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| number = ML20237F949
| number = ML20151E500
| issue date = 08/06/1987
| issue date = 07/07/1988
| title = Health Physics Appraisal Rept 50-333/87-18 on 870615-19.No Violations Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Licensee Radiation Protection Program,Including Radiation Protection Organization & Staffing,Exposure Control & ALARA Program
| title = Ack Receipt of Informing NRC of Steps Taken to Correct Violations Noted in Insp Rept 50-333/87-18.Copy of Response Resubmitted to Region I on 880620
| author name = Cioffi J, Dragoun T, Kottan J, Lequia D, Loesch R, Shanbaky M, Struckmeyer R
| author name = Bellamy R
| author affiliation = NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
| author affiliation = NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
| addressee name =  
| addressee name = Converse R
| addressee affiliation =  
| addressee affiliation = POWER AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (NEW YORK
| docket = 05000333
| docket = 05000333
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| document report number = 50-333-87-18, NUDOCS 8708210622
| document report number = NUDOCS 8807260097
| package number = ML20237F915
| title reference date = 10-26-1987
| document type = HEALTH PHYSICS APPRAISALS, TEXT-INSPECTION & AUDIT & I&E CIRCULARS
| document type = CORRESPONDENCE-LETTERS, NRC TO UTILITY, OUTGOING CORRESPONDENCE
| page count = 32
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'i JUL 0 71989 q Docket No. 50-333 Power Authority.o" the State of New York James A. FitzPatricK Nuclear Power Plant ATTN: Mr. Radford J. Converse Resident'. Manager P. O. Box 41 Lycoming, New York 13093    .,
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Subject: Inspection 50-333/87-18
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This refers to your letter dated October 26, 1987 in response to o,,r letter dated August 19, 198 Based on a telephone discussion between H:. W. Thomas of this office and Mr. G. Vargo of your staff on June 20, 1988, we understand that you did not receive a letter from the NRC acknowledging the receipt of your September 26, 1987 letter. A copy of your response was~ resubmitted t Region I on June 20, 198 t Thank you for infurming us of the corrective and preventive actions documented
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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COM',.ISSION
No reply to this letter is require Your cooperation with us is appreciate


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Category C Licensee: Power Authority of the State of New York 10 Columbus Circle New York, New York 10019 Facility Name: James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant Inspection At: Scriba, New York Inspection Conducted: June 15-19, 1987 Inspectors: ~/  Jh  me or k'472 T. Dras Senior Ra'diation Specialist dafd ~~ '
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Power Authority of the State  2 JUL 0 71988 of New York cc:
J. Phillip Bayne, President Mr. John C. Brons, Executive Vice President A. Klausmann, Senior Vice President - Appraisal and Compliance Services R. L. Patch, Quality Assurance Superintendent George M. Wilverding, Manager Nuclear Safety Evaluation Gerald C. Goldstein, Assistant General Counsel R. E. Beedle, Vice President Nuclear Support S. S. Zulla, Vice President Nuclear Engineering R. Burns, Vice President Nuclear Operation Dept. of Public Service, State of New York State of New York, Department of Law Public Document Room (POR)
Local Public Document Room (LPDR)
Nucles.r Safety Information Center (NSIC)
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Inspection Summary: Inspection on June 15-19, 1987 (Report Number 50-333/87-18).
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United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attention: Document Control Desk Washington, D.C. 20555 l
SUBJECT: JAMES A. FITZPATRICK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT DOCKET NO. 50-333 l
INSPECTION 87-1,8__    1 Gentlemen:      !
The subject inspection, an appraisal of our radiation pro-tection and chemistry programs at the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant, transmitted by your letter dated August 19, 1987, identified a number of strengths and weaknesses in  '
this progra In response to your request contained in the ec ;2: '. e : r of this :pprair ' cr. atte.cht?-* *  Sis le* tar transmits our response to the weaknesses identified in the repor .
We appreciate the professionalism of your staff in the conduct of this appraisa ,
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Areas Inspected: Special, announced Health Physics Appraisal to evaluate the i licensee's Radiation Protection Program. Areas reviewed were: radiatio protection organization and staffing; personnel selection, qualification, and training; exposure control; radioactive waste management system; ALARA program; facilities and equipment; chemistry program; and whole body counting progra Results: No violations were identified. Program weakness and strengths were identified and discussed in this Inspection Report.
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APPENDIX A - PROGRA!91ATIC WEAKNESSES FINDING: 1. Excessive overtime work by the technicians is allowed. One technician worked 68 days consecutively at 12 hours per day. Overtime guidance of Plant Standing Order No. 26 is frequently waive . __
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In plan'ning for future outages, sufficient personnel will be provided to assure that the guidelines of Plant Standing Order 26, "Overtime Policy" can be me Any waivers of the overtime policy guidelines will be justified and authorized on an individual basis rather than for the entire RES technician staf .
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FINDING: 1. Technicians and first line supervisors are weak in the technical knowledge although technicians receive 4 days of training every 6 weeks and training programs are well controlle __
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As noted, an excellent training program exists and is expected to receive accreditation from the national academy in December 198 The Authority believes that the training weaknesses noted stem from the current need to train technicians  in both the Radiological and Chemistry disciplines- because the technicians work in both field The Authority expects to discontinue this practice in the near future. This will allow technician training to be more focused and effectiv Supervisors will attend selected portions of the technician training progra .
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Persons Contacted The following personnel attended the exit interview on June 19, 1987:
Licensee Personnel R. Burns, Vice President, Nuclear Operaticas R. Converse, Resident Manager W. Fernandez, Superintendent of Power D. Lindsey, Operations Superintendent E. Mulcabey, Radiological & Environmental Services Superintendent V. Walz, Technical Services Superintendent H. Keith, Instrumentation and Controls Superintendent G. Vargo, Radiological Engineer J. Solini, Health Physics General Supervisor T. Bergene, ALARA Supervisor J. McCarty, Radiation' Protection Supervisor  l K. Szeluga, Radiation Protection Supervisor  '
R. Patch, Quality Assurance Superintendent J. Allingham, Director, Operational Appraisal NRC Personnel A. Luptak, Senior Resident Inspector
, H. Abelson, NRR Project Manager During the course of this appraisal, additional personnel were contacted or interviewe .0 Radiation Protection Organization and Staffing 1.1 Organization The organization of the Radiological & Environmental Services (RES)
Department, as specified in RES Department Standing Order No. 3, Rev. 6, is shown in Figure This Standing Order, in conjunction with Chapter 3 of the Radiation Protection Manual, " Organization and Responsibilities," provides a well defined management structure with clear assignment of respon- q sibilities and authoritie Included in these authorities is the i ability to issue Stop Work Orders. This authority extends from the RES Superintendent (designated as the Radiation Protection Manager as defined in Regulatory Guide 1.8) and downward through the organi- ,
zation to the RES technician The RES Superintendent reports directly to the Superintendent of Power, who has the responsibility to implement, direct and support plant and corporate radiation protection policy throughout the oper-ational organization. He is also responsible for establishment of radiation protection goals and objectives for the plant and ensures overall commitment to these goal j


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FINDING: 1. The Exsapt Position Descriptions for Assistant Emergency Plan Coordinator and Radiation Protection Supervisor are not accurate reflections of position responsi-bilitie RESPONSE:
The exempt position description for Radiation Protection Super-visor has been revised. Personnel action has been approved for promoting the Assistant Emergency Plan Coordinator to Emergency Plan Coordinato .
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As e further organizational enhancement to safety, the RES Super-intendent and through him the Health Physics General Supervisor have Cirect access to the Resident Manager (a member of the Corporate Staff located on-site) to prevent unsafe practices or to resolve radiological concerns. In addition, the RES Superintendent is permitted to go outside the James A. FitzPatrick (JAF) Plant organization to higher levels of New York Power Authority (NYPA)
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Headquarters (Senior Vice President - Nuclear Generation) Management with his recommendations of corrective actio Frequent involvement in technical support for the Radiation Protection Program is provided by an offsite (i.e., Corporate)
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compliance-incorporating industry good practice, are broken up into l twenty modules that provide a systematic review of the entire program approximately every two years. The Director of this section is also a Certified Health Physicis Communication mechanisms between the RES Department and other departments, as well as within the RES Department, appeared  i effective. Numerous planning meetings are routinely held to ensure i
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the smooth and orderly flow of information throughout all levels of the plant staf Furthermore, the recent promotion of the Environmental Supervisor to Health Physics General Supervisor provided improved communication pathways from the RES Superintendent to the RES technician During the previous Health Physics Appraisal at JAF (see Inspection Report No. 80-20), weaknesses relative to the documented responsibil-ities of the Assistant RES Superintendent (ARESS) and the Radiation Protection and Radiochemistry Supervisor (RPRS) were observe Specifically, the previous appraisal found the position descriptions so generalized that it was not possible to establish from Standing Order No. 3 what . specific duties had been assigned to the Inspec-tor review of the revised Standing Order, Rev. 6, and Chapter 3 of the Radiation Protection Manual, Rev. O, determined that the position description for Assistant RES Superintendent clearly defined his radiological control responsibilities, but did not address his responsibilities relative to his oversight and involvement with the
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chemistry progra This was recognized by the licensee, who stated i that these responsibilities will be incorporated into a Chemistry Manual which is currently being developed. Relative to the RPRS position description, this job title has been deleted, with reassignment of chemistry responsibilities to the Chemistry General Supervisor and Chemistry / Radiochemistry Superviso Standing Order No. 3 provides appropriate responsibility assignments for these job title I Interviews with RES Department managers, supervisors and technicians indicated that they had an adequate understanding of their individual and group responsibilitie In addition, the support provided from upper management appears effective, especially with the constant corporate presence provided on-site by the Resident Manager. This was considered a strong point by the inspecto One weakness relative to organization charts was identified by the inspector. Specifically, corporate " Tables of Organization" do not accurately reflect the RES organization and associated reporting ,
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relationship as depicted on the site organizational r. hart. When this >
The Radiation Protection Supervisor currently assigned to the respiratory protection program has had extensive training and experience in this are A reassignment of Radiation Protection Supervisor responsibilities is in progress, however, due to a misunderstanding, it was implied that this reassignment was completed at the time of the appraisal before the newly designated supervisor had received appropriate training in respiratory protectio .
was identified to the RES Superintendent, he indicated that he would submit a memo to corporate requesting revision of these tables to make them consistent with site organizational chart Summary i
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appear effective to operate the station during routine, outage and 1 emergency conditions. This structure includes a high degree of l corporate oversight by both the Resident Manager and through frequent I on-site assignments by corporate-based personne In addition, !
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  * Personnel who qualify as " technician" under ANSI N18.1-197 Note (1): The licensee is currently in the process of phasing out technician A, B, C and Senior classifications in favor of Apprentice, Journeyman and Chief Journeyman techni-clan titles, while completely eliminating technician A position Note (2): Not equivalent to PASNY Senior technician, who functions as a Lead or Chief technician, providing first-line supervision.
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Furthermore, the recent addition of five technicians to the RES staff did not alleviate this condition as they were assigned on a priority basis to the chemistry group to upgrade that area. Consequently, the licensee has had to rely on extensive use of contractor technicians, j
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additional technicians, dedicated to radiation protection, will be proposed in next year's budget. This should help to relieve tech-nician shortage i As a direct result of RES Department staffing shortages, on-the-job training for the new Apprenticeship Program has been delaye Technicians are not making the expected rate of progress in this program due to a lack of personnel to train the In addition, cross-training between sections of the RES Department cannot be effectively accomplished due to insufficient personnel to perform surveillance while cross-training is being conducte This lack of management attention to training has produced weaknesses in RES Department technician and supervisory knowledge. Inspection ques-tioning of these individuals found them to be weak in Health Physics theoretical knowledge and the technical bases for the activities they perform. The additional RES staffing being proposed for the 1988 budget should bring about improvements in this are Relative to technician staffing during outages, the inspector found that excessive technician overtime was being used. In general, technicians averaged approximately 400-600 hours of overtime during a recent ninety-seven (97) day outage. However, at least one tech-nician was allowed to work sixty-eight (68) consecutive days at twelve (12) hours per day (totaling 830 hours of 0.T.). Plant Standing Order No. 26, " Overtime Policy," Rev. 4, states that radi-ation protection personnel "should not be permitted to work more than j      ... seventy-two (72) hours in any seven (7) day period." This policy
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Radiological Engineer are both Certified Health Physicists. It was noted by the inspector, however, that radiation protection super-visory resources for outage conditions appeared to be very limite '
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FINDING: 2. Training and qualification records are not consolidated to allow verification of ANSI statu RESPONSE:
The Author 3 ty does not agree that this is a weaknes /dequate documentation of personnel training and qualification are maintained in the Individual Training Files and Personnel Record The separation of these records is necessary to ensure adequate protection of personal data under the New York State Personal Privacy Ac ,
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descriptions and make appropriate changes to the principle account-abilities sectio As indicated in section 1.1, corporate staff is frequently involved )
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management for assigned tasks. Staffing of the group is composed of ,
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Nuclear Engineers, Chemical Engineers, Radiological Engineers and j Radiological Specialists. During the week of the appraisal, the inspector observed that one of the radiological engineers was onsite, involved in a HVAC project.
The Authority does not consider the practice of granting credit for prior training to be a weaknes Detailed procedures for granting such credit are contained in Corporate Training Procedures. These procedures require that records of satisfactory program completion be examined and incorporated into Individual Training Files prior to Branting credi The University of the State of New York has evaluated the U.S. Navy Nuclear power School and granted 32 semester hours of academic
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this group includes: 1 Chemistry, 1 Environmental and 1 Radiological j Appraisal Specialist. However, there has been staffing problems relative to maintaining a qualified individual in the position of Radiation Appraisal Specialis Through a lack of timely and aggressive action to fill this position, it'has remained vacant for approximately the last six (6) months. Furthermore, additional investigation by the inspector determined that this position has only been filled approximately one-half of the time since it


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Over the past several years, chemistry program improvements have been implemented in a deliberate and integrated manner with emphasis on efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Avail 6ble    manpower has been allocated to ensure that the plant chemistry surveillance program is not compromised in favor of placing new complex analyti-
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The corporate Radiological Health and Chemistry (RH&C) Group has conducted ALARA awareness  trainin This trainin5, started in 1985, has' included app'roximately 100 personnel from diverse groups within the Authority s . Corporate Offic Additional training courses for engineering personnel are under development and are scheduled to be presented in the fourth guarter of 1987 to epproximately 170 persons in the corporate star An ALARA Engineering Course, taught by General Electric, was presented to 9 Authority engineers in 1986. This course in to be repeated in the fourth quarter of 1987 and is projected to include    .
approximately 12 engineer The corporate RH&C group has also established an ALARA resource center in the White Plains Office that includes a laser disk-based video mapping system with walk-around capability to assist planners and designers in svaluating potential inte' ferences in high radiation areas of the ptau The site ALARA Committee has been and continues to be effective in maintaining ALARA awareness at the plant level. Pre-job briefings and work reviews, mock-up training and  the plant suggestion program have been effective in bringing  forth ideas for dose reductio Efforts are on-going to involve individual departments to establish their goals both individual and co'iectivel !
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A review of internal correspondence indicates that management has been aware of this weakness since May 1986.
l NRC interviews with selected technicians and first line supervisors found a lack of knowledge regarding fundamental radiation protection concepts as discussed in section The appraisal team concluded that delays in implementing the supervisor retraining program and waiving training for house technicians may be a contributing factor to this proble .4 Document Reviewed James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant (JAFNPP) Qualification
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There is a dedicated exposure records clerk and assistants j to maintain all plant exposure record Records review indicated that exposure information was kept accurately and up to date. Personnel files contained all information 4 related to previous exposure histories, whole body counts, I physical and psychological qualification for respirator use, and termination reports for individuals who left the i sit f 3.1.2 Exposure Review and Assessment Exposure review was performed daily by dosimetry personnel with the aid of a computer program for trackir.g and trending data. The licensee used a computer program for comparing the TLD results to the accumulated direct. reading !
dosimeter (DRD) results and flagging anomalous data for investigatio Review of data was provided by the dosimetry superviso !
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!  reader QC checks and cleaning, and using spiked badges with I personnel dosimetry processing runs assured the quality of I the data being generated by processing. Criteria are established to investigate data that was out of bounds for l this tes The licensee als.o continued to use University l of Michigan for their quality assurance program for TLD l performanc An area of weakness was identified with respect to dose j assessment of skin due to generalized contamination and hot '
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The primary responsibility for liquid and gaseous waste management is assigned to the Operations Department. The Waste Management General i Superviscr reports to the Assistant Operations Superintenden j Management oversight of this area was adequate. Discharges of liquid radioactive wastes are performed with the approval of Radiological and Environmental Services, which also tracks all . liquid and gaseous radioactive release .2 Waste Processing Systems The liquid and gaseous waste systems meet Appendix I design '
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operation of the liquid radwaste processing system for discharge of effluents is accomplished by treating the liquid waste, followed by sampling; if the waste meets the regulatory limits, it is then  l l  discharged. If not, further processing and sampling is done until  i the waste water meets the limits. The licensee does not have a  !
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fication 11mits. Completed procedures are reviewed and approve l During a recent inspection of this area, the inspector determined that effluent monitors were calibrated and tested in accordance with procedurally established methods, and that frequency requirements were being me In response to self-identified concerris, the licensee has initiated a program of improvements to its Offsite Dose Calculation Manual (ODCM)
and certain related procedures to better address the Radiological Effluent Technical Specifications. An improved version of the computerized offsite dose tracking program is also being develope Discharge Permits The licensee's method for issuing liquid discharge permits was  1 generally goo However, there is no method of ensuring th?.t minimum )
tank recirculation times (which are required by procedure prior to  d sampling) are met. The licensee stated that chemistry technicians observe the strip chart which tracks tank level versus elapsed time, and that they will not take the sample unless the minimum recircula-tion time is met. The radwaste operator log generally includes the I
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4.3 Radiochemistry DC Program Although the radiochemistry quality control program was generally good, the following concerns were noted: An off site vendor labora-tory has been contracted for analysis of liquid samples for certain radionuclides such as Sr-89, Sr-90, Fe-55, and H-3, which the licen-see is not able to analyze in its own laboratory. As a QC check on the ability of this laboratory to make accurate analyses, samples are obtained from a vendor and sent to the contractor laborator The results of the analyses are compared to the known values by the QC laboratory, and accepted or rejected according to its criteri These QC samples are sent to the contractor laboratory on a quarterly basis. Very few disagreements were noted. However, the licensee had not investigated the reasons for disagreements which occurred during the second quarter of 1986. The licensee also did not document the bases for the criteria used for determining whether results are or are not in agreement, although the criteria were given in a letter to the licensee from the QC laboratory as being those used by the NRC for its confirmatory measurements program. The licensee personnel who have the responsibility to investigate and resolve disagreements should be aware of the bases for the criteri .0 ALARA Program 5.1 Program Establishment The ALARA program at the FitzPatrick station is well organize There is a full-time ALARA Supervisor with a dedicated staff of three technicians who report to the Radiological Engineer. Although the ALARA group is a line function, there is evidence of good upper management support and involvement in the progra A corporate based radiological engineering group supplements the site program by maintaining contact with industry-wide associations and various vendors. The station owner (NYPA) joined EPRI in July 1987 which increases the amount of data available to the ALARA groups. A
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outage wor The annual cumulative person-rem performance has been close to industry-wide BWR averages. Although the person-rem have decreased since 1980, the trend has matched the general decrease in the industr FitzPatrick station performance has therefore remained average relative to the industr A major project to chemically decontaminate the reactor recirculation system is scheduled for the 1988 refueling outage. This is projected to save more than 300 person-rem and significantly reduce station exposures in the long term. Additional water shields, cobalt reduc-tion, and hot spot fixes are also being considere .4 Summary The previous appraisal found that an ALARA program was lacking. This has been corrected. A well organized ALARA program exists at the
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organized and capable ALARA staffs are generally underutilize .5 Documents Reviewed Radiation Protection Manual Chapter 9, "ALARA Program" Procedure REP-1, "ALARA Review" Procedure REP-2, "ALARA and Radiological Program Reports" Procedure REP-3, " Containment Selection and Use" Procedure REP-4, " Selection and Use of Temporary Shielding"
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: AIF Conference paper, "The Pursuit of Excellence in Radiation i Protection Programs," by J. J. Kelley, dated 10/8/86
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chamber instruments, were out-of-service. In addition, 70?s of the  l extendable probe instruments were out-of-service. During the prev-  l ious outage, the licensee stated that some health physics technicians  '
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surveys should be performed, but did not give any further specific j guidance when addressing radiation, contamination or airborne survey A review of records by the inspector noted that when a routine airborne analysis indicated gross alpha activities as high as 68% of MPC, no follow-up analysis was performed to document that the  ,
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The results of the standards measurements comparison indicated that  l five of the 18 measurements were in disagreement under the criteria  l used for comparing results. (See Attachment 1.)  i The initial chloride disagreements were due to a combination of a  ,
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'i JUL 0 71989 q Docket No. 50-333 Power Authority.o" the State of New York James A. FitzPatricK Nuclear Power Plant ATTN: Mr. Radford J. Converse Resident'. Manager P. O. Box 41 Lycoming, New York 13093 .,

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Subject: Inspection 50-333/87-18

This refers to your letter dated October 26, 1987 in response to o,,r letter dated August 19, 198 Based on a telephone discussion between H:. W. Thomas of this office and Mr. G. Vargo of your staff on June 20, 1988, we understand that you did not receive a letter from the NRC acknowledging the receipt of your September 26, 1987 letter. A copy of your response was~ resubmitted t Region I on June 20, 198 t Thank you for infurming us of the corrective and preventive actions documented

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SUBJECT: JAMES A. FITZPATRICK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT DOCKET NO. 50-333 l

INSPECTION 87-1,8__ 1 Gentlemen:  !

The subject inspection, an appraisal of our radiation pro-tection and chemistry programs at the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant, transmitted by your letter dated August 19, 1987, identified a number of strengths and weaknesses in '

this progra In response to your request contained in the ec ;2: '. e : r of this :pprair ' cr. atte.cht?-* * Sis le* tar transmits our response to the weaknesses identified in the repor .

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APPENDIX A - PROGRA!91ATIC WEAKNESSES FINDING: 1. Excessive overtime work by the technicians is allowed. One technician worked 68 days consecutively at 12 hours1.388889e-4 days <br />0.00333 hours <br />1.984127e-5 weeks <br />4.566e-6 months <br /> per day. Overtime guidance of Plant Standing Order No. 26 is frequently waive . __

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In plan'ning for future outages, sufficient personnel will be provided to assure that the guidelines of Plant Standing Order 26, "Overtime Policy" can be me Any waivers of the overtime policy guidelines will be justified and authorized on an individual basis rather than for the entire RES technician staf .

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As noted, an excellent training program exists and is expected to receive accreditation from the national academy in December 198 The Authority believes that the training weaknesses noted stem from the current need to train technicians in both the Radiological and Chemistry disciplines- because the technicians work in both field The Authority expects to discontinue this practice in the near future. This will allow technician training to be more focused and effectiv Supervisors will attend selected portions of the technician training progra .

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The exempt position description for Radiation Protection Super-visor has been revised. Personnel action has been approved for promoting the Assistant Emergency Plan Coordinator to Emergency Plan Coordinato .

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The Radiation Protection Supervisor currently assigned to the respiratory protection program has had extensive training and experience in this are A reassignment of Radiation Protection Supervisor responsibilities is in progress, however, due to a misunderstanding, it was implied that this reassignment was completed at the time of the appraisal before the newly designated supervisor had received appropriate training in respiratory protectio .

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This weakness was previously self-identified in cn internal critique .of the 1987 refueling outage and will be corrected for future outage a

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A corporate wido training program has been developed supervisory skill for supervisors attend selected porcionsTechnical skills will be addressed by hav progra of the technicians training

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The Author 3 ty does not agree that this is a weaknes /dequate documentation of personnel training and qualification are maintained in the Individual Training Files and Personnel Record The separation of these records is necessary to ensure adequate protection of personal data under the New York State Personal Privacy Ac ,

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The Authority does not consider the practice of granting credit for prior training to be a weaknes Detailed procedures for granting such credit are contained in Corporate Training Procedures. These procedures require that records of satisfactory program completion be examined and incorporated into Individual Training Files prior to Branting credi The University of the State of New York has evaluated the U.S. Navy Nuclear power School and granted 32 semester hours of academic

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Over the past several years, chemistry program improvements have been implemented in a deliberate and integrated manner with emphasis on efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Avail 6ble manpower has been allocated to ensure that the plant chemistry surveillance program is not compromised in favor of placing new complex analyti-

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The Authority does not totally agree with this findin 'de believe that our goals over the past several years have been reasonable considering plant age, planned work activities and economic consideration The Authority ackowledges that the 1986 exposure goal was easily achievable and actual exposure was far below projections however, as previously explained this occurred due to the delay of several major work items. The Authority recognized well before years' end that the goal would easily be achieved, however,'the Authority's policy is to not adjust established goals in either directio The Authority does recognize the need for further, more dramatic reductions, and as a result, a chemical decontamination is planned -

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stated in the appraisal report, is expected to produce a dose savings of approximately 300 man-rem. In addition, hydrogen water chemistry (HWC) is being implemented as another major dose-saving initiative to avoid replacement of the reactor recirculation system piping. The evaluation of cther processes and technologies to reduce in-plant radiation buildup is on5oin .

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or evncaminatec area vuring 0 67 ene .t.c or snese areas nas been reduced by 30 percent and an aggressive goal of allowing access to the crescent areau, refuel floor and several other areas of the plant without the use of protective clothing has been establishe '

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The corporate Radiological Health and Chemistry (RH&C) Group has conducted ALARA awareness trainin This trainin5, started in 1985, has' included app'roximately 100 personnel from diverse groups within the Authority s . Corporate Offic Additional training courses for engineering personnel are under development and are scheduled to be presented in the fourth guarter of 1987 to epproximately 170 persons in the corporate star An ALARA Engineering Course, taught by General Electric, was presented to 9 Authority engineers in 1986. This course in to be repeated in the fourth quarter of 1987 and is projected to include .

approximately 12 engineer The corporate RH&C group has also established an ALARA resource center in the White Plains Office that includes a laser disk-based video mapping system with walk-around capability to assist planners and designers in svaluating potential inte' ferences in high radiation areas of the ptau The site ALARA Committee has been and continues to be effective in maintaining ALARA awareness at the plant level. Pre-job briefings and work reviews, mock-up training and the plant suggestion program have been effective in bringing forth ideas for dose reductio Efforts are on-going to involve individual departments to establish their goals both individual and co'iectivel !

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