ML17157A318
| ML17157A318 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Susquehanna  |
| Issue date: | 09/07/1990 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| ML17157A317 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-387-90-16, 50-388-90-16, NUDOCS 9009240171 | |
| Download: ML17157A318 (1) | |
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PPENDIX A NOTICE OF VIOLATION Pennsylvania Power 5 Light Company 2 North Ninth Street Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101 Docket Nos. 50-387; 50-388 License Nos.
NPF-14; NPF-22 As a result of the inspection conducted on August 13-17,
- 1990, and in accordance with the NRC Enforcement Policy (10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C), the following violation was identified:
10 CFR 61.55(a)(8) states in part that "...the concentration of a radionuclide may be determined by indirect methods such as the use of scaling factors...if there is reasonable assurance that the indirect methods can be correlated with actual methods..."
Contrary to the above, since 1984 the licensee has been sampling and analyzing spent resin waste streams in a slurry form, while shipping these resins to a low-level radioactive waste disposal site in a dewatered form.
As a result, the activity levels for most isotopes in these shipments were under reported.
Additionally, a shipment of spent reactor water clean-up resins made in
- August, 1989, contained a mixture of two resins, for which the licensee had developed scaling factors for only one of the resin types.
This violation has been categorized as a Severity Level IV problem (Supplement IV).
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Pennsylvania Power 8 Light Company is hereby required to submit to this office within thirty days of the date of the letter which transmitted this Notice, a written statement or explanation in reply, including:
(1) the corrective steps which have been taken and the results achieved; (2) corrective steps which will be taken to avoid further violations; and (3) the date when full compliance will be achieved.
Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending this response time.
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