ML20003G613

Notice of Violation from Insp on 801117-20

ML20003G613
Person / Time
Site:	Haddam Neck File:Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co icon.png
Issue date:	02/10/1981
From:	Galen Smith NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:
Shared Package
ML20003G606	List: A01548, Responds to NRC Re Violations Noted in IE Insp Rept 50-213/80-22.Corrective Actions:Label Prepared for Lab Reagent Stock Bottles,Indicating Reagent Identification, Date Prepared,Preparer & Date Expired IR 05000213/1980022 ML20003G611 ML20003G613
References
50-213-80-22, NUDOCS 8104300259
Download: ML20003G613 (2)

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O' APPENDIX A NOTICE OF VIOLATION Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company Haddam Neck Plant License No. DPR-61 Docket No. 50-213 As a result of the inspection conducted on November 17-20, 1980, and in accord-ance with the Interim Enforcement Policy, 45 FR 66754 (October 7,1980), the following violations were identified.

A.

Section 2.4.2.2 of the Environmental Technical Specifications states that prior to release of each batch of liquid weste a sample shall be taken from that batch and analyzed for the concentration of each significant gamma energy peak in accordance with Table 2.4-1... Table 2.4-1 requires that each detectable concentration of (yzed for principal gama emitters to a minimum batch of liquid waste be anal MDC) SE-7 microcuries per milliliter (uCi/ml).

Contrary to the above, approximately one half of the liquid radioactive waste samples analyzed during the period January 1, 1980 to November 17, 1980 did not meet the MDC requirement of SE-7 uCi/ml.

In addition, Antimony-125 was present in seven of the liquid radwaste samples for the same period, but it was not identified and quantified.

This is a Severity Level V Violation (Supplement I).

B.

Section 5.5.1 of the Environmental Technical Specifications requires pro-cedures for assuring the quality of program results, including analytical measurements... Procedure CHDP 1.7. Duplicate Sample Analysis Program, requires quarterly duplicate QC sample analyses to be performed.

Procedure CHDP 1.1, Chemical Analyses Quality Assurance Procedure, requires a weekly check of each Ge(Li) counting system using a known standard, with the provision that the results obtained from counting the standard are to be within ten percent of the known value of tha standard or corrective action is to be taken.

Contrary to the above, the quarterly duplicate sample analyses required by Procedure CHDP 1./ were not performed for the first three quarters of 1980.

Also a 500 m1 standard which was counted on Ge(Li) system number one weekly had a Cs-137 value which was different from the standard value by more than ten percent. The ten percent discrepancy first occurred on September 5, 1980 and the required corrective action was not taken through November 17, 1980.

This is a Severity Level V Violation (Supplement I).

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Section 5.5.1 of the Environmental Technical ' Specifications requires detailed written procedures. Section 5.5.1 of the Environemntal Technical Specifications also requires that the procedures be followed.

Section 6.8.1 of the Technical Specifications requires that procedures be established, implemented and maintained.

Procedure PM 9.4-3.3, Radioactive Determination of Liquid, Gaseous, and Particulate Samples, requires that charcoal cartridges be counted on each side in determining the amount of radioactivity present in the charcoal cartridge.

Procedure SM 9.4-2.3, Cl-Determination by Mercuric Nitrate Method, requires the indicator solution used in the analysis to be labeled with the expiration date.

Procedure CHDP 2.15, Radiochemical Analyses Performed by Offsite Labs to Insure Compliance with Environmental Technical Specifications, requires that contractor laboratory data be used in radioactive effluent reports.

Contrary to the above, Procedures PM 9.4-3.3, PM 9.4-2.3 and CHDP 2.15 were not followed in that charcoal cartridges counted during this inspection were counted on only one side, the Cl-indicator solution was not labeled with the expiration date, as of November 20, 1980 and the highest effluent data value (your value or your contractor's value) was used in the effluent reports since July, 1980, r'espectively.

This is a Severity Level V Violation (Supplement I).

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power 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 oe 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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e Georg H. /Smi th', ClWef Fuel aci'lity and Materials Saf ty Branch

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