IR 05000267/1984031

Insp Rept 50-267/84-31 on 841113-16.No Violations or Deviations Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Radiological Environ Monitoring Program for Operations,Including Organization & Mgt Controls & Audits of Contractors

ML20140E208
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Site:	Fort Saint Vrain
Issue date:	12/27/1984
From:	Ireland R, Murray B, Wise R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
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. ~ Licensee:' Public Service Company of' Colorado (PSC) P. O.-Box 840 Denver, Colorado '80201 , Facility Name: Fort St. Vrain Nuclear Generating Station (FSV)

. ' Inspection At: Denver,and Platteville, Colorado s Inspection Conducted: November 13-16, 1984 Inspector: 8 OMl//JW / N/hY - R. Wise, Raciation Spg2:ialist,' Facilities Dat'e Radiological Protection Section Approved: $ M k/LitMA /8 /hf B. Murray, Chief, Fac @ ties Radiological Dat'e Protection Section v . lhkW /2/27 W $ R. E.-Ireland, Chief, Special Projects Date and Engineering Section, Project Branch 1 Inspection Summary Inspection Conducted November 13-16, 1984 (Report 50-267/84-31) j ' Areas Inspected: Routine, unannounced inspection of the licensee's radiological environmental monitoring program for operations including: . i .(1) organization and management controls;-(2) audits of contractors; ~

, j.2 f(3) environmental monitoring program implementation; (4) analytical quality ' control; ~(5) tour of selected enyironmental. sampling stations;- , . ' (6) meteorological' tower and equipment; and (7) reportable occurrences. The

inspection' involved'30 inspector-hours onsite by one NRC inspector.

r s , _, Results: Within the seven areas inspected, no violations.or deviati'ns.were o

' identified. One open item is discussed in paragraph 3.-b.

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J. W. Gahm.. Manager, Nuclear Production Division ' ' ' , P1

• F. - J.'.Novachek, Technical / Administrative Services Manager-'

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• M. E. Nickoff, Site Engineering Manager

' , 'i V. J. McGaffie,: Radiochemistry Supervisor.

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/; : ' J. E; Johnson, Professor, Department of Radiology _and Radiation Biology,

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~,? M.~ Mcdonald,' Analyst,(CSU) . , ? " ', v ~. - * S. Clow,~ Analyst, (CSU), ' - D- , '

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- i " o , I 2. -. 'Open Items" Identified Durina This' Inspection . , ' I Open Ites }. Description ~ ' Paragraph ' ' y - , a. L 267/8431-01: Management Control Procedures 3.b . " ~

C * ' Opentitemslare matters that require further review and evaluation by the . - inspector'or the licensee. Open items are used to document,-track,'and' ~ ..- _ . ensure-adequate' followup on matters.of concern to the inspector, , [ " , p 3.

Organization and Management Controls ' - . - , _ , . . .The1NRC inspector--reviewed the licensee'.s-organization and recent changes

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to verify agreement with requirements'in'the Technical Specifications and

' ' . - commitments.in,the Updated Safety Analyses Report (USAR).

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' Organhation - ' "" . iThe NRClinspector reviewed the organization and recent changes within - the Nuclear-Production Division which were effective' Septenter 1,. <

.' ~ .1984..These organizational changes are outlined in an ' ' ' interdepartment memorandum,~PPC-84-2334, issued September 5,-1984.

's ,The' responsibility for management of the radiologica1' environmental: ~ .

, ., monitoring program (REMP)-was transferred from the Nuclear Emergency; - 4- ,4 , T ' F' \\ ~ ?. y i ' f v4 - " < ' +# -

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The current organizational structure and staffing appear f; -sufficient to meet the requirements for an adequate environmental l radiation surveillance program.

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Management Controls < ,t , ' '~ '

The NRC inspector reviewed Procedure Q-1, " Organization and ' i ' o- , ' Responsibilities," Revision 4, August 27, 1982, and the support - ~ y services manager's position description for assignment of .

6 (' responsibilities for the REMP.

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position description had been revised and contained a list of duties -, ' '

.' associated with the REMP.

Procedure Q-1 had not been revised to ' t

, reflect the current organizational changes and the current position, of.the support services manager with his assigned responsibilities.

,- , - 'The licensee stated that a proposed charter of responsibilities for;. , the support services manager which will include more detailed.

. responsibilities for the REMP -is scheduled for completion in - ? , , . ,; January 1985.

- This matter is conside' red an open item (267/8431-01) pending the , <

' revision of procedure Q-1 for the radiological environmental monitoring program.

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No violations or deviations were identified.

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= Audits-

. The NRC inspector reviewed the licensee's audit' program to verify ~ agreement with Quality Assurance Administrative Procedure Q-1, Revision.1, ,. March 22, 1984.

~ ' The REMP is performed under contract by CSU which is responsible for-collection, processing, and analysis of environmental samples.

The NRC inspector reviewed the licensee's audit program for contractor activities associated ~with the REMP to. determine compliance with the Technical Speci- > fications and the USAR.

The NRC inspector reviewed the following auditsi a.

Quality Assurance Audit, QAA-603-83-01, " Radiological Environmental Monitoring," July-August 1983.

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Nuclear Facility Safety Committee Audit, NFSC-J-84-01, " Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program," August'1984.

> The NRC' inspector noted that the QA audit was designed to. determine compliance with the contract; and that the NFSC audit was a followup to ' the QA audit and was a more detailed technical audit'of the contractor's , k /

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The NFSC audit generateditwo corrective action requests which had not yet been resolved at the time of this inspection.

The NRC : inspector discussed future audit activities with the licensee and

" , noted that a more detailed review of the contractor's performance-in the '. -Environmental Protection Agency.(EPA) crosscheck programs is planned. The licensee has an established program for tracking responses and appropriate - , corrective'~ action requests.

" ,- No violations or deviations were identified.

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' Environmental Monitoring Program Implementation . . - 1The NRC inspector reviewed the licensee's REMP against the requirements contained in Technical Specifications SR 5.9.1 (terminated November 22, - 1983) and ELCO 8.2.1 (effective November 23, 1983) for the period

June 23, 1983,- through November 16, 1984.

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' The licensee had amended (Amendment 37) their Radiological Effluent . - o , _ e r : Technical. Specifications in November 1983 to be in agreement with format-Y .in NUREG 0472. As, discussed in paragraph 4, the REMP is conducted by CSU , under contract with PSC.

The NRC inspector reviewed a copy of CSU's REMP _ > ' ' ' procedures which contain: (1) route procedures, (2) sample collection ' - *

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procedures, (3) sample processing procedures, (4) TLD procedures, ' , . * ' . (5) texture analysis,'(6) gross beta analysis, (7) gama analysis,. , '

, (8) calibration procedures, (9) EPA crosscheck, and (10) sample 21occt'ons.

[ The NRC inspector reviewed the 1983 semiannual environmental reports and P noted that the requirements of the: Technical Specifications had been met; however, the NRC inspector noted.that CSU's EPA crosscheck results for gama analysis exceeded the precision limits specified by EPA. The

i f'" licensee stated that quarterly meetings are conducted with CSU personnel

F to review preliminary analytical.~results and PSC will review EPA , ^~ N ' crosscheck results and recomend corrective action as may be required.

No data for 1984 was as yet available.for review at the time of the inspection.

No violations-or deviations were identified.

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Analytical Quality Control ' . The NRC inspector reviewed the quality control program for radiological ~' analytical measurements at CSU and noted that CSU's~1aboratory performance in the EPA crosscheck program is satisfactory in most areas;7however, the , gama analysis results exceeded the precision limits ' established by EPA.

_ The -laboratory performance should improve.with the acquisition of a new gama spectroscopy detector.

These results will be reviewed when-available in the annual environmental report for 1984 and during future inspections.- CSU also participates in a crcsscheck program with the state of. Colorado. "

No~ violations or deviations were: identified.

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' environmental monitoring program on November 14,=1984. :The following-type.

. .,A'. .of: sites were visited: (1) airborne, (2) direct radiation, (3) surface ., . ,',

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^The'NRC..spector reviewed the licensee's~ meteorological. monitoring 1

. si , M " p'rogram co verify agreement with the Technical Specification, the USAR,- .~ J < sO {c-i and.the recommendations of (draft) American~ National Standards Institute 4-1s, gf, }% .(ANSI) 2;5-1984 and Regulatory Guide 1.23.

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l; , logger..and the 60 meter tower provides, data to a chart recorder located in> .' 'i$ . $ " 0ceanographicJand Atmospheric Administration, is'alsojavailable to provide the control room.

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' the'abovereportableoccurrenceswasincompliancewiththeTechnicab ~i ~ Specification requi ements.

10. - Exit Interview

.- . . . . The NRC inspector met with the PSC representatives at the conclusion of ,- .the, inspection on-November 16, 1984. The inspector summarized the purpose and scope of:the inspection and discussed the inspection findings.

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