRC requirements.
However, in accordance with 10 CFR Part 2,.
Appendix C,Section V.G.1 of the NRC's Enforcement Policy, no citation is being
issued for the self-identified ~ violation described in paragraph 9 of the-
enclosed inspection report.
.We have also examined actions you have taken with regard to previously
identified inspection findings. The status of these items is identified in
paragraphf2 of the enclosed report.
Your January 26, 1990, presentation at our office regarding radiation levels at
River Bend was beneficial and provided us with a'better understanding of
planned actions in this area. As you know, we have become concerned about the
high radiation levels as the result of conditions that surfaced during the-
April 1989 refueling outage. Based on discussions at that time, it was our
understanding that immediate action would be taken to form a Radiation Source
Term Task Force, investigate the origin of the high radiation levels, establish
La1 program to reduce existing levels, and establish controls to prevent the
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introduction of material into the reactor coolant system.
Further information
provided to the inspector during the December 1989 inspection indicated that
work by the Radiation Task Source Term Task Force was progressing at a slow
pace and actions to control the source term would not occur until after
Refueling Outage 3.
However, we were pleased to note that your January 26,
1990, presentation indicated that significantly more activity than that
described to the inspector had taken place by the Task Force and that actions
would be taken in early 1990 to control the introduction of foreign material
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into the reactor coolant system.
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The performance of your Radiation Protection staff was discussed during the
December 1989 inspection and at the January 1990 presentation.
Even though the
person-rem exposures during 1989 at your facility were about average for a
BWR-6 plant, we believe that the radiation protection organization has been
challenged by the existing plant conditions and has performed in an excellent
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manner when faced with some difficult radiological control problems.
Please provide ur with a copy of the Radiation Source Term Task Force report
once the report is completed.
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Original Sicnod By
Samuel J. Collins, Director
Division of Reactor Projects
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Enclosure:
Appendix - NRC Inspection Report
50-458/89-44
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Gulf States Utilities Company
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J. E. Booker, Manager-
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Les England,-Director
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P.O. Box 220
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Richard M. Troy, Jr. , Esq.
Assistant Attorney _ General in Charge
State of Louisiana Department of Justice
234 Loyola Avenue
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' President of West Feliciana
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-P.O. Box 1921
St. Francisville, Louisiana 70775
Cajun Electric Power Coop. Inc.
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Philip G. Harris
10719 Airline Highway
P.O. Box:15540'
Baton' Rouge, LA 70895
Department of Environmental Quality
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iluclear Energy Division
P.O. Box 14690
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611 Rnn Plaza Drive, Suite 1000
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