ML20211H834
| ML20211H834 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Hope Creek  |
| Issue date: | 02/20/1987 |
| From: | Corbin McNeil Public Service Enterprise Group |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM) |
| References | |
| NLR-N87028, NUDOCS 8702260302 | |
| Download: ML20211H834 (3) | |
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Electric and Gas Company Corbin A. McNeill, Jr.
Public Service Electric and Gas Cornpany P.O. Box 236, H ancocks Bridge.NJ 08038 609 339-4800 Vice President -
Nuclear February 20, 1987 NLR-N87028 U.
S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attention:
Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555 Gentlemen:
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 Violation concerning a failure to comply with the requirements 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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Dr. Thomas E. Murley, Administrator USNRC Region I 631 Park Avenue King of Prussia, PA 19406 USNRC Resident Inspector P.O. Box 241 Hancock's Bridge, NJ 08038 i
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- mt ATTACHMENT 1 10 CFR 2.201 INFORMATION PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC AND GAS COMPANY HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION RESPONSE TO NOTICE OF VIOLATION INSPECTION REPORT NUMBER 50-354/86-59 Your letter dated January 22, 1987 identified a failure to comply with the requirements of Technical Specification 6.11 which requires, in part, that procedures for personnel radiation protection be prepared and adhered to for all operations involving personnel radiation exposure.
Procedure RP-AP.ZZ-101(O), Revision 2, recuires, in part, that personnel performino work under a radiation work permit (RWP) sign the RWP sign-in sheet prior to initial entry to indicate that they have read, understood and will comply with the permit requirements.
The procedure also recuires, in part, that copies of RWPs be included in work packaces and posted at the work location.
The Notice Of Violation states that, contrary to the above procedural requirements:
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On November 23, 1986, at least eicht individuals did not sign the sign-in sheet f or RWP No. 86-OH-599-1,- and, B.
On December 4, 1986, a copy of RUP No. 86-OH-651-1 was neither included in its associated work packace nor posted at the work location.
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PUBLIC 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 ERROR WHEREIN RADIATION PROTECTION TECHNICIANS FAILED TO FOLLOW AN ESTABLISHED PROCEDURE.
THE PROCEDURE REOUIPES RADIATION PROTECTION TECHNICIANS TO VERIFY THAT ANY PERSON DENIED ENTRY BY A PERSONNEL RADIATION EXPOSURE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (PREMS) CODE 12 PROBLEM (ACCESS HOLD) HAS-SIGNED THE RWP FOR THEIR ASSIGNED WORK PRIOR TO THEIR REING ACCESSED PY OVERRIDING THE PREMS CODE.
BY OVERRIDING A CODE 12 PROBLEM WITHOUT FOLLOWING THE PROCEDURE, RADIATION PROTECTION PERSONNEL IMPROPERLY ALLOWED THE INDIVIDUALS DESCRIRED IN THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION TO ENTER THE CONTROLLED AREA WITHOUT SIGNING THE RWP SIGN-IN SHEET.
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ROOT CAUSE (CONT'D)
IN PART B, THE ROOT CAUSE WAS PERSONNEL ERROR WHEREIN THE PROCEDURE REVISION THAT ADDED THE REQUIREMENT 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 donRECTIVE 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 PROBLEM CODES.
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INSTRUCTED IN THE NEW PROCEDURAL REOUIREMENTS.
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WE ARE IN FULL COMPLIANCE.
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