ML17251A144
| 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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See also: IR 05000244/1988003
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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