ML17300A759
| ML17300A759 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palo Verde  |
| Issue date: | 04/13/1987 |
| From: | Wenslawski F NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML17300A758 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-528-87-03, 50-528-87-3, NUDOCS 8704210274 | |
| Download: ML17300A759 (2) | |
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0 Arizona Nuclear Power Project P.
0.
Box 52034
- Phoenix, Arizona 85072-2034 APPENDIX A NOTICE OF VIOLATION Docket No. 50-528 License No.
NPF-41 As a result of the inspection conducted on February 2-6, 23-27, March 2-6 and telephone calls of March 17-18,
- 1987, and in accordance with the NRC Enforcement Policy, 10 CFR 2, Appendix C, the following violation was identified:
10 CFR 71.5(a)(1) requires, in part, that "Each licensee who...delivers licensed material to a carrier for transport shall comply with the applicable requirements of the regulations appropriate to the mode of transport of DOT in 49 CFR Parts 170 through 189."
In addition, "The licensee shall particularly note DOT regulations...:(i)...173.401 through 173.478."
49 CFR 173.425, "Transport requirements for low specific activity (LSA) radioactive materials,"
requires in part (b)(l), that, "Materials must be packaged in strong, tight packages so that there will be no leakage of radioactive material under conditions normally incident to transportation."
P Contrary to this requirement, on October 15, 1986, a package of LSA radioactive material received at Clinton Power Station, Clinton, Illinois, shipped by the licensee on October 7, 1986, was observed by the receiver to be leaking low level radioactive liquid.
This is a Severity Level IV Violation (Supplement V).
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Arizona Public Service Company is hereby required to submit to this Office within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice, a written statement or explanation in reply, including for the violation:
(1) the corrective steps which have been taken and the results
- achieved, (2) the corrective steps which will be taken to avoid further violations, and (3) the date when full compliance will be achieved.
Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending the response time.
APR 13 I987 Dated F.
A. Wenslawski, Chief Emergency Preparedness and Radiological Protection Branch
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