ML17191A698
| ML17191A698 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Dresden  |
| Issue date: | 05/26/1998 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML17191A696 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-237-98-16, 50-249-98-16, NUDOCS 9806010170 | |
| Download: ML17191A698 (2) | |
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION Commonwealth Edison Company Dresden Station, Units 2 and 3 Docket Nos. 50-237; 50-249 License Nos. DPR-19; DPR-25 During an inspection conducted between May 5-8, 1998, a violation of NRC requirements was identified. In accordance with the "General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG".'1600, the violation is listed below:
10 CFR 20.1501 requires that each licensee make or cause to be made surveys that may be necessary for the licensee to comply with the regulations in Part 20 and that are reasonable under the circumstances to evaluate the extent of radiation levels, concentrations or quantities of radioactive materials, and the potential radiological hazards that could be present.
Pursuant to 10 CFR 20.1003, survey means an evaluation of the radiological conditions and potential hazards incident to the production, use, transfer, release, disposal, or presence of radioactive material or other sources of radiation.
Contrary to the above, on April 11, 1998, the licensee did not make adequate surveys to assure compliance with 10 CFR 20.1201 (a)(1 )(i), which limits the total effective dose equivalent to 5 rems per year. Specifically, the licensee failed to adequately evaluate the airborne radioactivity concentrations of the wo'rk environment during tensioning of the Unit 2 d~ell cover.
. This is a Severity Level. IV violation (Supplement IV).
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Commonwealth Edison Qompany is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington D.C. 20555 with a copy to the Regional Administrator, U.S. Nuclea.r Regulatory Commission, Region Ill, 801 Warrenville Road, Lisle, Illinois 60532, and a copy to the NRC Resident Inspector at the facility which is the subject of this Notice, 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 or severity level, (2) the corrective steps that have been 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.
If you contest this enforcement action, you should also provide a copy of your response to the Director, Office of Enforcement, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
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 9806010170 980526 PDR ADOCK 05000237 G
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 redacted copy of your response that deletes such information. If you request withholding of such material, you must specifically identify the portions of your response that you seek to have withheld and provide in detail the bases for your claim of ytithholding (e.g. explain why the disclosure or information will create an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy or provide the information required by 10 CFR 2.790(b) to support<? 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 Lisle, Illinois this 26th day of May 1.998