ML20024G931
| ML20024G931 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | FitzPatrick  |
| Issue date: | 04/26/1991 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML20024G928 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-333-91-06, 50-333-91-6, NUDOCS 9105020144 | |
| Download: ML20024G931 (1) | |
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I APPENDIX A NOTICE OF VIOLATION New York Power Authority Docket No. 50-333 James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant License No. DPR-59 During an NRC inspection conducted on March 11 - 15, 1991 a violation of NRC requirements was identified.
In accordance with the " General Statement of Polic and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (1990, the violation is listed below:
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Technical Specification 6.11.A.1, states, in part, that locked doors shall be provided to prevent unauthorized entry into such areas (i.e., each high radiation area in which the intensity of radiation is greater than 1000 mrem /hr).
Contrary to the above on March 9, 1991 an individual taped over the lock on the personnel acces,s gate to the dryw, ell, thereby defeating the locking mechanism, and then left the area.' The personnel access gate was unlocked 1
and positive access control was not maintained into containment for approximately two hours before an operator discovered the defeated lock and secured the personnel access gate. There were areas inside the personnel acces: gate in which the intensity of radiation was greater than 1000 mrem /hr as noted on radiological surveys of the drywell.
This is a Severity Level IV Violation. (Supplement IV)
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, the New York Power Authority is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanaticn to the U.S. Nuclear i
Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, D.c. 20555 with acopytotheRegionalAdministrator,RegionI,and,acopytotheNRCResident Inspector at the facility that is the subject of this Notice, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation (Notice).
The reply should be clearly marked as a " Reply to a Notice of Violation" and should include for each violation:
the basis for disputing the v(olation, (2) the corrective steps which have been1) the reas i
takenandtheresultsachieved[4j[3)thecorrectivestepsthatwillbetakento avoid-further violations, and the date when full com)liance will be achieved.
If an adequate reply 1s not received within tie time specified in this Notice, an order may be issued to show cause why the license should not be modified,-suspended, or revoked, or why such other action as may be
) roper should not be taken. Where good cause is shown, consideration will 3e given to extending this response time.
Dated at King of Prussia, Pennsylvania thisy day of April 1991 h.
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