ML19274D919
| ML19274D919 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | FitzPatrick  |
| Issue date: | 10/26/1978 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| References | |
| 50-333-78-17, NUDOCS 7902270229 | |
| Download: ML19274D919 (3) | |
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APPENDIX A NOTICE OF VIOLATION Power Authority of the State of New York Docket No. 50-333 New York, New York 10019 Based on the results of an NRC inspection conducted on September 11-15, 1978, it appears that certain of your activities were not conducted in full compliance with NRC regulations and the conditions of your NRC Facility License No. DPR-59 as indicated below.
Items A and B are categorized as Infractions, the rest of the items as Deficiencies.
A.
Section 4.3.1 and Table 4.3-1 of Appendix B (ETS) requires, in part, that three lake water samples from the Nine Mile Point, Unit 1, intake, James A. FitzPatrick plant intake and Oswego City water shall be collected and analyzed on a monthly basis for gamma emitters by germanium lithium detector spectroscopic analysis.
Contrary to these requirements, the monthly lake water and Oswego City water samples were analyzed under adverse analytical conditions for environmental sample analysis, including a relatively high background, resulting in erroneous analytical results for the 1977 monthly analyses including January, February, March, April, May, June and July.
B.
Section 6.11 of Appendix A, Technical Specifications, requires, in part, that procedures for personnel radiation protection shall be prepared and adhered to for all plant operations.
These procedures shall be formulated to maintain radiation exposures received during operation and maintenance as far below the limits specified in 10 CFR 20 as practicable. The procedures shall include planning, preparations and training for operation and maintenance activities.
They shall also include exposure allocation, radiation and contamin-ation control techniques, and final debriefing.
Section 5.C of the J. A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant Radiation Protection Operating Procedures, " Restricted Area Rules," requires, in part, that:
(1) each person exiting from a restricted area where there is a possibility of contamination, shall check themselves for contamination at the control points; (2) all tools and equipment shall be checked for contamination by the Radiation Protection group before removal from a restricted area.
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1.
Contrary to these requirements, at the time of the inspection on September 14, 1978, an individual leavi.1g the restricted area failed to check himself for contamination at the control point.
2.
Contrary to these requirements, at the time of the inspection on September 14, 1978, a tool was not checked for contamination by the Radiation Protection group before removal from a restricted area.
C.
Section 2.2.4 of the Appendix B, Environmental Technical Specifications (ETS) requires, in part, that neutralizer tank effluents shall be continuously monitored for pH during discharge to the discharge canal. The pH monitor alarm shall be set to alarm at pH levels below 6.0 and above 8.5.
Contrary to these requirements, the neutralizer tank pH monitor upper limit alarm setpoint was set above 8.5 on September 13, 1978, during tank discharge.
D.
Section 5.5.1 of the Appendix B (ETS) requires, in part, that' detailed written procedures including applicable checklists and instructions be prepared carrying out the environmental monitoring program.
Procedures include sampling, data recording and storage, instrument calibration, measurements and analyses. Site Procedure No. S-RTP-29, " Radiation Protection Technical and Analytical Procedures,"
requires, in part, that the environmental station radiation monitors shall be calibrated semi-annually.
Contrary to these requirements, Environmental St.' ion Radiation Monitor J, which is required by Section 4.3, Tab:
4.3-1 of the ETS, was not calibrated semi-annually 6ering the criod from July r
12, 1977 to March 15, 1978.
E.
Section 2.1.1 of the Appendix B (ETS) requires, in part, that the AT between the main condenser inlet and the plant outlet shall be monitored and recorded once per hour.
Contrary to these requirements. the AT between the main condenser inlet and the plant outlet was not recorded once per hour on December 5, 1977.
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F.
Section 2.2.3 of Appendix B (ETS) requires, in part, that the concentration of any solute in the plant discharge rot exceed the lake ambient concentration of these solutes by more than 5%.
Contrary to these requirements, the concentration of solutes in the plant discharge exceeded the lake ambient concentration of these solutes by more than 5% on several occasions including:
sodium in October, 1977, February, 1978, and April, 1978; manganese in February, 1978, April,1978, May,1978 and August,1978; iron in September, 1977, January,1978, and March,1978; and sulfate in March,1978.
G.
Section 5.7.1 of Appendix B (ETS) requires, in part, that records and logs be made and retained for the life of the plant including records of all data from environmental monitoring, surveillance, and special surveillance and study activities required by the ETS.
Contrary to the above, the analytical records pursuant to Section 2.2.3 of the ETS, for the required manganese monitoring in the plant discharge for February,1978, and March,1978, were not maintained as required.
H.
Section 5.6.2 of Appendix B (ETS) requires, in part, that a report be submitted in the event that a limiting condition for operation is exceeded.
Those events not requiring prompt report shall be reported within 30 days by a written report to the Director of the NRC Regional Office (with a copy to the Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation).
Contrary to these requirements, a written report was not submitted within the required 30 day period when the limiting condition for operation was exceeded for iron and sulfate in the plant discharge on March 10, 1978.
The required report (LER 78-25) was submitted on May 16, 1978.