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Notice of Violation from Insp on 980601-05.Violation Noted: on 980603,inspector Determined That Exposure Goal for Refueling Outage 13 Was Not Reviewed by Senior Site ALARA Committee Prior to Outage
ML17292B411
Person / Time
Site: Columbia Energy Northwest icon.png
Issue date: 06/18/1998
From:
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To:
Shared Package
ML17292B409 List:
References
50-397-98-10, NUDOCS 9806220346
Download: ML17292B411 (4)


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E CLO URE 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 June 1-5, 1998, one 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:

Technical Specification 5.4.1.a. states, in part, that written procedures shall be established, implemented, and maintained covering the applicable procedures recommended in Regulatory Guide 1.33, Revision 2, Appendix A, February 1978.

Regulatory Guide 1.33, Appendix A, Section 7.e.9, requires procedures for the implementation of the ALARAprogram.

Section 2.3 of Procedure GEN-RPP-13, "ALARACommittee," Revision 1, states, in part, that the senior site ALARAcommittee is responsible for the review of outage exposure goals.

Section 5.1.4 of Procedure GEN-RPP-14, "Control of Temporary Shielding,"

Revision 1, states, in part, that the ALARAshielding coordinator is responsible for ensuring that ALARAreviews are performed to determine shielding requirements and evaluating the exposure reduction effectiveness (of the shielding).

Contrary to the above, On June 3, 1998, the inspector determined that the exposure goal for Refueling Outage 13 was not reviewed by the senior site ALARAcommittee prior to the outage.

On June 4, 1998, the inspector identified that ALARAreviews and exposure reduction effectiveness evaluations were not performed to determine shielding requirements and the exposure reduction effectiveness (of the shielding).

This is a Severity Level IVviolation (Supplement IV ) (50-397/9810-01).

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 facilitythat 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 9806220346 9806i8 PDR ADOCK 05000397 8

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~ 4I steps that willbe 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 willbe given to extending the response time..

Ifyou contest this enforcement action, you shouic,'lso provide a copy of your response to the Director, Office of Enforcement, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.

i 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.

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 ragout 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 18th day of June 1998.