ML18057B403
| ML18057B403 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 11/29/1991 |
| From: | Greger L NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
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| ML18057B402 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-255-91-22, NUDOCS 9112110077 | |
| Download: ML18057B403 (2) | |
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION Consumers Power Company Palisades Nuclear Generating Station Docket No. 50-255 License No. DPR-20 During an NRC inspection conducted on October 30 through November 6, 1991, a violation of NRC requirements was identified.
In accordance with the "General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," (10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (1991)), the violation is listed below:
10 CFR 50.59(a)(l) allows licensees to make changes to the fac-ility as described in the Safety Analysis Report without prior NRC approval, provided that the change does not require a change to the Technical Specification, or involve an unreviewed safety question.
10 CFR 50.59(a)(2) states that a proposed change shall be deemed to involve an unreviewed safety question if the probability of occurrence or the consequences of an accident or malfunction of equipment important to safety previously evaluated in the safety analysis report may be increased.
Contrary to the above, on March 12, 1991, a safety analysis performed for changes to the Updated final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR) failed to evaluate whether these changes involved an unreviewed safety question. The changes to the FSAR involved the reactivation of the south radwaste storage building for storage of radioactive waste.
The safety analysis failed to identify the
- projected contained source term, failed to address the potential dose impact to the public, failed to evaluate radioactive material release pathways and dose impact to the public, failed to evaluate the potential for radioactive material release during normal and abnormal operating conditions and accidents; and failed to evaluate the need for filtration and radiation monitoring systems.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement I).
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Consumers 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, 700 Roosevelt Road, Glen Ellyn, Illinois, 60137, and a copy to the NRC Resident Inspector at the facility that is the subject to this Notice, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation (Notice).
This reply should clearly be 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 steps that 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
- 9112110077 91i129 PDR ADOCK 05000255 G
NOV 2 9 1991
- in this Notice, an order may be issued to show cause 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, consideratio~ will be given to extending the response time.
Dated at Glen Ellyn, Illinois this ~
day of November 1991 L. Robert Greger, Chief Reactor Programs Branch