ML20002B220

Notice of Violation from Insp on 800925-1003 & 27-30. Noncompliance Noted:Failure to Check tamper-indicating Devices

ML20002B220
Person / Time
Site:	Framatome ANP Richland
Issue date:	11/28/1980
From:	Norderhaug L NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V)
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ML20002B215	List: ML20002B220
References
70-1257-80-08, 70-1257-80-8, NUDOCS 8012110106
Download: ML20002B220 (1)

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APPEllDIX A NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION NOTICE OF VIOLATION Exxon Nuclear Company, Inc.

2955 Ceotge Washington Way

. 70-1257 Richland, Washington 99352 Docket No.

As a result of the inspection conducted on September 25 - October 3 and October 27-30, 1980, and in accordance with the Interim Enforcement Policy, 45 FR 66754. (October 7,1980), the following violation was identified:

Paragraph 70.58(j) of Part 10, Code of Federal Regulations requires that

" Physical inventory procedures shall be established, maintained, and followed...in como11ance with the material balance and inventory require-ments and criteria specified in paragraph 70.51."

The NRC approved (License Condition 2.1) Fundamental Nuclear Materials Control Plan titled, " Nuclear Materials Safeguards Procedures Description for the Fuels Fabrication Plants," XN-12, Revision 10, section 5.1 states that "In conducting an inventory...each tamper-safed item shall be checked for verification of intact tamper-indicating devices."

Contrary to these requirements, the inspector, on September 26, 1980 observed that the inventory teams did not check the tamper-indicating devices on all items inventoried in Item Control Area #7.

This is a Severity Level VI violation (Supplement III).

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Exxon Nuclear Company is hereby required to submit to this office within twenty-five days of the date of this Notice, a written 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 items of noncompliance; and (3) the date when full compliance will be achieved. Under the authority of Section 182 of the Atemic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, this response shall be submitted under oath or affirmation.

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