ML18114A705
| ML18114A705 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Surry  |
| Issue date: | 03/28/1979 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML18114A701 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-280-79-09, 50-280-79-9, 50-281-79-10, NUDOCS 7906200152 | |
| Download: ML18114A705 (3) | |
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MAR 2 8 1979 APPENDIX A NOTICE OF VIOLATION
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- Based on* the NRC inspection* February 12'."'.16, certain of your activities were
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. below.** These items have been categorized* as described. in correspondence to*
you dated December 31, 1974.
- A.. * *:';~!(s ~~cr~qtiif.~d -by Technical Specification 3. 4. A. 2, the Recirculation Spray
- * ****.*Subsystems shall be operable during reactor operation. Section 6.3.1 of
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- othe,FSAR_ describes two-stages. of screen assemblies which sur:q>und. the
,..;sump.:from *0which
- the *containment :recirculation :spray pumps _take suction.
..:,The first stage is -a 0 :trash-rack and,roughiriga*.screen.,: The. second stage
- c.c;:onsists of* cylindri~al 00screens of fine mesh over each suction point.*
- . *..:.contrary 0to the ~b~ve,: :on February 15, 1979, inside the Unit 1 Contai~~
ment. with the reactor at 100% power, a portion of the trash rack was
~mind ::removed -and,incapable oL-petfoJ:D)ing... fts:.\\intended. function.
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B:: _:As r~quired by,,Technical Specification,*6~4.B.T.b,: the entra*nce to each radia*tion area in which the intensity of radiation is equal to or greater
'*than '*Lrein/hr shall. be,provided *with 'locked barricades to prevent unau-jthorized
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-:.... :L:::.:. On February i4., J979, a trap door providing access to a pipe -chase
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- FueL :and.' Decon, Buldings on the 6' 10 11 eleyation was
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General _area radiation _levels as high as 15 rem/hr were
,:-,.measured *by.an ~C iilspectof and :a.-licensee health physics technician
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- in. the :pipe chase. :The pipe chase provided access to the top of.
'-: *.*.. :*:the* spent resin :catc:h tank. *The ladder t9 -t,he :top.of this tank was
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On*Fehruiq::y,.13,*1979-; Gate.No>8';on*the.2*'*elevation of the Auxiliary
,:.. <*. -Building, was unlocked... :The gate,provided *access to general area
- c: ~:,:/radiation **1evels.of L l* to 2. 0 :rem/hr, as -measured by an NRC inspector
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License Nos. DPR-32 and DPR-37 Notice of Violation i':;~;:::.__;;ori*-iehruiicy
- t:f/'.'":1979, a gate providing access to the boric acid
.*c.filters ~t the 13' elevation in the Auxiliary Building was unlocked.
_;*General area radiation levels of o.1 to 2. o rem/hr were measured by
- . an NRC inspector and ~- licensee.health physic::s technician near the
. '.:,boric acid filters "<-~~~jL *_ ~-:*.:.. ':,:., _::;;;_;_c;-_:*:
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!his }s: an\\i.nf~act;io_n _and applies to Unit 1 and Unit 2~
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As required by T~chnic:al.Spec:i,ficaf:ion 6._4.B.i.a, the entrance to __ each radiation' area _*:i,n.which the. intensity of°"iadfation is gre~ter.t:ha'n _0.1 rem/h£ but less tlian.1~0 rem/hr**_ shall. "be***barricaded and conspicuously
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-.. On --~ebruary. i4, 1979, the trap door providing access to a pipe
. *chase be*tweeri the fuel and deCOn buildings, On the 6 I 10 11 elevation,
/~as. not. posted as a. high. radiation area.
General area radiation
- Je,vels.from _b :_1 *to.15 rem/llr _were"'niias.ured by an NRC inspector and
. *a~ licensee 11;~-~lth_* phy.sic:::s techiti.~ian.. :(This is tp.e.same a:rea,.noted
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b~~iebruacy *.13, i9'79,* '.iihigh_,:i.1di~t{~~ \\1:;ea '*near a lead*:.;shielded
- shovel,*o_n_th~ tToor:*at* efevation 6 1 1011 in the decon building'was n.o't posted or bardcaded.
The general area radiation level as
,measured.. by the NRC and a. licensee's heal th physics technician was
- o*:3 rem/hr*:in: *areas accessible* to individuals.
3.... ~()~:;F~bru~-diif,,;1979:,:~ high -~;Iiat.ioit'~re~ near. \\h~: boric acid
- fi.lte_r **at the.l~'-Tevel Jn the Auxiliary Building was not posted or
- ... barricaded._. The rad:Laf.iori: levels as. !)lea sured by an NRC inspector
... and. a licens"ee health* physics.. tl~~hnician were o_._1 to 2:0_ rem/hr in
'*.. :areas JlCCessible to i.ridividuals *m~ar the filter~
(This is.the*'*same area noted.as unlocked in ite.111 B.3L
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-d~ *febrd.t~ _'12 :. 1'9 7.9_, * ~.* hi~h "radiaiion\\ir~a ~-~okid th~ boric acid
.. tanks on~the 27' leve~ of the,Auxiiiary Build~ng was IlOt barricad~d.
The radiation level,~_s measur_ed.,.by' **an NRC inspector, and as po's\\ed on a *sign ;in the, area by _.the licensee, was 0.12 rem/hr in a:r'eas
.accessible, to individuals...
This is*a~'J~fra~tion and applies io*Unit*1 and Unit 2:
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As required by Technica*l Specification 6. 4.A. 7, detailed written pro-
. cedures shall be* provided for preventive *or corrective maintenance operations which would have an effect on the safety of the reactor.
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Contrary to the above, on February 13, 1979, iOOO to 1500 pounds _ of temporary lead
- shielding were* strapped to a five-foot section of* the residual* heat removal (RHR) system. At the time, the reactor (Unit #2) was _ being defueled and approximately *1/2 the core -was,still: *in -the vessel~**-' The RHR system was being used for "decay -hear removal~-
No
_ procedure addressing installation of this shielding had been developed.
This is *an infraction and applies to Unit 2; *.
. E. - As requir~d by 10 CFR--20.203(f)(l) and 20.203(f)(2),' each.container of licensed material cori.taining':'quantities -greater than those.listed in
.Appendix.C.of 10 CFR 20 -shall be_ar a durable, clearly visible.~-label _
_ identifying the - radioactive -contents---and bear *:the : radiation caution
. symbol *described in 10 CFR 20.203(a) and :the words *11CAUTION, RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL" or *"DANGER, RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL." 10 CFR 20.203(£)(3) -specifies.
exceptions to. the_ labeling requirements of 10 CFR 20.203(f)(l-).-.and.
20.203(f)(2).
. Contrary to*. the above; on February 12 **and 13 ~ *--1979; twelve,55-gallon,_ *
- drums. i.ri: th_e' Auxiliary BuiJ<iing c*ontaiiiing*,*contaminated materials :were not labeled as stated above~ - Assuming typ:ical activation products, aria
.. based on. *measured radiation **levels,.. the-- inspector estimated.that the
- .: drums *contained activit:ies *-*ranging '.from _200 to: 16,00o* times -10 CFR -20 Appendix C ac:tivities:*-The-~xceptiOQ.S specified by 10 CFR 20.203(f)(3) dida,~\\~PPh*.< 0;*};-_;::.,-*::;::*'.*._:_/*':>,.:,,:-~-:-_< **:':}*, -:'--<
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- F. _ *As r~quired,bf *10 CFR 20.20'3(d)(2), each *aTrbtfrne radioactivity area
.. shall be *conspicuously :poste'd-*with a sign or sigris bearing the.. :radiation caution-symbol* described'"*irC~10 -CFR 20*.203(a).'-and.the words.!!CA'JITION,*-
AIRBORNE RADIOACTIVITY-AREA." 10 CFR 20.203(d)(l)(i) defines an airborne radioactivity area as 'any room;-._ enclosure*~ or:. operating. area. *in whj.ch
.*. _airborne :r'adioactive materials' exist-, in: concentratfons in excess o'f the
_. a_mounts specified-in Appendix B, Table I,' Column 1, of 10 CFR 20.
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, - RADIOACTIVITY AREA." The concentration of xenon-133 in Unit 1 Containment
- on February *15, 1979, was 53 times the concentration listed in Appendix B,
- -:Table I; Column 1 of 10 CFR 20. _, " *:.
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