05000397/FIN-2016009-10
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| Title | Licensee-Identified Violation |
| Description | The following violation of very low safety (Green) significance was identified by the licensee and is a violation of NRC requirements which meet the criteria of the NRC Enforcement Policy for being dispositioned as a non-cited violation. Failure to Perform QC Inspections of Radwaste Shipping Liners Prior to Use Technical Specification 5.4.1.a requires, in part, that procedures be written, implemented, and established for those areas recommended in Regulatory Guide 1.33, Appendix A, Revision 2, 1978. Section 7(b) of Regulat ory Guide 1.33, Appendix A, requires procedures for control of radioactive materials to minimize potential releases to the environment associated with solid radwaste. Procedure SWP-RMP-02, Radioactive Waste Process Control Program, Sections 2.11, Quality, and 2.13, Procurement, stated, in part, that: Procurement of items and services s upporting radioactive material transport and disposal shall be performed in accordance with procedure SWP-PUR-01, Procurement of Services, procedure SWP-PUR-04, Material, Equipment, Parts and Supplies Procurement, and procedure SWP-MMP-03, Packaging and Shipping of Material or Equipment, and should be designated as Commercial Grade or Procurement Quality Level 3 as applicable. 51 Columbia Generating Station Programs and Procedures OQAPD, SWP-RMP-02, SWP-PUR-01, and SWP-PUR-04 required the licensees QC staff to inspect PHIC liners when received on-site and prior to first use. Contrary to the above, in April and June of 2015, PHIC liners (later used in shipment Nos. 15-23 and 15-49) arrived on-site and were used without having QC procurement inspections performed prior to use. Consequently, RWCU resin was disposed of at the US Ecology site on April 29 and June 15, 2015, in PHIC liners that were not appropriately inspected. Because this violation was determined to be of very low safety significance and was entered into the licensees corrective action program as ARs 360572 and 338421, this violation is being treated as a licensee- identified non-cited violation consistent with the NRC Enforcement Policy. The failure to perform QC inspection of radwaste shipment liners is a performance deficiency. It adversely affects the Public Radiation Safety Cornerstone objective to ensure adequate protection of the public. Using NRC Inspection Manual Chapter 0609, Appendix D, Public Radiation Safety Significance Determination Process, the team determined this violation to be of very low safety significance (Green) because: (1) radiation limits were not exceeded, (2) there was no breach of a package during transit, (3) it did not involve a certificate of compliance issue, (4) it was not a low level burial ground nonconformance, and (5) it did not involve a failure to make notifications or provide emergency response information. |
| Site: | Columbia  |
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| Report | IR 05000397/2016009 Section 4OA7 |
| Date counted | Mar 31, 2017 (2017Q1) |
| Type: | NCV: Green |
| cornerstone | Pr Safety |
| Identified by: | Licensee-identified |
| Inspection Procedure: | |
| Inspectors (proximate) | L Carson N Greene B Tharakanb Tharakanh Gepford L Carson N Greene |
| Violation of: | Technical Specification |
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Finding List (Columbia) @ 2017Q1
Self-Identified List (Columbia)
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