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March 27, 2003
MEMORANDUM TO: |
William D. Travers
Executive Director for Operations |
FROM: |
Annette L. Vietti-Cook, Secretary /RA/ |
SUBJECT: |
STAFF REQUIREMENTS - SECY-03-0036 - REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ABNORMAL
OCCURRENCES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2002 |
The Commission has approved the contents of the proposed Report to Congress
on Abnormal Occurrences for Fiscal Year 2002, subject to the changes in
the attachment.
cc: |
Chairman Meserve
Commissioner Dicus
Commissioner Diaz
Commissioner McGaffigan
Commissioner Merrifield
OGC
CFO
OCA
OIG
OPA
Office Directors, Regions, ACRS, ACNW, ASLBP (via E-Mail)
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NOTE: THIS SRM, SECY PAPER, AND RELATED VOTING RECORD WILL BE
RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC 5 WORKING DAYS AFTER ISSUANCE OF THE REPORT TO
CONGRESS
Attachment
Changes to the
Report to Congress on Abnormal Occurrences for Fiscal Year 2002,
NUREG-0090, Vol. 25
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Move item 02-2, "Unaccounted for Fuel Pins at Millstone Unit One
in Waterford, Connecticut" and item 02-3, "Accountability Failure
at Nuclear Fuel Services in Erwin, Tennessee" from the AO section
to Appendix C "Other Events of Interest."
Corresponding changes should also be made to the correspondence.
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The title of page ix in the Contents should be "Acronyms and Abbreviations."
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Page vii, 02-1, add "Performance Deficiency Resulting in" before
"Reactor Vessel Head Degradation ..."
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Page xi, fourth paragraph, line 7, change "meeting AO categorization"
to "that the Commission determines should be reported to Congress"
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Page 1, 02-1, add "Performance Deficiency Resulting in" before "Reactor
Vessel Head Degradation ..."
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Page 1, last line, add "specifically" after "layer and is not"
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Page 2, add the following sentence to the end of the second full
paragraph that ends "... adequacy of the licensee's assessment." "The
NRC has not reached a final conclusion on the significance of this
condition."
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Page 3, first paragraph, add the following clause to the end of
the last sentence after "recommendations" "and the Commission approved
proceeding with the recommendations."
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Page 5, Date and Place paragraph, after "... Connecticut."
add "Although the initial report occurred in FY 2001, the licensee's
investigation and subsequent NRC inspection were not completed until
FY 2002."
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Page 8, Nature and Probable Consequences, first paragraph,
line 4, add "the protected" between "inside" and "secure"
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Page 8, Nature and Probable Consequences, first paragraph,
delete "The material remained protected at all times by the licensee's
physical security system.
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Page 9, second full paragraph, last sentence, add "actions" after
"... ensure appropriate corrective"
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Page 11, first partial paragraph. The report should state whether
the patient is being followed up as part of this study or other medical
follow-up. The consultant said long term follow-up was indicated.
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Page 11, third full paragraph. This paragraph is confusing -- need
to rewrite to clarify. Above paragraph says licensee did not follow
procedures while paragraph below implies licensee implemented new
procedures.
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Page 11, last paragraph, modify end of line 6 to read "... the inspector
determined that this was the individual's routine practice." Also,
need to add whether the NRC inspector told either the individual or
licensee to discontinue that practice. As written, it appears it was
"a routine" practice that was, therefore, allowed to continue.
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Page 12, first full paragraph, add "for the safe handling of radionuclides"
after "... employees on NRC requirements"
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Page 14, DOT paragraph, Add any actions taken to prevent
recurrence of loose head screws or shielding pot lids.
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Page 15, Nature and Probable Consequences paragraph, Add
any long term medical follow-up being done on the individual.
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Page 15, Licensee paragraph, Was the individual badged, and,
if so, what was the dosimetry reading? A licensee's radiation protection
program should include a procedure for licensees to know the radiation
exposure of their employees and not be dependent on employees
to tell them if they think they've been exposed.
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Page 20, Nature and Probable Consequences, modify the first
two paragraphs to read,
"On April 10, 2002, a radiographer received an overexposure calculated
at 0.70 Sv (70 rem) due to handling his radiographic equipment with
the source in an unshielded condition.
The exposure occurred while conducting radiography using an Amersham
660 radiography exposure device (camera) containing a 1.30 Tbq (35 Ci)
Cobalt-60 radiography source. At the conclusion of a radiograph, the
radiographer cranked the source to the shielded position without conducting
a survey and then repositioned the source guide tube for the next radiograph.
When he attempted to crank out the source for the next radiograph, the
radiographer realized the source had not been retracted to its fully
shielded position and was contained at the end of the guide tube. The
radiographer notified the Radiation Safety Officer and returned to the
office. The licensee then notified the State of Texas. While being interviewed
for the event, the radiographer stated that although the camera's automatic
locking mechanism was inoperable while performing radiography, he did
not stop work and proceeded to complete the job. Subsequently, the licensee
hired a consultant to check the equipment's operability and found no
problem. The equipment was placed back in service with no repair necessary."
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Page 20, Cause or Causes paragraph, add "of the overexposure"
after "... that the cause"
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Page 29, Revise introduction paragraph for item 1 to read, "The
following events did not meet the AO reporting criteria since they
were not determined to be significant from the standpoint of public
health or safety." Make similar changes for items 2 - 6.
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Page 29, item 1., second paragraph, lines 6 & 7, delete, "considered
to be among the most susceptible to the primary water stress corrosion
cracking (PWSCC) mechanism responsible for the degradation"
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