At DCPP we take credit for our portal monitors for internal monitoring, which eliminates the need to whole body count on a routine basis. New workers are required to step through a portal monitor prior to receiving a TLD. If they alarm the counter they are required to get a WBC using our Fastscan. Terminating employees pass through the portal monitors at the exit of the protected area. We use a Part 61 analysis to evaluate that the system is capable of detecting less than 1% of an ALI. This is done by our vendor Mirion.
Scott Stoffel Senior Health Physicist 119/1/123 (805) 545-4422 From: Powernet [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paciello, Lara R via Powernet Sent: Friday, November 30, 2018 4:54 AM To: [email protected] Cc: Paciello, Lara R <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Powernet] Suspension of Whole Body Counts... *****CAUTION: This email was sent from an EXTERNAL source. Think before clicking links or opening attachments.***** At FENOC, we take credit for our SPM-906 gamma portal monitors for internal monitoring, which negates the need to whole body count on a routine basis. New employees and visitors, etc., are required to step through a portal monitor before receiving a TLD. End of employment monitoring happens when they leave the site through the portal monitors at the exit of the protected area. We use our Part 61 yearly analysis to evaluate that the system is capable of detecting < 0.001ALI assuming the intake occurred during the previous shift. Dr. Lara Renz Paciello, CHP Radiation Protection - Dosimetry Laboratory Beaver Valley Power Station 724-682-5857 From: Powernet <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> On Behalf Of Kappler, Dane via Powernet Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2018 5:50 PM To: '[email protected]' <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Cc: Kappler, Dane <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: [EXTERNAL] [Powernet] Suspension of Whole Body Counts... I am aware that some nuclear power plants have suspended the requirement to have whole body counts on new staff and on personnel who end employment at your facility in favor of a portal monitor. 1. What were the factors you considered to justify this action? 1. What was the justification in the regulations and industrial standards? Respectfully, Dane A. Kappler Staff Health Physicist South Texas Project Nuclear Operating Company [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ________________________________ 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.
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