ML24037A136

RP DLR Feb. 2024

ML24037A136
Person / Time
Site:	Farley
Issue date:	02/06/2024
From:	Jose Diaz Division of Reactor Safety II
To:	Southern Nuclear Operating Co
References
IR 2024001
Download: ML24037A136 (1)

Text

Farley Nuclear Plant Radiation Safety Baseline Inspection Initial Information Request Inspection Report: 2024001 During the week of March 25-29, 2024, the NRC will perform a baseline Radiation Safety Inspection at the Farley Nuclear Plant (NRC Inspection Procedures 71124.01, 71124.03, 71124.04, 71124.05, and 71151).

Experience has shown that this inspection is resource-intensive for both the NRC inspectors and your staff. In order to minimize the impact to your onsite resources and to ensure a productive inspection, we are requesting in advance documents needed for this activity. It is important that all of these documents are up-to-date, and complete, thereby minimizing the number of additional documents requested during the preparation, and/or the onsite portions of the inspection. The NRC requests that these documents be provided to the inspectors no later than March 15, 2024.

If there are any questions about this inspection or the material requested, please contact the lead inspector, José M. Díaz-Vélez at 404-997-4736, or the Engineering Branch 3 Chief, Binoy Desai at 404-997-4519.

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/reading-rm/adams.html.

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT STATEMENT This letter contains voluntary information collections that are subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved these information collections (approval number 3150-0011). The burden to the public for these information collections is estimated to average 23 hours2.662037e-4 days <br />0.00639 hours <br />3.80291e-5 weeks <br />8.7515e-6 months <br /> per response. Send comments regarding this information collection to the FOIA, Library and Information Collection Branch, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Mail Stop: T6-A10M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by email to Infocollects.Resource@nrc.gov, and to the Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0011) OMB, Washington, DC 20503.

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.

ML24037A136

Document Request List Inspection Dates:

March 25-29, 2024 April 8-12, 2024 Documents Due to Region II:

March 15, 2024 NRC Inspection Procedures:

IP 71124.01 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls IP 71124.03 In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation IP 71124.04 Occupational Dose Assessment IP 71124.05 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification (Occupational Cornerstone Only)

Lead Inspector:

José M. Díaz-Vélez Sr. Health Physicist US NRC Region II (404) 997-4736 jose.diaz-velez@nrc.gov Note: The current version of these documents is expected unless specified otherwise.

Electronic media is preferred if readily available. Note that the inspectors cannot accept data provided on USB or flash drives due to NRC IT security policies. Please organize the information as it is arranged below to the extent possible. Pay particular attention to the date ranges for the items requested as they may change from item to item. If there are questions regarding the documents requested, or if the documents cannot be provided by the due date, please do not hesitate to contact the lead inspector.

Miscellaneous

1. List of primary contacts for each inspection area w/phone numbers

2. Corrective action program procedure(s) 71124.01 - Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls (Last Inspected on October 19, 2023)

1. Timeline of major outage activities for 1R32 (e.g. Gantt chart or similar list)

2. Procedures related to RP controls (e.g. Posting, labeling, surveys, RWPs, contamination control, 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. List of outage RWPs

5. List of all non-fuel items stored in spent fuel pool(s)

6. Most recent self-assessment or audit covering RP controls

7. Outage ALARA report from the previous (2R29) refueling outage

8. ALARA planning packages for top 3 highest dose jobs for the 1R32 refueling outage

9. List of CRs related to RP controls/ALARA (e.g. radworker error, RP technician error, ALARA issues, posting issues, HRA/LHRA/VHRA issues, survey problems, etc.) issued since October 19, 2023.

71124.03 - In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation (Last Inspected on October 25, 2022)

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.), as applicable

2. Procedures related to the use of respiratory protection devices, (e.g. SCBA, TEDEALARA guidance, PAPRs, storage, maintenance, training, QA, fit-testing, 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 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. Auxiliary and Radwaste Area Ventilation System

b. Spent Fuel Pool Area Ventilation System

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

a. Auxiliary and Radwaste Area Ventilation System

b. Spent Fuel Pool Area Ventilation System

7. Most recent audit or self-assessment covering airborne controls and respiratory protection

8. List of CRs related to airborne monitoring and respiratory protection since October 25, 2022.

This should be a list of corrective action documents containing a CR number and brief description, not full CRs.

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

10. Training/qualification certificates for all onsite and/or vendor personnel qualified to repair SCBA that performed maintenance or repairs from October 25, 2022, to present.

71124.04 - Occupational Dose Assessment (Last Inspected on October 25, 2022)

1. Procedures related to occupational dose assessment (e.g. dosimetry issuance and use, unusual dosimetry occurrences, multi-badging/extremity dosimetry/badge relocation, Effective Dose Equivalent, personnel contamination events, storage/care of personal dosimeters, in-vivo 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 2023, and the current dosimetry used by the site

3. List of all positive whole-body counts, in vitro, or air sampling analyses which resulted in a CEDE equal to or exceeding 10 millirem since October 25, 2022. [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 October 25, 2022. [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 self-assessment of the dosimetry program and/or the most recent audit of the lab that processes site dosimetry

10. List of CRs generated since October 25, 2022, for internal or external dosimetry issues/events. 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 October 25, 2022)

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 monitors, personnel contamination monitors, portal monitors, counting room equipment, electronic alarming dosimeters, whole body counting equipment, and continuous air monitors

c. Collection and analysis of high-range, post-accident effluent samples

d. Determination of set-points for area radiation monitor, CAM, PCM, PM, and SAM

e. equipment used for area and personnel monitoring equipment

f.

QA program (inter-laboratory comparison program) for count room instruments

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

a. Unit 2 High Range Containment Monitors and Unit 2 Vent Monitor channels (Particulate, Iodine and Noble Gas)

b. Liquid Effluent Monitor R-18

c. Main Control Room Makeup Air Inlet R-35

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

4. Chart or procedure listing EALs associated with radiation monitors.

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

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 Whole-Body 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. Design documents and/or calculations showing how the alarm setpoints for the following instruments are determined:

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

b. CAMs

9. Results of the Inter-Laboratory Comparison Program from October 25, 2022, to year-to-date.

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

11. Most recent audit or self-assessment covering RP instruments (portables, RCA exit point, WBC, count room). Include any reviews conducted of vendor facilities, as applicable.

12. 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 October 25, 2022. This should be a list of corrective action documents containing a CAP document number and a brief description, not complete documents.

71151 - Performance Indicator (PI) Verification (Occupational Cornerstone)

(Last Inspected on October 19, 2023)

1. Procedures for gathering and reporting NRC PI data

2.

List of electronic dosimeter alarms since October 19, 2023 (dose and dose rate)