ML17251A144

Responds to NRC Ltr Re Violations Noted in Insp Rept 50-244/88-03.Corrective Actions:Technician Provided for Continuous Monitoring,Workers W/Masks Removed from Area & Area Posting Changed to Be Consistent W/Work Conditions

ML17251A144
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Site:	Ginna
Issue date:	04/28/1988
From:	SNOW B A ROCHESTER GAS & ELECTRIC CORP.
To:	RUSSELL W T NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
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ROCHESTER

GAS~/$~$4~0\it~$I$0$$,$$$$$ANDELECTRICCORPORATION

o89EASTAVENUE,ROCHESTER,

N.Y.14649.0001

I$!LC$iH0NCA/$$'.AcoDE7lb546.2700April28,1988Mr.WilliamT.RussellRegionalAdministrator

U.S.NuclearRegulatory

Commission

RegionI475Allendale

RoadKingofPrussia,PA19406Sub)ect:Inspection

Report50-244/88-03

NoticeofViolation

R.E.GinnaNuclearPowerPlantDocketNo.50-244DearMr.Russell:Inspection

Report50-244/88-03

AppendixA,statedinpart:Asaresultoftheinspection

conducted

onFebruary15-19,1988,andinaccordance

withthe"GeneralStatement

ofPolicyandProcedure

forNRCEnforcement

Actions",

10CFRPart2,AppendixC(Enforcement

Policy)(1986),

thefollowing

violations

wereidenti-fied:A.Technical Specifications Section6.13,"HighRadiation

Area"requires,

inpart,thatanyindividual

orgroupofindividuals

permitted

toenteraHighRadiation

Areashallbeprovidedwithoneormoreofthefollowing:

adevicethatcontinuously

indicates

theradiation

doserateinthearea(i.e.asurveymeter),adevicethatintegrates

theradiation

doserateintheareaandalarmswhenapresetintegrated

doseisreceived(i.e.analarmingdosimeter),

aqualified

healthphysicist

witharadiation

doseratemonitoring

devicewhoisresponsible

forproviding

positivecontroloveractivities

intheareaandwhowillperformperiodicradiation

surveillance

atthefrequency

specified

intheHealthPhysicsWorkPermit.8807010370

880620PDRADOCK05000244

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ROCHESTER

OASANDELECTRICCORP.DATEAPril28,1988ToMr.WilliamT.RussellSHEETNO.Contrarytotheabove,onFebruary15'988'tapproximately

1830,agroupoffourindividuals

wasnotedworkingonthePressurizer

intermediate

platform,

apostedHighRadiation

Areainthecontainment.

Thegroupdidnothavearadiation

surveymeteroralarmingdosimeter

initspossession;

alsonoqualified

healthphysicist,

responsible

forproviding

positivecontrolandperforming

requiredradiological

surveys,wasinthearea.Additionally,

nohealthphysicsperiodicsurveillance

frequency

wasspecified

onthecontrol-lingworkpermit.Weagreewiththisviolation

asstated.Ontheafternoon

ofFebruary15,1988,theworkinprogressonthepressurizer

intermediate

levelwastheerectionofanisolation

tentfortheremovalofasbestosinsulation

fromthepressurizer

shell.Priortothestart,ofthisjob,RG&Epipefitters

hadcompleted

repacking

RV-203onthepressurizer

intermediate

level.Airsamplesweretakenduringthevalveworkanduponcompletion

ofthejob,asmearsurveywasperformed.

Theresultsofthesurveyindicated

thatthecontamination

levelsweregenerally

high(40-80,000dpm/100cm),withtwosmearsdirectlyunderthevalveindicating

>100,000dpm/100cm.Sincetheadministrative

limitsforcontamination

applywhenthe"generalarea"contamination

levelsare>100,000dpm/100cm,thetechnician

didnotchangethepostingfrom"Contaminated

Area".Thiswasfurthersupported

bytheairsampleresultsfromthereliefvalveworkwhichwerewellbelowmaximumpermissible

concentrations

forairbornecontamination.

Thedocumented

surveyresultswerepassedoutofthecontainment

areasometimeduringthelatemorningorearlyafternoon

andplacedontheHealthPhysics(HP)Technician

Foreman's

desk.Theforeman,notingthetwosmearresults>100,000dpm/100cmdecidedtohavetheareapostingupgraded.

Thiswasaccomplished

byphoningoneoftheRG&Eleadtechsassignedtothesteamgenerator

inspection

andrepairjob.Atapproximately

1600hours,thecontaminated

areapostingwaschangedto>>Airborne

Radioactive

Material"

and"Respiratory

Equipment

Required".

At1615hours,theInsulator

ForemanreportedtotheHPTechnician

officetoperformapreliminary

inspection

ofthepressurizer

intermediate

level.TheContractTechnician

Foremanassignedatechnician

(TechA)toprovidecontinuous

monitoring

inlieuofanalarmingdosimeter

sincetheInsulator

Foremanwouldonlybeintheareaalimitedtime.(Thisisallowedbyplantprocedure.)

ROCHESTER

GASANDELECTRICCORP.DATEApril28,1988Mr.WilliamT.RussellSHEETNO.3TheContractTechnician

Foremanalsoinformedhimoftheresultsoftheairsamplesandsmearstakenduringandafterthepreviousworkinthearea.TechAandtheInsulator

Foremanenteredtheareaandcompleted

theinspection.

Smearstakenduringthisentryalsoindicated

generalareacontamination

levelsinthe40-60,000

dpm/100cm2rangefurthersupporting

thatmaskswerenotrequired.

Atapproximately

1730hours,acarpenter

crewoffourenteredcontainment

tostarterectingtheasbestoscontroltent.Theycontacted

TechAandtheInsulator

Foremanpriortoenteringtheworkarea.TechAoutlinedgeneraldoseratesandcontamination

levelstotheincomingcrew.Twomembersofthecarpenter

workcrewrequested

maskseventhoughtheworkpermitandsurveyresultsindicated

theywereunnecessary.

Thetechnician

decidedtoallowthetwoworkerstousethemasks.(Thiswasinviolation

ofplantpolicy.)TechA,atapproximately

1740hours,turnedthecarpenter

crewcoverageovertoasecondContractor

Technician

(TechB).TechAverballypassedontheinformation

ondoses,contamination

levelsandindicated

thattwoworkerswouldbewearingmasksbyprefer-ence.TechBdidnotobtainandreadthecopyofthecontrolling

SWPutilizing

gusttheverbalturnoverforguidance.

(Thiswasinviolation

ofplantpolicy.)Atapproximately

1815hours,TechB,assumingthatintermittent

coveragehadbeenrequiredbytheworkpermit,providedaninitialsurvey,maskfittothetwoworkersrequesting

masks,andplacedanairsampleronthecarpenter

helper.TechBthenexitedtheareaandreportedtothecontracttechforemanat1830hours.TheContractTechnician

Foremancontacted

TechAtohavehimreturntothegobsitetoprovidecontinuous

coverageinlieuofthealarmingdosimeter

asallowedbyplantpolicy.Corrective

ActionTheimmediate

corrective

actionthatwastakenwastoprovideatechnician

forcontinuous

monitoring.

Theworkersinmaskswereremovedfromtheareaandtheareapostingchangedtobeconsistent

withtheworkconditions.

Additional

airsamplerswerealsoprovidedalongwithanalarmingdosimeter

toreplaceconti'nuous

'onitoring.

ROCHESTER

GASANDELECTRICCORP.DATEApril28,1988Mr.WilliamT.RussellSHEETNO.4Todetermine

thecause,allinvolvedpersonnel

wereinterviewed

andthefollowing

contributing

factorsdiscovered:

confusion

existedonhowthethreehighradiation

areamonitoring

requirements

wereimplemented.

thesecondtechnician

didnotobtainandreadtheworkpermitcopyaspartofhisturnoverfromthefirsttechnician.

workerswereallowedtowearrespiratory

equipment

whennonewasrequired.

therewasnoprocedural

guidanceforpostingchanges.theairsampleplacement

maynothaveprovidedarepresenta-

tivesampleoftheworkersbreathing

zone.(Theairsamplerhadbeenplacedontheworkerwhowasmovingmaterialintotheworkareaandtherefore

traversing

themorehighlycontaminated

workarea.)FurtherCorrective

ActiontoAvoidFutureOccurrences

Thecausesdescribed

abovewerediscussed

withthetechnicians

involvedtoverballyclarifyplantprocedures.

Incident.

Report88-013andA-25.1(GinnaStationEventReport),N88-20wereinitiated

totrackreportability

andcorrective

actions.Theinspection

reportandtheincidentreportwerediscussed

inapostoutagereviewsessionwiththeHPandChemSection.Copiesofthesereportswereforwarded

toallsectionpersonnel

viathetrainingsectioninformation

system.Thefollowing

longtermcorrective

actionsarebeinginitiated:

Aposting'controlprocedure

willbedeveloped

todocumentthestatusoflongtermpostinganddefineactionstobetakenwhenconditions

requirepostingchanges.ReviewoftheStatusLogwillbeaddedtotheHPTourrequirements.

Thiswillbecompleted

byJuly1,1988.Theprocedure

governing

workpermitdevelopment

anduseandthepermitformatwillbechangedtomoreclearlydirectanddocumenthighradiation

areamonitoring.

Thiswillbecompleted

aspartoftheRadiation

DoseMonitoring

System(RDMS)upgradecurrently

inprogress.

Thisupgradeisexpectedtobecompleted

intheFallof1988.

ROCHESTER

GASANDELECTRICCORP.DATEApril28,1988Mr.WilliamT.RussellSHEETNO.5Theutilization

ofa"leadtechnician"

willbeimplemented

toincreasesupervisory

controlduringoutageperiods.Aminimumofoneleadtechforcontainment,

andonefortheAuxiliary

Buildingwillbeutilizedforaugmenting

supervisory

control.Theleadtechnician

willberesponsible

toensurepropergobcoverageisprovidedforworkinhisareaofresponsibility.

Thiswillbeimplemented

duringthenextscheduled

refueling

outage.Theradiological

incidentreport88-013,andthecorrective

actionstakenarebeingincludedintheContract,

Technician

trainingprogram.Thiswillbeimplemented

forthenextrefueling

outage.B.Technical Specifications Section6.8,"Procedures",

requiresinpartthatwrittenprocedures

shallbeestablished

andimplemented

inaccordance

withactivities

recommended

inAppendix"A"ofRegulatory

Guidel.33,November,

1972.Appendix"A"ofRegulatory

Guide1.33,recommends

procedures

for"Radiation

WorkPermitProcedure"

and"surveysandmonitoring".

B.lProcedure

HP-4.3,"HealthPhysicsWorkPermitUse",section6.1.2requires,

inpart,thateachHealthPhysicsWorkPermitshallcontain"...adescription

oftheradiation

hazardswhichmaybeencountered."

Contrarytotheabove,nodescription

oftheradiation

hazardswhichmaybeencountered

(i.e.radiation

orcontami-nationlevels)wasincludedonSpecialWorkPermit(SWP)Nos.20290,20475,and20947.Thesepermitswereverifiedtohavebeenusedbyworkers.B.2Procedure

HP-4.3,"HealthPhysicsWorkPermitUse",section6.4.20.3requires,

inpart,thatwhenHealthPhysics(HP)surveillance

istheoptionusedtocontrolaccesstoaHighRadiation

Area,then"...documentation

ofthiscoverage(surveillance)

mustbeeitherindicated

onAttachment

Vindicating

thetimeofthesurveillance

andthetechnician's

initialsorbysigninginwiththeworkersonthepermit>>.Contrarytotheabove,nodocumentation

ofHPcoveragewasmade,eitherbyuseofAttachment

VorbyHPsign-inontheworkSWP,forSWPNos.20342,20387,or20337.EachoftheseSWPsrequiredHPsurveyevery60minutes.Weagreewiththeviolation

asstated.

'ROCHESTER

GASANDELECTRICCORP.DATEAPril28,1988ToMr.WilliamT.RussellSHEETNO.6Thedocumentation

requirements

ofprocedure

HP-4.3arefrequently

completed

bythetechnicians

aftertheworkhasbeencompleted.

Theinformation

obtainedatthegobsiteisnormallycommunicated

verballypriortoandduringthegobperformance.

Thetechnician

thenenterstheinformation

ontheworkpermitlocatedat.thecontrolpointwhenheexits.Duringanoutage,onetechnician

willberequiredtocoverseveralgobseachdayandmaynotremembertocompletetheinformation

onthepermituponexitorattheendoftheday.Znreviewing

thisviolation,

itbecomesapparentthattherootcauseisthemethodcurrently

inusefordocumentation.

Thissystemtendstopromoteinformation

lossplusitmaynotprovidecurrentinformation

forworkersatthegobsite.Theimmediate

corrective

actionwastodirectthestaffreviewing

thecompleted

workpermitstoensureallinformation

requiredwasdocumented

onthepermits.Also,direction

wasgiventothestafftoensurethat,ataminimum,doserangesgeneralareacontamination

levelswereprovidedonthepermitseveniftherangewasextremely

broad.Althoughtheseactionstreatedthedocumentation

problemtheworkinformation

isstillneededatthegobsite.Thelongtermcorrective

actionsplannedareasfollows:Foreachspecialworkpermit,theworkpermitcopyandasurveyrecordattachment

formwillberequiredatthegobsite.Infor-mationonpertinent

radiological

conditions

canthenbedocumented

atthesite.Thiswillallowformoreaccuratedocumentation

aswellasprovidemorecurrentinformation

toworkersandtechnicians

returning

totheworksite.Thischangewillbeimplemented

whenthenewRDMSisactivated.

Thisiscurrently

scheduled

fortheFallof1988.B.3Procedure

HP-2.2.1,

"WholeBodyCounterSourceCheck",requires,

inpart,thatwhendailysourcecheckresultsfalloutsideofthe+3sigmacontrollimits,theWholeBodyCounterisnottobeusedforcountingpersonnel

untilrepaired.

Contrarytotheabove,onJanuary19,January25,andFebruary15,1988,thedailysourcecheckresultfellabovethe+3sigmacontrollimitandtheWholeBodyCounterwascontinued

tobeutilizedtocountpersonnel

withouttheperformance

ofanyrepairs.Weagreewiththeviolation

asstated.

ROCHESTER

GASANDELECTRICCORPDATEApril28,1988ToHc.WilliamT.Russell1SHEETNO.Theresultsofthequalitycontrolcheckswerenotdocumented

atthetimeoftheircompletion.

Thisdefeatedthepurposeofthechecks.Theimmediate

corrective

actionwastoremovethewholebodycounterfromservice,makerequiredadjustments,

obtainanacceptable

QCcheckandreturntheunittoservice.Thesourcecheckshadbeenperformed

bybothRG&Eandcontracttechsduringthetimesindicated

intheviolation

report.Duringthisperiodoftime,therewerenoobvioussupervisory

reviewscompleted.

Toprecludefurtherviolations,

allsupervisors

weredirectedtoperformperiodicreviewsoftheQCdataintheirareasofresponsi-

bility.Procedure

A-54.6,"HealthPhysicsTour"wasalsochangedtoincludequalitycontroldataverification

forthefollowing

areas:1.2~3~4~5~6~PrimaryChemistry

AnalysisSecondary

Chemistry

AnalysisWholeBodyCounterPanasonic

TLDSystemPrimaryCountingEquipment

Environmental

CountingEquipment

DuringaHP6Chemsectionmeeting,thespecificproblemsdescribed

inthisviolation

reportalongwithmanygenericissuesonlaboratory

qualitycontrolwerediscussed.

Theseriousness

ofrepeatconcernswasalsoemphasized.

Additional

manpowerisbeingevaluated

tohelpimplement

statisti-

calqualitycontrolforthevariousareasofboththecountingandchemicalanalysisprograms.

Inspection

Report50-244/88-01

requested

thattwomoreconcernsbeaddressed

inresponsetoInspection

Report50-244/88-02

(3).Inconsistent

requirements

fortapingofprotective

clothing.

Justpriortothe1988refueling

outage,thepolicytonormallyrequiretapingforworkincontrolled

areaswasinitiated.

Duringtheoutage,itbecameapparentthatsupervisory

controlwasdifficult

ifthispolicywasnotappliedconsistently.

ROCHESTER

GASANDELECTRICCORP.OATEAPril28,1988ToMr.WilliamT.RussellSHEETNO.8StartingApril1,1988,apolicyletterwasissuedwhichrequiredtapinganytimeworkwasbeingperformed

utilizing

coveralls,

unlessotherwise

stipulated.

AllRadiation

WorkPermits(standing

workpermitsforroutinework)werechangedtoreflectthispolicy.TheGeneralEmployeeTraininghasbeenchangedtoincludethisrequirement.

Thepolicyhasalsobeencoveredinageneralplantmeetingsinceitsimplementation.

Alsoidentified

inInspection

88-01wastheconcernthatsomeareapostingswere<<confusing<<,

tapewasbeingusedtomodifysigns,andthatgreasepencilwasusedtoaddinformation

tosigns.Thepostingcontrolprocedure

discussed

intheresponsealongwithmoresupervisor

attention

totheappearance

oftheareapostingwillbeusedtoaddressthisconcern.Inadditiontofurtheraddresstheconcernforlackofsupervisory

control,changesintheHealthPhysicsandChemistry

organization

arebeingconsidered.

Theobjectofthesechangeswillbetoremovesomeofthepaperwork

burdenfromsupervisors

toallowmoretimefortheirsupervisory

functions.

Yourstruly,4c,CLBruceA.SnowSuperintendent

ofNuclearProduction

BAS/lvhSubscribed

andsworntomeonthi28th,dayofAril1988IINUElRIAOWNEenaerme,asar+

Vaaxc:U.S.NuclearRegulatory

Commission

DocumentControlDeskWashington,

DC20555C.Marschall

GinnaResidentInspector