IR 05000482/1987028

Ack Receipt of Util 880104 Ltr Informing NRC of Actions Taken to Correct Violations Noted in Insp Rept 50-482/87-28

ML20149F411
Person / Time
Site:	Wolf Creek
Issue date:	02/11/1988
From:	Callan L NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To:	Withers B WOLF CREEK NUCLEAR OPERATING CORP.
References
NUDOCS 8802170139
Download: ML20149F411 (2)

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In Reply Refer To:

Docket: STN 50-482/87-28 Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation ATTN: Bart D. Withers President and Chief Executive Officer P.O. Box 411 Burlington, Kansas 66839 Gentlemen:

Thank you for your letter of January 4,1988, in response to our letter and Notice of Violation dated December 3, 198 Based on the information in your response along with the additional information provided during the telephone conversations on February 1,1988, between Mr. Gary Pendergrass of your staff and Mr. Blaine Murray in our office, we find that your reply is responsive to the concerns raised in our Notice of Violatio We will review the implementation of your corrective actions during a future inspection to determine that full compliance has been achieved and will be maintaine

Sincerely, l IMginn! Signed By A. B. Beach L. J. Callan, Director Division of Reactor Projects CC:

Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation ATTN: Otto Maynard, Manager of Licensing P.O. Box 411 Burlington, Kansas 66839 Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation ATTN: Gary Boyer, Plant Manager P.O. Box 411 Burlington, Kansas 66839 (cc continued next page)

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U. S. Nuolear Regulatory Corniskion ATIN: Document Control Desk Vashington, D. C. 20555 .

Reference: Letter dated 12/03/87 from L. J. Callan, NRC, to B. D. Withers, VCNOC Subject: Docket No. 50-482: Response to Violation 482/8728-01

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Qentlemen:

Attached is a detailed response to violation 482/8728-01 which was documented in the Referenc Violation 482/8728-01 concerns a failure to properly evaluate certain survey results during the assessment of radiation exposure of two worker If you have any questions concerning this matter, please contact me or M O. L. Maynard of my staf Very truly yours,

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President and Chief Ezeeutive Officer BDV/11k Attachment ce: B. L. Bartlett (NRC), w/a R. D. Martin (NRC), w/a P. V. O'Connor (NRC), w/a m g y . u & tt'C D W

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Violation (482/8728-01): Pailure to Perform Radiological Surveys ' '

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y 10 CPR Part 20.20'(b) requires that licensees shall make or oause to be made

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such surveys asa (1) may be necessary for the licensee to ooeply with the i regulations in this part and (2) are reasonable under the circumstances to evaluate the extent of radiation hasards that may be present. As defined in ,

10 CFR Part 20.201(a), "survey" meant. an evaluation of the radiation hazards '

incident to the production, use, release, disposal, or presence of radioactivo saterials or other sources of radiation under a specific set of condition ,

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Contrary to the above, the NRC inspector determined on October 26, 1987, that the licensee failed to groperly evaluate certain survey results during '

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the assessment of radiation exposure to the skin of the whole body and

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Two health physion technicians from another utility providing additional health physios support during the Wolf Creek Generating Station second refueling outage performed the surveys through the protective clothing that

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7;. the workers were wearin Procedure HPH 03-014 contains a step requiring a

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survey be performed on the skin if contamination is found on the olothing.

] The same procedure also states that if contamination is such that it may i .' spread enroute to the decontamination area, the worker may have to don i -

protective clothing to prevent the sprea The two health physio 2 .

{ technicians did have the workers remove their personal olothing and then don l l Protective clothing to get to the decontaisination area. As there was not a

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controlled copy of HPH 03-014 at the decontamination area they missed the  :

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survey sheet for each individual showing the readings through the protective i l clothin l

! Corrective Steps Which Have Been Taken and Results Achieved: i f A cabinet containing decontamination supplies and a controlled copy of HPH

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. physics technicians were held stressing the importance of following

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Corrective Steps Vhich Will Be Taken To Avoid Purther Violations:

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~ Procedure HPH 03-014, "Personnel Decontamination" is being revised to include a statement on the Personnel Decontamination Record to remove olothing and survey the skin u..derneath for clothing contamination and Hot Particle contamination incident A review of this incident has been included in the health physics technician training program which will commence on January 4, 1988, and conclude on March 11, 1988. The lesson plan for this training contains a description of the incident and describos why pet,per surveys are required. Health physion technicians working shift will be attending these classe Date When Pull Compliance Vill Be Achieved:

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The above nortionet health physics technician training and the revision to '

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procedure HPH 03 314 will be oospleted by March 11, 198 The otuer corrective actions taken as a result of this event have been complete B M

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