Palo Verde provides the following response: Years ago, Palo Verde discontinued the practice of painting tools used inside the RCA purple to denote that they may be potentially contaminated.
We limit the contamination levels on tools used in the RCA to <20k dpm fixed, < 1000 dpm/100 cm2 loose. Items that exceed these levels are either decontaminated or are used exclusively within contaminated areas. We also prohibit the release of common tools from the RCA. . We also maintain a tool issue area inside the RCA and allow M&TE items to be released provided they meet the release criteria. We do have a small satellite M&TE cal lab set up inside the U-1 RCA Seth From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sutton, Craig Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 6:06 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Powernet: Marking of Contaminated RCA Tools DCPP would like to discontinue the practice of using paint to identify contaminate tools as RP is no longer able to control purple/magenta paint due to contractors and vendors working onsite. For those who have stopped using paint on contaminated RCA tools what method do you use to communicate the hazard associated with contaminated tools? Respectfully, Craig D. Sutton Radioactive Materials Engineer Pacific Gas & Electric Company Diablo Canyon Power Plant MS 104/2/216 PO Box 56 Avila Beach, CA 93424 P: 805.545.4208 | C: 805.748.0603 | [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ________________________________ PG&E is committed to protecting our customers' privacy. To learn more, please visit http://www.pge.com/about/company/privacy/customer/ ________________________________ --- NOTICE --- This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain confidential, privileged or proprietary information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original and any copy or printout. Unintended recipients are prohibited from making any other use of this e-mail. Although we have taken reasonable precautions to ensure no viruses are present in this e-mail, we accept no liability for any loss or damage arising from the use of this e-mail or attachments, or for any delay or errors or omissions in the contents which result from e-mail transmission.
