IR 07100117/2012018

Notice of Violation from Insp on 971117-1218.Violation Noted:On 971123,several Workers Were Loitering in Radiation Field on 426 Foot Level within Unit 1 Containment,Including One Worker Sleeping

ML20198N760
Person / Time
Site:	Byron, 07100117
Issue date:	01/14/1998
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:
Shared Package
ML20198N753	List: IR 05000454/1997023 IR 07100117/2012018 ML20198N750
References
50-454-97-23, 50-455-97-23, NUDOCS 9801210205
Download: ML20198N760 (2)

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Docket Nos,-60-454; 50-455 ? j L Byron Station, Units 1 and 2:- License Nos. NFF-37; NPF_-66

' During an NRC inspection completed on December 18,~ 1997, a violation of NRC requirements:

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was identifiedf In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC J

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Inforcement Actions." NUREG-1_600, the violation is listed below:

Technical Spe Mication 6.11 requires that procedures for personnel radiation protection be

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. prepared consistent with the requirements of 10 CFR 20 and be approved,- maintained and -. ,

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adhered to for all operations involving personnel radiation exposure.

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- Radiation Protection Procedure BRP 5000-7, Revision 7, dated June 26,1996, " Unescorted

" Access To And Conduct in Radiologically Posted Areas," implements the requirements of :

Technica' Specification 6.11 and requires in step 3.K that workers not loiter in radiation fields or m t airbome radioactivity area ,

Contrary to the above, on November 23,1997, several workers were loitering in a radiation field .

. on the 426 foot level within Unit 1 containment,' including one worker that was sleepin i s - This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement IV).

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- For this Violation, the NRC has concluded that information regarding the reason for the violation, the corrective actions taken and planned to correct the violation and prevent-recurrence and the date v. tion full compliance was achieved 4 already adequately addressed on the docket in Inspection Report Nos. 50-454/97023(DRS) and 50-455/97023(DRS).

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, , However, you are required to submit a written statement of explanation pursuant to 10 CFR 2.201 l'the description therein does not accurately reflect your corrective actions or your position.; in that case, or if you choose to respond, clearly mark your response as a " Rep!y to a Notice of Violation," and send it to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document

- Control Desk; Washington, D.C. 20555 with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region lil,

' 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).

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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 pnrsonal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards information so

' that it can be placed in the PDR without redaction. If personal privacy or proprietary information

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is necessary Nrovide 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 informai!on. ' If you request withholding of such material, you mual specifically identify the portions of your response that you seek to have withheld and provide in  ;

1 detail the bases for your claim of withholding (e.g., explain why the disclosure of infcrmation will n

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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; ..

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provide the level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.21,

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