ML15118A258
| ML15118A258 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Oconee  |
| Issue date: | 10/06/1997 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML15118A257 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-287-97-12, NUDOCS 9710230056 | |
| Download: ML15118A258 (2) | |
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION Duke Energy Corporation Docket No. 50-287 Oconee 3 License No. DPR-55 During an NRC inspection conducted from July 27 to September 6. 1997. a violation of NRC requirements was identified.
In accordance with the "General Statement of Policy and Procedures for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG 1600, the violation is listed below:
10 CFR Part 20.1101(a) states that each licensee shall develop, document, and implement a radiation protection program commensurate with the scope and extent of licensed activities and sufficient to ensure compliance with the provisions of this part.
System Radiation Protection Manual, which implements 10 CFR Part 20.1101(a), Procedure 1 Use of Protective Clothing and Related Equipment, Revision 2. requires personnel removing protective clothing to, "Remove booties as you transfer to the step-off pad which is clean."
Contrary to the abbve. on August 27. 1997, test technicians exited a contaminated area without removing booties as they transferred to the step-off pad.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement IV).
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Duke Energy Corporation, is hereby required to.submit a written statement or explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN:
Document Control Desk, Washington, DC 20555, with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region II, and a copy to the NRC Resident Inspector, Oconee Nuclear Station, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation (Notice). This reply should be clearly marked as a "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- (2) th-e corrective steps that will be 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 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 PDR without redaction. If personal privacy or proprietary 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 9710230056 971006 PDR ADOCK 05000269 0
redacted copy of your response that deletes such information. If you request withholding of such material, you must sDecifically identify the orons of your response that you seek to have withheld and provide in del 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 73.21.
Dated at Atlanta, Georgia this 6th day of October 1997