ML17292B323
| ML17292B323 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Columbia  |
| Issue date: | 04/08/1998 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML17292B322 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-397-98-04, 50-397-98-4, NUDOCS 9804150262 | |
| Download: ML17292B323 (3) | |
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ENCLOSU E 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 March 17-19, 1998, a violation of NRC requirements was identified. In accordance with the "General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG-1600, the violation is listed below:
10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion XVIII,requires a comprehensive system of planned and periodic audits be carried out to verify compliance with all aspects of the quality assurance program.
The audits shall be performed in accordance with the written procedures or checklists by appropriately trained personnel not having responsibility in the areas being audited.
Quality Assurance Procedure QAP-7, "Personnel Indoctrination, Training, Qualification, and Certification," Revision 6, states, "Personnel selected for quality assurance auditing assignments shall have experience or training commensurate with the scope, complexity, or special nature of the activities to be audited."
Contrary to the above, personnel reviewing the radiological effluent monitoring program as part of the 1997 Quality Assurance Audit 297-073 did not have experience or training in the special nature of the activities audited.
Specifically, the auditors did not have chemistry sampling and analysis experience or training dealing with the Offsite Dose Calculation Manual requirements.
This is a Severity Level IVviolation (Supplement I) (50-397/9804-03).
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, ifcontested, the basis for disputing the violation or severity level, (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, 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..
9804150262 980408 PDR ADOCK 05000397 G
Ifyou contest this enforcement action, you should also provide a copy of your response to the Director, Office of Enforcement, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
Because your response will be 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.
Ifpersonal privacy or proprietary information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, then please provide a bracketed copy of your response that identifies the information that should be protected and a redacted copy of your response that deletes such information. Ifyou request withholding of such material, you~ust specifically identify the portions of your response that you seek to have withheld and provide in detail the bases for your claim of withholding (e.g., explain why the disclosure of information will create an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy or provide the information required by 10 CFR 2.790(b) to support a request for withholding confidential commercial or financial information). Ifsafeguards information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, please provide the level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.21.
Dated at Arlington, Texas, this 8th day of April 1998.