ML18046A761
| ML18046A761 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 06/15/1981 |
| From: | Johnson B CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.) |
| To: | James Keppler NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
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| NUDOCS 8107060236 | |
| Download: ML18046A761 (3) | |
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consumers Power company Genenil Offlc*: 212 West Mlchl911n Avenue, Jac:kaon, Michigan '9201 * (517) 788-0650 June.15, 1981 Mr James G Keppler Office of Inspection and Enforcement Region III US Nuclear Regulatory Commission 799 Roosevelt Road Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 DOCKET 50-255 -
LICENSE DPR ?ALIS.ADES PLAL1T -
RESPONSE TO IE L.'1SP:SC.TION REPORT 81-06 IE Inspection Report No 50-255'/81-06 dated May 20, 1981 detailed two (2) apparent items of non-compliance.
Consumers has reviewed the inspection report and is providing the attached responses !or the two items.
Brian D Jonnson Senior I..icensing Engi.."leer CC
- Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Director, Office of Inspection and Enforcement NRC Resident :nspector - Palisades Att (.2 pages) 8107060236 810621 PDR ADOCK 050002 G
p JUN 1 8 1981
ATTACHMENT CONSUMERS POWER COMPANY RESPONSE TO IE INSPECTION REPORT NO 50-255/81-06 DOCKET 50-255 LICENSE DPR-20 Item 1 Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 20.207(a) states:
"Licensed materials stored in an unrestricted area shall be secured f!"om unauthorized removal from the place of storage."
Contrary to the above, licensed materials in the form of contaminated 55-gallon containers were identified on May 1, 1981, being stored in the on-site overflow parking lot, an unrestricted area, which containers were not secured from unauthorized removal.
This is a Severity Level V violation.
(Supplement I.E.)
Resnonse to Item 1 Discussion - Consumers Power Company acknowledges that licensed materials were found in an area not designated for radioactive material storage.
This condition indicates inadequacies existed in the program for control of radioactive material within the restricted area.
Specifically, the cause of this incident is attributed to the fact that surveys of material consigned to a salvageable equipment storage area, ( ie "overflow parking lot") were apparently not adequate to detect residual leavels of contami-nation in containers which had previously been used for radioactive material storage.
However, Consumers Power Company does not agree that the material found was in an "unrestricted area".
Site layout constraints necessitate movement of radioactive material between several widely dispersed locations, some of which are not in the protected area.
Surveys of :oaterial transfer routes and nearby areas have been routinely conducted and are considered to be "controls" in the sense of Part 20. 3(a) (14), which defines a Restricted Area.
Additional company and site procedures incorporate controls on prop-erty disposal which provide checks for inadvertent spread of radioactivity.
The site security plan includes controls such as posting and routine inspec-tions to ensure unauthorized personnel are not occupying the site.
In light of the above discussion the following steps comprise the cor!"ective action for this incident.
A.
Corrective Action Ta.ken and Results Achieved The three 55-gallon drums which were found to contain radioactive materia.J..
were promptly re.moved to an appropriate area for processing as radioactive waste material.
Comprehensive survey (approximately 24 man hours) of all the material in the salvage area and vicinity was conducted.
One addi-tional drum containing low level radioactive material was found and !"emoved to a radiation controlled area.
B.
Action to Prevent Further Noncompliance
- 1.
Health Physics personnel have been appraised of this incident and of the importance of proper surveys of all.material leaving radia-tion controlled areas.
- 2.
Health Physics Procedure 2.14, Routine Radiation and Contamination Surveys, covers checks which are performed in areas not expected to contain radioactive i:na.terial:
the salvage area was not included in this procedure.
A new procedure, to be called Routine Site Surveys, is being prepared which substantially expands the areas routinely checked.
C.
Date When Full Compliance Will Be Achieved Full compliance has been achieved with removal of the identified material to controlled areas and the completion of follow-up surveys.
Item 2 Technical Specification 6.8.l(d) states, in part:
"written procedures shall be... implemented... covering the *.
- emergency plan implementation".
Contrary to the above, on April 29, 1981, the inspector observed a failure to implement fire protection procedures Part 5.4.2.b in that a Class 1 flamm-able li~uid (.methyl alcohol in a glass bottle) was being improperly stored.
This is a Severity Level VI violation.
(Supplement I.F.)
Res~onse to Item 2 A.
Corrective Action Ta.ken and Results Achieved The glass container was promptly removed fro.m the area.
B.
Corrective Action to Prevent Recurrence Stockroo.m personnel have been instructed to issue flammable li~uids only in approved containers.
Appropriate Supervisors who may be in charge of work activities involving use of flammable liquids have been reminded of their responsibilities with respect to control of flammable liquids.
Date When Full Compliance Will Be Achieved The actions described above have been implemented.
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