ML17058A701
| ML17058A701 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Nine Mile Point  |
| Issue date: | 04/04/1991 |
| From: | Joyner J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Sylvia B NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORP. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML17058A702 | List: |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9104160155 | |
| Download: ML17058A701 (6) | |
See also: IR 05000220/1991010
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Docket Nos.
50-220
Niagara
Mohawk Power Corporation
ATTN:
Hr. B. Ralph Sylvia
Executive Vice President
- Nuclear
301 Plainfield Road
Syracuse,
13212
Gentlemen:
Subject:
Inspection
Report
No.; 50-220/91-10
This refers to an inspection
conducted
by a representative
of the Washington
Department of Health
on March 26,
1991, of a shipment of radioactive waste
from Nine Nile Point Unit 1.
The shipment
was inspected
upon its arrival at
the Hanford Disposal Site at Richland,
Results of the inspection
are
summarized
in the letter from the Washington
Department of Health,
dated
Harch 29,
1991, which was previously sent to you
by the State of Washington.
Based
upon 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 Notice of Violation, enclosed
herewith
as Appendix A.
The
violation involved the shipment of a cask to the burial facility in Washington
which upon arrival at the burial site
was determined to have external,
non-
fixed (removable)
contamination
on the cask in excess
of the limits specified
in
NRC regulations.
The violation has
been categorized
by severity level in
accordance
with the "General
Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC
Enforcement Actions",
10 CFR Part 2, Appendix
C (Enforcement Policy).
You are
required to respond to this letter and in preparing your response,
you should
follow the instructions in Appendix A.
Your cooperation with us in this matter is appreciated.
Sincerely,
Or.ainBI Signed By:
James
H. Joyner
James
H. Joyner,
Chief
Facilities Radiological
Safety
and Safeguards
Branch
Division of Radiatio'n Safety
and Safeguards
Enclosures:
1.
2.
NRC Region I Inspection
Report
No. 50-220/91-10
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State of New York
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