ML12080A222

Notification of Inspection and Request for Information, 2012 003

ML12080A222
Person / Time
Site:	Oconee
Issue date:	03/20/2012
From:	Bonser B R NRC/RGN-II/DRS/PSB1
To:	Gillespie T P Duke Energy Carolinas
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II 245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257 March 20, 2012 Mr. T. Preston Gillespie, Jr. Site Vice President Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Oconee Nuclear Station 7800 Rochester Highway Seneca, SC 29672

SUBJECT:

OCONEE NUCLEAR STATION - NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Dear Mr. Baxter:

From April 30 - May 4, 2012, the NRC will perform a baseline Occupational and Public Radiation Safety inspection at the Oconee Nuclear Station, (NRC Inspection Procedure 71124.01, Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls). Experience has shown that this inspection is resource-intensive both for the NRC inspectors and your staff. In order to minimize the impact to your on-site resources and to ensure a productive inspection, we have enclosed a request for documents needed for this inspection. It is important that all of these documents are up to date and complete in order to minimize the number of additional documents requested during the preparation and/or the onsite portions of the inspection.

We have discussed the schedule for these inspection activities with your staff and understand that our regulatory contact for this inspection will be Judy Smith at (864) 885-4309 of your organization. The inspector has requested that the subject material be made available to the NRC staff by April 16, 2012. Our inspection dates are subject to change based on your updated schedule of outage activities. If there are any questions about this inspection or the material requested, please contact the lead inspector Wade T. Loo at (404) 997-4727 (wade.loo@nrc.gov). In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's document system DEC 2 (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Sincerely, /RA/ Ruben Hamilton For B. Bonser

Brian R. Bonser, Chief Plant Support Branch 1 Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos. 50-269, 50-270, 50-287 License Nos. DPR-38, DPR-47, DPR-55

Enclosure:

Pre-Inspection Document Request

cc w/encl.: (See page 3)

ML12080A222 X SUNSI REVIEW COMPLETE X FORM 665 ATTACHED OFFICE RII:DRS RII:DRS RII: DRS SIGNATURE RA*/WL RA*/BB RA NAME W. LOO B. BONSER R. HAMILTON DATE 03/13/2012 03/14/2012 03/20/2012 E-MAIL COPY? YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO DEC 2 cc w/encl: Division of Radiological Health TN Dept. of Environment & Conservation 401 Church Street Nashville, TN 37243-1532

Charles J. Thomas Fleet Licensing Manager Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Electronic Mail Distribution

David A. Baxter Vice President, Nuclear Engineering General Office Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Electronic Mail Distribution David A. Cummings Associate General Counsel Duke Energy Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution Judy E. Smith, Licensing Administrator Oconee Nuclear Station Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Electronic Mail Distribution Kent Alter Regulatory Compliance Manager Oconee Nuclear Station Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Electronic Mail Distribution

Lara S. Nichols Vice President-Legal Duke Energy Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution

Luellen B. Jones Fleet Licensing Engineer Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Electronic Mail Distribution M. Christopher Nolan Fleet Safety Assurance Manager Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Electronic Mail Distribution

Sandra Threatt, Manager Nuclear Response and Emergency Environmental Surveillance Bureau of Land and Waste Management Department of Health and Environmental Control Electronic Mail Distribution Scott L. Batson, Station Manager Oconee Nuclear Station Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Electronic Mail Distribution Richardson, Alicia Licensing Administrative Assistant Duke Energy Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution

Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Oconee Nuclear Station U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 7812B Rochester Hwy Seneca, SC 29672 Terry L. Patterson Safety Assurance Manager Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Electronic Mail Distribution Charles Brinkman Director Washington Operations Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC Electronic Mail Distribution Tom D. Ray, Engineering Manager Oconee Nuclear Station Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Electronic Mail Distribution County Supervisor of Oconee County 415 S. Pine Street Walhalla, SC 29691-2145

W. Lee Cox, III Section Chief Radiation Protection Section N.C. Department of Environmental Commerce & Natural Resources Electronic Mail Distribution Enclosure Pre-Inspection Document Request Occupational and Public Radiation Safety Cornerstones Licensee: Oconee Nuclear Station Docket Numbers: 50-269, 50-270 and 50-287

Inspection Dates: April 30 - May 4, 2012 Procedure: 71124.01, Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls

Documentation is requested from November 2011, to the present. We would prefer as much of the information as possible in electronic form. An index to the CD contents is also helpful. For those items requesting a list of documents/areas, the inspector will select documents/areas from the list for on-site review.

If you have any questions, please call Wade Loo at (404) 562-4727. Thank you in advance for all your effort in putting together this material.

Assistance Requested During On-Site Inspection

• Identification of work activities during the inspection for inspector observations, including notification of pre-job briefings.

• Health physics assistance in plant walk-downs assessing radiological hazards and exposure controls, e.g. verifying the posting and locking of entrances to locked-high radiation areas and very high radiation areas, spent fuel pool controls, and radioactive material storage areas.

General Information Request

1. Telephone numbers of contacts.

2. Plant, Radiation Protection, and Chemistry organizational charts.

3. List of active radiation work permits, including those specific to outage activities, with their administrative limits, electronic dosimeter dose rate limit, and dose limit. 4. List of radiation protection procedures. 5. Outage schedule, including work activities to be conducted during the week of the inspection. 6. Procedures associated with the ISFSI facility. Procedures should include:

• Radiological surveys, postings, and radiation control barricades

• Environmental monitoring (including TLDs)

• Loading of casks

• Routine activities 2 Enclosure 7. Radiological surveys of the ISFSI since the last inspection, November 2011.

8. Records of contamination reports since the last inspection, November 2011.

9. Most recent DAW 10 CFR Part 61 analytical results.

10. Corrective Action Program procedures.

11. Audits and self-assessments performed since November 2011, that encompass the areas of (1) radiation protection, (2) control of radiologically significant areas, and (3) radioactive material control.

71124.01: Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls

1. Site and corporate procedures associated with assessing and controlling radiological hazards. Procedures should include:

• Radiological surveys, postings, and radiation control barricades

• Security and control of high radiation sources/objects, including those stored in pools

• Radiation Work Permits

• Radiological Job-Coverage

• Controlling access to High Radiation Areas (HRAs), High Dose Rate High Radiation Areas (HDR-HRAs), and Very High Radiation Areas (VHRAs), including key controls

• Radioactive material control, including contamination, hot particles, and survey/release of material for unrestricted use

• Dosimetry monitoring (electronic dosimeters, multi-badging, whole body counting/internal dose assessment, etc.)

2. Description of any changes to plant operations that may result in a new radiological hazard for workers or members of the public.

3. List of the most exposure significant radiologically risk-significant work activities planned for the outage, including at least five activities scheduled during the week of the inspection.

4. List or map of HRAs, LHRAs, and VHRAs. Include areas with the potential to become a HRA during routine operations or outages.

5. RWPs for the 5 highest dose rate areas or outage tasks; RWPs for airborne areas.

6. Inventory of nonexempt licensed materials, including storage location.

7. List of unusual dosimetry occurrences, including electronic dosimeter malfunctions/alarms.

8. List of corrective action reports generated since November 2011, related to radiological hazard assessment and control, including the following:

• Exposure controls, including high radiation area radiological incidents

• Radiation monitoring (e.g. surveys, contamination, airborne)

• Radiological events caused by radiation worker errors 3 Enclosure

• Radiological events caused by radiation protection technician errors

• ISFSI facility

9. Available for onsite review during inspection:

• Elevation maps with most recent operating and outage radiation survey levels

• RWPs for the top five dose rate areas or tasks

10. Provide inventory NSTS records of nationally tracked sources, including radionuclide quantities, make, model number and serial number for each.

11. Provide records of any transfer of NSTS devices.

Inspector Contact Information:

Wade T. Loo (404) 997-4727 wade.loo@nrc.gov

Mailing Address U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Wade T. Loo 245 Peachtree Center Avenue, NE Suite 1200 Atlanta, Georgia 30303-1257