ML20237A584
| ML20237A584 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | LaSalle  |
| Issue date: | 08/07/1998 |
| From: | Grant G NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Kingsley O COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20237A586 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-373-98-18, 50-374-98-18, NUDOCS 9808140192 | |
| Download: ML20237A584 (3) | |
See also: IR 05000373/1998018
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August 7, 1998
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Mr. Oliver D. Kingsley
President, Nuclear Generation Group
Commonwealth Edison Company
ATTN: Regulatory Services
Executive Towers West lil
.1400 Opus Place, Suite 500
Downers Grove,IL 60515
- SUBJECT:
NRC RADIATION PROTECTION INSPECTION REPORTS 50-373/98018(DRS);
50-374/98018(DRS) AND NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Dear Mr. Kingsley:
On July 16,1998, the NRC completed an inspection of your radiation protection program at the
LaSalle Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1 and 2. This inspection included observations of
activities in progress, interviews with personnel, and a review of applicable records and
procedures. The details of the inspection are described in the attached report.
' This inspection included a review of the extemal exposure monitoring and air sampling
programs, high radiation area control, and testing of the standby gas treatment filtration system.
The circumstances surrounding an April 1998 shipment of irradiated metal components to a
burial site and two high radiation area control events, occurring in March and May of 1998, were
also reviewed.
Your staff effectively implemented the extemal exposure monitoring and high radiation control
programs. In particular, we observed that administrative controls were implemented to maintain
. worker exposure as-low-as-reasonably-achievable (ALARA) and that doses to declared
pregnant workers were maintained at a minimum. Air sampling activities were also well
implemented, but some examples were identified where precedural improvement was needed,
notably with the tracking of lapel air samplers and associated sample results.
..We also concluded that your staff promptly investigated and took appropriate actions
conceming irradiated metal found inside a Type B cask, which was identified by another NRC
~ licensee. Although neither the source of the metal nor the duration that it was inside the cask
could be determined, we concluded that its presence would not have resulted in a significant
health hazard during transport.
However, based on the results of this inspection, the NRC has determined that a violation of
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NRC requirements occurred. This violation concemed an entry into areas of the Unit 2 A -
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reactor water cleanup heat exchanger room (a locked high radiation area), which had not been
surveyed to evaluate the extent of radiation levels in the area. Although your radiation
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protection staff had not performed a complete survey of the area, the staff did not implement .
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controls (such as postings and/or barricades) to prevent the workers from entering the
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unsurveyed areas and did not adequately communicate the access limitations to the workers.
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Consequently, the workers inadvertently entered the unsurveyed area. The failure to
implement these controls indicates a lack-of-attention to a fundamental aspect of a radiation
protection program (i.e., implementing proper RP barricades and postings) that could have
resulted in a significant, unplanned personal exposure.
The NRC has concluded that information regarding the reason for the violation and the
corrective actions taken and planned to correct the violation and prevent recurrence are
adequately addressed in the subject inspection report. Therefore, you are not required to
resperd to this letter unless the description therein does not accurately reflect your corrective
acdonu or your position. In that case, or if you choose to provide additional information, you .
I houlo follow the instructions specified in the enclosed Notice of Violation.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its
enclosures will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR).
Sincerely,
s/Geoffrey E. Grant
Geoffrey E. Grant. Director
Division of Reactor Projects
Docket Nos.: 50-373; 50-374
Enclosures:
2. Inspection Reports 50-373/98018(DRS); 50-374/98018(DRS)
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M. Wallace, Senior Vice President
D. Helwig, Senior Vice President
G. Stanley, PWR Vice President
J. Perry, BWR Vice President
O. Farrar, Regulatory Services Manager
. Johnson, Licensing Director
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F. Dacimo, Site Vice President
T. O'Connor, Station Manager
P. Bames,
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R. Hubbard
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