IR 05000321/1987025

Insp Repts 50-321/87-25 & 50-366/87-25 on 870921-25.No Violations or Deviations Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Environ Monitoring

ML20235W297
Person / Time
Site:	Hatch
Issue date:	10/05/1987
From:	Khle J, Marston R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
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Shared Package
ML20235W286	List: IR 05000321/1987025 ML20235W284
References
50-321-87-25, 50-366-87-25, NUDOCS 8710160115
Download: ML20235W297 (6)

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UNITED STATES ka Rioug*o NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION.-

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Report Nos.:"'50-321/87-25.and 50-366/87-25

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' Licensee: Georgia Power Compan P. O. Box 454 . Atlanta, GA - 30302 Facility Name: E. I. Hatch i

. Docket Nos.: 50-321 and 50-366 License Nos.: DPR-57 and NPF-5-Inspection Conducted: September 21-25, 1987 LInspector:

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'Dat( Signed Di isi n of Radiation Safety and Safeguards SUMMARY Scope:. 'This routine, ' unannounced inspection was conducted in the area of environmental monitorin Results: No. violations or' deviations were identifie .

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REPORT DETAILS

. Persons Contacted Licensee Employees

• Nix, Plant Manager

• L. Sumner, Jr. , Manager of Plant Operations

• E. Fornel, Manager of Maintenance

• W. Zavadoski, Manager of Health Physics and Chemistry

• T. Gucwa, Manager, Nuclear Safety and Licensing

• Fitzsimmons, Security Manager

• Fraser, Quality Assurance (QA) Site Manager .

• B. Tipps, Nuclear Safety and Compliance Manager

• Powers, Engineering Manage * S. Grantham, Acting Plant Training and Evaluation Manager

• M..W. Googe, Outage and Planning Manager

• H. Rogers, Chemistry Superintendent C. M. Dixon, QA Engineering Support- Supervisor

• C. Blair, ISEG Acting Supervisor

• B. C. Arnold, Chemistry Lab Supervisor A. Cowan, I&C Supervisor

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M. Creighton, Regulatory Specialist

• J.- M. Puckett, Nuclear Safety and Licensing Engineer D. J. Elder, Senior QA Field Representative D. J. Vaughn, QA Training Coordinator G. Fuqua, Health Physics Specialist Other licensee employees contacted included engineers, technicians, and office personne Nuclear Regulatory Commission

• P. Holmes-Ray, Senior Resident Inspector I

• J. E. Menning, Resident Inspector i

• Attended exit interview ] Exit Interview The inspection scope and findings were summarized on September 25, 1987, with those persons indicated in Paragraph 1 above. The inspector described the areas inspected and discussed in detail the inspection findings listed belo No dissenting comments were received from the ;

license The licensee did not identify as proprietary any of the I material provided to or reviewed by the inspector during this inspection.

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2 Audits (80721)

Technical Specification 6.5.2.8 requires audits of unit activities to be

. performed under the cognizance of the Safety Review Board, encompassing the conformance of unit operation to provisions contained within the Technical Specifications and applicable license conditions at least once per 12 months; the Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program-and its '

results thereof annually, and the Offsite Dose Calculation Manual (0DCM),

Process Control Program (PCP), and implementing procedures biennuall The inspector reviewed the following audit reports: ETS-1, - Quality Assurance Audit of Environmental Technical Specifications, September 3-12, 1986 ETS-1, Quality Assurance Audit of Environmental Technical Specifications, June 4-15, 1987 SA-4, Quality Assurance Audit of Software Controls, August 10-18, 1987 DCM/PCP-1, Plants Hatch /Vogtle Quality Assurance Audit of the Offsite Dose Calculation Manual (0DCM) and Process Control Program (PCP), February 6-April 2,1987 EA-1, Quality Assurance Audit of Environmental Affairs, May 11-18, 1987 CQA-0022, Audit of Environmental Affairs Department, April 14-18, 1986 The inspector discussed audit results and reviewed followup actions for open items with cognizant licensee representatives. Open items were identified by number and categorized by level of significance. Responses and corrective actions appeared to be timely. The inspector reviewed Audit Training Files. In addition to training, testing, and experience requirements, the auditors were required to meet a Board to be certified as Lead Auditor No violations or deviations were identifie , Procedures (80721)

Technical Specification 6.8.1 requires written procedures to be established, implemented and maintained covering the applicable procedures recommended in Appendix A of Regulatory Guide 1.33, Revision 2, February 1978; Process Control Program (PCP) implementation; and the Offsite Dose Calculation Manual (0DCM) implementation. The inspector reviewed selected parts of Environmental Affairs Center procedures concerning fish sampling, sediment sampling, river water drinking water surveys, land use surveys, milk sampling, river water sampling, grass

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3 sampling, TLD collection,' and sampling of airborne radioactive iodine and.-

particulat i The inspector also. reviewed Plant Procedures in the areas of environmenta j

sampling and analysis , and the procedure for making daily checks of the meteorological tower and instrumentatio l The; inspector noted that- procedures were reviewed updated, and approved- -!

in accordance with Technical Specification 6.8.2 and administrative <

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6.- Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program Implementation (80721)

Technical Specification 3.16.1- requires that the radiological l environmental monitoring program shall . be conducted as specified in Table 3.16.1-1. . Technical Specification 4.16.1 requires that the radiological environmental monitoring samples shall be collected, pursuant ^

to Table 3.16.1-1, from the-locations given in the Table and the figure in the ODCM and shall be analyzed pursuant to the requirements of Tables 3.16.1-1 and 4.16.1-1.- The inspector selectively reviewed sampling and analysis records for j the Lprogram.for calendar year 1987 to date and concluded that the

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program appeared to be conducted in accordance with Technical Specifications. A licensee representative stated that the Georgia Power Company (GPC) Central Laboratory collected all samples and performed all analyses' with the exception of the environmental TLD's which were shipped to a vendor for analysis. The Central Laboratory

- also maintained and calibrated instrumentation located at the i environmental monitoring station The inspector, accompanied by a licensee representative, examined selected environmental monitoring stations and verified locations, operability of the continuous air samplers and the presence of NRC and licensee collocated TLD packets. The inspector noted that all equipment was operable and calibrated as require Technical Specification (TS) 6.9. requires that routine radiological environmental surveillance reports covering the radiological environmental surveillance activities related to the plant during the' previous calendar year shall be submitted prior to May 1 of each yea Technical Specification 6.9.1.7 specifies items to be included in the Annual Radiological Surveillance Report, including the annual land use survey and results of participation in the Interlaboratory Comparison Progra The inspector reviewed the Annual Radiological Environmental Surveillance Report for the calendar year 1986. The report had been submitted within the time specified in T.S. 6.9.1.6 and included the

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-elements specified in T.S. 6.9.1.7, including the results of the land use census and the results of participation in EPA's Lab Intercomparison Progra No violations or deviations were identifie . Implementation of the Meteorological Monitoring Program (80721)

The inspector, accompanied by a licensee representative, examined the primary and secondary meteorological towers and the associated instrumentation and recorders. The licensee representative stated that '

daily inspections were made of the instrumentation and recorders, and that the meteorological data was transmitted to readouts in the Control Room and Emergency Operations Facilit The inspector reviewed documentation for the quarterly functional checks on the system performed in the first two quarters of the calendar year and documentation of the system calibration performed by the vendor in December 198 The system appeared to be functioning correctly, and the recorder charts appeared to be readable and easy to interpre No violations or deviations were identifie . Laboratory Quality Assurance (80721)

The inspector noted that the radiological environmental monitoring program included participation in the EPA's Lab Intercomparison Program. Results for 1986 were included- in the Annual Radiological Environmental Surveillance Report for Calendar Year 1986. In addition, the inspector and licensee split 11 water samples from wells onsite in the protected are The samples were to be analyzed by the NRC and the licensee for tritium and the results compare The licensee egreed to provide the results to Region II in a timely manne This item will be tracked as an Inspector Followup Item (IFI)

321,366/87-25-01: Provide results of tritium analysis of well samples to Region I No violations or deviations were identifie . Followup Items 92701 (0 pen) Inspector Followup Item (IFI) 321,366/87-11-02: Evaluate t- adequacy of 30 minutes time lag between painting operations and l charcoal filter testin The inspector discussed this item with j cognizant licensee representatives and reviewed the corrective action l tracking form maintained by the licensee. The inspector determined that a study was initiated and final corrective action (to be L_ _ _- _

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. determined as a result of the study) was scheduled to be completed by July 2, 198 t (Closed) IFI 321,366/T2500/22: Collection of collocated TLD 1 measurement results. The inspector gathered the licensee results for those environmental TLDs collocated with NRC TLD . Licensee Event Report (92700) {

i-The inspector reviewed Licensee Event Report (LER) 85-42, Personnel Error Causes Failure to Perform DDCM Calculations. Alarm set points of the noble gas effluent monitors nad not been calculated per the Hatch 00CM as required by Technical Specifications. The cause of the miscalculations was due to incorrect computer software used to calculate the alarm setpoints. The licensee had not verified the baftware subsequent to program modifications. This item was reviewed previously in Region II Inspection Report 87-11, Paragraph 9. The sof tware for the noble gas effluent monitor setpoint had been corrected but a procedure for administrative controls governing software had not been developed. The computer system used to make the ODCM calculations was king monitored by an assigned Computer Specialist; however, the implementating procedure to ensure that program modifications are verified is pendin LER 85-42 is closed; however, IFI 321, 366/87-25-02 is opened regarding implementation of the procedure to ensure verification of software programs.

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