ML18031A778
| ML18031A778 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Browns Ferry  |
| Issue date: | 09/16/1986 |
| From: | Zech G NRC - TVA OVERSIGHT GROUP, NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML18031A777 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-259-86-26, 50-260-86-26, 50-296-86-26, NUDOCS 8609230352 | |
| Download: ML18031A778 (3) | |
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ENCLOSURE 1
I Tennessee Valley Authority Browns Ferry NOTICE OF VIOLATION Docket Nos. 50-259, 260 and 296 License Nos.
DPR-33, 52 and 68 During the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) inspection conducted on July 21-25, 1986, violations of NRC requirements were identified.
The violations involved failures to comply with applicable NRC and Department of Transportation (DOT) requirements concerning transportation and disposal of radioactive material.
In accordance with the "General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions,"
10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (1985), the violations are listed below:
A.
10 CFR 20.311(d)(l) requires that any generating licensee who transfers radioactive waste to a land disposal facility shall prepare all wastes so that the waste meets the waste characteristic requirements of 10 CFR 61.56.
10 CFR 61.56(a)(3) requires that solid waste containing liquid shall contain as little free standing and noncorrosive liquid as is reasonably achievable, but in no case shall the liquid excee'd one percent of the volume.
Contrary to the
- above, on April 2,
- 1986, the licensee failed to prepare radioactive waste Shipment Number 0386-048-S so that it met the free standing liquid limit, in that the dewatered resins in a high integrity container was found upon its arrival of the Chem-Nuclear
- Systems, Inc.
operated disposal site near Barnwell, South Carolina to contain 21 gallons of free standing liquid, which was in excess of the one percent volume limit of 12.7 gallons.
This is Severity Level IV violation (Supplement V).
B.
10 CFR 71.5(a) requires that each licensee who transports licensed material outside of the confines of its plant or other place of use, shall comply with the applicable requirements of the regulations appropriate to the mode of transport of DOT in 49 CFR Parts 170 through 189.
49 CFR 172.203(d)(1) requires that the description of radioactive materials on a shipping paper must include the name of each radionuclide in the radioactive material and the activity in each package of the shipment.
Contrary to the
- above, on June 13,
- 1984, the licensee failed to properly describe the radioactive material on the shipping paper for a calibration block sent to the licensee's Power Operations Training Center (POTC) under shipment number 2618 in that the activity and identification of the nuclides listed on the shipping paper were not accurate.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement V).
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Tennessee Valley Authority Browns Ferry Docket Nos.
50-259, 260 and 296 License Nos.
DPR-33, 52 and 68 C.
Technical Specification 6.6 requires that records of radioactive shipments shall be kept in a manner convenient for review for a period of at least five years.
Contrary to the
- above, the licensee failed to retain records of the following radioactive material shipments:
1.
Transfer of a calibration block from the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) in 1983.
2.
Transfer of a calibration block from the licensee's Power Operations Training Center on May 29, 1986.
This is a Severity Level IV violatiog (Supplement V).
D.
Technical Specification 6.3.D.2 requires that each high radiation area in which the intensity of radiation is greater than 1000 mrem/hr shall have the access to the source and/or area secured by lock(s).
In the case of a high radiation areas established for.
a period of 30 days or less, direct surveillance to prevent unauthorized entry may be substituted for permanent access control.
Contrary to the
- above, on March 28,
- 1986, the licensee failed to secure access to a high radiation area in the reactor waste cleanup (RMCU) heat..
exchanger
- room, in which the intensity of radiation was measured to be 2000 mrem/hr at 18 inches immediately prior to the entry, by lock(s) or direct surveillance in that the door to the room was left unlocked, open and unattended upon completion of the entry.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (SuppTement IV).
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Tennessee Valley Authority 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 each violation):
(1) admission or denial of the violation, (2) the reason for the violation if admitted, (3) the corrective steps which have been taken and the results
- achieved, (4) the corrective steps which will be taken to avoid further violations, and (5) the date when full compliance will be achieved.
Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending the response time.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Gary G. Zech, Director TVA Projects Dated at Atlanta, Georgia this 16th day of September 1986