Input from Sequoyah From: Barnhart, Jarrad Timothy [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, April 11, 2016 9:28 AM To: '[email protected]' Subject: [powernet] A few questions about your dosimetry department
TVA External Message. Please use caution when opening. Hello, I'm interested in a broad overview of your dosimetry program roles/responsibilities, if you wouldn't mind answering a few informal benchmark questions: 1) How many individuals are involved in implementing your dosimetry program? (from in-processing through termination) [3 non-outage; 6- outage] 2) Are those individuals bargaining unit or management? [2 - Technicians, 1- Management (myself), 4 additional Technicians during Outages] 3) What are their primary roles, and what other station functions are covered within your program? (respirator fits, environmental/REMP, etc?) External Dosimetry, Internal Dosimetry, Area Dosimetry, Respirator Fit Testing, Procedure Writing, EP, and assisting field Ops activities during high station demands. 4) Do dosimetry employees have required duties outside of dosimetry? 5) What is your role? RP Technical Support Superintendent- Responsible for Dosimetry, Respiratory Protection, Instrumentation, Self-Assessment, Procedures, and CAP to name a the major ones. [5 technicians and myself] 6) Does your station issue dosimetry to all individuals on-site, or only to those entering a RCA? Only those entering the RCA, although we issue many dosimeters that individuals do not enter the RCA because their supervisor says they may need one. We issued over 3600 dosimeters last year. 7) Do you anticipate needing to make any departmental changes as a result of nuclear promise initiative strategies? All options are being examined. Staffing number will be reduced, although at times we are struggle to do what our program requires. My personal impression is supporting work coverage is number one priority, followed by ALARA even though a large portion of 10 CFR 20 deals with dose management. It seems to me in general some executives driving the DNP initiatives are under the impression that dosimetry is nothing more than issuing a dosimeter and importing the dose from a vendor read. It's a knowledge gap that has resulted in the limited visibility to the station of what RP does beside the day to day field presence. Another interesting and challenging time in the industry. Thank you in advance for any information you may be able to provide. [cid:[email protected]] Jarrad T. Barnhart * Health Physicist - Dosimetry Supervisor Radiation Protection * (570) 542-6529 (w) [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Talen Energy * 769 Salem Boulevard * NUCSA1 * Berwick, PA 18603 The information contained in this message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately, and delete the original message.
