ML17054B744
| ML17054B744 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Nine Mile Point  |
| Issue date: | 07/02/1985 |
| From: | Murley T NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Hooten B NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORP. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML17054B745 | List: |
| References | |
| EA-85-072, EA-85-72, NUDOCS 8507190390 | |
| Download: ML17054B744 (6) | |
See also: IR 05000220/1985008
Text
JUL 0 P
1985
Docket No. 50-220
License
No.
EA 85-72
Niagara
Mohawk Power Corporation
ATTN:
Mr. B. G. Hooten
Executive Director
Nuclear Operations
c/o Miss Catherine
R. Seibert
300 Erie Boulevard West
Syracuse,
13202
Gentlemen:
Subject:
Notice of Violation (NRC Inspection
No. 50-22
48
This refers to an inspection
conducted
by a representative
of the South Carolina
Department of Health and Environmental
Control
on May 6 and 7,
1985 of a ship-
ment of radioactive waste
from Nine Mile Point Nuclear
Power Plant, Unit l.
The shipment
was inspected
upon its arrival at the Chem-Nuclear
Systems,
Inc.,
burial site at Barnwell, South Carolina.
Areas
examined during this inspection
are described
in a report by the repre-
sentative of the South Carolina Department of Health
and Environmental
Control,
which is attached
to the
NRC Region I Inspection
Report enclosed with this
letter.
The inspection consisted of a review of shipping papers,
placarding,
marking and labeling, radiation measurements,
selective
contamination
surveys,
and examination of the packages
and the tractor-trailer.
Based
on the results of the inspection, it appears
that one of your activities
was not conducted
in full compliance with NRC requirements,
as set forth in the
This violation involves non-fixed radioactive contamination
in excess
of permissible quantities which was detected
on the external
surfaces
of packages
used for shipping licensed material.
The violation has
been
categorized
at Severity Level III in accordance
with the "General
Statement
of
Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions,"
10 CFR Part 2, Appendix
C (1985).
The violation for which you have
been cited has already
been
the subject of
enforcement
action
by the State of South Carolina
on May 8,
1985.
On May 8,
1985,
the State of South Carolina assessed
a civil penalty of $5,000.00.
In
addition your South Carolina Waste Transport
Permit was
suspended
for not less
than
30 days.
You were also required to demonstrate
that adequate
measures
have
been
implemented to assure
compliance with all applicable provisions of
State
and Federal
law.
In view of these
circumstances,
we have decided
not to
issue
a civil penalty in this case.
You are required to respond to this letter and in preparing your response,
you
should, follow the instructions specified in the enclosed
Notice.
After reviewing
your response
to this Notice, including your proposed corrective actions,
the
NRC
will determine
whether further
NRC enforcement action is necessary
in order to
ensure
compliance with NRC regulatory requirements.
OFFICIAL RECORD
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Mohawk Power Corporation
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In accordance
with Section
2.790 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice,"
Part 2,
Title 10,
Code of Federal
Regulations,
a copy of this letter and its enclosure
will be placed in the
NRC Public Document
Room.
The responses
directed
by this letter and the enclosed
Notice are not subject to
the clearance
procedures
of the Office of Management
and Budget
as required
by
the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1980,
PL 96-511.
Sincerely,
gi3gi'na1 5f,gned by
Thomas E. Murley,
Thomas
E. Murley
Regi onal
Admini strator
Enclosures:
1.
2.
NRC Inspection
Report
No. 50-220/85-08
cc w/encl:
T.
E.
Lempges,
Vice President,
Nuclear Generation
T. Perkins,
General
Superintendent,
Nuclear
Generation
D. Palmer,
Manager of guality Assurance
T.
Roman, Station Superintendent
J. Aldrich, Supervisor,
Operations
W. Drews, Technical
Superintendent
Troy B. Conner, Jr.
Esquire
John
W. Keib, Esquire
Director,
Power Division
Public Document
Room (PDR)
Local Public Document
Room (LPDR)
Nuclear Safety Information Center
(NSIC)
NRC Resident
Inspector
State of New York
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