ML17292B433
| ML17292B433 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Columbia  |
| Issue date: | 07/31/1998 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML17292B432 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-397-98-14, NUDOCS 9808060051 | |
| Download: ML17292B433 (3) | |
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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 July 20-23, 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:
10,CFR 50.54(q) requires licensees to follow and maintain in effect emergency plans which meet the standards in 50:47(b) and the requirements in Part 50, Appendix E.
10 CFR 50.54(q) also permits licensees to make changes to emergency plans without prior Commission approval only ifthe changes do not decrease the effectiveness of the plan.
Appendix E, Paragraph IV.F.1, requires that emergency plans include a description of specialized initial training and periodic retraining programs provided to certain categories of emergency personnel including directors, personnel who perform accident assessment, radiological monitoring teams, etc.
Contrary to the above, on July 13, 1998, the licensee made changes to its emergency plan, without Commission approval, that decreased the effectiveness of the emergency plan. Specifically, initial training requirements were reduced from formal classroom instruction, written examination, and hands-on training where appropriate to formal classroom instruction, written examination, or hands-on training.
And, on July 23, 1998, it was determined that the licensee's emergency plan did not describe the initial and retraining programs.
The emergency plan stated that course assignments for members of the emergency organization may be found in emergency plan implementing procedures.
The course assignments were not found in implementing procedures, and retraining courses were only identified in a computer database.
This is a Severity Level IVviolation (Supplement Vill)(50-397/98014-01).
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 mar'ked 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 9808060051 9807$ i PDR ADQCK 05000397 PDR 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.
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 rrtust 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 31st day of July.1998.