Re[2]: Controlled Areas

[sandy_perle@email.fpl.com]

>Also, can someone tell me where the REGULATIONS stipulate what LIMITING 
access to controlled and restricted areas means?  Is signage adequate? 
Rope and stantion barriers?  Security guards with assult weapons?
[Yes.  And none of these.  It can simply be procedural control.  It simply 
has to be appropriate for the situation at hand.  But regardless of the 
regulatory requirement liability issues and organization P.R. will usually 
mandate controls well in excess of anything 10CFR requires]<

In many cases, nuclear power plants, the specific requirements are defined 
in the plant's Technical Specifications or in the plant's Procedures. For 
example, a situation may require control, such as in constant 
surveillance; a video camera monitoring the area is acceptable, or, a 
guard posted at the area. This may be defined under specific scenarios. A 
barricade in many cases is defined as an appropriate posting, making the 
worker aware of the potential hazard of being in the area, and in many 
cases a ribbon rope is acceptable. In some cases areas are locked with 
barriers that can not be penetrated. They are all defined in the Tech 
Specs or procedures. The regulations, i.e., 10 CFR Part 20 are not 
definitive.

Sandy Perle
Supervisor Health Physics
Florida Power and Light Company
Nuclear Division

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