ML20059B912

Forwards Insp Rept 50-416/93-22 on 931122-23 & Notice of Violation

ML20059B912
Person / Time
Site:	Grand Gulf
Issue date:	12/15/1993
From:	Cline W NRC Office of Inspection & Enforcement (IE Region II)
To:	Hutchinson C Entergy Operations
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ML20059B917	List: IR 05000416/1993022 ML20059B912 ML20059B924
References
NUDOCS 9401040287
Download: ML20059B912 (4)

See also: IR 05000416/1993022

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Docket No. 50-416 '

License No. NPF-29

Entergy Operations, Inc.

ATTN: C. R. Hutchinson, Vice President

Operations - Grand Gulf

Entergy Operations, Inc.

P. O. Box 756

Port Gibson, MS 39150

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Gentlemen:

SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION 1

(NRC INSPECTION REPORT NO. 50-416/93-22)

This refers to the inspection conducted by D. W. Jones of this office on

November 22-23, 1993. The inspection included a review of activities

authorized for your Grand Gulf facility, At the conclusion of the inspection,

the findings were discussed with those members of your staff identified in the

report.

Areas examined during the inspection are identified in the report. Within

these areas, the inspection consisted of selective examinations of procedures

and representative records, interviews with personnel, and observation of

activities in progress.

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Based on the results of this inspection, certain of your activities appeared

to be in violation of NRC requirements, as specified in the enclosed Notice of

Violation (Notice). The violation is of concern because you shipped a

container bearing a mixture of powdered and bead ion exchange resins to a 1

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disposal site and your Process Control Program Description and your resin

dewatering procedure both contained cautions that your resin dewatering

equipment had not been demonstrated to have successfully dewatered mixtures of

those two types of resins. ,

You are required to respond to this letter and should follow the instructions '

specified in the enclosed Notice when preparing your response. In your

response, you should document the specific actions taken and any additional

actions you plan to prevent recurrence. After reviewing your response to this ,

Notice, including your proposed corrective actions and the results of future

inspections, the NRC will determine whether further NRC enforcement action is

necessary to ensure compliance with NRC regulatory requirements.

The responses directed by this letter and the enclosed Notice are not subject '

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to the clearance procedures of the Office of Management and Budget as required

by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, Pub. L. No.96-511. ,

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In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790(a), a copy of this letter and its enclosures

will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room. l

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Should you have any questions concerning this letter, please contact us. 1

Sincerely,

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William E. Cline, Chief

Radiological Protection and

Emergency Preparedness Branch )

Division of Radiation Safety

and Safeguards

Enclosures: '

1. Notice of Violation

2. NRC Inspection Report

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Mr. H. W. Keiser, Executive Vice  :

President and Chief Operating Officer  !

Entergy Operations, Inc.

P. O. Box 31995 >

Jackson, MS 39286-1995

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D. L. Pace  ;

General Manager  :'

Grand Gulf Nuclear Station

Entergy Operations, Inc.  !

P. 0.-Box 756

Port Gibson, MS 39150 j

M. J. Meisner, Director ,

Nuclear Safety and Regulatory Affairs l

Entergy Operations, Inc.  ;

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P. O. Box 756

Port Gibson, MS 39150  :

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Mike Morre, Attorney General  !

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Frank _ Spencer, Asst. Attorney General  ;

State of Mississippi  ;

P. O. Box 22947

Jackson, MS 39225 i

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J. G. Dewease

Vice President, Operations' Support i

Entergy Operations, Inc.

P. 0. Box 31995

Jackson, MS 39286-1995

R. B. McGehee, Esq. .

Wise, Carter, Child,

and Caraway '

P. O. Box 651

Jackson, MS 39205 .

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N. S. Reynolds, Esq.

Winston & Strawn -

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1400 L Street, NW, 12th Floor .

Washington, D. C. 20005-3502 i

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F. E. Thompson, Jr. , M.D.

State Health Officer.

State Board of Health  ;

P. O. Box 1700  ;

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Jackson, MS 39205

The Honorable William J. Guste, Jr. l

Attorney General

Department of Justice

State of Louisiana

P. O. Box 94005' '

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State of Mississippi l

Jackson, MS 39201 i

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Sam Mabry, Chief  :

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Mississippi Department of

Environmental Quality

P. O. Box 10385

Jackson, MS 39209

President

Clairborne County Board

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K. G. Hess .

Vice President '

Bechtel Power Corporation

P. O. Box 2166

Houston, TX 77252-2166

W. W. Watson

Project Manager ,

Bechtel Power Corporation

P. O. Box 808

4600 W. Main

Russellville, AR 72801

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Document Control Desk

NRC Resident Inspector

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Route 2, Box 399

Port Gibson, MS 39150

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