IR 05000333/1989018

Insp Rept 50-333/89-18 on 890724-28.No Violations Noted. Major Areas Inspected:Radiological Controls Program, Including Audits & Appraisals,Planning & Preparation for Upcoming Outages & Training & Qualifications of Contractors

ML20246K500
Person / Time
Site:	FitzPatrick
Issue date:	08/23/1989
From:	Pasciak W, Thomas W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
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, U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION f REGION:I-Report No. 50-333/89-18

' Docket No. 50-333 License No. DPR-59: Category C Licensee: . Power. Authority of the State 'of New York-P.O. Box 41 Lycoming, New York 13093 Facility Name: James A. FitzPatrick-

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Inspection At: .Scriba, New-York

. Inspection Cenducted: July 24-28, 1989 i'

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Inspection Summary: Inspection Report No 50-333/89-18

' Areas Inspected: Routine,. unannounced, review of the radiological controls program. Specific areas inspected included audits and appraisals, planning

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contractor personnel, and the ALARA progra Results: . Within the scope of this inspection, no violations were identifie The radiological ccatrols program is veil implement .

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1.0 Persons Contacted 1.1 Licensee Personnel During the course of this inspection the following personnel were contacted or interviewed:

B. Abbot, Sr. ALARA: Technician R. Brown, Radiological and Environmental Services-(RES) Radiation Safety Technician

• W. Fernandez, Resident Manager T.-Bergene, RES ALARA Supervisor

• J. McCarty, RES, Radiation Protection Supervisor-C. Moreau, QA/QC Engineer

• E. Mulcahey, RES, Superintendent

• J. Solowski, Technical Training Specialist

• J. Solini, RES, Health Physics, General Supervisor-G. .Tasick, QA/QC' Supervisor

• J. Vargo, RES, Radiological Engineering, General Supervisor K. Szeluga, RES,. Radiation Protection Supervisor

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• Thomas, Radiation Specialist, Region I

• Denotes attendance at the exit meeting held on July iB, 198 .0 Purpose The purpose of this inspection was to review the implementation of the radiological controls program. Specific areas inspected includeo:

• Audits and appraisals

• planning and preparation for upcoming outages

. * training and qualification of new and contractor personnel

• maintaining occupational exposures ALARA 3.0 Status of Previously Identified Items 3.1 (Closed) Unresolved Item (88-22-02)

' Licensee to review accountability controls over respiratory protective equipment. The licensee has initiated a computer based program which will allow the exercise of control over respiratory protective' equipment. The program when fully implemented will also allow accountability and control over Health Physics (HP)

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instrumentation and HP instrument calibration. The program also will allow for the tracking of repair, maintenance, and inspection of respirators. This will assure full compliance with Part 12.6 of the licensee's Radiation Protection Manua At the time of this inspection the computer based inventory program was not completely operational and the inventory of equipment issued was being maintained by hand by the RES issue room technicians. To date the equipment inventory program has worked well, resulting in less equipment loss and accountability problem .0 Audits and Appraisals Quarterly audits are performed of the radiation control program activities by the QA/QC department. Recently completed audits were discusseu with the QA/QC Supervisor and QA/QC Engineer. The audit program results were reviewed against the requirements of NUREG-0855, Health Physics Appraisal. Program for depth and scope in probing for weaknesses in the quality of the radiation protection program. Audit reports and audit deficiencies are sent to the Resident Manager for attention and discussed at the morning meetings. To date licensee followup corrective actions for audit identified deficiencies have been timely and technically correc The audits performed by QA/QC are a part of the Surveillance and Audit Program Detailed in Chapter 17 of the Radiation Protection Manua Additionally, surveillance are performed by RES Department Supervisors, and by the Corporate Radiological Health and Chemistry Grou During this inspection the 1988 Annual Radiological Program Report and the audit findings report list were reviewe In general audit identified deficiencies were prcaptly addressed by the identified departments and corrective actions were timely and technically acceptabl .0 Planning and Preparation For Upcoming Outages Representative outage preparation records from the ALARA office were reviewed, and outage planning was discussed with RES personnel. The next outage scheduled at FitzPatrick is a three week maintenance outage beginning September 15, through October 5, 1989. Preparations for the outage have included negotiations with the Institute For Resource Management (IRM) to suppiy additional health physics technicians to assure a full complement of personnel to man all shift Power Authority of the State of New York (PASNY) permanent health physics personnel will be assigned as Shift Supervisors to ensure supervisory control over contractor technician Special training for any activity required during the maintenance outage will be provided at the new training facility, which has the capability for mockup training. Adequate supplies for the maintenance outage are assembled on site, including protective clothing, temporary shielding

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L materials, respiratory protective equipment,cand radiation work procedures. 'The proposed work packages for the maintenance outage have been reviewed by health physics and ALARA for dose reduction-considerations and radiation safety applications. Similar work activities ~as those proposed for the outage have been performed in the

.past and the early involvement of Health Physics and ALARA is looked upon

.as.a licensee strength. Provisions for engineering controls, such as auxiliary ventilation systems to minimize the need for respiratory protective devices are available and will be used if required. In addition the recent decontamination of the Reactor Water Recirculation

..(RWR) piping and zinc injection program have resulted in lowered dose rates :in the -drywell which will result in a benefit toward dose reduction during the outag .0 Training and Qualification of New and Contractor Personnel

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The-licensee's program for training and qualifications of new and contractor personnel was reviewed against the following criteria:

-10 CFR 19.12, Instructions to workers-Regulatory Guide 1.8, Qualification and Training of Personnel For Nuclear Power Plants-Regulatory Guide 8.27, kadiation Protection Training For Personnel At Light-Water Cooled Nuclear Power Plant The evaluation of the licensee's performance in this area was also based upon the following:

-Discussions and reviews with supervisory and technician level licensee staff, and a tour of the new training facility-observations by the inspector of ongoing work activities during tours of the facilities,

-Review of technical training lesson plans, The training and qualification program is well organized and recently the training staff moved into new facilities near the secondary access facility. The_ licensee's program is assisted by the fact that a large number of workers who return for outages or contractor work are experienced radiation workers, who have worked at FitzPatrick_in tne past. This fact assists the training program in that less time is needed for plant layout, and more time is available for concentration on procedure changes, new instrumentation, and new or different equipmen _

The inspector determined from the above review that the licensee is meeting the requirements of 10 CFR 19.12 and ANSI-18.1 to assure that radiation worker training provides sufficient information needed to enable each worker to comply with NRC regulations and license condicion I

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Up. system (RWCU)' leak detector. thermocouple, and repair of RWCU'line which 'significantly added. to the year's cumulative exposure of 785 man-rem. Other radiological. parameters generally showed improved performance including:

-A reduction'in total dose (man rem)

• reduction in personnel contamination events

• reduction in internal' exposure of radiation workers

• reduction in the number and, size of contaminated areas

• reduction in number and. size of airborne radioactivity areas

' * reduction in liquid effluents

• reduction in solid radwaste generation The licensee continued efforts to reduce' personnel radiation exposure, and management stated that they are committed to 300 man-rem for 1989, which constitutes a substantial reduction compared to previous non-outage years exposure. Plant management has committed all departmerits to me< t this goal. To assist in this effort the' Radiation Management. Program reports daily exposure summaries by Department, highlighting the top 20% of the exposures. -Quarterly Reports to all departments,.after adjustment of the Direitt Reading Dosimeter readings,'are also (ssued, and are used as a planning tool to schedule various work evolutions and to set work prioritie .0 Exit Meetin The inspector met with licensee management representatives (denoted in Section 1) at the conclusion of the inspection on July 28, 1989. The inspector summarized the purpose, scope, and findings of this inspectio .

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