ML20149F411
| ML20149F411 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| 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,
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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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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.
Very truly yours,
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Bart D. Vithers
President and
Chief Ezeeutive Officer
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Violation (482/8728-01): Pailure to Perform Radiological Surveys
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10 CPR Part 20.20'(b) requires that licensees shall make or oause to be made
such surveys asa
(1) may be necessary for the licensee to ooeply with the
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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
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10 CFR Part 20.201(a), "survey" meant. an evaluation of the radiation hazards
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incident to the production,
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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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extremities of two workers.
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Two health physion technicians from another utility providing additional
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health physios support during the Wolf Creek Generating Station second
refueling outage performed the surveys through the protective clothing that
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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.
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spread enroute to the decontamination area, the worker may have to don
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Protective clothing to get to the decontaisination area. As there was not a
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controlled copy of HPH 03-014 at the decontamination area they missed the
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step requiring a survey be performed on the skin and submitted an initial
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Corrective Steps Which Have Been Taken and Results Achieved:
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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
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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"Personnel Decontamination" is being revised to
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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.
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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.
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corrective actions taken as a result of this event have been completed.
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