ML19322B798
| ML19322B798 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Oconee  |
| Issue date: | 03/29/1977 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML19322B778 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-269-77-01, 50-269-77-1, 50-270-77-01, 50-270-77-1, 50-287-77-01, NUDOCS 7912050785 | |
| Download: ML19322B798 (3) | |
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I4AR 291977
..g APPENDIX A NOTICE OF VIOLATION Duke Power Company License 'Eos.':
DPR-38 Oconee Nuclear Power Plant DPR-47 DPR-55 Docket Nos.:
50-269 50-270 50-287 Based on the results of an NRC inspection conduct ~ed on December 20-23, 1976, January 18-21 and 25-28, 1977, it appears that certain of your
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activities were not conducted in full compliance' with h'RC regulations and conditions of your License as indicated below.
Items 1-6 are infractions ;
Item 7 is a deficiency.
1.
10 CFR 20.201, " Surveys," requires that each licensee make or cause to be made such surveys as =ay be necessary to comply with the regulatory requirements specified in.10 CFR Part 20.
Contrary to the above, on January 17, 1977, no adequate measurement or other evaluation was =ade to account for radioactive effluent released from the Oconee oil ecIlection basin to the Keowee River until about 8:50 a.m. on January 13.
Civil Penalty - $4,000 2.
Technical Specification 3.9.3 requires that the rate of release of radioactive =aterials in liquid from the s::ation shall be controlled such that the instantaneous concentration of radioactivity in liquid waste upon release from the Restricted Area, does not er.ceed the values listed in 10 CFR 20, Appendix B, Table II, Column 2.
Contrary to the above:
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Radioactivity released in oil collection basin effluents on January 18-20, 1977, caused the instantaneous concenttation of radioactivity released nom the Restricted Area via the Keowee River to exceet ;.;he values of 10 CFR 20, Appendix 3, Table II, Column 2 by up to a factor of nineteen.
Civil Penalty - $1,500 b.
Calculation errors associated with routi=e liquid waste re-leases resulted in these instantaneous limits being exceeded by up to a factor of two during Ja,umry through March,1976.
Civil Penalty - $1,500 A?lfdD_IU t
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Technical Specification 3.9.5 reqtiires that as far as practicable, the releases of liquid waste shall be coordinated with the opera-
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tion of the Keowee hydro unit.-.
Contrary to the above, although the Keowee hydro plant was available for use, it was not operated in coordination with liquid waste releases on January 18, 19 and 20, 1977.
Civil Penalty = $3,000 4.
Technical Specification 3.9.4 requires that the equipment installed in the liquid radioactive waste system shall-be maintained and
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Contrary to the above, more than three curies of radioactivity, predominantly iodine-131, was released from the plant in liquid e.ffluents during the period of January 17 through January 28, 1977:
without processing by the liquid radioactive waste system.
Civil Penalty = $3,000 3.
Technical Specification 6.4.1 requires that detailed written emergency procedures involving potential or actual release of radioactivity, with appropriate check-off lists and instructions, shall be provided.
Contrary to the above, emergency procedures for controlling radioactivity released to the turbine building sump had not been provided.
Civil Penalty = $3,500 6.
Technical Speciff. cation 6.4.1 requires that the station shall be operated and mair.cained in accordance with approved procedures.
Contrary to the above, (a) the procedures for identifying steam generator tube leaks were not adhered to in that the Unit 1 steam generator "B" was leak tested on January 17, 1977, using radio-actively contaminated water, whereas the procedure requires.t at
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such water be drained and the steam generator refilled from the hotwell, (b) operational steps within OP/3/A/1102/2, used h r trip recovery of Unit 3 on Novenber 14, 1976, had.not been initialed to confirm that the unit had been raised to full power in the manner specified by the procedure.
Civil Pencity = $4,000 7.
Technical Specification 6.6.2.1 requires that abnor=al degradation discovered in the reactor coolant pressure boundary shall be reported within 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> of discoverf to the Directori Office of Inspection and Enforcement, Region II or his designate.
Contrary to the above, the pri=ary to secondary system leak dis-covered in the Unit 1, "B" stea= generator on January 15, 1977, was not reported to the NRC until the norning of January 17, 1977.
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