ML20126D434

Forwards ACRS Documents for Listing on Accession List. W/Encls

ML20126D434
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Site:	San Onofre
Issue date:	02/22/1980
From:	Roberts B NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM)
To:	Rich Smith NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM)
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ACRS-SM-0170, ACRS-SM-0171, ACRS-SM-0172, ACRS-SM-0173, ACRS-SM-0174, ACRS-SM-0175, ACRS-SM-0176, ACRS-SM-0177, ACRS-SR-0860, ACRS-SR-0861, ACRS-SR-0862, ACRS-SR-860, ACRS-SR-861, ACRS-SR-862, NUDOCS 8005020008
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..,,.. February 22, 1980 Richard B. Smith Distribution Services Branch, ADM LISTING OF ACRS DOCLMENTS ON THE ACCESSIONS LIST The attached ACRS documeats are being provided to you for listing on the accessions list. Please forward to Bill Carrier, Public Document Room.

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l ACRSR-0860 Ltr Plesset to Ahearne, February 13, 1980, re Qualifications PDR 2/22/80 of Radioactive Waste System Operating Personnel ACRSR-0861 Ltr Plesset to Ahearne, February 14, 19 SJREG-0625, PDR 2/22/80 Report of the Siting Policy Task Force 1

ACRSR-0862 Ltr Plesset to Ahearne, February 13, 1980, re NRC Acceptance l PDR 2/22/80 for the Mark I Containment Long Term Program '

ACRSSM-0170 Ltr Hard to Siess, July 31, 1970, re Minutes of DRL Meeting at PDR 2/22/80 San Onofre Site and in Los Angeles, July 28-29, 1970 ACRSSM-0171 Ltr Hard to Siess, November 4,1970, re Notes fran DRL/ Southern PDR 2/22/80 California Edison Meeting on San Onofre 2-3, Bethesda, Maryland, November 3, 1970 ACRSSM-0172 Ltr Hard to ACRS Manbers, March 8,1971, re DRL Meeting on PDR 2/22/80 Seismology-Geology for San Onofre 2 & 3, Bethesda, Maryland February 24, 1971 ACRSSM-0173 Ltr Hard to ACRS Members, February 10, 1972, re Notes fran DRL PDR 2/22/80 Meeting on San Onofre 2 & 3 Geology-Seismology, Houston, Texas, February 10, 172 ACRSSM-0174 Summary of DL Meeting on San Onofre 2 & 3, May 17, 1972 in Menlo PDR 2/22/80 Park, California ACRSSM-0175 Ltr Quittschreiber to ACRS Manbers, October 5,1978, re Summary PDR 2/22/80 of Seismic Meeting on San Onofre Units 2 & 3, September 28-29, 1978 ACRSSM-0176 Ltr Stampelos to Bender, November 19, 1979, re San Onofre 2 & 3 PDR 2/22/80 Seismology Meeting in Washington, D.C. , November 16, 1979 ACRSSM-0177 Ltr Stampelos to Bender, Decenber 3,1979, re San Onofre 2 & 3 PDR 2/22/80 Seismology

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Honorable John F. Ahearne Chairman U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 ,

SUBJECT:

QUALIFICATIONS OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE SYSTEM OPERATING PERSONNEL

Dear Dr. Ahearne:

Traditionally, the radioactive waste (radwaste) facility at a commercial nuclear powe plant receives less operational and maintenance attention than safety-related or power-generating equipnent. Wis is due largely to the emphasis placed on the latter by the NRC and the utilities' management.

l During the preoperational and startup test phases of a plant, very little radioactive material is produced, and therefore, mistakes made in operation of radwaste systems are of minor significance. As the plant commences its commercial phase, however, the proper management of radwaste problems becomes more acute as the quantity of radioactive material to be processed increases.

Since plant organizations are developed prior to commercial operation, utili-ties rarely recognize or anticipate that future problems may occur. Further-more, once the plant's organization is established, corporate management

( approvals of staffing changes must be obtained, which can be difficult, espe-cially when additional personnel are requested.

Operation of the radwaste system at nuclear power plants is frequently as-signed to personnel at the entry level. We requirements for such a position are normally a high school diploma and a passing grade on the radiation pro-tection examination for plant workers. In general, such personnel are under the supervision of more experienced radwaste system operators. Depending on the operating staff turnover rate, however, the people who supervise the rad-l waste system may frequently serve in such a position for only a short period of time. Personnel turnover also frequently results in the responsibility for the radwaste system being assumed by a higher level supervisor who has many competing duties. A review of Licensee Event Reports has shown that many mistakes occur in radwaste systems, ranging from equipment damage to inadvertent radionuclide releases. %ere may well be a cause and effect relation here.

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Honorable John F. Ahetene February 13, 1980 These problems have been addressed by a few utilities, but additional changes are needed to reduce the number of errors and to improve equipnent reliability.

%e roct cause of the radwaste operating problems appears to be the failure of utilities' management to recognize the unique operational problems of such systems.

We Committee believes that NRC evaluation of utilitios' organizational arrange-ments should include consideration of the unique problems associated with the onsite management of radioactive waste and that this should be addressed both at the corporate and plant staff level.

Sincerely, Milton S. Plesset Chairman

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