ML18066A194
| ML18066A194 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 06/15/1998 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML18066A193 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-255-98-09, 50-255-98-9, NUDOCS 9806220288 | |
| Download: ML18066A194 (3) | |
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION Consumers Energy Company Palisades Nuclear Generating Facility Docket-Nb. 50-255 License No. DPR-20 During an NRC inspection conducted May 4 - June 1, 1998, three violations of NRC requirements were identified. In accordance with the "General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG-1600, the violations are listed below:
- 1.
Technical Specification 6.7.2 requires, in part, that areas with radiation levels greater than or equal to 1000 mrem/hr be provided with locked or continuously guarded doors to prevent inadvertent unauthorized entry.
Contrary to the above;
- a.
On April 29, 1998, the Radiation Controlled Door to the 607' Mainsteam Room in containment, with radiation levels ranging up to 5000 mrem/hr, was not locked and not guarded.for several minutes (VIO 50-255/98009-04a).
- b.
On May 28, 1998, the Radiation Controlled Door to the Clean Waste Receiver Tank room, which provides access to the 607' catwalk with radiation levels ranging up to 1200 mrem/hr, was not locked and not guarded for approximately 30 minutes (VIO 50-255/98009-04b ).
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement IV).
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Technical Specification 6.4.1 requires, in part, that written procedures be established, implemented, and maintained covering activities recommended in Regulatory Guide 1.33, Revision 2, Appendix A; February 1978.
Regulatory Guide 1.33, Appendix A, recommends that safety-related activities covered by written procedures include radiation protection procedures for access control to radiation areas including a radiation. work permit system. Administrative Procedure No. 7.13, Revision 7, "Radiation Controlled Area Access", describes requirements for access control
- to radiation areas.
- a., "Individual Responsibilities for Proper Radiation Safety", of Administrative Procedure No. 7.13, Revision 7, requires, in part, that all personnel working in the Radiation Controlled Area promptly obey "Stop Work" instructions of Radiological Services personnel.
- b.
Administrative Procedure No. 7.13, Revision 7, "Radiation Controlled Area Access",
- -requires; in-part, that all personnel, entering the Radiation Controlled Area; log the-entry for dose tracking purposes by following the instruction given by the computer terminal.
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Contrary to the above;
- a.
On May 19, 1998, two contract personnel, working in the Radiation Controlled Area, conducting incore instrumentation insertion on the upper guide *structure failed to promptly obey the "Stop Work" instructions of Radiological Services personnel (Vl.O 50-255/98009-058).
- b.
On May 22, 1998, a contract worker, who entered the reactor cavity, an area within the Radiation Controlled Area, to install lead shielding and remove reactor heater
- blankets, did not log his entry for dose tracking purposes by following the instruction given by the computer terminal (VIO 50-255/98009-05b)..
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement IV).
- 3.
10 CFR 20.1902(b) requires that the licensee post each high radiation area with a conspicuous sign bearing the radiation symbol and the words "CAUTION, HIGH RADIATION AREA" or "DANGER, HIGH RADIATION AREA".
Pursuant to 10 CFR 20.1003, a high radiation area means an area, accessible to' indiv_iduals, in which radiation levels could result in an individual receiving a dose equivalent in excess of 100 millirem in 1 hour1.157407e-5 days <br />2.777778e-4 hours <br />1.653439e-6 weeks <br />3.805e-7 months <br /> at 30 cm from the radiation source or from any surface that the radiation penetrates.
Contrary to the above, from approximately 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on May 27, 1998, the access ladder to the reactor cavity floor, with radiation levels of up to 150 millirem in an hour
- at 30 centimeters, was not conspicuously posted with a sign bearing the radiation symbol and the words "CAUTION, HIGH RADIATION AREA" or "DANGER, HIGH RADIATION AREA" (VIO 50-255/98009-06).
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement IV).
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Consumers En.ergy 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 Regional Administrator, Region Ill, and a copy to the NRC Resident Inspector at the facility that is the subject of this Notice, 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 or severity level, (2) the correctiv.e_stepsJhat have been-taken and-the-results achieved, (3) the corrective steps that -. -
will be taken to avoid further violations, and (4) the date when full compliance will be achieved.
Your response may reference or include previous docketed correspondence, if the correspondence adequately addresses the required response. If an adequate reply is not received within the time
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specified in this Notice, an order or a 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.
If you contest this enforcement action, you should also provide a copy of your response to the Director, Office of Enforcement, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
Because your response will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), to the extent possible, it should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards information so that it can be placed in the PDR without redaction. If personal privacy or proprietary information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, then please provide a bracketed copy of your response that identifies the information that should be protected and a redacted copy of your response that deletes such information. If you request withholding of such material, you must specifically identify the portions of your response that you seek to have withheld and provide in*
detail the bases for your claim of withholding (e.g., explain why the disclosure of information will create an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy or provide the information required by 10 CFR 2.790(b) to support a request for withholding confidential commercial or financial information):
If safeguards information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, please provide the level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.21.
Dated at Lisle, Illinois this 15th day of June 1998