ML18153C248
| ML18153C248 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Surry  |
| Issue date: | 05/30/1990 |
| From: | Stohr J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML18153C247 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-280-90-18, 50-281-90-18, NUDOCS 9006140468 | |
| Download: ML18153C248 (2) | |
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ENCLOSURE 1 NOTICE OF VIOLATION Virginia Electric and Power Company Surry Nuclear Plant Docket Nos. 50-280, 50-281 License Nos. DPR-32, DPR-37 During the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) inspection conducted on*
April 16-20, 1990, a violation of NRC requirements was identified. In accordance with the "General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions,"
10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (1990), the violation is listed below:
10 CFR 20.103(b)(l) requ.ires the licensee, as a precautionary procedure, use process or other engineering controls, to the extent practical, to limit concentrations of radioactive materials in air to levels below those which delimit an airborne radioactivity area as defined in 10 CFR 20.203(d)(l)(ii).
10 CFR 20.203(d)(l)(ii) defines an airborne radioactivity area as any room, enclosure, or operating area in which airborne radioactive materials composed wholly or partly of licensed material exist in concentrations which, averaged over the number of hours in any week during which individuals are in the area, exceed 25 percent of the amounts specified in Appendix B, Table I, Column 1 of Part 20.
Contrary to the requirements specified above, the licensee failed to utilize, process or other engineering controls to the extent practical to 1 imit airborne radioactivity materi a 1 be 1 ow 25 percent (10 MPC-Hrs/Wk) of the amour1ts specified in Appendix B, Table I, Column 1, in that, between March 23-30, 1990, licensee personnel were in an average airborne concentration of 25 MPC-Hrs/Wk when the radioactivity concentration in the licensee's Auxiliary Building reached 99 times that specified in Appendix B, Table I, Column 1, of Part 20, on March 26, 1990.
This is a severity level IV violation (Supplement IV).
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Virginia Electric and Power Company is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington, DC 20555, with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region II, and a copy to the NRC Resident Inspector, Surry, within 30 days of the *date of the letter transmitting this Notice. This reply should be clearly marked as a "Reply to a Notice of Violation" and should include: (1) admission or denial of the violation, (2) the reason for the violation if admitted, (3) the corrective steps which have been taken and the results achieved, (4) the corrective steps which will be taken to avoid further
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Dated at Atlanta, Georgia this 3YD-day of MO'/
1990 FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
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Stohr, Director Division of Radiation Safety and Safeguards
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