ML20059K473
| ML20059K473 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | River Bend  |
| Issue date: | 11/09/1993 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML20059K457 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-458-93-26, NUDOCS 9311160072 | |
| Download: ML20059K473 (2) | |
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m APPENDIX A NOTICE OF VIOLATION Gulf States Utilities Docket: 50-458 River Bend Station License: NPF-47 St. Francisville, Louisiana l
During an NRC inspection conducted on August 22 through September 25, 1993, a violation of NRC requirements was identified.
In accordance' with the " General -
Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," 10 CFR Part 2.
Appendix C, the violation is listed below:
A.
Failure to Provide Procedures for Safety-Related Activities Technical Specification 6.8.1 requires, 'in part, that written procedures shall be established, implemented, and maintained, covering the applicable procedures recommended in Appendix A of Regulatory Guide 1.33, Revision 2, February 1978.
Regulatory Guide 1.33, Appendix A, recommends, in part, that each safety-related annunciator have its own written procedure, which should normally contain (1) the meaning of the annunciator, (2) the source of' the signal, (3) the immediate action that is to occur automatically, (4) the immediate operator action, and (5) the long range actions.
Contrary to the above, the Main Control Room Radiation Monitoring.
Panel RM-11 safety-related annunciators did not each have an alarm response procedure.
Consequently, immediate and long range operator actions were not established for liquid radiation Monitor RMS*RE108 when it alarmed on September 7,1993, indicating that an unexpected radioactive liquid discharge from the main cooling tower was occurring.
l This is a Severity Level IV violation.
(458/93026-1)(Supplement 1) l B.
Failure i) Initiate Prompt Corrective Actions Criterion XVI, to 10 CFR 50, Appendix B, requires that measures shall be established to assure that conditions adverse to quality, such as.
1 failure malfunctions, deficiencies, deviations, defective material, and equipment and nonconformances are promptly identified and corrected.
Contrary to the above, on September 7,1993, the main control room.
operators failed to promptly initiate measures to terminate.or adequately verify the validity of the main cooling tower Radiation i
Monitor RMS*R108 when it alarmed during a liquid radioactive waste (LRW)'
I discharge. This condition had existed from approximately 4:08 p.m.
i (CDT) until 6:42 p.m., when the discharge was terminated.
Consequently, i
over 500,000 gallons of contaminated water, with potentially greater than expected radioactivity, was discharged to the Mississippi River.
9311160072 931109 PDR ADOCK 0500 B.
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! Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Gulf States Utilities is hereby requirad-to submit a written statement or explanation to the U. S. Nuclear Regulovery Commission, ATIN: Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C. 20555 with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region IV, and a copy to the NRC Resident inspector, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation (Notice). This reply should clearly be marked as' a " Reply to a Notice of Violation' and should include for each violation:
(1) the reason for the violation, or, if contested, the basis for disputing the violation, (2) the corrective steps that have been taken and the results achieved, (3) the corrective steps that will be taken to avoid further violations, and (4) the date when full compliance will-be achieved.
If an adequate reply is not received within the time specified in this Notice, an order or demand for information may be issued as to why the license should not be modified, suspended, or revoked, or why such action as may be proper should i
not be taken. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending the response time.
Dated at Ar ington, Texa,
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this day of n W 1993 i
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