ML20058H513

Notice of Violation from Insp on 820503-04

ML20058H513
Person / Time
Site:	Browns Ferry
Issue date:	06/09/1982
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:
Shared Package
ML20058H439	List: IR 05000259/1982014 ML20058H433 ML20058H479 ML20058H501 ML20058H513
References
50-259-82-14, 50-260-82-14, 50-296-82-14, NUDOCS 8208030602
Download: ML20058H513 (2)

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APPENDIX A NOTICE OF VIOLATION Tennessee Valley Authority Docket Nos. 50-259, 50-260, & 50-296 Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant License Nos..DPR-33, DPR-52, & DPR-68 As a result of the inspection conducted on May 3-4, 1982, and in accordance with the NRC Enforcement Policy, 47 FR 9987 (March 9,1982), the following violation was identified.

10 CFR 20.201(b), Surveys, requires that each licensee make or cause to be made such surveys as may be necessary for him to comply with the regulations in this part. 10 CFR 20.203(c)(1), High Radiation Areas, requires that each high radiation area shall be conspicuously posted with a sign or signs bearing the radiation caution symbol and the words " Caution High Radiation Area." Technical Specification 6.0.D.2 requires that each high radiation area in which the intensity of radiation is greater than 1000 mrem / hour shall be barricaded and conspicously posted as a high radiation . area and

entrance thereto shall be controlled by requiring issuance of a Special Work Permit. Tecnnical Specification 6.0.D.2 further requires locked doors to be provided to prevent unauthorized entry into such areas.

Contrary to the above, during the period from approximately 11:15 p.m. on l April 25, 1982, to approximately 8:30 a.m. on April 26, 1982, the licensee '

violated the requirements of 10 CFR 20 and Technical Specifications in that:

1. The licensee failed to make a radiation survey as required by 10 CFR -

201(b) to determine that a high radiation area with radiation levels 4 over 1000 mrem /hr existed in the fuel pool demineralizer cell on the 580 elevation af ter removal of the shield plugs. Consequently, the l licensee failed to post the area as a high radiation area as required by 10 CFR 20.203(c)(1) and failed to barricade or provide locked doors as required by Technical Specification 6.0.0.2.

, 2. The licensee f ailed to issue a Special Work Permit for removal of l demineralizer cell shield plugs which provided access to a high i radiation area where radiation levels exceeded 1000 mrem /hr.

' Tnis is a Severity Level IV Violation (Supplement IV).

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, you are 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) admission or denial of the alleged viola-tion; (2) the reasons for the violation if admitted; (3) the corrective steps 4

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l Tennessee Valley Authority 2 Docket Nos. 50-259, 60, & 50-296 I Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant License Nos. DPR-33, 52, & 68 which have been taken and the results achieved; (4) the corrective steps which will be taken to avoid further violations; and (5) the date when full compliance will be achieved. Consideration may be given to extending your response time for good cause shown.

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