ML19352A824
| ML19352A824 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Yankee Rowe |
| Issue date: | 03/23/1981 |
| From: | Brunner E NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| ML19352A820 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-029-81-02, 50-29-81-2, NUDOCS 8106020186 | |
| Download: ML19352A824 (1) | |
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I APPENDIX A NOTICE OF VIOLATION Yankee Atomic Electric Company Docket No. 50-29 Framingham, Massachusetts 01701 License No. DPR-3
~ As a result of the inspection conducted on January 1-31, 1981, and in accordance with the Interim Enforcement Policy, 45 FR 66754 (October 7,1980), the following violation was identified:
10 CFR 20.103, " Exposure of individuals to concentrations of' radioactive materials in air ir estricted areas" states in Paragraph (b), in part, "The licensee shall, as a precautionary procedure, use process or other engineering controls, to the extent practicable, to limit concentrations of radioactive materials in air to levels below those which delimit an airborne radioactivity area as defined in 20.203(d)(1)(ii)... When it is impracticable to apply process or other engin-eering controls...other precautionary procedures, such as the provision of respiratory protective equipment, shall be used...".
Contrary to the above, on January 20, 1981, process or other engineering controls or other precautionary procedures were not utilized to limit concentrations of radioactive materials in air in the Primary Auxiliary Building atmosphere to 1cvels-below those which delimit an airborne radioactivity area.
Consequently, individuals who were in the area were exposed to air concentrations up to 2 X 10-7 microcuries (a sample that was taken approximately fifteen minutes after the incident occurred) per cubic contimeter, and causing internal deposition in one individual of four percent of the maximum permissible body burden for Cobalt-60.
This is a Severity Level IV Violation (Supplament IV).
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Yankee Atomi Electric Company is hereby required to submit to this office within twenty-five days of the date of this Notice, a '.witten statement or explanation in reply, including:
(1)the corrective steps which have been taken and the results achieved; (2) corrective steps which will be taken to avoid further violations; and (3) the date when full compliance will be achieved. Under the authority of Section 182 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, this response shall be submitted under oath or affirmation.
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El'dgn8 J. Brunner, Chief, Projects Branch #1, Division of Resident and Project Inspection 8106020l%@
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