ML20155A992
| ML20155A992 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Fort Calhoun  |
| Issue date: | 09/30/1988 |
| From: | Morris K OMAHA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION & RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (ARM) |
| References | |
| LIC-88-877, NUDOCS 8810060147 | |
| Download: ML20155A992 (4) | |
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Omaha Public Power District 1623 Harney Omaha. Nebraska 68102 2247 402/536 4000 September 30, 1988 LIC-88 877 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Mail Station PI-137 Washington, DC 20555
References:
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Docket No. 50-285 2.
Letter from OPPD (R. L. Andrews) to NRC (Document Control Desk) dated June 3, 1988 (LIC-88 393) 3.
Letter from OPPD (V. J. Morris) to NRC (Document Control Desk) dated July 6, 1988 (LIC-88-514)
Gentlemen:
SUBJECT:
Second Bimonthly Update on the Radiological Improvement Project Omaha Public Power Dietrict (0 PPD) committed in Reference 2 to provide a bimonth-ly status of actions taken in regards to the Fort Calhoun Station Radiological Improvement Project.
In the past two months, OPPD has made considerable progress in addressing items contained in Inspection Report 50-285/88-05, and it is our understanding that items 8805-04, 05, 06 and 11 are under review to be closed by Inspection 88-30 which was recently conducted by Region IV.
Please find attached a discussion of the major actions taken since the last update.
OPPD is planning to arrange a meeting in October 1988 to discuss the status of the improvement made in the area of Radiation Protection. OPPD intends as a part of this meeting to present the results of the overall Radiation Program.
1 If you have any questions corcerning this matter, please contact us.
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Radiation Improvement Project (RIP)
The Radiation Improvement Project (RIP) established in February, 1988 continued to direct and monitor radiation protection improvement activities. The follow-ing is a discussion of the major tasks that have been accomplished since the last status report. Other items from Inspection Report 88-05 are either com-plete as previously reported or will be completed in accordance with schedules provided to the NRC.
From July 1, 1988 to August 23, 1988, the RIP was under the interim management of Fred F. Franco, Manager - Emergency Planning.
Responsibility for incorporat-ing the RIP into the Radiological Enhancement Program has since been trans-ferred to W. G. Gates - Plant Manager.
Hydro Nuclear Services has been contracted to coordinate RIP for the Plant Manager and has performed an assessment of the Fort Calhoun radiation protec-tion program.
The assessment was performed in July and presented to OPPD man-agement in August.
Short term enhancements resulting from this assessment in support of the 1988 outage include the procurement of additional radiation monitoring instruments, the enhancement of key radiation protection implement-ing procedures and the assignment of assessors to evaluate radiological prac-i tices en a day to day basis.
The RIP has developed a Preliminary Action Matrix that brought together assess-ment findings of OPPD, Stone and Webster, Chemston Technology and INPO.
This i
Matrix is currently under OPPD review for inclusion into the Enhancement Pro-gram as appropriate.
A draft revision of the Radiation Protection Plan has been completed and is under review by the Radiological Enhancement Project.
The Plan will be imple-l mented in stages during the next year. An initial health physics procedure index has been prepared as a guide to the development of Radiation Protection Implementing Procedures.
Recommendations for equipment inventory, including whole body counter, TLD pro-cessing system, trash and laundry monitors and health physics field instruments 3
were prepared and are currently under review for approval and implementation.
Training was conducted during July and August for selected technicians, super-visors and vendor supplied technicians.
This training included reactor systems training, training to prepare technicians for the National Registry of Radia-tion Protection Technologists examination, training to familiarize the health physics organization with issues and techniques related to "hot particles" and an "internal dosimetry" course taught by Dr. John Poston of Texas A&M Univer-1 sity.
l Action on Soecific Reaulatory Items from Insoection 8805 i
Violation 8805-02 l
The violation concerned the control of Very High Radiation Areas (VHRA).
To improve control of VHRA's OPPD committed to reducing the size of the area in the truck oay to provide more positive control.
The size of the Very High Radiation Area that originally occupied the whole of the Auxiliary Building Truck Bay next to the Spent Fuel Pool area was reduced to a floor space less than ten percent of the truck bay.
This was accomplished through construction of an effective personnel barrier above the shield walls of the waste processing equipment that was the source of the radiation field.
This effort resulted in receipt of new nuclear fuel and the conduct of other essential work being conducted outside a Very High Radiation Area in the truck bay.
Ooen Item 88q5-E This item involved the lack of organized and comprehensive radiation protection procedures.
A schedule for Radiation Protection Manual procedure completion including the goals and milestones for a new Radiation Protection Plan and Implementing Pro-cedures was produced and is under OPPD management review.
Ooen Item 8805-10 This item involved the lack of a systems training program for radiation protec-tion technicians.
Systems training for current technicians is completed.
The Radiation Protec-tion Training Program Master Plan (TPMP) has been revised to include systems training.
The TPHP has also been revised to provide b aining for technician specialties in addition to the training for Radiation Protection Shift Techni-cians.
Concern. Pace 5. Paraaraoh 3 of Insoection Reoort 88-05 The concern was that plant management has not been effective in procuring the quality and number of expondable items to support the radiation protection pro-gram.
A review of protective clothing quality and availability was conducted.
This information is being used to upgrade the protective clothing ste.ks for normal use and for the 1988 refueling outage.
Concern. Pace 11. Paraaraoh 2 of Insoection Report 88-05 The concern was that OPPD's Supervisors Manual did not mention or encourage the Employee ALARA Concern Form.
A draft change to the OPPD Supervisors' Hanual policy statement on ALARA to encourage use of the ALARA concern form has been completed.
Concern. Pace 14. Too of Paae of Inspection Report 88-05 The concern was that several incidents demonstrated a lack of adherence to industry practices. One of the items cited was that frisker stations were not used to control the spread of contamination.
Frisker Stations have been upgraded through addition of protective clothing stocks in soveral locations and through greater availability and accessibility to contaminated area exit points, i
OPPD believes appropriate actions addressing the following items of Inspection Report 88-05 have been performed:
Violation 8805-01 Radiation Protection Technician Qualification Violation 8805 04 Failure to Use the Two Man Rule Violation 8805-05 Failure to Post a Controlled Surface Contan:In-ated Area Violation 8805-06 No Policy on Respiratory Protection Program Violation 8805-07 Radiation Protection Reorganization Violation 8805-11 C/RP Supervisor iternates Violation 8805-12 Contamination Release Limits Concern, p. 10, Para. 2 of IR 8805 ELT Qualifications Other regulatory items from Inspection Report 88-05 are either complete as previously reported or will be completed in accordance with schedules provided to the NRC. OPPD is planning to arrange a meeting in October 1988 to discuss the status of the improvements made in the area of Radiation Protection.
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