ML18044A346
| ML18044A346 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 11/07/1979 |
| From: | James Keppler NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Dewitt R CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.) |
| Shared Package | |
| ML18044A347 | List: |
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| NUDOCS 7912190786 | |
| Download: ML18044A346 (2) | |
See also: IR 05000255/1979016
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UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Consumers Power Company
ATTN: Mr. R. B. DeWitt
Vice President,
Nuclear Operations
212 West Michigan Avenue
Jackson, MI 49201
Gentlemen:
REGION Ill
799 ROOSEVELT ROAD
GLEN ELLYN. ILLINOIS 60137
ftOV 7 1979
This refers to the inspection ~onducted by Mr. L. J. Rueter and others on
July 6, 9, 23, and 24, August 13 and 14, September 18, 29, and 30,
and October 1, 1979 of activities at or associated with Palisades Nuclear
Generating Plant authorized by NRC License No. DPR-20 and to the discussion
of our findings with you and others of your staff on September 18, 1979.
The enclosed copy of our inspection report identifies areas examined
during the inspection. Within these areas, the inspection consisted of a
selective examination of procedures and representative records, observa-
tions, independent measurements and interviews with personnel.
The enclosed inspection report includes those items discussed at the
management meeting, which you attended, at the Palisades Plant on
September 18, 1979.
In addition to a discussion of events related to the
two recent radwaste shipments which contained free water, general licensee
performance in the radwaste and radiation protection areas was discussed at
the management meeting.
As a result of these discussions, we understand
that you will direct increased management attention to these areas in order
to improve your performance.
This office will monitor your progress during
future inspections.
During this inspection, certain of your activities appeared to be in
noncompliance with NRC requirements, as described in the enclosed
Appendix A.
Although your shipment of small quantities of free liquid in
urea formaldehyde solidified radwaste in July, 197'9, was potentially in
noncompliance with NRC requirements, no such citation has been included
in this report, since it was determined that you were conforming to or
exceeding industry practices effective at that time. You were, however,
subsequently notified by this office that any future such shipments will
be considered noncompliance with NRC requirements.
This notice is sent to you pursuant to the provisions of_ Section 2.201 of
the NRC's "Rules of Practice," Part 2, Title 10, Code of Federal Regula-
tions. Section 2.201 requires you to submit to this office within
twenty days of your receipt of this notice a written statement or explana-
tion in reply, including for each item of noncompliance: (1) corrective
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action taken and the results achieved; (2) corrective action to be taken
to avoid further noncompliance; and (3) the date when full compliance
will be achieved.
In accordance with Section 2.790 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," Part
2, Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, a copy of this letter, the
enclosures, and your response to this letter will be placed in the NRC's
Public Document Room, except as follows. If the enclosures contain information
that you or your contractors believe to be proprietary, you must apply in
writing to this office, within twenty days of your receipt of this letter,
to withhold such information from public disclosure. The application must
include a full statement of the reasons for which the information is
considered proprietary, and should be prepared so that proprietary informa-
tion identified in the application is contained in an enclosure to the
application.
We will gladly discuss any questions you have concerning this inspection.
Enclosures:
1.
Appendix A, Notice of
Violation
2.
IE Inspection Report
No. 50-255/79-16
cc w/encls:
Mr. J. G. Lewis, Manager
Central Files
Reproduction Unit NRC 20b
Local PDR
Ronald Callen, Michigan Public
Service Commission
Myron M. Cherry, Chicago
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~fr/gc
10/29/79
Sincerely,
James G. Keppler
Director