ML18102B321
| ML18102B321 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Salem  |
| Issue date: | 05/20/1997 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML18102B320 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-272-97-07, 50-272-97-7, 50-311-97-07, 50-311-97-7, NUDOCS 9705280113 | |
| Download: ML18102B321 (2) | |
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APPENDIX A NOTICE OF VIOLATION Public Service Electric and Gas Company Salem Nuclear Generating Station Docket Nos: 50-272 50-311 License Nos: DPR-70 DPR-75 Units 1 and 2 During an NRC inspection conducted on March 16, 1997 to April 26, 1997, a violation(s) of NRC requirements was (were) identified. In accordance with the "General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG-1600, tha violation(s) is (are) listed below:
A.
Technical Specification 3.8.2.2 for Salem Unit 2 requires that, in modes 5 and 6 with less than two AC electrical busses and inverters operable and energized, operators establish containment integrity within 8 hours9.259259e-5 days <br />0.00222 hours <br />1.322751e-5 weeks <br />3.044e-6 months <br />.
B.
Contrary to the above, on April 8, 1997, with Salem Unit 2 in mode 5 and less than two AC electrical busses and inverters operable and energized, operators did not establish containment integrity within 8 hours9.259259e-5 days <br />0.00222 hours <br />1.322751e-5 weeks <br />3.044e-6 months <br />.
Technical Specification 6.11 states that procedures for personnel radiation protection... shall be approved, maintained and adhered to for all operations involving personnel radiation exposure. Procedure NC.NA-AP.ZZ-0024(0), Rev. 7, "Radiation Protection Program," Section 3.6, states that the Principal Health Physicist-Radiological Safety is responsible for ensuring periodic reviews of the ALARA program and periodic assessments of the station radiation protection prowam are conducted.
Contrary to the above, the Principal Health Physicist-Radiological Safety, has not scheduled or provided periodic reviews of. the ALARA program or periodic assessments of the station radiation protection program for at least the last 4 years.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement 1 ).
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Pubic Service Electric and Gas 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 I, and a copy to the NRC Resident Inspector at the f~cility _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, (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 9705280113 970520 PDR ADOCK 05000272 G
2 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.
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 King of Prussia, Pennsylvania this 20th day of May 1997