ML18067A819
| ML18067A819 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 02/06/1998 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
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| ML18067A818 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-255-97-16, NUDOCS 9802100191 | |
| Download: ML18067A819 (2) | |
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION Consumers Energy Company Palisades Nuclear Generating Facility Docket No. 50-255 License No. DPR-20 During an NRC inspection conducted December 15-19, 1997, and January 14-16, 1998, a violation of NRC requirements was identified. In accordance with the "General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG-1600, the violation is listed below:
1 O CFR Part 20.1902(b) requires that the licensee post each high radiation area with a conspicuous sign or signs 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 individuals, 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 centimeters from the radiation source or from any surface that the radiation penetrates.
Contrary to the above, from approximately 12:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. on January 7, 1998, the high radiation area in the Waste Gas Surge Tank Room, with radiation dose rates of up to 120 millirem in an hour at 30 centimeters from the Waste Gas Surge Tank, was not conspicuously posted with a sign bearing the radiation symbol and the words "CAUTION, HIGH RADIATION AREA" or "DANGER, HIGH RADIATION AREA".
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement IV).
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Consumers Energy Company is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, A TIN:
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
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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 corrective steps that 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 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.
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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 6th day of February 1998