ML17292B146
| ML17292B146 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Columbia  |
| Issue date: | 12/18/1997 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
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| ML17292B145 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-397-97-19, NUDOCS 9712230269 | |
| Download: ML17292B146 (2) | |
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ENCLOSURE 1 NOTICE OF VIOLATION Washington Public Power Supply System Washington Nuclear Project-2 Docket No.: 50-397 License No.: NPF-21 During an NRC inspection conducted on November 17-21, 1997, two violations of NRC requirements were identified.
In accordance with the "General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG-1600, the violations are listed below:
Technical Specification 5.7.2.a requires, in part, that each entryway to high radiation areas with dose rates greater than 1.0 rem/hour (at 30 centimeters from the radiation source or from any surface penetrated by the radiation) be provided with a locked door, gate, or guard that prevents unauthorized entry.
Contrary to the above, on October 6, 1997, an entryway to the radwaste liner storage room on the 437-foot elevation of the radwaste building, an area with dose rates greater than 1.0 rem/hour (at 30 centimeters from the radiation source or from any surface penetrated by the radiation) was not provided with a locked door, gate, or guard that prevented unauthorized entry.
This is a Severity Level IVviolation (Supplement IV)(50-397/9719-01).
10 CFR 20.1501(a) requires, in part, that each licensee make or cause to be made surveys that may be necessary for the licensee to comply with the regulations in 10 CFR Part 20 and are reasonable to evaluate the quantities of radioactive material and the potential radiological hazards that could be present.
10 CFR 20.1003 defines a survey as an evaluation of radiological conditions and potential hazards incident to the production, use, transfer, release, disposal, or presence of radioactive material or other sources of radiation.
10 CFR 20.1201 requires, in part, each licensee to control the occupational dose to individual adults to 5 rems for the total effective dose equivalent or the 50 rems for the sum of the deep-dose equivalent and the committed dose equivalent to any individual organ or tissue other than the lens of the eye.
Contrary to the above, the licensee did not make or cause to be made surveys necessary to comply with 10 CFR 20.1201.
Specifically, on April30, May 30, and July 2, 1997, the licensee failed to perform evaluations of the radiological hazards that could have been present when four individuals were identified to have potentially taken radioactive material internally.
This is a Severity Level IVviolation (Supplement IV)(50-397/9719-02).
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 9712230269 97i2i8 PDR ADOCK 05000397 8
PDR 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, ifcontested, 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 willbe achieved.
Your response may reference or include previous docketed correspondence, ifthe correspondence adequately addresses the required response.
Ifan 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.
Because your response willbe 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.
However, ifyou find it necessary to include such information, you should clearly indicate the specific information that you desire not to be placed in the PDR, and provide the legal basis to support your request for withholding the information from the public.
Dated at Arlington, Texas this 18th day of December 1997