ML17244A448
| ML17244A448 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Ginna  |
| Issue date: | 02/02/1979 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML17244A445 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-244-79-01, 50-244-79-1, NUDOCS 7904090256 | |
| Download: ML17244A448 (4) | |
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'APPENDIX A NOTICE OF 'IOLATION Rochester Gas and Electric Company Docket No. 50-244 Based on the results of, an NRC inspection conducted on January 9-12, 1979; it appears that certain of your activities wer e not conducted in full compliance with NRC regulations as indicated below.
Items A and B
are infractions, item C is a deficiency.
A.
B.
10 CFR'20.103(a)(3),
"Exposure of individuals to concentrations of radioactive materials in air in restricted areas,"
requires that the licensee use suitable measurements of concentrations of radio-active materials in air for detecting and evaluating airborne radioactivity in restricted areas.
Contrary to this requirement, on April 5, 1978, individuals were permitted to work under Special Work Permit No. 444, "Clean" and lubricate thimble tubes,"
and a measurement of the concentration of radioactive materials in the workers breathing zone during de-contamination of the seal table was not made.
At the completion of this work one individual was found to have facial contamination.
Subsequent whole body count measurements performed after decontami-nation indicated the presence'of:
.821 uCi Cobalt 60,
.639 uCi Cobalt 58, and 2.68'uCi Chromium 51, in or on the workers body.
"Surveys," requires that such surveys be con-ducted as may be necessary to comply with the regulations'contained
.in each section of'Part 20.
A "survey," as defined in Paragraph 20.201(a),
means "an evaluation of the radiation hazards incident to production,
- use, release, disposal; or presence of radioactive materials or other sources of radiation under a specific set of conditions.
When appropriate, such evaluation includes a physical survey of the location of materials and equipment, and measurements of levels of'radiation or concentrations of radioactive materials present."
Contrary to the above, on April 5, 1978, whole body counts per-formed on one individual indicated the presence of.821 uCi Cobalt 60,
.639 uCi Cobalt 58, and 2.68 uCi Chromium 51 which the licensee assumed to be external contamination and a survey or evaluation necessary to comply with the regulations contained in 10 CFR 20.101 was not conducted.
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Appendix A C.
10 CFR 20.409(b). "Notifications and reports to individuals," states:
"When a licensee is required pursuant to 5520.405 or 20.408 to report to the Commission any exposure of an individual to radiation or radioactive material, the licensee shall also notify the indi-vidual.
'Such notice shall be transmitted at a time no later than the transmittal to the Commission, and shall comply with the pro-
- visions of 519.13(a) of this chapter."
19.13(a) states, in part:
"The information reported shall include data and results obtained pursuant to Commission regulations, orders, or license conditions as shown in records maintained by the licensee pursuant to Commission regulations."
Contrary to the above requirement, on June 6 and June 16, 1978, the licensee furnished reports to three individuals that did not include their whole body count data and results obtained pursuant to 10 CFR 20;103(a)(3) and maintained pursuant to 10 CFR 20.401.
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