IR 05000440/1982007

IE Insp Rept 50-440/82-07 on 820706-09.No Noncompliance Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Radiation Protection Program, Including Organization,Qualification,Procedures,Training & Facilities

ML20055C112
Person / Time
Site:	Perry
Issue date:	07/22/1982
From:	Greger R, Miller D NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
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ML20055C105	List: IR 05000440/1982007 ML20055C104
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50-440-82-07, 50-440-82-7, NUDOCS 8208100242
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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION III

Report No. 50-440/82-07(DETP)

Docket No. 50-440 License No. CPPR-148 Licensee: Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company  ;

Post Office Box 5000 1 Cleveland, OH 44101 Facility Name: Perry Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1 Inspection At: Perry Site, Perry, OH Inspection Conducted: July 6-9, 1982 Inspector:

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Inspection Summary Inspection on July 6-9, 1982 (Report No. 50-440/82-07(DETP))

Areas Inspected: Routine, announced initial management meeting. Also, an-initial preoperational inspection of the radiation protection program was performed, including: organization, qualification, procedures, training, and facilities. The inspection involved 26 inspector-hours onsite by one NRC inspecto Results: No items of noncompliance or deviations were identifie PDR ADOCK 05000440 Q PDR

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o DETAILS 1. Persons Contacted

• Waldron, Plant Manager

• S. Kensicke, General Supervising Engineer - Radiation Protection Section

• J. Bontempo, Plant Health Physicist

• • • D. Byard, Acting Health Physics Supervisor

• • • R. Coffey, Nuclear Licensing

• • M. Gildner, NRC Resident Inspector The inspector also interviewed several health physics technicians during the inspectio * Denotes those attending the management and exit meetin ** Denotes those attending the management meeting onl *** Denotes those attending the exit meeting onl . General This visit, which began with a tour of the plant at 8:00 a.m. on July 6, 1982, was made to conduct an initial management meeting and begin pre- i operational inspection of the licensee's proposed radiation protection program. The licensee stated that there is no byproduct material onsite other than exempt quantities. There is no new fuel onsit . Initial Management Meeting l An initial management meeting, which began at about 11:00 a.m. on July 6, 1982, was conducted to discuss with the licensee the following matters: The NRC function and inspection program in the radiation protection and radwaste management areas, including: the performance of unan-nounced inspections; methods of taking enforcement action; and the conduct of management interview The preoperational testing program for radwaste systems and monitors, and the inspector's function in reviewing the progra The radiation protection program, and areas which will be reviewed by the inspector before issue of an operating licens A description of problems noted at similar facilities which may be applicable to the licensee's plan . Organization The radiation protection section organization is as shown on the attached Figure 1. The General Supervising Engineer - Radiation Protection Section (GSERPS) reports to the Plant Manager. The Plant Health Physicist is designated as the Radiation Protection Manager. The licensee plans to: Add and fill an ALARA Coordinator position, reporting to the GSERP ___ - - - _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ - _

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. Have two Health Physics Supervisor positions. Neither is currently filled. The licensee plans to hired or promote non-degreed persons to these position Have 15 Health Physics Technicians for Unit 1 operation. Six are currently employe The health physics, chemistry, and'radwaste unit supervisors report to the GSERPS. The technicians will not be cross-trained to work in other than their assigned unit. There is no corporate health physics organizatio The inspector discussed with the licensee the possible need to include additional professional and technical staffing in the Health Physics Unit to adequately support a quality operational progra . Qualifications - Health Physics Unit Personnel Supervisor, Health Physics Unit The Health Physics Unit Supervisor's qualifications have been reviewed by NRR. At the request of NRR, the Supervisor attended a five week applied health physics course, and is to receive training in internal dosimetry and BWR system .2 Health Physics Technicians Four of the six currently employed health physics technicians are former U.S. Navy ELTs. Of the remaining two, one has about four years health physics technician experience at operating power stations, and the other has an associate degree in radiological health from a technical college. .At the request of NRR, the licensee intends to send several of these technicians to operating BWRs during refueling and major maintenance to increase their on-the-job hands-on work experience.

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The licensee has identified 91 HPIs (operating procedure) to be written

[ and implemented. The inspector reviewed 29 which have reached the typed i draft stage. The remaining 62 are in various stages of development or have not been initiated. Several comments concerning technical aspects of some of the typed drafted procedures were discussed with the license These matters will be further reviewed during future inspection . Facilities i

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The inspector toured the health physics and chemistry facilities which are nearly ready for occupancy. The facilities appear to be as described in FSAR Section 12. During facility tours and discussions with licensee representatives, the_following problems were noted.

j No calibration facility was designed into the plant and none exists.

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appears inadequate for other than normal operating condition According to the licensee, they plan to contract additional capacity as neede l j The designed space available to the health physics unit for

personnel and equipment appears marginally adequate.

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facilities, and the decontamination facility appears to be marginally adequate.

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! These matters were discussed at the exit meeting.

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' Health Physics Technician Training l The health physics technician training program is being written by the

Health Physics Unit (HPU) staff. The program should be ready for imple-

, mentation in late August 1982. Training is to be performed by HPU staf Initial. health physics training for entry level technicians is planned

, to be about 80 hours9.259259e-4 days <br />0.0222 hours <br />1.322751e-4 weeks <br />3.044e-5 months <br /> of classroom training. Training above the entry- l 1evel is planned to be mainly self-taugh The licensee plans to routinely have a training shift whereby advanced ,

training and retraining will.be provided, or time made available for self study. Testing is to be performed. The type of training provided is to be geared to how much previous experience and training the technician ha . Health Physics General Orientation Training

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assist in program development and implementation. This matter was discussed at the exit intervie . Exit Meeting

-The inspector met with licensee representatives (denoted in Section-1)

at the conclusion of the inspection on July 9, 1982. Discussed were the. scope and findings of the inspection.

The' inspector commented that the development of the health physics I program appears to be significantly behind where it should be if fuel load is to occur in about 18 months. The licensee acknowledged the inspector's commen The inspector commented that the proposed staffing of the Health Physics Unit appears to lack sufficient professional and technical persons to

, support a quality operational health physics program. The licensee acknowledged the inspectors commen (Section 4)

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