Watts Bar replies: Duke Energy would appreciate your response to the following question concerning safety harnesses:
* How many harnesses are in normal issue inventory (not including outages or major projects)? On the order of 100, we have a lot of construction personnel working in the RCA in support of Unit-2. * Do you use separate harnesses for clean areas vs. contaminated areas? Try to use contaminated harnesses in contaminated area separate from general use to the most extent. * What are the decon techniques used for harnesses? Survey harnesses out, if smearable contamination or fixed contamination great 4500 cpm then they are sent to laundry. * What is activity limit for releasing harnesses back to normal issue inventory? Same as above * Are harnesses bagged for contamination control purposes when awaiting issue? No * Have you had PCEs that can be directly attributed to harnesses? Review of the last three years showed no PCEs related to harnesses. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Whitener, Christopher A Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 10:50 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Powernet: Personnel Contamination Events in Clean Areas Duke Energy would appreciate your response to the following questions concerning Personnel Contamination Events (PCE) in clean areas: * How many clean area PCEs occurred in 2011? * What is the percentage of clean area PCEs that you typically see annually? * What has been the main initiative in reducing clean area PCEs? * Is protective clothing routinely used in clean areas to prevent PCEs?
