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Forwards Insp Rept 50-219/96-10 on 960923-27.No Safety Concerns or Violations of Regulatory Requirements Observed
ML20138H615
Person / Time
Site: Oyster Creek
Issue date: 12/24/1996
From: Jason White
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To: Roche M
GENERAL PUBLIC UTILITIES CORP.
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See also: IR 05000219/1996010

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December 24,1996

Mr. Michael B. Roche

Vice President and Director

GPU Nuclear Corporation

Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station

P.O. Box 388

Forked River, New Jersey 08731 l

SUBJECT: INSPECTION REPORT NO. 50-219/96-10

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Dear Mr. Roche:

An announced safety inspection of the ALARA program at the Oyster Creek Nuclear

Generating Station was conducted by several inspectors led by Mr. J. Noggle of this office i

on September 23-27,1996, during refueling outage conditions. This inspection was I

designed to assess the overall performance of your ALARA program with regard to

effectiveness, integration with operations, maintenance, and engineering activities, and

results achieved. The inspection was pursuant to activities authorized by NRC License No.

DPR-16. Discussions of our inspection findings were held by Mr. J. Noggle with you and l

other members of your staff on September 27,1996. )

Areas reviewed during the inspection are important to health and safety and are discussed

in the enclosed inspection report. The areas reviewed included: radiological source term l

assessment, results of exposure reduction initiatives, and evidence of the station ALARA j

program in the radiation control, engineering, maintenance, operations, and management

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The inspectors identified that the elements of Oyster Creek's ALARA program reviewed

were of good quality, the ALARA program was effective in defining specific sources that ,

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contributed to the overall source term, that recommendations were made for eliminating

the sources, and that good efforts were made to provide significant temporary shielding in

many exposure intensive areas of the plant. Nevertheless, the inspectors found that the

high in-plant radiological source term at Oyster Creek contributed to elevated ambient

radiation levels in the vicinity of contaminated systems or components, and resulted in high

occupational exposures during outage conditions.

Regarding these elevated ambient radiation levels, the inspectors identified that the source

term and associated radiation levels were not unique when compared to other BWR plants.

Consequently, the high occupational exposures sustained by Oyster Creek workers during i

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outages do not appear attributable, solely, to the elevated source term. The inspectors

noted that, although your staff has considered several opportunities for reducing the high

source term at Oyster Creek, the currently approved exposure reduction initiatives may not

significantly improve Oyster Creek's high occupational exposure performance. Our

inspectors identified several areas for ALARA enhancement for your consideration,

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including more effective use of drywell shielding, increased emphasis on use of remote

surveillance techniques (e.g., video camera use in the drywell), increased engineering

involvement in shielding design, and increased management review of work performance

and activities, including outage duration and man-loading of work tasks.

No safety concerns or violations of regulatory requirements were observed.

Thank you for your cooperation during this inspection.

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Original Signed By:

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Docket No. 50-219

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G. Busch, Manager, Site Licensing, Oyster Creek

M. Laggart, Manager, Corporate Licensing

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