ML20239A715
| ML20239A715 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Vogtle  |
| Issue date: | 12/21/1987 |
| From: | Gucwa L GEORGIA POWER CO. |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION & RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (ARM) |
| References | |
| SL-3726, NUDOCS 8712300032 | |
| Download: ML20239A715 (4) | |
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Georgia Power Company
- 333 Piedmont Avenue Atlanta, Georgia 3U308 Telephone 404 526 6526.
Mailing Address:
Post Office Box 4545 -
Atlanta, Georgia 30302 Georgia Power L. T. Guews 1/ "' 80"'*" "'"W" Manager Nuclear Safety and Uconsing.
SL-3726 0657m X7GJ17-V120 December 21, 1987 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Hashington, D.C.
20555 PLANT V0GTLE - UNIT 1 NRC DOCKET 50-424 OPERATING LICENSE NPF-68 l
RESPONSE TO NRC INSPECTION REPORT Gentlemen:
In accordance with the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Georgia Power Company (GPC) submits the enclosed information in response to NRC Inspection Report 50-424/87-61 which concerns the inspection conducted by Mr. R. E. Heddington of the NRC Region II staff on November 2-6, 1987.
A copy of this response is being provided to the NRC Region II office for review.
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- cited, NRC Inspection Report 50-424/87-61 noted that an oral commitment was made by a
GPC representative during the exit interview held on November 6, 1987 to provide clarification concerning GPC's response to NRC Inspection Report 50-424/87-35, Violation 50-424/87-35-02 relative to the issue of training on deficiency card usage.
Our letter SL-3678, dated November 25, 1987, provided that clarification.
NRC Inspection Report 50-424/87-61 also raised an additional issue related to deficiency card usage in plant departments other than Health Physics. Our November 25, 1987 letter indicated that special training on deficiency cards was provided to the plant's Health Physics staff.
The issue of writing deficiency cards as it relates to the remainder of the plant staff, including radwaste personnel, is also being aggressively pursued.
I Special training programs for management, supervisors, and the operating personnel from the Operations Department, as well as key personnel in the onsite Nuclear Safety and Compliance organization, oD
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Page Two concerning the licensing bases for Technical Specifications and other regulatory requirements is being implemented as previously committed by GPC.
This training specifically focuses on the reasons and guidance for initiating deficiency cards.
This training is scheduled to be completed by February 1, 1988.
In addition, on November 30, 1987, the plant's Nuclear Safety and Compliance Manager provided a briefing for supervisory personnel which addressed the criteria and need for initiating deficiency cards.
GPC believes these efforts will result in a
broad based strengthening of our deficiency card programs and their importance to problem identification, resolution, and documentation.
Should you have any questions in this regard, please contact this office at any time.
Sincerely, l
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L. T. Gutwa s
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Enclosure:
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Violation 87-61-01 and GPC Response c: Georgia Power Comp 3ny Mr. J. P. O'Reilly Mr. P. D. Rice Mr. G. Bockhold, Jr.
Mr. C. W. Hayes Mr. J. E. Swartzwelder GO-NORMS Southern Comoany Services Mr. R. A. Thomas Mr. J. A. Bailey Shaw. Pittman. Potts & Trowbr'dge Mr. B. H. Churchill, Attorney-at-Law Troutman. Sanders. Lockerman & Ashmore Mr. A. H. Domby, Attorney-at-Law U. S. Nuclear Reaghhry_ Commission Dr. J. N. Grace, Regional Administrator Mr. J. B. Hopkins, Licensing Project Manager, NRR (2 copies)
Mr. J. F. Rogge, Senior Resident Inspector-Operations, Vogtle 0657m 700775
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OPERATING LICENSE NPF-68 NRC NOTICE OF VIOLATION 87-61-01 AND GPC RESPONSE VIOLATION 50-424/87-61-01 "10 CFR 20.301 forbids a licensee to dispose of licensed material as waste except (1) by transfer to an authorized recipient or disposal facility as provided in the applicable parts of Title 10 of the Code of l
Federal Regulations, (2) by release into sanitary sewerage systems in accordance with 10 CFR 20.203, (3) for specified quantities of hydrogen-3 or carbon-14 in accordance with 10 CFR 20.306, and (4) as effluents to tr.e unrestricted area in accordance with 10 CFR 20.106.
l 10 CFR 20.201(b) states that each licensee shall make or cause to be made such surveys as (1) may be necessary for the licensee to comply with the regulations in this part, and (2) are reasonable under the circumstances to evaluate the extent of radiation hazards that may be present.
Contrary to the above, the licensee failed to perform adequate release surveys of bags of "non-contaminated" trash filled inside the Radiation Control Zone in that the survey method used did not ensure that the bags of trash were free of radioactivity prior to release.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement IV)."
RESPONSE TO VIOLATION 50-424/87-61-01 Admission or denial of alleoed violation:
The violation occurred as stated.
Reason for the violation Survey practices in use were accepted by management as adequate, albeit later judged to be inadequate as noted in this violation citation.
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ENCLOSURE (Continued)
NRC NOTICE OF VIOLATION 87-61-01 AND GPC RESo0NSE Corrective steos which have been taken and the results achieved:
Material which was identified by GPC during a routine survey of the l
plant's landfill and found to have a low level of contamination was removed from the landfill.
The material was returned to the plant and was disposed of as radioactive waste.
A high-sensitivity monitor has been placed in service to perform release
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surveys of potentially contaminated materials.
Also, the plant's Health Physics personnel have been instructed that no detectable activity is permissible in released material.
Corrective steos which will be taken to avoid further violations:
Corrective actions which have already been taken should prevent recurrence of this violation.
Date when full comoliance will be achieved:
Full compliance was achieved on December 8, 1987 upon implementation of the corrective actions discussed above.
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