ML18139B162
| ML18139B162 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Surry  |
| Issue date: | 12/09/1980 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML18139B159 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-280-80-29, 50-281-80-33, NUDOCS 8103130711 | |
| Download: ML18139B162 (3) | |
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- APPENDIX B NOTICE OF VIOLATION Virginia Electric and Power Company Surry Power Station, Units 1 and 2 License Nos. DPR-32
& DPR-37 Based on the NRC inspection conducted August 5-15, 1980, certain of your activities were apparently not conducted in full compliance with NRC requirements as indicated below. These items have been categorized as described in correspondence to you dated December 31, 1974.
A.
As required by Technical Specification 4.9.A "... equipment which has been installed to maintain control over radioactive materials in gaseous... efflu-ents produced during normal reactor operations... shall be maintained and used to keep levels of radioactive materials in effluents released to unrestricted areas as low as practicable."
Contrary to the above, on August 13, 1980, with.Unit 1 at power operation, the process vent filters and adsorbers, through which the effluents from the waste gas decay tanks are discharged, were not maintained in that the HEPA filters and charcoal adsorbers had been previously submerged half way in water and _the prefilters and HEPA filters were caked with dust. No pres-sure drop instrumentation was provided across the filter banks to ascertain
_their state of loading.
This is an infraction.
B.
As required by Technical Specification 4.12.A.4, "Instrumentation, equipment, and procedures shall generally conform to the recommendations in ORNL-NSIC-65, "Design, Construction, and Testing of High-Efficiency Air Filtration Systems for Nuclear Application", C. A. Burchsted and A. B. Fuller, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USAEC, January 1970".
Section 2. 9. 3 entitled "Instrumentation" of ORNL-NSIC-65 states, "Safe and reliable operation of a ventilating system requires instrumentation to monitor critical conditions.
These include air flow resistance (pressure drop) across each bank of filters... ".
C.
Contrary to the above, on August 13, 1980, the pressure drop gages across the Auxiliary Building filter banks exceeded five inches, which is off-scale high. This condition had existed since May 1980.
This is an infraction.
As required by 10 CFR 50.59, the holder of a license authorizing operation of a production or utilization facility may make changes in the facility as described in the safety analysis report, without prior Commission approval, unless the proposed change involves a change in the technical specifications incorporated in the license or an unreviewed safety question.
The licensee sha_ll maintain records of changes in the facility which shall include a written safety evaluation which provides the basis for the determination that the change does not involve an unreviewed safety question.
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Surry Po~er Station License Nos. DPR-32 and DPR-37 Appendix B Contrary to the above, on August 12, 1980, temporary lead shielding blankets were wrapped around the discharge piping of the Unit 1 A, Band C charging pumps.
The unit was at 68% power at the time.
No safety evaluation had been performed to determine if such installation involved an unreviewed safety question.
This is an infraction.
D.
As required by Technical Specification. 6.4.D, procedures prescribed by Specification 6. 4. B. 1, Health Physics Procedures, must be followed.
- 1.
Procedure HP3.1-15, Section D.2, requires a twice daily background count when whole body counting is in progress.
- 2.
The Radiation Protection Manual (RPM), paragraph 2.1.A.1 requires the use of an RWP when so indicated by signs.
- 3.
Section 2. 2. C. 1. c of the Radiation Protection Manual requires that anti-C's be wo*rn properly.
- 4.
Section 1.3.1.B of the RPM requires TLD's to be worn on the upper front portion of the body.
- 5.
Section 1.3.1.G.2 requires individuals to survey themselves when leaving a potentially contaminated area.
- 6.
Section 1.3.E of the RPM requires the use of protective clothing when entering a contamination area.
- 7.
The Standing Radiation Work Permit for the Laundry Area requires the use of lab coats for protective clothing.
Contrary to the above:
- 1.
Prior to the appraisal period (August 5-15, 1980) only one daily back-ground count for the whole body counter was being performed;
- 2.
on August 7, workers and supervisors were found working without an RWP in the Unit 2 cable vault which was properly posted requiring an RWP;
- 3.
during the appraisal period, workers were observed not properly wearing their anit-C's in that the hoods were tied back;
- 4.
on August 8, an individual was observed to be wearing his TLD on his right rear hip belt loop;
- 5.
on August 7, approximately 5 workers bypassed a frisking station with-out surveying themselves for contamination and entered the uncontrolled Turbine.Building from the Radiation Control Area;
Surry Po~er Station License Nos. DPR-32 and DPR-37 Appendix B
- 6.
on August 14, a station worker was observed reaching across a barrier in the Unit 2 Turbine Building on which was attached a sign indicating that an RWP and protective clothing were required for entry. The worker was not properly clothed; and,
- 7.
on two occasions during the appraisal period, workers in the laundry area were observed not wearing. lab coats or equivalent protective clothing.
This is an infraction.