ML17289B081
| ML17289B081 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Columbia  |
| Issue date: | 11/23/1992 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML17289B079 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-397-92-35, NUDOCS 9212300037 | |
| Download: ML17289B081 (2) | |
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION Washington Public Power Supply System Washington Nuclear Project 2
Docket 50-397 License NPF-2I During an NRC inspection conducted October 19 - 30, 1992, violations of NRC requirements were identified.
In accordance with the "General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," 10 CFR. 2, Appendix C
'1992),
the violations are listed below:
A.
10 CFR 20.301 requires that no licensee dispose of licensed radioactive material except by certain specified methods.
Contrary to the above:
2.
On May 3 and Hay 12, 1992, after samples had shown that liquid in the T-5 Turbine Building sump contained radioactivity at an average concentration of approximately 7.0 E-6 microcuries per
, milliliter, a total of approximately 1000 gallons of the radioactive 'liquid was disposed of by discharge to the storm drain
- pond, a method not authorized by 10 CFR 20.301.
On June 27, 1992, after samples had shown that liquid in the T-2 Turbine Building sump contained radioactivity at an average concentration of approximately 4.6 E-7 microcuries per milliliter, the contents of the T-2 sump were disposed of by discharge to the storm drain pond, a method not authorized by 10 CFR 20.301.
B.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement IV).
10 CFR 50.59 requires, in part, that the licensee shall maintain records of changes to the facility or procedures described in the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR), including a written safety evaluation that provides the basis for determining that the change does not involve an unreviewed safety question.
UFSAR Section 9.3.3, "Equipment and Floor Drainage Systems,"
states in part:
Equipment and floor drainage systems are provided to handle radioactive and non-.radioactive wastes in separate systems.
Radioactive wastes are collected in the building sumps and transferred to the radwaste system for treatment, sampling and disposal or reuse within the plant.
Roof drains and non-'radioactive floor drains are drained by gravity or pumped to the storm drain system.
UFSAR Section 9.3.3.2.3=.
1 describes the non-radioactive Turbine Building
~ sumps that are routed to the storm drain system.
Contrary to the above, as of October 23, 1992, the licensee had not maintained records of a change to the facility as described in UFSAR Section 9.3.3.2.3. 1, in that the Turbine Building sumps designated as non-radioactive had been demonstrated to be radioactive by sample and 9212300037 921123 PDR ADOCK 05000397 A
- analysis, and no written safety evaluation of this change had been performed.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement I).
C.
Technical Specification 6.8.1 requires that written procedures shall be established, implemented, and maintained covering the activities referenced in Regulatory Guide 1.33, Appendix A.
Regulatory Guide 1.33, Appendix A, Section 5, references procedures for
- abnormal, off-normal, or alarm conditions.
Licensee Procedure 4.826.P1, Revision 1, describes the following required action for responding to a Control Room emergency ventilation system remote intake radiation monitor alarm:
2.
Determine the source of radioactivity in the remote intake.
Contrary to the above, on October 12, 1992, Control Room operators observed repeated alarms on WOA-RIS-31A (a Control Room emergency ventilation system remote intake radiation monitor),
and failed to determine the source of radioactivity in the remote intake.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement I).
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Washington Public Power Supply System 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, Region V, 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" and should include:
(1) the reason for the violation, or, if contested, the basis for disputing the violation, (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.
If an adequate reply is not received within the time specified in this Notice, the Commission may issue an order or a demand for information 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.
Dated at Walnut Creek,'alifornia this 29.d day of govern~
1992