ML17331A083
| ML17331A083 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Cook  |
| Issue date: | 03/04/1993 |
| From: | Norelius C NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML17331A082 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-315-93-10, 50-316-93-10, NUDOCS 9303150021 | |
| Download: ML17331A083 (2) | |
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION Indiana Michigan Power Company Cook Nuclear Station Units 1 and 2
Docket Nos.
50-315 and 50-316 License Nos.
DPR-58 and 50-74 During an NRC inspection conducted on February 2 through 5, 1993, violations of NRC requirements were identified.
In accordance with the "General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions,"
10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C, the violations are listed below:
A.
B.
10 CFR 71.5(a) requires that licensees, who transport licensed material outside the confines of their plants or deliver licensed material to a
carrier for transport, comply with the applicable requirements of the regulations appropriate to the mode of transport of the Department of Transportation (DOT) in 49 CFR Part 170-189.
49 CFR 173.'427(e) requires that an empty package which previously contained radioactive materials and has been emptied comply with the requirements of 49 CFR 173.421(b) which state that radiation levels at any point on the external surface of the package does not exceed 0.5 millirem per hour.
Contrary to the above, on January 26,
- 1993, an empty package was delivered to the guadrex Recycle Center in Oak Ridge, Tennessee with external radiation levels of 180 millirem per hour over a small area of the package.
This is a Severity Level IV problem (Supplement V).
49 CFR 173.475 requires, in part, that before each shipment of any radioactive materials
- package, the shipper ensure by examination or appropriate tests, that the external radiation levels are within allowable limits.
Contrary to the above, on January 26,
- 1993, an empty package was shipped without the shipper ensuring by appropriate surveys that external radiation levels were within applicable limits.
Specifically, the departure survey failed to detect a radiation level of 180 millirem per hour, which exceeded the 0.5 millirem per hour allowable limits.
This is a Severity Level IV problem (Supplement V).
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Indiana Michigan Power Company 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 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region III, 799 Roosevelt
- Road, Glen Ellyn, Illinois, 60137, and a copy to the NRC Resident Inspector at the D.
C.
Cook Nuclear Power Station 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, if contested, the basis for disputing the violation, (2) the corrective steps that have been taken and the results
- achieved, (3) the corrective steps that 9303i5002i 930304 PDR ADOCK 050003i5 8
Notice of Violation will be taken to avoid further violations, and (4) the date when full compliance will be achieved.
If an adequate reply is not received within the time specified in this Notice, an order or 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.
Dated at Glen Ellyn, Illinois this +day of March 1993 C ar es ore us,
>rector Division of Radiation Safety and Safeguards