IR 05000133/2013010

IR 05000133-13-010; 08/19-22/2013; Humboldt Bay Power Plant, Unit 3 NRC Inspection Report

ML13266A405
Person / Time
Site:	Humboldt Bay
Issue date:	09/20/2013
From:	Spitzberg D NRC/RGN-IV/DNMS/RSFSB
To:	Halpin E Pacific Gas & Electric Co
Robert Evans
References
IR-13-010
Download: ML13266A405 (15)

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September 20, 2013

Mr. Edward D. Halpin, Senior Vice President

& Chief Nuclear Officer Pacific Gas and Electric Company P. O. Box 3 Mail Code 104/6/601 Avila Beach, CA 93424

SUBJECT: NRC INSPECTION REPORT 050-00133/13-010

Dear Mr. Halpin:

This letter refers to the inspection conducted on August 19-22, 2013, at the Humboldt Bay Power Plant, Unit 3 facility in Eureka, California. During this inspection, the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff examined acti vities conducted under your license as they relate to public health and safety to confirm compliance with the Commission's rules and regulations, and with the conditions of your license. Within these areas, the inspection consisted of selected examination of procedures and representative records, observations of activities, and interviews with personnel. The enclosed report presents the results of this inspection.

Based on the results of this inspection, the NRC has determined that one Severity Level IV violation of NRC requirements occurred. The violation involves your failure to implement the cross contamination prevention and monitoring plan as required by the license. The violation is being treated as a Non-Cited Violation (NCV), consistent with Section 2.3.2 of the Enforcement Policy. The NCV is described in the subject inspection report. If you contest the violation or the significance of the NCV, you should provide a response within 30 days of the date of this inspection report, with the basis for your denial, to the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington DC 20555-0001, with copies to the Regional Administrator, Region IV; and the Director, Office of Enforcement, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter, its enclosure, and your response, should you choose to provide one, will be made available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To the extent possible, your response should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, information so that it can be made available to the Public without redaction.

UNITED STATESNUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSIONREGION IV1600 EAST LAMAR BLVDARLINGTON, TEXAS 76011-4511 Should you have any questions concerning this inspection, please contact Dr. Robert Evans, Senior Health Physicist, at 817-200-1234 or the undersigned at 817-200-1191.

Sincerely,

/RA/ D. Blair Spitzberg, Ph.D., Chief

Repository and Spent Fuel Safety Branch

Division of Nuclear Materials Safety

Docket: 050-00133 License: DPR-7

Enclosure:

NRC Inspection Report 050-00133/13-010 cc w/encl: See next page cc list: Jennifer L. Post, Esq.

Pacific Gas and Electric Company P.O. Box 7442 San Francisco, CA 94120

Loren Sharp, Director and Plant Manager Humboldt Bay Power Plant, PG&E 1000 King Salmon Avenue Eureka, CA 95505

Chairman Humboldt County Board of Supervisors County Courthouse 825 Fifth Street Eureka, CA 95501

Law Office of Linda J. Brown, Esq.

999 5th Avenue, Suite 430 San Rafael, CA 94901

Regional Radiation Representative U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region IX Office

75 Hawthorne Street San Francisco, CA 94105

Dr. James F. Davis, State Geologist Department of Conservation

Division of Mines and Geology 801 K Street MS 12-30 Sacramento, CA 95814-3531

Director, Radiologic Health Branch State Department of Health Services P.O. Box 997414 (MS 7610)

Sacramento, CA 95899-7474

Steven Hsu, M.S., Senior Health Physicist Radiological Assessment Unit

Radioactive Material Licensing Section Radiologic Health Branch Dept. of Health Services, MS-7610

Sacramento, CA 95899-7414

Gretchen Dumas, Esq.

Public Utilities Commission of the State of California 5066 State Building

San Francisco, CA 94102

Director Energy Facilities Siting Division Energy Resources Conservation & Development Commission 1516 9th Street

Sacramento, CA 95814

Redwood Alliance P.O. Box 293 Arcata, CA 95521

Dr. Robert B. Weisenmiller, Chair California Energy Commission 1516 Ninth Street (MS 34)

Sacramento, CA 95814

California Public Utilities Commission

505 Van Ness, Room 4102

San Francisco, CA 94102 Deputy Attorney General

State of California

110 West A Street, Suite 700

San Diego, CA 92101