ML20205G338
| ML20205G338 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Hope Creek  |
| Issue date: | 03/25/1987 |
| From: | Martin T NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Corbin McNeil Public Service Enterprise Group |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8703310433 | |
| Download: ML20205G338 (2) | |
See also: IR 05000354/1986059
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Docket No. 50-354
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Public Service Electric & Gas Company
ATTN: Mr. C. A. McNeill, Jr.
Vice President - Nuclear
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Post Office Box 236
Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey 08038
Gentlemen:
Subject:
Inspection No. 50-354/86-59
This refers to your letter dated February 20, 1987, in response to our letter
dated January 22, 1987.
Thank you for informing us of the corrective and preventive actions documented
in your letter. These actions will be examined during a future inspection of
your licensed program.
Your cooperation with us is appreciated.
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A. E. Giardino, Manager, Station Quality Assurance
W. H. Hirst, Manager, Joint Generation Projects Department, Atlantic
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L. A. Reiter, General Manager - Licensing and Reliability
Rebecca A. Green, Bureau of Radiation Protection
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NRC INSPECTION REPORT #86-59
DOCKET NO. 50-354
HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION
Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) is in receipt of
your letter dated January 22, 1987, which transmitted a Notice of
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violation concernina a failure to comply with the recuirements of
Technical Specification 6.11 by not correctly following an
approved station Radiation Protection Program procedure.
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, our response to the
Notice of Violation is provided in Attachment 1.
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USNRC Region I
631 Park Avenue
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ATTACHMENT 1
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10 CFR 2.201 INFORMATION
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PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC AND GAS COMPANY
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HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION
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RESPONSE TO NOTICE OF VIOLATION
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INSPECTION REPORT NUNBER 50-354/86-59
Your letter dated January 22, 1987 identified a failure to comply
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with the requirements of Technical Specification 6.11 which
requires, in part, that procedures for personnel radiation
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protection be prepared and adhered to for all operations
involving personnel radiation exposure.
Procedure RP-AP.22-101(O), Revision 2, reouires, in part, that
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personnel performino work under a radiation work permit (RWP)
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sign the RwP sign-in sheet prior to initial entry to indicate
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that they have read, understood and will comply with the permit
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requirements.
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The procedure also recuires, in part, that copies of RWPs be
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included in work packaces and posted at the work location.
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The Notice Of Violation states that, contrary to the above
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procedural requirements:
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On November 23, 1986, at least eicht individuals did not
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sign the sign-in sheet for RWP No. 86-OH-599-1, and,
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On December 4, 1986, a copy of RWP No. 86-OH-651-1 was
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neither included in its associated work packace nor
posted at the work location.
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PURLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC AND GAS COMPANY DOES NOT DISPUTE THE
VIOLATION.
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IN PART A, THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE VIOLATION WAS PERSONNEL
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ERROR WHEREIN RADIATION PROTECTION TECHNICIANS FAILED TO
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FOLLOW AN ESTABLISHED PROCEDUPE.
THE PROCEDURE'REOUIPES
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RADIATION PROTECTION TECHNICIANS TO VERIFY THAT ANY PERSON
DENIED ENTRY MY A PERSONNEL RADIATION EXPOSURE MANAGEMENT
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SYSTEM (PREMS) CODE 12 PRORLEM (ACCESS HOLD) HAS SIGNED THE
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RWP FOR THEIR ASSIGNED WORK PRIOR TO THEIR REING ACCESSED RY
OVERRIDING THE PREMS CODE.
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BY OVERRIDING A CODE 12 PRORLEM WITHOUT FOLLOWING THE
PROCEDURE, RADIATION PROTECTION PERSONNEL IMPROPERLY ALLOWED
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THE INDIVIDUALS DESCRIRED IN THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION TO' ENTER
THE CONTROLLED AREA WITHOUT SIGNING THE RWP SIGN-IN SHEET.
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ATTACHMENT 1
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ROOT CAUSE (CONT'D)
IN PART B, THE ROOT CAUSE WAS PERSONNEL ERROR WHEREIN THE
PROCEDURE REVISION THAT ADDED THE REOUIREMENT FOR POSTING THE
RWP AT THE WORK LOCATION AND INCLUSION OF A COPY OF THE RWP
IN ASSOCIATED WORK PACKAGES WAS NEW AND NOT ALL RADIATION
PROTECTION PERSONNEL HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED IN THE NEW
REQUIREMENTS.
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IMMEDIATE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS:
FOR PART A, A DEPARTMENT DIRECTIVE WAS ISSUED BY THE
RADIATION PROTECTION / CHEMISTRY MANAGER TO IMMEDIATELY CURTAIL
IMPROPER OVERRIDING OF PREMS PROBLEM CODES AND TO DELINEATE
THE CORRECT MEASURES FOR DEALING WITH PREMS PRORLEM CODES.
FOR PART B, ALL RADIATION PROTECTION PERSONNEL WERE
INSTRUCTED IN THE NEW PROCEDURAL REOUIREMENTS.
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WE ARE IN FULL COMPLIANCE.
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