ML20140B656
| ML20140B656 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Hatch  |
| Issue date: | 03/10/1986 |
| From: | Gucwa L GEORGIA POWER CO. |
| To: | Grace J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| References | |
| SL-459, NUDOCS 8603240258 | |
| Download: ML20140B656 (4) | |
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Georgia Fower Company L
i 333 Piedmont Avenue 7/
Atlanta, Georgia 30308 Telephone 404 526-6526 Mail;ng Address.
Post Office Box 4545 Atlanta, Georgia 30302 m 3 t//;R 17 P 2 : 3 4 Georgia Power L T. Gucwa Manager Nuclear Safety and Licensing j
SL-459 0406C March 10,1986 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
REFERENCE:
Office of Inspection and Enforcement RII: JNG Region II - Suite 2900 50-321/50-366 101 Marietta Street, NW Inspection Report Atlanta, Georgia 30323 86-01 ATTENTION: Dr. J. Nelson Grace Gentlemen:
The following information is provided in response to Inspection Report No.
50-321, 50-366/86-01 dated February 12, 1986 The report concerns the inspection conducted by W. T. Cooper, of your office, from January 6-10, 1986 Violation 1:
Technical Specification 6.8.1 requires that written procedures be established, implemented, and maintained covering the applicable procedures in Appendix A of Regulatory Guide 1.33, February 1978.
Regulatory Guide 1.33, February 1978, requires procedures for radiation surveys.
Plant procedure 62RP-RAD-008-0S, Radiation and Contamination Surveys, requires instrument calibration to be current prior to the start of a
- survey, Pl ant procedure 62HI-0CB-005-0, Teletector Model 6112 B/D Operation and Calibration, requires the instrument to be calibrated and the calibration to be documented prior to use.
Contrary to the above:
Teletector Model 61128, Serial Number 4491, did not have a high range a.
calibration documented when the instrument was used to perform surveys during radiography operations conducted near the Unit 1 drywell access hatch on January 9,1986.
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Teletector Model 6112B, Serial Number 10398, was used to perform burial box surveys at the Waste Sorting Temporary Storage Facility when it had been tagged as out-of-service for repair on October 30, 1985, and had not been recalibrated prior to its use during the week of January 6,1986.
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Page Two This violation is similar -to the Notice of Violation contained in Report Number 50-321/85-15 sent to you in our June 14, 1985,- letter.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement IV).
Response to Violation 1:
Admission or denial of alleged violation: The violation occurred.
Reason for violation : This violation occurred as a result of the failure of Health Physics personnel to follow procedures.
The instruments were source checked in accordance with 62HI-HPL-002-0S, Multiscale Check Source, prior to issue on January 8,1986 The instruments both passed the source response, indicating that they were performing correctly.
The technician incorrectly assumed that the source check fulfilled the enlibration and documentation requirements of 62RP-RAD-008-0S, Radiation and Contamination Surveys, and 62HI-0CB-005-0, Teletector Model 61128/D Operation and Calibration.
Despite the surface similarity of this violation to violation 85-15-01, there is one important difference.
The procedure in violation 85-15-01, HNP-8161, was deficient in tietail necessary for proper accomplishment of the procedure.
That is not the case with violation 8 6 01.
Procedure 62RP-RAD-008-0S clearly states that the instruments-must have current calibration before conducting surveys. This event is an isolated incident.
1 Corrective steps which have been taken and the results achieved:
The subject instruments were removed from service on January 8, 1986 and recalibrated in accordance with 62HI-0CB-005-0 One detector passed the calibration with no adjustments.
The other instrument, which initially-read low on the highest range, was adjusted prior to being returned' to service.
A review of calibration data for other portable dose rate instruments was performed.
No further discrepancies were found.
The technicians were given additional training in the area of procedural compliance and attention to detail.
4 Corrective ste)s which will be taken - to avoid further violations:
The above actions are sufficient to prevent-recurrence.
Date when full compliance was achieved:
Full compliance was achieved on January 8,1986, when the instruments were recalibrated.
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10CFR 71.5(a) requires a licensee who transports licensed material outside the confines of his plant or other place of use or delivers any licensed materials for transport to comply with the applicable requirements of the Department of Transportation (D0T) regulations presented in 49CFR Parts 170 through 189.
49CFR 173.425 requires that Low Specific Activity (LSA) radioactive materials consigned for exclusive use be packaged in a DOT Specification 7A Type A package or in a strong, tight package so that there will be no leakage of radioactive material under conditions normally incident to transportation.
Contrary to the above, the licensee failed to package a shipment of LSA radioactive material in a DOT Specification 7A Type A package or a strong, tight package in that on August 26, 1985, Shipment No.85-094 arrived at the State of Washington burial site and had a hole in one drum.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement V).
Response to Violation 2:
Admission or denial of alleged violation: The violation occurred.
Reason for violation:
Although the exact cause of the puncture can not be determined, two possible causes have been identified.
One possibility is that the drum could have been punctured during loading onto the. trailer by the fork lift.
The other possible cause of the puncture is from a long bolt used in sealing an adjacent drum, with the puncture occurring-in a load shift during transport.
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1 Response to Violation 2: (continued)
I Corrective steps which have been taken and the results achieved:
A number of
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corrective steps have been taken to preclude recurrence of events of this type. - Shorter bolts are now being used in sealing radioactive waste drums.
The lifting devices used for loading drums have been modified to eliminate sharp edges.
The' fork lift operators have been given additional training regarding loading of radioactive waste containers.-
Each container is now visually inspected for punctures where the lifting device was attached to the container after the drum has been loaded.
Large liners are now used for solidified oil, thus reducing the probability of a puncture by reducing the number of containers which must be handled.
Corrective steps which will be taken to avoid further violation:
The above actions are sufficient to prevent recurrence.
Date when full compliance was achieved:
Full compliance was achieved August zz,1985, when corrective action steps were completed.
Please contact this office if you have any questions.
Very truly yours, M
L. T. Gucwa MJBlackwood/lc c:
J. T. Beckham, Jr.
H. C. Nix, Jr.
Dr. J. N. Grace (NRC-Region II)
Senior Resident Inspector GO-NORMS 1
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