ML20204E737

Corrected Page 13 to Insp Rept 50-344/86-18.Wording & Date in Second Paragraph Under Item 5 Should Read 860429 Instead of 860427

ML20204E737
Person / Time
Site:	Trojan File:Portland General Electric icon.png
Issue date:	07/25/1986
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V)
To:
Shared Package
ML20204E734	List: ML20204E730 ML20204E737
References
50-344-86-18, NUDOCS 8608010223
Download: ML20204E737 (1)

See also: IR 05000344/1986018

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particulates, radioiodines in food crops, well water, soils, fish, meat

and ambient radiation measurements. The analytical data indicated that

radioactive materials released from.the plant to unrestricted areas were

at or below the levels of detectability. No errors or anomalies were

identified (Closed, 86-AN-01). . -

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No violations or deviations were identified. s

5. Allegation Followup

(Closed) Allegation No. RV-86-A-034 On May 6, 1986, a contract worker (C)

telephoned the Region V office to inform the NRC that he had been laid

off for voicing his opinion in regard to the layoff of another worker (D)

involving radiation safety issues at the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant.

On May 6, 1986, worker D was contacted by the Region'V office by

telephone. The worker expressed his concern that he had been laid off

for not following his foreman's orders regardless of radiation protection

constraints at the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant. He stated that on April

28, 1986, af ter having performed work behind the bioshield in the "C" S/G

area, his foreman instructed him to put on a respirator and perform work

in the "D" S/G area. The RP representative covering the "D"

S/G work

informed worker D and his foreman that the radiation levels were too high

to perform the work at this time. While the foreman was discussing this

issue with the RP representative, worker D suggested to his foreman that

he could do the work that needed to be done in the "A" S/G area. The

foreman told worker D to go ahead and do that work ("A" S/G). Worker D

stated that later that night the foreman told him, in private, that:

"When I tell you to put on a respirator and do a job, that's what I want

you to do." According to worker D, he started to say, "No, I was just

following RP instructions," but after the "No" was said, the foreman told

him he was fired. Worker D stated that he had not refused to work and

was only following RP instructions. Worker D also stated that the

foreman had little regard for safety matters. Worker D stated that on

April 29, 1986, he was informed that he was being laid off due to the

slowdown in the outage work, but he knew that the real reason was the

incident with the foreman.

During the telephone conversations, the Region V office was informed by

workers C and D that they always followed RP instructions and had not

performed any work contrary to RP constraints. The Region V office was

also informed by workers C and D that af ter their layoffs, they discussed

this issue with the Trojan RP supervisor who informed them that he would

look into this matter. Both workers were also informed by the Region V

office that they should contact the Department of Labor.

During the on-site inspection, the inspectors reviewed the licensee's

actions and held discussions to determine if there were any violations of

NRC requirements connected to the workers (C and D) concerns. Based on

this review, the inspectors learned that:

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