ML20040A982
| ML20040A982 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Maine Yankee |
| Issue date: | 01/06/1982 |
| From: | Martin T NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| 50-309-81-27, NUDOCS 8201230033 | |
| Download: ML20040A982 (1) | |
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l APPENDIX A
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Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company Docket No.
50-309 i
Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Station License No.
OPR-36 As a result of an inspection conducted on September 18, 1981, by a representative of the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control of a shipment of radioactive waste sent from your facility in Wiscas, set, Maine J
on September 15, 1981, and in accordance with the Interim Enforcement l
Policy, 45 FR 66754 (October 7,1980), the following violation was identified:
l 10 CFR 30.41 prohibits transfer of byproduct material unless it is in a form authorized by the recipient's NRC or Agreement State license.
South Carolina License No. 097, an Agreement State license issued to Chem-Nuclear Systems, Inc., prohibits the receipt of solidified waste with "detecta.'e free standing liquid" which is defined in the license as liquid in excess of 0.5 percent by waste volume for unapproved containers.
Contrary to the above, on September 18, 1981, a waste shipment of byproduct
- naterial containing 0.927 Curies of solidified evaporator bottcms was transferred to Chem-Nuclear Systems, Inc. at Barnwell, South Carolina with detectable free standing liquid (12.5 percent liquid by waste volume) in an unapproved container.
This is a Severity Level III violation.
(Supplement IV.C.6).
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company is hereby required to submit to this office within thirty 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 futher 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. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending your response time.
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a Thomas T. Martin, Director, Division of Engineering and Technical Inspection 0201230033 820106 PDR ADOCK 05000 ICIAL RECORD COPY G
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