ML17291A984
| ML17291A984 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Columbia  |
| Issue date: | 08/24/1995 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
| To: | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML17291A983 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-397-95-21, NUDOCS 9508290039 | |
| Download: ML17291A984 (3) | |
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ENCLOSURE 1
NOTICE OF VIOLATION Washington Public Power Supply System Washington Nuclear Project-2 Docket:
50-397 License:
NPF-21 During an NRC inspection conducted on July 17-20,
- 1995, two violations of NRC requirements were identified.
In accordance with the "General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions,"
10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C, the violations are listed below:
A.
B.
Technical Specification
- 6. 12.2 requires, in part, that in addition to the requirements of Specification
- 6. 12. 1, areas accessible to personnel with radiation levels such that a major portion of the body could receive in 1 hour1.157407e-5 days <br />2.777778e-4 hours <br />1.653439e-6 weeks <br />3.805e-7 months <br /> a dose greater than 1000 mrems shall be provided with locked doors to prevent unauthorized entry.
In areas where no enclosure exists for the purposes of locking, and no enclosure can be reasonably constructed around the individual areas, then that area shall be barricaded, conspicuously
- posted, and a flashing light shall be activated as a warning device.
Contrary to the above, on May 4, 1995, the licensee failed to control a
high high radiation area on the 512-foot elevation of the drywell with a barricade.
A second failure to control a high high radiation area occurred on May 27, 1995.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement IV) (VIO 397/9521-01).
Technical Specification 6.8. l.a. requires, in part, that written procedures be established, implemented, and maintained covering the activities recommended in Appendix A of Regulatory Guide 1.33, Revision 2, February 1978.
Section l.a. of Appendix A of Regulatory Guide 1.33 includes security activities and Section 7.e.(1) includes procedures for access control to radiation areas.
Plant Procedure Manual (PPM) 11.2.7.3, "High and Very High Radiation Area Controls," Revision 10, Section 5.2.6.c and PPM 1.7. 1, "Access Key Control," Revision 13, Section 6.4.4 state that, in addition to keys issued by Health Physics during normal operations, a set of keys which access high high radiation areas are also located in key repositories in the Central Alarm Station and Secondary Alarm Station in the Main Control Room.
The duty shift manager may authorize the issuance of these keys to Operations personnel knowledgeable in the requirements of Technical Specification
- 6. 12. 1.
PPM 1.7. 1, Section 6.4.4, requires that a set of keys to very high radiation areas be kept in the main control room.
PPM 1.7. 1, Section 6.4.2.c, and PPM 11.2.7.3, Section 5.2.6.b, states that all restricted area keys will be accounted for at shift turnover and appropriate log entries made.
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Contrary to the above, very high radiation area keys were not maintained in the main control room.
Also, keys to high high radiation areas were maintained in the radioactive waste control
- room, an unauthorized location.
Keys in the radioactive waste control room had not been inventoried since January 1990 and,
- thus, were not accounted for on a
shiftly basis.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement IV) (VIO 397/9521-02).
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 IV, 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400, Arlington, Texas
- 76011, and a copy to the NRC Resident Inspector at the facility that 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, (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.
Dated at Arlington, Texas this 24th day of August 1995