ML17222A513
| ML17222A513 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Saint Lucie  |
| Issue date: | 09/14/1988 |
| From: | Dan Collins NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML17222A512 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-335-88-19, 50-389-88-19, NUDOCS 8809260176 | |
| Download: ML17222A513 (3) | |
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ENCLOSURE 1
NOTICE OF VIOLATION Florida Power and Light Company St. Lucie Docket Nos.
50-335 and 50-389 License Nos.
DPR-67 and NPF-16 During the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) inspection conducted on August 1-5,
- 1988, violations of NRC requirements were identified.
In accordance with the "General Statement of Pol icy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions,"
10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (19), the violations are listed.
below:
A.
10 CFR 20.201(b) requires each licensee to make or cause to be made such surveys as (1) may be necessary for the licensee to comply with the regulations in this part and (2) are reasonable under the circumstances to evaluate the extent of the radiation hazards that may be present.
Technical Specification
- 6. 11 requires that procedures for personnel radiation protection shall be prepared consistent with the requirements of 10 CFR 20 and shall be
- approved, maintained and adhered to for all operations involving personnel radiation exposure.
Health Physics Procedure HP-20, Area Radiation and Contamination
- Surveys, Revision 7, dated June 18, 1987, requires in Section 8.6.2.1 that any area containing removable surface contamination in excess of 1000 disintegrations per minute per one hundred square centimeters (dpm/100 cm')
beta/gamma or 20 dpm/100 cm'lpha shall be posted as a
Contaminated Area.
Contrary to the
- above, the licensee failed to comply with the survey requirements in that, on August 2,
- 1988, the floor of the Unit 2 Cask Washdown Second Floor Roof was noted to have smearable contamination to 50,000 disintegrations per minute per one hundred square centimeters but the area had not been surveyed since July 7,
- 1988, and was not posted or controlled as a contaminated area.
This is a Severity Level IY violation (Supplement IV).
B.
10 CFR 20.203(f)(1) requires each container of licensed material to bear a
- durable, clearly visible label identifying the radioactive contents.
10 CFR 20.203(f)(2) requires that the label bear the'adiation caution symbol and the words "CAUTION, RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL" or "DANGER, RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL" and also provide sufficient information to permit individuals handling or using the container, or working in the vicinity thereof to take precautions to avoid or minimize exposure.
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Florida Power and Light Company St; Lucie Docket Nos.
50-335 and 50-389 License Nos.
DPR-67 and NPF-16 Contrary to the above, on August 2, 1988, two contaminated thermal shield transfer casks and a pair of contaminated wire rope slings located on the Unit 2 Cask Washdown Second Floor Roof were not labeled as required.
The exceptions contained in 10 CFR 20.203(f)(3) were not applicable.
This is a Severity Level V violation (Supplement IV).
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Florida Power and Light Company is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the 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, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice.
This reply should be clearly marked as a
"Reply to a Notice of Violation" =,.,
',d include [for each violation]:
(1) admission or denial of the violation, (2) the reason for the violation if admitted, (3) the corrective steps which have been taken and the results
- achieved, (4) the corrective steps which will be taken to avoid further violations, and (5) the date when full compliance will be achieved.
Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending the response time.
If an adequate reply is not received within the time specified in this Notice, an order may be issued to show cause why the license should not be modified, suspended, or revoked or why such other action as may be proper should not be taken.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Dated at Atlanta, Georgia this)Pg.day ofg~p$ ~~1988 Douglas H. Collins, Chief Emergency Preparedness and Radiological Protection Branch Division of Radiation Safety and Safeguards