ML20149F411

Ack Receipt of Util Informing NRC of Actions Taken to Correct Violations Noted in Insp Rept 50-482/87-28

ML20149F411
Person / Time
Site:	Wolf Creek
Issue date:	02/11/1988
From:	Callan L NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To:	Withers B WOLF CREEK NUCLEAR OPERATING CORP.
References
NUDOCS 8802170139
Download: ML20149F411 (2)

See also: IR 05000482/1987028

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In Reply Refer To:

Docket: STN 50-482/87-28

Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation

ATTN: Bart D. Withers

President and Chief Executive Officer

P.O. Box 411

Burlington, Kansas 66839

Gentlemen:

Thank you for your letter of January 4,1988, in response to our letter and

Notice of Violation dated December 3, 1987. Based on the information in your

response along with the additional information provided during the telephone

conversations on February 1,1988, between Mr. Gary Pendergrass of your staff

and Mr. Blaine Murray in our office, we find that your reply is responsive to

the concerns raised in our Notice of Violation. We will review the

implementation of your corrective actions during a future inspection to

determine that full compliance has been achieved and will be maintained.

Sincerely,

l IMginn! Signed By

A. B. Beach

L. J. Callan, Director

Division of Reactor Projects

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Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation

ATTN: Otto Maynard, Manager

of Licensing

P.O. Box 411

Burlington, Kansas 66839

Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation

ATTN: Gary Boyer, Plant Manager

P.O. Box 411

Burlington, Kansas 66839

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Reference: Letter dated 12/03/87 from L. J. Callan, NRC, to

B. D. Withers, VCNOC

Subject: Docket No. 50-482: Response to Violation 482/8728-01

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Qentlemen:

Attached is a detailed response to violation 482/8728-01 which was

documented in the Reference. Violation 482/8728-01 concerns a failure to

properly evaluate certain survey results during the assessment of radiation

exposure of two workers.

If you have any questions concerning this matter, please contact me or Mr.

O. L. Maynard of my staff.

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Violation (482/8728-01): Pailure to Perform Radiological Surveys ' '

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y 10 CPR Part 20.20'(b) requires that licensees shall make or oause to be made

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such surveys asa (1) may be necessary for the licensee to ooeply with the i

regulations in this part and (2) are reasonable under the circumstances to

evaluate the extent of radiation hasards that may be present. As defined in ,

10 CFR Part 20.201(a), "survey" meant. an evaluation of the radiation hazards '

incident to the production, use, release, disposal, or presence of

radioactivo saterials or other sources of radiation under a specific set of

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Contrary to the above, the NRC inspector determined on October 26, 1987,

that the licensee failed to groperly evaluate certain survey results during '

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the assessment of radiation exposure to the skin of the whole body and

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Two health physion technicians from another utility providing additional

health physios support during the Wolf Creek Generating Station second

refueling outage performed the surveys through the protective clothing that

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7;. the workers were wearing. Procedure HPH 03-014 contains a step requiring a

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survey be performed on the skin if contamination is found on the olothing.

] The same procedure also states that if contamination is such that it may

i .' spread enroute to the decontamination area, the worker may have to don

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protective clothing to prevent the spread. The two health physio 2 .

{ technicians did have the workers remove their personal olothing and then don l

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controlled copy of HPH 03-014 at the decontamination area they missed the  :

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survey sheet for each individual showing the readings through the protective i

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! Corrective Steps Which Have Been Taken and Results Achieved: i

f A cabinet containing decontamination supplies and a controlled copy of HPH

,03-014 has been located at the decontamination area.

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Conversations with the support health physics technicians and WCNOC health I

. physics technicians were held stressing the importance of following

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procedures and paying attention to detail.

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Corrective Steps Vhich Will Be Taken To Avoid Purther Violations:

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~ Procedure HPH 03-014, "Personnel Decontamination" is being revised to

include a statement on the Personnel Decontamination Record to remove

olothing and survey the skin u..derneath for clothing contamination and Hot

Particle contamination incidents.

A review of this incident has been included in the health physics technician

training program which will commence on January 4, 1988, and conclude on

March 11, 1988. The lesson plan for this training contains a description of

the incident and describos why pet,per surveys are required. Health physion

technicians working shift will be attending these classes.

Date When Pull Compliance Vill Be Achieved:

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The above nortionet health physics technician training and the revision to '

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procedure HPH 03 314 will be oospleted by March 11, 1988. The otuer

corrective actions taken as a result of this event have been completed. -

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