ML20065K813
| ML20065K813 | |
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| Site: | 05000000, Oyster Creek |
| Issue date: | 07/31/1980 |
| From: | NRC |
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| FOIA-82-261 NUDOCS 8210080140 | |
| Download: ML20065K813 (7) | |
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{{#Wiki_filter:... - OYSTER CREEK Evaluation Period: 8/1/79-7/31/80 I. General The licensee has increased the staff size at the site and at the corporate level by about 175 positions. Other improvements include: expanding the training program in the areas of radiological controls, chemistry, mainten-ance, operations and security; increasing the size of and restructuring the Quality Assurance organization; implementing a program to improve the radiological controls program; developing a computer generated tracking C.: system to assure the timeliness and adequacy of licensee actions concerning requirements; and, directing that management personnel conduct plant [* tpurs more frequently to improve their perspecti.ve regarding plant operations. ..j a lfi; II. Specific l- .t 9 Contention J.Nb %~^, "The Oyster Creek facility displayed evidence of weaknesses in the areas of radiation protection and radioactive waste management."
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INd M Radiation Protection (See Contention A) Radioactive Waste Management (See Contention A) Ei /,Xi Contention A ~i " Problems with implementation of Radiation Protection and Radioactive Waste Programs resulted in identification of numerous items of noncompliance, I including escalated enforcement action. The licensee's use of health physics I technicians not fully meeting the requirements of ANSI N18.1-1971 resulted in the issuance of an NRC Order modifying the facility license to correct this inadequacy.".... "the IE Performance Appraisal Team rated seven of fifteen designated areas as below average (then defined as poor). These areas were.... training (Health Physics)..... radiation protection, and I radioactive waste management." 1. Basis References There were six Radiation Protection Program IE RPT 50-inspections including one conducted by PAB, 219/79-18, l resulting in fourteen items of noncompliance 79-23, 80-03, (thirteen infractions and one deficiency). 80-11, The most significant of these findings involved 80-17 (Draft) l ~ an incident during which workers were internally and 80-23; contaminated. 7/8/80 NRC l Order; 1 IE Report / 80-17 \\ (in Draft) 8210080140 020712 ~ PDR FDIA UDELLB2-261 PDR
t' y Three inspections of r-dioactive waste management IE Reports activities were conducted including one by PAB. 50-219/78-18 Four items of noncompliance (three infractions 79-23 and and one deficiency), were identified for failure 80-17 (Draft- '.y to survey to determine the amount of free standing liquid in a shipment of dewatered resin; failure to .g % submit a Technical Specification Change Request for M'i new radwaste building effluent releases; failure to maintain radwaste shipping records required by
- y" 10 CFR 71.62; and failure to properly survey effluents released through the new radwaste building ventilation.
The Health Physics Appraisal Team noted that radiation l l H protection personnel had little knowledge of the new l P radwaste facility which was placed into operation in late 1978. j *j yg y' .~4 2. NRC Actions Following the internal contamination incident, the IE Reports im NRC took escalated enforcement action in the form 50-219/79-18 ft of a $21,000 civil penalty and issued an Order 80-11, 80-18 ~ '] modifying the facility operating license requiring 80-23,80-26l HP technicians to meet the requirements of ANSI 80-31 and d'.~df g N18.1-1971. Management meetings were held in 81-04; ' ~.Th
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April 1980 to review the PAB inspection (79-18) 7/8/80 NRC / - <,; findings and in June 1980 to discuss improvements Order ~ g andstaffingoftheHealthPhysTcsDepartment. '_C-One regional based inspector was assigned as a i resident Radiation Specialist at the site. g A routine inspection was conducted in March 1981 IE Report to review the licensee's progress in the Radiation 50-219/81-04 Protection and Radioactive Waste Management Programs. . The NRC continues to monitor licensee corrective action. l-3. Licensee Corrective Action The licensee'has taken specific corrective actions 7/25/80 in response to identified items of noncompliance. licensee The licensee committed to implement a formal letter training / retraining program for health physics technicians and foremen; to supplement the site HP staff; and to actively seek additional personnel. A reorganization of management and plant staff was made in July 1980 which increased the involve-ment of the GPU nuclear group. Additional high level management changes are in progress. ( Ttie Radiation Protection Department now reports 7/11/80 a
directly to the Director, Radiological and Environ-licensee mental Controls, a GPU corporate officer. In letter addition, a Radioactive Waste Operations Manager t. m has been assigned and reports directly to the plant Operations Manager. l l,. The licensee has implemented a program designed to /*5 improve radiological controls and has expanded the training program in this area. s. ! s.... Contention B i .g "The Plant Review Committee failed to require audits of the Health Physics i-5 C# Area and portions of the Plant Staff Training Program"..."the Performance .Q Appraisal Team rated seven of fifteen designated areas as below average ,g; (then defined as poor). These areas were.... QA audits (Health Physics)."
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.e Reference 1. Basis , q,;,g An addit of Health Physics activities was conducted Licensee's d,l. in December 1979, and acceptable responses were Audit Nos. w&j received for the six audit notices issued. 79-33 and J f it 78-25 q $p $ j J w W6 ) In addition to routine audits conducted by the IE Reports licensee's Corporate QA Department, several audits 50-219/80-17 z@Q of the overall Health Physics ~PfDgram and/or special (Draft) and EJ.g 3:i areas within the program, were conducted by-79-18 s} consultants. ) The audit conducted in December 1979, Audit No. 79-33, stated that radiological protection training of station personnel was not included as part of Audit .No. 79-13. The previous audit of the training and qualffications of the facility staff (Audit No. 78-25) was completed in October 1978. References 2. NRC Action l An inspection of QA audits was performed by Region I IE Report 1 to verify licensee corrective action in April, 1980 50-219/80-13 Inspection results indicate that audit activities were complete. References 3. Licensee Corrective Action During the management meeting on June 13, 1980, IE Report 50-219/80-1F licensee representatives presented proposed program improvements which included: An individual from (Draft) Th'ree Mile Island experienced in performing radio-r
e logical protection audits, to be assigned to the Oyster Creek facility with reporting responsibility to the Vice President, Generation. Contention C "There were instances where the licensee failed to meet comitments made to the NRC." ] 1. Basis References ^ The licensee has failed on several occasions to IE Reports .s notify the NRC of missed commitment dates. 50-219/80-10, @l/ Examples are failure to implement IST of pumps 80-11, 80-17 5.i.f and valves and HP program change commitments.. and 79-18
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O 2. NRC Action . ; ' ri myr: This area was specifically addressed during the IE Reports X. April 29, 1980 Management Meeting and during the 50-219/80-31, SALP management meeting on September 25, 1980. 80-18, and, L?g$ Er The licensee was also cited for failure to implement 80-10 j,,%} n j the IST program during inspection 50-219/80-10. t%.g
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3. Licensee Correc.tive Action c.- m $3 The licensee has implemented a d5all[ uter tiacking Licensee ~ V"9 system to ensure proper tracking of NRC related Letters of p? commitments. The licensee now calls the Director 12/30/80, I or Deputy Director of NRC Region I with written 9/24/80, l followup when commitments cannot be met by the 9/3/80 scheduled date. 8/27/80, 8/22/80, 8/4/80, and 7/30/80 t Contention D "There were instances where licensee personnel failed to adhere to procedures, resulting in several items of noncompliance." 1. Basis References Several items of noncompliance have been issued in IE Reports various areas for failure to follow procedure, 50-219/80-03, specifically in the area of Radiological Protection. 80-11, 79-18, Examples include: failure to survey; failure to 79-23, 79-16, follow procedures required by TS 6.11; failure to 79-24, and conduct temporary procedure changes in accordance 80-19 with instructions; and failure to follow procedure ( 501, resulting in spent fuel pool overflow.
I 2. NRC Action j l l Enforcement action was taken for each instance NRC Reports .l discussed above. This area is closely monitored by 50-219/80-03, the Resident Inspector on a daily basis. See 79-23 and l Contention ' A' for discussion of the radiation 80-19 protection area. 3. Licensee Corrective Action [y~. ~: The licensee has issued instructions requiring E personnel to follow procedural steps; in addition, [ procedural adherence is stressed during employee l '<! indoctrination training provided to contractor and l. LT, JCP&L Co. employees. In several instances, disci-j x.J plinary action has been taken against specific 1 "i' individuals for procedural violations. Also see contention 'A'. ggm Contention E l~' E b:.% ' Mrij "The Performance Appraisal Team rated seven of fifteen designated areas ,is as below average (then defined as poor). These areas were.... fire Xf 4 protection....." a;;');: References z:.L 'A 1. Basis -;D ["' '"4 b,.: Several items of noncompliance were identified by IE Report l the PAB Inspection (50-219/79-18) in this area related 50-219/79-18 to the installation and design of the Fire Protection System which was under construction at the time. 2. NRC Action Tiie licensee was cited for the deficient areas. In IE Reports addition a followup inspection was conducted 50-219/79-18, (50-219/79-24) which verified tha acceptability of 79-24 and the design and the correct installation of the system 80-07 prior to it being declared operable. 3. Licensee Corrective Action Licensee conducted a @ inspection of the system Licensee after installation, identified and corrected ictters deficiencies prior to system turnover to the plant 3/17/80 and Operation Department. Licensee corrective action was 7/11/81 l addressed in response to IE Inspection 50-219/79-18. Contention F i ( "The Performance Appraisal Team rated seven of fifteen designated areas
average (then defined as poor). These areas were.... inservice inspection and testing....." 1. Basis References At the time of the PAB inspection the licensee's IE Report documentation of ISI activities was not complete 50-219/79-18 and responsibility for the program was not consolidated under one cognizant department or individual. 2. NRC Action A followup inspection and meeting with the licensee IE Reports was conducted (50-219/80-09). A subsequent inspec-50-219/80-09 tion (50-219/81-07) verified that requirements of and 81-07 the 10 year ISI program had been satisfactorily completed and program implementation was in accordance with requirements. 3. Licensee Corrective Action The licensee re-assembled and correlated all ISI 7/11/81 records and made them available for NRC inspection. licensee
- 41 This effort was in progress during the PAB inspec-letter; tion.
The. program is now the responsibility of IE Report 9 the Materials Technology Group of the.,qEp Nuclear 50-219/81-07 Quality As.urance Department. Contention G "The Performance Appraisal Team rated seven of fifteen designated areas as below average (than defined as poor). These areas were.... main-tenance.... I 1. Ba' sis " References The PAB team identified several unresolved IE Report unresolved items in the maintenance program 50-319/79-18 that appeared to be a result of the newly implemented reorganization (September 1979) as well as manpnwer shortages in the onsite organization. 2. NRC Action An enforcement conference v2< held at the NRC IE Report Region I Office on April 19, 1930, to discuss 50-219/80-18 licensee plans and corrective action taken. A followup inspection was conducted in May, IE Report 1980 to re' view licensee corrective action 50-219/80-16 for the PAB inspection findings. The main-
tenance area continues to be monitored by the NR". 3. Licensee Corrective Actions The maintenance staff has reorganizated. Staff changes and additions incluce: a new supervisor of station Mechanical Maintenance; an additional maintenance department engineer; and three new group maintenance supervisors. The licensee has authorized eight. new mechanical and seven new I&C technicians. i m 2' 'N b o e 4 b k = =;..}}