IR 07100022/2012031

Notice of Violation from Insp on 980419-0530.Violation Noted:No Explanation Was Included in Subsequent Annual Radioactive Matls Release Rept & Condition Was Not Repaired in Timely Manner from 971022-1231

ML20249C078
Person / Time
Site:	Cooper, 07100022
Issue date:	06/23/1998
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To:
Shared Package
ML20249C075	List: IR 05000298/1998003 IR 07100022/2012031 ML20249C074
References
50-298-98-03, 50-298-98-3, NUDOCS 9806250283
Download: ML20249C078 (2)

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ENCLOSURE 1 NOTICE OF VIOLATION Nebraska Public Power District Docket No.: 50-298 l Cooper Nuclear Station License No.: DPR 46 During an NRC inspection conducted on April 19 through May 30,1998, a violation of NRC requirements was identified. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG-1600, the violations are listed below: Technical Specifications Table 3.21.A.1 specifies that, for the service water effluent line, the minimum required number of gross beta or gamma radioactivity monitoring channels being operable is one during releases via the pathwa Technical Specifications 3.21.A.1.d. required that, if the minimum number of channels is not returned to OPERABLE status withing 31 days, in lieu of any other report, explain in the next Annual Radioactive Materials Release Report why the instrument was not repaired in a timely manne Contrary to the above, with the service water effluent line radiation monitors inoperable, during liquids discharges, from October 22 through December 31,1997, no explanation was included in the subsequent Annual Radioactive Materials Release Report and the condition was not repaired in a timely manne This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement I ).

PurJuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Nebraska Public Power District is hereby required to submit a written statement cr explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatoiy Commission. ATTN:

Document C,ontrol Desk, Washington, D.C. 20555 with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region IV,611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400, Arlington, Texas 76011, and a copy to the NRC Resident inspector at the facility that is the subject of this_ Notice, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation (Notice). This reply should be clearly marked as a 'j

" Reply to a Notice of Violation" and should include for each violation: (1) the reason for the violation, or, if contested, the basis for disputing the violation or severity level (2) the corrective steps that have been taken and the results achieved, (3) the corrective steps that will be taken to ;

avoid further violations, and (4) the date when full compliance will be achieved. Your response may reference or include previous docketed correspondence, if the correspondence adequately addresses the required response. If an adequate reply is not received within the time specified in this Notice, an order or a Demand for Information may be issued as to why the license should not be modified,' suspended, or revoked, or why such other action as may be proper should not be taken. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending the response

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If you contest this enforcement action, you should also provide a copy of your response to the L Director, Office of Enforcement, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC..

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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 safeguaros information so that it can be placed in the PDR without redaction. If personal privacy or propnetary information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, then please provide a bracketed copy of your response that identifies the information that should be protected and a redacted copy of your response that deletes such information. If you request withholding of such material, you must

- specifically identify the portions of your response that you seek to have withheld and provide in

- detail the bases for your claim of withholding (e.g., explain why the disclosure of information will

create an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy or provide the information required by 10 CFR 2.790(b) to support a request for withholding confidential commercial or financial

.information). If safeguards information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, please provide the level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.2 Dated at Arlington, Texas

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