IR 05000244/1994029
| ML17264A844 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Ginna  |
| Issue date: | 03/25/1997 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML17264A843 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-244-97-01, 50-244-97-1, NUDOCS 9704020019 | |
| Download: ML17264A844 (3) | |
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ENCLOSURE
NOTICE OF VIOLATION Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation Ginna Station Docket No. 50-244 L'icense No. DPR-.1 8 As a result of an inspection conducted from January 5 to February 23, 1997, the following violation of NRC requirements was identified.
In accordance with the Enforcement Policy (NUREG 1600), the violation is listed below:
w 10 CFR 50, Appendix B, Criterion XVI, "Corrective Action," requires in part that measures be established to assure that conditions adverse to quality, such as deficiencies and deviations are promptly identified and corrected.
Contrary to the above, the licensee failed to correct problems regarding contamination boundary control and poor radiological work practices noted in NRC Inspection Report Nos.
50-244/94-29 and 50-244/96-11, and RGSE ACTION Report No. 96-0902 dated September 27, 1996, as evidenced by the following:
1)
On February 9, '1997, maintenance tools were removed from a designated contamination area on the A-Safety Injection pump.
Several rags and a wire brush that had been used inside an area with loose smearable surface contamination were allowed to straddle across the boundary marker line and extend into an uncontaminated area.
These items were not surveyed prior to being removed from the contaminated area.
Other wrenches and'tools that had been used inside a contaminated area'were removed and placed on a clean surface without having been bagged or surveyed for contamination beforehand.
2)
On February 17, 1997, a leak from a fitting on.the transmitter of a flow instrument
'Fl-116)
was dripping from inside a contaminated area onto a clean floor surface that was designated. as uncontaminated.
A towel'had been placed on the floor was
'ollecting the leakage, but the towel was saturated with the radioactive fluid.
Water was flowing away from the towel to a low point in the floor, forming a
"puddle, and contaminating previously clean floor areas up to 2700 dpm/100cm'.
No collection device was in place that could prevent the spread of contaminated water to uncontaminated. areas.
The radiological protection technician on duty at the time was not aware of this condition.
This is a Severity Level IV Violation (Supplement I) ~
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the U. S. Nuclear
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Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C. 20555 with a copy to the Regional Administrator Region I, and a copy to the NRC Resident Inspector at the facility that is the subject of this Notice, within 30 days'f receipt of the letter transmitting this Notice.of Violation (Notice). This reply should'be clearly marked as
"Reply to a Notice of Violation," and.should include: (1) the, reasons for the violations, or,
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if contested, the basis for disputing the violations; (2) the corrective steps that have been taken and the results achieved; (3) the corrective steps that will be taken to avoid further 97040200i9 97032S PDR ADQCK 05000244
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violations; and (4) the date when full compliance will be achieved.
If an adequate reply is not received within the time specified in this Notice, an order may be issued to show cause
. why the license should not be modified, suspended, or revoked, or why such action as may be proper should not be taken.
Where good cause is sh'own, consideration will be given to extending the response time.
Because your response will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), to the extent possible, it should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards information so that it can be placed in the ('DR without redaction.
However, if you find it necessary to include. such information, you should clearly indicate the specific information that you desire not to be placed in the PDR, and provide the legal basis to support your request for withholding the information from the public.
Dated at King of Prussia, Pennsylvania this 25th day of March 1997