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Package of Alleger Identification Sheet,Allegation Data Input Form & Allegation Mgt Sys Printout
ML20197C186
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Site: Fermi DTE Energy icon.png
Issue date: 10/31/1986
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NRC
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ML20197C183 List:
References
FOIA-86-362, FOIA-86-A-146 NUDOCS 8611060002
Download: ML20197C186 (4)
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ALLEGA TION M A NA GE4 EN T SYSTEM ,

ALLEGATION NUMBER - Rill =66-A-0053 RUS DATE: u60401  ;

DOCKET / FACILITY / UNIT: 0500001e / FERMI 1 /1 Y DOCKET / FACILITY / UNIT 05000341 / FFRMI d /2 DOCKET / FACILITY / UNIT / / pe0.gg s 0:

DOCKET / FACILITY / UNIT: / / .

ACTIVITY TYPES - REACTOR MATERIAL LICENCES -

FUNCTIONAL AREAS - OPERATIONS ONSITE MEALTH AND SAFETY 0FFSITE HEALTH ANU SAFETY I DESCRIPTION -

1. EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION. 2. SODIUM ORUMMING OPERATIONS'.
3. RADIATION AREA POSTING. 4 FERMI 1 HOUSE <EEPING. 5.8 HEATH \ i ING AIR VALVESe MONITORS 6 PIPING. 6. MISSING SOURCES.7. PING CONCERNS - SPING PIPING 6 CALIBRATION. B. NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDAR0s IT NOT USED. 9. REACTOR FUEL FLOOR HVAC. 10. UNQUALIFIED RADIAT ION PROTECTION SUPERINTENDENT. 11. CIRCULATING WATER PUMP LEAK. 12. DRESSING AREA NOT MONITORED. CONT. IN REMAHKSe StuRCE = ANONYMOUS CONFIDENT - N9 RECEIVED - 860328 SY - CH WEIL / 43 ACTICN OFFICE CONTACT - LR GREGER - (FTS)388-5644 80ARD NOTIFICATION - NO SAFETY SIGNIFICANCE - UNKNOWN STATUS - OPEN SCHED COMPLETION - 860627 DATE CLOSEO -

! ALLECSTION SUBSTANTIATED = ALLEGER NOTIFIEn -

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CEMA%KS - DESCRIPTION CONTINUED
13. LACK OF PROCEDUdEs FOR AIR i MONITORING, NASAL SMEARS, WHOLE Hn0Y COUNTING. TREND ANALYS.

PROTECTIVE CLOTHING. 14. CONDENSER WELL ENTMY. 15. INEXPER-IENCED HP TECMS. 16. INADiGUATE TRAININ6. 17. FSAR VIOLATED.

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MATERIAL LICENCES -

FUNCTIONAL AREAS - OPERATIONS ONSITE HEAL TH AND SAFETY OFFSITE HEALTH AND SAFETY DESCRIPTION - 1. EMPLnVMENT DISCPIMINATION.  ?. SODIUM

3. RADIATION AREA POSTING. 4 DRU4 FF.RMI 1 HOUSE MING ODERATIONS'.\

<EEPING. S.8REATH ING AIR VALVES, MONITORS & PIPING. 6. MISSING SOURCES.7. PING CCNCERNS - SPING PIPING & CALIBRATION. 9 NATTONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS IT NOT USED. 9. REACTOR FUEL FLOOP HVAC. 10. UNCUALIFIED RADIAT ION PROTECTION SUPERINTENDENT. 11. CIRCULATING WATER PUMP LEAK. 12. DRESSING AREA NOT "O'1TTOPED. CONT. IN REMARKS.

SOURCE - ANONYMOUS CONFIDENT - NO RECEIVED - 860328 BY - CH WEIL / 43 ACTION OFFICE CONTACT - LR GREGER - (FTS)388-S644 SAFETY SIGNIFICANCE = UNKNOWN HOARD NOTIr f t:ATION - NO STOTUS - OPEN SCHED COMPLETION - 860627 OATE Ci_0SEO -

ALLEGATION SURSTANTIATED - ALLFGER NOTIFIEn -

01 ACTION - NO OI REPORT NUMBER -

CEMARKS - DESCRI* TION CONTINUED: 13. LACK or PROCEDURES FOR AIR MONITORING. NASAL SMEAPS, WHnLE unt)Y COUNTING. TREND AN,aLYF.

PROTECTIVE CLOTHING. 16 CONDENSEu WELL E*8TRY. ;5. INEXPER-IENCED HD TECHS. 16. INADt00 ATE TPAINING. 17. FSAR VIOLATED.

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-MEMORANDUM FOR:

' J. A. Hind, Director, Division of Radiation Safety and Safeguards FROM:

C. H. Well. Investigation and Compliance Specialist

SUBJECT:

ALLEGATIONS RE: RADIATION PROTECTION AT FERMI 1 AND 2 (50-16; 50-341) (AMS NO: RIII-86-A-0053)

On March 28, 1986, an anonymous male telephoned Region III and provided the following information concerning radiation protection at the Fermi Plant Units 1 and 2:

Employment Discrimination He indicated he had been working in the radiation protection field for more than twenty-one years, including naval service in that field. He was employed in the Fermi Radiation Protection Department for eleven months. He was terminated in May 1985, for.having identified radiation protection concerns to the Femi Health Physics Supervisor, William Lipton (phonetic spelling) and to the Nuclear Regulatory Comission (Loren Hueter and two other inspectors. The caller could not identify the other two NRC inspectors, other than they performed a weekend inspection in approximately May 1985.) The caller claimed he complained to Heuter about the Breathing Air System. The caller claimed he had two witnesses to support his claim of employment discrimination, but he declined to identify them. The caller indicated that he had retained an attorney to sue Detroit Edison for his firing and he wanted "to file whistleblower charges under 10 CFR 19." The. caller was infomed that the thirty day filing period with the Department of Labor had lapsed, (he was teminated in May 1985), and he should consult his attorney.on that issue. Additionally, he indicated other employees had been teminated for the same reason and he would attempt to have those people contact Region III. He would not furnish their names.

Fermi 1 Issues

1. Sodium druming was done without regard for radiation protection. The operations people wanted the drumming completed as soon as possible and the druming operation "did not confom to good health physics principals."
a. The caller stated that too many sodium filled drums were stacked in the area and that respiratory protection was not provided.
b. According to the caller, the only personal protection equipment furnished were gloves and welders' eye shields. No respirators were provided.

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A J. A. Hind 2 April 3, 1986

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The Fermi 1 facility was improperly posted. According to the caller, a person can enter the contaminated drumming area from the turbine hallway andposted not not know thathallway.

at that he had entered a radiation area because the area was 3.

The caller contended that the Fermi 1 facility was "a mess" and no one cared about cleanliness.

Fermi 2 Issues 3 1.

The caller's primary concern was with the breathing air system.

a.

The caller stated that the breathing air system shares much of the same piping with the system used to "backflush spent resins" and no check valves were installed to prevent contamination of the breathing air.

b.

The breathing air system did not have any inline radiation monitors installed.

c. The breathing air system was almost non-existent in many places and contained only a minimal amount of piping and "a few CARD 0X bottles."

The caller contended that the breathing air system was inadequate.

2.

The caller over the years. stated that 500 radiation sources had been received at Fermi were missing. He was assigned to inventory those sources and "many" missing. He could not specify how many sources were actually (The caller was asked if the sources were specifically licensed or generally licensed by the NRC.

" controlled by 10 CFR Part 19 and Part His answer 20." was that some were the missing sources were from "SPINGS and PINGS."He indicated that many of 3.

The caller had several concerns with SPINGS/ PINGS.

a.

The caller contended that the Fermi 2 SPINGS and PINGS were l

improperly piped (e.g., pioe runs too long, pipe too narrow) to be t able to obtain "a true reading." He stated that 3/4" diameter pipe was used in 300' to 400' runs between the SPING/ PING and the collection point and that was too long to obtain accurate readings, b.

Some of the calibration technicians (not named) were unqualified.

c. Many of the devices were not properly calibrated because the calibration devices were not calibrated.

d.

The SP[NG/ PING calibration procedures did not adequately incorpo NUREG guidance.

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J. A. Hind 3 April 3, 1986 He stated he had identified the above concerns (numbers 1, 2 and 3) to his supervisor, Lipton and nothing had been done to correct his concerns.

4.

According to the caller, the calibration devices had never been calibrated to a National Bureau of Standards standard; therefore, none of the plant's radiation protection instrumentation was properly calibrated.

5.

The air condition system for the " Reactor Fuel Floor, the fifth floor" has never worked properly, and 48" diameter " portable" fans were installed to circulate the air on a permanent basis.

6.

Harold Higgins, the Radiation Protection Superintendent for Operations, was not qualified for his position. According to the caller, Higgins has six years of experience in the U.S. Navy and did not have any experience at a comercial power plant. The caller stated that Higgins was required to have two years of commercial power plant experience to hold his position.

7.

"Nothing has ever been done to fix a leak in the drywell area."

to the caller, the " circulating" water pumps leak and have never beenAccording repaired.

post it as aThe only thing radiation that has been done is to rope off the area and area.

8.

Radiation protection personnel do not routinely monitor the dressing area.

Therefore, many employees ignore requirements to " double bootee" or " double glove."

"A bad attitude" exists on the part of the employees when dressing.

9.

Fermi 2 does following not have procedures or has inadequate procedures in the areas:

a.

No procedure to compare air monitoring results to MPC hours / minutes, p b. No procedure to specify when nasal smears are to be taken, c.

Inadequate procedure to specify when whole body counting should be done.

d. No trend analysis program for air sampling.

e.

No procedure to specify when to use protective clothing and equipment under the ALARA Program.

10.

Operations personnel expect the radiation protection personnel to enter the Condenser Well to take radiation readings. The caller noted that based on his experience at other nuclear power plants, the Condenser Well will be an extremely high radiation area during operations and should not be entered.

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Many health physics technicians were hired without any prior experience.

Their inexperience was demonstrated in the low scores they achieved in their qualification examinations. Also, Hydro Nuclear identified this problem during an audit and Detroit Edison did not take any corrective action.

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12. "The only real training at Fermi is in reactor operations. All other training is done by computer."

a.

The computer method has built in problems, including the " wrong answers in the programs for breathing air and MPC hours."

b. The computer programs do not use the latest reference materials, including " Reg Guides and 10 CFR 20." "The whole emphasis is on self teaching and it's not effective."
13. " Fermi does not comply with the FSAR in HP and operations." The caller could not give specific examples, but agreed to call back with the information.

On April 1, 1986, the matter was discussed with Eugene T. Pawlik, Director, Office of Investigations Region III Field Office. It was concluded that an investigation into the alleged employment discrimination could not be initiated without the alleger's identity. Further, the remaining issues did not suggest wrongdoing. Accordingly, this matter was assigned within the Allegation Management System to the Division of Radiation Safety and Safeguards for resolution.

Charles H. Weil Investigation and Compliance Specialist

Enclosure:

AMS Form cc w/ enclosure:

RIII:RA0 RIII:DRP 01:RIII i

E. G. Greenman

' W. D. Shafer L. R. Greger G. C. Wright l

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