IR 05000267/1984031

Insp Rept 50-267/84-31 on 841113-16.No Violations or Deviations Noted.Major Areas Inspected:Radiological Environ Monitoring Program for Operations,Including Organization & Mgt Controls & Audits of Contractors

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Issue date:	12/27/1984
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NRCIn'spectionReport: 50-267/84-31 ' License: DAP-34 -

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Docketi 50-267

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  ~ Licensee:' Public Service Company of' Colorado (PSC)

P. O.-Box 840 Denver, Colorado '80201 , Facility Name: Fort St. Vrain Nuclear Generating Station (FSV)

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Inspection At: Denver,and Platteville, Colorado s Inspection Conducted: November 13-16, 1984 Inspector: 8 OMl//JW / N/hY

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R. Wise, Raciation Spg2:ialist,' Facilities Dat'e Radiological Protection Section Approved: $ M k/LitMA /8 /hf B. Murray, Chief, Fac @ ties Radiological Dat'e Protection Section v

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   $ R. E.-Ireland, Chief, Special Projects and Engineering Section, Project Branch 1 Date Inspection Summary Inspection Conducted November 13-16, 1984 (Report 50-267/84-31)      '

j Areas Inspected: Routine, unannounced inspection of the licensee's i radiological environmental monitoring program for operations including: .

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f(3) environmental monitoring program implementation; (4) analytical quality

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control; ~(5) tour of selected enyironmental . sampling stations;-

  (6) meteorological' tower and equipment; and (7) reportable occurrences. The
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r Results: Within the seven areas inspected, no violations.or deviati'ns.were o

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  ,   J. W. Gahm.. Manager, Nuclear Production Division    '   '   '

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monitoring progra No violations or deviations were identifie . = Audits- 1

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associated ~with the REMP to. determine compliance with the Technical Speci-fications and the USAR. The NRC inspector reviewed the following auditsi Quality Assurance Audit, QAA-603-83-01, " Radiological Environmental Monitoring," July-August 198 ' Nuclear Facility Safety Committee Audit, NFSC-J-84-01, " Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program," August'198 > The NRC' inspector noted that the QA audit was designed to. determine compliance with the contract; and that the NFSC audit was a followup to ' the QA audit and was a more detailed technical audit'of the contractor's

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analytical program. The NFSC audit generateditwo corrective action requests which had not yet been resolved at the time of this inspectio * The NRC : inspector discussed future audit activities with the licensee and

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in the EPA crosscheck program is satisfactory in most areas;7however, the _ gama analysis results exceeded the precision limits ' established by EP The -laboratory performance should improve .with the acquisition of a new gama spectroscopy detector. These results will be reviewed when-available in the annual environmental report for 1984 and during future inspections.- CSU also participates in a crcsscheck program with the state of. Colorado. " * No~ violations or deviations were: identifie .

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