ML23026A237

2023001 Hatch RP RFI Final

ML23026A237
Person / Time
Site:	Hatch
Issue date:	11/16/2022
From:	Diaz Velez J NRC/RGN-II
To:	Hunt J Southern Nuclear Operating Co
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IR 2023001
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Jose Diaz From: Jose Diaz Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2022 3:35 PM To: jmhunt@southernco.com

Subject:

2023001 Plant Hatch RP RFI Final Attachments: 2023001 Hatch RP RFI FINAL.pdf

Mark, I left you a voice mail regarding this document.

Attached you will find the document request letter associated with the upcoming RP Inspection at Plant Hatch. Please, Let me know if you have a question.

Respectfully, José José M. Díaz Vélez, Sr. Health Physicist Division of Reactor Safety Engineering Branch 3 Jose.diaz@nrc.gov 4049974736 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region II Office Marquis One Tower 245 Peachtree Center Avenue, NE Suite 1200 Atlanta, Georgia 303031257 1

ML23026A237 Hatch Nuclear Plant Radiation Safety Baseline Inspection Initial Information Request Inspection Report: 05000321/2023001 During the week of February 610, 2023, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will perform a baseline Radiation Safety Inspection at the Hatch Nuclear Plant (NRC Inspection Procedures 71124.01, 71124.03, 71124.04, 71124.05, and 71151).

To minimize the impact to your onsite resources during the inspection and ensure the inspectors have the necessary information to complete the inspection while on site, we have enclosed a request for documents needed for this activity. The NRC requests that these documents be provided to the inspectors no later than January 27, 2023.

If there are any questions about this inspection or the material requested, please contact the lead inspector, Jose M. DiazVelez at 4049974736, or the Engineering Branch 3 Chief, Binoy Desai at 4049974519.

In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 2.390, Public inspections, exemptions, requests for withholding: a copy of this document will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room, or from the Publicly Available Records component of NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS); accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/adams.html.

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT STATEMENT This document does not contain new or amended information collection requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Existing information collection requirements were approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control numbers 31500008, 31500011, 31500014, 31500044, and 31500135.

PUBLIC PROTECTION NOTIFICATION The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a request for information or an information collection requirement, unless the requesting document displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget control number.

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Document Request List Occupational Radiation Safety Cornerstone Licensee: Hatch Nuclear Plant Plant Hatch Licensing

Contact:

Mark Hunt (540) 8942575)

Email: jmhunt@southernco.com Docket Number: 05000321 Inspection Dates: February 610, 2023 Documents Due to Region II by: January 27, 2023 NRC Inspection Procedures (IPs):

71124.01 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 71124.03 InPlant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 71124.04 Occupational Dose Assessment 71124.05 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation 71151 Performance Indicator Verification Note: Please provide the current version of these documents in an electronic format if possible (The preferred file format is MSWord, or searchable .pdf files). To the extent possible, please organize the information in directories as requested below and if possible, use a descriptive name for the files provided. Please redact all PII in any records submitted. Recent experience has demonstrated the most efficient method to transfer this information to the NRC is via CERTREC. It is best to upload all the requested information in one large zip file. If there are questions regarding the documents requested, or method of transfer, please do not hesitate to contact the lead inspector.

Documentation for inspection procedures 71124.01, should be from February 1, 2022. Documentation for inspection procedures 711124.03, 71124.04, 71124.05 and 71151 should be from February 1, 2021.

These dates are approximate to the last time these inspections were conducted. Also, provide only a listing and title for NCRs requested for each inspection procedure and inspectors will select a sample from these for indepth review during the inspection.

If you have any questions, please call José M. DíazVélez at (404) 9974736. Thank you in advance for your effort in putting together this material.

General and Miscellaneous Information

1. List of primary site contact(s) for each inspection area including name(s), email and telephone numbers.

2. Corrective Action Program procedures.

3. Plant Management and Radiation Protection organizational charts w/ contact numbers.

4. Schedule of major maintenance/work activities during the week of the inspection (Gantt chart if available).

5. Most recent 10 CFR 61 analysis for the DAW waste stream

6. Internal and external assessments and audits of the RP program since February 1, 2021 (excluding INPO).

7. Most recent selfassessments or audit performed for each of the inspectable areas identified above.

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8. Procedures associated with the Surveillance Frequency Control Program.

71124.01 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls (Last Inspected on February 1, 2022)

1. List of outage & active online Radiation Work Permits (RWPs) (including their dose and dose rate limits).

2. Site and Corporate procedures related to Health Physics (HP) controls (e.g., posting, labeling, surveys, RWPs, contamination control, high radiation area (HRA)/LHRA/VHRA control, key control, control of divers, special controls during fuel offload, hot spots, etc.).

3. Procedures related to release of personnel and materials (e.g. release surveys, decontamination, guidance for alarm followup, etc.).

4. ALARA planning packages for the 3 highest dose jobs for the upcoming refueling outage

5. Outage ALARA report from the previous refueling outage.

6. List of nonfuel items stored in spent fuel pool (SFP).

7. List of locations, or plant maps indicating the location, of locked high radiation areas (LHRAs) and very high radiation areas (VHRAs), including areas with the potential to become a LHRA during routine operations or outages

8. Most recent survey of LHRAs and VHRAs (as applicable).

9. Corrective Action Program (CAP) documents (CR, NRC, AR, etc.) related to RP controls (e.g.,

keywords like: radworker error, HP technician error, posting issues, radioactive source controls, HRA/LHRA/VHRA issues, survey problems, etc.) generated since last inspection. This should be a list of corrective action documents containing a CAP document number and a brief description, not complete documents.

71124.03 InPlant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation (Last Inspected on February 1, 2021)

1. Procedures related to airborne monitoring and control (e.g., use of purge systems, use of portable HEPA/charcoal units, temporary ventilation enclosures, use of CAMs, air sampling guidance, Alpha air sampling, etc.).

2. Procedures related to the use of respiratory protection devices, (e.g., SCBA, TEDEALARA guidance, PAPRs, storage, maintenance, training, QA, fittesting, etc.)

3. Copy of the last 2 grade D air testing certificates for each supplied air system and SCBA filling station

4. Documentation of the last 2 surveillances performed on SCBAs and negative pressure respirators available for emergency use, and negative pressure respirators designated as in storage but available for use.

5. Two most recent surveillances that verify the flow rates for the following ventilation systems:

a. Main Control Room Environmental Control Ventilation System

b. Reactor Building Ventilation System

6. Two most recent HEPA filter DOP and charcoal test results for the following ventilation systems:

a. Main Control Room Environmental Control System

b. Reactor Building Ventilation System

7. List of CRs related to airborne monitoring and respiratory protection since February 1, 2021. This should be a list of corrective action documents containing a CR number and brief description, not full CRs.

8. Training/qualification certificates for all onsite and/or vendor personnel qualified to repair SCBA that performed maintenance or repairs from February 1, 2021, to present.

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9. Available for onsite review during inspection

a. Inventory, inspection, and maintenance records for respiratory protection devices and SCBA equipment

b. Training records, including fit tests, for SCBA qualified individuals

c. List of all licensed operators qualified to wear an SCBA

d. List of site ERO personnel qualified to wear an SCBA

e. List of all RP personnel qualified to wear an SCBA

f. List of temporary ventilation systems used since February 1, 2021 to mitigate the potential for airborne radioactivity. Note that temporary ventilation system setups may include high efficiency particulate air (HEPA)/charcoal negative pressure units, downdraft tables, tents, metal Kelly buildings, and other enclosures).

71124.04 Occupational Dose Assessment (Last Inspected on February 1, 2021)

1. Procedures related to occupational dose assessment (e.g., dosimetry issuance and use, unusual dosimetry occurrences, multibadging/extremity dosimetry/badge relocation, Effective Dose Equivalent, personnel contamination events, storage/care of personal dosimeters, invivo and in vitro internal dose assessment, skin dose assessment, QC for whole body counter, use of passive monitoring if applicable, declared pregnant workers)

2. NVLAP accreditation documentation for years 2021, and 2022, and the current dosimetry used by the site

3. List of all positive wholebody counts, in vitro, or air sampling analyses which resulted in a CEDE equal to or exceeding 10 millirem since February 1, 2021. [Note: only a listing should be provided for use by the inspectors to select a sample of issues for review during the onsite inspection]

4. List of all facial contamination and Level III personnel contamination events identified since February 1, 2021. [Note: only a listing should be provided for use by the inspectors to select a sample of issues for review during the onsite inspection.]

5. Most recent neutron characterization

6. Most recent alpha characterization

7. Last 18 months of area TLD results for general plant areas (not REMP TLDs)

8. Copies of current WBC libraries (e.g., routine, medical, investigative, etc.)

9. Most recent audit or selfassessment of the lab that processes site dosimetry

10. List of CRs generated since February 1, 2021, for internal or external dosimetry issues/events. Try to use keywords like dosimetry, DLR, TLD, EDEX, MultiBadge, and Electronic Dosimeter, etc. This should be a list of corrective action documents containing a CR number and brief description, not full CRs.

71124.05 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation (Last Inspected on February 1, 2021)

1. Radiation Protection and Maintenance procedures/guidance documents, as applicable, for the following:

a. Calibration and functional test/source checks of portable radiation detection instruments

b. Calibration and functional tests of small article monitor, personnel contamination monitor, portal monitor, counting room equipment, electronic alarming dosimeters, whole body counting equipment, and continuous air monitors 5

c. Collection and analysis of highrange, postaccident effluent samples

d. Determination of setpoints for area radiation monitor, CAM, PCM, PM, and SAM equipment used for area and personnel monitoring equipment

e. QA program (interlaboratory comparison program) for count room instruments

2. The last 2 calibration records for each of the following instruments:

a. Primary Containment Area Radiation Monitor - High Range

b. Reactor Building Vent Stack Radiation Monitor

c. Main Stack Radiation Monitoring System (Normal, mid, and high range Particulate and Noble Gas detectors, as applicable)

d. Liquid Radwaste Effluent Radiation Monitor

3. Documentation showing traceability to NIST and/or the primary calibration for the radioactive sources used to calibrate the instruments in item in item 2 above.

4. Chart or procedure listing EALs associated with radiation monitors (if any).

5. Emergency plan documents identifying which radiation monitors are used to determine emergency action levels (EALs), if any.

6. Provide a current list of in service (available for use) SAMs, PCMs, PMs, air samplers, continuous air monitors (CAMs), portable radiation detection instruments, counting room (RP and Chemistry), and WholeBody Counters. [Note: The list will be used to select monitors for evaluation during the onsite inspection.)

7. Most recent test record of the instrument calibrator (e.g., Shepherd validation testing/dose rate curves).

8. Documents and/or calculations showing how the alarm setpoints for the following instruments are determined, and a list of the current setpoints for:

a. PCMs and PMs at the RCA and Protected Area exit points

b. CAMs

9. Results of the counting room and wholebody counter InterLaboratory Comparison Program from February 1, 2021, to yeartodate.

10. Most recent Radiation Monitoring System engineering performance review/evaluation or system health report, if applicable.

11. List of CAP documents (CR, NRC, AR, etc.) related to portable instruments, area monitors, CAMs, RCA release point monitors, WBCs, and count room instruments generated since February 1, 2021.

This should be a list of corrective action documents containing a CAP document number and a brief description, not complete documents.

71151 - Performance Indicator Verification (Occupational and Public Cornerstones)

1. Procedure(s) for gathering and reporting PI data

2. Monthly PI reports since February 1, 2022, and copies of associated condition reports for any Radiological Effluent Technical Specifications/Offsite Dose Calculation Manual (RETS/ODCM)

Radiological Effluent occurrences

3. List of all CRs related to effluent dose/ODCM issues since February 1, 2022. This should be a list of corrective action documents containing a CR number and brief description, not full CRs.

4. List of all CRs related to LHRA/VHRA issues or significant (>100 mrem) unintended doses since February 1, 2022. This should be a list of corrective action documents containing a CR number and brief description, not full CRs.

5. Most recent gaseous and liquid effluent evaluation of dose to the public (yeartodate doses).

6. List of electronic dosimeter alarms since February 1, 2022 (include dose and dose rate).

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Assistance Requested During OnSite Inspection

1. Identification of radiological work activities available during the inspection week for observation, including notification of prejob briefings, notification of risk significant work activities, and location of audio/visual surveillance for remote job coverage.

2. Health physics assistance in plant walkdowns and information concerning job coverage of ongoing activities to assess access controls.

3. Identification of any installed radiation monitoring calibration activities planned that may be available for inspector observation during the inspection.

Inspector Contact Information: Mailing Address:

José M. DíazVélez U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Sr. Health Physicist Region II (404) 9974736 ATTN: José M. DíazVélez jose.diazvelez@nrc.gov 245 Peachtree Center Ave., N.E Suite 1200 Atlanta, GA 30303 7