ML20142A111

Forwards Appraisal of State of Nc Program for Performing Environ Monitoring Activities at Listed Plants,Including Assessment of Facilities,Equipment,Program Staffing & Personnel Qualification.Program Meets NRC Requirements

ML20142A111
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Site:	Mcguire, Harris, Brunswick, McGuire, 05000000
Issue date:	02/21/1986
From:	Stohr J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:	David Brown NORTH CAROLINA, STATE OF
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NUDOCS 8603190324
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cypaa FEB 211986 North Carolina Department of Human Services ATTN: Mr. Dayne H. Brown, Chief Radiation Protection Section Division of Facility Services Box 12200 Raleigh, NC 27605-2200 Gentlemen:

SUBJECT:

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING CONTRACT This letter is in reference to our visit of January 8-9, 1986, concerning the State of North Carolina's entering into a contract with the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to perform certain environmental monitoring activities around the McGuire, Harris and Brunswick Nuclear Power Plants.

Prior to developing a contract with the State, we are required to conduct an evaluation which we call an acceptance appraisal of the State's program in this area, this includes an assessment of facilities, equipment, program staffing and personnel qualifications.

The purpose of this appraisal is to determine whether the State meets our acceptance criteria for an environmental monitoring contract.

Our appraisal, the report of which is enclosed for your information, indicated your program meets our criteria.

We encourage your participation in this program and believe that it will be mutually beneficial.

If you are interested in pursuing this matter, please contact M.. William E. Cline of my staff (telephone:

404-331-2665).

Sincerely, J. Philip Stohr, Director Division of Radiation Safety and Safeguards

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U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Inspection and Enforcement Acceptance Appraisal - State Contract State:

North Carolina State Organizations Contacted:

Division of Facility Services, Radiation Protection Section Division of Health Services, State Laboratory Public Health Section Persons Contacted:

Mr. Dayne H. Brown, Chief, Radiation Protection Section Dr. F. W. Fong, Head, Environmental Radiation Surveillance and Nuclear Facilities Branch Mr. Harry Newman, Environmental Engineer I, Environmental Radiation Surveillance and Nuclear Facilities Branch Ms. Shirley Bell, Supervisor, Radiation Surveillance Unit, Environmental Sciences Branch Appraisal at:

North Carolina Department of Human Resources Division of Facility Services Radiation Protection Section Box 12200 Raleigh, NC 27605-2200 Appraisi Conducted:

January 8 and 9, 1986 Appraisal Staff:

W. E. Cline, Chief, Radiological Effluent and Chemistry Section, EPRP Branch S. S. Adamovit2, Radiation Specialist, REC Section, EPRP Branch Appraisal Summary:

An appraisal of the capability of the State of North Carolina to perform NRC contract requirements for Environmental Monitoring was conducted.

Information and data were gathered during meeting with State personnel and a visit of their laboratory.

Details of the NRC Environmental Monitoring Contract requirements a

were discussed.

Criteria, findings and evaluations are listed in Enclosure 1.

i Based upon this evaluation, the State of North Carolina meets NRC criteria for an Environmental Monitoring Contract.

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I ENCLOSURE 1 J

Acceptance Appraisal State of North Carolina Criteria Findinas Organizational The North Carolina Department of Human Resources, Structure:

Division of Facility Services is divided into program sections, including the Radiation Protection Section, which carries out the radiological environmental monitoring program.

Radiochemical analysis of environmental samples is performed by the Division of Health Services, State Laboratories Public Health Section.

An organization chart is included as Table 1.

Current and proposed Budgets:

The current and proposed budgets appear adequate to cover routine expenses for replacement of counting and environmental monitoring equipment, laboratory supplies, travel,. salaries and contingencies.

Under the current

. budget the State has sufficient funds to operate the environmental monitoring program.

Management Support:

Management support of the radiological environmental program has been good and is expected to continue.

Environmental sampling around the Brunswick, McGuire, and Harris Nuclear Facilities has already been initiated by the State and includes independent and split sampling with the licensee.

Staff:

The Radiation Protection Section is under the direction of Dayne Brown.

Environmental monitoring is conducted by the Environmental Radiation Surveillance Branch of this Section.

The Environmental Radiation Surveillance Branch is supervised by S. W..Fong, Ph.D and is staffed by a total of four, including one Environmental Engineer I, two Environmental Engineering Technician III's, and a Clerk Typist III.

Radiochemical analysis of environmental samples is performed by the Division of Health Services, Radiation Surveillance Unit.

This unit is under the direction of Shirley Bell and employs three chemists and one technician.

Ms. S. Bell, an Analytical Chemist, provides day-to-day supervision and training of laboratory personnel in radiochemical analyses.

In general, staffing in the environmental monitoring j;

program and radiation laboratory is adequate to meet the i

increased workload that would be required by an NRC contract.

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r Training:

Staff members have attended courses conducted by private

industry, the NRC, and other federal agencies o

including:

Health Physics (Rockwell Corp.), Instrument Maintenance (Nuclear Data); Independent Measurements; Radiation Accident Assessment; Basic Radiological Health, and Laboratory QA/QC (EPA).

Staff members have also attended seminars, short courses and classes offered by North Carolina State University and routinely participate in an ongoing in-house training program.

Internal Audits and Quality Control:

The Laboratory participates in the EPA Quality Assurance Crosscheck Program for all sample types and analyses except plutonium and tritium in urine.

A review of these results for 1980 - 1985 indicated laboratory performance was acceptable.

The laboratory has been evaluated by EPA and is certified under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Internal quality assurance is provided by:

data comparison for split licensee / state environmental samples; analysis of spikes and blanks with each batch of samples, and routine performance checks for all instruments at regular intervals.

Facilities and Equipment:

Although laboratory facilities are crowded and provide limited working area, they are adequate to meet contract requirements.

Based on the responsibility and workload of the laboratory, additional space would be highly desirable.

Laboratory Equipment:

The laboratory is adequately supplied with glassware, reagents, hot plates, pH meters, balances and other laboratory hardware to perform necessary chemical separations for analyses required by the Environmental Monitoring Contract.

Sufficient funds are available and no problems are encountered in the purchase of necessary items for the laboratory.

Radiation Mei.suring Instrumentation:

The instrumentation is adequate to meet required sensitivi-ties and perform. analyses of environmental samples as speci-fied in the NRC environmental monitoring program.

Instrumentation includes:

a Princcton Gamma-Tech Gc(Li) detector system (17.6%); a Princeton Gamma-Tech IG portable detector system (12%), a Harshaw 4x4 Na1 detector, a Nuclear Data 6600 computer-based multichannel analyzer system, three low-background proportional alpha-beta counters manufactured by Tennelec and Eberline, a Searle-Analytic liquid scintil-A lation counter, an Ortech alpha spectroscopy system and a i

r Panasonic TLD system with a Teledyne and an Eberline system as back-ups.

Calibration Standard:

Mixed gamma standards are purchased from Amersham, New England Nuclear, and the National Bureau of Standards.

Other isotopes are procured from EPA.

Field Equipment:

The State currently operates five low volume air samplers around each nuclear power plant within the state.

The air samplers operate continuously for air particulate and iodine sample collection, and most are co-located with the licensee's.

Proceuures:

Written procedures for laboratory analyses, regular environmental sampling and emergency sampling are available.

Summary and Evaluation:

The State of North Carolina's Environmental Radiological Monitoring Program was reviewed and evaluated against the criteria established in NRC Manual Chapter 1415.

Based upon this review and tour of their laboratory, the State of North Carolina meets NRC requirements and qualifies for an Environmental Monitoring Contract.

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1 State Labnratory Public Hnalth Section Radiation Protection Section Mildred kerbnugh - Laboratory Director Dayne H. Brown, Chier l

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i Environmental Sciences nranch John Sheats - nranch Supervisor i

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Branch B ranch F. W.

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Head, Environmental Engineer il Radiation Surveillance tinit Shirley Bell - Head Analytical Chemist Starr:

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Environmental Engineer I 1

Chemical Analyst i 2.

Chemical Analyst i 2.

Technician til 3.

Chemical Analyst 11 3.

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