Comanche Peak provides the following responses.
1) Does your facility challenge a workers ability to hear Direct Reading Dosimeter alarms? Yes 2) How and when is this testing conducted? During RWT practical. Also based on annual hearing exam results. 3) Do you challenge a workers ability to hear Direct Reading Dosimeter alarms in a high noise background area when using an enhanced alarming dosimeter such as a PAM 1 or PAM-TRX? No 4) Do you test outage workers during Radiation Worker initial training? Challenge test is performed during RWT dressout training. 5) What measures do take if a worker fails the hearing challenge test? RP is notified by training if a worker indicates they cannot hear the alarm in RWT dressout training and if determination is due to hearing exam safety notifies RP. Upon notification, worker is flagged in access control software as requiring a vibrating EPD for RCA entry. ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Thomson, Raymond W. Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 12:34 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Powernet: Challenging A Workers Ability To Hear Dosimeter Alarms Columbia Generating Station is requesting the following information: 6) Does your facility challenge a workers ability to hear Direct Reading Dosimeter alarms? 7) How and when is this testing conducted? 8) Do you challenge a workers ability to hear Direct Reading Dosimeter alarms in a high noise background area when using an enhanced alarming dosimeter such as a PAM 1 or PAM-TRX? 9) Do you test outage workers during Radiation Worker initial training? 10) What measures do take if a worker fails the hearing challenge test? Thanks In Advance, Ray Thomson Health Physics Staff Advisor Columbia Generating Station [email protected] Office, 509-377-8273 Pager, 509-780-0339 Confidentiality Notice: This email message, including any attachments, contains or may contain confidential information intended only for the addressee. If you are not an intended recipient of this message, be advised that any reading, dissemination, forwarding, printing, copying or other use of this message or its attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply message and delete this email message and any attachments from your system.
