IR 05000133/2013007

IR 05000133-13-007; on 03/03/2013 - 03/07/2013; Humboldt Bay Power Plant, Unit 3; Inspection

ML13094A396
Person / Time
Site:	Humboldt Bay
Issue date:	04/02/2013
From:	Spitzberg D NRC/RGN-IV/DNMS/RSFSB
To:	Halpin E Pacific Gas & Electric Co
Gerlad Schlapper
References
IR-13-007
Download: ML13094A396 (17)

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April 2, 2013

SUBJECT:

NRC INSPECTION REPORT 050-00133/13-007

Dear Mr. Halpin:

This refers to the inspection conducted on March 4-7, 2013, at the Humboldt Bay Power Plant, Unit 3 facility in Eureka, California. The enclosed report presents the results of this inspection.

This inspection was an examination of activities conducted under your license as they relate to safety and compliance with the Commissions 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. In summary, the inspector determined that you were conducting decommissioning activities in accordance with license and regulatory requirements. The preliminary inspection results were presented to your staff at the conclusion of the onsite inspection.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter, its enclosure, and your response, if you choose to provide one, will be made available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the NRCs documents system (ADAMS), accessible from the NRCs Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/

reading-rm/adams.html. To the extent possible, your response should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards information so that it can be made available to the public without redaction.

UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION RE G IO N I V 1600 EAST LAMAR BLVD ARLINGTON, TEXAS 76011-4511 Should you have any questions concerning this inspection, please contact Dr. Gerald Schlapper, Health Physicist, at 817-200-1273 or the undersigned at 817-200-1191.

Sincerely,

/RA/

D. Blair Spitzberg, PhD, Chief Repository and Spent Fuel Safety Branch Division of Nuclear Materials Safety

Docket: 050-00133 License: DPR-7

Enclosure:

NRC Inspection Report 050-00133/13-007

cc w/encl: See next page

cc list:

James Becker, Site Vice President and Station Director Pacific Gas and Electric Company Diablo Canyon Power Plant P.O. Box 56 Avila Beach, CA 93424

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